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 If you have your Bible with you, you can open it up to John chapter 12.

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 John chapter 12.

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 We're picking up where we left off last Sunday.

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 And last Sunday we heard about a special dinner that Jesus had with Mary and Martha and Lazarus

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 in the village of Bethany, just three kilometers outside of Jerusalem.

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 And we heard about how Mary poured out on Jesus her very expensive perfume, probably her

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 most valuable possession as a gift of love and worship.

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 We also heard about how Jesus' whereabouts has again become known to not just the religious

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 leaders, but to many of the people of Jerusalem.

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 And how they, finding out about Jesus being there in Bethany, have now come out to see

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 both Jesus and Lazarus and how many were coming to believe in Jesus.

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 Let's pick up the story in John chapter 12, verse 12.

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 John chapter 12, verse 12.

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 The next day, the great crowd that had come for the festival heard that Jesus was on his

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 way to Jerusalem.

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 They took palm branches and went out to meet him, shouting, Hosanna, blessed is he who comes

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 in the name of the Lord, blessed is the King of Israel.

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 Jesus found a young donkey and sat on it as it is written.

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 Do not be afraid, daughter Zion.

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 See, your King is coming, seated on a donkey's colt.

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 The triumphal entry.

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 This is a big moment in the story of Jesus.

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 John tells us that it happened soon after his visit in Bethany.

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 Either the day after the dinner or the day after the crowd arrived to see Jesus, they came.

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 And then this next day was the triumphal entry.

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 John tells us here in verse 12 that a great crowd came out from Jerusalem to meet him.

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 But notice which crowd.

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 This is not the same crowd back in verse 9.

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 This crowd is a different crowd.

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 They're the ones who have come to Jerusalem for the Passover generally.

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 And now they've heard that Jesus is now on his way out of Bethany to Jerusalem.

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 And so hearing this, they now make their way out to meet Jesus.

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 John tells us in the next verse,

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 they took palm branches and went out to meet him.

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 So picture this in your mind.

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 Word is spreading from house to house

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 that Jesus is just down the road and now he's on his way right now into the city of Jerusalem.

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 This is the same Jesus that's been the talk of the whole city.

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 The one that they've all been asking about.

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 Where is he?

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 Is he coming to the festival?

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 And as the word is spreading

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 that Jesus is now on his way,

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 these people are running out of their houses.

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 They're finding palm branches,

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 whether from trees in the city or just outside the city.

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 Maybe even climbing them, some of them.

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 Breaking off the branches

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 and then with branches tucked under their arms,

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 they're running down the road

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 towards Bethany

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 to meet Jesus.

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 Well, what's with the palm branches?

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 The only significance of the palm branches

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 that's in the Bible that we hear about

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 has to do with a different festival,

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 the festival of tabernacles.

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 But this is Passover.

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 The general consensus among Christian scholars and historians is this.

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 About 200 years before this took place,

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 palm branches became a national symbol in Israel.

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 They were used when they rededicated the temple to the Lord

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 about 200 years before this.

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 And then about 20 years after that,

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 a man named Simon the Maccabee

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 drove the Syrian forces

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 out of the Jerusalem citadel.

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 And when that happened,

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 there was celebration and music

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 and the crowds grabbed palm branches

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 and waved them.

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 It was a moment of victory,

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 a moment of national liberation.

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 And that all took place

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 in the time between the Old and the New Testaments.

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 But now here again,

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 Israel and Jerusalem

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 are not free and independent.

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 This time it's not the Syrians,

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 but the Romans who are in power.

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 But there is great hope by many

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 that this man,

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 who is now on his way into the city,

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 is the long-awaited Messiah.

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 The king who will reign over Israel

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 and liberate us from the rule of the Romans,

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 who will lead us to victory.

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 And so the palm branches

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 probably are a kind of a tangible expression

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 of this hope

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 that Jesus will lead us to triumph

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 again as a nation.

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 For some,

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 that yes,

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 he is the Messiah

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 we've been waiting for.

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 And this feeling comes out

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 in the words of the crowd.

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 They were shouting,

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 Hosanna!

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 Blessed is he who comes

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 in the name of the Lord.

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 Blessed is the king of Israel.

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 The cry Hosanna

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 is a Hebrew expression.

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 And it literally means,

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 save!

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 Or give salvation now.

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 It actually comes from the Psalms.

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 And it was a passage

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 that every Jew would have known

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 because it was used often in festivals.

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 Let me read a little bit

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 from Psalm 118.

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 This is from Psalm 118,

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 verse 19.

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 And this appears on the screen in prose,

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 but it's actually poetic.

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 It's like a song.

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 So,

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 Open for me the gates of the righteous.

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 I will enter and give thanks to the Lord.

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 This is the gate of the Lord

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 through which the righteous may enter.

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 I will give you thanks

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 for you answered me.

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 You have become my salvation.

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 The stone the builders rejected

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 has become the cornerstone.

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 The Lord has done this

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 and it is marvelous in our eyes.

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 The Lord has done it this very day.

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 Let us rejoice today

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 and be glad.

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 Lord,

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 save us.

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 That save us is literally

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 Hosanna.

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 And the Lord is literally

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 Yahweh,

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 the name of God.

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 Yahweh,

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 save us.

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 Yahweh,

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 grant us success.

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 Blessed is he who comes

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 in the name of Yahweh.

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 From the house of Yahweh,

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 we bless you.

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 Yahweh is God

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 and he has made his light shine on us

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 with bows in hand.

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 Join in the festal procession

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 up to the horns

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 of the altar.

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 These were the words

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 of the song

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 that was sung long ago

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 and still sung in Israel

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 at the time.

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 Great song of joy.

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 Song of worship

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 and praise.

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 He is our deliverer,

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 the Lord.

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 The one who saves us.

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 And so we cry,

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 Hosanna.

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 Yes,

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 Lord,

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 save us.

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 This phrase is not just a plea

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 for deliverance.

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 It's also an acknowledgement

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 that we have one

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 who is mighty,

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 who is strong,

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 who is powerful enough

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 to save us from our enemies.

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 And so it became,

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 by this time,

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 very much

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 a statement of praise,

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 a word of praise.

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 And as the people

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 cry,

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 Hosanna,

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 oh,

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 there's a lot of meaning now

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 in this moment

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 as they're saying this

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 while Jesus

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 is walking down the road.

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 Perhaps

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 for some

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 in saying this word,

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 there's that plea

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 for salvation.

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 Though probably

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 for many

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 who used it this way,

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 not the kind of salvation

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 that Jesus

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 has been talking about.

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 More like it's the

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 come and

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 liberate us

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 from the Romans,

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 save us,

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 deliver us

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 kind of salvation.

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 But there is also

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 in this word

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 the praise part of it.

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 And I think

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 perhaps

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 some of these people

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 are getting it.

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 Yes,

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 Jesus is the Messiah.

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 He is the one

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 who can save us,

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 who can deliver us.

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 Not just from the Romans,

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 but in every sense,

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 he's the one.

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 Hosanna.

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 Hosanna.

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 Hosanna.

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 The second thing

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 that John

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 notes them saying,

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 blessed is he

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 who comes

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 in the name

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 of the Lord,

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 in the name

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 of Yahweh,

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 our God.

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 This is good.

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 This is true.

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 This is who Jesus is.

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 And then finally,

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 he reports them saying,

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 blessed is the king

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 of Israel.

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 this final proclamation

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 makes it clear

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 what this moment

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 is all about.

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 Let's not forget

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 that there's already

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 a man sitting

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 on a throne of sorts

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 in Jerusalem.

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 Let's not forget

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 that there's already

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 a Roman governor

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 over this region

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 under Caesar,

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 the Roman emperor,

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 who has laid claim

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 to this territory

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 as his own.

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 So this is a big deal.

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 What the people

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 are doing

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 and saying

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 in this moment

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 is actually

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 kind of risky.

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 They are making

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 this into

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 what very much

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 looks like

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 a royal

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 coronation procession

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 for Jesus,

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 a new king,

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 parading him

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 all the way

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 into Jerusalem,

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 an occupied nation

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 that seems

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 that seems to

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 already have

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 a king.

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 But there's

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 something about

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 this procession

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 that's very

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 different than

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 others.

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 Look at how

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 Jesus comes

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 into the city

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 in verse 14.

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 Jesus found

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 a young donkey

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 and sat on it

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 as it is written,

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 do not be afraid,

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 daughter Zion.

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 See,

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 your king is coming,

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 seated

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 on a donkey's

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 colt.

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 Jesus does not

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 come in

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 riding on a

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 war horse

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 with an army

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 ready for battle

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 behind him.

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 This is not

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 at all

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 a military

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 procession

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 as if he's

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 now coming

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 to rule

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 or to take

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 over the city

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 by force.

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 He comes

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 on a donkey,

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 a lowly

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 and relatively

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 gentle creature

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 which symbolizes

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 peace.

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 John tells us

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 that this

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 was the

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 fulfillment

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 of the

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 word of

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 Zechariah

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 long ago.

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 Zechariah

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 chapter 9

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 verses 9

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 and 10.

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 God spoke

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 through Zechariah

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 and this is

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 what Zechariah

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 said.

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 Rejoice

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 greatly,

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 daughter Zion.

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 Shout,

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 daughter Jerusalem.

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 see your

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 king comes

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 to you

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 righteous

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 and victorious

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 lowly

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 and riding

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 on a donkey

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 on a colt

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 the foal

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 of a donkey.

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 The prophecy

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 goes on.

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 I will take

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 away the chariots

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 from Ephraim

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 and the war

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 horses from

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 Jerusalem

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 and the battle

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 bow will be

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 broken.

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 He will

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 proclaim peace

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 to the nations.

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 His rule

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 will extend

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 from sea

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 to sea

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 and from

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 the river

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 to the ends

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 of the earth.

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 So God

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 long ago

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 through the

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 prophet Zechariah

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 told his people

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 that the Messiah

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 would come.

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 The king

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 would come

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 just like this.

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 Lowly,

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 gentle,

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 riding on a donkey.

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 And I love

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 what John says

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 about this

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 in verse 16.

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 He says

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 at first

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 his disciples,

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 this includes

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 him by the way,

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 did not

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 understand all

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 this.

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 Only after

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 Jesus was

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 glorified

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 did they

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 realize

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 that these

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 things

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 in Zechariah

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 had been

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 written about

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 Jesus

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 and that

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 these things

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 had been

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 done to him.

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 I love this.

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 You know,

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 it's not like

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 John and the

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 other disciples

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 at the beginning

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 of Jesus'

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 ministry

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 all sat down

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 with Jesus

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 and they

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 opened up

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 the scriptures

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 and they

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 made a list

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 of all

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 the prophecies

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 that Jesus

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 was to

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 fulfill

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 and then

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 said,

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 all right,

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 let's get

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 some prophecies

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 fulfilled.

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 What do we

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 got to do?

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 Check,

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 check,

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 check.

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 No.

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 John freely

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 admits,

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 we didn't

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 even know

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 what the deal

00:13:15.879 --> 00:13:16.319
 was with

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 the donkey.

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 Jesus,

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 why a donkey?

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 Why a young

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 donkey?

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 It wasn't

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 until later.

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 Can you

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 imagine that

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 after Jesus

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 had died

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 and rose

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 and ascended?

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 There they

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 are hearing

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 the words

00:13:34.100 --> 00:13:34.879
 of Zechariah

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 or reading

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 them.

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 Look at

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 this.

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 This is

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 exactly what

00:13:38.879 --> 00:13:39.220
 happened.

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 We were

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 there.

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 We saw

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 him.

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 You guys,

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 you were

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 the ones

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 that went

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 and got

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 the donkey

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 for him.

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 You were

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 fulfilling

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 prophecy

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 and you

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 didn't

00:13:46.519 --> 00:13:46.939
 even know

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 it.

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 Amazing.

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 And that's

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 how it

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 was.

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 In fact,

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 probably not

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 just with

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 this one

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 incident,

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 but probably

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 all over

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 the scriptures

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 in the Old

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 Testament,

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 as the

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 disciples went

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 back,

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 as they

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 looked into

00:14:02.779 --> 00:14:03.340
 the scriptures,

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 here,

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 there,

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 everywhere,

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 what they

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 had just

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 witnessed

00:14:07.019 --> 00:14:07.659
 with Jesus

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 was being

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 proclaimed and

00:14:10.039 --> 00:14:11.019
 described hundreds

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 of years before

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 any of it came

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 to pass.

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 And many of

00:14:14.840 --> 00:14:15.419
 these things,

00:14:15.759 --> 00:14:16.120
 they were

00:14:16.120 --> 00:14:18.220
 fulfilled and

00:14:18.220 --> 00:14:18.779
 in that moment

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 the disciples

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 didn't even have

00:14:19.980 --> 00:14:20.759
 a clue that

00:14:20.759 --> 00:14:21.759
 this is that

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 fulfillment right

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 here.

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 We're part

00:14:23.759 --> 00:14:24.059
 of it.

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 That's how it

00:14:27.220 --> 00:14:27.600
 works with

00:14:27.600 --> 00:14:27.899
 God.

00:14:27.899 --> 00:14:27.939
 God,

00:14:28.579 --> 00:14:30.000
 he really

00:14:30.000 --> 00:14:30.600
 does know

00:14:30.600 --> 00:14:31.299
 the end

00:14:31.299 --> 00:14:31.740
 from the

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 beginning.

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 And he

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 is able to

00:14:34.639 --> 00:14:35.419
 work and

00:14:35.419 --> 00:14:35.980
 ensure that

00:14:35.980 --> 00:14:36.759
 none of his

00:14:36.759 --> 00:14:37.860
 words fall

00:14:37.860 --> 00:14:38.500
 to the ground,

00:14:38.699 --> 00:14:39.399
 that every

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 single one of

00:14:40.120 --> 00:14:40.399
 them is

00:14:40.399 --> 00:14:40.720
 fulfilled,

00:14:40.799 --> 00:14:41.720
 regardless of

00:14:41.720 --> 00:14:42.720
 the actions

00:14:42.720 --> 00:14:43.159
 or the

00:14:43.159 --> 00:14:44.559
 decisions that

00:14:44.559 --> 00:14:45.000
 the characters

00:14:45.000 --> 00:14:45.659
 in the story

00:14:45.659 --> 00:14:46.539
 are taking.

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 It's awesome.

00:14:49.079 --> 00:14:50.079
 It's evidence

00:14:50.079 --> 00:14:52.279
 that he is the

00:14:52.279 --> 00:14:53.100
 Almighty and that

00:14:53.100 --> 00:14:53.840
 Jesus is the

00:14:53.840 --> 00:14:55.139
 one sent

00:14:55.139 --> 00:14:55.580
 from him.

00:14:57.919 --> 00:14:58.539
 We'll come

00:14:58.539 --> 00:14:59.500
 back another

00:14:59.500 --> 00:15:01.220
 time to what

00:15:01.220 --> 00:15:01.879
 it means for

00:15:01.879 --> 00:15:02.559
 Jesus to be

00:15:02.559 --> 00:15:03.139
 glorified.

00:15:04.059 --> 00:15:04.539
 Jesus is going

00:15:04.539 --> 00:15:04.960
 to bring that

00:15:04.960 --> 00:15:05.699
 up in chapter

00:15:05.699 --> 00:15:06.319
 17.

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 But for now,

00:15:08.100 --> 00:15:08.600
 let's come down

00:15:08.600 --> 00:15:09.519
 to verse 17.

00:15:11.779 --> 00:15:12.639
 John goes on,

00:15:12.699 --> 00:15:12.960
 he says,

00:15:13.039 --> 00:15:13.620
 Now the crowd

00:15:13.620 --> 00:15:14.299
 that was with

00:15:14.299 --> 00:15:15.000
 him when he

00:15:15.000 --> 00:15:15.779
 called Lazarus

00:15:15.779 --> 00:15:16.519
 from the tomb

00:15:16.519 --> 00:15:17.600
 and raised him

00:15:17.600 --> 00:15:18.139
 from the dead

00:15:18.139 --> 00:15:18.899
 continued to

00:15:18.899 --> 00:15:19.580
 spread the word.

00:15:20.639 --> 00:15:21.379
 Many people,

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 because they

00:15:22.319 --> 00:15:23.639
 had heard that

00:15:23.639 --> 00:15:24.480
 he had performed

00:15:24.480 --> 00:15:25.159
 this sign,

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 went out to

00:15:26.420 --> 00:15:26.820
 meet him.

00:15:27.980 --> 00:15:28.700
 Now there's a

00:15:28.700 --> 00:15:29.000
 bit of a

00:15:29.000 --> 00:15:29.639
 question here

00:15:29.639 --> 00:15:31.139
 as to which

00:15:31.139 --> 00:15:32.000
 crowd is which,

00:15:32.440 --> 00:15:33.480
 which crowd is

00:15:33.480 --> 00:15:33.840
 when,

00:15:34.539 --> 00:15:35.159
 and which

00:15:35.159 --> 00:15:35.860
 crowd is where.

00:15:36.980 --> 00:15:37.700
 Some see in

00:15:37.700 --> 00:15:38.279
 these words

00:15:38.279 --> 00:15:38.960
 two crowds,

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 one traveling

00:15:39.639 --> 00:15:40.379
 out from

00:15:40.379 --> 00:15:40.980
 Bethany with

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 Jesus and

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 one traveling

00:15:42.159 --> 00:15:42.980
 out from

00:15:42.980 --> 00:15:43.659
 Jerusalem to

00:15:43.659 --> 00:15:44.240
 meet Jesus.

00:15:45.860 --> 00:15:46.820
 Others also

00:15:46.820 --> 00:15:47.700
 see two crowds,

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 but it's one

00:15:48.740 --> 00:15:49.440
 who had been

00:15:49.440 --> 00:15:50.360
 at Lazarus'

00:15:50.539 --> 00:15:52.159
 resurrection and

00:15:52.159 --> 00:15:53.039
 ever since has

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 been spreading

00:15:53.500 --> 00:15:54.000
 the word,

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 and one who

00:15:55.039 --> 00:15:55.920
 is now going

00:15:55.920 --> 00:15:56.420
 out to meet

00:15:56.420 --> 00:15:57.039
 Jesus because

00:15:57.039 --> 00:15:57.519
 of the word

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 that they

00:15:57.840 --> 00:15:58.180
 heard.

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 And if that's

00:15:59.840 --> 00:16:00.259
 the case,

00:16:00.379 --> 00:16:01.259
 then how many

00:16:01.259 --> 00:16:01.720
 of the ones

00:16:01.720 --> 00:16:02.259
 who were at

00:16:02.259 --> 00:16:03.000
 Lazarus'

00:16:03.120 --> 00:16:04.060
 resurrection came

00:16:04.060 --> 00:16:04.700
 out yesterday

00:16:04.700 --> 00:16:05.340
 to Bethany,

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 and how many

00:16:05.879 --> 00:16:06.480
 are now coming

00:16:06.480 --> 00:16:07.000
 out now?

00:16:07.100 --> 00:16:08.100
 And you can

00:16:08.100 --> 00:16:08.560
 kind of see

00:16:08.560 --> 00:16:09.080
 where this all

00:16:09.080 --> 00:16:09.779
 gets mixed up

00:16:09.779 --> 00:16:10.300
 a little bit.

00:16:10.759 --> 00:16:11.240
 And a lot of

00:16:11.240 --> 00:16:12.720
 this seems to

00:16:12.720 --> 00:16:13.300
 hinge on a,

00:16:13.340 --> 00:16:13.840
 I guess there's

00:16:13.840 --> 00:16:14.360
 a manuscript

00:16:14.360 --> 00:16:14.920
 variant.

00:16:15.120 --> 00:16:15.440
 There's two

00:16:15.440 --> 00:16:18.820
 different streams

00:16:18.820 --> 00:16:19.500
 of manuscripts,

00:16:19.800 --> 00:16:20.279
 and it's the

00:16:20.279 --> 00:16:21.000
 difference of a

00:16:21.000 --> 00:16:21.620
 single Greek

00:16:21.620 --> 00:16:23.279
 letter as to

00:16:23.279 --> 00:16:23.720
 the word,

00:16:23.720 --> 00:16:24.740
 whether it's

00:16:24.740 --> 00:16:25.240
 this word or

00:16:25.240 --> 00:16:25.740
 that word.

00:16:27.060 --> 00:16:27.960
 Is it that the

00:16:27.960 --> 00:16:29.000
 crowd being with

00:16:29.000 --> 00:16:30.560
 Jesus when he

00:16:30.560 --> 00:16:31.440
 raised Lazarus

00:16:31.440 --> 00:16:32.120
 from the dead,

00:16:32.200 --> 00:16:33.040
 that crowd was

00:16:33.040 --> 00:16:33.680
 testifying?

00:16:34.340 --> 00:16:35.120
 Or is it the

00:16:35.120 --> 00:16:36.460
 crowd being with

00:16:36.460 --> 00:16:37.019
 Jesus was

00:16:37.019 --> 00:16:38.420
 testifying that he

00:16:38.420 --> 00:16:39.160
 raised Lazarus

00:16:39.160 --> 00:16:39.740
 from the dead?

00:16:40.279 --> 00:16:41.120
 And it's difficult

00:16:41.120 --> 00:16:41.600
 to say.

00:16:42.779 --> 00:16:43.980
 But here's what is

00:16:43.980 --> 00:16:44.279
 clear.

00:16:45.340 --> 00:16:46.360
 John wants us to

00:16:46.360 --> 00:16:48.399
 know, why are all

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 these people doing

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 something like this?

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 I mean, running

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 out of the city

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 with palm branches

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 to declare Jesus

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 king.

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 This is serious.

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 The man that

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 they're going out

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 to welcome and

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 declare his king

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 is a wanted man.

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 And John tells us

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 here in verse 18,

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 one of the big

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 factors in people's

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 minds is this.

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 Many people,

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 because they had

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 heard that he had

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 performed this sign,

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 that's raising

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 Lazarus from the

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 dead.

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 Because they heard

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 that, they went

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 out to meet him.

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 Literally, for this

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 reason, the crowd

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 met Jesus, because

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 they heard this sign

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 he had done.

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 So however you

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 interpret it, you've

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 got two groups of

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 people.

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 One of these groups

00:17:38.480 --> 00:17:40.180
 is testifying about

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 how Jesus called

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 Lazarus out of the

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 tomb and raised him

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 from the dead.

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 And the other group

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 is hearing this

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 testimony and saying,

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 wow, that's

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 amazing.

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 If that's the

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 case, this could

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 be the Messiah.

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 And so out they

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 go to meet him.

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 This is key.

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 Without the

00:18:00.980 --> 00:18:01.679
 resurrection of

00:18:01.679 --> 00:18:02.259
 Lazarus, there

00:18:02.259 --> 00:18:03.099
 might not have been

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 a triumphal entry.

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 It was the critical

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 event leading up to

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 this moment.

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 And it's, you know,

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 as I was thinking

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 about this, it's

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 difficult to say,

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 what are all these

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 people thinking in

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 the crowd?

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 Are some genuinely

00:18:17.700 --> 00:18:18.720
 believing in Jesus

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 that he is the

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 Messiah?

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 Probably.

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 Are some more

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 interested in him as

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 a political savior and

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 king?

00:18:27.920 --> 00:18:28.360
 Probably.

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 Are some just going

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 out there to see the

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 miracle man?

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 Probably.

00:18:36.440 --> 00:18:37.620
 For some is real

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 faith beginning to

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 grow?

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 Probably.

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 We can only guess.

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 We don't know.

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 But it caused quite

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 the stir that day as

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 they paraded him into

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 the city, declaring

00:18:50.580 --> 00:18:51.940
 him to be the king

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 that comes in the

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 name of Yahweh, with

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 shouts and singing.

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 Verse 19.

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 So the Pharisees said

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 to one another, see,

00:19:05.240 --> 00:19:06.500
 this is getting us

00:19:06.500 --> 00:19:06.960
 nowhere.

00:19:08.180 --> 00:19:09.160
 Look how the whole

00:19:09.160 --> 00:19:10.340
 world has gone after

00:19:10.340 --> 00:19:10.640
 him.

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 I love this.

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 The Pharisees are

00:19:15.900 --> 00:19:17.040
 exasperated.

00:19:18.100 --> 00:19:18.960
 They're so

00:19:18.960 --> 00:19:19.780
 frustrated.

00:19:20.980 --> 00:19:22.020
 Let's look back for a

00:19:22.020 --> 00:19:23.100
 second to chapter 11

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 verse 57.

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 There John tells us

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 that the chief priests

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 and the Pharisees had

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 given orders that

00:19:30.980 --> 00:19:32.540
 anyone who found out

00:19:32.540 --> 00:19:33.960
 where Jesus was should

00:19:33.960 --> 00:19:36.220
 report it so that they

00:19:36.220 --> 00:19:37.020
 might arrest him.

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 Are the people

00:19:40.339 --> 00:19:41.039
 listening to the

00:19:41.039 --> 00:19:41.660
 orders of the

00:19:41.660 --> 00:19:42.660
 Pharisees and the

00:19:42.660 --> 00:19:43.279
 chief priests?

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 Not at all.

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 All of these people,

00:19:47.299 --> 00:19:48.759
 this massive crowd,

00:19:48.859 --> 00:19:49.500
 they're completely

00:19:49.500 --> 00:19:50.859
 disregarding the

00:19:50.859 --> 00:19:51.460
 orders of the

00:19:51.460 --> 00:19:52.119
 religious leaders.

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 In fact, they're

00:19:52.660 --> 00:19:53.220
 doing the very

00:19:53.220 --> 00:19:53.660
 opposite.

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 Instead of reporting

00:19:55.420 --> 00:19:56.359
 Jesus, they're going

00:19:56.359 --> 00:19:57.480
 out to welcome him

00:19:57.480 --> 00:19:58.819
 as king.

00:20:01.099 --> 00:20:02.200
 So I guess the

00:20:02.200 --> 00:20:03.200
 Pharisees are

00:20:03.200 --> 00:20:03.740
 frustrated.

00:20:03.740 --> 00:20:03.799
 frustrated.

00:20:05.599 --> 00:20:08.000
 They've lost, it

00:20:08.000 --> 00:20:08.859
 seems, what little

00:20:08.859 --> 00:20:10.740
 control they had over

00:20:10.740 --> 00:20:11.460
 the people.

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 And what do we do

00:20:13.120 --> 00:20:13.960
 with all these people

00:20:13.960 --> 00:20:14.220
 now?

00:20:14.279 --> 00:20:15.019
 If they don't follow

00:20:15.019 --> 00:20:15.680
 us, if they don't

00:20:15.680 --> 00:20:16.620
 obey us, if they don't

00:20:16.620 --> 00:20:18.620
 submit to us, how do you

00:20:18.620 --> 00:20:20.079
 bring consequences and

00:20:20.079 --> 00:20:22.160
 instill a fear of

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 authority, a respect of

00:20:23.839 --> 00:20:24.920
 authority into a group

00:20:24.920 --> 00:20:25.900
 that's so large?

00:20:25.900 --> 00:20:28.000
 They're very frustrated.

00:20:28.920 --> 00:20:29.759
 This is getting us

00:20:29.759 --> 00:20:30.100
 nowhere.

00:20:31.580 --> 00:20:32.560
 They've been trying to

00:20:32.560 --> 00:20:34.080
 turn the people against

00:20:34.080 --> 00:20:35.640
 Jesus and right now in

00:20:35.640 --> 00:20:36.560
 this moment, it seems

00:20:36.560 --> 00:20:37.460
 like they have utterly

00:20:37.460 --> 00:20:37.900
 failed.

00:20:39.440 --> 00:20:41.280
 Look how the whole world

00:20:41.280 --> 00:20:42.340
 has gone after him.

00:20:45.920 --> 00:20:47.580
 Seems like the kind of

00:20:47.580 --> 00:20:48.620
 exaggeration that we

00:20:48.620 --> 00:20:49.980
 sometimes do when we get

00:20:49.980 --> 00:20:51.460
 really angry or really

00:20:51.460 --> 00:20:51.960
 emotional.

00:20:52.660 --> 00:20:53.640
 Everything is going

00:20:53.640 --> 00:20:53.980
 wrong.

00:20:53.980 --> 00:20:55.480
 The whole world has

00:20:55.480 --> 00:20:56.240
 gone after him.

00:20:57.420 --> 00:20:58.279
 Well, not the whole

00:20:58.279 --> 00:21:00.640
 world was, but it sure

00:21:00.640 --> 00:21:01.680
 felt like that to the

00:21:01.680 --> 00:21:02.620
 Pharisees that day.

00:21:05.000 --> 00:21:05.900
 But there's another

00:21:05.900 --> 00:21:07.680
 sense in which there is

00:21:07.680 --> 00:21:09.240
 some truth to this

00:21:09.240 --> 00:21:10.319
 frustrated remark of the

00:21:10.319 --> 00:21:10.880
 Pharisees.

00:21:12.000 --> 00:21:13.279
 Passover was a big time

00:21:13.279 --> 00:21:13.620
 of year.

00:21:14.860 --> 00:21:15.779
 Historical records

00:21:15.779 --> 00:21:16.779
 suggest that the number

00:21:16.779 --> 00:21:17.940
 of people in the city

00:21:17.940 --> 00:21:19.819
 of Jerusalem at Passover

00:21:19.819 --> 00:21:22.059
 time swelled up to

00:21:22.059 --> 00:21:23.279
 somewhere between one to

00:21:23.279 --> 00:21:24.379
 three million people.

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 And where did all these

00:21:26.359 --> 00:21:27.160
 people come from?

00:21:27.599 --> 00:21:28.519
 They didn't just come

00:21:28.519 --> 00:21:29.420
 from all over Israel.

00:21:30.019 --> 00:21:31.279
 They came from all over

00:21:31.279 --> 00:21:32.720
 the world, so to speak.

00:21:35.960 --> 00:21:37.539
 There's a list in Acts

00:21:37.539 --> 00:21:39.559
 chapter 2 of the various

00:21:39.559 --> 00:21:40.480
 nations that were

00:21:40.480 --> 00:21:42.139
 represented at Pentecost,

00:21:42.579 --> 00:21:43.480
 a different festival.

00:21:43.920 --> 00:21:44.940
 It's probably a good place

00:21:44.940 --> 00:21:46.180
 to start as we think

00:21:46.180 --> 00:21:47.279
 about where people may

00:21:47.879 --> 00:21:49.660
 have traveled just to be

00:21:49.660 --> 00:21:50.980
 here in Jerusalem for this

00:21:50.980 --> 00:21:53.079
 Passover, as far as Persia,

00:21:53.880 --> 00:21:56.360
 Mesopotamia, Asia Minor,

00:21:57.259 --> 00:21:59.420
 all over Egypt, Libya,

00:22:00.220 --> 00:22:01.579
 Greece, even Rome.

00:22:02.579 --> 00:22:04.039
 It was people from all

00:22:04.039 --> 00:22:05.599
 over the place that now

00:22:05.599 --> 00:22:07.019
 made up this great crowd

00:22:07.019 --> 00:22:08.519
 that had come for the

00:22:08.519 --> 00:22:08.960
 festival.

00:22:09.180 --> 00:22:10.120
 We're hearing the

00:22:10.120 --> 00:22:11.620
 testimony of how Jesus

00:22:11.620 --> 00:22:12.640
 raised Lazarus from the

00:22:12.640 --> 00:22:13.740
 dead and now running out

00:22:13.740 --> 00:22:15.319
 and bringing him in.

00:22:15.319 --> 00:22:17.680
 A very diverse group.

00:22:17.680 --> 00:22:21.860
 And so in a sense,

00:22:22.400 --> 00:22:24.299
 indeed, the whole world

00:22:24.299 --> 00:22:26.539
 is going after Jesus

00:22:26.539 --> 00:22:28.160
 just as it should.

00:22:29.580 --> 00:22:30.940
 But you can start to see

00:22:30.940 --> 00:22:32.740
 here how the religious

00:22:32.740 --> 00:22:35.920
 leaders get to a place

00:22:35.920 --> 00:22:37.380
 where they are so consumed

00:22:37.380 --> 00:22:39.940
 with hate and anger

00:22:39.940 --> 00:22:42.180
 and jealousy towards Jesus

00:22:42.180 --> 00:22:43.279
 that they would stop at

00:22:43.279 --> 00:22:45.180
 nothing to take him out.

00:22:45.180 --> 00:22:53.380
 Well, what do we do

00:22:53.380 --> 00:22:54.640
 with this whole account?

00:22:56.440 --> 00:22:57.560
 What's in this for us

00:22:57.560 --> 00:22:58.539
 here in 2022?

00:23:00.380 --> 00:23:01.519
 As I was thinking about

00:23:01.519 --> 00:23:02.820
 this, you know, for a

00:23:02.820 --> 00:23:04.580
 moment here in the story,

00:23:04.880 --> 00:23:07.580
 it was popular to be a

00:23:07.580 --> 00:23:08.299
 Jesus follower.

00:23:09.700 --> 00:23:10.920
 After all the disciples

00:23:10.920 --> 00:23:12.060
 and Jesus had been through

00:23:12.060 --> 00:23:12.980
 and the times nearly

00:23:12.980 --> 00:23:14.640
 arrested and nearly stoned,

00:23:14.640 --> 00:23:16.500
 for a brief moment,

00:23:16.580 --> 00:23:17.840
 it's suddenly popular

00:23:17.840 --> 00:23:20.259
 to be a follower of Jesus.

00:23:21.420 --> 00:23:23.040
 The disciples, I imagine,

00:23:23.120 --> 00:23:24.060
 were drinking this in.

00:23:24.560 --> 00:23:25.360
 How refreshing.

00:23:26.320 --> 00:23:27.620
 After all we've seen

00:23:27.620 --> 00:23:28.259
 and been through,

00:23:28.400 --> 00:23:30.380
 to hear this massive crowd

00:23:30.380 --> 00:23:32.100
 singing praise

00:23:32.100 --> 00:23:34.300
 and celebrating

00:23:34.300 --> 00:23:36.080
 all in favor of Jesus,

00:23:36.280 --> 00:23:36.880
 our King,

00:23:37.200 --> 00:23:37.880
 our Messiah.

00:23:39.480 --> 00:23:40.340
 I'm sure it was a day

00:23:40.340 --> 00:23:41.000
 of rejoicing.

00:23:41.000 --> 00:23:44.319
 But by the end of the week,

00:23:44.440 --> 00:23:45.619
 it's not going to feel

00:23:45.619 --> 00:23:46.200
 like this

00:23:46.200 --> 00:23:47.319
 at all.

00:23:48.920 --> 00:23:50.180
 Jesus will be dead,

00:23:51.519 --> 00:23:52.440
 falsely accused,

00:23:53.619 --> 00:23:54.099
 mistreated,

00:23:54.339 --> 00:23:54.799
 and murdered.

00:23:56.079 --> 00:23:57.599
 His death demanded

00:23:57.599 --> 00:23:59.299
 by the crowd

00:23:59.299 --> 00:24:00.119
 in Jerusalem.

00:24:01.119 --> 00:24:01.839
 And suddenly,

00:24:02.019 --> 00:24:03.279
 it will not be popular

00:24:03.279 --> 00:24:03.960
 at all

00:24:03.960 --> 00:24:05.539
 to be a Jesus follower

00:24:05.539 --> 00:24:07.319
 or to claim him

00:24:07.319 --> 00:24:07.779
 as King.

00:24:07.779 --> 00:24:10.539
 And I got thinking

00:24:10.539 --> 00:24:11.379
 about how it's been

00:24:11.379 --> 00:24:12.519
 in our world since then.

00:24:12.960 --> 00:24:14.920
 We've seen this popularity pattern

00:24:14.920 --> 00:24:16.660
 repeated throughout history,

00:24:17.119 --> 00:24:17.579
 haven't we?

00:24:18.559 --> 00:24:19.740
 In different places,

00:24:19.940 --> 00:24:20.859
 God has been gracious.

00:24:21.639 --> 00:24:22.599
 There's been renewal.

00:24:22.779 --> 00:24:23.599
 There's been revival

00:24:23.599 --> 00:24:25.299
 here and there.

00:24:26.279 --> 00:24:27.160
 Whole nations,

00:24:27.500 --> 00:24:28.099
 at times,

00:24:28.200 --> 00:24:29.579
 have declared themselves Christian,

00:24:29.779 --> 00:24:30.960
 have helped

00:24:30.960 --> 00:24:32.359
 to translate the Bible.

00:24:33.720 --> 00:24:35.200
 New nations have been founded

00:24:35.200 --> 00:24:35.920
 by settlers,

00:24:36.319 --> 00:24:37.500
 many of whom were Christians.

00:24:40.019 --> 00:24:41.019
 We might think back

00:24:41.019 --> 00:24:42.220
 to the days of Billy Graham.

00:24:44.460 --> 00:24:45.720
 Celebrated around the world

00:24:45.720 --> 00:24:47.140
 as a preacher

00:24:47.140 --> 00:24:47.860
 of the gospel.

00:24:49.059 --> 00:24:50.000
 Even the Russians

00:24:50.000 --> 00:24:50.640
 invited him

00:24:50.640 --> 00:24:51.240
 to come over

00:24:51.240 --> 00:24:52.500
 and preach the gospel there

00:24:52.500 --> 00:24:53.259
 because they didn't want

00:24:53.259 --> 00:24:54.039
 to be left out.

00:24:56.519 --> 00:24:57.400
 And there's this

00:24:57.400 --> 00:24:58.880
 sort of popular pride

00:24:58.880 --> 00:25:00.140
 for the moment

00:25:00.140 --> 00:25:02.519
 in being Christian.

00:25:02.519 --> 00:25:05.000
 but then suddenly

00:25:05.000 --> 00:25:05.500
 it's gone

00:25:05.500 --> 00:25:07.579
 and it's no longer popular

00:25:07.579 --> 00:25:09.039
 to be a Jesus follower.

00:25:10.539 --> 00:25:11.700
 Think of the disciples

00:25:11.700 --> 00:25:12.900
 here in the midst of this.

00:25:13.599 --> 00:25:14.960
 One day in the crowd

00:25:14.960 --> 00:25:16.779
 proclaiming Jesus is King.

00:25:17.740 --> 00:25:18.700
 Days later

00:25:18.700 --> 00:25:19.779
 in the crowd

00:25:19.779 --> 00:25:21.339
 cowering in fear

00:25:21.339 --> 00:25:22.619
 while the crowd

00:25:22.619 --> 00:25:23.379
 demands that

00:25:23.379 --> 00:25:24.180
 the King

00:25:24.180 --> 00:25:25.259
 be executed.

00:25:25.259 --> 00:25:28.720
 and as I was thinking

00:25:28.720 --> 00:25:29.279
 about this

00:25:29.279 --> 00:25:30.180
 I got thinking

00:25:30.180 --> 00:25:33.299
 it doesn't really matter

00:25:33.299 --> 00:25:34.879
 whether Jesus

00:25:34.879 --> 00:25:35.619
 is popular

00:25:35.619 --> 00:25:36.359
 today

00:25:36.359 --> 00:25:38.619
 or how popular

00:25:38.619 --> 00:25:39.640
 it is to be a follower

00:25:39.640 --> 00:25:40.559
 of his today.

00:25:42.019 --> 00:25:43.059
 All that matters

00:25:43.059 --> 00:25:43.480
 today

00:25:43.480 --> 00:25:44.500
 is the truth

00:25:44.500 --> 00:25:46.140
 of whether he is

00:25:46.140 --> 00:25:46.759
 the King

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 of God's choosing

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 the Messiah.

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 It doesn't matter

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 what the world

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 around us

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 thinks about Jesus

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 or is saying

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 about Jesus.

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 All that matters

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 is whether he is

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 indeed

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 worthy

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 of our hosannas.

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 Let me take a step

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 back from that.

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 We do care

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 about the people

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 around us

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 who don't believe

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 that Jesus

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 is the Messiah.

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 We want them

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 to believe

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 as we do

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 but what I'm getting

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 at is this

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 will we let

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 the opinions

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 of others

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 of our world

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 of the people

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 around us

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 will we let

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 their opinions

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 of Jesus

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 soften

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 or dampen

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 our hosannas.

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 Are you the kind

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 of Jesus follower

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 who only loves

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 to join in the procession

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 and sing the praise

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 when everybody's doing it

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 and it seems

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 like a good time?

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 Is the King

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 of God's choosing

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 not worthy

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 of our loudest praise

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 our highest praise

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 today

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 and every day

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 no matter

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 what the world

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 thinks

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 and what the world

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 is doing?

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 Let's go back

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 for a moment

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 to Zechariah

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 chapter 9.

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 Rejoice greatly

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 daughter Zion

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 shout

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 daughter Jerusalem

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 see

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 your King

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 comes to you

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 righteous

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 and victorious

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 lowly

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 and riding

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 on a donkey

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 on a colt

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 the foal

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 of a donkey

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 but what else

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 does Zechariah

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 say

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 about this King?

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 He says

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 he will proclaim

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 peace

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 to the nations

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 his rule

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 will extend

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 from sea to sea

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 and from the river

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 to the ends

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 of the earth

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 do you hear that?

00:27:34.759 --> 00:27:38.099
 this same King

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 who rode into Jerusalem

00:27:39.279 --> 00:27:39.940
 on a donkey

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 will someday come

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 to proclaim

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 peace

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 to the nations

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 and his rule

00:27:47.119 --> 00:27:47.900
 will know

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 no bounds

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 from sea to sea

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 he will be King

00:27:52.960 --> 00:27:55.140
 to the ends

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 of the earth

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 but are you

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 going to wait

00:27:58.680 --> 00:27:59.200
 till then

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 to sing

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 Hosanna?

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 Listen

00:28:03.019 --> 00:28:05.599
 every Sunday

00:28:05.599 --> 00:28:07.319
 when we come together

00:28:07.319 --> 00:28:09.879
 we have the opportunity

00:28:09.879 --> 00:28:11.039
 and the privilege

00:28:11.039 --> 00:28:12.160
 to lift our voices

00:28:12.160 --> 00:28:12.799
 in song

00:28:12.799 --> 00:28:14.079
 and in praise

00:28:14.079 --> 00:28:15.599
 and to sing

00:28:15.599 --> 00:28:16.099
 Hosanna

00:28:16.099 --> 00:28:16.819
 and blessing

00:28:16.819 --> 00:28:17.940
 to our King

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 whether it's popular

00:28:20.019 --> 00:28:20.720
 in the world

00:28:20.720 --> 00:28:21.839
 or not

00:28:21.839 --> 00:28:22.700
 doesn't matter

00:28:22.700 --> 00:28:24.299
 whether it's popular

00:28:24.299 --> 00:28:25.700
 to be in church

00:28:25.700 --> 00:28:26.740
 on Sunday mornings

00:28:26.740 --> 00:28:27.359
 in Davidson

00:28:27.359 --> 00:28:28.639
 doesn't matter

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 Jesus is the same King

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 back then

00:28:31.740 --> 00:28:32.700
 today

00:28:32.700 --> 00:28:33.940
 and forever

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 so let's not wait

00:28:36.279 --> 00:28:37.539
 until Palm Sunday

00:28:37.539 --> 00:28:39.600
 to make a joyful noise

00:28:39.600 --> 00:28:41.559
 to rejoice greatly

00:28:41.559 --> 00:28:43.960
 let's do it every Sunday

00:28:43.960 --> 00:28:46.860
 let's not worry about

00:28:46.860 --> 00:28:47.519
 what that person

00:28:47.519 --> 00:28:48.259
 sitting over there

00:28:48.259 --> 00:28:48.720
 in the church

00:28:48.720 --> 00:28:49.120
 will think

00:28:49.120 --> 00:28:49.799
 if they hear us

00:28:49.799 --> 00:28:50.559
 singing at the top

00:28:50.559 --> 00:28:51.100
 of our lungs

00:28:51.100 --> 00:28:51.799
 to Jesus

00:28:51.799 --> 00:28:53.620
 Jesus is worthy of it

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 he's the King

00:28:55.539 --> 00:28:56.700
 before whom

00:28:56.700 --> 00:28:57.640
 every person

00:28:57.640 --> 00:28:59.059
 will one day

00:28:59.059 --> 00:28:59.620
 bow down

00:28:59.620 --> 00:29:01.700
 think about that

00:29:01.700 --> 00:29:03.019
 everybody in the Canadian

00:29:03.019 --> 00:29:03.940
 government today

00:29:03.940 --> 00:29:04.720
 will one day

00:29:04.720 --> 00:29:05.559
 bow down

00:29:05.559 --> 00:29:06.240
 before him

00:29:06.240 --> 00:29:09.160
 the Queen of England

00:29:09.160 --> 00:29:10.620
 who's never bowed down

00:29:10.620 --> 00:29:11.700
 to anyone in her life

00:29:11.700 --> 00:29:12.240
 probably

00:29:12.240 --> 00:29:14.000
 will bow down

00:29:14.000 --> 00:29:14.940
 before Jesus

00:29:14.940 --> 00:29:17.160
 the President of the United States

00:29:17.160 --> 00:29:18.759
 the entire Assembly

00:29:18.759 --> 00:29:19.779
 of the United Nations

00:29:19.779 --> 00:29:20.519
 every person

00:29:20.519 --> 00:29:21.720
 represented in that group

00:29:21.720 --> 00:29:22.819
 will bow down

00:29:22.819 --> 00:29:23.259
 someday

00:29:23.259 --> 00:29:23.900
 to Jesus

00:29:23.900 --> 00:29:25.480
 he's coming back

00:29:25.480 --> 00:29:26.100
 to this earth

00:29:26.099 --> 00:29:28.119
 and he will rule it all

00:29:28.119 --> 00:29:31.259
 but let's not wait

00:29:31.259 --> 00:29:32.059
 until that day

00:29:32.059 --> 00:29:33.119
 to let the whole world

00:29:33.119 --> 00:29:33.500
 know

00:29:33.500 --> 00:29:34.679
 the truth

00:29:34.679 --> 00:29:35.639
 of our great King

00:29:35.639 --> 00:29:37.419
 every Sunday

00:29:37.419 --> 00:29:39.279
 should be Palm Sunday

00:29:39.279 --> 00:29:41.039
 for us

00:29:41.039 --> 00:29:43.199
 till he comes

00:29:43.199 --> 00:29:43.959
 again

00:29:43.959 --> 00:29:44.939
 to rule

00:29:44.939 --> 00:29:46.019
 to Zion

00:29:46.019 --> 00:29:47.359
 or

00:29:47.359 --> 00:29:48.379
 takes us

00:29:48.379 --> 00:29:49.179
 to be with him

00:29:49.179 --> 00:29:50.439
 Hosanna

00:29:50.439 --> 00:29:51.859
 in the highest

00:29:51.859 --> 00:29:53.159
 our King

00:29:53.159 --> 00:29:53.699
 has come

00:29:53.700 --> 00:29:55.539
 and he's coming

00:29:55.539 --> 00:29:55.920
 again

00:29:55.920 --> 00:29:58.000
 let's pray

00:29:58.000 --> 00:30:05.160
 Father in heaven

00:30:05.160 --> 00:30:06.059
 what a great hope

00:30:06.059 --> 00:30:06.600
 we have

00:30:06.600 --> 00:30:09.140
 what an awesome

00:30:09.140 --> 00:30:10.019
 thing you are doing

00:30:10.019 --> 00:30:13.140
 help us to keep

00:30:13.140 --> 00:30:13.940
 our eyes on that

00:30:13.940 --> 00:30:15.620
 in these days

00:30:15.620 --> 00:30:18.340
 it's tough

00:30:18.340 --> 00:30:20.000
 there are so many

00:30:20.000 --> 00:30:20.680
 things that pull

00:30:20.680 --> 00:30:21.559
 our attention away

00:30:21.559 --> 00:30:25.299
 but you are the one

00:30:25.299 --> 00:30:27.299
 who saves us

00:30:27.299 --> 00:30:29.339
 and Jesus

00:30:29.339 --> 00:30:30.419
 you are our King

00:30:30.419 --> 00:30:32.919
 I pray that you

00:30:32.919 --> 00:30:33.639
 would give us

00:30:33.639 --> 00:30:34.940
 eyes of faith

00:30:34.940 --> 00:30:35.599
 to see that

00:30:35.599 --> 00:30:36.359
 and to live

00:30:36.359 --> 00:30:37.299
 in light of that

00:30:37.299 --> 00:30:38.019
 and you're coming

00:30:38.019 --> 00:30:38.419
 again

00:30:38.419 --> 00:30:40.579
 today

00:30:40.579 --> 00:30:41.460
 and every day

00:30:41.460 --> 00:30:44.779
 glory to you

00:30:44.779 --> 00:30:46.200
 Amen