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Lesson Outline:
1. Review and Overview
A. The Covenant Plan Fulfilled
B. Turning to the New Testament
2. The Birth of the Messiah
A. Annunciation and Visitation
B. Nativity and the Temple
3. The Kingdom is at Hand
A. Baptizing the Beloved Son
B. Tempting the New Moses
C. Blessings of the Kingdom
D. The Good Shepherd
E. The Keys to the Kingdom
4. New Exodus in Jerusalem
A. With Moses and Elijah
B. Making a King's Entrance
C. Passover - Old and New
D. Our Paschal Lamb
E. Death of the Beloved Son
5. The End of His Story
A. Beginning with Moses
B. Kingdom of the Spirit
C. Sacraments of Childhood
D. Completing the Word of God
E. Revealing the End
6. Study Questions
I. Review and Overview
A. The Covenant Plan Fulfilled
With the coming of Jesus, the story of God's covenant plan reaches its conclusion.
Jesus "fulfills" the promises of each of the five covenants we have been studying in this course - the covenants with Adam, Noah, Abraham, Moses and David.
What do we mean by covenant fulfillment? Each of the earlier covenants was a pledge - an oath sworn by God to do certain things. For instance, in His covenant with Noah He swore not to destroy the world by water again; he swore to Abraham that by his descendants the nations of the world would be blessed.
However, if the Bible ended with the last book of the Old Testament (remember "testament" is just another word for "covenant") then it would appear that few if any of God's promises had been fully kept.
Certainly, by the end of the Old Testament, all the world's nations hadn't found blessing in the descendants of Abraham. In fact, the descendants of Abraham - the twelve tribes of his grandson, Jacob - could barely be identified. They had been scattered to the four corners of the known world.
God's final covenant, the one in which each of the earlier ones was to be fulfilled - the "everlasting covenant" with David - seemed hopelessly abandoned as we concluded the Old Testament in our last lesson.
To review: God had made an "eternal covenant" (see 2 Samuel 23:5) with David, promising that He would raise up a son of David to reign on David's throne forever (see 2 Samuel 7:8-16; 1 Chronicles 17:7-14), and that his kingdom would extend over all nations (see Psalm 2:8; 72:8,11). He had promised that this son of David would be His own son, the son of God (see Psalm 2:7), that he would build a Temple to God's name and be a priest forever, like Melchizedek, the priest who offered the sacrifice of bread and wine for Abraham's victory over his enemies (see Psalm 110:1,4).
But after the reign of David's son, Solomon, everything had fallen apart. The kingdom was divided in two, and the people suffered corruption, invasion and exile. Even when the people were restored from exile, centuries continued to pass without any sign of the great Davidic king that God had promised.
At the time when Jesus was born, there was no kingdom to speak of, no Davidic heir in the wings. Still, the devout awaited the fulfillment of God's promises, awaiting the consolation of Israel - the coming of the new son of David and the resurrection of his fallen Kingdom (see Luke 1:69; 2:25,38; Mark 11:10; Isaiah 40:1; 52:9; 61:2-3).
B. Turning to the New Testament
But with Jesus comes the fulfillment of God's oath to David. As we will see, the New Testament shows us the image of Jesus as the "new David" and of His Church as the restored kingdom promised to David.
But we will also see how Jesus is depicted as fulfilling all of God's earlier covenant promises - He is the new Adam, bringing about a new creation, restoring humankind to the paradise promised in the beginning. He is a new Noah, bringing about a flood that saves, the waters of Baptism. He is the new son of Abraham, in whom all the nations of the world will find blessing. He is the new Moses, giving God's chosen people a new Passover, the Eucharist, and leading a new exodus, a deliverance from sin, by His Cross and Resurrection opening up the promised land of heaven.
We see three of these earlier covenants referred to in the first line of the New Testament:
"The book of the genealogy of Jesus Christ, the son of David, the son of Abraham" (seeMatthew 1:1).
In its first words, the New Testament points us back to creation, to Genesis, the first book of the Old Testament. The word we translate "genealogy" is actually genesis, a word meaning "creation," and of course, the name of the Bible's first book.
We're also referred in this first sentence to God's covenants with David and with Abraham. Remember that Abraham's covenant involved the gift of a son, Isaac, whose descendants were to be the source of blessing for all the earth (see Genesis 22:18).
Finally, Jesus is called "Christ," the Greek word for Messiah or "anointed one." This word points us to the covenant with David - the Messiah or Christ was the Davidic figure that many of Israel's prophets said would be sent to deliver Israel and restore the kingdom to Israel.
So in the first sentence of the New Testament we have an allusion to three of the five peaks of salvation history that we have studied in our previous lessons - Adam, Abraham and David.
And in this sentence, so rich in Old Testament allusions, we have a summary of all that the New Testament will tell us about Jesus: The New Testament is the book abo ut the new world created by Jesus, the Messiah, the promised son of David, in whom God fulfills His promise to Abraham - that in his descendants all peoples will be blessed.
II. The Birth of the Messiah
A. Annunciation and Visitation
Salvation history in the Old Testament reached its climax in God's covenant with David. We could say that the hope of Israel at the time Jesus was born centered on God's promises to David.
And we will see as the story of Jesus unfolds in the Gospels that much of the plot and the tension hinges on this question about Him: "Could this perhaps be the son of David?" (seeMatthew 12:23; 20:30-31; 21:9,15; 22:44-45).
In all the familiar scenes of Jesus' life, we see the Gospels answering that yes, Jesus is the long awaited son of David, the son of God sent to restore the kingdom to Israel.
This is the message of the Annunciation, the announcement of His birth by the angel. Gabriel tells Mary that God will give to Jesus "the throne of David His father, and He will rule over the house of Jacob forever and of His kingdom there will be no end" (see Luke 1:32-33).
What is the angel saying? That Jesus is the son of David, that he will rule over a restored kingdom of Israel ("the house of Jacob") for all time.
In Mary's Visitation of her kinswoman, Elizabeth, we again hear echoes of the promises of salvation history.
Mary cries out in song that Jesus' coming is God's answer to all Israel's prayers, a fulfillment of "His promises to our fathers, to Abraham and to his descendants forever" (seeLuke 1:55).
His Mother wants us to know that as the son of David, her Son will fulfill God's covenant promise to Abraham - that "in your descendants all the nations of the earth shall find blessing" (see Genesis 22:18).
This is stated even more forcefully in the song of Zechariah, Elizabeth's husband, when their child, John the Baptist, is born (see Luke 1:67-79).
What's happening, Zechariah prophesies, is nothing less than God visiting and saving His people. He is making good on everything "He promised through the mouth of His holy prophets from of old."
In Jesus, Zechariah declares, God has "raised up a horn of salvation within the house of David...mindful of His holy covenant and of the oath He swore to Abraham."
B. Nativity and the Temple
The story of Jesus' birth or Nativity is also told in a Davidic key.
Luke tells us that Joseph and Mary went to "the city of David that is called Bethlehem, because he [Joseph] was of the house and family of David" (see Luke 2:4). As we saw in our last lesson, it was in Bethlehem that David was born and anointed with oil by Samuel (see 1 Samuel 16:1-13).
Matthew, in his Gospel account of Jesus' birth, also wants us to know that He is the long-awaited "Messiah" and "King of the Jews" (see Matthew 2:2,4).
We see this in the answer the chief priests and scribes give to the ruthless Herod (seeMatthew 2:5-6). They quote two Old Testament passages (Micah 5:1-2 and 2 Samuel 5:2) to tell Herod that the Messiah was expected from Bethlehem and that he will be a "shepherd" to God's chosen people.
Even one of our most familiar passages from the Gospel - "Behold, the virgin shall be with child and bear a son, and they shall call him Emmanuel" (see Matthew 1:3) - refers to a promised son of David.
Matthew is recalling a prophecy of Isaiah who, in the period when the kingdom of Israel was divided, served as a prophet to "the house of David," serving the heirs of the Davidic line (see Isaiah 6-7).
In a time of distress, Isaiah foretold the birth to a virgin of a savior-like king who would be born of David's line and would be called "Emmanuel," a name that literally means "God with us" (see Isaiah 7:13-14).
Many believed that this prophecy had been fulfilled in the birth of King Hezekiah, a great and righteous king (see 2 Kings 18:1-6).
Matthew, however, is telling us that the birth of Hezekiah was only a partial fulfillment of Isaiah's promise. Jesus is the true and ultimate fulfillment.
We hear Isaiah's voice again in the story of Jesus' Presentation in the Temple, especially in the song of Simeon.
Simeon sees in Jesus, the "salvation" promised by God. Notice that the promise Simeon sees fulfilled is not only for the chosen people Israel. It is a salvation that is both "glory for Your people Israel" but also "a light for revelation to the Gentiles" - that is, a beacon for all the peoples of the world.
Simeon is invoking here the "universal" or worldwide promises made about David's kingdom - that the restored kingdom of David would be an international empire stretching to the ends of the earth and embracing all nations and peoples (see Psalm 2:8; 72:8,11).
In an echo of God's promise to Abraham' descendants, the Scriptures tell us that by the Davidic King and Kingdom "shall all the tribes of the earth be blessed, all the nations" (seePsalm 72:17).
Isn't it interesting that the last two stories we have about Jesus' childhood involve the Temple?
God promised not only that the son of David would be His son, but that this son would build a "house," a Temple to the heavenly Father's name. Of course, that promise was partially fulfilled when David's son, Solomon, built the glorious Temple in Jerusalem.
As the new and true Son of David, Jesus too will build a "temple" to God's name. That temple will be His body and the Church (see John 2:21; Matthew 16:18).
We see this foreshadowed in the story about Mary and Joseph finding Jesus in the Temple. What does Jesus tell them? Like a dutiful son of David, he replies: "Did you not know that I must be in My Father's house?" (see Luke 2:49).
III. The Kingdom Is at Hand
A. Baptizing the Beloved Son
The start of Jesus' "public life" is His baptism in the Jordan River by John the Baptist.
As you read this story, notice the words that are heard from the heavens: "You are my beloved Son, with you I am well pleased" (see Mark 1:11). The words echo the promise that God make to David's son - that he will be God's son and that he will rule the nations (see Psalm 2:7-9).
Following His baptism, Jesus is driven into the wilderness to be tempted by the devil.
Here, we see emerge another theme in the Gospel's presentation of Jesus. Jesus as the new Moses, the representative of the new Israel, the new "beloved son" of God (seeExodus 4:22).
This identification of Jesus actually starts early in Matthew's Gospel. If you look closely you will notice a lot of parallels between the early life of Jesus and the early life of Moses.
Herod kills all the Hebrew male children at the time of Jesus' birth. Pharaoh, at the time Moses was born, also ordered all the Hebrew baby boys to be killed (see Exodus 1:15-16;Matthew 2:16-18).
Moses was rescued by a family member (see Exodus 2:1-10). So is Jesus, carried off by Joseph to - of all places - Egypt, where Moses, the first deliverer of God's people, was also raised (see Matthew 2:13-15; Exodus 2:5-10).
Like Moses, Jesus too is called back to his birthplace after a time of exile (see Matthew 2:20; Exodus 4:19).
Moses liberated the Israelites, leading them on an "exodus" from Egypt. Jesus' Baptism in the New Testament is the beginning of a a "new exodus." Like Israel, he is declared God's "beloved Son" and is made to pass through water (compare Matthew 3:17 and Exodus 4:22; Psalm 2:7; Isaiah 42:1; Genesis 22:1).
Israel, after crossing the Red Sea, was driven into the desert to be tested for forty years. Jesus leaves the baptismal waters of the Jordan and is driven into the desert to be tempted and tried by the devil for forty days and nights (compare Matthew 4:1-2 and Exodus 15:25;16:1; see also Deuteronomy 8:2-3; 1 Corinthians 10:1-5).
Is it just coincidence? Not a chance. Let's look carefully at the story of Jesus' tempting in the wilderness (see Luke 4; Matthew 4).
B. Tempting the New Moses
In the desert, Jesus faces three temptations. Just like Israel.
Like Israel, he is first confronted with hunger. He is tempted, as Israel was, to grumble against God (see Exodus 16:1-13).
Next, Satan dares Jesus to put God to the test, to demand that God "prove" His promise to care for Him. Israel underwent the same temptation when the people started fighting with Moses at Massah (see Exodus 17:1-6; Numbers 20:2-13; Psalm 95:79).
Last, Jesus is tempted to worship a false god, which Israel actually did in creating the idol of the golden calf (see Exodus 32).
Jesus answers each temptation with a quote from the Old Testament. But not just any quote. Each time he quotes Moses. And He doesn't quote Moses randomly.
Each of the quotes is taken from the Book of Deuteronomy - from the precise part of the book where Moses is explaining the lessons Israel was supposed to learn from its years in the desert (compare Matthew 4:4 and Deuteronomy 8:3; Matthew 4:7 and Deuteronomy 6:16; and Matthew 4:10 and Deuteronomy 6:12-15).
C. Blessings of the Kingdom
Jesus, then, is the son of David and the son of God, the Messiah long anticipated by the faithful of Israel.
He comes to His people as a liberator and savior - like the first liberator and savior of Israel, Moses.
Like Moses, Jesus fasts for 40 days and nights alone in the wilderness (see Matthew 4:2;Exodus 34:28).
Like Moses, He ends His fast by climbing a "mount" to give the people the law of God, delivering what we call the "Sermon on the Mount" (see Matthew 5-7; Deuteronomy 5:1-21;Exodus 24:12-18).
The Law given by Moses at Mount Sinai was a Law by which the people were to live in the "promised land." The new law that Jesus gives in His Sermon on the Mount is the law for the new promised land, "the kingdom of heaven" (see Matthew 5:3,10).
Jesus insists that His new law doesn't abolish the old Law of Moses or the teachings of the prophets. Instead, He says, He has come "to fulfill" the Law and the prophets (see Matthew 5:17).
Jesus makes the Law of Moses a law for all mankind, a law for governing the human heart, a law for a Kingdom of God that's bigger than any one nation, a Kingdom that will stretch to the ends of the earth.
The kingdom teaching of Jesus is a "family law" really - a law given by a Father for His children.
The dominant theme in Jesus' great sermon is the Kingdom. But the Kingdom He envisions is far more than a political institution. The Kingdom of God is the Family of God.
That's why in the middle of this sermon, He teaches the people to pray to "our Father" and to ask "Your Kingdom come, Your will be done." (see Matthew 6:9).
The "kingdom of heaven" or the "kingdom of God" was the center of all Jesus' preaching and miracle working. It was the center of what He sent His Apostles out to teach (see Luke 10:9,11).
Jesus gives us many hints that when He says "kingdom" He means the promised Kingdom of David. For instance, He tells the people in His sermon that they will be "salt of the earth" (see Matthew 5:13).
Jesus is here recalling the reminder of Abijah - that God's covenant with David was for all time: "Do you not know that the Lord, the God of Israel, has given the kingdom of Israel to David forever, to him and to his sons, by a covenant made in salt?" (2 Chronicles 13:5).
Matthew also says the new people of God are to be "the light of the world" and a "city set on a mountain" (see Matthew 5:14).
He is evoking here the prophecies of Isaiah about the restored kingdom, which was to be a "light to the nations" (see Isaiah 42:6; 49:6).
The spiritual capital of the city, Jerusalem (Zion), the city of David and of the Temple, set on the holy mountain, was to become the seat of wisdom for all nations (see Isaiah 2:2-3;11:9).
Jesus' preaching of the kingdom is accompanied by miraculous healings - again showing Him to be the expected Messiah.
He makes the deaf hear and the mute speak (compare Isaiah 35:4-5; Jeremiah 31:7-9;Mark 7:31-37). He gives eyesight to blind - who call out to Him: "Jesus, son of David, have pity on me" (see Mark 11:47,49).
D. The Good Shepherd
As David was a shepherd, and as the prophets foretold, Jesus the Messiah came as a good shepherd to save the lost sheep of the house of Israel (see John 10:11; Hebrews 13:20; Matthew 10:6; 15:24; see also Ezekiel 34:23; 37:24).
We see this most clearly in His feeding of the 5,000 (see Mark 6:34-44). The story begins with Jesus pitying the crowd "for they were like sheep without a shepherd" (see Mark 6:34).
Mark wants us to see Jesus as the good shepherd promised by Ezekiel and others.
But as we see past prophecies fulfilled in His miraculous feedings, the Gospel also wants us to look ahead - to the ongoing miracle of the Good Shepherd's care for His flock in the Eucharist.
Notice the precise actions of Jesus when He feeds the multitudes: He takes the bread; He blesses it; He breaks it; and He gives it.
Now flip ahead to the accounts of the Last Supper. What do we see Jesus doing? He He takes the bread: He blesses it; He breaks it; and He gives it (Compare Mark 6:41 and14:22; Matthew 14:19 and 26:26; Luke 9:16 and 22:19. See also 1 Corinthians 11:23,26).
The Good Shepherd not only seeks out His lost sheep, but He promises to feed and nourish them, to give them their daily bread.
E. The Keys to the Kingdom
As Solomon appointed 12 officers to rule his kingdom (see 1 Kings 4:7), Jesus appoints His 12 Apostles to positions of leadership in His kingdom (see Matthew 19:28).
He appoints, one, Simon, to a special post, changing his name to Peter. Peter is from the Greek Petros, which means "rock." Jesus tells him, "On this rock I will build my Church" (see Matthew 16:18).
This may be a reference to Solomon, who built the Temple, the house of God, on a large foundation stone (see Isaiah 28:16).
Earlier, Jesus had made another reference to Solomon and the rock - saying that people who live by His new law are like "a wise man who built his house on rock." Solomon was known for his wisdom (see 1 Kings 3:10-12) and built the Temple on a rock (see 1 Kings 5:17; 7:10).
My Church is the name that Jesus gives to the Kingdom He has come to announce.
And Jesus gives Peter supreme authority in His Kingdom, His Church. He gives Peter the "keys to the kingdom of heaven" and the powers to "bind and loose."
The only other place in Scripture where such "keys" are mentioned is in a passage about the Davidic kingdom found in a prophecy from Isaiah (see Isaiah 22:15-24).
There, Isaiah prophesies God's transfer of "the key of the House of David" from a corrupt "master of the palace" named Shebna to a righteous servant, Eliakin. Of Eliakin, the prophet says:
He shall be a father to the inhabitants of Jerusalem, and to the House of Judah. I will place the key of the House of David on his shoulder - when he opens, no one shall shut; when he shuts, no one shall open.
This sounds a lot like what Jesus says to Peter:
I will give you the keys to the kingdom of heaven. Whatever you bind on earth shall be bound in heaven and whatever you loose on earth shall be loosed in heaven.
In the Davidic Kingdom, the king appointed, in effect, a prime minister to handle the day-to-day affairs of the Kingdom. He was called the royal "vizier" or "major-domo," the "superintendent" or "master of the palace." He is considered, as Isaiah said, to be "a father to the inhabitants" of the Kingdom (see 1 Kings 4:1-6; 16:9; 18:3; 2 Kings 15:5; 18:18,37;19:2; Isaiah 22:22).
Jesus appoints Peter to be "prime minister" of the restored Kingdom of David, the Kingdom of Heaven that Jesus proclaimed, the Church He called His own.
The "keys" are a symbol of the King's power, authority, and control (see also Revelation 22:16; 3:7; 1:8).
Jesus' reference to "binding" and "loosing" alludes to the authority of rabbis in Jesus' time. The rabbis had the power to make "binding" and "loosing" decisions about the interpretation and enforcement of the Law - they could declare what is permitted and what is not permitted according to the Law.
As prime minister of the Kingdom, rock of the Church, Peter is, in effect, the chief rabbi, with ultimate teaching authority.
IV. New Exodus in Jerusalem
A. With Moses and Elijah
Peter, along with James and John, are chosen to see Jesus "transfigured" in glory on a mountaintop.
The Transfiguration again evokes memories from earlier in salvation history. On the mountaintop, Jesus speaks with Moses and the prophet Elijah. It is a very visual reminder of what Jesus said in the Sermon on the Mount - that He had come to fulfill the Law (of Moses) and the prophets.
What were the three talking about on the mountain? "His exodus that He was going to accomplish in Jerusalem" (see Luke 9:31).
The Greek word "exodus" means "departure." But in this scene they are talking about more than some generic departure. The Gospel is deliberately referring us back to the exodus of the Israelites out of Egypt.
The prophets had foretold the raising of a "righteous shoot" or son of David, who would lead a new exodus that would gather all the scattered children of Israel into a new kingdom administered by God's appointed shepherds.
As the first exodus led to the making of a covenant between God and Israel at Sinai, the new exodus, Jeremiah prophesied, would result in a "new covenant" (see Jeremiah 23:3-8;31:31-34).
What will happen to Jesus in Jerusalem - His Passion, death and Resurrection - will be that new exodus the prophets foresaw.
As the first exodus liberated Israel, the new exodus will liberate every race and people. As the first exodus freed Israel from bondage to Pharaoh, the new exodus will free all mankind from slavery to sin and death.
B. Making a King's Entrance
To begin the accomplishment of this new exodus, Jesus enters Jerusalem in a scene reminiscent of Solomon's crowning as King (see 1 Kings 1).
Jesus is proclaimed "son of David" (see Matthew 21:9,15) like Solomon (see Proverbs 1:1). He rides a colt into town (see Matthew 21:7) as Solomon rode King David's mule (see 1 Kings 1:38, 44).
As Solomon is declared king by the crowd in a tumult of rejoicing (see 1 Kings 1:39-40), the crowd greets Jesus with an Old Testament gesture of homage to a king - spreading their cloaks on the road before Him (see Matthew 21:8; 2 Kings 9:13).
C. Passover - Old and New
The night before the Israelites' exodus from Egypt, they ate a symbolic, ceremonial meal. It was more than a meal, it was to be a memorial - a ritual remembrance of that night for all time.
We're going to review here some material we covered in Lesson Four (see "The Passover and 'Our Paschal Lamb'"). But now we're in the position to see how Jesus, in celebrating His last Passover meal with His Apostles, revealed the full meaning of the Passover.
The Passover recalls the night when God destroyed all the first-borns of Egypt in order to rescue His "first-born son," Israel (see Exodus 4:22).
On that first Passover night, all Israelite families were ordered to sacrifice an unblemished lamb (see Exodus 12:5) and paint the lamb's blood with a hyssop branch (see Exodus 12:22) on their door posts (see Exodus 12:7). Then they were to eat the lamb's "roasted flesh" with unleavened bread (see Exodus 12:8).
When the Lord came that evening for the first-born of the Egyptians, He "passed over" every house with lamb's blood painted on the door posts (see Exodus 12:12-13,23).
The Israelites were instructed to remember this night forever, "as a perpetual ordinance for yourselves and your descendants" (see Exodus 12:24).
Each year, they would relive the night, as Moses had ordered, by reading the Scriptural account of the first Passover and eating the unblemished lamb with unleavened bread.
The Passover marked their birth as a people of God in the covenant He made with them at Sinai.
That covenant was ratified by the blood of animals offered in sacrifice. Sprinkling them with the blood, Moses said: "This is the blood of the covenant which the Lord has made with you" (see Exodus 24:8).
Jesus had all this background in mind at His Last Supper, which was eaten as a Passover meal. It was celebrated on the night before His "exodus."
Jesus tells the Apostles that the bread is His body and that the wine is "My blood of the covenant" (see Mark 14:24).
Jesus is making a direct quotation of Moses' words at Sinai (see Exodus 24:8). In Luke's account of the Last Supper, the cup is even called "the new covenantin My blood" (seeLuke 22:20).
In explaining the Eucharist, Jesus compared it implicitly with the Passover celebration - saying that people must "eat My flesh," as the Israelites had to eat the roasted flesh of the Lamb (see John 6:53-58).
In telling His Apostles to "do this in memory of Me" (see Luke 22:19), Jesus was instituting the Eucharist as a "memorial" of a new "passing over" and a new covenant.
We who believe in Jesus are to remember our salvation in a ritual meal - just as the Israelites commemorated their salvation from Egypt.
D. Our Paschal Lamb
The actual "passover" of Jesus takes place in His Passion, death and Resurrection.
Here, we see Jesus identified as both the Passover lamb and the priest who offers the lamb in sacrifice.
Early on, John the Baptist had identified Jesus by the curious label, "the Lamb of God" (seeJohn 1:29).
When Christ is condemned, the Gospel tells us, it was the "preparation day for Passover, and it was about noon." Why this detail? Because that was the precise moment when Israel's priests slaughtered the lambs for the Passover meal (see John 19:14).
Later, the mocking soldiers give Jesus a sponge soaked in wine. They raise it to Him on a "hyssop branch." That's the same kind of branch the Israelites are instructed to use to daub their door posts with the blood of the Passover lamb (see John 19:29; Exodus 12:22).
And why don't the soldiers break Jesus' legs (see John 19:33,36)? John explains that with a quote from Exodus, telling us that it was because the legs of the Passover lambs weren't to be broken (see Exodus 12:46; Numbers 9:12; Psalm 34:21).
Jesus also is reported to have been wearing a tunic that was "seamless, woven in one piece from the top down" (see John 19:23). This sounds a lot like the special garment worn by Israel's high priest which was not to be torn (see Leviticus 16:4; 21:10). Note that the soldiers say, "Let's not tear it" (see John 19:24).
These subtle details are put there to show us that what's happening on the Cross is a new Passover.
In the first Passover, Israel was spared by the blood of an unblemished sacrificial lamb painted on their door posts. The lamb died instead of the first-born, was sacrificed so that the people could live (see Exodus 12:1-23,27).
It is the same with the Lord's Passover. The Lamb of God dies so that the people of God might live, saved from their sins by "the blood of the Lamb" shed on the Cross (seeRevelation 7:14; 12:11; 5:12).
"Our paschal lamb, Christ, has been sacrificed," St. Paul says (see 1 Corinthians 5:7). On the Cross, St. Peter tells us, Jesus was "a spotless unblemished Lamb." By His "Precious Blood" we are "ransomed" from captivity to sin and death (see 1 Peter 1:18-19).
E. Death of the Beloved Son
More than that, even, what's happening on the Cross is the fulfillment of the oath that God swore to Abraham back on the Mount of Moriah.
Here we want to recall what we said in Lesson III (see "Binding Isaac").
On the Cross, Jesus is "reenacting" the story of Abraham's sacrifice of His beloved son Isaac (see Genesis 22).
Calvary, where Jesus was crucified, is one of the hills of Moriah, the mountain range where the drama of Abraham and Isaac took place.
Recall the repetition of the words "father" and "son" in the Abraham and Isaac story, how Isaac is repeatedly referred to as Abraham's only and beloved son (see Genesis22:2,12,16).
Jesus, too, is called a "beloved Son" at two crucial points in His life - in His Baptism and Transfiguration (see Matthew 3:17; 17:5).
As Isaac carried the wood for his own sacrifice, and submitted to being bound to the wood, so too Jesus carried His cross and let men bind Him to it.
Abraham had assured his son before binding him on the altar: "God himself will provide the lamb for the holocaust [sacrificial burnt offering]" (see Genesis 22:8).
And indeed God did - centuries later on the Cross at Calvary. There, God accepted the sacrificial death of His only beloved Son.
Abraham received his son back from certain death "on the third day" (see Genesis 22:4). And on the third day, God the Father received His Son back from the dead (see 1 Corinthians 15:4).
In testing Abraham's faith, God had been showing us the Cross in advance, had been revealing the mystery of His own Fatherly love, of His faithfulness to His covenant promises.
God twice praised Abraham's faithfulness - "You did not withhold from me your own beloved son" (see Genesis 22:12,15).
When Paul talks about the Crucifixion, he uses the same exact Greek words to describe God's faithfulness - "He who did not spare His own Son but handed Him over for us all" (see Romans 8:32).
On account of Abraham's faith, God swore a covenant oath - that Abraham's children would be "as countless as the stars of the sky" and that through them God's blessings would flow upon "all the nations of the earth" (see Genesis 22:15-18).
As we have said, this is the covenant that God was honoring at every turn in salvation history - in freeing the descendants of Abraham from Egypt (see Exodus 2:24); in establishing David's kingdom as an everlasting dynasty (see 2 Samuel 7:8,10,11).
And on the Cross, that promise to Abraham is finally fulfilled. God, in faithfulness to His covenant promise to Abraham, in offering His only begotten Son, made it possible for all peoples to be made "children of Abraham" and heirs of the promised blessings.
As Paul said, the Beloved Son gave His life so that "the blessings of Abraham might be extended to the Gentiles" - that is, to all the peoples of the world, to all those who aren't children of Abraham by birth (see Galatians 3:14).
By faith in the Gospel, by believing that Jesus is the Messiah, the son of David and the son of Abraham, all men and women are made "Abraham's descendants, heirs according to the promise" made by God to Abraham back on Moriah (see Galatians 3:29).
V. The End of His Story
A. Beginning with Moses
How do we know all this? How can we be sure that this is the "right interpretation" of what was really happening on the Cross?
Because the Church, building on the testimony of the Apostles, has told us so. How did the Apostles know?
Because Jesus taught them how to find Him in the Scriptures.
On the third day, when He rose from the dead, what was the first thing He did? According to Luke's Gospel, He appeared to some deeply saddened disciples making their way to Emmaus.
As He walked, He explained the Scriptures to them. "Beginning with Moses and all the prophets, He interpreted to them what referred to Him in all the Scriptures" (see Luke 24:27).
When He was done interpreting the Scriptures to them, He celebrated the Eucharist. Notice the same pattern we observed in the feeding of the multitudes and at the Last Supper. At Emmaus, "He took bread, said the blessing, broke it and gave it to them" (see Luke 24:30).
Later that first Easter night, He appeared to the Apostles. Again, He "opened their minds to understand the Scriptures" (see Luke 24:45).
By Scriptures, of course, Luke means the books of what we call the Old Testament. There were no New Testament writings just yet!
But Jesus was establishing something very important - that what He said and did, the meaning of His life, death and Resurrection, can't be understood apart from what was written beforehand in the Old Testament.
He told them that God had foretold His coming in every part of the Old Testament, and explained to them "everything written about Me in the Law of Moses and in the prophets and in the Psalms" (see Luke 24:44).
Jesus taught His chosen Apostles how to interpret the Scriptures. And as He promised, He sent them "the Spirit of truth" to guide them "to all truth" (see John 16:13).
What they learned and continued to have revealed to them "in the breaking of the bread" is inscribed on every page of the New Testament and in the Liturgy of the Church.
Indeed, there is not a page of the New Testament that's not infused with Old Testament quotations or allusions. Even relatively minor Epistles, like that of Jude, contain lessons drawn from the Old Testament.
Listen for the echoes of salvation history as you read the rest of the New Testament.
You will hear the Apostles doing just what Jesus taught them to do - interpreting the Old Testament, explaining how all the great words and events of the past pointed to Jesus, the Messiah, the Word of God come in the flesh (see Acts 8:26-39; John 1:14).
In the Acts of the Apostles, be sure to read the great missionary speeches of Peter (seeActs 2:14-36; 3:12-26; 11:34-43); Paul (see Acts 13:16-41) and Steven (see Acts 7:1-51).
You will hear all the great stories we have looked at in this course - about God's promises to Abraham, about Moses and the Exodus, the forty years in the desert, and more. More than any other figure, you will hear about David.
B. Kingdom of the Spirit
At the center of the Jesus' post-Resurrection teaching about the Old Testament was David and "the kingdom of God" (see Acts 1:3).
In the Church, God has "restore[d] the kingdom to Israel" (see Acts 1:6).
Jesus' Ascension to heaven is described as a royal enthronement - He is taken up to heaven to be seated at the right hand of God for all eternity (see Acts 2:22-36).
Seated on the throne of David, Jesus rules His Kingdom (see Acts 13:22-37). More than a heavenly king, Christ is "a great priest over the house of God" (see Hebrews 10:11).
The Davidic Messiah, we recall, was expected to be "a priest forever" (see Psalm 110:4). And now Jesus is enthroned in the temple and sanctuary of heaven - "a high priest who has taken His seat at the right hand of the throne of the Majesty in heaven" (see Hebrews 8:1; also Hebrews 7).
Jesus reigns now as King and High Priest over a kingdom that is both on earth and in heaven - a kingdom that is both temporal and historical and spiritual and eternal. It is a kingdom that was begun among the children of Israel, but now is to extend to the ends of the earth.
We see this already in the Acts of the Apostles. The progress of Acts shows the Church extending from Jerusalem (Acts 1-7), north to restore the former Northern Kingdom (Acts 8), and from there fanning out to all the nations beyond Israel (see Acts 10-28).
As you read Acts, notice that "the Kingdom of God" is a constant theme of the Apostles' preaching (see Acts 8:12; 14:22; 19:8; 20:25; 28:31).
This Kingdom is the Church. And the Church is the destiny of the human family. In sending His Spirit down upon Mary and the Apostles at the Pentecost (see Acts 1:14; Acts 2), God announces the crowning of all His mighty works of salvation history.
The Jewish feast of Pentecost called all devout Jews to Jerusalem to celebrate their birth as God's chosen people, in the covenant Law given to Moses at Sinai (see Leviticus 23:15-21; Deuteronomy 16:9-11).
The Spirit given to the Church at Pentecost seals the new law and new covenant brought by Jesus - written not on stone tablets but on the hearts of believers, as the prophets promised (see Jeremiah 31:31-34; 2 Corinthians 3:2-8; Romans 8:2).
In the beginning, the Spirit came as a "mighty wind" sweeping over the face of the earth (see Genesis 1:2). And in the new creation of Pentecost, the Spirit again comes as "a strong, driving wind" (see Acts 2:2) to renew the face of the earth.
God fashioned Adam, the first man, out of dust and filled him with His Spirit (see Genesis 2:7).
Jesus is "the New Adam" (see Romans 5:12-14,17-19).
Jesus underwent a temptation by the Devil, just as Adam did. He was tempted a final time, in a garden (see Luke 22:39-46), in "the time for the power of darkness," that is, the time for the Devil's last stand (see Luke 22:53).
The first Adam, by his disobedience, brought sin and division and death into the world.
By His obedience to God, by willingly emptying himself to come among us as a man and to offer himself in sacrifice on the Cross, Jesus restored our relationship with God (seePhilippians 2:6-11).
We see this on the Cross. What does Jesus say to the good thief? "Amen, I say to you, today you will be with Me in Paradise" (see Luke 23:42).
Paradise, as we learn later in the New Testament (see Revelation 2:7), is the "Garden of God," the place where salvation history begins and ends - with the human family once more worthy to eat of "the tree of life" (see Revelation 22:2,14,19).
"For just as in Adam all die, so too in Christ shall all be brought to life," Paul said (see 1 Corinthians 15:22).
As Adam was made a living being by the Spirit-breath of God, the New Adam become a life-giving Spirit (see 1 Corinthians 15:45,47).
He breathed His own life and power into the Apostles after the Resurrection (see John 20:22-23). And beginning at Pentecost, like a river of living water, for all ages He will pour out His Spirit on His body, the Church (see John 7:37-39).
C. Sacraments of Childhood
The Apostles in turn pour out that Spirit upon the world - through the divine ministry of the sacraments.
The sacraments, as the Apostles explained them, continued the mighty works of God in salvation history - localizing them, making them personal, ensuring that all people would be joined to the saving work of Jesus until the end of time.
The sacraments - like everything in the New Covenant - were concealed in the Old and revealed in the new.
Baptism fulfills the covenant God made with Noah. No longer does water destroy the sinful. Now it saves the sinner, destroys the sin (see 1 Peter 3:20-21). But whereas the flood and the ark saved only eight people, in the saving waters of Baptism, in the ark of the Church, all humankind may find salvation.
The waters of Baptism are also likened to the miracle of the parted waters of the Red Sea. When Moses led the people through the waters of the Red Sea, fed them with spiritual food and drink, it was to show us an "example" of our life in the Church.
We will be saved in the waters of Baptism, guided by the Spirit, nourished by the Eucharist in the wilderness of the world (see 1 Corinthians 10).
Receiving the Spirit in Baptism, each man and woman is made a "new creation" (see 2 Corinthians 5:17; Galatians 6:15). According to St. James: "He willed to give us birth by the word of truth that we may be a kind of first fruits of His creatures" (see James 1:18)
This new birth is celebrated throughout the New Testament: "See what love the Father has bestowed on us that we may be called the children of God" (see 1 John 3:1).
This is why the Apostles, like Paul, called themselves spiritual "fathers" (see Philemon 10) and referred to their new converts as "children" (see 1 Thessalonians 2:11) and even "newborn infants" (see 1 Peter 2:2).
Remember, this was the purpose of salvation history in the beginning, the meaning and trajectory of every covenant - to make us children of God. This purpose is fulfilled in Jesus and the Church. In the Church, all are made part of what Paul calls "the family of faith" (seeGalatians 6:10).
D. Completing the Word of God
In Jesus, we see the full disclosure of God's "eternal purpose," His plan from "before the foundation of the world" - to make all men and women His children by divine "adoption" (see Ephesians 3:11; 1:4-5)
Each of the Baptized has been given a "share in the divine nature" (see 2 Peter 1:4). Each has received "a Spirit of adoption," making them "Children of God, and if children, then heirs of God" (see Romans 7:15-16) - heirs to the blessings promised at the dawn of salvation history.
Drinking of the one Spirit in the Eucharist (see 1 Corinthians 10:4), believers in the Church are the firstfruits of a new, worldwide family of God - fashioned from out of every nation under heaven, with no distinctions of wealth or language or race, a people born of the Spirit.
The Church, the restored Kingdom, "brings to completion...the Word of God, the mystery hidden from ages and generations past" (see Colossians 1:26).
In the Kingdom, in the Church, the Gentiles, the non-Jews, are "no longer strangers" but are made now "fellow citizens with the holy ones and members of the household of God" (see Ephesians 2:19: 3:5-6).
Much of the drama of Acts, the tension of Romans and Galatians, revolves around the growth and meaning of this Kingdom, how God's saving purpose was to include the non-Jewish peoples, how the Gospel is to be preached "to the Gentiles that they may be saved" (see 1 Thessalonians 2:16).
And throughout the New Testament we see the Church growing as a visible institution:
* under the leadership of Peter, teaching and interpreting the Scriptures with final and ultimate authority, guided by the Holy Spirit (see Acts 15:24-29);
* writing inspired letters and handing on oral traditions (see 2 Thessalonians 2:15);
* Baptizing and celebrating the Eucharist and other sacraments (see Acts 10:44-48; 2:42);
* creating permanent institutions - priests, bishops and deacons - to carry on the work into the future (see Titus 1:5-9; 1 Timothy 3:1-9; 4:14; 5:17-23).
E. Revealing the End
The New Testament promises that the Kingdom now visible on earth will be consummated in the "heavenly kingdom" (see 2 Timothy 4:18).
And we see a glimpse of that heavenly kingdom in the Bible's last book, the Book of Revelation.
The Bible began with the story of the creation of the world. It ends with the passing away of heaven and earth and the coming down of "a new heaven and a new earth" (seeRevelation 21:1).
In Revelation, the Apostle John is "caught up in the Spirit on the Lord's Day" (seeRevelation 1:10) - that is, on a Sunday, possibly while celebrating the Eucharist.
What is revealed to him is the destiny of history, the "goal" or final end of God's saving plan.
Jesus is unveiled as "the lion of the tribe of Judah, the root of David" (see Revelation 5:5;3:7; 22:16) - in other words the Son of David.
He is "a male child destined to rule all the nations with an iron rod" (see Revelation 12:5), born of a Queen Mother - "clothed with the sun, with the moon under her feet, and on her head a crown of twelve stars" (see Revelation 12:1).
He is revealed as "the Lamb that was slain," now enthroned in heaven (see Revelation 5:6-14). He is clothed as a high priest and king (see Revelation 1:13) and He is called "the Word of God" (see Revelation 19:13) and "King of Kings and Lord of Lord" (see Revelation 19:16; 11:15).
Jesus is seen summoning people to worship, to enter into His kingdom, to eat with Him, to be enthroned with Him in heaven (see Revelation 3:20-21).
The Church is revealed as "a kingdom, priests for His God and Father" (see Revelation 1:6).
Recall that this was God's purpose in bringing the Israelites out of Egypt and making them a nation (see Exodus 19:6). The Kingdom of the Churc h, born of the new exodus of Christ, now fulfills God's purpose - to make a holy family of priestly people (see 1 Peter 2:9).
The Church is founded on "the twelve apostles of the Lamb" and open to the "twelve tribes of the Israelites" (see Revelation 21:12,14). It is made up of both Jews and Gentiles, as John sees it. There are 144,000 "marked from every tribe of the Israelites" plus "a great multitude, which no one could count, from every nation, race, people and tongue" (seeRevelation 7:7,9).
All are gathered before a great throne and the Lamb, and heaven is filled with the sounds and actions of worship. Revelation, in fact, is a picture of the eternal liturgy of heaven, a liturgy that very much resembles the Mass the Church still celebrates on earth.
Through all the visions John records, there are scenes of tribulation and warfare, as the Church struggles against Satan, the great ancient serpent "who deceived the whole world" at the beginning of salvation history (see Revelation 12:9).
The first creation ended with the frustration of God's plan in the sin of Adam and Eve. The Bible ends with images of triumph and victory - "a new heaven and a new earth" (seeRevelation 21:1).
All the Church is singing a great "alleluia" before the throne of God, joining in celebration of "the wedding feast of the Lamb" (see Revelation 19:6,7,9).
The Groom of the feast is the Lamb, Christ. The Bride is the Church - described as a "holy city, a new Jerusalem, coming down out of heaven from God, prepared as a bride adorned for her husband" (see Revelation 21:2).
The Church, throughout the New Testament is referred to in female terms - as the "elect Lady" (see 2 John 1), as the bride made "one flesh" with Christ (see Ephesians 5:2), and finally as the "mother" of every Christian born in baptism (see Galatians 4:26).
In drawing these comparisons, Paul in particular, always pointed his readers back to the story of Adam and Eve. The Church is "one body" with Christ in the same way that Adam and Eve - and every married couple - are united as "one flesh" in marriage (see Genesis 2:24; Ephesians 5:30-31).
Remember that Christ is presented to us in the New Testament as a "New Adam." The Church, His Bride, is the New Eve.
In the garden in the beginning, with the "marriage" of Adam and Eve, God was drawing for us an image of what things would look like in the end.
He was showing us that the relationship He desires with the human race is full communion, intimate love. The only human relationship that can compare is that of the union of man and woman in the marriage covenant.
In fact, throughout salvation history, God compared His Old Covenant to the marriage covenant (see Hosea 2:16-24; Jeremiah 2:2; Isaiah 54:4-8). This explains why Christ described Himself as a "bridegroom" in the Gospels and performed His first miracle at a wedding (see John 2; 3:29; Mark 2:19; Matthew 22:1-14; 25:1-13).
The New Covenant fulfills God's marital vows to His people. He has become "one body" with them in the Church. This covenant is renewed in each Eucharist, as we are joined intimately to His Body.
As He promised through His prophets (see Ezekiel 27:26-27), God has made His dwelling with the human race: "He will dwell with them and they will be His people and God himself will always be with them" (see Revelation 21:3).
This is the reality we live in now, according to the Bible's last book.
We are heirs to the victory won by Christ - a victory foreseen by God since before the foundation of the world.
We are the spiritual children, born of the marriage of the Lamb and the Church, having received the divine gift of "life-giving water" in Baptism, having heard God say to each of us: "I shall be his God and he will be My son" (see Revelation 21:7).
By His power, we have been given the "right to eat from the Tree of Life that is in the garden of God" (see Revelation 2:7), the tree spurned by Adam and Eve.
We live in joyful hope waiting for the coming of the Lord again in glory, a coming we anticipate in every celebration of the Eucharist (see 1 Corinthians 10:26).
This is the story of the Bible. And the Bible is now a book, an oracle of God, that we can say we have read, with understanding, from cover to cover.
VI. Study Questions
1. Explain the four Old Testament references in the first line of the New Testament (seeMatthew 1:1). Why do we say that this line could stand as a summary of the entire Gospel?
2. What does Mary mean when she says the Christ Child fulfills God's "promises to our fathers, to Abraham and to his descendants forever" (see Luke 1:55).
3. How does the New Testament present Jesus as the promised Davidic Messiah in (a) His birth and early years; (b) His Baptism; and (c) His public ministry? Provide examples and quotations from Scripture.
4. How does the New Testament present Jesus as a new Moses in (a) His birth and early years; and (b) in His temptation in the wilderness?
5. How is Jesus' death and resurrection a new exodus and a new passover? In what way is the Eucharist a memorial of this new passover and exodus?
6. Explain the similarities between Abraham's "sacrifice" of Isaac and the Crucifixion of Jesus. How does the event of the Cross fulfill God's promise to Abraham?
7. When and how did Jesus teach the Apostles how to interpret the Old Testament Scriptures?
8. How does the New Testament present the Church as the restored Kingdom of David and a worldwide family of God?


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the location for its closeness to the historic old town
perfect allocation The hotel is a little bit old and I think 4* is too much for it.Plasma TV is ver very small.
breakfast in room was excellent and there wasn't extra price. the idromassage-swimming pool at the top of the hotel was closed.
Location during the day was good Location at night was scary... lots of guys walking around trying to talk you into visiting their strip clubs. Worst part about the hotel was we did not have any hot water either morning (and the cold water was tinted rust red). Called front desk and they assured me it was fixed. I'm not too smart but I can tell the difference between hot and cold water. The second night they offered me the opportunity to shower in another room (??). I complained to the manager during check out and he just apologized and restated his thoughts that it was fixed. There was no offer of a discount or elimination of a bar tab. I will not return.
Location was very good
Staff were very friendly and helpful, I was drunk for a lot of the time and they put up with me on many occasions.
Good central location: 5 minutes from subway and 10 minute walk from City of Arts & Science.
location and good price too small parking lot
The room was a good size and very comfortable with a good range of toiletries. The food was of a good standard and plentiful. Arrival by car is a problem as the hotel is on a bus lane.The access to the hotel car park is on a one way street which means going round the block. However Monday is market day and all roads are closed.Had to go down the one way street in opposite direction for access.
Although arriving at 0930 I was offered a room by very helpful receptionist. When I asked to move to quieter room it was no problem at all. The restaurant/cafeteria was of good qualitity and reasonably priced. Very comfortable bed with good sized bathroom. Sound proofing could be inproved between rooms. Road noise in rooms on the front.
Enthusiastic, helpful staff; appearance, design, & facilities of the hotel; convient location; cleanliness of room & hotel was one of the best ever encountered; nice residential area; dinner in restaurant was outstanding, and only 17 eu each, including bottle of wine and gratuity. This was definitely the best hotel we've stayed at, during our six weeks all over Europe. No internet access in room; expensive (15 eu per day) WiFi in lobby only; there is no excuse in this age not to offer at least lan connection in the room: most hotels, even low-priced, do offer this in first- and third-world countries. Also heat did not work, and the only thing the staff was able to do was send someone to turn the fan off.
location air condititioning not working in room
good modern hotel price on the last night 3 times more than previous nights ! .hotel is a bit 2 far from transport 2 city center, but taxis are inexpensive 5or 6 euros
Very clean room and public areas. Good restaurant and bar. Bar Breakfast buffet poor ..hot food did not look fresh.
room was too noisy, wifi difficult to configure. Breakfast was not good, and our sink was broke;
We spent 4 days here, and it was a good value for the money. Considering the poor exchange to the US Dollar - I felt that I got a great rate for the location and the quality of the room.
The breakfast was the highlight of our stay with a good and varied choice. Hard beds and poor air conditioning
Convenient location to attractions, and the best breakfast we had during our week in Spain. During our stay, we were at 3 different hotels and enjoyed our stay at the SH Palace the most. Parking is an extra fee at the Public Park. 2 twin beds pushed together do not make a king size bed!
all ok The price of the garage very espensive 29 € for 10 hour!!!!
The staff was friendly and polite. Parking.
good size bedroom and excellent bathroom.nicely situated hotel. Hotel very business orientated. Little tourist info,Excepting reception staff the rest were surly,a smile and a hola would be nice.No coffee shop, restaurant menu very limited. A 4star hotel yes a 5 star no.
A very good location for a walk to the center looking for historical notabilities or restaurants, as well as art & science museum area onthe other side. Very quick room service. No music in the room - no music channels like MTv or VH1 on TV,radio function on TV didn't work.
The Old Town, City of Arts and Science and Mestalla Stadium are all within walking distance and there is a direct bus route to the port and beaches. The immediate vicinity of the hotel is not very interesting.
Beautiful hotel, nice rooms, good hard bed, gorgeous bathroom, well located.
The hotel was fabulous, rooms spotless and well equipped. Very good location, breakfast although expensive was great, so much food to choose from. We would definately return again. no bad points
everything was first class. highly recommended no complaints .
The location is ideal by the beach and the city. It's a very beautiful recently totally restored hotel with a 100 years history, the food is truly fabulous. The floor in the room and bathroom is made of noisy laminate. The bathroom is very unusual, lots of design, not very practical.
This Hotel is not ready for the potential influx of tourists from outside of Spain. Information was not given for example Newspapers were from different countries were freely available each day but we were not informed of this until the third day of our stay. The bar does not display what drinks are available. I asked for scotch and they had to look in a cupboard behind the bar to find it. I asked the concierge if I could arrange a guided tourto various areas and he said none were available. These usually are from tourist hotels. There was no information supplied as to the hotel facilities. There were insufficient sun beds to accomodate all guests we were involved in the German method of ensuuring that we had a sun lounger for the day.
It was our honeymoon and the room we stayed had a beautiful sea view which we liked the most. The staff at the front desk were very friendly and helpfull also the minibar was free.
Really liked the big balcony. Great shower with multiple jets.
Stunning views of the sea including the America's Cup course.
I have wrote my preferances in advance to the hotel and they've followed all of them! Fantastic! Reception was very polite and everyone spoke English. Restorant: food was very good, everyone spoke very good English and were friendly too. The same about spa. Beautiful gardens around the hotel.The room was very clean, warm with airconditioning. Beuatiful bathroom, nice room itself. The metro from the airport stops 50 miters from the hotel and there are two bus stops nearby: bus number 19 and number 32 which are going to the centre. I liked the beach very much- very good if you have small kids: the sea is not deep. Lots of little restorants around the hotel. Hotel was absolutely the top point of my trip to Valencia! If you go to Spain please remember that not everyone speaks English. But if you agree to try to understand them, they will absolutely do there best to explane you everything. That was my experience. I never had any problem with language there!
good service,location,standards no tea making facilities in the room...and overnight carparking charge of 19 euros despite it being out of season
its location close to the city , on the beach,the splendid promenade, restaurants and the new docklands F1 area nothing
service and breakfast it was tohot i the rooms at night
Easy access to public transport into city centre. Near to the science and arts centre. Room small for two adults and a child. Carpet disgustingly dirty. No tea or coffee making facilities in the rooms. Got the room at a cheap rate so you get what you pay for. I have learned a valuable lesson.
Location We were very disappointed that the pool was not open and had not been for some time! We would not of stayed there had we known!!!
the hotel was nice and clean.the rooms were of high standard and the price was reasonable.
It's position not too far from the port (but not as near as I thought) and the old town centre . Staff extremely pleasant and helpful. A centre-of-town type of hotel (i.e. a bit cramped), but not in the centre of town (i.e. a bit in the middle of nowhere). Difficult to find. Hotel car parking is a bit of a pain. But no real complaints ....
Reception staff
The staff was really helpfull One day there was no warm water, we had to shower using cold water, and it was November
The hotel is near to the bus station and a turistic point
the hotel staff was extremely helpful, the hotel itself was very nice, and the location was great.
Staff was the most helpful and friendly of all the hotels I stayed at in spain. Location
The car parking was very tight for a larger car & I did not think the hotel was value for money
the location was good not clean
The room was spacious, stylish and comfortable, which gave very relaxed time to us. This hotel is located a bit out of centre but we did not find the location inconvenient. One metro line just behind of the hotel will take you directly to beach in 2-30 min, the other metro line (5 min walk) will take to city centre in 10 min. Food at the bar was excellent too. Free internet was of good service. Amazingly huge discount when we booked. Highly recommended for both holiday and business.
There was no information in the room regarding the hotel services available to guests. It was not close to the town centre
We paid for a luxury room and it was lovely The pool and jacuzzi were dirty and unusable
Hotel staff were friendly and very helpful. Facility was clean and the breakfast/lunch were very good. Location is alright and plenty of cabs were available but the metro was a few blocks away. Also, it is a bit of a hike to get over to the waterfront. The area felt safe however.
The free wireless, the gym, the staff, the comfort of the room Breakfast could be improved; more international tv channels would be useful
Since was the first time as Booking guest, I've got a very good room.. Good value for money Internet did not work on 10th floor. Little water came out of the shower
lots of light..which i like. yes, the first night the room in the afternoon was clean and tidy , but the second night , no body bother to fill up the fridge or clean the bathroom only they turn down the bed....all used empty bottled were left together with the dirty towel...unfortunatly , only the first night was the service appropriate...it is not acceptable form a 5 stars hotel ..
Excellent accommodation with 2 bedrooms. Good choice at breakfast and available between 7am - 11am. The swimming pool was 'out of action' for the duration of our stay - 5 days.
All : location, excellent services and facilities, exceptional value for money Nil
the feeling of being spoiled
It is a very nice hotel. Ideal for conference, business meetings.
The room was excellent- great bathrooms, very clean, very nice stay. Our bartender lady friend was very friendly, able to point us in the right direction for our travels. Thank you! N/a
Staff Being charged to park a car at the hotel.
Hotel was well appointed. Single room had a balcony which looked over the city The hotel is about a 30min walk from the centre of the old city and train station. Not too far (and there are plenty of busses), but given the size of Valencia there are plently of other options closer to the centre.
location was very good,for beach,shopping and visit the town. The balcony was very nice and very large with a nice view to Art Palace The room are very small even for only one person.And the bathroom has no space enough for anything. Is it claustrophobic!!
It´s a nice hotel! Rooms are bit too small...
I liked the location and the gorgeous view from the balcony, the mattress, the pillow and the sheets, but that was it. Unfortunately there were too many things I didn't like at this hotel. Firstly, the staff is highly professional and very helpful, but totally unfriendly; but then, this is what I've noticed generally about customer service in Valencia. Secondly, I didn't enjoy the dirty balcony, including the furniture, as I got my cloths dirty; I also wasn't happy to watch a bug crawling out of the bath tub. Thirdly, the use of a small space is not wisely used (at all) - on the contrary. The room might have been refurbished, but in a non-logical way, which makes the room uncomfortable; last, but not least: slow elevators (probably not the wisest programming?).
good hotel helpfull staff would recommend
The room was very warm. I could not get the air conditioning to work properly.
Good location. There wasn't any soap for washing our hands. Rooms are very very noisy. Breakfast and parking too expensive when it is so easy to find alternative solutions.
reasonable location
Friendly staff, late checkout no problem, Room exceptionally clean and perfect location! The 2 things I look forr in a room dissapointed me. Comfy bed & pillows, and good Shower. Bed was hard and full of springs. Pillows were paper thin. Shower went from freezing cold to hot and varied water pressure. These bad points took everything away from the good. Think twice.
Everything was good
Location and staff were super, breakfast was very good that they did not have free internet/wifi
Nice and clean place, services excelente and really in the middle of the city
LOcation and warmth at night TV could not be used without a E25 payment and no keele in the room
Its location, cleanliness, and friendliness of the staff
the room and the location
Spacious room,nice large bathroom. Comfortable with friendly atmosphere. A perfect location for city trip. I missed a large bottle of water in the room (complimentary or payable)
there was only smoking rooms available when we arrived as myself and my husband are not smokers we declined this room and were advised a non smoking room would be available in an hour. When we returned we were delighted to be told that we were to be upgraded to a nicer room. It was wonderful. Staff lovely and very helpful. Central location close to everything. I was disappointed in the spa. The girl was pleasant and helful myself and husband booked in i tried the celtic tradition thought it was quite a clinical invironment it was rushed and over very quickly she was working on her own and was moving from room to rooom between my self and my husband it was not as relaxing as other spa experiences i have used in hotels i have stayed in. I would not be recommending it as it is too costly for what we received
THe hotel staff were very helpful and friendly. The location of the hotel was excellent both with regard to the tourist spots, restaurants, and the train station. Our room was spotless. We stayed 5 nights and couldn't fault anything. We had a room located at the front of the hotel and there was no noise at night. The airconditioning worked very efficiently and could be controlled and was practically silent! IWe would certainly stay here again.
staff very helpfull,centrel area. no breakfast in price.no coffee use in room.
excellent location
location was good! there's a big mall down the hotel.shopping was great.It was close to Arts and Science Center which I guess is the highlight of my Valencia trip. the or staff move so slow at the reception.Both in our check in and check out. no sense of urgency!
staff friendliness, honesty and helpfulness the other guests!!
The hotel was just FAB!!!The hotel is just on top of one shopping center full of restaurants!Realli nice|||
the bed not been sure were the front door was
Location Staff not friendly
This is a modern and comfortable hotel located on the top floors of a shopping center. So there is plenty of choices for restaurants. I highly recommend renting a bike form the hotel to take advantage of a vast bike path which is part of nearby L'oceanogràfic and the City of Arts and Sciences. Although the entrance and the lobby give you a feeling for a 4-star stay, I must say the room-furnishing is fairly basic without giving me much to talk about.
Welcome treats deliverd to our ro9om soon after arrival, use of gym in the shopping centre and free bottles of water in the room and replenished every day - fantastic! Location was further away form the centre of the citys than I expected and it was very difficutl to find out how to get into the hotel - the entrance was not clearly marked and we had to walk around the shopping centre a few trimes before we coudl find the entrance.
the design of the hotel was very modern and funky. Great location There was no mini bar
easy location and nice big rooms
perfect location no complaints
Location next to City of Arts and Sciences Not a 4 star hotel. No conditioner in the bathroom and very few other products one would expect from a 4 star hotel. Just soap, gel and shampoo and soap not replenished every day.
its proximity, to the city on one side and the park on the other
staff were very helpful
The hotel was central with just a short walk to both the historic centre and the new attractions. And also the no.1 bus stopped directly outside for visiting the Americas Cup complex. Although there is a public car park right next door it was very pricey. There were others quite close which were cheaper and if you get out early enough you can bag a free parking place in a road nearby.
Nice service, friendly staff and nice room. Location is excellent, close to all the nice restaurants and centre. The fact that, since it was wintertime, we couldnt adjust the temperature (airco is off in wintertime) in the room was very annoying. It was really hot in the room (22 degrees outside) and we had to sleep with the window open (really noisy.)The bed was also a bit too hard.
Clean, position. English knowledge level of personnel No free parking Noise
felt at ease and had a lovely view from the balcony
The hotel was conveniently located, clean and affordable. We were pleasantly surprised when we arrived. The room and the bathroom were spacious and it was easy to get around through the city from the hotel.
The room was stylish and comfortable with lots of room.
Location & Value for Money
very clean and comfortable. excellent location for sights.large ,bright clean room, very good value for money breakfast far too expensive so we went around the corner!
Service kindness and understanding Service at the breakfast and gastronomic need strong improvement for a 5 stars Hotel cathegory.
helpful staff
Most importantly for us was location and this one was pefect for exploring the city by foot Still some work being undertaken at the hotel, but nothing that cannot be put up with..
Attentiveness of staff and quality of interior design. Toilet arrangement in bedroom could be improved.
Good location, very good service, clean rooms. Room needs renovation (floor).
Comfortable, good service, good location
Very laid back and staff helpful & pleasant. Rooms good size and good selection of toiletries which was very useful as had to dump a few at the airport due to draconian measures of the uk airports
Very nice rooms. The staff was very good. It is very close to the old river which is now a park, and was very nice for running, walking and biking. Although there was an exercise room, it was very hot, and not conducive to exercising
The space in the room, the hotel staff were very helpful It was really diffiuclt finding the hotel street as it is above a pavement and not shown on the navi. There is absolutely no signs which the hotel must change
I did only 2 nights and b fast was good clean room nice b room and quiet nights There was no time to complain all was fine
Nice hotel with very modern facilities Opposite direction to the old city quarters.
Overall I was pleaswed with the hotel anmd the room was excellent. The breakfast was good and desk service was always helpful and useful. The pirce for what is was, was good The problem which is not the hotel's fault, is its location. Unless you are prepared to walk a lot (as I was), taxi is the only real mode of transport as the hotel located a long way from metro lines or the real city centre.
Clean rooms, and relatively quiet Extremely loud music across the road until 3.00am, but only on Saturday night.
the rooms were clean and tidy the cafe/bar area
Convenience of having parking and close to amenities and transport Breakfast was not as good as advertized, very limited choice, no fresh fruit and expensive for what it was
Very good staff, my congratulations.
Central location, clean room Breakfast buffet was terrible. Basic facilities but fine for an overnight stay.
very good location, free internet use, nice rooms and facilities Room in 1st floor was a bit noisy to the outside, staff was always correct but due to experience could be more friendly
Very good location and staff
Near a metro station (5 min on foot) Bad breakfast with low quality. Much noise at night in the room. The room was dirty with a bug in the shower.
Staff was great and very helpful and could speak good english unlike all locals. Room was very clean and comfortable. Very close to city centre by walk and 3 minutes away by walk to metro and hop on hop off stage. Would highly reccomend to someone with a low budget visiting Valencia ;) Altough it is a 3 star it is very close to a 4 star hotel.
clean and functional. helpful staff. very poor buffet breakfast, air con did not work


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SERITA Shone has stepped up her bid to get to the British Championships but the Wey-mouth bobsleigh star still needs all the help she can get to compete in Austria next month.
Without high-performance funding, Shone, who won bronze 12 months ago, needs to raise around £3,500 to be in contention for a medal this year.
Sled driver Shone and her brakewoman Sian Huxtable have to enter the championships by February 24 so they face a race against time to find the money they need.
Shone has set up her own page on donation website FundRazr in an attempt to reach her target, but the 24-year-old has admitted she is finding the fundraising hard going.
"I'm trying to do what I can but it's hard," she said. "I need to raise about £3,500 to comfortably get all the equipment I need – a little bit less gives me basic equipment.
"I have to pay for the hire of a bobsleigh and its storage and transportation, a helmet and a suit.
"Then there are flights, accommodation, food and a hire car to get from the hotel to the track.
"I'm trying to work to pay for things and get my teaching qualification done. I haven't had time to set anything up.
"It's all down to money and unfortunately you only get funding at world class level."
The British Championships run from March 3-8 in Igls, Austria, starting a little more than a week after the Winter Olympics in Sochi come to a climax.
And how Great Britain's bobsleigh teams do in Russia could affect the sport, and Shone, in the future with the threat of UK Sport funding cuts looming should performances not be up to scratch.
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19th January 2013 06:21 PM #1
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Do I have a chance of healthy pregnancy out of being a smoker and drinker?
I found it hard to quite smoking and pass drinking.
20th January 2013 08:51 AM #2
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It is difficult, but not impossible. Take it slow, tapering off a little more each day. You can do it!
18th February 2013 12:10 PM #3jcbGuest
You need to find a good support network to help you. Obviously you know that it is best for your growing baby to not have either of things entering their system, so having supportive people around you that will help get you off them will be a great help for you and your baby. I'm sure even your GP or midwife would be able to point you in the direction for support people in your local area if you need it.
Good Luck
18th February 2013 03:06 PM #4buderimosteopathGuest
If you want a baby then you'll do it. Acupuncture can help with the cravings and withdrawl but if its too hard your GP can arrange help with a psychologist for you.
10th March 2013 10:08 AM #5buderimosteopathGuest
Acupuncture is great but oh my - Cranial Osteopathy is better IMHO!
11th March 2013 05:59 AM #6
Hello Isaacle,
Here is an article which I hope you will find useful on Safe Eating and Drinking in Pregnancy.
Whilst some women who smoke and drink have healthy pregnancies; both smoking and drinking can make it harder to conceive and can have an affect on the growth and development of your baby. Alcohol can cross the placenta to the baby which can result in a lower birth weight or even a miscarriage. Smoking can have devastating consequences in pregnancy; it increases the risk of a premature birth and even of stillbirth.
I don't want to worry you but these are serious risks. Therefore, I would take the advice above and look at ways to help you stop smoking and drinking before you conceive.
Please do post back if you have any further questions.
Best wishes,
5th April 2013 08:27 AM #7
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Hello Isaacle
A great article on Environmental Tobacco Smoke and its danger to children has just been posted on this site. This one Alcohol and Breastfeeding also explores drinking after the birth of your baby.
These articles both provide pretty compelling evidence about the dangers of smoking and drinking to unborn babies to infants and children. I have never smoked but I do like a glass of wine and I did find resisting alcohol while trying to conceive hard. But in the end I realised that if I was unable to conceive, I would always blame the alcohol and myself for drinking it.
I think the same is true with smoking and drinking in pregnancy. The risks to your baby are very real and serious. Like LJ, I don't want to worry or pressure you but I do urge you to seek help in the best interests of your baby.
20th April 2013 06:54 AM #8
Hi dessydell,
I think it is best to not smoke at all when you are trying to conceive. I know this isn't always easy - but it will give the best chance of a healthy baby being conceived. Some sources recommend having a smoke and alcohol free body for the 3 months leading up to the period you want to conceive. However, many women who have healthy pregnancies do have the occasional drink whilst they are in the 'trying to conceive period of time'. Again, I know this is harder if you have been trying to conceive for longer.
With best wishes,


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Miquela & Jason
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Q & A with the Bride:
1. What was the one thing about your venue that made you know it was the one?
We knew the second we saw the Blatchford Hanger that it was perfect. We wanted something different, sort of a blank slate we could work with. The setting of the historical park and the nostalgic feeling around the entire area worked for us. We also loved that we could open the space up to the outdoors for dancing!
2. Which three details from your wedding were your favorites?
1. Jason had given me a card before the wedding. Inside was a little pin with a piece of toast and jam. It was so cute, and the perfect color, so I pinned it to the bottom of my bouquet. When I walked down the aisle and saw Jason, he had pinned the matching toast and peanut butter pin to his boutonniere. It was the best moment when we saw each other and realized we both had the pins– just a little reminder how well we go together.
2. We had so much fun going around the city taking photos with the wedding party! We stopped in antique shops, candy stores, clothing boutiques, the old midway– whatever we saw that looked fun. Everyone was so wonderful, allowing us to take over their businesses for a few minutes to get some good shots. While we walked from place to place, strangers were cheering, people were clapping, cars were honking – it was so nice!
3. We had set up a blank canvas at the reception and asked all of our friends and family to paint a little something on it throughout the evening. Not knowing what the end result might be, we were left with a really amazing piece of art that now hangs proudly in our home. It's the best reminder of our day; full of love from the ones we love.
3. Give us the one moment in your wedding you can't stop thinking about.
Our first dance! I didn't know, but Jason had organized each place setting to have a candle with a note saying " Please help me surprise Miquela during our first dance by lighting this candle. Each candle represents a special moment we have shared with each one of you, and I am hoping we can create ONE moment together we will never forget…." Needless to say, when we started our first dance, and I saw candle after candle light up around me, I was totally surprised and overwhelmed with emotion. It was a very surreal moment, and a memory that I will never forget.


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Lance Larsen at WSU
Utah Poet Laureate Lance Larsen will read and sign his book at the Elizabeth Hall Eccles Lecture Hall. Larsen's fourth collection of poems, Genius Loci, was published in 2012 by University of Tampa Press.
When • Monday, Feb. 25, 4 p.m.
Where • Elizabeth Hall Eccles Lecture Hall, 1905 University Circle, Weber State University campus, Ogden
Tickets • Free
Food blogger Deb Perelman
Cooks & Books continues with Deb Perelman, cook, photographer and writer behind the blog, www.smittenkitchen.com.
When • Tuesday, Feb. 26; lunch at 12:30 p.m., with book signing at 7 p.m.
Where • Harmons City Creek, 135 E. 100 South, Salt Lake City
Tickets • $55; visit bit.ly/Weimfo
Brian C. Hales on 'Joseph Smith's Polygamy'
Brian C. Hales, author of the newly published trilogy, Joseph Smith's Polygamy: History and Theology, will speak about the book and sign copies. Don Bradley, who assisted with volumes 1 and 2, will also be present.
When • Wednesday, Feb. 27, 5:30-7:30 p.m.
Where • Benchmark Books, 3269 S. Main, Ste. 250, Salt Lake City
Tickets • Free
'Panther Baby': Jamal Joseph
Jamal Joseph will speak about his book, Panther Baby: A Life of Rebellion and Reinvention.
When • Wednesday, Feb. 27, 7 p.m.
Where • Salt Lake City Public LibraryMain, 210 E. 400 South, Salt Lake City
Tickets • Free
The poetry of Rumi at the U
The poetry of 13th-century Persian mystic Rumi will be performed by Coleman Barks and Grammy award-winning cellist David Darling.
When • Thursday, Feb. 28, 7 p.m.
Where • Libby Gardner Concert Hall, 1375 E. Presidents Circle, Salt Lake City
Tickets • $23-$103; visit bit.ly/ULZ5Uk
Info • kingsburyhall.utah.edu or 801-581-7100.
Amy Allen Clark on 'The Good Life'
Amy Allen Clark will discuss her book, The Good Life for Less: Giving Your Family Great Meals, Good Times, and a Happy Home on a Budget.
When • Thursday, Feb. 28, 7 p.m.
Where • The King's English Bookshop, 1511 S. 1500 East, Salt Lake City
Tickets • Free
Ilya Kaminsky at the Guest Writers Series
Poet Ilya Kaminsky will read on Thursday, and offer a lunchtime conversation the next day.
When • Thursday, Feb. 28, 7 p.m., and Friday, March 1, noon
Where • Art Barn, 54 Finch Lane, Salt Lake City
Tickets • Free
Terry Tempest Williams reading
Terry Tempest Williams will read from her books at an event to HawkWatch International and the group's work to conserve raptors.
When • Saturday, March 2, 7 p.m.
Where • Ken Sanders Rare Books, 268 S. 200 East, Salt Lake City
Tickets • Free