{"id":3648,"date":"2024-02-27T06:46:13","date_gmt":"2024-02-27T06:46:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/turveyabbey.org.uk\/blog\/?p=3648"},"modified":"2024-02-27T06:46:14","modified_gmt":"2024-02-27T06:46:14","slug":"lent-alphabet-j","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/turveyabbey.org.uk\/blog\/?p=3648","title":{"rendered":"Lent Alphabet (J)"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
\"\"<\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

The next day the crowds who had come up for the festival heard that Jesus was on his way to JERUSALEM.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

In the Biblical imagination Jerusalem holds a place that no other city can. As salvation history unfolds God’s people hold fast to the promise that they are chosen and that God will be with them. When they wander in the wilderness the Ark of the Covenant is the guarantee of God’s promise and presence. After many twists and turns in their fortunes, the anointing of David as King, makes God’s promise of a dynasty secure. David chooses Jerusalem as his base and with great ceremony brings the Ark to Jerusalem. In time, the Ark of the Covenant, once housed in a tent, will be housed in the splendour of the Jerusalem Temple. All Israel’s hope and longing is held in every stone and sacred vessel of the Temple. The Temple with its rhythm of worship and careful ordering of all that takes place is now the guarantee of God’s presence. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

In New Testament times Jerusalem and its Temple are at the very heart of life. New Testament scholar, Tom Wright explains it like this:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Temple was the beating heart of Judaism. It wasn\u2019t just, as it were, a church on a street corner. It was the centre of worship and music, of politics and society, of national celebration and mourning. It was also the place where you would find more animals (alive and dead) than anywhere else. But, towering above all these, it was of course the place where Israel\u2019s God, YHWH, had promised to live in the midst of his people. It was the focal point of the nation, and of the national way of life.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Deuteronomy instructs all males to make a pilgrimage three times a year to Jerusalem to celebrate the festivals of Unleavened Bread, Weeks, and Booths. The journey is as important as the celebration of the festival.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

During Lent when we read the Gospel stories of Jesus making his way to Jerusalem, we as readers sense the mounting tension. This place of holiness and guarantee of God’s presence is now to be the place of a once and for all sacrifice, where love will be made visible. Jerusalem, the Beloved city, now witnesses the death of the Beloved Son. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

What sense have you had of your own pilgrimage this Lent? How has God spoken to you?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

(John 12:12-16, Palm Sunday)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The next day the crowds who had come up for the festival heard that Jesus was on his way to JERUSALEM. In the Biblical imagination Jerusalem holds a place that no other city can. As salvation history unfolds God’s people hold fast to the promise that they are chosen and that God will be with … <\/p>\n

Continue reading “Lent Alphabet (J)”<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_uf_show_specific_survey":0,"_uf_disable_surveys":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3648","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-monastic","entry"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/turveyabbey.org.uk\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3648","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/turveyabbey.org.uk\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/turveyabbey.org.uk\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/turveyabbey.org.uk\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/turveyabbey.org.uk\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=3648"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"http:\/\/turveyabbey.org.uk\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3648\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3818,"href":"http:\/\/turveyabbey.org.uk\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3648\/revisions\/3818"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/turveyabbey.org.uk\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=3648"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/turveyabbey.org.uk\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=3648"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/turveyabbey.org.uk\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=3648"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}