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The King’s Comings: First Coming - The Humble King / Second Coming - The Just King - Matthew 21 & Revelation 19 · Mount Eaton Church

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Good morning, family. Open up to Matthew 21,
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Revelation 19. You're going to see some things
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that you probably never saw or heard today. It's
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not like it's never been taught. But that being
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said, before we dig in, we're going to do the...
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The doctrinal focus today. So doctrinal focus,
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I will read the question, you will read the answer.
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Westminster Shorter Catechism, question number
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28. Wherein consists Christ's exaltation? Christ's
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exaltation consists in his rising from the dead
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on the third day and his ascending into heaven.
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and in sitting at the right hand of God the Father,
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and in coming to judge the world at the last
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day. So this doctrine is fitting for today, because
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I think a lot of times when we go through Scripture,
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we have a tendency to look at things in a way
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that, I don't know if it's the idea of simplification,
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but there is some very important truths in these
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two verses. And I think sometimes it's missed
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that there is more than one triumphal entry.
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You're like, no way, that's impossible. We're
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going to prove it biblically. And I think you'll
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be able to look at the days coming to Jesus'
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crucifixion and be able to see this in the scripture.
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And really, the two things we're going to focus
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on today is the donkey and the horse, the donkey
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and her colt. and the horse. So before we get
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started, we're going to pray, and then we're
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going to dig in. I hope you guys got notebooks,
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and I hope you enjoyed today's message. Father,
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I want to thank you so much for your faithfulness
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and goodness. Thank you that you are righteous
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good, that all things are done for your purpose
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and glory, that everything throughout the scripture
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speaks of you in ways that our minds can't even
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fathom, that we will know fully even as we are
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fully known one day when we see you face to face.
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Lord, we praise you and thank you that you are
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holy, righteous, and good, and that your people
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are yours. May we see the majesty of the humble
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king and the glory of the just king, the coming
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king. Lord, we praise you and thank you for your
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faithfulness. In Jesus' name, amen. Matthew 21.
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It says, Now when they drew near to Jerusalem
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and came to Bethphage, to the Mount of Olives,
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then Jesus sent two disciples, saying to them,
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Go into the village in front of you, and immediately
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you will find a donkey tied and a colt with her.
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Untie them, bring them to me. If anyone says
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anything to you, you shall say, The Lord needs
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them. and he will send them at once. This took
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place to fulfill what was spoken by the prophet,
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saying, Say to the daughter of Zion, Behold,
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your king is coming to you, humble and mounted
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on a donkey, a colt, the fowl of a beast of burden.
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The disciples went and did as Jesus had directed
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them. They brought the donkey and the colt and
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put on them their cloaks. and he sat on them.
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Most of the crowd spread their cloaks on the
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road, and others cut branches from the trees
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and spread them on the road. And the crowds that
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went before him and that followed him were shouting,
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Hosanna to the son of David. Blessed be he who
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comes in the name of the Lord. Hosanna in the
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highest. And when he entered Jerusalem, the whole
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city was stirred up, saying, who is this? And
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the crowd said, this is the prophet Jesus from
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Nazareth of Galilee. Some things I want you to
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take notice. Matthew Henry writes concerning
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this, the provision that was made for this dignified
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rite or royal ceremony was very poor and ordinary,
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and such as bespoke his kingdom to be not of
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this world. There were no heralds at arms provided,
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no trumpet sounded before him, no chariots of
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state, no royal guards in procession attire.
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Such things as these were not agreeable to his
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present state of humiliation, but will be far
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outdone at his second coming to which his magnificent
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appearance. is reserved. When the last trumpet
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shall sound, the glorious angels shall be his
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heralds and attendants, and the clouds his chariots.
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But in this public appearance, you can only imagine
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what that day will be. Can you think about that?
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That there was nothing concerning his coming
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in as king would even have spoken that the king
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had arrived. Why a donkey in a cult? Many of
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you guys have probably, I know we talked about
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this last year, that the reality of Christ riding
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on a donkey was part of the story. It's actually
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a donkey and a colt. He rode on both. Matthew
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is very clear here. And so is Zachariah. Why
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a donkey and her colt, her fowl, her male son?
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To fulfill what was written in Zachariah. Chapter
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9, verse 9. Rejoice greatly, O daughter of Zion.
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Shout aloud, O daughter of Jerusalem. Behold,
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your king is coming to you, righteous and having
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salvation, as he, humble and mounted on a donkey,
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on a colt, the fowl of a donkey, to show that
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he alone is king, who has come to judge sin,
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like the judges of Israel in Judges 5 .10. So
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I want you to understand this. Before there was
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a king, they would have judges. The judges were
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the ones that ruled the people of Israel for
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God. They were the ones who God has set in place
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because God was the king. Well, there came a
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time when they no longer wanted judges. They
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demanded a king, and Samuel was the last of the
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judges. And so we see in Judges chapter 5 verse
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10 what the judge would ride on. It says, Tell
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of it, you who ride on white donkeys, who sit
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on rich carpets, you who walk by the way, talking
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about the judge. The judge would ride a white
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donkey because horses were few and in between
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in those days. A donkey is how the leader would
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ride in. And in most cases, especially before
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the times of kings, when a judge would ride in
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too, a tribe, or into the nation, they knew that
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God was sending some really bad news. We also
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know that the sons of judges rode donkeys. And
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like the sons of the judges in Judges 12, 13
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through 14, after him, Abdon, the son of Hillel,
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the Perithnight, judged Israel. He had 40 sons
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and 30 grandsons who rode on 70 colts, and he
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judged Israel eight years. Can you see that?
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That the sons of the judge rode on a fowl, a
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colt. The king of Israel, the son of God, comes
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riding on a donkey, humble king. And on her colt,
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the beast of burden, not as conqueror, but as
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a humble king to judge sin and give his life
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as a ransom for many. Now do you see the importance
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of the donkey and her colt? It's not by an accident.
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It's not just the importance of fulfilling scripture,
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which God does always in his prophecies, but
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it's also to tell a story that the humble king
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who has come to judge sin will die. He will carry
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the burden of his people. The king and his donkey,
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the first coming, the humble king. Christ came
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his first time. Many would say that his first
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coming was at his birth, and that is true. But
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when he enters Jerusalem as king, his first coming,
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we know what happened then. Matthew 21, 4 -7
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says this, This took place to fulfill what was
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spoken by the prophet, saying, Say to the daughter
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of Zion, Behold, see! Look, your king is coming
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to you. I like what Zechariah, what it says in
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Zechariah is that he comes humble and bringing
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salvation. If they only remembered. Humble and
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mounted on a donkey, on a colt, a young donkey,
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the fowl. The fowl of a donkey is a male donkey,
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the son of the mother donkey, if you could say
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that. What was a fowl? The fowl was a beast of
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burden. The fowl was young enough and strong
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enough to carry all the junk that the old donkeys
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couldn't carry. The burden. The disciples went
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and did as Jesus had directed them. They brought
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the donkey and the colt and put on them their
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cloaks and he sat on them. The king, to carry
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the burden of his people, sits humbly on the
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donkeys. Why should you or how should you respond?
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to the humble king. I would say, don't respond
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like the people of Israel because they got it
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wrong. How should you respond? The people's response
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to the humble king, Matthew 21, 8 through 11
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says, most of the crowds spread their cloaks
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on the road and others cut branches from the
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trees and spread them on the road. This was his.
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red carpet moment. And then it says, and the
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crowd that went before him, that followed him,
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were shouting, Hosanna, Yashana in the Hebrew.
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Yashana, Hosanna means save us, we pray. Isn't
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that amazing that he did come to save them, but
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they never saw the king. To the son of David,
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blessed is he who comes in the name of the Lord,
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Yashana in the highest. And when he entered Jerusalem,
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the whole city was stirred up saying, who is
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this? Who's this guy? It's the same response
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they gave when they were in the desert begging
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God for bread. They wake up in the morning and
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there's man all over the ground. And they go,
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what is that? Who's this guy? Interesting, isn't
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it? Notice what it says. And the crowd said,
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this is the prophet. Jesus from Nazareth of Galilee.
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After all, does anything good come from Nazareth?
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Of course not. They had just paid attention to
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Zechariah's prophecy that the king would ride
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on a donkey and he is coming to bring salvation.
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They would have said, praise be the king, but
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that's not the king they wanted. The king they
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wanted was a king who would destroy Rome. See,
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if Jesus came in, guns a blazing, taken thrones.
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Oh, he's our king now. But the reality is the
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victory he won was the victory over sin. They
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didn't want forgiveness of sin. They didn't want
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a king to destroy the great Goliath of every
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human life. So when you watch and you look at
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a movie of David and Goliath, no, it's not Goliath
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meaning your depression and all the things you
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go through. It is sin. Goliath was undefeated.
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No one could beat him except a king and a rock.
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No one can defeat sin except the king who is
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the rock. All Jerusalem missed the king. Oh,
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it's the prophet. You see, he came not as a conquering
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king, but as a king who gave his life for his
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people, not in war. but to set the captives free,
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not in wrath, but to bring peace, not with an
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army, but alone and abandoned by his friends.
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But that's not the end. Revelation 19 verse 11
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through 16 tells of another triumphal entry,
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a second coming that we must pay attention to.
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Except this time it's not a donkey, it's a horse.
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And look what it says. Then I saw heaven open
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and behold a white horse and one sitting on it
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is called faithful and true and in righteousness
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he judges and makes war. His eyes are like a
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flame of fire and on his head are many diadems.
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And he has a name written that no one knows but
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himself. He is clothed in a robe dipped in blood,
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and the name by which he is called is the Word
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of God. Logos Elohim. And the armies of heaven,
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arrayed in fine linen, white and pure, were following
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him on white horses. From his mouth comes a sharp
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sword with which to strike down the nations,
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and he will rule them with a rod of iron. He
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will tread the winepress of the fury of the wrath
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of God, the Almighty. On his robe and on his
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thigh, he has a name written, King of Kings and
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Lord of Lords. Isn't that amazing? This second
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triumphal entry will be like none other. The
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second coming of Christ, the just king who has
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returned as promised. Then I saw heaven open,
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just like he rode in to Jerusalem and went to
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the temple. He, heaven will open and every eye
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will see him on that day. The first day, surprise,
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the king is here. Who's this guy? The second
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time, surprise, the king is here. Oh my gosh.
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Terrified. Because he's not coming on a donkey
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this time. He's coming on a horse to make war.
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That's our God. If you ever get a chance to listen
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to that message. It's a message called, That's
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My King. Look it up. It's on YouTube. You'll
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love it. But look, it says, the one sitting.
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on this horse. Behold, look, pay attention, see
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the white horse. The one sitting on it is called
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faithful and true. The word true here means that
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which by nature corresponds to and has the name,
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the genuine, the real, the true. In other words,
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his name, faithful and true, is who he is. And
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in righteousness, in justice, in virtue that
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gives each one their due. Understand this. Christ
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came to take away for his people what was due
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to them. Death. When he comes this time, he will
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give what's due to them. His wrath. They will
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get their due. He judges. This word judges means
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to summon to trial. That one's case is examined
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and judgment is passed. When he comes, you will
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be brought before the throne of the king and
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he will pass judgment upon you and it will be
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done. You don't have any hope once he returns.
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Now is your hope. Now, if you hear him call,
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repent. Now is the day of salvation. Not tomorrow.
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Not when I get my life right. Not when everything
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becomes okay for me. By then it might be too
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late. Now, don't harden your hearts. Isn't that
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interesting? He comes to judge. He comes to examine
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one's case and to pass condemnation. And he makes
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war. If you're a dude, that's right. It's done.
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Let's go. It's the idea. The just king reigns.
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The just king reigns. Revelation 19, 12 through
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16 says, his eyes are like flame of fire. There
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is nothing outside of his purview. He sees all
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things all the way down to the minute detail
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that you can imagine. He knows the thoughts and
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intents of your heart. He can know and see all
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things. He has a name written that no one knows
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but himself. Can you imagine how holy and magnificent
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that name is? There's no words in the English
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language or in any language on the face of the
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earth that can describe God sufficiently. But
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this name, he is clothed in a robe dipped in
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blood. Whose blood? His blood. His blood. He
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dipped his robe in blood for you. It's not him
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riding on a horse and the blood going up to the
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bridle. That's the blood. No. This blood. His
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blood. Why? Because the name by which he is called
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is the word of God. The gospel. The word of God.
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The living word. And the armies. You notice this.
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Chris Tomlin sings a God of many armies. This
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is not just an army. This is armies upon armies.
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And the armies of heaven arrayed in fine linen,
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white and pure, were following him on white horses.
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Who are those arrayed in fine linen, white and
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pure? All of his people. Those who have been
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martyred. Who have given their lives for Christ
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and his gospel. Those who belong to him. You
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are those who are arrayed in fine linen with
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white and pure. And look what it says. we are
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following him on white horses, just like the
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sons of Abdon. Why? Because the judge of all
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the universe has entered into man's presence
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again as judge and king, and his sons follow
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him. What a terrifying moment for the world to
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see. I don't know about you, I'm kind of glad
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to be part of that army. And on a white horse
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at that. You know why it's white horses? for
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you and me, because we're royalty. From his mouth
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comes a sharp sword with which he strikes down
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the nations. He destroys the nations by the very
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word of his mouth. What a day that will be. And
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he will rule them with a rod of iron. He will
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tread the winepress of the fury of the wrath
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of God the Almighty. If you have any questions
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about that, turn to chapter 14. Verse 17, it
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says, then another angel came out of the temple
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in heaven, and he too had a sharp sickle. And
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another angel came out from the altar, the angel
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who has authority over the fire. And he called
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out with a loud voice to the one who had the
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sharp sickle, put in your sickle and gather the
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clusters from the vine of the earth. for its
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grapes are ripe. So the angel swung the sickle
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across the earth and gathered the grape harvest
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of the earth and threw it into the great winepress
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of the wrath of God. I'm going to make this as
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gently as I possibly can, and I say it respectfully
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and lovingly. If you're stuck in dispensational
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theology, run. Get out of it. Because chapter
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14, is a clear reference to chapter 19 of him
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coming and he will tread the winepress of the
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fury of the wrath of God. It's pretty clear.
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This is a God who reigns and rules. This is the
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greatness of our God, the glory that he alone
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is judge and that no sin will go uncovered. Why?
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Because when he comes this time, when he comes
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again, he comes as a conquering king, a righteous
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judge, waging war, judging the nations, pouring
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out his wrath. He comes with armies, not alone,
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but with myriads upon myriads, all riding white
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horses. Why? Because he's the Lamb of God. He
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is the King of Kings, and he is the Lord of Lords.
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He reigns. So every Palm Sunday, You have from
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now on, I hope you see that the king who comes
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in humbly will return on a horse as just and
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righteous king. He reigns, make no mistake. So
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much so that he stated all authority. All authority
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has been given unto me. And he also says, today,
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the enemy will be cast down. Today, we have no
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enemy. That's greater than sin itself by which
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he has gained victory over life, over death,
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sin, and the grave. There is no greater enemies.
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And the greatest of those enemies is sin. It's
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not Satan. Satan is a created creature. How important
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is our king to you? So what do you do this week?
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What should you do every single day of the week?
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365 days a year, 24 hours a day. Preach Christ
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and him crucified. He's coming again. That's
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your responsibility as believers. Tell the world
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of the king and the work that the king has done.
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He reigns. He rules. You have no enemy greater
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than the issue of sin. He has defeated that enemy.
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Live victoriously. Our king has won. And we will
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be coming riding on white horses. as we follow
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him into the kingdom that he has prepared for
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us. Father, I want to thank you so much for your
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goodness and faithfulness. Thank you, Lord, for
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your word. Thank you that you are king. Thank
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you that you will bring us with you. Thank you
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that you have established your kingdom forever
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and ever, and that you have established your
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church. And that upon the gospel, the proclamation
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that you died on the cross, was buried and rose
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again on the third day to give us life. Upon
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that truth, Lord, you have built your church.
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She is strong. She is firm. She is immovable.
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And the gates of hell will not prevail over her.
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We praise you and thank you that you have brought
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us into your family. To you be honor and glory,
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power and might forever. In Jesus' name, amen.