Week 29
The Doctor is speaking. In Matthew, Jesus acts as the Great Physician, speaking words of healing to the sick and teaching in puzzling parables. Meanwhile, the prophet Jeremiah speaks words of both warning and incredible promise to the spiritually sick nation of Judah during the last days before its fall to Babylon.
Week 30
Nobody knows the trouble I've seen... but Jesus. This week we see Jesus face immense hardship—grief, betrayal, and being misunderstood—yet His compassion never fails. His experience mirrors that of the prophet Jeremiah, who endures persecution that includes having the king himself burn his scroll of prophecy.
Week 31
It's time to face the test. In Matthew, Jesus masterfully navigates a series of tests from religious leaders before turning the tables and exposing their hypocrisy with seven blistering "woes." In the Old Testament, we move from the fall of Jerusalem in Jeremiah to the wild, exotic, and faith-testing visions of the prophet Ezekiel in Babylon.
Week 32
This week is about seeing the story fulfilled. In Matthew, we reach the stunning climax of the gospel: the trial, the cross, and the glorious resurrection. In Ezekiel, God uses vivid, powerful word-pictures—an unfaithful wife, a sharpened sword—to show the final, fulfilled judgment on a nation consumed by sin.