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 John chapter 12, and the Church Bibles, it's 1079.

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 That's 1079, John chapter 12, and starting in verse 12.

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 The next day, the great crowd that had come for the festival

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 heard that Jesus was on his way to Jerusalem.

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 They took palm branches and went out to meet him, shouting,

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 Hosanna! Blessed is he who comes in the name of the Lord!

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 Blessed is the King of Israel!

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 Jesus found a young donkey and sat upon 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 coat.

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 At first his disciples did not understand all this.

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 Only after Jesus was glorified did they realize that these things had been written about him

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 and that these things had been done to him.

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 Now the crowd that was with him when he called Lazarus from the tomb

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 and raised him from the dead continued to spread the word.

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 Many people, because they had heard that he had performed this sign,

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 went out to meet him.

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 So the Pharisees said to one another,

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 See, this is getting us nowhere.

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 Look how the whole world has gone after him.

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 Now there were some Greeks among those who went up to worship at the festival.

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 They came to Philip, who was from Bethsaida in Galilee,

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 with a request.

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 Sir, they said, we would like to see Jesus.

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 Philip went to tell Andrew,

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 Andrew and Philip in turn told Jesus.

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 Jesus replied,

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 The hour has come for the Son of Man to be glorified.

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 Very truly I tell you,

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 unless a grain of wheat falls to the ground and dies,

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 it remains only a single seed.

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 But if it dies, it produces many seeds.

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 Anyone who loves their life will lose it,

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 while anyone who hates their life in this world

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 will keep it for eternal life.

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 Whoever serves me must follow me,

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 and where I am, my servant also will be.

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 My Father will honour the one who serves me.

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 When my soul is troubled,

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 then what shall I say?

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 Father, save me from this hour.

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 No, it was for this very reason I came to this hour.

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 Father, glorify your name.

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 Then a voice came from heaven.

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 I have glorified it and will glorify it again.

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 The crowd that was there and heard it said it had thundered.

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 Others said an angel had spoken to him.

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 Jesus said,

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 The voice was for your benefit, not mine.

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 Now is the time for judgment on this world.

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 Now the prince of this world will be driven out.

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 And I, when I am lifted up from the earth,

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 will draw all people to myself.

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 He said this to show the kind of death he was going to die.

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 Thank you.

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 Thank you.

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 Thank you.

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 Thank you.

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 And thank Alex as well for leading us this morning.

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 Let's keep our Bibles open there in John's Gospel.

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 And we're...

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 Thanks very much, Ralph.

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 Let's pray.

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 Let's pray.

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 We come to you, Lord, the living God.

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 The one who communicates to us through his word.

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 Who is speaking to us now by your spirit.

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 So we pray that we would have open hearts and open minds

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 to hear your word.

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 That it may change us.

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 And would fill us with hope.

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 We need your help.

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 Come, Lord Jesus, we ask.

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 Amen.

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 Amen.

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 Well, imagine that you've been appointed or elected as leader

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 over the whole world.

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 Your mandate to end the world's troubles

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 and make everything right again.

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 Imagine that you have absolute power

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 and supreme authority at your disposal.

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 How would you use it?

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 What would you do if you were in charge

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 to fix the mess of this broken world?

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 Well, the Bible claims there is one person

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 who has been appointed to put the world right.

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 And John's Gospel has been introducing us to him.

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 No surprise.

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 Jesus Christ, the Son of God,

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 full of grace and truth.

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 And it seems that Jesus has all the credentials to be this ruler.

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 With great power, you remember,

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 he healed a man who had been paralysed for 38 years.

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 He gave sight to a man who had been blind from birth.

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 And he fed over 5,000 people with just a few bread rolls.

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 That's the whole health service and the social welfare system

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 fixed in just a couple of acts.

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 And John even tells us that with such great displays of power,

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 the crowds had gathered round Jesus

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 and tried to make him king.

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 But perhaps his greatest display of power

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 was his authority to raise a dead man to life.

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 I mean, if you can call people from the dead to life again,

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 well, then you must be able to be king.

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 As we've walked through John's Gospel,

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 Jesus' popularity has been on the rise.

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 He's topping the polls.

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 Here is one who can put things right.

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 Here is the king who is coming.

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 Verse 12.

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 The next day, the great crowd that had come for the festival

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 heard that Jesus was on his way to Jerusalem.

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 It was Passover time,

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 the big annual festival

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 when all the Jewish people from all the surrounding nations

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 would come to Jerusalem to celebrate Passover.

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 And historians tell us that the numbers

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 could be anything from 1 to 2 million extra people

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 crowding into that city.

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 But the reason that they've come this year

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 is Jesus.

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 Verse 13.

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 They took palm branches,

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 a symbolism of nationalism,

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 and they went out to meet Jesus,

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 shouting,

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 Hosanna!

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 Which means,

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 come and save us.

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

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 Blessed is the king of Israel.

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 Picture it.

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 Thousands upon thousands of people

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 lining the roads coming into Jerusalem,

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 shouting and cheering,

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 Jesus has come,

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 and the crowds are going to make him their king.

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 Well, the expectation now

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 is that Jesus is going to gather his troops

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 and with military might

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 begin to stamp his authority,

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 remove the Romans

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 who have taken over their land.

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 After all, he is the king.

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 But he's a different kind of king.

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 You see, within a few days,

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 this same crowd who were shouting,

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 come, save us,

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 would turn and shout,

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 crucify him.

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 Well, what went wrong in just a few days?

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 Why did the people want him as king

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 and then suddenly reject him?

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 Well, for the same reasons

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 we reject Jesus today.

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 You see, Jesus is God's king.

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 Come to save us from ourselves

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 and to rule over our hearts.

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 Jesus is the victorious king,

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 but his victory

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 is going to come in surprising

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 and unexpected ways.

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 So three things we're going to look

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 about Jesus the king.

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 He rules with humility.

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 He lives to die.

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 And he wins by sacrifice.

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 He rules with humility.

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 He lives to die.

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 And he wins by sacrifice.

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 First, Jesus rules with humility.

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 How would Jesus respond

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 to the crowd who want him as king?

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 Well, look at verse 14.

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 Jesus found a young donkey

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 and sat upon it,

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 as is written by the prophet Zechariah,

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 verse 15.

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 Do not be afraid, daughter Zion.

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 See, your king is coming,

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 seated on a donkey's colt.

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 On a what?

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 A donkey?

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 I mean, we expect a war horse

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 and soldiers,

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 a display of power and might,

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 not a donkey.

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 Could you imagine

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 President Zaleski

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 going to the front line

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 to rally on his troops

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 in a bashed up tractor

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 that's running out of diesel?

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 That's hardly a display

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 of strength, is it?

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 Or maybe you remember

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 that during our recent elections,

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 Micheál Martin

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 was touring the country.

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 On one occasion,

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 he posed sitting on a bull.

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 Not the greatest publicity stunt,

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 as the headline showed

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 the next day,

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 cowboy number one.

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 riding on a donkey

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 is hardly a good start

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 to the reign of Jesus.

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 But this is no mistake.

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 Jesus' actions are intentional

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 and he communicates

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 the kind of king he will be.

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 Let's go to Zechariah, chapter 9.

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 It's the quote that Jesus,

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 or John, was referring to.

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 We'll read the full quote,

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 Zechariah, chapter 9.

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 One of those difficult ones to find.

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 Have you got a page number?

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 9, 5, 4.

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 So Jesus' acts are intentional.

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 Zechariah 9, starting at verse 9.

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 Rejoice greatly, daughter Zion.

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 Shout, daughter Jerusalem.

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 See, your king comes to you,

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 righteous and victorious,

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 lowly and riding on a donkey,

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 on a colt,

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 the foal of a donkey.

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 I will take away the chariots

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 from Ephraim,

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 the war horses from Jerusalem,

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 Jerusalem.

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 And the battle bow will be broken.

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 He will proclaim peace to the nations.

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 His rule will extend from sea to sea

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 and from the river to the ends of the earth.

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 Back to John, chapter 12.

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 You see, Jesus fulfills what has been promised.

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 He has come to rule.

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 He has come to establish peace in the nations.

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 But he's going to do it with humility.

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 For Jesus is gentle, not forceful.

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 He is lowly, not demanding.

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 Jesus is meek, not harsh.

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 Jesus is saying,

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 I am that servant king

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 and I haven't come to break you or crush you,

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 but I've come to rule with humility.

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 In fact, this Jesus would submit himself to his enemies.

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 He won't defend himself or strike out in power,

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 but he will humbly serve those who stand opposed to him.

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 He comes riding on a donkey.

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 Is this the kind of king

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 that you would imagine and that you would want?

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 Does this king fill you with confidence?

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 Would you follow and obey him?

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 You see, when it comes down to it,

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 a king on a donkey

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 really doesn't fill you with much hope.

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 I think I would be the one

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 who would be following the king

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 on a war horse.

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 So Jesus

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 comes with humility.

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 Second,

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 Jesus lives to die.

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 If you find a king and a donkey shocking,

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 well, the mission of Jesus

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 will have you standing in disbelief.

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 Some visitors, you remember,

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 had come to Jerusalem

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 for the festival

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 and they have a request.

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 We see it in verse 21.

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 Some Greeks had come from the surrounding nations.

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 Middle of verse 21.

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 Sir, they said,

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 we would like to see Jesus.

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 So Philip went to tell Andrew

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 and Andrew and Philip in turn told Jesus.

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 Jesus replied,

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 the hour has come

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 for the Son of Man

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 to be glorified.

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 Sorry?

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 Jesus, they don't want to know

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 what time it is.

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 They want to see you.

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 But that is precisely

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 what Jesus wants us to know.

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 And he wants them to know.

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 He wants them to know

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 what the time is.

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 The hour has come.

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 You see,

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 leading up to these events,

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 the people

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 and even Jesus' own brothers

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 had very clear intentions

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 for Jesus.

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 Look back at chapter 7 with me.

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 Chapter 7, verse 4.

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 So this is just after

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 the feeding of the 5,000.

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 chapter 7, verse 4.

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 They say to Jesus,

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 no one who wants to become

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 a public figure

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 acts in secret.

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 I mean, Jesus,

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 you've been doing

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 all these wonderful things.

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 I mean, you've got to get out there

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 and let people see who you are.

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 Since you are doing these things,

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 show yourself to the world.

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 What does Jesus say?

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 Middle of verse 6.

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 My time is not yet here.

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 In fact, when Jesus went on

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 to speak against

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 the religious authorities,

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 look at verse 30

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 of chapter 7.

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 Look how they responded

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 to Jesus.

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 At this they tried

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 to seize him,

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 but no one laid a hand

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 on him

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 because his

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 hour had not yet

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 come.

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 Let's go back

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 to chapter 12.

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 So he's been

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 telling them,

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 no, this isn't

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 the time,

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 this isn't the hour.

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 And now in verse 23,

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 he declares

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 the hour

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 has come.

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 This time,

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 this hour

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 is all about

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 his death.

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 It's the whole reason

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 why Jesus has come.

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 This is his mission.

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 Verse 27.

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 Now my soul

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 is troubled

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 and what shall I say?

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 Father,

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 save me

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 from this hour?

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 No,

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 it was for this

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 very reason

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 I came

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 to this hour.

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 Father,

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 glorify

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 your name.

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 It's like

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 a clock

00:17:53.580 --> 00:17:54.600
 on countdown.

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 In eternity

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 past,

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 the clock

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 has been ticking.

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 century

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 after century,

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 decade

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 after decade,

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 year by year,

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 week by week,

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 day by day,

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 and eventually

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 the clock

00:18:10.979 --> 00:18:12.019
 hits zero,

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 the countdown

00:18:13.240 --> 00:18:14.219
 has finished,

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 the alarm

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 has gone,

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 the hour

00:18:17.259 --> 00:18:18.039
 has come,

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 Jesus

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 must die.

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 In fact,

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 Jesus

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 lives

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 to die.

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 so,

00:18:29.740 --> 00:18:29.979
 Jesus,

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 tell us,

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 what do you

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 plan to do

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 now that the people

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 have appointed you

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 as king?

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 What does your

00:18:36.819 --> 00:18:38.000
 manifesto say

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 about housing

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 and taxes

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 and immigration?

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 I'm going to die.

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 The hour

00:18:47.259 --> 00:18:47.940
 has come

00:18:47.940 --> 00:18:49.539
 for me

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 to die.

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 You see,

00:18:52.440 --> 00:18:53.019
 this king

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 will submit

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 himself

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 to death,

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 not just

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 any kind

00:18:56.880 --> 00:18:57.339
 of death,

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 but a cruel,

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 torturous

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 and violent

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 death.

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 They will

00:19:01.420 --> 00:19:02.180
 punch him,

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 they will

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 flog him,

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 they will

00:19:04.299 --> 00:19:05.200
 spit on him,

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 they will

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 strip him,

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 they will

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 humiliate him

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 and nail him

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 to a wooden

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 beam.

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 No wonder

00:19:12.240 --> 00:19:13.059
 Jesus was

00:19:13.059 --> 00:19:13.719
 overwhelmed,

00:19:13.939 --> 00:19:14.859
 verse 27.

00:19:15.319 --> 00:19:15.959
 My soul

00:19:15.959 --> 00:19:16.819
 is troubled.

00:19:18.659 --> 00:19:19.419
 What will

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 I say?

00:19:20.359 --> 00:19:20.839
 Father,

00:19:21.039 --> 00:19:21.559
 save me

00:19:21.559 --> 00:19:22.079
 from this

00:19:22.079 --> 00:19:22.399
 hour?

00:19:23.740 --> 00:19:24.379
 No,

00:19:24.379 --> 00:19:25.719
 it was for

00:19:25.719 --> 00:19:26.459
 this very

00:19:26.459 --> 00:19:27.459
 reason I

00:19:27.459 --> 00:19:28.299
 came to

00:19:28.299 --> 00:19:28.939
 this hour.

00:19:30.699 --> 00:19:32.079
 The donkey

00:19:32.079 --> 00:19:32.779
 king

00:19:32.779 --> 00:19:34.779
 becomes a

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 crucified

00:19:35.299 --> 00:19:35.959
 king.

00:19:35.960 --> 00:19:36.000
 king.

00:19:37.200 --> 00:19:37.960
 Now,

00:19:38.100 --> 00:19:38.680
 why would

00:19:38.680 --> 00:19:39.279
 a king

00:19:39.279 --> 00:19:40.779
 do that?

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 Well,

00:19:43.079 --> 00:19:43.500
 look back

00:19:43.500 --> 00:19:44.600
 at verse 24.

00:19:46.340 --> 00:19:47.100
 Jesus

00:19:47.100 --> 00:19:47.680
 says,

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 Very truly

00:19:49.220 --> 00:19:50.160
 I tell you,

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 unless a

00:19:51.680 --> 00:19:52.299
 grain of

00:19:52.299 --> 00:19:53.319
 wheat falls

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 to the ground

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 and dies,

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 it remains

00:19:56.920 --> 00:19:57.600
 only a

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 single seed.

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 But if it

00:20:00.440 --> 00:20:01.140
 dies,

00:20:01.920 --> 00:20:02.880
 it produces

00:20:02.880 --> 00:20:03.940
 many seeds.

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 the

00:20:06.820 --> 00:20:07.279
 illustration

00:20:07.279 --> 00:20:08.140
 is clear,

00:20:08.240 --> 00:20:08.700
 isn't it?

00:20:09.340 --> 00:20:10.140
 The seed,

00:20:10.500 --> 00:20:11.000
 that is

00:20:11.000 --> 00:20:11.420
 Jesus,

00:20:11.580 --> 00:20:12.340
 must die.

00:20:12.880 --> 00:20:13.200
 He must

00:20:13.200 --> 00:20:13.779
 be buried

00:20:13.779 --> 00:20:14.200
 in the

00:20:14.200 --> 00:20:14.580
 ground,

00:20:15.019 --> 00:20:15.259
 if you

00:20:15.259 --> 00:20:15.519
 like,

00:20:15.680 --> 00:20:16.299
 planted

00:20:16.299 --> 00:20:17.340
 in the

00:20:17.340 --> 00:20:17.900
 grave.

00:20:18.519 --> 00:20:19.140
 But from

00:20:19.140 --> 00:20:19.880
 his death

00:20:19.880 --> 00:20:20.440
 will come

00:20:20.440 --> 00:20:21.120
 a fruitful

00:20:21.120 --> 00:20:21.720
 harvest.

00:20:22.279 --> 00:20:22.539
 Many

00:20:22.539 --> 00:20:23.700
 will receive

00:20:23.700 --> 00:20:24.600
 new and

00:20:24.600 --> 00:20:25.539
 eternal life

00:20:25.539 --> 00:20:26.660
 because Jesus

00:20:26.660 --> 00:20:27.600
 lives that

00:20:27.600 --> 00:20:28.279
 he might

00:20:28.279 --> 00:20:29.519
 die.

00:20:30.519 --> 00:20:31.160
 That's his

00:20:31.160 --> 00:20:31.600
 mission.

00:20:32.160 --> 00:20:32.860
 That's his

00:20:32.860 --> 00:20:33.460
 path.

00:20:33.940 --> 00:20:36.220
 is this

00:20:36.220 --> 00:20:36.660
 the kind

00:20:36.660 --> 00:20:37.299
 of king

00:20:37.299 --> 00:20:38.519
 that you

00:20:38.519 --> 00:20:39.180
 would want?

00:20:40.180 --> 00:20:40.680
 A king

00:20:40.680 --> 00:20:41.059
 who would

00:20:41.059 --> 00:20:42.080
 submit himself

00:20:42.080 --> 00:20:42.840
 to death,

00:20:43.120 --> 00:20:44.519
 who lives

00:20:44.519 --> 00:20:45.519
 to die?

00:20:46.960 --> 00:20:47.860
 It's not

00:20:47.860 --> 00:20:48.600
 really very

00:20:48.600 --> 00:20:49.420
 reassuring,

00:20:49.559 --> 00:20:50.000
 is it?

00:20:50.660 --> 00:20:51.039
 Yes,

00:20:51.100 --> 00:20:51.539
 his death

00:20:51.539 --> 00:20:51.960
 will be

00:20:51.960 --> 00:20:52.360
 fruitful,

00:20:52.820 --> 00:20:53.259
 but there

00:20:53.259 --> 00:20:53.740
 must be

00:20:53.740 --> 00:20:54.559
 other ways

00:20:54.559 --> 00:20:54.960
 in which

00:20:54.960 --> 00:20:55.320
 you could

00:20:55.320 --> 00:20:56.100
 do this.

00:20:56.900 --> 00:20:57.500
 If you're

00:20:57.500 --> 00:20:58.039
 looking for

00:20:58.039 --> 00:20:58.720
 followers,

00:20:59.900 --> 00:21:00.519
 then Jesus

00:21:00.519 --> 00:21:01.220
 sitting on

00:21:01.220 --> 00:21:01.779
 a donkey

00:21:01.779 --> 00:21:02.619
 and with

00:21:02.619 --> 00:21:03.599
 a manifesto

00:21:03.599 --> 00:21:04.059
 of living

00:21:04.059 --> 00:21:04.680
 to die,

00:21:05.960 --> 00:21:06.180
 well,

00:21:06.200 --> 00:21:06.539
 it doesn't

00:21:06.539 --> 00:21:06.779
 really

00:21:06.779 --> 00:21:06.960
 drive you.