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 As people, we're wired to seek and be dazzled by glory.

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 We admire the beauty of the sunset.

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 We visit the mountains, perhaps we went hiking on these nice couple days

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 to wander at the grandeur of the mountains.

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 We are dazzled by the pomp and power of royalty and statesmen

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 and the glamour and popularity of celebrities.

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 And often for people, the relentless drive to acquire more and to accomplish more

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 are also frequently veiled attempts to find lasting glory.

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 Yet because we're broken by pervasive sin in our lives,

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 we often see glory in the wrong places.

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 And so what is truly glorious at times looks to us as inglorious.

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 And so we see in this passage Jesus' peculiar glory,

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 glory that maybe others would not see as glory.

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 And in this peculiar glory of the cross of Jesus Christ teaches us,

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 it enables us to take up our crosses and follow him.

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 That's the main point of this passage.

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 And first, I will talk about the glory of the king.

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 And secondly, I will talk about the glory of the cross.

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 And lastly, I talk about the glory of discipleship.

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 Read verse 12 with me.

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 It says,

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 The next day, the large crowd that had come to the feast

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 heard that Jesus was coming to Jerusalem.

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 So Jesus, like other faithful Jews who had come to worship,

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 celebrate the Passover feast,

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 he's on his way to Jerusalem like them.

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 And because people had heard about Jesus and had heard that Jesus is coming,

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 and now they're kind of gathering around them.

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 And so, it says in verse 13,

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 The Jews took branches of palm trees and went out to meet him,

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 crying out,

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 Hosanna!

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 Blessed is he who comes in the name of the Lord,

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 even the king of Israel.

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 This is a quotation from Psalm 118, verses 25 and 26.

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 It says,

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 Save us, we pray, O Lord.

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 O Lord, we pray, give us success.

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 Blessed is he who comes in the name of the Lord.

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 And the word Hosanna is just a Greek transliteration of the Hebrew word

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 that translates to save us.

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 So that's where they get the Hosanna from.

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 And this psalm, Psalm 118,

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 was sung at the feast in particular for the Jews,

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 so the feast of the tabernacle,

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 but also the Passover feast.

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 And so it's a psalm that all the observant Jews knew,

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 probably knew by heart.

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 So it's not surprising they're able to sing this as Jesus is coming in.

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 So the psalm was originally used by the Jews

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 to pronounce blessing on pilgrims.

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 So the Jewish pilgrims were coming into Jerusalem

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 to worship at the temple.

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 So blessed is he who comes in the name of the Lord.

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 But if you look at Jewish commentary from that time,

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 it also shows that they understood that psalm messianically.

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 So they understood it to refer to the Messiah,

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 the promised king who was supposed to come.

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 So the one who comes in the name of the Lord

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 is not just a pilgrim, but he's the Messiah,

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 the promised king that is supposed to come.

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 And that's why the Jews add to the psalm at the end,

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 even the king of Israel.

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 That's their real expectation.

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 They're expecting the king to come

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 and proclaiming Jesus as that king.

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 And so the fact that they took branches of palm trees

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 and went out to meet him confirms this

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 because the palm is obviously not the kind of palm

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 that we find in Florida and California,

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 even though those are all kind of imported as well.

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 They're not indigenous.

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 But this is a native palm to this region.

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 It's the shorter palms.

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 It's date palms.

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 And so they're plentiful.

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 You can still find them to this day.

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 And so they grabbed them.

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 And why?

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 Because there's no biblical command

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 for people to celebrate the Passover feast

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 with palm trees.

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 But palm tree was associated with Israel

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 throughout the Old Testament.

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 So in Isaiah 9.14, for example,

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 the palm tree is referred to as a symbol of Israel.

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 But there's much more going on than that

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 because palm tree historically by this time

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 has become a nationalistic symbol.

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 And the reason being a Syrian ruler,

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 Antiochus Epiphanes, overran Jerusalem,

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 took over the temple and desecrated it

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 so that Jews couldn't worship there anymore.

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 And then some of the Jews,

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 led by leaders, the Maccabee brothers,

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 Judas, Jonathan, and Simon,

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 they staged a successful military campaign

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 to oust the Syrians and then re-consecrate,

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 rededicate the temple.

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 That's what Hanukkah celebrates.

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 And when they did that,

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 in the first book of Maccabee,

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 chapter 13, verse 51,

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 it says that Simon Maccabee,

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 one of the leaders,

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 entered triumphantly into the temple

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 and rededicated it carrying palm branches.

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 So during Hanukkah,

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 when they took over the temple again,

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 they used palm branches to rededicate the temple.

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 And since that time,

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 palm tree has become

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 kind of this nationalistic symbol.

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 So they kind of rally around that symbol.

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 This stands for us,

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 the people of Israel.

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 This shows our power in unity.

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 This is our might.

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 And so that reveals,

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 kind of betrays the people's true expectations

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 for Jesus, doesn't it?

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 By carrying palm trees to greet Jesus,

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 they want him to be like Simon Maccabee,

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 another king to come,

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 and this time to oust the Romans

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 so that they can be free.

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 And as the crowd is getting into it,

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 it says in verses 14 to 15,

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 Jesus found a young donkey and sat on it,

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 just as it is written,

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 fear not, daughter of Zion.

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 Behold, your king is coming,

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 sitting on a donkey's colt.

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 This is likely a quotation

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 that conflates two verses,

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 Isaiah 49, which says,

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 fear not, behold your God,

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 and Zechariah 9, 9, which says,

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 rejoice greatly, O daughter of Zion.

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 Shout aloud, O daughter of Jerusalem.

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 Behold, your king is coming to you.

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 Righteous and having salvation is he,

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 humble and mounted on a donkey,

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 on a colt, the foal of a donkey.

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 So by procuring a donkey

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 and riding on it

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 in his entrance to Jerusalem,

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 Jesus is self-consciously fulfilling

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 this prophecy in Zechariah.

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 And as he does that,

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 Jesus both simultaneously confirms

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 the people's expectations of kingship

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 and he corrects

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 the people's expectations of kingship.

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 And I'll explain how he does that.

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 So I've heard some people argue

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 after reading this

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 or reading a pair of passages

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 in the gospel

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 that Jesus is here

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 kind of denying people's proclamation

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 of his kingship.

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 That if he was trying to be a king,

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 he would be riding on a stately stallion,

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 and not this lowly donkey.

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 So I've heard some people argue that.

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 So that's, I think,

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 a little bit too clever to be true.

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 Because if you look throughout the Bible

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 and how the donkey is used,

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 it's actually the preferred ride

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 of royalty throughout Scripture.

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 So if you look at Judges 10, 3, and 4,

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 it says that Jair of Gilead,

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 he's the judge of Israel for 22 years,

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 he had 30 sons who rode 30 donkeys

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 and controlled 30 towns.

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 Riding a donkey symbolizes

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 their rule over these towns.

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 There are 30 sons, 30 kings,

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 basically riding 30 donkeys.

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 That's why also in 1 Kings 1,

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 when King David commands

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 Zadok the priest and Nathan the prophet

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 to anoint Solomon as his successor,

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 his king,

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 he puts him on his own mule.

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 Not a horse, not his town,

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 his mule, his donkey,

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 to ride around the city

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 to indicate to the whole nation

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 that he's the successor, the king.

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 And finally, kind of an ancient

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 Near Eastern parallel,

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 this is an ancient letter

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 that was found in Mari,

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 which was a Sumerian city

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 in the ancient Near East.

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 It says this,

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 Verily, you are the king of the Heneans,

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 but secondly,

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 you are the king of the Akkadians.

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 My lord should not ride a horse.

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 Let my lord ride in a chariot

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 or on a mule,

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 and he will thereby honor

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 his royal head.

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 So riding a horse

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 befits a soldier,

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 marching into battle,

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 but not a king coming into his kingdom.

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 The king rides a donkey.

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 So Jesus riding a donkey

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 is not denying his kingship.

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 In fact, he is very consciously

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 confirming that he is the king.

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 And not only that,

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 just imagine this scenario.

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 So Josephus,

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 an early Jewish historian

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 from the first century,

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 records a Passover feast

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 that he observed.

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 And he says in it

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 that about 2,700,000 people

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 took part in it,

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 took part in the feast.

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 Not the people

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 that are not partaking in it

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 because they're not clean ceremonially,

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 but 2,700,000 people

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 partake in the feast itself.

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 So that's,

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 just to give you an idea,

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 the number of Muslims

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 that last year

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 did perform the Hajj,

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 the pilgrimage to Mecca,

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 which is required

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 once in their lifetime.

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 All the people that did that,

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 all the Muslims

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 that did that last year

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 for the Hajj,

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 plus all the people

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 that attended

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 this year's Super Bowl

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 combined

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 is about that number.

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 So that's a huge,

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 huge, huge feast.

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 And so all these people come,

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 and just like the people

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 who live in the city

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 like us know,

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 during rush hour,

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 you don't want to drive,

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 right?

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 You walk

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 or you bike,

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 right?

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 You need to,

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 in order to avoid driving.

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 And so people,

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 all these pilgrims

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 who are coming into Jerusalem

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 knew better than

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 to ride a donkey

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 into the city.

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 Everybody's on foot,

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 invariably,

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 right?

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 So this,

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 over 2 million people

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 on foot,

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 crowded together,

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 coming into Jerusalem.

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 Picture this,

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 and there's one man

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 in the whole crowd

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 riding on a donkey.

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 And you could just picture

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 people just looking back,

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 well,

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 what's going on over here?

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 And then just spreads

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 this murmur,

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 this wonder.

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 Who is this?

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 And because Jesus

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 was already well known

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 by that time,

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 because of his miracles,

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 because of him raising

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 Lazarus from the dead,

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 that sign,

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 his act,

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 is unmistakable.

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 He's saying,

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 I am the king.

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 I am the king

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 that was to come.

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 So,

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 Jesus is humble,

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 right?

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 Zechariah describes him

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 that way.

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 He's not coming in

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 and looking down

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 on people.

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 He doesn't have

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 this elaborate entourage

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 or is in ornate clothes.

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 No,

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 he is humble.

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 He comes

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 as a human being,

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 right?

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 The God,

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 the king of the universe.

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 He comes

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 humbly.

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 And it,

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 but it's not

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 humble for him

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 to deny that he is king.

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 That's not what he is doing.

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 That would be false humility,

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 not true humility.

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 And so,

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 but so he,

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 on one sense,

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 he confirms the people's

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 messianic expectations.

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 He says,

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 I am the king

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 that you are expecting.

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 But on the other hand,

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 he corrects the people's

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 messianic expectations.

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 And he does that also

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 by riding on a donkey.

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 Because by riding on a donkey

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 rather than on a war horse,

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 he is confirming

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 that he is not come,

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 he has not come

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 like Simon Maccabee

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 to deliver military victory

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 for the Israelites,

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 to rescue them from,

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 militarily from,

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 the hands of the Roman Empire.

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 But he has come

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 as the prince of peace.

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 He comes in peace,

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 rising to the city

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 as the king.

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 And this truth

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 is confirmed

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 by the context

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 of the prophecy

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 that was cited

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 by John,

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 Zechariah 9, 9-11.

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 Because after it says,

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 Rejoice greatly,

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 O daughter of Zion.

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 Shout aloud,

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 O daughter of Jerusalem.

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 Behold,

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 your king is coming to you.

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 Righteous and having salvation

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 is he,

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 humble and mounted

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 on a donkey,

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 on a colt,

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 the foal of a donkey.

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 It continues like this.

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 It says,

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 I will cut off

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 the chariot

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 from Ephraim

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 and the war horse

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 from Jerusalem.

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 And the battle bow

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 shall be cut off

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 and he shall speak peace

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 to the nations.

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 His rule shall be

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 from sea to sea

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 and from the river

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 to the ends of the earth.

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 As for you also

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 because of the blood

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 of my covenant with you,

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 I will set your prisoners

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 free from the waterless pit.

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 So Jesus is the humble king

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 who is coming in peace,

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 not war.

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 And his peace and rule

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 will extend

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 not just to the Jews

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 but to all the nations.

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 He will establish

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 his universal reign

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 and set the prisoners free.

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 But

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 the disciples

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 and the people following

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 don't understand

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 the profundity

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 of what Jesus is doing

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 and proclaiming.

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 So in verse 16,

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 it says,

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 His disciples

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 did not understand

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 these things at first

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 but when Jesus

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 was glorified,

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 then they remember

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 that these things

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 had been written about him

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 and had been done

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 to him.

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 Only then

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 do they truly grasp

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 the significance

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 of what Jesus

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 is here doing.

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 And so

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 there's a lot of people

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 and Jesus is very popular,

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 right?

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 And at this point,

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 at least.

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 And so even though

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 the Sanhedrin,

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 the ruling Jewish body

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 had already decided

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 to kill Jesus,

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 they don't dare

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 incite the mob

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 by doing something

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 at this moment.

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 And so they are

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 exasperated

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 and they exclaim

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 in verse 19,

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 you see that

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 you are gaining nothing.

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 Look,

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 the whole world,

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 the world has gone

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 after him.

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 And as they say that,

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 they speak truer

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 than they know

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 because it's

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 a hyperbolic statement

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 for them.

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 Oh,

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 the whole world

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 has gone after him.

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 It's hyperbolic for them

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 but it's actually

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 a very true statement

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 because the world,

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 the word,

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 the world occurs

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 more in the Gospel of John

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 than any other book

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 in the New Testament.

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 Seventy-eight times,

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 which is about a third

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 of all the occurrences

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 of the word,

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 the world.

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 And in the Gospel of John,

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 it refers to

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 the lost world,

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 the world that Christ

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 has come to save

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 that includes

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 not just the Jews

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 but all the nations.

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 So when they say

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 the whole world,

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 the world has gone

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 after him,

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 Jesus is,

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 they're speaking the truth.

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 Yes,

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 the world has gone

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 after him.

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 He has come to draw

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 the world to himself.

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 He is the Lamb of God,

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 it says John 1, 29,

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 who takes away

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 the sin of the world.

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 And this truth

00:14:29.019 --> 00:14:29.940
 is confirmed immediately

00:14:29.940 --> 00:14:31.320
 by verse 20.

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 It says,

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 Now,

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 among those

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 who went up

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 to worship

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 at the feast

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 were some Greeks.

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 Greeks

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 are not necessarily

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 people who

00:14:41.080 --> 00:14:43.319
 just are from Greece,

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 but in the New Testament,

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 throughout the New Testament,

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 it refers to

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 every basically Gentile,

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 any non-Jew

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 is referred to

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 as a Greek.

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 And so,

00:14:54.539 --> 00:14:55.179
 Gentiles,

00:14:55.460 --> 00:14:55.740
 people,

00:14:56.039 --> 00:14:56.720
 non-Jews

00:14:56.720 --> 00:14:57.519
 from all over the world

00:14:57.519 --> 00:14:58.139
 have come

00:14:58.139 --> 00:14:59.480
 after Jesus.

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 And this arrival

00:15:00.740 --> 00:15:01.500
 of the Gentiles

00:15:01.500 --> 00:15:02.360
 kind of transitions

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 us from the glory

00:15:03.860 --> 00:15:04.420
 of the king

00:15:04.420 --> 00:15:05.399
 to the glory

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 of the cross.

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 Second point,

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 in verses 20 to 36.

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 Because the fact

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 that the Greeks

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 were there suggests

00:15:11.740 --> 00:15:13.460
 that they were

00:15:13.460 --> 00:15:14.539
 probably God-fearers,

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 maybe converts,

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 but perhaps not

00:15:16.159 --> 00:15:16.840
 full converts.

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 And they reached out

00:15:17.879 --> 00:15:18.440
 to Philip,

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 and we don't know

00:15:19.440 --> 00:15:20.139
 exactly why,

00:15:20.300 --> 00:15:21.240
 because perhaps

00:15:21.240 --> 00:15:21.860
 because Philip,

00:15:22.039 --> 00:15:22.620
 like Andrew,

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 is a Greek name.

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 Maybe they thought,

00:15:25.080 --> 00:15:25.639
 oh, maybe we'll have

00:15:25.639 --> 00:15:26.159
 a better chance

00:15:26.159 --> 00:15:26.879
 with this disciple.

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 And he was also from,

00:15:28.759 --> 00:15:29.620
 he lived near

00:15:29.620 --> 00:15:30.340
 a Gentile region.

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 And so,

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 they come to Philip,

00:15:32.200 --> 00:15:33.200
 verse 21.

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 Philip takes this

00:15:34.159 --> 00:15:34.639
 to Andrew,

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 and then they together

00:15:35.399 --> 00:15:36.379
 bring this issue

00:15:36.379 --> 00:15:36.940
 to Jesus.

00:15:37.779 --> 00:15:38.720
 And Jesus answers

00:15:38.720 --> 00:15:39.580
 in verse 23,

00:15:40.460 --> 00:15:41.759
 the hour has come

00:15:41.759 --> 00:15:43.360
 for the Son of Man

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 to be glorified.

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 So,

00:15:47.159 --> 00:15:47.759
 up to this point

00:15:47.759 --> 00:15:48.500
 in the Gospel of John,

00:15:48.620 --> 00:15:49.200
 the hour,

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 which refers to his,

00:15:50.879 --> 00:15:52.080
 the hour of his glorification,

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 has always been future.

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 The hour is coming,

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 but now,

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 as the Gentiles

00:15:57.860 --> 00:15:58.720
 have come to him,

00:15:59.100 --> 00:16:00.019
 it has triggered

00:16:00.019 --> 00:16:01.080
 that hour.

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 Now the hour

00:16:01.799 --> 00:16:02.799
 is not in the future,

00:16:02.899 --> 00:16:03.960
 but it has come.

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 And notice that

00:16:06.840 --> 00:16:07.519
 during this time,

00:16:07.639 --> 00:16:08.779
 the Jews and Gentiles

00:16:08.779 --> 00:16:09.860
 are strictly separated.

00:16:09.980 --> 00:16:10.639
 Even during the Feast

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 of the Passover,

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 the Gentiles,

00:16:12.460 --> 00:16:13.620
 upon threat of death,

00:16:13.960 --> 00:16:14.679
 were forbidden

00:16:14.679 --> 00:16:15.700
 from crossing over

00:16:15.700 --> 00:16:17.799
 to the Jewish inner court.

00:16:18.159 --> 00:16:19.299
 They had to stay outside

00:16:19.299 --> 00:16:20.080
 in the outer court.

00:16:20.680 --> 00:16:21.360
 But yet Jesus,

00:16:21.539 --> 00:16:22.299
 when he is glorified,

00:16:22.379 --> 00:16:23.279
 will draw all nations

00:16:23.279 --> 00:16:23.779
 to himself.

00:16:23.959 --> 00:16:25.019
 So now that the Gentiles

00:16:25.019 --> 00:16:25.980
 are starting to come to him,

00:16:26.299 --> 00:16:26.740
 Jesus says,

00:16:26.799 --> 00:16:28.579
 my hour has come.

00:16:29.740 --> 00:16:30.939
 And John doesn't tell us

00:16:30.939 --> 00:16:31.620
 whether he actually

00:16:31.620 --> 00:16:32.439
 grants them an audience

00:16:32.439 --> 00:16:32.839
 or not,

00:16:32.899 --> 00:16:33.839
 because to him,

00:16:33.919 --> 00:16:35.059
 that's theologically irrelevant.

00:16:35.480 --> 00:16:36.220
 What's important

00:16:36.220 --> 00:16:36.959
 is that the Gentiles

00:16:36.959 --> 00:16:37.919
 came to Jesus.

00:16:38.439 --> 00:16:39.740
 So he records that part.

00:16:41.220 --> 00:16:42.259
 But what exactly

00:16:42.259 --> 00:16:44.059
 does this glorification entail?

00:16:44.159 --> 00:16:45.379
 It sounds glorious,

00:16:45.500 --> 00:16:46.179
 it sounds good.

00:16:46.480 --> 00:16:47.399
 What does that entail?

00:16:47.399 --> 00:16:48.279
 He hints that

00:16:48.279 --> 00:16:49.299
 in verse 24,

00:16:49.299 --> 00:16:50.039
 truly,

00:16:50.039 --> 00:16:50.099
 truly,

00:16:50.259 --> 00:16:50.500
 truly,

00:16:50.699 --> 00:16:51.539
 I say to you,

00:16:51.819 --> 00:16:52.839
 unless a grain of wheat

00:16:52.839 --> 00:16:53.939
 falls into the earth

00:16:53.939 --> 00:16:54.519
 and dies,

00:16:54.659 --> 00:16:55.959
 it remains alone.

00:16:56.419 --> 00:16:57.519
 But if it dies,

00:16:57.620 --> 00:16:59.479
 it bears much fruit.

00:17:00.620 --> 00:17:00.919
 Now,

00:17:01.179 --> 00:17:02.259
 that's a little bit

00:17:02.259 --> 00:17:03.159
 of an enigmatic statement.

00:17:03.879 --> 00:17:05.339
 That doesn't sound too glorious.

00:17:05.440 --> 00:17:06.259
 What are you talking about,

00:17:06.319 --> 00:17:06.559
 Jesus?

00:17:06.940 --> 00:17:08.019
 Someone dying,

00:17:08.700 --> 00:17:09.839
 a grain falling

00:17:09.839 --> 00:17:10.200
 on the ground

00:17:10.200 --> 00:17:10.619
 and dying.

00:17:11.180 --> 00:17:12.139
 But he continues,

00:17:12.399 --> 00:17:13.039
 verse 27,

00:17:13.039 --> 00:17:14.960
 now is a soul troubled.

00:17:15.759 --> 00:17:17.079
 And what shall I say?

00:17:17.279 --> 00:17:18.579
 Now is my soul troubled.

00:17:19.099 --> 00:17:19.440
 Father,

00:17:19.579 --> 00:17:20.720
 save me from this hour,

00:17:20.839 --> 00:17:21.639
 but for this purpose

00:17:21.639 --> 00:17:22.339
 I have come

00:17:22.339 --> 00:17:23.980
 to this hour.

00:17:24.859 --> 00:17:26.779
 The hour of his glory,

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 his glorification,

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 has come,

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 but Jesus is not excited.

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 He's troubled,

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 which the word communicates

00:17:33.920 --> 00:17:35.379
 deep anxiety,

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 turmoil.

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 And so he asks himself,

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 should I cry to the Father,

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 save me from this hour?

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 And yet,

00:17:43.879 --> 00:17:44.839
 he steals himself,

00:17:45.059 --> 00:17:46.460
 resolves himself,

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 and says,

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 no,

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 it is for this purpose

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 that I have come

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 to this hour.

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 Because his desire

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 is not to glorify himself,

00:17:54.420 --> 00:17:55.559
 as verse 28 reveals,

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 but he says,

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 Father,

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 glorify your name.

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 Jesus' glorification

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 is tied to him

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 unreservedly pursuing

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 only the Father's glory.

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 So,

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 this will get clear

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 in a few verses,

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 but for now,

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 let's keep looking

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 at what this glorification

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 entails in verse 31.

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 Because it says,

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 now is the judgment

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 of this world

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 and now will the ruler

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 of this world

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 be cast out.

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 And I,

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 when I am lifted up

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 from the earth,

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 will draw all people

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 to myself.

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 Now,

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 that makes a little bit

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 more sense,

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 doesn't it,

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 what glorification

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 is supposed to be like.

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 Because if a king

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 is going to be glorified,

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 if he's going to ascend

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 to his throne,

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 then yes,

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 of course,

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 he's going to judge

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 his subjects.

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 So,

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 he says,

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 now is the judgment

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 of this world.

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 And even though

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 Jesus says later

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 in verse 47

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 that he has not

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 come to judge

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 but to save the world,

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 by virtue of him

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 being the light

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 of the world,

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 he does cast judgment.

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 Even though he hasn't

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 come for active

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 final judgment,

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 because he is light,

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 he simultaneously

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 shines on some

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 and casts a shadow

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 on others.

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 So,

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 he,

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 by virtue of his presence,

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 is separating

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 the children of light

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 from the children

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 of darkness.

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 So,

00:19:02.919 --> 00:19:03.459
 he judges

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 this world.

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 And likewise,

00:19:06.359 --> 00:19:07.339
 it says in verse 31,

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 now will the ruler

00:19:08.819 --> 00:19:09.339
 of this world

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 be cast out.

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 The ruler of this world,

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 that the phrase occurs

00:19:13.419 --> 00:19:14.939
 again in John 14,

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 30,

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 and 16,

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 11.

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 And similar title

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 refers throughout

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 the New Testament

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 to Satan.

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 Because the true king

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 has now returned.

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 This is the real return

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 of the king.

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 The Jesus glorification.

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 Now,

00:19:28.339 --> 00:19:29.240
 his enthronement

00:19:29.240 --> 00:19:30.720
 means Satan's dethronement.

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 He's going to be

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 overthrown

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 because he's

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 a pretender.

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 He's not the true king.

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 So,

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 he'll be expelled

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 from his

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 temporary station

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 as ruler of this world.

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 So,

00:19:44.740 --> 00:19:45.360
 Jesus continues

00:19:45.360 --> 00:19:46.080
 in verse 32,

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 and I,

00:19:47.080 --> 00:19:47.940
 when I'm lifted up

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 from the earth,

00:19:48.620 --> 00:19:49.880
 will draw all people

00:19:49.880 --> 00:19:50.600
 to myself.

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 And so,

00:19:51.720 --> 00:19:52.620
 his glory consists

00:19:52.620 --> 00:19:53.539
 of being lifted up

00:19:53.539 --> 00:19:54.440
 far above the earth,

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 probably even hinting

00:19:55.860 --> 00:19:56.860
 at his ascension here.

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 Yet,

00:19:58.460 --> 00:19:59.340
 when he does that,

00:19:59.380 --> 00:20:00.319
 he will draw all people

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 to himself.

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 And again,

00:20:02.399 --> 00:20:02.899
 all people,

00:20:03.019 --> 00:20:03.299
 of course,

00:20:03.480 --> 00:20:04.439
 refers to the world

00:20:04.439 --> 00:20:05.139
 that he is just

00:20:05.139 --> 00:20:05.700
 talking about.

00:20:05.960 --> 00:20:06.759
 It doesn't mean

00:20:06.759 --> 00:20:07.819
 all individuals

00:20:07.819 --> 00:20:08.679
 without exception

00:20:08.679 --> 00:20:09.720
 because that would mean

00:20:09.720 --> 00:20:10.839
 that every single person

00:20:10.839 --> 00:20:11.379
 will be saved,

00:20:11.480 --> 00:20:12.579
 which clearly contradicts

00:20:12.579 --> 00:20:13.119
 this passage

00:20:13.119 --> 00:20:13.759
 which talks about

00:20:13.759 --> 00:20:14.419
 Jesus' judgment.

00:20:14.879 --> 00:20:15.419
 But it means

00:20:15.419 --> 00:20:16.079
 all people

00:20:16.079 --> 00:20:17.039
 without distinction,

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 meaning all kinds

00:20:18.379 --> 00:20:18.799
 of people,

00:20:18.960 --> 00:20:20.679
 all Jews and Gentiles

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 will be drawn

00:20:21.659 --> 00:20:23.240
 to the kingdom of God,

00:20:23.319 --> 00:20:24.759
 invited to the kingdom of God.

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 So,

00:20:26.059 --> 00:20:26.819
 all these details

00:20:26.819 --> 00:20:28.099
 so far sound great

00:20:28.099 --> 00:20:29.279
 except for that little bit

00:20:29.279 --> 00:20:30.539
 about the grain dying.

00:20:31.240 --> 00:20:31.440
 So,

00:20:31.519 --> 00:20:32.440
 what was that about?

00:20:32.599 --> 00:20:34.019
 Why was Jesus troubled

00:20:34.019 --> 00:20:35.059
 and not excited?

00:20:35.920 --> 00:20:36.879
 And verse 33

00:20:36.879 --> 00:20:38.460
 tells us what's going on.

00:20:38.539 --> 00:20:38.720
 It says,

00:20:39.119 --> 00:20:40.099
 He said this

00:20:40.099 --> 00:20:42.299
 to show by what kind

00:20:42.299 --> 00:20:43.279
 of death

00:20:43.279 --> 00:20:44.900
 he was going to die.

00:20:47.059 --> 00:20:47.799
 Because everything

00:20:47.799 --> 00:20:48.839
 he said up to this point

00:20:48.839 --> 00:20:49.819
 about his glorification

00:20:49.819 --> 00:20:50.839
 is about his death.

00:20:50.839 --> 00:20:56.439
 Now the meaning

00:20:56.439 --> 00:20:57.439
 of Jesus' glorification

00:20:57.439 --> 00:20:58.740
 is revealed plainly,

00:20:58.779 --> 00:20:58.939
 right?

00:20:59.000 --> 00:20:59.139
 So,

00:20:59.419 --> 00:21:00.139
 John's a master

00:21:00.139 --> 00:21:01.240
 of using double meaning

00:21:01.240 --> 00:21:02.039
 in his narratives

00:21:02.039 --> 00:21:03.279
 and the word lifted up

00:21:03.279 --> 00:21:03.959
 in the Greek

00:21:03.959 --> 00:21:04.720
 means two things

00:21:04.720 --> 00:21:05.539
 just like in English.

00:21:05.799 --> 00:21:06.720
 It can mean physical

00:21:06.720 --> 00:21:07.559
 raising up

00:21:07.559 --> 00:21:09.459
 as well as

00:21:09.459 --> 00:21:10.500
 kind of more abstractly

00:21:10.500 --> 00:21:11.199
 glorifying,

00:21:11.519 --> 00:21:12.099
 exalting.

00:21:12.379 --> 00:21:12.639
 So,

00:21:12.720 --> 00:21:13.439
 we thought Jesus

00:21:13.439 --> 00:21:14.759
 was going to be exalted

00:21:14.759 --> 00:21:15.899
 and he is.

00:21:15.959 --> 00:21:17.259
 He's going to be glorified

00:21:17.259 --> 00:21:19.259
 but that glorification,

00:21:19.419 --> 00:21:20.220
 that exaltation

00:21:20.220 --> 00:21:21.319
 is going to come

00:21:21.319 --> 00:21:22.120
 in the form of him

00:21:22.120 --> 00:21:23.160
 being physically

00:21:23.160 --> 00:21:24.240
 raised up

00:21:24.240 --> 00:21:25.339
 on the cross

00:21:25.339 --> 00:21:27.519
 to be killed.

00:21:29.200 --> 00:21:29.980
 And John is quoting

00:21:29.980 --> 00:21:30.940
 and alluding to

00:21:30.940 --> 00:21:32.420
 Isaiah 52 and 53

00:21:32.420 --> 00:21:33.620
 which says that

00:21:33.620 --> 00:21:34.640
 the servant of God,

00:21:34.759 --> 00:21:35.220
 this Messiah,

00:21:35.360 --> 00:21:36.019
 shall be high

00:21:36.019 --> 00:21:36.980
 and lifted up

00:21:36.980 --> 00:21:38.440
 and shall be exalted

00:21:38.440 --> 00:21:40.180
 yet in the same breath

00:21:40.180 --> 00:21:41.259
 Isaiah the prophet

00:21:41.259 --> 00:21:42.319
 says that he will be

00:21:42.319 --> 00:21:43.120
 despised

00:21:43.120 --> 00:21:44.700
 and rejected by men,

00:21:44.759 --> 00:21:45.700
 a man of sorrows

00:21:45.700 --> 00:21:47.200
 and acquainted with grief.

00:21:47.660 --> 00:21:49.380
 He will bear our griefs

00:21:49.380 --> 00:21:50.620
 and carry our sorrows.

00:21:50.860 --> 00:21:51.620
 He will be pierced

00:21:51.620 --> 00:21:52.880
 for our transgressions

00:21:52.880 --> 00:21:53.720
 and crushed

00:21:53.720 --> 00:21:55.080
 for our iniquities.

00:21:55.360 --> 00:21:56.400
 That's the glory

00:21:56.400 --> 00:21:58.320
 that Christ seeks.

00:22:02.160 --> 00:22:03.180
 This explains

00:22:03.180 --> 00:22:04.400
 what Jesus said

00:22:04.400 --> 00:22:05.420
 earlier in verse 24.

00:22:05.960 --> 00:22:06.640
 Truly, truly,

00:22:06.760 --> 00:22:07.380
 I say to you,

00:22:07.440 --> 00:22:09.100
 unless a grain of wheat

00:22:09.100 --> 00:22:11.140
 falls into the earth

00:22:11.140 --> 00:22:12.300
 and dies,

00:22:12.380 --> 00:22:13.400
 it remains alone.

00:22:14.400 --> 00:22:16.120
 But if it dies,

00:22:16.520 --> 00:22:17.880
 it bears much fruit.

00:22:19.380 --> 00:22:20.460
 The death of the grain

00:22:20.460 --> 00:22:21.700
 is the first stage

00:22:21.700 --> 00:22:22.780
 of its fruitfulness.

00:22:23.680 --> 00:22:23.980
 Likewise,

00:22:24.680 --> 00:22:25.540
 Jesus' death

00:22:25.540 --> 00:22:26.660
 is the first stage

00:22:26.660 --> 00:22:28.160
 of his glorification.

00:22:28.760 --> 00:22:29.220
 His death,

00:22:29.780 --> 00:22:30.380
 resurrection

00:22:30.380 --> 00:22:31.900
 and ascension

00:22:31.900 --> 00:22:32.800
 to the right hand

00:22:32.800 --> 00:22:34.460
 of the Father.

00:22:35.220 --> 00:22:35.400
 Now,

00:22:35.540 --> 00:22:37.040
 this is the supreme irony

00:22:37.040 --> 00:22:38.240
 and peculiar glory

00:22:38.240 --> 00:22:38.880
 of the cross

00:22:38.880 --> 00:22:39.940
 because the world

00:22:39.940 --> 00:22:40.380
 presumed

00:22:41.040 --> 00:22:42.280
 that it was

00:22:42.280 --> 00:22:43.180
 passing judgment

00:22:43.180 --> 00:22:43.760
 on Jesus

00:22:43.760 --> 00:22:44.800
 in debating

00:22:44.800 --> 00:22:45.540
 his identity,

00:22:45.940 --> 00:22:46.560
 in putting him

00:22:46.560 --> 00:22:47.220
 on trial

00:22:47.220 --> 00:22:48.380
 and sentencing

00:22:48.380 --> 00:22:49.000
 him to death.

00:22:49.200 --> 00:22:49.860
 The world thought

00:22:49.860 --> 00:22:50.319
 that they were

00:22:50.319 --> 00:22:50.960
 passing judgment

00:22:50.960 --> 00:22:51.519
 on Jesus,

00:22:51.940 --> 00:22:52.839
 yet it was they

00:22:52.839 --> 00:22:54.000
 who were being judged

00:22:54.000 --> 00:22:55.019
 by the light

00:22:55.019 --> 00:22:55.500
 of the world.

00:22:57.240 --> 00:22:57.680
 Satan,

00:22:57.880 --> 00:22:58.360
 the prince

00:22:58.360 --> 00:22:59.400
 of this world,

00:22:59.500 --> 00:23:00.120
 thought that he was

00:23:00.120 --> 00:23:01.339
 triumphing over Jesus

00:23:01.339 --> 00:23:02.039
 by leading him

00:23:02.039 --> 00:23:02.480
 to death

00:23:02.480 --> 00:23:03.740
 and killing him

00:23:03.740 --> 00:23:04.539
 on the cross.

00:23:05.440 --> 00:23:05.920
 Yet,

00:23:06.620 --> 00:23:07.339
 the cross

00:23:07.339 --> 00:23:08.259
 was the place

00:23:08.259 --> 00:23:08.960
 where he was

00:23:08.960 --> 00:23:09.940
 decisively defeated

00:23:09.940 --> 00:23:10.600
 by Jesus.

00:23:10.599 --> 00:23:12.980
 A king

00:23:12.980 --> 00:23:13.659
 without subjects

00:23:13.659 --> 00:23:14.240
 is no king

00:23:14.240 --> 00:23:14.619
 at all,

00:23:14.759 --> 00:23:14.939
 right?

00:23:15.639 --> 00:23:16.339
 But in order

00:23:16.339 --> 00:23:16.879
 for Jesus

00:23:16.879 --> 00:23:18.000
 to get his people,

00:23:18.359 --> 00:23:19.079
 in order for Jesus

00:23:19.079 --> 00:23:20.119
 to come into his kingdom

00:23:20.119 --> 00:23:21.439
 on earth,

00:23:21.599 --> 00:23:22.459
 he must first

00:23:22.459 --> 00:23:23.919
 rescue his subjects

00:23:23.919 --> 00:23:25.159
 who are being ruled

00:23:25.159 --> 00:23:25.799
 by the prince

00:23:25.799 --> 00:23:26.339
 of this world,

00:23:26.439 --> 00:23:27.539
 who are captive

00:23:27.539 --> 00:23:28.500
 with sin

00:23:28.500 --> 00:23:29.599
 and death.

00:23:30.419 --> 00:23:30.939
 And because

00:23:30.939 --> 00:23:31.799
 eternal death

00:23:31.799 --> 00:23:32.699
 is a just penalty

00:23:32.699 --> 00:23:33.259
 for sin

00:23:33.259 --> 00:23:34.279
 that only an eternal

00:23:34.279 --> 00:23:35.299
 God can pay,

00:23:35.679 --> 00:23:36.039
 Jesus

00:23:36.039 --> 00:23:38.279
 goes to the cross

00:23:38.279 --> 00:23:39.519
 in order to come

00:23:39.519 --> 00:23:40.199
 into his kingdom.

00:23:40.599 --> 00:23:43.599
 So his throne

00:23:43.599 --> 00:23:44.740
 is the ancient

00:23:44.740 --> 00:23:45.099
 equivalent

00:23:45.099 --> 00:23:46.159
 of the electric chair,

00:23:46.659 --> 00:23:47.119
 the cross.

00:23:47.819 --> 00:23:48.519
 His crown

00:23:48.519 --> 00:23:49.359
 is a crown of thorns.

00:23:51.759 --> 00:23:53.500
 His glorious

00:23:53.500 --> 00:23:54.500
 inauguration

00:23:54.500 --> 00:23:56.819
 is his inglorious,

00:23:57.019 --> 00:23:57.699
 shameful death.

00:23:59.899 --> 00:24:01.019
 And now

00:24:01.019 --> 00:24:03.000
 is that time,

00:24:03.339 --> 00:24:03.799
 John says

00:24:03.799 --> 00:24:04.500
 in verse 31.

00:24:06.579 --> 00:24:07.579
 I hope that

00:24:07.579 --> 00:24:08.559
 captures

00:24:08.559 --> 00:24:09.579
 your imagination

00:24:09.579 --> 00:24:11.059
 and fills you

00:24:11.059 --> 00:24:11.599
 with gratitude

00:24:11.599 --> 00:24:13.359
 because that's

00:24:13.359 --> 00:24:13.980
 the peculiar

00:24:13.980 --> 00:24:14.980
 glory of our king.

00:24:16.259 --> 00:24:17.379
 He didn't win

00:24:17.379 --> 00:24:18.179
 us over,

00:24:18.279 --> 00:24:18.899
 win our allegiance

00:24:18.899 --> 00:24:19.919
 by ruling us

00:24:19.919 --> 00:24:20.939
 with an iron fist.

00:24:21.339 --> 00:24:22.559
 He won our allegiance

00:24:22.559 --> 00:24:23.720
 through his sacrificial

00:24:23.720 --> 00:24:24.720
 obedience and love.

00:24:24.720 --> 00:24:25.720
 God's grace.

00:24:25.720 --> 00:24:26.480
 He won our allegiance

00:24:26.480 --> 00:24:27.400
 to the king

00:24:27.400 --> 00:24:27.720
 of the king.

00:24:27.720 --> 00:24:28.539
 He won our allegiance

00:24:28.539 --> 00:24:28.900
 to the king.

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 And let me ask you,

00:24:29.740 --> 00:24:30.299
 what other kings

00:24:30.299 --> 00:24:30.839
 of this world

00:24:30.839 --> 00:24:31.759
 have ever done that?

00:24:32.380 --> 00:24:33.120
 Subjects himself

00:24:33.120 --> 00:24:34.000
 to shame

00:24:34.000 --> 00:24:35.200
 to rescue his subjects.

00:24:36.160 --> 00:24:36.839
 Let me ask you,

00:24:36.900 --> 00:24:37.819
 what other so-called

00:24:37.819 --> 00:24:38.900
 gods of this world

00:24:38.900 --> 00:24:39.740
 have done that?

00:24:40.900 --> 00:24:41.779
 Only one.

00:24:42.940 --> 00:24:43.360
 Jesus.

00:24:46.120 --> 00:24:47.460
 And for that reason,

00:24:47.579 --> 00:24:48.980
 he is the only one

00:24:48.980 --> 00:24:50.200
 who deserves

00:24:50.200 --> 00:24:51.120
 our love

00:24:51.120 --> 00:24:51.660
 and loyalty.

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 And that's what

00:24:52.820 --> 00:24:53.860
 we call the good news,

00:24:53.960 --> 00:24:55.120
 the gospel of Jesus Christ.

00:24:59.800 --> 00:25:00.460
 The crowd,

00:25:00.600 --> 00:25:01.040
 however,

00:25:01.100 --> 00:25:01.840
 is a little dismayed

00:25:01.840 --> 00:25:02.360
 at this point.

00:25:02.740 --> 00:25:03.480
 They don't quite get

00:25:03.480 --> 00:25:06.180
 the profound things

00:25:06.180 --> 00:25:06.800
 Jesus is saying.

00:25:06.900 --> 00:25:07.380
 They're just kind of

00:25:07.380 --> 00:25:08.400
 hung up on one point

00:25:08.400 --> 00:25:09.180
 that Jesus said

00:25:09.180 --> 00:25:09.800
 he was going to be

00:25:09.800 --> 00:25:10.920
 lifted up from the earth.

00:25:11.080 --> 00:25:11.779
 So they're worried

00:25:11.779 --> 00:25:12.480
 that he's going to leave.

00:25:12.700 --> 00:25:12.940
 It's like,

00:25:13.019 --> 00:25:13.480
 what do you mean

00:25:13.480 --> 00:25:14.040
 you're going to leave?

00:25:14.140 --> 00:25:14.920
 I thought the Messiah

00:25:14.920 --> 00:25:15.500
 was supposed to be here

00:25:15.500 --> 00:25:15.840
 forever.

00:25:18.140 --> 00:25:18.820
 They're probably,

00:25:18.819 --> 00:25:20.960
 it's not clear exactly

00:25:20.960 --> 00:25:21.579
 what passage,

00:25:21.919 --> 00:25:22.700
 what passage they have

00:25:22.700 --> 00:25:22.980
 in mind,

00:25:23.039 --> 00:25:24.059
 possibly Daniel 7,

00:25:24.460 --> 00:25:25.299
 13 to 14,

00:25:25.419 --> 00:25:25.939
 which says that

00:25:25.939 --> 00:25:26.740
 the Son of Man,

00:25:26.879 --> 00:25:27.639
 one like a Son of Man,

00:25:27.659 --> 00:25:28.059
 the Messiah,

00:25:28.399 --> 00:25:29.879
 would have everlasting dominion.

00:25:31.480 --> 00:25:32.700
 But they don't understand

00:25:32.700 --> 00:25:33.579
 that Jesus' reign

00:25:33.579 --> 00:25:34.859
 is going to last forever.

00:25:35.319 --> 00:25:36.539
 But Jesus come primarily

00:25:36.539 --> 00:25:37.119
 to establish

00:25:37.119 --> 00:25:38.279
 a spiritual kingdom

00:25:38.279 --> 00:25:39.519
 before he establishes

00:25:39.519 --> 00:25:41.279
 a physical kingdom.

00:25:41.279 --> 00:25:42.539
 Because he recognizes

00:25:42.539 --> 00:25:43.179
 that unless

00:25:43.179 --> 00:25:44.480
 the spiritual,

00:25:44.599 --> 00:25:45.679
 the underlying spiritual problem

00:25:45.679 --> 00:25:46.159
 is solved,

00:25:46.259 --> 00:25:46.939
 the military victory

00:25:46.940 --> 00:25:49.120
 won't assure blessing

00:25:49.120 --> 00:25:50.180
 for his people.

00:25:51.340 --> 00:25:53.180
 Because every brokenness

00:25:53.180 --> 00:25:54.220
 in our lives,

00:25:54.380 --> 00:25:56.220
 our lack of,

00:25:56.220 --> 00:25:59.279
 just comfort

00:25:59.279 --> 00:26:00.820
 under our own skin,

00:26:01.580 --> 00:26:03.480
 our own psychological alienation

00:26:03.480 --> 00:26:04.160
 within ourselves,

00:26:04.480 --> 00:26:05.680
 our social alienation

00:26:05.680 --> 00:26:06.900
 with others in our lives,

00:26:06.960 --> 00:26:07.539
 with our neighbors,

00:26:08.559 --> 00:26:10.100
 our physical alienation

00:26:10.100 --> 00:26:11.299
 from the rest of creation,

00:26:11.680 --> 00:26:12.700
 all the brokenness,

00:26:12.779 --> 00:26:13.480
 all the alienation

00:26:13.480 --> 00:26:14.360
 you see is just

00:26:14.360 --> 00:26:15.080
 a result,

00:26:15.299 --> 00:26:15.600
 the root,

00:26:15.820 --> 00:26:16.860
 the cause of all of that

00:26:16.859 --> 00:26:18.240
 is our spiritual alienation

00:26:18.240 --> 00:26:18.779
 from God.

00:26:22.799 --> 00:26:23.979
 And so Jesus comes

00:26:23.979 --> 00:26:25.559
 to fix the underlying problem.

00:26:25.919 --> 00:26:26.919
 Because unless our hearts

00:26:26.919 --> 00:26:27.500
 are reformed

00:26:27.500 --> 00:26:28.779
 by the grace and mercy of God,

00:26:28.819 --> 00:26:29.479
 we will never be

00:26:29.479 --> 00:26:30.119
 fully comfortable

00:26:30.119 --> 00:26:30.939
 in our own skin.

00:26:31.399 --> 00:26:32.159
 Unless our hearts

00:26:32.159 --> 00:26:33.000
 are conformed

00:26:33.000 --> 00:26:34.219
 to the love of God,

00:26:34.219 --> 00:26:35.399
 we will never

00:26:35.399 --> 00:26:37.039
 consistently forgive people

00:26:37.039 --> 00:26:37.939
 and love people

00:26:37.939 --> 00:26:38.919
 selflessly.

00:26:39.619 --> 00:26:40.939
 Unless our hearts

00:26:40.939 --> 00:26:41.659
 are transformed

00:26:41.659 --> 00:26:43.219
 by the generosity of God,

00:26:43.899 --> 00:26:45.139
 we will not consistently

00:26:45.139 --> 00:26:46.399
 be generous toward others.

00:26:46.859 --> 00:26:48.199
 and provide

00:26:48.199 --> 00:26:49.099
 for others' needs.

00:26:50.539 --> 00:26:51.719
 The foundation,

00:26:51.959 --> 00:26:52.279
 the root

00:26:52.279 --> 00:26:53.439
 of social renewal

00:26:53.439 --> 00:26:54.719
 is not more

00:26:54.719 --> 00:26:55.979
 programmed by us,

00:26:56.240 --> 00:26:56.919
 it's transformation,

00:26:57.919 --> 00:26:58.779
 internal transformation

00:26:58.779 --> 00:26:59.839
 brought by the gospel

00:26:59.839 --> 00:27:00.599
 of Jesus Christ.

00:27:01.399 --> 00:27:02.500
 And that's

00:27:02.500 --> 00:27:03.439
 why he

00:27:03.439 --> 00:27:04.579
 does not march

00:27:04.579 --> 00:27:06.199
 to Caesar's palace

00:27:06.199 --> 00:27:07.039
 in Rome,

00:27:07.099 --> 00:27:07.579
 but he

00:27:07.579 --> 00:27:08.500
 marches,

00:27:08.699 --> 00:27:09.919
 rides into Jerusalem

00:27:09.920 --> 00:27:11.120
 to die on the cross.

00:27:12.580 --> 00:27:13.740
 So Jesus said to them

00:27:13.740 --> 00:27:14.440
 in verse 35,

00:27:14.539 --> 00:27:15.640
 the light is among you

00:27:15.640 --> 00:27:16.940
 for a little longer.

00:27:17.380 --> 00:27:18.259
 Walk while you have

00:27:18.259 --> 00:27:18.620
 the light,

00:27:18.740 --> 00:27:19.400
 lest darkness

00:27:19.400 --> 00:27:20.259
 overtake you.

00:27:21.000 --> 00:27:22.120
 The one who walks

00:27:22.120 --> 00:27:22.740
 in the darkness

00:27:22.740 --> 00:27:23.400
 does not know

00:27:23.400 --> 00:27:24.220
 where he is going.

00:27:24.519 --> 00:27:25.519
 While you have the light,

00:27:25.720 --> 00:27:26.600
 believe in the light

00:27:26.600 --> 00:27:27.700
 that you may become

00:27:27.700 --> 00:27:29.340
 sons of light.

00:27:32.720 --> 00:27:33.640
 Jesus is soon

00:27:33.640 --> 00:27:34.340
 going to leave,

00:27:34.339 --> 00:27:35.539
 and in that

00:27:35.539 --> 00:27:36.959
 intervening absence

00:27:36.959 --> 00:27:38.419
 between his

00:27:38.419 --> 00:27:38.959
 ascent

00:27:38.959 --> 00:27:39.759
 and the spirit's

00:27:39.759 --> 00:27:40.159
 descent,

00:27:40.599 --> 00:27:41.220
 the people who

00:27:41.220 --> 00:27:42.399
 did not believe

00:27:42.399 --> 00:27:42.659
 in him

00:27:42.659 --> 00:27:43.339
 will be completely

00:27:43.339 --> 00:27:43.799
 lost

00:27:43.799 --> 00:27:44.379
 and without

00:27:44.379 --> 00:27:45.299
 spiritual direction.

00:27:45.720 --> 00:27:46.279
 But those

00:27:46.279 --> 00:27:47.419
 who believe in him

00:27:47.419 --> 00:27:48.399
 will become

00:27:48.399 --> 00:27:49.339
 sons of light,

00:27:49.439 --> 00:27:49.720
 they will be

00:27:49.720 --> 00:27:50.899
 characterized by light

00:27:50.899 --> 00:27:51.539
 and so they

00:27:51.539 --> 00:27:52.439
 will not be lost.

00:27:52.539 --> 00:27:53.480
 And so he warns them,

00:27:53.819 --> 00:27:54.480
 follow me now.

00:27:54.480 --> 00:27:58.339
 And so we've seen

00:27:58.339 --> 00:27:59.759
 that glory of the king

00:27:59.759 --> 00:28:01.059
 and we see his glory

00:28:01.059 --> 00:28:01.660
 of the cross,

00:28:01.740 --> 00:28:02.440
 the peculiar glory,

00:28:02.759 --> 00:28:04.380
 and now this turns

00:28:04.380 --> 00:28:04.819
 and brings us

00:28:04.819 --> 00:28:05.400
 to the glory

00:28:05.400 --> 00:28:06.579
 of discipleship.

00:28:07.839 --> 00:28:08.519
 Because he says

00:28:08.519 --> 00:28:09.200
 after he said

00:28:09.200 --> 00:28:09.640
 these things

00:28:09.640 --> 00:28:10.460
 in verse 36,

00:28:10.680 --> 00:28:11.140
 he departed

00:28:11.140 --> 00:28:11.940
 and hid himself

00:28:11.940 --> 00:28:12.440
 from them.

00:28:12.740 --> 00:28:13.480
 Because in the last

00:28:13.480 --> 00:28:14.259
 moments of his life

00:28:14.259 --> 00:28:15.019
 he devotes himself

00:28:15.019 --> 00:28:16.620
 to his primary disciples

00:28:16.620 --> 00:28:19.539
 to lead them

00:28:19.539 --> 00:28:20.539
 and prepare them.

00:28:21.380 --> 00:28:22.460
 And his withdrawal

00:28:22.460 --> 00:28:23.480
 from others

00:28:23.480 --> 00:28:24.460
 is kind of

00:28:24.460 --> 00:28:25.779
 almost an active parable.

00:28:26.079 --> 00:28:26.700
 It acts out

00:28:26.700 --> 00:28:27.319
 his warning,

00:28:27.779 --> 00:28:28.500
 earlier warning,

00:28:28.920 --> 00:28:29.920
 that once the light

00:28:29.920 --> 00:28:30.599
 of the world is gone

00:28:30.599 --> 00:28:31.259
 they will be lost

00:28:31.259 --> 00:28:32.079
 so they must seek him.

00:28:33.880 --> 00:28:35.180
 And John knew,

00:28:35.319 --> 00:28:36.059
 understood this time,

00:28:36.180 --> 00:28:37.160
 so this is still

00:28:37.160 --> 00:28:38.180
 actually one of the

00:28:38.180 --> 00:28:38.680
 main reasons

00:28:38.680 --> 00:28:39.480
 why Jews don't

00:28:39.480 --> 00:28:40.120
 come to faith.

00:28:40.720 --> 00:28:41.860
 And the same reason

00:28:41.860 --> 00:28:44.480
 that the people here

00:28:44.480 --> 00:28:45.140
 don't seem to come

00:28:45.140 --> 00:28:45.819
 to faith is that

00:28:45.819 --> 00:28:47.279
 they rationalize,

00:28:47.380 --> 00:28:47.880
 well if Jesus

00:28:47.880 --> 00:28:48.880
 really was the Messiah

00:28:48.880 --> 00:28:50.980
 and there's no reason

00:28:50.980 --> 00:28:52.700
 why all these Jews,

00:28:52.700 --> 00:28:53.819
 so many of them

00:28:53.819 --> 00:28:54.400
 who had been

00:28:54.400 --> 00:28:56.080
 waiting for that Messiah

00:28:56.080 --> 00:28:57.039
 would refuse to believe

00:28:57.039 --> 00:28:57.319
 in him.

00:28:58.160 --> 00:28:59.360
 So that's the argument

00:28:59.360 --> 00:29:00.580
 against Christians

00:29:00.580 --> 00:29:01.580
 and John knows this

00:29:01.580 --> 00:29:02.120
 so he's writing

00:29:02.120 --> 00:29:02.940
 with that in mind.

00:29:03.819 --> 00:29:04.259
 And so he says

00:29:04.259 --> 00:29:05.440
 so why don't they believe?

00:29:05.500 --> 00:29:06.000
 Even today

00:29:06.000 --> 00:29:06.759
 the Jews say

00:29:06.759 --> 00:29:07.299
 the same thing.

00:29:07.380 --> 00:29:08.160
 Well if Jesus

00:29:08.160 --> 00:29:09.039
 really were the Messiah

00:29:09.039 --> 00:29:11.480
 there wouldn't be

00:29:11.480 --> 00:29:11.980
 all these Jews

00:29:11.980 --> 00:29:12.940
 who don't believe in him

00:29:12.940 --> 00:29:13.420
 and are still waiting

00:29:13.420 --> 00:29:13.900
 for the Messiah

00:29:13.900 --> 00:29:14.340
 they argue.

00:29:15.000 --> 00:29:17.059
 But John gives

00:29:17.059 --> 00:29:18.160
 a different take.

00:29:18.539 --> 00:29:19.180
 His explanation

00:29:19.180 --> 00:29:19.660
 is this

00:29:19.660 --> 00:29:21.120
 in verses 37 to 40.

00:29:21.920 --> 00:29:23.259
 Though he had done

00:29:23.259 --> 00:29:24.240
 so many signs

00:29:24.240 --> 00:29:24.720
 before them

00:29:24.720 --> 00:29:25.680
 they still did not

00:29:25.680 --> 00:29:26.440
 believe in him

00:29:26.440 --> 00:29:27.680
 so that

00:29:27.680 --> 00:29:29.080
 the words spoken

00:29:29.080 --> 00:29:30.160
 by the prophet Isaiah

00:29:30.160 --> 00:29:31.080
 might be fulfilled.

00:29:31.580 --> 00:29:33.140
 Lord who has believed

00:29:33.140 --> 00:29:33.700
 what he heard

00:29:33.700 --> 00:29:34.440
 from us

00:29:34.440 --> 00:29:35.940
 and to whom

00:29:35.940 --> 00:29:36.900
 has the arm

00:29:36.900 --> 00:29:37.380
 of the Lord

00:29:37.380 --> 00:29:38.259
 been revealed?

00:29:39.860 --> 00:29:40.420
 Therefore

00:29:40.420 --> 00:29:42.279
 they could not believe

00:29:42.279 --> 00:29:43.440
 for again

00:29:43.440 --> 00:29:44.120
 Isaiah said

00:29:44.120 --> 00:29:45.019
 he has blinded

00:29:45.019 --> 00:29:45.519
 their eyes

00:29:45.519 --> 00:29:46.040
 and hardened

00:29:46.040 --> 00:29:46.700
 their hearts

00:29:46.700 --> 00:29:47.880
 lest they see

00:29:47.880 --> 00:29:48.620
 with their eyes

00:29:48.620 --> 00:29:49.140
 and understand

00:29:49.140 --> 00:29:49.819
 with their heart

00:29:49.819 --> 00:29:50.740
 and turn

00:29:50.740 --> 00:29:51.920
 and I would

00:29:51.920 --> 00:29:52.680
 heal them.

00:29:54.120 --> 00:29:54.680
 That's

00:29:54.680 --> 00:29:56.279
 pretty blunt

00:29:56.279 --> 00:29:57.240
 isn't it?

00:29:57.660 --> 00:29:58.279
 We can't

00:29:58.279 --> 00:29:58.779
 let's not

00:29:58.779 --> 00:29:59.680
 rationalize

00:29:59.680 --> 00:30:00.460
 this

00:30:00.460 --> 00:30:01.200
 and blunt

00:30:01.200 --> 00:30:01.940
 the forcefulness

00:30:01.940 --> 00:30:02.400
 of what

00:30:02.400 --> 00:30:03.740
 John is saying here.

00:30:03.960 --> 00:30:04.580
 He's quoting from

00:30:04.580 --> 00:30:05.740
 Isaiah 53.1

00:30:05.740 --> 00:30:06.519
 and 6.10

00:30:06.519 --> 00:30:07.360
 and he's saying

00:30:07.360 --> 00:30:07.799
 that many

00:30:07.799 --> 00:30:08.480
 of the Jews

00:30:08.480 --> 00:30:09.059
 still did not

00:30:09.059 --> 00:30:09.900
 believe in Jesus

00:30:09.900 --> 00:30:10.759
 why?

00:30:11.120 --> 00:30:11.920
 So that

00:30:11.920 --> 00:30:13.000
 Israel's prophecy

00:30:13.000 --> 00:30:13.880
 about their

00:30:13.880 --> 00:30:14.460
 unbelief

00:30:14.460 --> 00:30:15.200
 would be fulfilled.

00:30:15.200 --> 00:30:16.960
 God already

00:30:16.960 --> 00:30:17.620
 knew this

00:30:17.620 --> 00:30:18.960
 and he prophesied

00:30:18.960 --> 00:30:20.900
 and again

00:30:20.900 --> 00:30:21.480
 Isaiah said

00:30:21.480 --> 00:30:22.420
 he has blinded

00:30:22.420 --> 00:30:22.880
 their eyes

00:30:22.880 --> 00:30:23.259
 and hardened

00:30:23.259 --> 00:30:23.900
 their hearts.

00:30:24.460 --> 00:30:24.819
 The reason

00:30:24.819 --> 00:30:25.200
 why people

00:30:25.200 --> 00:30:25.680
 don't believe

00:30:25.680 --> 00:30:26.380
 is because

00:30:26.380 --> 00:30:27.420
 God has rendered

00:30:27.420 --> 00:30:28.220
 them incapable

00:30:28.220 --> 00:30:28.920
 of belief.

00:30:34.819 --> 00:30:35.360
 God

00:30:35.360 --> 00:30:37.319
 has ordained

00:30:37.319 --> 00:30:38.580
 unbelief.

00:30:42.360 --> 00:30:42.880
 But

00:30:42.880 --> 00:30:43.720
 as I've said

00:30:43.720 --> 00:30:44.779
 over and over again

00:30:44.779 --> 00:30:45.519
 throughout our

00:30:45.519 --> 00:30:46.139
 series in the

00:30:46.139 --> 00:30:46.859
 Gospel of John

00:30:46.859 --> 00:30:48.059
 whenever there's

00:30:48.059 --> 00:30:49.019
 this kind of

00:30:49.019 --> 00:30:50.319
 stark teaching

00:30:50.319 --> 00:30:51.160
 about divine

00:30:51.160 --> 00:30:51.759
 sovereignty

00:30:51.759 --> 00:30:52.420
 and God's

00:30:52.420 --> 00:30:53.259
 foreign ordination

00:30:53.259 --> 00:30:54.139
 it's always

00:30:54.139 --> 00:30:54.740
 paired with

00:30:54.740 --> 00:30:55.379
 teaching about

00:30:55.379 --> 00:30:56.440
 human responsibility

00:30:56.440 --> 00:30:57.759
 because we

00:30:57.759 --> 00:30:58.279
 always have to

00:30:58.279 --> 00:30:58.599
 hold those

00:30:58.599 --> 00:30:59.000
 two things

00:30:59.000 --> 00:30:59.420
 together.

00:31:01.440 --> 00:31:01.599
 And so

00:31:01.599 --> 00:31:01.980
 in verses

00:31:01.980 --> 00:31:03.099
 41 to 43

00:31:03.099 --> 00:31:03.460
 it says

00:31:03.460 --> 00:31:04.460
 Isaiah said

00:31:04.460 --> 00:31:05.859
 these things

00:31:05.859 --> 00:31:06.619
 because he saw

00:31:06.619 --> 00:31:07.139
 his glory

00:31:07.139 --> 00:31:07.559
 and spoke

00:31:07.559 --> 00:31:08.059
 of him.

00:31:08.579 --> 00:31:08.759
 Nevertheless

00:31:08.759 --> 00:31:09.700
 many even

00:31:09.700 --> 00:31:10.379
 of the authorities

00:31:10.379 --> 00:31:11.200
 believed in him

00:31:11.200 --> 00:31:12.160
 but for fear

00:31:12.160 --> 00:31:13.240
 of the Pharisees

00:31:13.240 --> 00:31:14.120
 they did not

00:31:14.120 --> 00:31:14.920
 confess it

00:31:14.920 --> 00:31:16.180
 so that they

00:31:16.180 --> 00:31:16.700
 would not be

00:31:16.700 --> 00:31:17.220
 put out of

00:31:17.220 --> 00:31:17.660
 the synagogue

00:31:17.660 --> 00:31:18.819
 for

00:31:18.819 --> 00:31:20.539
 they love

00:31:20.539 --> 00:31:21.559
 the glory

00:31:21.559 --> 00:31:22.259
 that comes

00:31:22.259 --> 00:31:23.039
 from man

00:31:23.039 --> 00:31:23.859
 more than

00:31:23.859 --> 00:31:24.380
 the glory

00:31:24.380 --> 00:31:25.400
 that comes

00:31:25.400 --> 00:31:26.279
 from God.

00:31:27.279 --> 00:31:28.039
 That's the

00:31:28.039 --> 00:31:28.579
 reason why

00:31:28.579 --> 00:31:29.099
 they didn't

00:31:29.099 --> 00:31:29.400
 believe.

00:31:30.559 --> 00:31:31.140
 So in the

00:31:31.140 --> 00:31:31.559
 first part

00:31:31.559 --> 00:31:31.920
 we get

00:31:31.920 --> 00:31:32.519
 the divine

00:31:32.519 --> 00:31:33.099
 perspective

00:31:33.099 --> 00:31:34.319
 he knew

00:31:34.319 --> 00:31:34.779
 and he

00:31:34.779 --> 00:31:35.460
 foreordained

00:31:35.460 --> 00:31:36.259
 and in the

00:31:36.259 --> 00:31:36.620
 second part

00:31:36.620 --> 00:31:36.920
 we see

00:31:36.920 --> 00:31:37.299
 the human

00:31:37.299 --> 00:31:37.900
 perspective

00:31:37.900 --> 00:31:38.980
 they didn't

00:31:38.980 --> 00:31:39.420
 believe of

00:31:39.420 --> 00:31:39.759
 their own

00:31:39.759 --> 00:31:40.099
 accord

00:31:40.099 --> 00:31:40.859
 because they

00:31:40.859 --> 00:31:41.539
 were afraid

00:31:41.539 --> 00:31:42.599
 of the

00:31:42.599 --> 00:31:42.940
 Jews

00:31:42.940 --> 00:31:45.619
 because they

00:31:45.619 --> 00:31:46.099
 love the

00:31:46.099 --> 00:31:46.420
 glory that

00:31:46.420 --> 00:31:46.740
 comes from

00:31:46.740 --> 00:31:47.220
 man more

00:31:47.220 --> 00:31:47.460
 than the

00:31:47.460 --> 00:31:47.879
 glory that

00:31:47.879 --> 00:31:48.799
 comes from

00:31:48.799 --> 00:31:49.220
 God.

00:31:50.500 --> 00:31:51.099
 This is

00:31:51.099 --> 00:31:51.720
 obviously hard

00:31:51.720 --> 00:31:52.859
 to get our

00:31:52.859 --> 00:31:53.400
 minds wrapped

00:31:53.400 --> 00:31:54.319
 around and I

00:31:54.319 --> 00:31:54.839
 don't try

00:31:54.839 --> 00:31:55.559
 usually so I

00:31:55.559 --> 00:31:56.059
 hope you don't

00:31:56.059 --> 00:31:56.460
 as well.

00:31:56.900 --> 00:31:57.960
 But I think

00:31:57.960 --> 00:31:58.480
 about it kind

00:31:58.480 --> 00:31:59.079
 of like the

00:31:59.079 --> 00:32:00.740
 wave particle

00:32:00.740 --> 00:32:01.400
 duality in

00:32:01.400 --> 00:32:01.720
 physics.

00:32:01.920 --> 00:32:02.359
 I wish Jimmy

00:32:02.359 --> 00:32:02.859
 were here to

00:32:02.859 --> 00:32:03.220
 elaborate.

00:32:03.359 --> 00:32:03.559
 He's a

00:32:03.559 --> 00:32:03.799
 physicist.

00:32:04.500 --> 00:32:05.220
 And the

00:32:05.220 --> 00:32:05.720
 physicists have

00:32:05.720 --> 00:32:06.440
 discovered that

00:32:06.440 --> 00:32:07.519
 photon which is a

00:32:07.519 --> 00:32:08.160
 light particle

00:32:08.160 --> 00:32:09.980
 it's an

00:32:09.980 --> 00:32:10.740
 elementary particle

00:32:10.740 --> 00:32:11.300
 of light is

00:32:11.300 --> 00:32:11.860
 at the same

00:32:11.860 --> 00:32:13.080
 time a

00:32:13.080 --> 00:32:13.480
 wave.

00:32:14.420 --> 00:32:15.019
 So it's

00:32:15.019 --> 00:32:15.600
 both a

00:32:15.600 --> 00:32:16.660
 particle it's

00:32:16.660 --> 00:32:17.620
 a fragment of

00:32:17.620 --> 00:32:18.560
 matter and a

00:32:18.560 --> 00:32:19.140
 wave which is

00:32:19.140 --> 00:32:19.700
 like a wave of

00:32:19.700 --> 00:32:20.360
 energy and they're

00:32:20.360 --> 00:32:21.300
 kind of contradictory

00:32:21.300 --> 00:32:22.840
 yet those two

00:32:22.840 --> 00:32:23.640
 propositions are

00:32:23.640 --> 00:32:24.420
 equally true.

00:32:25.100 --> 00:32:25.519
 And Albert

00:32:25.519 --> 00:32:26.320
 Einstein writes

00:32:26.320 --> 00:32:26.840
 about this he

00:32:26.840 --> 00:32:28.040
 says it seems

00:32:28.040 --> 00:32:28.680
 as though we

00:32:28.680 --> 00:32:29.440
 must use

00:32:29.440 --> 00:32:30.320
 sometimes the

00:32:30.320 --> 00:32:31.259
 one theory and

00:32:31.259 --> 00:32:31.900
 sometimes the

00:32:31.900 --> 00:32:33.140
 other while at

00:32:33.140 --> 00:32:33.940
 times we may

00:32:33.940 --> 00:32:34.680
 use either.

00:32:35.600 --> 00:32:36.240
 We are faced

00:32:36.240 --> 00:32:36.980
 with a new

00:32:36.980 --> 00:32:37.420
 kind of

00:32:37.420 --> 00:32:37.900
 difficulty.

00:32:38.160 --> 00:32:39.100
 We have two

00:32:39.100 --> 00:32:39.640
 contradictory

00:32:39.640 --> 00:32:40.220
 pictures of

00:32:40.220 --> 00:32:40.640
 reality.

00:32:41.420 --> 00:32:41.840
 Separately

00:32:41.840 --> 00:32:42.380
 neither of

00:32:42.380 --> 00:32:42.900
 them fully

00:32:42.900 --> 00:32:43.580
 explains the

00:32:43.580 --> 00:32:44.340
 phenomena of

00:32:44.340 --> 00:32:44.740
 light.

00:32:45.240 --> 00:32:46.060
 But together

00:32:46.060 --> 00:32:47.800
 they do.

00:32:50.120 --> 00:32:51.019
 Only when

00:32:51.019 --> 00:32:51.400
 these two

00:32:51.400 --> 00:32:51.920
 contradictory

00:32:51.920 --> 00:32:52.440
 pictures of

00:32:52.440 --> 00:32:53.740
 reality are

00:32:53.740 --> 00:32:54.380
 put together

00:32:54.380 --> 00:32:55.279
 we can explain

00:32:55.279 --> 00:32:55.840
 the phenomena

00:32:55.840 --> 00:32:56.440
 of light.

00:32:57.680 --> 00:32:58.460
 And Jesus

00:32:58.460 --> 00:32:59.279
 is the light

00:32:59.279 --> 00:32:59.740
 of the world

00:32:59.740 --> 00:33:00.360
 and we see

00:33:00.360 --> 00:33:00.680
 in an

00:33:00.680 --> 00:33:01.320
 analogous

00:33:01.320 --> 00:33:02.180
 way that

00:33:02.180 --> 00:33:02.759
 duality at

00:33:02.759 --> 00:33:03.140
 work here

00:33:03.140 --> 00:33:03.580
 also.

00:33:03.980 --> 00:33:04.440
 Because on

00:33:04.440 --> 00:33:04.800
 the one

00:33:04.800 --> 00:33:05.400
 hand people

00:33:05.400 --> 00:33:05.840
 do not

00:33:05.840 --> 00:33:06.279
 believe in

00:33:06.279 --> 00:33:06.720
 order to

00:33:06.720 --> 00:33:07.259
 fulfill the

00:33:07.259 --> 00:33:07.579
 scripture

00:33:07.579 --> 00:33:08.500
 because God

00:33:08.500 --> 00:33:09.160
 has so

00:33:09.160 --> 00:33:10.039
 ordained that.

00:33:10.720 --> 00:33:11.039
 But on the

00:33:11.039 --> 00:33:11.619
 other hand they

00:33:11.619 --> 00:33:12.160
 do not believe

00:33:12.160 --> 00:33:12.579
 because of

00:33:12.579 --> 00:33:12.980
 their own

00:33:12.980 --> 00:33:13.779
 cowardice and

00:33:13.779 --> 00:33:14.579
 selfishness.

00:33:15.640 --> 00:33:16.359
 On the one

00:33:16.359 --> 00:33:16.940
 hand the light

00:33:16.940 --> 00:33:17.279
 of the world

00:33:17.279 --> 00:33:18.079
 has blinded

00:33:18.079 --> 00:33:18.299
 them.

00:33:18.680 --> 00:33:19.240
 On the other

00:33:19.240 --> 00:33:19.839
 hand the light

00:33:19.839 --> 00:33:20.379
 of the world

00:33:20.379 --> 00:33:21.019
 they have

00:33:21.019 --> 00:33:21.980
 turned voluntarily

00:33:21.980 --> 00:33:22.500
 their eyes

00:33:22.500 --> 00:33:22.960
 from that

00:33:22.960 --> 00:33:23.259
 light.

00:33:24.980 --> 00:33:25.660
 Sometimes you

00:33:25.660 --> 00:33:26.000
 need to use

00:33:26.000 --> 00:33:26.819
 one to

00:33:26.819 --> 00:33:27.359
 explain a

00:33:27.359 --> 00:33:27.759
 situation.

00:33:27.900 --> 00:33:28.400
 Sometimes you

00:33:28.400 --> 00:33:28.879
 need to use

00:33:28.879 --> 00:33:29.240
 the other.

00:33:30.240 --> 00:33:30.660
 But you

00:33:30.660 --> 00:33:31.379
 need both to

00:33:31.379 --> 00:33:32.379
 make sense of

00:33:32.379 --> 00:33:32.819
 the light of

00:33:32.819 --> 00:33:33.359
 the world and

00:33:33.359 --> 00:33:34.019
 how humans

00:33:34.019 --> 00:33:34.640
 respond to

00:33:34.640 --> 00:33:34.819
 him.

00:33:36.819 --> 00:33:37.180
 So

00:33:37.259 --> 00:33:45.299
 this is the

00:33:45.299 --> 00:33:45.799
 glory of

00:33:45.799 --> 00:33:46.500
 discipleship.

00:33:48.379 --> 00:33:49.299
 Verses 24

00:33:49.299 --> 00:33:50.019
 to 25

00:33:50.019 --> 00:33:51.660
 truly, truly

00:33:51.660 --> 00:33:52.259
 I say to

00:33:52.259 --> 00:33:52.660
 you unless

00:33:52.660 --> 00:33:53.379
 a grain of

00:33:53.379 --> 00:33:54.160
 wheat falls

00:33:54.160 --> 00:33:54.639
 into the

00:33:54.639 --> 00:33:55.240
 earth and

00:33:55.240 --> 00:33:56.420
 dies it

00:33:56.420 --> 00:33:58.059
 remains alone.

00:33:58.059 --> 00:33:58.660
 But if it

00:33:58.660 --> 00:33:59.460
 dies it bears

00:33:59.460 --> 00:34:00.119
 much fruit.

00:34:00.279 --> 00:34:00.879
 Whoever loves

00:34:00.879 --> 00:34:01.440
 his life will

00:34:01.440 --> 00:34:02.480
 lose it and

00:34:02.480 --> 00:34:03.059
 whoever hates

00:34:03.059 --> 00:34:03.619
 his life in

00:34:03.619 --> 00:34:04.200
 this world will

00:34:04.200 --> 00:34:04.759
 keep it for

00:34:04.759 --> 00:34:05.559
 eternal life.

00:34:06.180 --> 00:34:06.740
 The Jewish

00:34:06.740 --> 00:34:07.379
 leaders, the

00:34:07.379 --> 00:34:08.059
 Jews refused

00:34:08.059 --> 00:34:08.519
 to die.

00:34:10.139 --> 00:34:10.759
 They wanted to

00:34:10.759 --> 00:34:11.039
 preserve

00:34:11.039 --> 00:34:12.320
 themselves, their

00:34:12.320 --> 00:34:13.039
 own standing,

00:34:13.199 --> 00:34:13.679
 their own

00:34:13.679 --> 00:34:14.739
 power.

00:34:14.739 --> 00:34:16.739
 So they

00:34:16.739 --> 00:34:18.259
 fail to be

00:34:18.259 --> 00:34:18.659
 Jesus'

00:34:18.839 --> 00:34:19.219
 disciples.

00:34:20.579 --> 00:34:20.959
 So a

00:34:20.959 --> 00:34:21.979
 certain death,

00:34:22.039 --> 00:34:22.459
 a type of

00:34:22.459 --> 00:34:23.119
 death, a

00:34:23.119 --> 00:34:23.379
 type of

00:34:23.379 --> 00:34:24.659
 humiliation is

00:34:24.659 --> 00:34:25.779
 necessary for

00:34:25.779 --> 00:34:26.819
 the generation

00:34:26.819 --> 00:34:27.619
 of life and

00:34:27.619 --> 00:34:28.219
 glorification.

00:34:28.759 --> 00:34:29.479
 And this is so

00:34:29.479 --> 00:34:29.979
 important because

00:34:29.979 --> 00:34:30.479
 that's a pattern

00:34:30.479 --> 00:34:31.039
 we see in

00:34:31.039 --> 00:34:31.699
 Jesus, right?

00:34:31.939 --> 00:34:32.379
 Throughout his

00:34:32.379 --> 00:34:33.099
 entire life, we

00:34:33.099 --> 00:34:33.439
 see his

00:34:33.439 --> 00:34:34.519
 incarnation and

00:34:34.519 --> 00:34:34.979
 then we see

00:34:34.979 --> 00:34:35.799
 his glorification.

00:34:36.419 --> 00:34:37.299
 We see his

00:34:37.299 --> 00:34:38.500
 death and then

00:34:38.500 --> 00:34:39.119
 we see his

00:34:39.119 --> 00:34:40.119
 resurrection and

00:34:40.119 --> 00:34:40.579
 ascension.

00:34:40.879 --> 00:34:41.459
 That's a pattern

00:34:41.459 --> 00:34:41.959
 we see in

00:34:41.959 --> 00:34:42.599
 Jesus and that

00:34:42.599 --> 00:34:43.479
 applies to all

00:34:43.480 --> 00:34:44.539
 of us as

00:34:44.539 --> 00:34:45.360
 well as his

00:34:45.360 --> 00:34:45.719
 followers.

00:34:46.440 --> 00:34:46.920
 And that's why

00:34:46.920 --> 00:34:48.199
 Jesus says in

00:34:48.199 --> 00:34:49.159
 verse 25, 26,

00:34:49.280 --> 00:34:50.019
 whoever loves

00:34:50.019 --> 00:34:50.740
 his life will

00:34:50.740 --> 00:34:51.639
 lose it and

00:34:51.639 --> 00:34:52.219
 whoever hates

00:34:52.219 --> 00:34:52.699
 his life in

00:34:52.699 --> 00:34:53.139
 this world will

00:34:53.139 --> 00:34:53.639
 keep it for

00:34:53.639 --> 00:34:54.240
 eternal life.

00:34:54.840 --> 00:34:55.440
 And if anyone

00:34:55.440 --> 00:34:56.599
 serves me, he

00:34:56.599 --> 00:34:57.579
 must follow me

00:34:57.579 --> 00:34:58.579
 and where I am

00:34:58.579 --> 00:34:59.440
 there will my

00:34:59.440 --> 00:35:01.059
 servant be also.

00:35:01.500 --> 00:35:01.840
 So if we're

00:35:01.840 --> 00:35:02.260
 going to follow

00:35:02.260 --> 00:35:02.920
 Jesus, if we're

00:35:02.920 --> 00:35:03.519
 going to serve

00:35:03.519 --> 00:35:03.940
 him, then we

00:35:03.940 --> 00:35:04.980
 must go where

00:35:04.980 --> 00:35:05.940
 he goes and

00:35:05.940 --> 00:35:06.619
 that's to the

00:35:06.619 --> 00:35:07.059
 cross.

00:35:07.699 --> 00:35:08.280
 And because he

00:35:08.280 --> 00:35:08.840
 carried the

00:35:08.840 --> 00:35:10.219
 cross, because he

00:35:10.219 --> 00:35:11.000
 revealed to us the

00:35:11.000 --> 00:35:11.960
 peculiar glory of

00:35:11.960 --> 00:35:13.199
 the cross, now we

00:35:13.199 --> 00:35:14.039
 must take up our

00:35:14.039 --> 00:35:15.359
 cross and follow

00:35:15.359 --> 00:35:16.719
 him and that's the

00:35:16.719 --> 00:35:18.399
 glory of discipleship.

00:35:19.879 --> 00:35:20.739
 And the language of

00:35:20.739 --> 00:35:21.500
 love and hate, I

00:35:21.500 --> 00:35:21.839
 hope you're not

00:35:21.839 --> 00:35:22.500
 thrown off by

00:35:22.500 --> 00:35:22.919
 that, it's not

00:35:22.919 --> 00:35:23.460
 saying you need to

00:35:23.460 --> 00:35:24.379
 actually hate your

00:35:24.379 --> 00:35:24.699
 life.

00:35:25.399 --> 00:35:27.519
 That's not emotional

00:35:27.519 --> 00:35:28.119
 hate that he's

00:35:28.119 --> 00:35:28.739
 talking about, rather

00:35:28.739 --> 00:35:30.599
 he's using them to

00:35:30.599 --> 00:35:31.759
 refer to preference.

00:35:32.419 --> 00:35:33.319
 If you love your

00:35:33.319 --> 00:35:34.359
 life more than you

00:35:34.359 --> 00:35:35.679
 love God and

00:35:35.679 --> 00:35:36.859
 prioritize yourself

00:35:36.859 --> 00:35:38.639
 over his will, then

00:35:38.639 --> 00:35:39.299
 you will lose your

00:35:39.299 --> 00:35:39.639
 life.

00:35:40.219 --> 00:35:41.419
 But if you love God

00:35:41.419 --> 00:35:42.439
 more than your life,

00:35:42.440 --> 00:35:43.039
 that's what it

00:35:43.039 --> 00:35:43.480
 means to hate

00:35:43.480 --> 00:35:46.300
 your life, and

00:35:46.300 --> 00:35:47.240
 you sacrifice

00:35:47.240 --> 00:35:48.139
 everything in your

00:35:48.139 --> 00:35:48.720
 life and you

00:35:48.720 --> 00:35:49.639
 orient everything

00:35:49.639 --> 00:35:50.360
 around your life

00:35:50.360 --> 00:35:51.659
 for that purpose, to

00:35:51.659 --> 00:35:52.360
 love him and serve

00:35:52.360 --> 00:35:53.480
 him, then you will

00:35:53.480 --> 00:35:54.360
 gain your life.

00:35:54.740 --> 00:35:56.079
 That's the glory of

00:35:56.079 --> 00:35:57.200
 Christian discipleship.

00:36:00.139 --> 00:36:01.619
 In his book,

00:36:01.860 --> 00:36:03.659
 Miracles, C.S.

00:36:03.720 --> 00:36:06.619
 Lewis very eloquently

00:36:06.619 --> 00:36:07.960
 describes this pattern

00:36:07.960 --> 00:36:09.940
 of descent and

00:36:09.940 --> 00:36:11.639
 re-ascent in the

00:36:11.639 --> 00:36:12.480
 life of Christ and

00:36:12.480 --> 00:36:12.920
 the life of

00:36:12.920 --> 00:36:13.260
 believers.

00:36:14.260 --> 00:36:14.500
 He says,

00:36:14.920 --> 00:36:15.519
 In the Christian

00:36:15.519 --> 00:36:17.179
 story, God

00:36:17.179 --> 00:36:18.099
 descends to

00:36:18.099 --> 00:36:18.760
 re-ascend.

00:36:19.800 --> 00:36:20.579
 He comes down,

00:36:20.639 --> 00:36:21.240
 down from the

00:36:21.240 --> 00:36:22.039
 heights of absolute

00:36:22.039 --> 00:36:23.280
 being into time and

00:36:23.280 --> 00:36:24.579
 space, down into

00:36:24.579 --> 00:36:26.400
 humanity, down to

00:36:26.400 --> 00:36:27.400
 the very roots and

00:36:27.400 --> 00:36:28.380
 seabed of the nature

00:36:28.380 --> 00:36:29.360
 he has created.

00:36:30.139 --> 00:36:31.500
 But he goes down to

00:36:31.500 --> 00:36:32.699
 come up again and

00:36:32.699 --> 00:36:33.519
 bring the ruined

00:36:33.519 --> 00:36:34.840
 world up with him.

00:36:35.780 --> 00:36:36.519
 One has the picture

00:36:36.519 --> 00:36:37.259
 of a strong man

00:36:37.259 --> 00:36:38.219
 stooping lower and

00:36:38.219 --> 00:36:39.019
 lower to get himself

00:36:39.019 --> 00:36:40.079
 underneath some great

00:36:40.079 --> 00:36:41.300
 complicated burden.

00:36:41.659 --> 00:36:43.219
 He must stoop in

00:36:43.219 --> 00:36:44.239
 order to lift.

00:36:44.559 --> 00:36:45.340
 He must almost

00:36:45.340 --> 00:36:46.539
 disappear under the

00:36:46.539 --> 00:36:47.159
 load before he

00:36:47.159 --> 00:36:48.599
 incredibly straightens

00:36:48.599 --> 00:36:49.679
 his back and marches

00:36:49.679 --> 00:36:50.440
 off with the whole

00:36:50.440 --> 00:36:51.380
 mass swaying on his

00:36:51.380 --> 00:36:51.719
 shoulders.

00:36:53.440 --> 00:36:54.199
 Or one may think of

00:36:54.199 --> 00:36:55.320
 a diver, first

00:36:55.320 --> 00:36:56.300
 reducing himself to

00:36:56.300 --> 00:36:56.980
 nakedness, then

00:36:56.980 --> 00:36:58.440
 glancing in mid-air,

00:36:58.759 --> 00:36:59.519
 then gone with a

00:36:59.519 --> 00:37:01.159
 splash, vanished,

00:37:01.519 --> 00:37:02.360
 rushing down through

00:37:02.360 --> 00:37:03.739
 green and warm water

00:37:03.739 --> 00:37:05.639
 into black and cold

00:37:05.639 --> 00:37:06.980
 water, down through

00:37:06.980 --> 00:37:08.119
 increasing pressure

00:37:08.119 --> 00:37:09.079
 into the death-like

00:37:09.079 --> 00:37:10.699
 region of ooze and

00:37:10.699 --> 00:37:12.019
 slime and old decay,

00:37:12.199 --> 00:37:13.719
 then up again, back

00:37:13.719 --> 00:37:15.059
 to color and light,

00:37:15.359 --> 00:37:16.500
 his lungs almost

00:37:16.500 --> 00:37:17.900
 bursting till suddenly

00:37:17.900 --> 00:37:18.900
 he breaks surface

00:37:18.900 --> 00:37:20.159
 again, holding in his

00:37:20.159 --> 00:37:20.879
 hand the dripping

00:37:20.879 --> 00:37:22.119
 precious thing that he

00:37:22.119 --> 00:37:23.139
 went down to recover.

00:37:25.779 --> 00:37:27.219
 In this descent and

00:37:27.219 --> 00:37:28.079
 re-ascent, everyone

00:37:28.079 --> 00:37:28.920
 will recognize a

00:37:28.920 --> 00:37:30.420
 familiar pattern, a

00:37:30.420 --> 00:37:31.940
 thing written all over

00:37:31.940 --> 00:37:32.420
 the world.

00:37:32.699 --> 00:37:33.659
 It is the pattern of

00:37:33.659 --> 00:37:34.900
 all vegetable life.

00:37:34.900 --> 00:37:35.940
 It must belittle

00:37:35.940 --> 00:37:36.940
 itself into something

00:37:36.940 --> 00:37:38.099
 hard, small, and

00:37:38.099 --> 00:37:38.639
 death-like.

00:37:38.880 --> 00:37:39.940
 It must fall into the

00:37:39.940 --> 00:37:40.340
 ground.

00:37:41.400 --> 00:37:42.639
 Thence the new life

00:37:42.639 --> 00:37:43.280
 re-ascends.

00:37:43.579 --> 00:37:44.320
 It is the pattern of

00:37:44.320 --> 00:37:45.460
 all animal generation

00:37:45.460 --> 00:37:45.760
 too.

00:37:45.940 --> 00:37:46.900
 There is descent from

00:37:46.900 --> 00:37:47.860
 the full and perfect

00:37:47.860 --> 00:37:49.200
 organisms into the

00:37:49.200 --> 00:37:50.519
 sperm and ovum, and

00:37:50.519 --> 00:37:51.920
 in the dark womb, a

00:37:51.920 --> 00:37:53.320
 life at first inferior

00:37:53.320 --> 00:37:54.740
 in kind to that of the

00:37:54.740 --> 00:37:56.079
 species which is being

00:37:56.079 --> 00:37:56.740
 reproduced.

00:37:57.099 --> 00:37:57.860
 Then the slow

00:37:57.860 --> 00:37:59.240
 ascent to the perfect

00:37:59.240 --> 00:38:00.380
 embryo, to the living

00:38:00.380 --> 00:38:01.639
 conscious baby, and

00:38:01.639 --> 00:38:03.519
 finally to the adult.

00:38:04.900 --> 00:38:07.220
 And now he applies

00:38:07.220 --> 00:38:08.780
 this to our emotional

00:38:08.780 --> 00:38:09.019
 life.

00:38:09.099 --> 00:38:10.059
 So it is also in our

00:38:10.059 --> 00:38:10.940
 moral and emotional

00:38:10.940 --> 00:38:11.320
 life.

00:38:11.820 --> 00:38:12.940
 The first innocent and

00:38:12.940 --> 00:38:14.740
 spontaneous desires have

00:38:14.740 --> 00:38:16.539
 to submit to the death-like

00:38:16.539 --> 00:38:18.539
 process of control or

00:38:18.539 --> 00:38:19.680
 total denial.

00:38:20.360 --> 00:38:21.800
 But from that, there is a

00:38:21.800 --> 00:38:23.220
 re-ascent to fully formed

00:38:23.220 --> 00:38:24.539
 character in which the

00:38:24.539 --> 00:38:25.480
 strength of the original

00:38:25.480 --> 00:38:26.960
 material all operates, but

00:38:26.960 --> 00:38:28.000
 in a new way.

00:38:29.000 --> 00:38:31.400
 Death and rebirth go down

00:38:31.400 --> 00:38:32.200
 to go up.

00:38:32.199 --> 00:38:33.219
 It is a key principle.

00:38:33.879 --> 00:38:34.899
 Through this bottleneck,

00:38:35.000 --> 00:38:35.960
 this belittlement, the

00:38:35.960 --> 00:38:37.539
 high road nearly always

00:38:37.539 --> 00:38:37.980
 lies.

00:38:38.960 --> 00:38:40.079
 The pattern is there in

00:38:40.079 --> 00:38:41.339
 nature because it was

00:38:41.339 --> 00:38:43.500
 first there in God.

00:38:47.500 --> 00:38:50.039
 So often, and in my life

00:38:50.039 --> 00:38:51.359
 this has been the case in

00:38:51.359 --> 00:38:52.439
 every major spiritual

00:38:52.439 --> 00:38:53.239
 breakthrough and growth in

00:38:53.239 --> 00:38:55.299
 my life, and so often the

00:38:55.299 --> 00:38:58.039
 Christians dream of wealth

00:38:58.039 --> 00:38:59.960
 must first die.

00:38:59.960 --> 00:39:02.900
 She must find contentment

00:39:02.900 --> 00:39:04.860
 in poverty or just middle

00:39:04.860 --> 00:39:06.900
 class income and learn to

00:39:06.900 --> 00:39:08.340
 give generously even in the

00:39:08.340 --> 00:39:10.460
 midst of her scarcity before

00:39:10.460 --> 00:39:11.400
 God prospers her.

00:39:13.159 --> 00:39:14.940
 So often, the Christians

00:39:14.940 --> 00:39:16.820
 dream of self-sufficiency

00:39:16.820 --> 00:39:18.820
 and self-righteousness must

00:39:18.820 --> 00:39:19.280
 die.

00:39:20.699 --> 00:39:21.860
 He must struggle with

00:39:21.860 --> 00:39:23.400
 demoralizing and shameful

00:39:23.400 --> 00:39:25.659
 sins for years on end and

00:39:25.659 --> 00:39:27.340
 learn to rely fully on Christ

00:39:27.340 --> 00:39:28.840
 and only in his righteousness.

00:39:28.840 --> 00:39:31.840
 And then, God delivers him

00:39:31.840 --> 00:39:32.539
 from his sins.

00:39:33.660 --> 00:39:35.579
 So often, the Christians dream

00:39:35.579 --> 00:39:37.200
 of health and strength must

00:39:37.200 --> 00:39:37.500
 die.

00:39:38.800 --> 00:39:40.000
 She must find contentment in

00:39:40.000 --> 00:39:42.079
 chronic illnesses and

00:39:42.079 --> 00:39:43.620
 suffering and learn to thank

00:39:43.620 --> 00:39:45.840
 God and be joyful even in the

00:39:45.840 --> 00:39:48.700
 midst of such weakness before

00:39:48.700 --> 00:39:49.519
 God heals her.

00:39:49.519 --> 00:39:53.280
 So often, the Christians dream of

00:39:53.280 --> 00:39:55.800
 honor and success must die.

00:39:57.079 --> 00:39:58.860
 He must struggle to string

00:39:58.860 --> 00:40:00.099
 together a viable career.

00:40:01.380 --> 00:40:03.179
 He must work for years without

00:40:03.179 --> 00:40:04.480
 proper recognition and be

00:40:04.480 --> 00:40:07.719
 rejected by many places so that

00:40:07.719 --> 00:40:09.599
 he learns to boast in and glory in

00:40:09.599 --> 00:40:10.579
 Christ alone.

00:40:12.259 --> 00:40:13.699
 Then God honors him.

00:40:13.699 --> 00:40:17.219
 So often, the Christians dream of

00:40:17.219 --> 00:40:20.139
 companionship and family must die.

00:40:20.139 --> 00:40:25.019
 She must struggle with loneliness and

00:40:25.019 --> 00:40:27.460
 learn to make Christ her best and

00:40:27.460 --> 00:40:28.619
 most intimate companion

00:40:28.619 --> 00:40:33.400
 before God provides for her a

00:40:33.400 --> 00:40:34.440
 husband and a half family.

00:40:35.619 --> 00:40:37.519
 This is the law that governs the

00:40:37.519 --> 00:40:38.199
 kingdom of God.

00:40:39.879 --> 00:40:41.879
 Truly, truly, I say to you, unless a

00:40:41.879 --> 00:40:43.719
 grain of wheat falls into the earth

00:40:43.719 --> 00:40:46.079
 and dies, it remains alone.

00:40:46.079 --> 00:40:48.340
 But if it dies, it bears much fruit.

00:40:50.940 --> 00:40:52.539
 And if you're not a Christian, this

00:40:52.539 --> 00:40:53.619
 applies to you also.

00:40:54.799 --> 00:40:56.860
 You must die to your fancy of

00:40:56.860 --> 00:40:59.860
 figuring out religion and then you

00:40:59.860 --> 00:41:01.259
 need to take hold of God by faith.

00:41:03.420 --> 00:41:05.279
 You must die to your claim to

00:41:05.279 --> 00:41:07.259
 autonomy and submit to his

00:41:07.259 --> 00:41:07.940
 lordship.

00:41:09.900 --> 00:41:11.819
 Then and only then will you have

00:41:11.819 --> 00:41:12.619
 spiritual life.

00:41:14.099 --> 00:41:16.059
 All spiritual life must first be

00:41:16.059 --> 00:41:17.139
 preceded by death.

00:41:19.699 --> 00:41:21.779
 So I plead with all of you, don't

00:41:21.779 --> 00:41:22.799
 leave the worship service this

00:41:22.799 --> 00:41:24.340
 morning until you've seriously asked

00:41:24.340 --> 00:41:25.219
 yourself that question.

00:41:25.739 --> 00:41:27.960
 What part of my life is God calling

00:41:27.960 --> 00:41:29.159
 me to die?

00:41:34.460 --> 00:41:36.019
 Dying to ourselves is not an easy

00:41:36.019 --> 00:41:36.299
 take.

00:41:36.340 --> 00:41:37.099
 It never is.

00:41:37.380 --> 00:41:39.119
 But the glory of the cross of

00:41:39.119 --> 00:41:40.960
 Christ, that peculiar glory,

00:41:40.960 --> 00:41:43.099
 enables us to take up our cross and

00:41:43.099 --> 00:41:43.940
 die to ourselves.

00:41:46.059 --> 00:41:49.219
 Christ Jesus, though he was in the

00:41:49.219 --> 00:41:50.820
 very nature of God, did not count

00:41:50.820 --> 00:41:52.239
 equality with God's love to be

00:41:52.239 --> 00:41:52.799
 grasped.

00:41:53.799 --> 00:41:55.500
 But he took on the very nature of a

00:41:55.500 --> 00:41:55.820
 servant.

00:41:57.619 --> 00:41:59.340
 And being found in human form, being

00:41:59.340 --> 00:42:02.739
 made in human likeness, he humbled

00:42:02.739 --> 00:42:05.320
 himself, he emptied himself and became

00:42:05.320 --> 00:42:08.199
 obedient even to death, even death on a

00:42:08.199 --> 00:42:08.619
 cross.

00:42:08.619 --> 00:42:15.519
 He says, therefore, in Philippians 2, God

00:42:15.519 --> 00:42:19.679
 exalted him to the highest place and gave

00:42:19.679 --> 00:42:21.779
 him the name that is above every name, that

00:42:21.779 --> 00:42:24.059
 at the name of Jesus, every knee should bow in

00:42:24.059 --> 00:42:26.239
 heaven and on earth and under the earth.

00:42:26.239 --> 00:42:35.119
 And every tongue confess that Jesus is Lord to the

00:42:35.119 --> 00:42:36.119
 glory of God the Father.

00:42:36.279 --> 00:42:40.559
 That, brothers and sisters, that's the pattern

00:42:40.559 --> 00:42:41.119
 for us.

00:42:42.799 --> 00:42:45.319
 That's the peculiar glory of discipleship we're

00:42:45.319 --> 00:42:45.739
 called to.

00:42:46.779 --> 00:42:48.799
 So let's let that captivate our hearts and

00:42:48.799 --> 00:42:49.859
 imaginations this morning.

00:42:50.459 --> 00:42:50.959
 Let me pray.

00:42:50.959 --> 00:42:51.019
 Let me pray.

00:42:51.019 --> 00:42:51.079
 Let me pray.

00:42:51.079 --> 00:42:51.959
 Let me pray.

00:42:51.959 --> 00:42:56.219
 Let me pray.

00:42:56.219 --> 00:43:13.639
 Lord, what an upside-down kingdom we're in, that

00:43:13.639 --> 00:43:15.919
 he who was first shall be last and was last

00:43:15.919 --> 00:43:18.980
 shall be first, that it's only those who die

00:43:18.980 --> 00:43:20.279
 who will live.

00:43:20.280 --> 00:43:27.440
 Lord, we want to be able to count everything in

00:43:27.440 --> 00:43:32.700
 our life a loss compared to the surpassing greatness of

00:43:32.700 --> 00:43:34.180
 knowing you and following you.

00:43:34.640 --> 00:43:36.160
 So please help us, Lord.

00:43:37.140 --> 00:43:41.820
 Let that truth become more and more real to us each

00:43:41.820 --> 00:43:48.480
 day so that we might live and live abundantly as you

00:43:48.480 --> 00:43:48.860
 desire.

00:43:49.500 --> 00:43:50.559
 In Jesus' name we pray.

00:43:51.179 --> 00:43:51.420
 Amen.