Gospel of Matthew Summary: A Complete Animated Overview (Part 2)

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💫 Short Summary

The Gospel according to Matthew explores the conflict between Jesus and Israel's leaders, who reject him despite the excitement among the people. Jesus teaches that he will become king through suffering and death, and his kingdom operates on the principle of serving others. The section culminates in Jesus's death, resurrection, and the disciples being sent to spread the news of his kingdom.

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Jesus is accepted by many but rejected by Israel's religious leaders, the Pharisees.

00:01

Jesus is seen as a new authoritative teacher like Moses and as Emmanuel, which means “God with us”.

He brings the kingdom into day-to-day life among the people of Israel.

Israel's religious leaders view Jesus as a false teacher and oppose him.

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Jesus teaches his disciples that he will become a king through suffering and death, as prophesied by Isaiah.

01:38

Peter acknowledges Jesus as the Messiah, but he has a traditional view of the Messiah as a victorious king.

Jesus challenges Peter's view and explains that he will become king through suffering and death.

Jesus refers to the prophet Isaiah, who said that the Messianic King would suffer and die for the sins of his people.

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Jesus asserts his authority over the temple, criticizes the Pharisees, and foretells the destruction of Jerusalem.

03:09

Jesus comes to Jerusalem for Passover as the King, but the religious leaders reject him.

Jesus challenges the authority of the leaders in the temple, who are offended and seek to have him killed.

Jesus criticizes the Pharisees for their hypocrisy and weeps over Jerusalem's rejection of God.

Jesus foretells his own execution and the eventual destruction of Jerusalem, but also promises his resurrection and the establishment of his kingdom over all nations.

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Jesus uses the Passover meal to symbolize his coming death as a sacrifice to redeem his people from sin and evil.

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Jesus celebrates the Passover with his disciples, using the bread and wine to symbolize his upcoming death as a sacrifice.

He is arrested, put on trial, and sentenced to death by crucifixion by the Roman governor Pilate.

Jesus's death is portrayed as the fulfillment of Old Testament prophecies, where he is judged on behalf of his people.

The disciples discover Jesus's empty tomb on Sunday morning, and he appears to them alive from the dead, giving the Great Commission to spread the good news to all nations.

00:01 the Gospel according to Matthew in the

00:04 first video we saw how Matthew

00:06 introduced Jesus as the Messiah from the

00:08 line of David and as a new authoritative

00:11 teacher like Moses and also as Emmanuel

00:14 which in Hebrew means God with us after

00:17 Jesus announced and taught about the

00:19 arrival of God's kingdom and after he

00:21 brought the kingdom into day-to-day life

00:23 among the people of Israel we saw that

00:25 Jesus was accepted by many but rejected

00:28 by others especially Israel's religious

00:30 leaders the Pharisees and so the big

00:32 question is how is this conflict between

00:34 Jesus and Israel's leaders going to play

00:37 itself out the next large section

00:39 chapters 14 through 20 explore all the

00:42 different expectations people have about

00:44 the Messiah

00:45 so Jesus keeps healing sick people and

00:47 twice he even miraculously provides food

00:50 for these huge crowds in the desert one

00:52 is made up of Jewish people and the

00:55 other is a non-jewish crowd and this

00:57 sign it's very similar to what Moses did

00:59 for Israel in the wilderness and so all

01:01 these people are excited about Jesus

01:04 they think he's the great prophet in the

01:05 Messiah but not the religious leaders

01:08 their view of the Messiah is built on

01:11 passages like Psalm 2 or Daniel chapter

01:14 2 about a victorious Messiah who's going

01:16 to deliver Israel and defeat the pagan

01:18 oppressors and from their point of view

01:20 Jesus he's a false teacher he's making

01:23 blasphemous claims about himself and so

01:25 there are stories here about them

01:26 increasing their opposition hatching a

01:29 plan to kill him and so in response

01:31 Jesus he withdraws and he begins

01:34 teaching his closest disciples what it

01:36 means for him to be Israel's Messiah

01:38 because it is not what anybody expects

01:41 so Jesus asked his disciples chapter 16

01:44 he says who do you all say that I am and

01:46 Peter comes up with the right answer it

01:48 seems he says well you're the Messiah

01:49 you're the son of the Living God but

01:52 then it becomes clear that Peters

01:54 thinking about a king who's going to

01:55 reign victoriously through military

01:57 power and Jesus challenges Peter saying

02:00 that yes I am going to become king but

02:03 through a different way and so Jesus

02:05 starts to teach on themes from the

02:07 prophet Isaiah who said that the

02:09 Messianic King would suffer and die for

02:13 the sins of his own people

02:15 and so Jesus he was positioning himself

02:17 as a messianic king who reigns by

02:20 becoming a servant and who would lay

02:22 down his life for Israel and the

02:24 nation's well Peter and the disciples

02:27 they mostly just don't get it and so

02:29 Jesus enters into the fourth block of

02:31 teaching followed by a series of

02:33 teachings after that and these are all

02:35 about the upside-down nature of Jesus's

02:38 messianic kingdom which turns upside

02:41 down all of our value systems so in the

02:44 community of the servant King you gain

02:46 honor by serving others and instead of

02:49 getting revenge you forgive and do good

02:52 to your enemies and in jesus's kingdom

02:54 you gain true wealth by giving your

02:57 wealth away to the poor to follow the

02:59 servant Messiah you must become a

03:01 servant yourself in the next section we

03:04 watch the two kingdoms clash Jesus's

03:07 kingdom and that of Israel's leader

03:09 Jesus comes to Jerusalem for Passover

03:11 riding in on a donkey and the crowds are

03:14 hailing him as the Messiah and Jesus

03:16 immediately marches into the courtyard

03:18 of the temple and he creates this huge

03:20 disruption that brings the daily

03:21 sacrifices to a halt his actions speak

03:24 louder than words

03:26 here as Israel's King Jesus was

03:29 asserting his royal authority over the

03:31 temple the place where God and Israel

03:33 met together and in jesus's view the

03:36 temple was compromised by the hypocrisy

03:38 of Israel's leaders and so here he's

03:40 challenging their authority and

03:41 naturally they're deeply offended and so

03:44 they try to trap Jesus and shame him in

03:46 public debate and they fail so they end

03:49 up just determining to have him killed

03:51 in response

03:52 Jesus delivers his final block of

03:54 teaching he first offers this passionate

03:56 critique of the Pharisees in their

03:57 hypocrisy and then he weeps over

04:00 Jerusalem and its rejection of God and

04:03 his kingdom then Jesus withdraws with

04:05 the disciples and he starts telling them

04:07 what's going to happen he's going to be

04:10 executed by these leaders but in doing

04:12 so they're going to create their own

04:14 demise because instead of accepting

04:16 Jesus's way of the Peaceful kingdom

04:18 they're going to take the road of revolt

04:20 against Rome and so Jerusalem and it's

04:23 temple are going to be destroyed but

04:25 Jesus says that is not the end of the

04:27 story he's going to be vindicated after

04:29 his death by his resurrection and one

04:32 day he'll return and set up his kingdom

04:34 over all nations and so in the meanwhile

04:37 the disciples need to stay alert and

04:39 stay committed to just announcing Jesus

04:42 and his kingdom and spreading the good

04:44 news and so with all of that ringing in

04:46 the disciples ears the story comes to

04:48 its climax that night Jesus takes the

04:51 disciples aside and he celebrates a

04:53 Passover meal with them the Passover

04:55 retells the story of Israel's rescue

04:57 from slavery through the death of the

04:59 Passover lamb and then Jesus takes the

05:02 bread and the wine from this meal as new

05:04 symbols showing that his coming death

05:07 would be a sacrifice that would redeem

05:10 his people from slavery to sin and evil

05:12 after the meal Jesus is arrested he's

05:15 put on trial before the Sanhedrin a

05:17 Council of Jewish leaders and they

05:20 reject his claim to be the Messiah they

05:22 charged him with blasphemy against God

05:24 then Jesus is brought before the Roman

05:26 governor Pilate and he thinks Jesus is

05:29 innocent but he gives in to the pressure

05:31 from the Jewish leaders and he sentences

05:33 Jesus to death by crucifixion so Jesus

05:36 is led away by Roman soldiers and

05:38 crucified now you'll notice right here

05:42 in this section the just like Matthew

05:43 did in the opening chapters he increases

05:46 the number of references to the Old

05:47 Testament he's trying to show that

05:50 Jesus's death was not a tragedy or a

05:52 failure rather it was the surprising

05:55 fulfillment of all of the old prophetic

05:57 promises Jesus came as the servant

06:00 Messiah spoken of by Isaiah he was

06:03 rejected by his own people but instead

06:05 of judging them he is judged on their

06:08 behalf bearing the consequences of their

06:11 sin so the crucifixion scene it comes to

06:14 a close and Jesus's body is placed in a

06:17 tomb but the book ends with a surprising

06:19 twist the last chapter the disciples

06:21 they discover on Sunday morning that

06:23 Jesus's tomb is empty and then all of a

06:27 sudden people start seeing Jesus alive

06:29 from the dead and the book concludes

06:31 with the Risen Jesus giving a final

06:34 teaching called the Great Commission

06:35 Jesus says that he is now the true king

06:38 of the world and so he sends his

06:41 disciples

06:41 out to all nations with the good news

06:43 that Jesus is Lord and that anyone can

06:46 join his kingdom by being baptized and

06:49 by following his teachings and echoing

06:50 all the way back to his name Emmanuel

06:53 God with us from chapter 1 Jesus's last

06:56 words in the book to his disciples are I

06:58 will be with you

07:00 it's a promise of Jesus as present until

07:03 the day he finally returns and that's

07:05 the Gospel according to Matthew

💫 FAQs about This YouTube Video

1. How does Jesus's conflict with Israel's leaders play out in the Gospel according to Matthew?

The conflict between Jesus and Israel's leaders is explored in the next large section (chapters 14 through 20), where Jesus's actions and teachings challenge the traditional expectations of the Messiah. He demonstrates his authority through healing and providing for the people, but faces increasing opposition from the religious leaders who view him as a false teacher. Jesus begins teaching his disciples what it truly means for him to be the Messiah, emphasizing a different way of reigning as a servant.

2. What are the key highlights of Jesus's teaching on being a servant in his messianic kingdom?

The key highlights of Jesus's teaching on being a servant in his messianic kingdom include: - Gaining honor by serving others - Forgiving and doing good to enemies - Gaining true wealth by giving to the poor - Becoming a servant in order to follow the servant Messiah Jesus emphasizes the upside-down nature of his kingdom, where traditional values are reversed, and encourages his disciples to stay committed to spreading the good news of his kingdom.

3. How does the Gospel according to Matthew portray Jesus's death and resurrection?

The Gospel according to Matthew portrays Jesus's death as the fulfillment of Old Testament prophecies, particularly as the suffering servant spoken of by Isaiah. Despite being rejected and crucified, Jesus is shown to be the true king of the world through his resurrection. The book concludes with Jesus giving the Great Commission to his disciples, sending them out to all nations with the good news of his lordship and the opportunity to join his kingdom.

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