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Mark 11:1-11 · Providence Baptist Church - Sermons

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  It's good to be with you this morning. Can y'all hear me okay? My hearing is bad, so I don't know what you're hearing. Is that okay?
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  ! Before we get going, I just want to begin with prayer. It's been a very great, very encouraging, but it's been just a long weekend for me.
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  I definitely feel at least physically unable to the task this morning.
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  And I would just like to ask God to help me, help us.
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  So just pray with me just for one minute.
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  Father, we want to realize and embrace the reality that this is a sacred time.
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  A time when your people scattered throughout all the earth in many different places,
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  both legal and illegal, comfortable and uncomfortable.
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  God, they are meeting together.
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  And I pray that wherever your word is being taught,
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  that the true Jesus is being proclaimed and made known,
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  that the gospel of truth is being known.
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  And God, I pray just specifically for this time with your people,
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  God, that you would speak through your word,
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  through such a challenging and encouraging and even a familiar passage to so many of us.
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  So God, just work in our hearts.
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  Convict us of our sin, Lord.
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  And lead us into action afterwards or else this time would have been in vain.
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  God, we praise you.
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  In Christ's name, amen.
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  Amen.
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  So, how many of you have seen or maybe were reared on the old Bible movies?
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  Like Ben-Hur.
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  Who's seen Ben-Hur?
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  Who's seen The Robe?
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  The movie The Robe?
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  That's a really old one.
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  Jesus of Nazareth.
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  That was an old one too, like made in the 70s maybe.
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  But all these old, familiar to a lot of us, Bible movies,
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  they always have this particular passage just like this crazy mob of people following Jesus into Jerusalem.
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  And, you know, it seems like a lot of very exciting things are happening.
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  A lot of expectations built up.
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  So when you come to a passage like this, you feel like really pressed to like explain well
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  and make it not so familiar to people who are used to hearing it all the time.
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  So, beginning in chapter 11, we're just going to read verses 1 through 11.
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  It says,
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  And as they were approaching Jerusalem, and Bethage and Bethany near the Mount of Olives,
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  he sent two of his disciples and said to them,
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  Go into the village opposite you, and immediately as you enter it, you will find a colt tied there,
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  on which no one yet has ever sat.
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  Untie it and bring it here.
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  And if anyone says to you, Why are you doing this?
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  Say, The Lord has need of it, and immediately he will send it back here.
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  And they went away and found the colt tied at the door outside in the street,
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  and they untied it.
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  And some of the bystanders were saying to them,
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  What are you doing untying the colt?
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  And they spoke to them just as Jesus had told them,
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  and they gave them permission.
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  And they brought the colt to Jesus, put their garments on it,
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  and he sat on it.
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  And many spread their garments in the road,
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  and others spread leafy branches, which they had cut from the fields.
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  And those who went before, those who were falling after,
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  were crying out, Hosanna!
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  Blessed is he who comes in the name of the Lord!
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  Blessed is the coming kingdom of our father, David!
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  Hosanna in the highest!
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  And he entered Jerusalem and came into the temple,
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  and after looking all around, he departed for Bethany with the twelve,
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  since it was already late.
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  Okay?
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  Very familiar passage to so many of us,
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  but I dare say I learned some new things about this passage
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  that I didn't know before in studying and praying and preparing over this.
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  And it really kind of turned and shook some of my expectations down.
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  And I really was shaken to the core, actually.
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  And again, if you're familiar with the way that movies
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  and so many different Hollywood things portray this event,
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  it seems like such an exciting time to be there
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  and actually witness Christ coming into Jerusalem.
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  But we're just going to walk through the passage a little bit.
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  We're going to just kind of do some introduction first,
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  and then we're going to look at three things.
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  We're going to look at the actions of Jesus,
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  the response of the crowd,
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  and then our response.
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  Like, what should we be thinking about in regard to this passage?
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  So, as we're walking through it, just look at verse 1.
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  It says that they were drawn near to Jerusalem.
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  Alright, we just start there.
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  Where Jesus had finished his Galilean or his Judean ministry,
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  and he was fixed on Jerusalem.
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  And Jerusalem, the city of peace,
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  if you know anything about Jerusalem's history,
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  it's been anything but a city of peace in so many ways.
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  It's probably been the most conquered city in the world,
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  over and over and over, changing hands.
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  And so Jesus was fixed on this,
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  and he set his eyes toward Jerusalem.
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  So many of the Gospels say.
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  And on the road, he had passed through Jericho.
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  This is where he healed the two blind men,
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  one being Bartimaeus,
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  and also saved them spiritually, right?
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  And he also delivers one of the most hated men in the town,
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  Zacchaeus.
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  And Zacchaeus is born again, delivered through Christ.
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  And then after Jericho, right after Jericho,
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  they began ascending the 2,500 foot plus whatever descent to Jerusalem.
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  When they talked about going up to Jerusalem,
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  they really did go up to Jerusalem.
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  It's a pretty high, high point.
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  And they were going up during, to get ready for the Passover week.
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  And it says that they went through Bethany.
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  And so on Saturday, Jesus arrives in Bethany.
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  It's a little village about two miles outside of Jerusalem,
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  east of Jerusalem, over the top of the Mount of Olives.
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  It's just a little village.
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  And he had friends there in Bethany.
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  If you remember, we're paralleling other Gospels,
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  Mary, Martha, and Lazarus, right?
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  If we remember John's account,
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  Jesus raised Lazarus from the dead.
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  Probably the most incredible feat that he did
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  to actually prove and authenticate his being the true Messiah.
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  And so that was there.
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  And even today, that town is not really called Bethany anymore.
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  It's called El Azariah, after Lazarus.
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  The town was named after Lazarus.
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  And in John 12, it says that a large number of Jews
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  came to Bethany the next day.
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  So they're blown away by, they're curious.
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  They want to see, like, this guy who was supposedly risen from the dead
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  and this miracle worker that had risen him from the dead.
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  And so on Sunday, there was a large mob of people coming to Bethany.
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  And it says they came to see Jesus and Lazarus,
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  whom he had raised from the dead back in John 12.
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  And so the city was swelling with pilgrims,
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  with travelers from all over the place.
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  A massive, huge mob.
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  I don't know if you've ever been to, like, a really intense event
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  where there was, like, a parade or something like that.
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  But I can think of several.
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  But one of my most memorable ones, where there was just,
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  where I was, like, a victim of this massive mob,
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  was when the Braves won the World Series way back in the 90s.
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  That's not going to happen for a while, probably.
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  Hopefully we still have hope.
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  But there was a parade through Atlanta.
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  And I was a big, like, baseball fan, obviously, at that time.
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  And loved playing baseball.
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  And so, but I was also kind of a little guy.
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  And I couldn't see over, like, the mass mob.
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  So I thought, man, I'm going to see the Braves.
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  So we, me and some mob buddies climbed up on this billboard
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  that was, like, up on the street.
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  And we were, and as the hour went by, before the parade started,
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  like, more and more people started getting on the billboard.
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  And we kind of started something.
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  None of the officials were, like, get down from there.
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  So we just didn't get down.
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  And so when the parade had started, we saw, I saw,
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  I think it was, like, maybe a little over halfway through the parade.
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  And everybody was going crazy.
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  I was going crazy.
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  And then all of a sudden, like, on the billboard,
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  the billboard starts going, starts to,
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  and the billboard did fall.
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  Like, and I, like, catapulted across the crowd
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  and, like, landed on, like, a mob of people.
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  It was, it was intense.
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  And if you go, if you go back,
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  if you go back and look up some of the news articles,
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  just, like, Google Braves parade, billboard falling,
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  you'll probably see a picture of me.
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  Like, there was, there was a picture of us falling.
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  I don't know how somebody caught that.
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  But, yeah.
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  But that was just massive mob hysteria.
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  And there's, it's that way now.
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  I mean, in our text here,
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  just so many people pouring into the city for Passover
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  and getting ready for things.
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  But one interesting thing I did learn during study
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  was an important chronology note.
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  Those of you who know me well know I'm a history nerd,
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  so I like stuff to be right in chronology.
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  But a lot of people have Jesus coming in on Sunday.
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  So we call it Palm Sunday, right?
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  But if we do it that way,
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  according to the Scriptures
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  and even according to this, the Jewish calendar,
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  Wednesday is a completely unaccounted for day.
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  Like, it's an empty day.
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  And they even call it,
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  some people call it Silent Wednesday.
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  And, but really it's just not the case.
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  When you look at the Scriptures carefully
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  and look at the way the Jewish calendar is,
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  there's a lot more that's there.
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  Get the biblical chronology right.
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  There's something really cool.
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  I'll just read this to you.
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  This is John MacArthur.
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  This is just really beautiful.
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  So kind of listen to this.
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  He said,
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  According to the law of Moses,
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  a sacrificial lamb for Passover
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  was to be selected and set apart
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  on the 10th of Nisan,
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  which is one of the celebrations.
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  The 10th was Monday.
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  Okay?
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  The 10th was Monday.
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  And that's when the sacrificial lamb
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  had arrived, Jesus.
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  The sacrificial lamb was to be crucified
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  on the 14th.
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  And that's Friday when Christ was crucified.
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  So both in accordance with the Mosaic law
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  and accordance to the calendar,
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  he came in on Monday.
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  He returned to Bethany Monday night,
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  came back into Jerusalem on Tuesday,
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  cursed the fig tree,
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  cleansed the temple,
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  went back to Bethany.
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  On Wednesday,
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  which most people don't really account for,
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  it says he entered in controversy
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  with the leaders of Israel,
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  gave his sermon on the second coming,
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  and Judas planned his betrayal.
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  On Thursday,
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  his disciples prepared for the Passover.
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  He spent time in the Garden of Gethsemane.
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  He was arrested.
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  He was tied.
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  Friday, he was crucified.
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  And Saturday,
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  he was in the grave.
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  And on Sunday,
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  he rose again.
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  And that's the week
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  of this passion.
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  So, really,
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  it's Paul Monday
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  in reality.
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  There really is a
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  chronology to the way
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  that the Scripture talks about.
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  But it really is cool
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  that when the sacrificial lamb
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  was to be selected,
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  to be sacrificed,
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  was the day that Christ
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  entered into the city.
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  And the day he was crucified
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  was the day
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  that the lambs
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  were to be tied
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  and sacrificed.
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  So,
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  Passover week,
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  the Passover celebration.
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  Roughly,
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  this is probably around 30 A.D.
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  to most accounts, right?
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  It's in the first Jewish month.
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  Jesus arrives on the 10th,
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  and he's crucified on the 14th.
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  And so,
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  Passover week,
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  celebrating the Israel's
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  deliverance from slavery
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  and bondage in Egypt
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  and how the angel of death
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  came to kill
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  all the firstborn
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  and those who spread the blood
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  over the door
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  were spared.
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  So,
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  it's a picture of
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  the final judgment,
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  right?
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  Those who have been
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  covered with the blood
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  of Christ
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  being spared
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  the just wrath of God,
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  the angel,
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  the ultimate angel of death,
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  right?
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  And so,
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  really important celebration.
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  And on Friday,
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  like,
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  thousands and thousands
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  of lambs
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  would be slain
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  like in the temple.
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  According to one
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  ancient Jewish source,
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  around 40 A.D.
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  at Passover,
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  there were 60,000 lambs
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  slain at Passover.
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  That's like a lot
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  of lambs.
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  And usually,
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  you would have,
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  usually,
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  one lamb
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  would be sacrificed
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  for at least 10 people.
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  So,
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  you can do the math there,
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  like,
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  what kind of a mob
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  that would have been
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  in the city
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  at that time.
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  But,
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  consequently,
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  very few
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  made the connections.
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  Very few
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  really
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  understood
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  that it wasn't
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  this lamb
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  that was going
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  to save them
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  from their sin.
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  That it all
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  was pointing
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  to something
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  greater,
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  to Christ
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  being the ultimate
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  sacrifice for sins.
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  And those who did
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  see that imagery,
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  who did see
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  that foreshadowing,
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  they were looking
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  forward to the
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  deliverer coming.
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  So,
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  he enters
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  in Jerusalem
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  by way
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  of the Mount
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  of Olives
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  across Kidron Valley.
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  Like,
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  if you've ever
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  seen models
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  of the old city,
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  there's the Temple
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  Mount,
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  and there's
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  a slope
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  coming down
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  where Kidron Valley
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  is,
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  and then up
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  the hill
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  is the Mount
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  of Olives.
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  Also,
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  the area
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  where the Garden
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  of Gethsemane
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  supposedly lies
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  on the western
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  slope.
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  So,
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  that's just a little
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  bit of introduction,
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  but we're going
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  to get into
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  point number one
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  now.
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  We're just
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  going to look
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  at the actions
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  of Jesus,
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  just kind of
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  under that.
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  We're going
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  to see that
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  in verses
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  1-7.
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  It says,
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  When he drew
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  near to Jerusalem,
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  to Bethage
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  and Bethany,
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  at the Mount
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  of Olives,
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  Jesus sent
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  two of his
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  disciples and
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  said to them,
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  Go into the
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  village in front
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  of you,
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  and immediately
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  as you enter,
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  you will find
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  a colt tied,
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  on which no one
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  has ever sat.
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  Untie it and
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  bring it.
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  And if anyone
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  says to you,
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  Why are you
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  doing this?
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  Say,
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  The Lord has
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  need of it,
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  and they will
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  immediately send
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  it back.
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  And when he
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  went away and
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  found the colt
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  tied at the
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  door side,
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  in the street,
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  they untied it.
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  And some of
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  those standing
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  there said to
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  them,
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  What are you
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  doing untying
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  the colt?
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  And they told
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  them what Jesus
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  had said,
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  and they let
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  them go.
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  And they
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  brought the colt
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  to Jesus,
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  and threw
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  their cloaks
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  on it,
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  and sat on it.
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  So,
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  a couple,
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  just two
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  observations about
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  Jesus' actions.
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  The first one
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  is,
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  it was a very
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  deliberate,
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  intentional action.
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  He's being
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  specific.
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  This wasn't just
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  a random idea
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  that Jesus had.
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  Like,
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  I think I'm just
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  going to go
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  ride in on a
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  donkey today.
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  He was being
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  specific.
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  He said,
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  Go into the
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  village in front
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  of you,
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  which would
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  have been
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  Bethany.
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  And then he
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  says,
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  Immediately,
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  that's one of
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  Mark's favorite
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  words in this
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  gospel,
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  immediately,
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  as they
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  entered it.
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  All right?
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  So,
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  he was specific
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  in the timing.
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  He was specific
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  in the object
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  of the event.
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  He talked
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  about the colt
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  that had never
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  been ridden.
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  So,
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  why was that
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  significant?
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  Why was that
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  important?
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  Well,
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  at least in the
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  Jewish mind,
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  donkeys are
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  humble animals.
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  They considered
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  animals that
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  had never been
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  ridden before
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  to be purposed
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  for holy
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  things.
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  That's what
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  they thought.
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  Like,
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  if this had
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  never been
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  ridden,
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  it's been
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  pure and
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  fresh,
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  undefiled,
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  like it
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  can be
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  used for
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  a holy
• 16:58
  purpose.
• 16:59
  So,
• 17:00
  that's why
• 17:01
  he chose
• 17:02
  that.
• 17:03
  So,
• 17:04
  very similar
• 17:05
  to his
• 17:06
  birth and
• 17:07
  his mother
• 17:07
  riding in
• 17:08
  on a donkey
• 17:09
  into Bethlehem.
• 17:11
  So,
• 17:11
  he was specific
• 17:12
  in instructions.
• 17:13
  Untie it.
• 17:14
  Bring it back
• 17:15
  here.
• 17:15
  If they
• 17:15
  say this,
• 17:16
  you say
• 17:16
  this.
• 17:18
  So,
• 17:18
  it's funny,
• 17:19
  like it
• 17:19
  really doesn't
• 17:19
  work today.
• 17:20
  If you were
• 17:20
  to go up
• 17:21
  to somebody
• 17:22
  that has a
• 17:22
  really nice
• 17:22
  car or
• 17:23
  something like
• 17:23
  the Lord
• 17:24
  has need
• 17:24
  of it,
• 17:25
  they probably
• 17:26
  would punch
• 17:28
  you in the
• 17:28
  face.
• 17:30
  So,
• 17:30
  it really
• 17:30
  doesn't fly
• 17:31
  today,
• 17:31
  but it was
• 17:32
  a deliberate
• 17:32
  action by
• 17:33
  Jesus.
• 17:35
  And it
• 17:35
  seems like
• 17:36
  a lot of
• 17:36
  guys,
• 17:37
  even some
• 17:37
  that I
• 17:38
  respect,
• 17:38
  they seem
• 17:40
  to kind
• 17:40
  of chalk
• 17:41
  this event
• 17:41
  up to
• 17:42
  the omniscience
• 17:43
  of Christ.
• 17:44
  Christ was
• 17:44
  kind of
• 17:45
  showing his
• 17:45
  divinity.
• 17:47
  He just
• 17:47
  knew what
• 17:47
  was going
• 17:48
  to happen.
• 17:51
  Maybe some
• 17:52
  argument for
• 17:52
  that,
• 17:53
  but I
• 17:54
  really tend
• 17:54
  to lean
• 17:55
  toward the
• 17:56
  idea that
• 17:56
  he did it
• 17:58
  because the
• 17:58
  father told
• 17:59
  him to,
• 17:59
  that he
• 18:00
  was listening
• 18:00
  to the
• 18:01
  father,
• 18:02
  and he
• 18:02
  knew what
• 18:02
  was expected
• 18:03
  of the
• 18:04
  Messiah.
• 18:04
  He knew
• 18:05
  what needed
• 18:05
  to take
• 18:07
  place.
• 18:08
  And so,
• 18:09
  he went
• 18:09
  in and he
• 18:10
  found this
• 18:11
  donkey.
• 18:12
  And he
• 18:13
  also was
• 18:13
  deliberate,
• 18:14
  and the
• 18:14
  road he
• 18:14
  chose to
• 18:15
  go into
• 18:15
  Jerusalem.
• 18:16
  Like,
• 18:17
  this was
• 18:17
  as if
• 18:18
  everybody
• 18:18
  could see
• 18:19
  him coming
• 18:19
  in.
• 18:20
  So,
• 18:21
  up until
• 18:21
  that point,
• 18:22
  he had
• 18:22
  been kind
• 18:22
  of discreet.
• 18:23
  He had
• 18:23
  not really
• 18:24
  wanted to
• 18:24
  make a
• 18:24
  big fuss
• 18:25
  that he
• 18:26
  was the
• 18:26
  Messiah.
• 18:26
  But by
• 18:27
  doing this
• 18:27
  act,
• 18:28
  he knew
• 18:29
  that he
• 18:29
  was making
• 18:30
  a large
• 18:30
  statement
• 18:30
  saying that
• 18:31
  I really
• 18:31
  am the
• 18:33
  Messiah,
• 18:34
  sitting on
• 18:34
  a donkey.
• 18:35
  Right?
• 18:36
  Why is that
• 18:37
  all so
• 18:37
  significant?
• 18:38
  Because most
• 18:39
  other places,
• 18:40
  well,
• 18:40
  to all
• 18:41
  our
• 18:41
  accounts,
• 18:42
  Jesus
• 18:43
  walked
• 18:43
  everywhere
• 18:44
  he went.
• 18:45
  Now he's
• 18:45
  writing.
• 18:46
  And that's
• 18:46
  also an
• 18:48
  important
• 18:48
  note.
• 18:49
  So,
• 18:50
  he is
• 18:50
  announcing.
• 18:51
  If you
• 18:52
  remember the
• 18:52
  Old Testament,
• 18:53
  David and
• 18:53
  Solomon came
• 18:54
  into Jerusalem
• 18:55
  riding mules.
• 18:57
  So,
• 18:58
  why didn't
• 18:58
  Jesus kind
• 18:59
  of copy
• 19:00
  that?
• 19:01
  Well,
• 19:01
  the answer
• 19:02
  is that it
• 19:03
  was a
• 19:03
  prophetic
• 19:04
  word
• 19:04
  from
• 19:06
  Zechariah
• 19:07
  9,
• 19:07
  9.
• 19:08
  It said,
• 19:09
  Rejoice
• 19:09
  greatly,
• 19:11
  O daughter
• 19:12
  of Zion.
• 19:12
  Shout
• 19:13
  aloud,
• 19:14
  O daughter
• 19:15
  of Jerusalem.
• 19:17
  Behold,
• 19:17
  your king
• 19:18
  is coming
• 19:18
  to you,
• 19:19
  righteous
• 19:20
  and having
• 19:20
  salvation,
• 19:22
  humble
• 19:23
  and mounted
• 19:24
  on a donkey,
• 19:25
  on a colt,
• 19:27
  a burden,
• 19:28
  a beast
• 19:28
  of burden.
• 19:29
  So,
• 19:30
  he knew
• 19:30
  that the
• 19:31
  Messiah was
• 19:31
  prophesied,
• 19:33
  at least in
• 19:33
  the sense
• 19:33
  to come
• 19:34
  in writing
• 19:34
  a humble
• 19:35
  animal,
• 19:36
  namely a
• 19:37
  colt.
• 19:38
  So,
• 19:40
  beautiful
• 19:40
  language there.
• 19:41
  So,
• 19:42
  Jesus'
• 19:42
  actions are
• 19:42
  deliberate.
• 19:43
  He knows
• 19:44
  what he
• 19:45
  needs to
• 19:45
  do.
• 19:46
  He's not
• 19:47
  just kind
• 19:47
  of winging
• 19:48
  it.
• 19:49
  And the
• 19:49
  second
• 19:50
  observation
• 19:50
  about
• 19:50
  Jesus'
• 19:51
  actions
• 19:51
  was it
• 19:51
  was a
• 19:52
  dangerous
• 19:52
  action,
• 19:53
  a very
• 19:54
  dangerous
• 19:54
  action.
• 19:56
  So,
• 19:57
  like I
• 19:57
  said,
• 19:57
  by entering
• 19:58
  this way,
• 19:58
  he was
• 19:58
  announcing
• 19:59
  publicly
• 20:00
  that he
• 20:01
  was the
• 20:01
  Messiah,
• 20:02
  the king
• 20:02
  of the
• 20:03
  line of
• 20:03
  David.
• 20:04
  All right?
• 20:05
  And why
• 20:06
  was this?
• 20:06
  Because it
• 20:07
  would really,
• 20:08
  really stir
• 20:08
  up even
• 20:09
  more,
• 20:11
  incite the
• 20:11
  religious leaders
• 20:12
  even more
• 20:13
  to kill
• 20:13
  him.
• 20:14
  And they
• 20:16
  were always
• 20:17
  looking for an
• 20:18
  excuse to trap
• 20:19
  Jesus, to kill
• 20:19
  Jesus.
• 20:20
  They only had been
• 20:21
  prevented, right?
• 20:22
  Remember, there's so
• 20:23
  many times they
• 20:24
  actually come after
• 20:25
  Jesus, and like,
• 20:26
  it's just funny,
• 20:27
  just kind of like
• 20:27
  smoking mirrors,
• 20:28
  kind of off the
• 20:29
  scene, and
• 20:29
  like, where'd he
• 20:30
  go?
• 20:30
  And all
• 20:32
  because it
• 20:33
  wasn't part of
• 20:33
  the divine
• 20:34
  timetable.
• 20:35
  In God's
• 20:36
  providence, like
• 20:36
  everything is
• 20:37
  specific and
• 20:38
  on time, but
• 20:39
  now, like in
• 20:41
  God's providence,
• 20:42
  this is being
• 20:42
  used to
• 20:43
  aggravate
• 20:45
  the
• 20:45
  leaders.
• 20:47
  So he
• 20:47
  has spent
• 20:48
  years making
• 20:49
  fools of
• 20:49
  them, like
• 20:50
  totally
• 20:51
  obliterating
• 20:52
  their
• 20:52
  misinterpretations
• 20:53
  of the
• 20:54
  scripture,
• 20:55
  their
• 20:56
  hypocrisy.
• 20:57
  He had just
• 20:58
  been blasting
• 20:58
  them for years
• 20:59
  in a right
• 21:00
  way, so
• 21:01
  the majority
• 21:01
  of the
• 21:02
  religious leaders
• 21:02
  hated him and
• 21:03
  despised him and
• 21:04
  wanted him dead,
• 21:05
  right?
• 21:06
  That had been
• 21:06
  going on for
• 21:06
  three years.
• 21:08
  And also, to
• 21:09
  most nationalistic
• 21:11
  Jews in their
• 21:12
  mind, there
• 21:13
  really is a lot
• 21:14
  of like political
• 21:15
  unrest.
• 21:17
  Like, when you
• 21:18
  study Roman
• 21:19
  history, which I
• 21:20
  really enjoy
• 21:20
  doing, you
• 21:21
  learn that like
• 21:22
  Judea and
• 21:23
  Britain, they're
• 21:23
  like the two
• 21:24
  provinces that
• 21:25
  they always have
• 21:25
  problems with.
• 21:28
  They never made
• 21:29
  it to Ireland.
• 21:29
  So, that would
• 21:30
  have been a
• 21:30
  bigger problem
• 21:31
  for them,
• 21:31
  probably.
• 21:32
  So, but
• 21:34
  Judea and
• 21:35
  Britain were
• 21:36
  their two big
• 21:37
  problems.
• 21:37
  Like, if you
• 21:38
  were sent
• 21:38
  there as a
• 21:38
  commander, it
• 21:40
  was almost
• 21:40
  like saying
• 21:41
  you were
• 21:41
  getting a
• 21:41
  death sentence
• 21:42
  or you're
• 21:43
  being set up
• 21:43
  to fail.
• 21:44
  But to an
• 21:45
  ambitious Roman
• 21:46
  commander, it
• 21:47
  would be like,
• 21:47
  this is the
• 21:48
  chance for me
• 21:48
  to excel.
• 21:49
  Like, if I
• 21:49
  can do the
• 21:50
  impossible and
• 21:51
  subdue this
• 21:52
  province, like,
• 21:53
  I can rise in
• 21:54
  power and
• 21:55
  authority.
• 21:56
  They sent me
• 21:57
  here and I
• 21:57
  cleaned it up.
• 21:58
  So, there
• 21:59
  were so many
• 21:59
  little revolts
• 22:00
  throughout Judea's
• 22:03
  history under
• 22:03
  Rome.
• 22:04
  When Jesus was
• 22:05
  a boy, when he
• 22:06
  went to Egypt,
• 22:07
  there was a
• 22:08
  huge revolt.
• 22:09
  And I want to
• 22:10
  say around 13,000
• 22:11
  Jews in Galilee
• 22:12
  were crucified
• 22:13
  as a result.
• 22:15
  Pretty huge.
• 22:16
  and Josephus
• 22:19
  marks that
• 22:21
  Pontius Pilate,
• 22:22
  who is the
• 22:22
  current governor
• 22:24
  of Judea, was
• 22:25
  one of the
• 22:25
  most ruthless
• 22:26
  and non-sympathetic
• 22:29
  rulers ever.
• 22:32
  In Luke 13,
• 22:34
  Pilate slaughtered
• 22:35
  a number of
• 22:36
  Galileans while
• 22:37
  they were going
• 22:37
  up to make
• 22:37
  their sacrifices.
• 22:38
  And then he
• 22:39
  literally took
• 22:40
  their blood and
• 22:40
  he mingled it
• 22:41
  in with the
• 22:43
  blood of the
• 22:43
  animal sacrifices.
• 22:44
  He lived in
• 22:47
  Herod's palace
• 22:47
  and around
• 22:51
  3,000 soldiers
• 22:52
  lived there with
• 22:53
  him outside,
• 22:54
  kind of protecting
• 22:55
  him.
• 22:55
  And he hated
• 22:56
  to go into
• 22:56
  Jerusalem.
• 22:58
  He just did
• 22:59
  it when he
• 22:59
  had to.
• 23:00
  So, the
• 23:01
  religious leaders
• 23:02
  were greatly
• 23:02
  concerned that
• 23:03
  any kind of
• 23:04
  mass crowd or
• 23:06
  political unrest
• 23:06
  could incite
• 23:07
  Rome to kind of
• 23:08
  come in and
• 23:09
  crush them.
• 23:11
  If you look at
• 23:11
  this text real
• 23:12
  quick, keep your
• 23:13
  hand in Mark,
• 23:14
  but look at
• 23:15
  John 11.
• 23:18
  John 11.
• 23:20
  I'm going to
• 23:21
  read just kind
• 23:21
  of an account
• 23:22
  of this and
• 23:24
  how they were
• 23:24
  truly viewing
• 23:25
  these events and
• 23:26
  also how God
• 23:27
  was actually
• 23:28
  viewing these
• 23:29
  events.
• 23:35
  John 11,
• 23:36
  verse 46.
• 23:40
  All right?
• 23:42
  Verse 46.
• 23:43
  So, they're
• 23:53
  concerned about
• 23:55
  their nation.
• 23:56
  So, they're
• 24:07
  concerned about
• 24:07
  their nation.
• 24:09
  Right?
• 24:10
  They're not
• 24:10
  really thinking
• 24:11
  in spiritual
• 24:12
  ways.
• 24:13
  Verse 49.
• 24:14
  But one of
• 24:15
  them, Caiaphas,
• 24:17
  who was the
• 24:17
  high priest that
• 24:18
  year, said to
• 24:19
  them, you
• 24:20
  know nothing at
• 24:21
  all.
• 24:22
  Like, you
• 24:22
  idiots.
• 24:22
  It's basically
• 24:23
  like, think
• 24:24
  bigger picture.
• 24:27
  Nor do you
• 24:27
  understand that
• 24:28
  it is better
• 24:28
  for you that
• 24:31
  one man should
• 24:31
  die for the
• 24:32
  people, not
• 24:33
  that the whole
• 24:34
  nation should
• 24:35
  perish.
• 24:36
  Right?
• 24:36
  So, he's like,
• 24:37
  man, if we just
• 24:38
  kill Jesus, it'll
• 24:38
  be okay, rather
• 24:40
  than our whole
• 24:40
  nation being
• 24:41
  destroyed.
• 24:41
  He did not
• 24:43
  say this of
• 24:44
  his own
• 24:44
  accord.
• 24:45
  But being the
• 24:46
  high priest that
• 24:47
  year, he
• 24:47
  prophesied that
• 24:48
  Jesus would
• 24:48
  die for the
• 24:49
  nation.
• 24:50
  Not only for
• 24:51
  the nation
• 24:52
  only, but
• 24:53
  also to
• 24:54
  gather into
• 24:54
  one the
• 24:56
  children of
• 24:56
  God who
• 24:57
  were scattered
• 24:57
  abroad.
• 24:58
  So, from
• 24:59
  that day on,
• 25:00
  they made
• 25:01
  plans to put
• 25:01
  him to
• 25:02
  death.
• 25:03
  So, they
• 25:04
  are being
• 25:05
  incited to
• 25:07
  aggression and
• 25:08
  to kill
• 25:08
  Jesus to
• 25:09
  preserve their
• 25:10
  nation.
• 25:11
  God has a
• 25:12
  completely
• 25:12
  different plan.
• 25:15
  What's amazing
• 25:16
  is, when you
• 25:16
  look at the
• 25:17
  cross, you
• 25:18
  see that God
• 25:19
  chose to use
• 25:20
  the willful
• 25:21
  actions of
• 25:24
  sinful men to
• 25:25
  play right into
• 25:27
  what he had
• 25:27
  predestined to
• 25:28
  occur.
• 25:29
  That's Acts
• 25:29
  4.
• 25:30
  Acts 2
• 25:30
  talks about
• 25:31
  that.
• 25:32
  That everyone
• 25:33
  was gathered
• 25:33
  against Christ
• 25:34
  to do what
• 25:35
  God had
• 25:35
  planned.
• 25:36
  So, in a
• 25:37
  sense, many
• 25:39
  will say that
• 25:39
  the crucifixion
• 25:40
  and death
• 25:41
  of Jesus
• 25:41
  was one of
• 25:42
  the most
• 25:42
  heinous and
• 25:43
  evil acts
• 25:44
  ever committed.
• 25:46
  And it
• 25:46
  was.
• 25:47
  Peter even
• 25:48
  says that.
• 25:48
  You men,
• 25:50
  you men of
• 25:51
  Judea, you
• 25:52
  men of
• 25:53
  Nazareth,
• 25:53
  you crucified
• 25:54
  and killed
• 25:55
  him.
• 25:55
  He was
• 25:56
  killed at
• 25:56
  the hands
• 25:57
  of evil
• 25:57
  men.
• 25:58
  Right?
• 26:00
  But, if you
• 26:01
  look at it
• 26:01
  this way, in
• 26:02
  God's mind, he
• 26:03
  was using evil
• 26:04
  to overturn
• 26:04
  evil.
• 26:05
  He was using
• 26:05
  the most sinful
• 26:06
  action to
• 26:07
  overturn our
• 26:08
  sin and to
• 26:09
  redemption.
• 26:11
  So, all
• 26:13
  these actions,
• 26:14
  Jesus coming
• 26:14
  in, he
• 26:14
  knows that
• 26:15
  it's going to
• 26:15
  aggravate them
• 26:16
  into action,
• 26:17
  to take him
• 26:17
  in and
• 26:18
  arrest him.
• 26:20
  So, in
• 26:20
  God's
• 26:20
  providence,
• 26:22
  God used
• 26:22
  those free
• 26:23
  and willful
• 26:23
  actions to
• 26:24
  play right
• 26:24
  into his
• 26:25
  divine plan.
• 26:26
  So, as
• 26:27
  crazy and
• 26:27
  dramatic and
• 26:28
  nerve-wracking
• 26:29
  as it sounds,
• 26:30
  like God is
• 26:31
  in complete
• 26:32
  control and
• 26:34
  his son is
• 26:34
  doing what
• 26:34
  he had
• 26:35
  planned
• 26:35
  perfectly.
• 26:36
  So, that's
• 26:38
  the actions
• 26:38
  of Jesus,
• 26:39
  both deliberate
• 26:40
  and dangerous.
• 26:41
  But, number
• 26:42
  two, notice
• 26:43
  the reaction
• 26:45
  of the
• 26:45
  people.
• 26:47
  Verse
• 26:47
  eight,
• 26:48
  they spread
• 26:49
  their cloaks
• 26:50
  on the road
• 26:50
  and others
• 26:51
  spread leafy
• 26:51
  branches as
• 26:52
  they had
• 26:52
  cut down
• 26:53
  from the
• 26:53
  fields.
• 26:54
  And those
• 26:54
  who went
• 26:55
  before them
• 26:55
  and those
• 26:57
  who followed
• 26:57
  were shouting
• 26:58
  Hosanna.
• 26:59
  Blessed is
• 27:00
  he who
• 27:00
  comes in
• 27:01
  the name
• 27:01
  of the
• 27:02
  Lord.
• 27:03
  Blessed
• 27:03
  is the
• 27:03
  coming
• 27:04
  kingdom
• 27:04
  of our
• 27:04
  father
• 27:05
  David.
• 27:06
  Hosanna
• 27:06
  in the
• 27:07
  highest.
• 27:08
  And he
• 27:08
  entered
• 27:09
  Jerusalem
• 27:09
  and he
• 27:10
  went into
• 27:10
  the temple
• 27:10
  and when
• 27:11
  he looked
• 27:11
  around at
• 27:12
  everything,
• 27:13
  as it
• 27:13
  was already
• 27:14
  late,
• 27:14
  he went
• 27:14
  out to
• 27:15
  Bethany
• 27:15
  with the
• 27:15
  twelve.
• 27:17
  So, you
• 27:18
  see some
• 27:18
  welcoming
• 27:20
  gestures from
• 27:22
  the crowd.
• 27:24
  Really,
• 27:24
  really clear
• 27:25
  gestures.
• 27:26
  They were
• 27:27
  spreading out
• 27:27
  their cloaks
• 27:28
  on the
• 27:28
  road.
• 27:29
  A very
• 27:30
  old,
• 27:30
  ancient
• 27:31
  custom that
• 27:31
  showed
• 27:32
  submission to
• 27:33
  people.
• 27:34
  It's
• 27:34
  basically
• 27:34
  saying that
• 27:35
  you can
• 27:35
  step on
• 27:36
  me,
• 27:36
  you can
• 27:36
  walk on
• 27:37
  me,
• 27:38
  I submit
• 27:38
  myself to
• 27:40
  you,
• 27:40
  you are
• 27:40
  my
• 27:41
  authority,
• 27:41
  you are
• 27:42
  my king.
• 27:44
  In
• 27:44
  2 Kings
• 27:45
  9,
• 27:45
  you see
• 27:45
  that with
• 27:46
  Jehu,
• 27:46
  the same
• 27:47
  event
• 27:48
  happens
• 27:48
  way back
• 27:50
  when,
• 27:51
  Sir Walter
• 27:52
  Riley
• 27:52
  supposedly
• 27:54
  took his
• 27:54
  coat off
• 27:55
  and put
• 27:56
  it on
• 27:56
  a puddle
• 27:56
  for
• 27:57
  Queen
• 27:58
  Elizabeth
• 27:58
  I
• 27:59
  to walk
• 28:00
  across,
• 28:01
  and that
• 28:01
  became
• 28:01
  just known.
• 28:03
  symbolically
• 28:04
  for that.
• 28:06
  So,
• 28:06
  others,
• 28:06
  it said,
• 28:07
  spread leafy
• 28:08
  branches they
• 28:09
  had cut
• 28:09
  down from
• 28:09
  the fields.
• 28:11
  John
• 28:11
  calls them
• 28:12
  palm branches.
• 28:14
  In
• 28:14
  Scripture,
• 28:15
  they're
• 28:15
  symbols of
• 28:15
  salvation,
• 28:17
  symbols of
• 28:17
  joy.
• 28:18
  You see
• 28:18
  that in
• 28:18
  Revelation 7,
• 28:21
  9.
• 28:23
  It's saying,
• 28:24
  you are our
• 28:25
  deliverer.
• 28:26
  right?
• 28:27
  In
• 28:27
  Matthew
• 28:27
  21,
• 28:29
  verse 9,
• 28:30
  it says,
• 28:30
  they are
• 28:31
  saying to
• 28:31
  Jesus,
• 28:32
  you are
• 28:32
  our
• 28:33
  deliverer.
• 28:33
  You are
• 28:34
  our source
• 28:34
  of joy.
• 28:36
  Right?
• 28:37
  So,
• 28:37
  Jesus was
• 28:38
  in the
• 28:38
  middle of
• 28:38
  the crowd,
• 28:39
  and all
• 28:40
  around him,
• 28:40
  this crazy
• 28:41
  emotion is
• 28:42
  going on.
• 28:44
  So,
• 28:44
  that's the
• 28:45
  movie Hysteria
• 28:46
  that you see
• 28:46
  in all those
• 28:47
  old Jesus
• 28:48
  movies.
• 28:49
  And even
• 28:49
  the one
• 28:50
  that came
• 28:50
  out recently,
• 28:50
  The Son
• 28:51
  of God,
• 28:51
  I think,
• 28:52
  same kind
• 28:53
  of Hysteria.
• 28:53
  So,
• 28:55
  they're doing
• 28:55
  welcoming
• 28:56
  gestures,
• 28:57
  and they're
• 28:58
  shouting,
• 28:58
  and they're
• 28:59
  literally
• 28:59
  cheering
• 29:00
  certain
• 29:01
  things.
• 29:03
  Right?
• 29:04
  It says,
• 29:05
  those who
• 29:05
  were behind
• 29:05
  him,
• 29:06
  who followed
• 29:06
  him,
• 29:06
  and those
• 29:07
  who were
• 29:07
  in front
• 29:07
  of him.
• 29:08
  So,
• 29:08
  he's
• 29:08
  literally
• 29:08
  surrounded,
• 29:10
  and they're
• 29:10
  saying,
• 29:10
  Hosanna.
• 29:12
  Right?
• 29:13
  And basically,
• 29:15
  that word
• 29:15
  means,
• 29:16
  save us
• 29:16
  now.
• 29:17
  Save us
• 29:18
  now.
• 29:19
  Deliver us
• 29:19
  now.
• 29:21
  It was
• 29:22
  pretty
• 29:23
  well-known
• 29:24
  term.
• 29:25
  It's
• 29:25
  exclamatory,
• 29:26
  and it's
• 29:26
  also a
• 29:26
  plea,
• 29:27
  like,
• 29:27
  save us
• 29:27
  now.
• 29:28
  Deliver us.
• 29:29
  And what
• 29:30
  these people
• 29:30
  were doing
• 29:31
  is they're
• 29:31
  crying and
• 29:32
  shouting
• 29:33
  what the
• 29:34
  pilgrims
• 29:35
  would say
• 29:36
  going up
• 29:37
  to Jerusalem.
• 29:39
  Again,
• 29:40
  just keep
• 29:40
  your hand
• 29:41
  in Mark,
• 29:41
  but look
• 29:41
  at Psalm
• 29:43
  118,
• 29:44
  verse 25.
• 29:49
  Psalm
• 29:50
  118,
• 29:51
  verse 25,
• 29:51
  and there's
• 29:52
  a whole
• 29:52
  section of
• 29:53
  psalms,
• 29:54
  this being
• 29:54
  one of
• 29:54
  them,
• 29:55
  that are
• 29:55
  called
• 29:55
  the
• 29:56
  Psalms
• 29:57
  of
• 29:57
  Ascent,
• 29:57
  or the
• 29:58
  pilgrimage
• 29:58
  psalms,
• 29:59
  where the
• 30:01
  Jews would
• 30:01
  be singing
• 30:02
  these,
• 30:03
  proclaiming
• 30:03
  these to
• 30:03
  each other
• 30:04
  as they
• 30:04
  went up
• 30:04
  to Jerusalem
• 30:06
  to worship
• 30:06
  and to
• 30:07
  make
• 30:07
  sacrifice,
• 30:08
  kind of
• 30:09
  preparing
• 30:09
  their minds
• 30:10
  and their
• 30:10
  hearts.
• 30:11
  Psalm
• 30:12
  118,
• 30:12
  verse 25,
• 30:13
  and this
• 30:14
  is the
• 30:14
  psalm that
• 30:15
  they are
• 30:15
  quoting from,
• 30:17
  Save us,
• 30:18
  we pray,
• 30:19
  O Lord.
• 30:20
  There it is.
• 30:20
  O Lord,
• 30:22
  we pray,
• 30:22
  give us
• 30:23
  success.
• 30:24
  Blessed is
• 30:25
  he who
• 30:25
  comes in
• 30:26
  the name
• 30:26
  of the
• 30:27
  Lord.
• 30:28
  We bless
• 30:29
  you from
• 30:29
  the house
• 30:30
  of the
• 30:30
  Lord.
• 30:31
  The Lord
• 30:31
  is God,
• 30:33
  and he
• 30:33
  has made
• 30:34
  his light
• 30:35
  shine upon
• 30:35
  us.
• 30:36
  Bind the
• 30:37
  festival
• 30:37
  sacrifice with
• 30:38
  cords,
• 30:39
  there it is,
• 30:39
  like a
• 30:39
  Passover
• 30:40
  idea,
• 30:42
  up to the
• 30:42
  horns of
• 30:43
  the altar.
• 30:44
  You are
• 30:44
  my God,
• 30:45
  and I
• 30:45
  will give
• 30:46
  thanks to
• 30:46
  you.
• 30:47
  You are
• 30:47
  my God,
• 30:48
  I extol
• 30:49
  you.
• 30:50
  O give
• 30:50
  thanks to
• 30:50
  the Lord,
• 30:51
  for he
• 30:51
  is good,
• 30:52
  for his
• 30:53
  steadfast love
• 30:54
  endures
• 30:55
  forever.
• 30:57
  So this
• 30:57
  is the
• 30:58
  psalm that
• 30:58
  they have
• 30:59
  in their
• 30:59
  mind.
• 30:59
  It was
• 31:00
  called the
• 31:00
  Conqueror's
• 31:01
  Psalm.
• 31:02
  Years and
• 31:03
  years ago,
• 31:04
  before this
• 31:04
  event,
• 31:06
  in between
• 31:06
  the Old
• 31:07
  and New
• 31:07
  Testament,
• 31:07
  we know
• 31:08
  what happened,
• 31:09
  but there's
• 31:09
  no scripture
• 31:10
  at that
• 31:11
  time.
• 31:11
  There was
• 31:11
  a lot of
• 31:12
  other rulers
• 31:12
  who came
• 31:13
  to rule
• 31:13
  over Judea,
• 31:14
  Greece being
• 31:15
  one of
• 31:15
  them,
• 31:16
  some of
• 31:16
  the Syrians
• 31:16
  being one
• 31:17
  of them.
• 31:18
  But the
• 31:18
  Jews shouted
• 31:19
  this psalm
• 31:21
  when
• 31:21
  Maccabeus
• 31:22
  triumphed
• 31:23
  over the
• 31:23
  Syrians.
• 31:23
  The same
• 31:24
  thing,
• 31:24
  like Hosanna,
• 31:25
  bless you
• 31:26
  who comes
• 31:26
  in the
• 31:27
  name of
• 31:27
  the Lord.
• 31:28
  So Christ
• 31:29
  was met
• 31:30
  with much
• 31:31
  zeal and
• 31:32
  much
• 31:32
  expectation
• 31:33
  by this
• 31:34
  mob.
• 31:35
  Right?
• 31:37
  So it
• 31:37
  sounds great,
• 31:39
  but here's
• 31:40
  where it
• 31:41
  was convicting
• 31:42
  to me.
• 31:44
  These are
• 31:44
  some sad
• 31:45
  misunderstandings.
• 31:47
  These people
• 31:47
  are not
• 31:48
  really
• 31:48
  understanding
• 31:49
  what's
• 31:49
  going on
• 31:49
  for the
• 31:50
  most part.
• 31:51
  The tragedy
• 31:52
  is that
• 31:53
  though Jesus
• 31:55
  really was
• 31:56
  the true
• 31:57
  king,
• 31:57
  the true
• 31:58
  Lord of
• 31:58
  lords,
• 31:59
  the Messiah,
• 32:00
  the Son of
• 32:00
  David,
• 32:01
  the Son of
• 32:01
  God,
• 32:02
  he was all
• 32:03
  those things
• 32:03
  and no
• 32:03
  human ruler
• 32:04
  could ever
• 32:05
  come close
• 32:05
  to Jesus.
• 32:08
  Yet the
• 32:08
  majority of
• 32:09
  this mob
• 32:09
  does not
• 32:10
  see him
• 32:10
  that way.
• 32:12
  The reality
• 32:12
  is this is
• 32:13
  like a
• 32:13
  faithless
• 32:14
  false
• 32:14
  approval
• 32:15
  of the
• 32:16
  true
• 32:16
  king,
• 32:17
  Jesus.
• 32:18
  Everything
• 32:19
  they shouted
• 32:19
  was true.
• 32:20
  It was
• 32:20
  biblical,
• 32:21
  it was
• 32:21
  right,
• 32:22
  but it
• 32:22
  was misdirected.
• 32:23
  It was
• 32:23
  not accurate.
• 32:24
  They
• 32:24
  weren't
• 32:25
  thinking
• 32:25
  personal
• 32:26
  salvation,
• 32:27
  most of
• 32:27
  them.
• 32:28
  They
• 32:28
  were
• 32:28
  thinking
• 32:28
  political
• 32:30
  deliverance.
• 32:31
  They
• 32:31
  were
• 32:31
  thinking
• 32:31
  rescue
• 32:32
  from
• 32:32
  our
• 32:33
  conquerors.
• 32:35
  So the
• 32:36
  crowd is
• 32:36
  fickle.
• 32:37
  They're
• 32:37
  making the
• 32:37
  connections
• 32:38
  wrongly
• 32:39
  between
• 32:39
  the true
• 32:40
  prophecies
• 32:41
  about the
• 32:41
  Messiah and
• 32:42
  what they
• 32:42
  were experiencing.
• 32:44
  So their
• 32:45
  understanding was
• 32:46
  just marred and
• 32:47
  confused.
• 32:49
  I'm not saying
• 32:50
  that every
• 32:50
  person in
• 32:51
  that mob
• 32:51
  did not
• 32:52
  truly have a
• 32:53
  good understanding
• 32:53
  of who
• 32:54
  Christ was.
• 32:55
  Surely there
• 32:55
  was, but
• 32:57
  most of
• 32:57
  them do
• 32:58
  not.
• 33:00
  Why?
• 33:00
  Because there
• 33:01
  are so many
• 33:01
  things about
• 33:02
  this event
• 33:02
  that if
• 33:03
  this was a
• 33:04
  true triumphal
• 33:05
  entry,
• 33:07
  there would
• 33:07
  have been a
• 33:07
  lot more
• 33:08
  celebration.
• 33:08
  It would
• 33:09
  have almost
• 33:09
  been planned.
• 33:10
  It would
• 33:10
  have gone
• 33:10
  on for
• 33:10
  days.
• 33:12
  Even see
• 33:12
  how it
• 33:13
  ends.
• 33:13
  He pretty
• 33:14
  much just
• 33:14
  walked into
• 33:15
  the temple
• 33:15
  and was
• 33:15
  like,
• 33:16
  let's go
• 33:16
  back to
• 33:17
  Bethany.
• 33:18
  Very
• 33:18
  unofficial,
• 33:20
  insignificant
• 33:20
  conclusion to
• 33:21
  this entry.
• 33:25
  They had
• 33:26
  earthly
• 33:26
  expectations
• 33:27
  of Jesus.
• 33:29
  Come and
• 33:30
  get rid of
• 33:31
  our Roman
• 33:32
  conquerors who
• 33:32
  have been
• 33:33
  abusing us
• 33:33
  since Pompeii
• 33:35
  and all
• 33:36
  these other
• 33:36
  conquerors
• 33:36
  had come
• 33:37
  in there.
• 33:38
  Come and
• 33:38
  deliver us,
• 33:39
  give us
• 33:39
  back our
• 33:40
  country,
• 33:40
  give us
• 33:40
  back our
• 33:41
  national
• 33:41
  pride,
• 33:43
  restore to
• 33:43
  us the
• 33:44
  glory days
• 33:44
  of Joshua
• 33:45
  and David
• 33:45
  and Solomon.
• 33:47
  They're
• 33:48
  misdirecting.
• 33:49
  Right?
• 33:50
  And Jesus
• 33:51
  knows this.
• 33:52
  Other accounts
• 33:53
  said that he
• 33:54
  wept over
• 33:54
  these things
• 33:55
  because he
• 33:55
  knew that
• 33:56
  most of
• 33:56
  them were
• 33:57
  grossly
• 33:57
  misplacing
• 33:58
  their zeal.
• 33:59
  Right?
• 34:00
  So most of
• 34:01
  it's superficial
• 34:02
  and earthly.
• 34:02
  Even the
• 34:03
  disciples.
• 34:04
  Okay,
• 34:04
  well,
• 34:05
  if you don't
• 34:06
  follow that,
• 34:06
  the scripture
• 34:07
  says that
• 34:07
  even the
• 34:07
  disciples
• 34:08
  didn't
• 34:08
  understand
• 34:09
  this.
• 34:10
  In John
• 34:11
  12,
• 34:11
  16,
• 34:12
  it says his
• 34:12
  disciples,
• 34:13
  entering into
• 34:14
  Jerusalem,
• 34:15
  his disciples
• 34:16
  did not
• 34:16
  understand these
• 34:17
  things at
• 34:18
  first.
• 34:19
  But when
• 34:19
  Jesus was
• 34:20
  glorified,
• 34:21
  then they
• 34:21
  remembered
• 34:22
  that these
• 34:23
  things had
• 34:23
  been written
• 34:25
  about him
• 34:25
  and had been
• 34:26
  done by him.
• 34:27
  Right?
• 34:28
  So even they
• 34:28
  didn't understand
• 34:29
  fully.
• 34:30
  They were
• 34:30
  thinking like,
• 34:31
  alright,
• 34:32
  our boy is
• 34:32
  going to
• 34:33
  come in
• 34:33
  here and
• 34:33
  clean house,
• 34:35
  and I'm
• 34:35
  going to
• 34:35
  be his
• 34:36
  boy when
• 34:36
  he does
• 34:36
  clean house,
• 34:37
  and just
• 34:38
  this false
• 34:39
  misinterpretation
• 34:41
  of all these
• 34:42
  events.
• 34:43
  But what's
• 34:44
  sad,
• 34:44
  if you're
• 34:45
  still in
• 34:45
  Mark,
• 34:45
  look over
• 34:46
  one chapter,
• 34:47
  chapter 10.
• 34:50
  Jesus told
• 34:51
  them,
• 34:51
  even after he
• 34:52
  had told
• 34:52
  them why
• 34:53
  he was
• 34:53
  going to
• 34:53
  Jerusalem,
• 34:55
  still they
• 34:55
  didn't
• 34:55
  understand.
• 34:57
  Mark 10,
• 34:57
  verse 33,
• 34:59
  saying,
• 35:00
  Jesus said,
• 35:01
  see,
• 35:02
  we are
• 35:02
  going up
• 35:03
  to Jerusalem,
• 35:03
  and the
• 35:04
  Son of
• 35:04
  Man will
• 35:04
  be delivered
• 35:05
  over to
• 35:06
  the chief
• 35:07
  priests and
• 35:07
  scribes,
• 35:08
  and they
• 35:08
  will condemn
• 35:08
  him to
• 35:09
  death,
• 35:10
  and deliver
• 35:10
  him over
• 35:11
  to the
• 35:11
  Gentiles,
• 35:13
  and they
• 35:13
  will mock
• 35:14
  him,
• 35:14
  spit on
• 35:15
  him,
• 35:16
  flog him,
• 35:17
  and kill
• 35:17
  him,
• 35:18
  and after
• 35:18
  three days
• 35:19
  he will
• 35:20
  rise.
• 35:21
  And again,
• 35:22
  they're like,
• 35:22
  what?
• 35:24
  They're not
• 35:24
  making the
• 35:25
  correct
• 35:25
  interpretations
• 35:26
  of these
• 35:27
  prophecies.
• 35:29
  Also,
• 35:30
  when they
• 35:30
  are teaching
• 35:30
  their
• 35:31
  children,
• 35:32
  they would
• 35:32
  read a
• 35:33
  scripture like
• 35:34
  out of
• 35:34
  Zechariah or
• 35:35
  something else,
• 35:36
  and they
• 35:36
  would ask
• 35:37
  their children,
• 35:38
  of whom
• 35:39
  does the
• 35:40
  prophet speak?
• 35:42
  Right?
• 35:43
  Still,
• 35:44
  we're missing
• 35:45
  so many
• 35:45
  things.
• 35:47
  So they
• 35:47
  had a
• 35:48
  false idea,
• 35:48
  this messianic
• 35:49
  liberation from
• 35:51
  Rome's
• 35:52
  oppression.
• 35:53
  But truly,
• 35:53
  in Jesus'
• 35:54
  mind,
• 35:54
  it wasn't
• 35:55
  Rome,
• 35:55
  it was
• 35:55
  Satan,
• 35:56
  sin,
• 35:57
  and death
• 35:57
  that he
• 35:58
  was coming
• 35:58
  to conquer.
• 36:00
  So they
• 36:00
  meet him
• 36:01
  with so much
• 36:01
  zeal and
• 36:02
  false
• 36:02
  expectations.
• 36:03
  Okay?
• 36:04
  And a
• 36:05
  little later,
• 36:06
  a few days
• 36:06
  later,
• 36:07
  when Jesus
• 36:08
  didn't meet
• 36:09
  these
• 36:09
  expectations,
• 36:10
  what happened?
• 36:12
  The mass
• 36:12
  mob kind of
• 36:13
  turned.
• 36:14
  Crucify him,
• 36:15
  crucify him.
• 36:16
  We will not
• 36:16
  let you reign
• 36:17
  over us.
• 36:19
  Right?
• 36:20
  Now,
• 36:20
  certainly,
• 36:21
  some of that
• 36:21
  mob,
• 36:22
  shouting that
• 36:22
  was probably
• 36:23
  a stage
• 36:23
  mob.
• 36:24
  But,
• 36:25
  in general,
• 36:26
  the whole
• 36:26
  city was
• 36:27
  thinking
• 36:28
  deliverance
• 36:28
  from an
• 36:29
  earthly
• 36:29
  power.
• 36:31
  Alright?
• 36:31
  And then you
• 36:32
  read on,
• 36:32
  back in
• 36:33
  verse chapter
• 36:33
  11,
• 36:34
  it says,
• 36:35
  he entered
• 36:35
  Jerusalem,
• 36:36
  went into
• 36:36
  the temple,
• 36:37
  where he
• 36:37
  looked around
• 36:38
  at everything,
• 36:39
  it was
• 36:39
  already late,
• 36:40
  he went
• 36:40
  out to
• 36:41
  Bethany
• 36:41
  with the
• 36:41
  twelve.
• 36:42
  So he
• 36:43
  went into
• 36:43
  the temple,
• 36:45
  scouted it
• 36:45
  out,
• 36:45
  maybe,
• 36:46
  like,
• 36:46
  yeah,
• 36:46
  I've got
• 36:46
  work here
• 36:47
  to do
• 36:47
  tomorrow,
• 36:48
  and then
• 36:49
  went back
• 36:50
  to Bethany,
• 36:51
  back up
• 36:52
  the hill
• 36:52
  where he
• 36:53
  just came
• 36:53
  from.
• 36:54
  Right?
• 36:55
  So how
• 36:56
  are we
• 36:56
  to look
• 36:56
  at all
• 36:57
  these events?
• 36:58
  This is
• 36:58
  the third
• 36:59
  thing,
• 36:59
  our response.
• 37:01
  We can
• 37:01
  learn a
• 37:02
  lot,
• 37:03
  but just
• 37:04
  a couple
• 37:04
  of things.
• 37:06
  Alright?
• 37:06
  And I
• 37:06
  got them
• 37:06
  just in
• 37:07
  the form
• 37:07
  of questions.
• 37:08
  One is,
• 37:09
  do you
• 37:09
  misuse
• 37:10
  the Scripture
• 37:12
  to suit
• 37:13
  your own
• 37:13
  purposes?
• 37:15
  Alright?
• 37:15
  Be aware
• 37:16
  of
• 37:18
  very,
• 37:20
  very
• 37:20
  passionate
• 37:20
  people,
• 37:22
  zealous
• 37:22
  people
• 37:23
  who
• 37:24
  quote
• 37:24
  and
• 37:24
  use
• 37:25
  the
• 37:25
  Bible
• 37:25
  for
• 37:25
  their
• 37:25
  own
• 37:26
  desires.
• 37:27
  Like,
• 37:28
  this happens
• 37:28
  every day
• 37:29
  all over
• 37:29
  the place.
• 37:31
  Like,
• 37:31
  understand,
• 37:32
  when you
• 37:32
  were engaging
• 37:33
  in reading
• 37:33
  the Bible,
• 37:35
  teaching it,
• 37:36
  listening to it,
• 37:37
  you're engaging
• 37:38
  in a sacred
• 37:38
  act.
• 37:39
  You're hearing
• 37:40
  the very
• 37:40
  words that
• 37:41
  were inspired
• 37:42
  by God
• 37:42
  himself.
• 37:43
  So,
• 37:44
  you don't
• 37:44
  need a good
• 37:44
  word,
• 37:45
  you don't
• 37:45
  need some
• 37:45
  cool advice
• 37:47
  from a
• 37:47
  psychologist,
• 37:48
  you need
• 37:48
  the Scripture.
• 37:49
  Scripture.
• 37:49
  Like,
• 37:50
  this is
• 37:50
  God's
• 37:50
  truth.
• 37:51
  Don't
• 37:52
  read the
• 37:53
  Scripture
• 37:53
  selectively,
• 37:55
  pull out of
• 37:55
  it what
• 37:56
  you want,
• 37:57
  and then
• 37:58
  make up
• 37:58
  your own
• 37:59
  Bible.
• 38:00
  Thomas
• 38:00
  Jefferson
• 38:01
  did that,
• 38:01
  he called it
• 38:01
  the Jefferson
• 38:02
  Bible.
• 38:03
  He took the
• 38:03
  parts he
• 38:03
  didn't like
• 38:04
  out and
• 38:04
  left what
• 38:04
  he did
• 38:05
  in the
• 38:05
  Bible.
• 38:08
  Can't do
• 38:09
  that.
• 38:10
  God's
• 38:10
  word
• 38:10
  stands
• 38:11
  forever.
• 38:11
  All right?
• 38:13
  So,
• 38:14
  Jesus doesn't
• 38:15
  meet our
• 38:15
  fleshly
• 38:15
  expectations,
• 38:16
  right,
• 38:17
  for this
• 38:19
  crowd.
• 38:19
  They didn't
• 38:20
  meet their
• 38:20
  desires to
• 38:22
  have a
• 38:22
  new authority
• 38:23
  and a
• 38:23
  new rule
• 38:24
  over them.
• 38:25
  They weren't
• 38:25
  expecting to
• 38:26
  have a
• 38:26
  humble,
• 38:26
  suffering
• 38:27
  servant
• 38:27
  come.
• 38:28
  Not their
• 38:28
  Messiah,
• 38:29
  not their
• 38:29
  Messiah.
• 38:30
  He was
• 38:30
  going to
• 38:30
  conquer and
• 38:32
  rule and
• 38:32
  reign over
• 38:33
  the political
• 38:35
  earthly
• 38:35
  kingdom.
• 38:37
  Right?
• 38:38
  So,
• 38:38
  don't read
• 38:38
  the Scripture
• 38:39
  selectively.
• 38:40
  Don't say,
• 38:40
  well,
• 38:42
  this is my
• 38:43
  verse and
• 38:43
  that's my
• 38:45
  verse,
• 38:45
  no matter
• 38:45
  what happens.
• 38:46
  Like,
• 38:46
  understand what's
• 38:47
  going on.
• 38:47
  Like,
• 38:48
  God gave
• 38:48
  this for
• 38:49
  specific reasons
• 38:50
  in the
• 38:50
  context.
• 38:52
  All right?
• 38:53
  Secondly,
• 38:55
  really big
• 38:56
  one,
• 38:57
  do you have
• 38:58
  false
• 38:58
  expectations
• 38:59
  of the
• 38:59
  true king?
• 39:01
  Yes,
• 39:02
  false
• 39:02
  expectations
• 39:03
  of the
• 39:03
  true king.
• 39:05
  So,
• 39:06
  interesting
• 39:06
  enough,
• 39:07
  like,
• 39:07
  these kind
• 39:08
  of events
• 39:08
  go on
• 39:09
  on a
• 39:10
  daily basis
• 39:10
  all over
• 39:11
  the place.
• 39:12
  People are
• 39:12
  interested in
• 39:13
  a Jesus
• 39:14
  of their
• 39:14
  own
• 39:14
  making,
• 39:16
  which we
• 39:16
  would call
• 39:16
  idolatry,
• 39:17
  like creating
• 39:18
  a God
• 39:18
  in your
• 39:19
  mind to
• 39:19
  suit your
• 39:20
  own
• 39:20
  interests.
• 39:22
  Right?
• 39:23
  They're
• 39:24
  told,
• 39:25
  people are
• 39:26
  told a
• 39:26
  false gospel,
• 39:27
  or they
• 39:28
  read the
• 39:28
  Scripture
• 39:28
  wrongly,
• 39:30
  and they
• 39:31
  think,
• 39:32
  Jesus,
• 39:32
  come to
• 39:33
  Jesus,
• 39:33
  I will
• 39:33
  get happy,
• 39:34
  I will
• 39:35
  be satisfied,
• 39:36
  or nothing
• 39:36
  bad will
• 39:36
  ever happen
• 39:37
  to me.
• 39:38
  Well,
• 39:39
  the first
• 39:39
  part of
• 39:40
  that can
• 39:40
  be true.
• 39:41
  Those of
• 39:42
  us who
• 39:42
  know Christ
• 39:42
  know He
• 39:43
  is satisfying,
• 39:44
  know that He
• 39:44
  does bring
• 39:45
  peace and
• 39:46
  joy,
• 39:46
  but that
• 39:46
  doesn't
• 39:46
  come,
• 39:48
  that only
• 39:48
  comes by
• 39:49
  repentance of
• 39:50
  your sin
• 39:50
  and following
• 39:51
  Christ.
• 39:52
  And so many
• 39:52
  people leave
• 39:53
  that part
• 39:53
  out.
• 39:54
  Like,
• 39:55
  don't preach
• 39:55
  to your
• 39:56
  friends and
• 39:56
  your family,
• 39:57
  you don't
• 39:57
  know Christ,
• 39:57
  don't preach
• 39:58
  to them a
• 39:59
  false gospel
• 39:59
  saying,
• 40:00
  come and
• 40:00
  be happy.
• 40:01
  Jesus is
• 40:03
  the reward,
• 40:04
  not these
• 40:05
  other things.
• 40:06
  Don't come
• 40:07
  and say to
• 40:08
  people,
• 40:09
  don't lead
• 40:09
  them to
• 40:10
  think,
• 40:10
  Jesus will
• 40:11
  grant you
• 40:11
  all of your
• 40:12
  desires,
• 40:12
  Jesus will
• 40:13
  heal you of
• 40:14
  all your
• 40:14
  sicknesses,
• 40:15
  He will
• 40:15
  fulfill all
• 40:16
  your dreams,
• 40:18
  if you just
• 40:18
  come to
• 40:19
  Him.
• 40:20
  Right?
• 40:21
  Some of
• 40:21
  you,
• 40:22
  you know,
• 40:23
  if I have
• 40:25
  Jesus,
• 40:25
  I will have
• 40:27
  a boyfriend
• 40:27
  or a
• 40:28
  girlfriend.
• 40:28
  If I
• 40:30
  have Jesus,
• 40:31
  I can do
• 40:32
  good in my
• 40:32
  job and
• 40:33
  be successful
• 40:34
  and make a
• 40:34
  lot of
• 40:35
  money.
• 40:36
  People will
• 40:36
  think well
• 40:37
  of me if
• 40:37
  I'm a
• 40:37
  Christian,
• 40:38
  so I'll
• 40:38
  attach Him
• 40:39
  to my
• 40:40
  name.
• 40:42
  No.
• 40:43
  So many
• 40:44
  people who
• 40:44
  are super
• 40:45
  passionate and
• 40:46
  seem to be
• 40:47
  zealous for
• 40:47
  Christ until
• 40:48
  Jesus doesn't
• 40:50
  deliver the
• 40:50
  goods,
• 40:51
  and then they
• 40:52
  turn on
• 40:52
  Him.
• 40:53
  Right?
• 40:54
  Is that true
• 40:55
  love, like
• 40:56
  you're really
• 40:56
  loving Christ
• 40:57
  like a
• 40:57
  heart,
• 40:57
  soul,
• 40:57
  mind?
• 40:58
  And strength
• 40:59
  if you're so
• 41:00
  quick to
• 41:00
  turn on Him
• 41:01
  when He
• 41:01
  doesn't
• 41:01
  deliver some
• 41:02
  earthly
• 41:02
  expectation
• 41:03
  that you
• 41:05
  hoped He
• 41:05
  would.
• 41:07
  The fallen
• 41:08
  sinful heart
• 41:08
  can be very
• 41:09
  interested in
• 41:10
  Jesus,
• 41:12
  right?
• 41:13
  Until
• 41:13
  Jesus attacks
• 41:15
  their false
• 41:15
  religion,
• 41:16
  which is
• 41:16
  exactly what
• 41:17
  He did
• 41:17
  the next
• 41:17
  day.
• 41:18
  Right?
• 41:18
  He went in
• 41:19
  there and
• 41:19
  completely
• 41:19
  upset their
• 41:20
  whole system
• 41:21
  and the
• 41:22
  temple.
• 41:23
  And they
• 41:23
  were like,
• 41:24
  why are you
• 41:24
  doing these
• 41:25
  things?
• 41:25
  And He
• 41:26
  quotes from
• 41:26
  the Scripture.
• 41:27
  quit making
• 41:28
  my father's
• 41:29
  house a
• 41:31
  den of
• 41:31
  robbers.
• 41:33
  Very angry,
• 41:35
  very zealous
• 41:35
  for God's
• 41:37
  glory at that
• 41:37
  time.
• 41:38
  So,
• 41:39
  beware of
• 41:40
  that.
• 41:42
  So,
• 41:43
  alright,
• 41:43
  so a
• 41:43
  warning.
• 41:44
  If you're in
• 41:45
  this state
• 41:46
  where you
• 41:46
  really just
• 41:46
  think Jesus
• 41:47
  is some
• 41:47
  kind of
• 41:48
  genie that
• 41:48
  can get
• 41:48
  you what
• 41:49
  you want,
• 41:50
  you're in a
• 41:50
  very dangerous
• 41:51
  and vulnerable
• 41:52
  position.
• 41:52
  You're not
• 41:53
  thinking about
• 41:54
  Jesus as
• 41:54
  He truly
• 41:55
  is.
• 41:56
  You're
• 41:56
  making a
• 41:56
  mockery of
• 41:57
  the cross.
• 41:57
  It's not
• 41:58
  why He
• 41:58
  came here.
• 41:59
  You don't
• 42:00
  place demands
• 42:01
  on God
• 42:02
  Almighty.
• 42:04
  You don't
• 42:04
  say,
• 42:04
  you will do
• 42:05
  this if I
• 42:05
  do this.
• 42:07
  You are
• 42:07
  a creature,
• 42:07
  He is
• 42:08
  Creator.
• 42:09
  We exist
• 42:10
  for His
• 42:10
  glory and
• 42:11
  purposes.
• 42:11
  He doesn't
• 42:11
  exist for
• 42:12
  our purposes.
• 42:14
  Right?
• 42:14
  He is the
• 42:14
  true King.
• 42:16
  The only
• 42:17
  King.
• 42:18
  Immortal,
• 42:19
  invisible,
• 42:20
  the God only
• 42:20
  wise.
• 42:21
  Right?
• 42:21
  So don't
• 42:21
  preach to your
• 42:22
  lost friends.
• 42:23
  Come to
• 42:23
  Jesus and be
• 42:24
  happy and
• 42:24
  you'll solve
• 42:24
  all your
• 42:25
  problems.
• 42:26
  Come to
• 42:26
  Jesus,
• 42:27
  those of
• 42:27
  you who
• 42:27
  are burned
• 42:28
  with your
• 42:28
  sin or
• 42:29
  your evil
• 42:29
  and you
• 42:30
  want
• 42:30
  deliverance
• 42:31
  from that
• 42:32
  sin.
• 42:33
  Right?
• 42:33
  Repent of
• 42:34
  your sin
• 42:34
  and turn
• 42:35
  to Christ.
• 42:36
  Don't
• 42:36
  preach that
• 42:37
  gospel.
• 42:38
  Right?
• 42:39
  We want
• 42:39
  the giver,
• 42:40
  not the
• 42:40
  gifts,
• 42:41
  the blesser,
• 42:42
  not the
• 42:42
  blessings.
• 42:43
  Right?
• 42:44
  He is the
• 42:44
  reward.
• 42:45
  And all
• 42:45
  true believers
• 42:45
  know that.
• 42:46
  Like,
• 42:46
  He will
• 42:46
  go around
• 42:47
  and destroy
• 42:48
  everything
• 42:48
  you're taking
• 42:49
  joy in
• 42:50
  until you
• 42:51
  understand that
• 42:52
  He really
• 42:52
  is the only
• 42:53
  consistent
• 42:53
  true way.
• 42:56
  Right?
• 42:57
  A little
• 42:57
  story here
• 42:58
  to illustrate
• 42:58
  this.
• 42:59
  I'll just
• 42:59
  read you.
• 42:59
  This was
• 43:00
  Charles Spurgeon.
• 43:03
  I told you
• 43:03
  all Thursday
• 43:04
  night I was
• 43:04
  on a
• 43:04
  Spurgeon
• 43:05
  kick the
• 43:05
  last couple
• 43:06
  of weeks.
• 43:07
  He said,
• 43:07
  there's a
• 43:08
  story of
• 43:09
  a humble
• 43:09
  gardener who
• 43:10
  presents a
• 43:11
  bunch of
• 43:11
  carrots to
• 43:12
  his king
• 43:13
  because he
• 43:14
  so loved
• 43:16
  and esteemed
• 43:17
  his sovereign.
• 43:18
  The king
• 43:19
  rewards the
• 43:19
  gardener's gift
• 43:20
  with a plot
• 43:21
  of land so
• 43:22
  he can
• 43:22
  continue
• 43:23
  blessing the
• 43:24
  kingdom.
• 43:25
  And then
• 43:25
  another person
• 43:26
  in the
• 43:26
  court thought
• 43:27
  an acre
• 43:28
  of land
• 43:29
  for a
• 43:29
  bunch of
• 43:30
  carrots?
• 43:30
  What a
• 43:30
  deal.
• 43:32
  So the
• 43:32
  next day
• 43:33
  the
• 43:34
  courtier
• 43:34
  presents the
• 43:35
  king with
• 43:36
  a magnificent
• 43:36
  horse and
• 43:38
  the wise
• 43:39
  king discerning
• 43:40
  the courtier's
• 43:41
  heart.
• 43:41
  He knows
• 43:42
  like this
• 43:42
  guy just
• 43:43
  wants something
• 43:44
  out of me.
• 43:45
  Right?
• 43:46
  Simply
• 43:46
  accepts the
• 43:47
  gift and
• 43:47
  says thank
• 43:48
  you.
• 43:48
  When the
• 43:49
  courtier is
• 43:50
  upset the
• 43:52
  king explains
• 43:53
  the gardener
• 43:55
  gave me the
• 43:55
  carrots but
• 43:57
  you have
• 43:57
  given yourself
• 43:58
  the horse.
• 44:00
  You gave
• 44:00
  not out of
• 44:01
  love for
• 44:01
  me but
• 44:02
  out of
• 44:02
  love for
• 44:03
  yourself in
• 44:04
  the hope
• 44:04
  of a
• 44:05
  reward.
• 44:06
  Right?
• 44:07
  So always
• 44:08
  seek Christ.
• 44:09
  Like you
• 44:09
  can't fool
• 44:10
  him.
• 44:10
  You can't
• 44:11
  trick him
• 44:11
  the way
• 44:11
  this guy
• 44:12
  was trying
• 44:12
  to trick
• 44:12
  this king.
• 44:13
  He knows
• 44:14
  your motives.
• 44:15
  He knows
• 44:15
  what's behind
• 44:16
  him.
• 44:16
  So ask
• 44:16
  that God
• 44:16
  would purify,
• 44:19
  cleanse your
• 44:19
  motives.
• 44:20
  The Bible
• 44:21
  does talk
• 44:21
  about reward
• 44:22
  but the
• 44:22
  reward is
• 44:23
  God himself.
• 44:25
  Right?
• 44:25
  God himself.
• 44:27
  So we'll
• 44:28
  close with
• 44:28
  this.
• 44:29
  Look at
• 44:29
  Revelation
• 44:29
  19 real
• 44:31
  quick.
• 44:34
  Revelation
• 44:34
  19.
• 44:43
  Alright.
• 44:44
  Now this
• 44:45
  passage that
• 44:46
  we just
• 44:47
  read in
• 44:47
  Mark is
• 44:48
  not really
• 44:48
  the true
• 44:50
  triumphal
• 44:51
  entry.
• 44:52
  It's really
• 44:52
  not.
• 44:52
  As we've
• 44:53
  kind of
• 44:53
  looked at
• 44:53
  most people
• 44:54
  have false
• 44:54
  expectations
• 44:55
  on Christ.
• 44:58
  This
• 44:59
  however
• 44:59
  is the
• 45:01
  true
• 45:01
  triumphal
• 45:03
  entry of
• 45:03
  Christ into
• 45:04
  the earthly
• 45:05
  kingdom
• 45:05
  and for
• 45:06
  eternity.
• 45:07
  And he's
• 45:07
  not riding
• 45:08
  a donkey.
• 45:09
  He's riding
• 45:09
  a white
• 45:10
  horse.
• 45:11
  Revelation
• 45:12
  19 verse
• 45:13
  11.
• 45:13
  John
• 45:15
  talking and
• 45:15
  he says
• 45:16
  then I
• 45:16
  saw heaven
• 45:17
  open and
• 45:18
  behold a
• 45:19
  white horse.
• 45:21
  The one
• 45:21
  who was
• 45:21
  sitting on
• 45:22
  it was
• 45:22
  called
• 45:22
  faithful and
• 45:23
  true and
• 45:24
  in righteousness
• 45:25
  he judges
• 45:25
  and makes
• 45:26
  war.
• 45:27
  His eyes
• 45:28
  are like a
• 45:29
  flame of
• 45:29
  fire and
• 45:30
  on his
• 45:31
  head are
• 45:31
  many
• 45:31
  diadems and
• 45:33
  there was a
• 45:34
  name written
• 45:35
  that no one
• 45:36
  knew except
• 45:37
  himself.
• 45:37
  he is
• 45:39
  clothed in
• 45:39
  a robe
• 45:39
  dipped in
• 45:40
  blood and
• 45:41
  the name
• 45:42
  by which he
• 45:42
  is called
• 45:43
  is the
• 45:43
  word of
• 45:43
  God.
• 45:44
  And the
• 45:45
  armies of
• 45:45
  heaven arrayed
• 45:46
  in fine
• 45:46
  linen white
• 45:47
  and pure
• 45:48
  followed him
• 45:48
  on white
• 45:50
  horses.
• 45:51
  From his
• 45:51
  mouth comes
• 45:52
  a sharp
• 45:52
  sword with
• 45:54
  which to
• 45:55
  strike down
• 45:56
  the nations
• 45:56
  and he will
• 45:58
  rule them
• 45:58
  with a rod
• 45:59
  of iron.
• 46:00
  He will
• 46:00
  shred the
• 46:00
  winepress of
• 46:02
  the fury of
• 46:03
  the wrath of
• 46:04
  God the
• 46:04
  Almighty.
• 46:05
  And on
• 46:06
  his robe and
• 46:06
  on his
• 46:07
  thigh he
• 46:08
  has a
• 46:08
  name written
• 46:08
  King of
• 46:09
  Kings and
• 46:10
  Lord of
• 46:11
  Lords.
• 46:13
  He will
• 46:13
  come and
• 46:14
  he will
• 46:14
  destroy the
• 46:15
  ungodly,
• 46:16
  all those who
• 46:16
  have not
• 46:17
  come to
• 46:18
  Christ for
• 46:19
  deliverance.
• 46:20
  He will
• 46:20
  establish his
• 46:21
  earthly throne
• 46:21
  in Jerusalem
• 46:22
  for a
• 46:23
  millennial reign
• 46:24
  and the
• 46:25
  matter will
• 46:25
  just carry
• 46:25
  right on
• 46:26
  in to
• 46:26
  eternity
• 46:28
  forever and
• 46:28
  ever.
• 46:29
  The new
• 46:29
  heaven,
• 46:30
  the new
• 46:30
  earth that
• 46:30
  follows in
• 46:31
  those chapters,
• 46:32
  that's the
• 46:32
  true earthly
• 46:33
  triumphal entry
• 46:35
  of Christ.
• 46:36
  So let's
• 46:37
  have that
• 46:38
  Jesus in
• 46:38
  mind also.
• 46:41
  He was
• 46:41
  committing a
• 46:42
  great,
• 46:43
  humble act
• 46:44
  when he came
• 46:44
  into Jerusalem
• 46:45
  that day that
• 46:46
  we just read
• 46:46
  about.
• 46:47
  But in his
• 46:48
  mind he knew
• 46:49
  what was in
• 46:49
  front of him.
• 46:50
  Death,
• 46:51
  suffering,
• 46:51
  rejection,
• 46:52
  being mocked.
• 46:54
  Isaiah 53,
• 46:55
  suffering servant.
• 46:56
  He knew that's
• 46:57
  what he was
• 46:57
  coming for.
• 46:58
  He wasn't
• 46:59
  jumping up and
• 46:59
  down like a
• 47:01
  lot of other
• 47:01
  people were.
• 47:02
  He wept over
• 47:03
  Jerusalem.
• 47:04
  He knew what
• 47:05
  he had to
• 47:06
  do.
• 47:07
  That familiar
• 47:08
  place.
• 47:08
  He announced
• 47:09
  his boyhood.
• 47:09
  He knew it
• 47:10
  was going to
• 47:10
  be a place
• 47:11
  where he
• 47:11
  suffered and
• 47:12
  died.
• 47:13
  So worship
• 47:14
  the true
• 47:14
  Christ.
• 47:16
  Read the
• 47:16
  scripture the
• 47:17
  way it was
• 47:18
  meant to be
• 47:18
  read.
• 47:20
  And worship
• 47:20
  God in
• 47:21
  spirit and
• 47:22
  in truth.
• 47:23
  Let's just
• 47:24
  close in
• 47:24
  prayer together.