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Easter Bible Study Series: King, Lamb, and Garden

Easter Bible Study Series: King, Lamb, and Garden
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The King, the Lamb, and the Garden

A three-part Easter and biblical theology series tracing kingship, sacrifice, provision, surrender, and resurrection hope through Christ.

Series overview

Easter is not an isolated moment in the biblical story. It gathers together themes that run through Scripture: the longing for a king, the need for a lamb, the place of surrender, and the hope of new creation.

The King, the Lamb, and the Garden follows those threads through Christ. Jesus is not the king people expected, but the King God gave. He is the Lamb God always intended to provide. And His resurrection turns the garden from a place of failure and grief into a place of life and hope.

How to use this series

Read these in order

Start with Israel’s longing for a king, then move to the Lamb God provides, and finish in the garden where resurrection hope breaks into the world through Jesus Christ.

Reading path

The full King, Lamb, and Garden series

  1. They Wanted a King. God Gave the Lamb.

    Begins with the tension between human expectations and God’s redemption. The people wanted a king of power, but God gave the Lamb who conquers through sacrifice.

  2. The Lamb God Had Always Intended to Provide

    Traces the promise of provision through Genesis 22, showing how the story of Abraham and Isaac points forward to the greater Lamb God would provide in Christ.

  3. Why Easter Runs Through a Garden

    Shows why the garden matters in the Easter story, connecting creation, fall, surrender, grief, resurrection, and the hope of new creation in Jesus.

King

Jesus fulfills kingship in a way that exposes our expectations. His reign is not weakness, but sacrificial victory.

Lamb

God provides what sinners could never provide for themselves. The Lamb is not an afterthought, but the heart of redemption.

Garden

The garden carries the story from creation and fall to surrender, resurrection, and the promise of restored life in Christ.

Common questions

Questions this series helps answer

  • Why did people expect a different kind of king than the one Jesus came to be?
  • How does Jesus fulfill the hope of kingship?
  • How does Genesis 22 point forward to Christ?
  • What does it mean that God provides the Lamb?
  • Why does Easter connect to sacrifice and substitution?
  • Why does the garden matter in the story of Easter?
  • How does resurrection answer the grief and failure of the fall?
  • How does Easter reveal both God’s justice and mercy?

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