Blessed Is He Who Comes in The Name of The Lord

Matthew 23:29-39

Key Verse 23:37
“For I tell you, you will not see me again, until you say, ‘Blessed is he who comes in the name of the Lord.’”

29-36

1. Why do you think Jesus is saying 'Woe' to the scribes and Pharisees according to these verses?
2. How are the scribes and Pharisees ‘witnessing against themselves’ in verse 29-32?
3. Why do you think ‘this generation’ will be guilty for all the ‘righteous blood shed on earth from Abel to Zechariah’?

37-39

4. Why do you think Jesus ends the chapter by speaking to ‘Jerusalem’ instead of the ‘scribes and Pharisees’?
5. What did Jesus intend for the house of Jerusalem?
   1. Where did the house of Jerusalem go wrong?
   2. What was the outcome?
   3. Personal reflection: In what ways in our lives might we be ‘not willing’ to have Jesus gather us under his wings?
6. What does it mean to say: “Blessed is he who comes in the name of the Lord.”?
   1. Why do you think Jesus said, ‘you will not see me again until you say “Blessed is he who comes in the name of the Lord.”’?