BSN: The 40-Day Bible Study of Jesus the Messiah

  • Jesus spent 40 days on earth between His resurrection and ascension when He was…
    • appearing to His disciples in various ways and in various places in order to confirm to them that He was indeed raised from the dead (Mt 28, Mk 16, Lk 24, Jn 20-2, Acts 1).
    • explaining to them all those things about Himself that were in the Scriptures (Luke 24:25-27, 32, 44-48). This is what I’m calling “the 40-Day Bible study of Jesus.”
  • 1st-century Jews were expecting their long-promised Messiah, but the were not expecting him to be crucified before he took the throne, and though they were expecting at some point in time a general resurrection from the dead, they were not expecting the Messiah to be raised from the dead by Himself before everyone else was. Thus while Jesus fulfilled messianic prophecy in many ways that people could recognize, He also upended a lot of messianic expectations. This set the stage for the 40-day Bible study in which expectations for Messiah were reset and brought more into line with God’s intentions. The apostles had to get this new perception of Messiah clearly in their minds so that they could preach and teach it effectively beginning on the day of Pentecost.
  • Jesus wasn’t just teaching His apostles through the Scriptures, He was also appearing and disappearing, entering rooms without using the door, eating and drinking with them. In other words, He had their attention! Teachers can always get more across to their students when maximum attention is being given by the students.
  • Here are some of the specific revelations that came out of this 40-day period.

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