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 It's good to be with you this morning. Can y'all hear me okay? My hearing is bad, so I don't know what you're hearing. Is that okay?

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! Before we get going, I just want to begin with prayer. It's been a very great, very encouraging, but it's been just a long weekend for me.

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 I definitely feel at least physically unable to the task this morning.

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 And I would just like to ask God to help me, help us.

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 So just pray with me just for one minute.

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 Father, we want to realize and embrace the reality that this is a sacred time.

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 A time when your people scattered throughout all the earth in many different places,

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 both legal and illegal, comfortable and uncomfortable.

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 God, they are meeting together.

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 And I pray that wherever your word is being taught,

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 that the true Jesus is being proclaimed and made known,

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 that the gospel of truth is being known.

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 And God, I pray just specifically for this time with your people,

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 God, that you would speak through your word,

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 through such a challenging and encouraging and even a familiar passage to so many of us.

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 So God, just work in our hearts.

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 Convict us of our sin, Lord.

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 And lead us into action afterwards or else this time would have been in vain.

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 God, we praise you.

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 In Christ's name, amen.

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 Amen.

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 So, how many of you have seen or maybe were reared on the old Bible movies?

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 Like Ben-Hur.

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 Who's seen Ben-Hur?

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 Who's seen The Robe?

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 The movie The Robe?

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 That's a really old one.

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 Jesus of Nazareth.

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 That was an old one too, like made in the 70s maybe.

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 But all these old, familiar to a lot of us, Bible movies,

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 they always have this particular passage just like this crazy mob of people following Jesus into Jerusalem.

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 And, you know, it seems like a lot of very exciting things are happening.

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 A lot of expectations built up.

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 So when you come to a passage like this, you feel like really pressed to like explain well

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 and make it not so familiar to people who are used to hearing it all the time.

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 So, beginning in chapter 11, we're just going to read verses 1 through 11.

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 It says,

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 And as they were approaching Jerusalem, and Bethage and Bethany near the Mount of Olives,

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 he sent two of his disciples and said to them,

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 Go into the village opposite you, and immediately as you enter it, you will find a colt tied there,

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 on which no one yet has ever sat.

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 Untie it and bring it here.

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 And if anyone says to you, Why are you doing this?

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 Say, The Lord has need of it, and immediately he will send it back here.

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 And they went away and found the colt tied at the door outside in the street,

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 and they untied it.

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 And some of the bystanders were saying to them,

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 What are you doing untying the colt?

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 And they spoke to them just as Jesus had told them,

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 and they gave them permission.

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 And they brought the colt to Jesus, put their garments on it,

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 and he sat on it.

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 And many spread their garments in the road,

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 and others spread leafy branches, which they had cut from the fields.

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 And those who went before, those who were falling after,

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 were crying out, Hosanna!

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

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 Blessed is the coming kingdom of our father, David!

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 Hosanna in the highest!

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 And he entered Jerusalem and came into the temple,

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 and after looking all around, he departed for Bethany with the twelve,

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 since it was already late.

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 Okay?

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 Very familiar passage to so many of us,

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 but I dare say I learned some new things about this passage

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 that I didn't know before in studying and praying and preparing over this.

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 And it really kind of turned and shook some of my expectations down.

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 And I really was shaken to the core, actually.

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 And again, if you're familiar with the way that movies

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 and so many different Hollywood things portray this event,

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 it seems like such an exciting time to be there

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 and actually witness Christ coming into Jerusalem.

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 But we're just going to walk through the passage a little bit.

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 We're going to just kind of do some introduction first,

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 and then we're going to look at three things.

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 We're going to look at the actions of Jesus,

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 the response of the crowd,

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 and then our response.

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 Like, what should we be thinking about in regard to this passage?

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 So, as we're walking through it, just look at verse 1.

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 It says that they were drawn near to Jerusalem.

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 Alright, we just start there.

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 Where Jesus had finished his Galilean or his Judean ministry,

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 and he was fixed on Jerusalem.

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 And Jerusalem, the city of peace,

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 if you know anything about Jerusalem's history,

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 it's been anything but a city of peace in so many ways.

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 It's probably been the most conquered city in the world,

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 over and over and over, changing hands.

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 And so Jesus was fixed on this,

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 and he set his eyes toward Jerusalem.

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 So many of the Gospels say.

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 And on the road, he had passed through Jericho.

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 This is where he healed the two blind men,

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 one being Bartimaeus,

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 and also saved them spiritually, right?

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 And he also delivers one of the most hated men in the town,

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 Zacchaeus.

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 And Zacchaeus is born again, delivered through Christ.

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 And then after Jericho, right after Jericho,

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 they began ascending the 2,500 foot plus whatever descent to Jerusalem.

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 When they talked about going up to Jerusalem,

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 they really did go up to Jerusalem.

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 It's a pretty high, high point.

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 And they were going up during, to get ready for the Passover week.

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 And it says that they went through Bethany.

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 And so on Saturday, Jesus arrives in Bethany.

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 It's a little village about two miles outside of Jerusalem,

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 east of Jerusalem, over the top of the Mount of Olives.

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 It's just a little village.

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 And he had friends there in Bethany.

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 If you remember, we're paralleling other Gospels,

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 Mary, Martha, and Lazarus, right?

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 If we remember John's account,

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 Jesus raised Lazarus from the dead.

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 Probably the most incredible feat that he did

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 to actually prove and authenticate his being the true Messiah.

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 And so that was there.

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 And even today, that town is not really called Bethany anymore.

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 It's called El Azariah, after Lazarus.

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 The town was named after Lazarus.

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 And in John 12, it says that a large number of Jews

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 came to Bethany the next day.

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 So they're blown away by, they're curious.

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 They want to see, like, this guy who was supposedly risen from the dead

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 and this miracle worker that had risen him from the dead.

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 And so on Sunday, there was a large mob of people coming to Bethany.

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 And it says they came to see Jesus and Lazarus,

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 whom he had raised from the dead back in John 12.

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 And so the city was swelling with pilgrims,

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 with travelers from all over the place.

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 A massive, huge mob.

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 I don't know if you've ever been to, like, a really intense event

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 where there was, like, a parade or something like that.

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 But I can think of several.

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 But one of my most memorable ones, where there was just,

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 where I was, like, a victim of this massive mob,

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 was when the Braves won the World Series way back in the 90s.

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 That's not going to happen for a while, probably.

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 Hopefully we still have hope.

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 But there was a parade through Atlanta.

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 And I was a big, like, baseball fan, obviously, at that time.

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 And loved playing baseball.

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 And so, but I was also kind of a little guy.

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 And I couldn't see over, like, the mass mob.

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 So I thought, man, I'm going to see the Braves.

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 So we, me and some mob buddies climbed up on this billboard

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 that was, like, up on the street.

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 And we were, and as the hour went by, before the parade started,

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 like, more and more people started getting on the billboard.

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 And we kind of started something.

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 None of the officials were, like, get down from there.

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 So we just didn't get down.

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 And so when the parade had started, we saw, I saw,

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 I think it was, like, maybe a little over halfway through the parade.

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 And everybody was going crazy.

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 I was going crazy.

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 And then all of a sudden, like, on the billboard,

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 the billboard starts going, starts to,

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 and the billboard did fall.

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 Like, and I, like, catapulted across the crowd

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 and, like, landed on, like, a mob of people.

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 It was, it was intense.

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 And if you go, if you go back,

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 if you go back and look up some of the news articles,

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 just, like, Google Braves parade, billboard falling,

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 you'll probably see a picture of me.

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 Like, there was, there was a picture of us falling.

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 I don't know how somebody caught that.

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 But, yeah.

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 But that was just massive mob hysteria.

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 And there's, it's that way now.

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 I mean, in our text here,

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 just so many people pouring into the city for Passover

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 and getting ready for things.

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 But one interesting thing I did learn during study

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 was an important chronology note.

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 Those of you who know me well know I'm a history nerd,

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 so I like stuff to be right in chronology.

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 But a lot of people have Jesus coming in on Sunday.

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 So we call it Palm Sunday, right?

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 But if we do it that way,

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 according to the Scriptures

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 and even according to this, the Jewish calendar,

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 Wednesday is a completely unaccounted for day.

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 Like, it's an empty day.

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 And they even call it,

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 some people call it Silent Wednesday.

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 And, but really it's just not the case.

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 When you look at the Scriptures carefully

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 and look at the way the Jewish calendar is,

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 there's a lot more that's there.

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 Get the biblical chronology right.

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 There's something really cool.

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 I'll just read this to you.

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 This is John MacArthur.

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 This is just really beautiful.

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 So kind of listen to this.

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 He said,

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 According to the law of Moses,

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 a sacrificial lamb for Passover

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 was to be selected and set apart

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 on the 10th of Nisan,

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 which is one of the celebrations.

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 The 10th was Monday.

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 Okay?

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 The 10th was Monday.

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 And that's when the sacrificial lamb

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 had arrived, Jesus.

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 The sacrificial lamb was to be crucified

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 on the 14th.

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 And that's Friday when Christ was crucified.

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 So both in accordance with the Mosaic law

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 and accordance to the calendar,

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 he came in on Monday.

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 He returned to Bethany Monday night,

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 came back into Jerusalem on Tuesday,

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 cursed the fig tree,

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 cleansed the temple,

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 went back to Bethany.

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 On Wednesday,

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 which most people don't really account for,

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 it says he entered in controversy

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 with the leaders of Israel,

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 gave his sermon on the second coming,

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 and Judas planned his betrayal.

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 On Thursday,

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 his disciples prepared for the Passover.

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 He spent time in the Garden of Gethsemane.

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 He was arrested.

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 He was tied.

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 Friday, he was crucified.

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 And Saturday,

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 he was in the grave.

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 And on Sunday,

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 he rose again.

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 And that's the week

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 of this passion.

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 So, really,

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 it's Paul Monday

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 in reality.

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 There really is a

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 chronology to the way

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 that the Scripture talks about.

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 But it really is cool

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 that when the sacrificial lamb

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 was to be selected,

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 to be sacrificed,

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 was the day that Christ

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 entered into the city.

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 And the day he was crucified

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 was the day

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 that the lambs

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 were to be tied

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 and sacrificed.

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 So,

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 Passover week,

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 the Passover celebration.

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 Roughly,

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 this is probably around 30 A.D.

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 to most accounts, right?

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 It's in the first Jewish month.

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 Jesus arrives on the 10th,

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 and he's crucified on the 14th.

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 And so,

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 Passover week,

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 celebrating the Israel's

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 deliverance from slavery

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 and bondage in Egypt

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 and how the angel of death

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 came to kill

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 all the firstborn

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 and those who spread the blood

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 over the door

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 were spared.

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 So,

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 it's a picture of

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 the final judgment,

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 right?

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 Those who have been

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 covered with the blood

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 of Christ

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 being spared

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 the just wrath of God,

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 the angel,

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 the ultimate angel of death,

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 right?

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 And so,

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 really important celebration.

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 And on Friday,

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 like,

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 thousands and thousands

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 of lambs

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 would be slain

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 like in the temple.

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 According to one

00:13:44.420 --> 00:13:45.840
 ancient Jewish source,

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 around 40 A.D.

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 at Passover,

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 there were 60,000 lambs

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 slain at Passover.

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 That's like a lot

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 of lambs.

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 And usually,

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 you would have,

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 usually,

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 one lamb

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 would be sacrificed

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 for at least 10 people.

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 So,

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 you can do the math there,

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 like,

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 what kind of a mob

00:14:02.779 --> 00:14:03.459
 that would have been

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 in the city

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 at that time.

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 But,

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 consequently,

00:14:08.919 --> 00:14:10.039
 very few

00:14:10.039 --> 00:14:11.279
 made the connections.

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 Very few

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 really

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 understood

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 that it wasn't

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 this lamb

00:14:15.879 --> 00:14:16.379
 that was going

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 to save them

00:14:17.079 --> 00:14:18.319
 from their sin.

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 That it all

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 was pointing

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 to something

00:14:21.579 --> 00:14:22.000
 greater,

00:14:22.539 --> 00:14:23.659
 to Christ

00:14:23.659 --> 00:14:24.399
 being the ultimate

00:14:24.399 --> 00:14:25.579
 sacrifice for sins.

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 And those who did

00:14:26.719 --> 00:14:27.519
 see that imagery,

00:14:28.259 --> 00:14:28.879
 who did see

00:14:28.879 --> 00:14:29.899
 that foreshadowing,

00:14:30.039 --> 00:14:30.699
 they were looking

00:14:30.699 --> 00:14:31.319
 forward to the

00:14:31.320 --> 00:14:32.100
 deliverer coming.

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 So,

00:14:33.320 --> 00:14:33.620
 he enters

00:14:33.620 --> 00:14:34.180
 in Jerusalem

00:14:34.180 --> 00:14:34.700
 by way

00:14:34.700 --> 00:14:35.040
 of the Mount

00:14:35.040 --> 00:14:35.580
 of Olives

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 across Kidron Valley.

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 Like,

00:14:38.420 --> 00:14:38.840
 if you've ever

00:14:38.840 --> 00:14:39.420
 seen models

00:14:39.420 --> 00:14:40.720
 of the old city,

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 there's the Temple

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 Mount,

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 and there's

00:14:42.180 --> 00:14:42.940
 a slope

00:14:42.940 --> 00:14:43.460
 coming down

00:14:43.460 --> 00:14:44.280
 where Kidron Valley

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 is,

00:14:44.660 --> 00:14:44.920
 and then up

00:14:44.920 --> 00:14:45.260
 the hill

00:14:45.260 --> 00:14:45.980
 is the Mount

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 of Olives.

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 Also,

00:14:48.320 --> 00:14:48.640
 the area

00:14:48.640 --> 00:14:49.180
 where the Garden

00:14:49.180 --> 00:14:49.860
 of Gethsemane

00:14:49.860 --> 00:14:51.040
 supposedly lies

00:14:51.040 --> 00:14:51.640
 on the western

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 slope.

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 So,

00:14:54.400 --> 00:14:55.000
 that's just a little

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 bit of introduction,

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 but we're going

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 to get into

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 point number one

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 now.

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 We're just

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 going to look

00:14:59.460 --> 00:15:00.159
 at the actions

00:15:00.159 --> 00:15:00.639
 of Jesus,

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 just kind of

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 under that.

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 We're going

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 to see that

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 in verses

00:15:04.300 --> 00:15:05.960
 1-7.

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 It says,

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 When he drew

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 near to Jerusalem,

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 to Bethage

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 and Bethany,

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 at the Mount

00:15:12.500 --> 00:15:13.060
 of Olives,

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 Jesus sent

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 two of his

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 disciples and

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 said to them,

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 Go into the

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 village in front

00:15:17.180 --> 00:15:17.519
 of you,

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 and immediately

00:15:18.080 --> 00:15:18.759
 as you enter,

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 you will find

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 a colt tied,

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 on which no one

00:15:21.740 --> 00:15:22.480
 has ever sat.

00:15:23.200 --> 00:15:23.899
 Untie it and

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 bring it.

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 And if anyone

00:15:24.860 --> 00:15:25.600
 says to you,

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 Why are you

00:15:26.079 --> 00:15:26.839
 doing this?

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 Say,

00:15:27.620 --> 00:15:28.360
 The Lord has

00:15:28.360 --> 00:15:28.980
 need of it,

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 and they will

00:15:29.980 --> 00:15:31.439
 immediately send

00:15:31.439 --> 00:15:31.839
 it back.

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 And when he

00:15:33.240 --> 00:15:33.860
 went away and

00:15:33.860 --> 00:15:34.379
 found the colt

00:15:34.379 --> 00:15:34.899
 tied at the

00:15:34.899 --> 00:15:35.519
 door side,

00:15:36.299 --> 00:15:37.279
 in the street,

00:15:37.579 --> 00:15:38.559
 they untied it.

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 And some of

00:15:39.600 --> 00:15:40.100
 those standing

00:15:40.100 --> 00:15:40.980
 there said to

00:15:40.980 --> 00:15:41.259
 them,

00:15:41.559 --> 00:15:42.259
 What are you

00:15:42.259 --> 00:15:43.039
 doing untying

00:15:43.039 --> 00:15:43.539
 the colt?

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 And they told

00:15:44.819 --> 00:15:46.159
 them what Jesus

00:15:46.159 --> 00:15:46.720
 had said,

00:15:47.199 --> 00:15:47.740
 and they let

00:15:47.740 --> 00:15:48.159
 them go.

00:15:48.879 --> 00:15:49.240
 And they

00:15:49.240 --> 00:15:49.779
 brought the colt

00:15:49.779 --> 00:15:50.360
 to Jesus,

00:15:50.939 --> 00:15:51.439
 and threw

00:15:51.439 --> 00:15:51.959
 their cloaks

00:15:51.959 --> 00:15:52.319
 on it,

00:15:52.459 --> 00:15:53.100
 and sat on it.

00:15:53.100 --> 00:15:54.500
 So,

00:15:54.620 --> 00:15:54.899
 a couple,

00:15:55.180 --> 00:15:55.500
 just two

00:15:55.500 --> 00:15:56.600
 observations about

00:15:56.600 --> 00:15:57.759
 Jesus' actions.

00:15:57.860 --> 00:15:58.379
 The first one

00:15:58.379 --> 00:15:58.620
 is,

00:15:59.159 --> 00:15:59.779
 it was a very

00:15:59.779 --> 00:16:00.420
 deliberate,

00:16:01.120 --> 00:16:02.200
 intentional action.

00:16:03.340 --> 00:16:03.980
 He's being

00:16:03.980 --> 00:16:04.540
 specific.

00:16:04.800 --> 00:16:05.420
 This wasn't just

00:16:05.420 --> 00:16:06.320
 a random idea

00:16:06.320 --> 00:16:07.659
 that Jesus had.

00:16:07.740 --> 00:16:07.860
 Like,

00:16:07.879 --> 00:16:08.340
 I think I'm just

00:16:08.340 --> 00:16:09.519
 going to go

00:16:09.519 --> 00:16:10.100
 ride in on a

00:16:10.100 --> 00:16:11.320
 donkey today.

00:16:12.159 --> 00:16:13.360
 He was being

00:16:13.360 --> 00:16:13.879
 specific.

00:16:14.540 --> 00:16:14.820
 He said,

00:16:15.019 --> 00:16:15.420
 Go into the

00:16:15.420 --> 00:16:16.220
 village in front

00:16:16.220 --> 00:16:16.600
 of you,

00:16:16.940 --> 00:16:17.320
 which would

00:16:17.320 --> 00:16:17.779
 have been

00:16:17.779 --> 00:16:18.379
 Bethany.

00:16:19.120 --> 00:16:19.540
 And then he

00:16:19.540 --> 00:16:19.740
 says,

00:16:19.840 --> 00:16:20.220
 Immediately,

00:16:20.340 --> 00:16:20.800
 that's one of

00:16:20.800 --> 00:16:21.440
 Mark's favorite

00:16:21.440 --> 00:16:22.080
 words in this

00:16:22.080 --> 00:16:22.420
 gospel,

00:16:22.560 --> 00:16:23.000
 immediately,

00:16:23.960 --> 00:16:24.460
 as they

00:16:24.460 --> 00:16:25.000
 entered it.

00:16:25.840 --> 00:16:26.100
 All right?

00:16:26.300 --> 00:16:26.580
 So,

00:16:26.659 --> 00:16:27.279
 he was specific

00:16:27.279 --> 00:16:28.720
 in the timing.

00:16:28.879 --> 00:16:29.460
 He was specific

00:16:29.460 --> 00:16:30.180
 in the object

00:16:30.180 --> 00:16:30.860
 of the event.

00:16:31.440 --> 00:16:31.860
 He talked

00:16:31.860 --> 00:16:32.639
 about the colt

00:16:32.639 --> 00:16:35.259
 that had never

00:16:35.259 --> 00:16:35.779
 been ridden.

00:16:36.340 --> 00:16:36.700
 So,

00:16:36.820 --> 00:16:37.500
 why was that

00:16:37.500 --> 00:16:38.019
 significant?

00:16:38.180 --> 00:16:38.820
 Why was that

00:16:38.820 --> 00:16:39.960
 important?

00:16:40.279 --> 00:16:40.560
 Well,

00:16:40.620 --> 00:16:41.220
 at least in the

00:16:41.220 --> 00:16:42.120
 Jewish mind,

00:16:43.240 --> 00:16:43.800
 donkeys are

00:16:43.800 --> 00:16:44.820
 humble animals.

00:16:45.399 --> 00:16:46.060
 They considered

00:16:46.060 --> 00:16:47.180
 animals that

00:16:47.180 --> 00:16:47.680
 had never been

00:16:47.680 --> 00:16:48.460
 ridden before

00:16:48.460 --> 00:16:49.980
 to be purposed

00:16:49.980 --> 00:16:50.540
 for holy

00:16:50.540 --> 00:16:51.019
 things.

00:16:51.200 --> 00:16:51.600
 That's what

00:16:51.600 --> 00:16:53.019
 they thought.

00:16:53.280 --> 00:16:53.320
 Like,

00:16:53.320 --> 00:16:53.940
 if this had

00:16:53.940 --> 00:16:54.300
 never been

00:16:54.300 --> 00:16:54.620
 ridden,

00:16:54.680 --> 00:16:55.060
 it's been

00:16:55.060 --> 00:16:56.220
 pure and

00:16:56.220 --> 00:16:56.540
 fresh,

00:16:56.639 --> 00:16:57.259
 undefiled,

00:16:57.360 --> 00:16:57.600
 like it

00:16:57.600 --> 00:16:57.980
 can be

00:16:57.980 --> 00:16:58.519
 used for

00:16:58.519 --> 00:16:58.920
 a holy

00:16:58.920 --> 00:16:59.420
 purpose.

00:16:59.960 --> 00:17:00.180
 So,

00:17:00.220 --> 00:17:01.620
 that's why

00:17:01.620 --> 00:17:02.120
 he chose

00:17:02.120 --> 00:17:02.560
 that.

00:17:03.920 --> 00:17:04.120
 So,

00:17:04.240 --> 00:17:05.460
 very similar

00:17:05.460 --> 00:17:06.620
 to his

00:17:06.620 --> 00:17:07.079
 birth and

00:17:07.079 --> 00:17:07.500
 his mother

00:17:07.500 --> 00:17:08.180
 riding in

00:17:08.180 --> 00:17:09.539
 on a donkey

00:17:09.539 --> 00:17:10.500
 into Bethlehem.

00:17:11.259 --> 00:17:11.500
 So,

00:17:11.559 --> 00:17:12.240
 he was specific

00:17:12.240 --> 00:17:12.840
 in instructions.

00:17:13.039 --> 00:17:13.559
 Untie it.

00:17:14.480 --> 00:17:15.039
 Bring it back

00:17:15.039 --> 00:17:15.299
 here.

00:17:15.379 --> 00:17:15.599
 If they

00:17:15.599 --> 00:17:16.139
 say this,

00:17:16.240 --> 00:17:16.779
 you say

00:17:16.779 --> 00:17:17.220
 this.

00:17:18.119 --> 00:17:18.480
 So,

00:17:18.700 --> 00:17:19.220
 it's funny,

00:17:19.299 --> 00:17:19.500
 like it

00:17:19.500 --> 00:17:19.740
 really doesn't

00:17:19.740 --> 00:17:20.240
 work today.

00:17:20.339 --> 00:17:20.619
 If you were

00:17:20.619 --> 00:17:21.779
 to go up

00:17:21.779 --> 00:17:22.079
 to somebody

00:17:22.079 --> 00:17:22.359
 that has a

00:17:22.359 --> 00:17:22.859
 really nice

00:17:22.859 --> 00:17:23.399
 car or

00:17:23.399 --> 00:17:23.799
 something like

00:17:23.799 --> 00:17:24.159
 the Lord

00:17:24.159 --> 00:17:24.619
 has need

00:17:24.619 --> 00:17:24.920
 of it,

00:17:25.700 --> 00:17:26.779
 they probably

00:17:26.779 --> 00:17:28.359
 would punch

00:17:28.359 --> 00:17:28.599
 you in the

00:17:28.599 --> 00:17:28.940
 face.

00:17:30.279 --> 00:17:30.720
 So,

00:17:30.779 --> 00:17:30.960
 it really

00:17:30.960 --> 00:17:31.519
 doesn't fly

00:17:31.519 --> 00:17:31.819
 today,

00:17:31.980 --> 00:17:32.339
 but it was

00:17:32.339 --> 00:17:32.859
 a deliberate

00:17:32.859 --> 00:17:33.619
 action by

00:17:33.619 --> 00:17:33.980
 Jesus.

00:17:35.059 --> 00:17:35.480
 And it

00:17:35.480 --> 00:17:36.099
 seems like

00:17:36.099 --> 00:17:36.740
 a lot of

00:17:36.740 --> 00:17:37.279
 guys,

00:17:37.359 --> 00:17:37.759
 even some

00:17:37.759 --> 00:17:38.000
 that I

00:17:38.000 --> 00:17:38.420
 respect,

00:17:38.720 --> 00:17:40.460
 they seem

00:17:40.460 --> 00:17:40.779
 to kind

00:17:40.779 --> 00:17:41.139
 of chalk

00:17:41.139 --> 00:17:41.680
 this event

00:17:41.680 --> 00:17:42.180
 up to

00:17:42.180 --> 00:17:43.899
 the omniscience

00:17:43.899 --> 00:17:44.379
 of Christ.

00:17:44.500 --> 00:17:44.940
 Christ was

00:17:44.940 --> 00:17:45.259
 kind of

00:17:45.259 --> 00:17:45.960
 showing his

00:17:45.960 --> 00:17:46.980
 divinity.

00:17:47.120 --> 00:17:47.360
 He just

00:17:47.360 --> 00:17:47.740
 knew what

00:17:47.740 --> 00:17:48.140
 was going

00:17:48.140 --> 00:17:48.700
 to happen.

00:17:51.500 --> 00:17:52.279
 Maybe some

00:17:52.279 --> 00:17:52.840
 argument for

00:17:52.840 --> 00:17:53.160
 that,

00:17:53.820 --> 00:17:54.279
 but I

00:17:54.279 --> 00:17:54.799
 really tend

00:17:54.799 --> 00:17:55.240
 to lean

00:17:55.240 --> 00:17:56.059
 toward the

00:17:56.059 --> 00:17:56.900
 idea that

00:17:56.900 --> 00:17:58.279
 he did it

00:17:58.279 --> 00:17:58.700
 because the

00:17:58.700 --> 00:17:59.200
 father told

00:17:59.200 --> 00:17:59.539
 him to,

00:17:59.680 --> 00:18:00.000
 that he

00:18:00.000 --> 00:18:00.620
 was listening

00:18:00.620 --> 00:18:01.620
 to the

00:18:01.620 --> 00:18:01.920
 father,

00:18:02.039 --> 00:18:02.340
 and he

00:18:02.340 --> 00:18:02.920
 knew what

00:18:02.920 --> 00:18:03.680
 was expected

00:18:03.680 --> 00:18:04.100
 of the

00:18:04.100 --> 00:18:04.460
 Messiah.

00:18:04.600 --> 00:18:05.000
 He knew

00:18:05.000 --> 00:18:05.840
 what needed

00:18:05.840 --> 00:18:07.019
 to take

00:18:07.019 --> 00:18:07.600
 place.

00:18:08.980 --> 00:18:09.460
 And so,

00:18:09.580 --> 00:18:09.880
 he went

00:18:09.880 --> 00:18:10.360
 in and he

00:18:10.360 --> 00:18:11.559
 found this

00:18:11.559 --> 00:18:11.960
 donkey.

00:18:12.880 --> 00:18:13.160
 And he

00:18:13.160 --> 00:18:13.700
 also was

00:18:13.700 --> 00:18:14.059
 deliberate,

00:18:14.180 --> 00:18:14.380
 and the

00:18:14.380 --> 00:18:14.700
 road he

00:18:14.700 --> 00:18:15.140
 chose to

00:18:15.140 --> 00:18:15.520
 go into

00:18:15.520 --> 00:18:16.060
 Jerusalem.

00:18:16.920 --> 00:18:17.160
 Like,

00:18:17.200 --> 00:18:17.560
 this was

00:18:17.560 --> 00:18:18.120
 as if

00:18:18.120 --> 00:18:18.620
 everybody

00:18:18.620 --> 00:18:19.080
 could see

00:18:19.080 --> 00:18:19.520
 him coming

00:18:19.520 --> 00:18:19.860
 in.

00:18:20.700 --> 00:18:20.980
 So,

00:18:21.120 --> 00:18:21.480
 up until

00:18:21.480 --> 00:18:21.980
 that point,

00:18:22.040 --> 00:18:22.240
 he had

00:18:22.240 --> 00:18:22.640
 been kind

00:18:22.640 --> 00:18:23.220
 of discreet.

00:18:23.340 --> 00:18:23.520
 He had

00:18:23.520 --> 00:18:24.020
 not really

00:18:24.020 --> 00:18:24.380
 wanted to

00:18:24.380 --> 00:18:24.640
 make a

00:18:24.640 --> 00:18:25.120
 big fuss

00:18:25.120 --> 00:18:26.020
 that he

00:18:26.020 --> 00:18:26.360
 was the

00:18:26.360 --> 00:18:26.700
 Messiah.

00:18:26.820 --> 00:18:27.120
 But by

00:18:27.120 --> 00:18:27.700
 doing this

00:18:27.700 --> 00:18:28.080
 act,

00:18:28.500 --> 00:18:29.140
 he knew

00:18:29.140 --> 00:18:29.640
 that he

00:18:29.640 --> 00:18:30.020
 was making

00:18:30.020 --> 00:18:30.500
 a large

00:18:30.500 --> 00:18:30.840
 statement

00:18:30.840 --> 00:18:31.300
 saying that

00:18:31.300 --> 00:18:31.680
 I really

00:18:31.680 --> 00:18:33.000
 am the

00:18:33.000 --> 00:18:33.480
 Messiah,

00:18:34.120 --> 00:18:34.760
 sitting on

00:18:34.760 --> 00:18:35.200
 a donkey.

00:18:35.460 --> 00:18:35.640
 Right?

00:18:36.840 --> 00:18:37.580
 Why is that

00:18:37.580 --> 00:18:37.960
 all so

00:18:37.960 --> 00:18:38.480
 significant?

00:18:38.640 --> 00:18:39.200
 Because most

00:18:39.200 --> 00:18:39.960
 other places,

00:18:40.280 --> 00:18:40.480
 well,

00:18:40.480 --> 00:18:41.539
 to all

00:18:41.539 --> 00:18:41.740
 our

00:18:41.740 --> 00:18:42.299
 accounts,

00:18:42.960 --> 00:18:43.160
 Jesus

00:18:43.160 --> 00:18:43.700
 walked

00:18:43.700 --> 00:18:44.120
 everywhere

00:18:44.120 --> 00:18:44.660
 he went.

00:18:45.240 --> 00:18:45.680
 Now he's

00:18:45.680 --> 00:18:45.980
 writing.

00:18:46.440 --> 00:18:46.839
 And that's

00:18:46.839 --> 00:18:48.079
 also an

00:18:48.079 --> 00:18:48.400
 important

00:18:48.400 --> 00:18:48.779
 note.

00:18:49.599 --> 00:18:49.960
 So,

00:18:50.160 --> 00:18:50.779
 he is

00:18:50.779 --> 00:18:51.299
 announcing.

00:18:51.900 --> 00:18:52.220
 If you

00:18:52.220 --> 00:18:52.740
 remember the

00:18:52.740 --> 00:18:53.220
 Old Testament,

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 David and

00:18:53.900 --> 00:18:54.640
 Solomon came

00:18:54.640 --> 00:18:55.259
 into Jerusalem

00:18:55.259 --> 00:18:57.099
 riding mules.

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 So,

00:18:58.240 --> 00:18:58.480
 why didn't

00:18:58.480 --> 00:18:59.079
 Jesus kind

00:18:59.079 --> 00:19:00.700
 of copy

00:19:00.700 --> 00:19:01.079
 that?

00:19:01.339 --> 00:19:01.460
 Well,

00:19:01.480 --> 00:19:02.000
 the answer

00:19:02.000 --> 00:19:03.339
 is that it

00:19:03.339 --> 00:19:03.640
 was a

00:19:03.640 --> 00:19:04.079
 prophetic

00:19:04.079 --> 00:19:04.920
 word

00:19:04.920 --> 00:19:06.340
 from

00:19:06.340 --> 00:19:07.080
 Zechariah

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 9,

00:19:07.620 --> 00:19:08.160
 9.

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 It said,

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 Rejoice

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 greatly,

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 O daughter

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 of Zion.

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 Shout

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 aloud,

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 O daughter

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 of Jerusalem.

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 Behold,

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 your king

00:19:18.200 --> 00:19:18.740
 is coming

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 to you,

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 righteous

00:19:20.240 --> 00:19:20.900
 and having

00:19:20.900 --> 00:19:21.600
 salvation,

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 humble

00:19:23.440 --> 00:19:24.180
 and mounted

00:19:24.180 --> 00:19:25.060
 on a donkey,

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 on a colt,

00:19:27.420 --> 00:19:27.960
 a burden,

00:19:28.160 --> 00:19:28.580
 a beast

00:19:28.580 --> 00:19:29.100
 of burden.

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 So,

00:19:30.440 --> 00:19:30.860
 he knew

00:19:30.860 --> 00:19:31.200
 that the

00:19:31.200 --> 00:19:31.820
 Messiah was

00:19:31.820 --> 00:19:32.519
 prophesied,

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 at least in

00:19:33.519 --> 00:19:33.820
 the sense

00:19:33.820 --> 00:19:34.200
 to come

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 in writing

00:19:34.880 --> 00:19:35.380
 a humble

00:19:35.380 --> 00:19:35.920
 animal,

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 namely a

00:19:37.260 --> 00:19:37.600
 colt.

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 So,

00:19:40.200 --> 00:19:40.580
 beautiful

00:19:40.580 --> 00:19:41.340
 language there.

00:19:41.840 --> 00:19:41.980
 So,

00:19:42.020 --> 00:19:42.220
 Jesus'

00:19:42.380 --> 00:19:42.780
 actions are

00:19:42.780 --> 00:19:43.180
 deliberate.

00:19:43.380 --> 00:19:44.240
 He knows

00:19:44.240 --> 00:19:45.280
 what he

00:19:45.280 --> 00:19:45.860
 needs to

00:19:45.860 --> 00:19:46.120
 do.

00:19:46.680 --> 00:19:47.140
 He's not

00:19:47.140 --> 00:19:47.600
 just kind

00:19:47.600 --> 00:19:48.360
 of winging

00:19:48.360 --> 00:19:48.640
 it.

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 And the

00:19:49.780 --> 00:19:50.000
 second

00:19:50.000 --> 00:19:50.580
 observation

00:19:50.580 --> 00:19:50.880
 about

00:19:50.880 --> 00:19:51.200
 Jesus'

00:19:51.380 --> 00:19:51.660
 actions

00:19:51.660 --> 00:19:51.940
 was it

00:19:51.940 --> 00:19:52.260
 was a

00:19:52.260 --> 00:19:52.660
 dangerous

00:19:52.660 --> 00:19:53.120
 action,

00:19:53.780 --> 00:19:54.200
 a very

00:19:54.200 --> 00:19:54.680
 dangerous

00:19:54.680 --> 00:19:55.200
 action.

00:19:56.420 --> 00:19:56.840
 So,

00:19:57.060 --> 00:19:57.540
 like I

00:19:57.540 --> 00:19:57.800
 said,

00:19:57.860 --> 00:19:58.240
 by entering

00:19:58.240 --> 00:19:58.680
 this way,

00:19:58.740 --> 00:19:58.960
 he was

00:19:58.960 --> 00:19:59.360
 announcing

00:19:59.360 --> 00:20:00.000
 publicly

00:20:00.000 --> 00:20:01.020
 that he

00:20:01.020 --> 00:20:01.720
 was the

00:20:01.720 --> 00:20:02.140
 Messiah,

00:20:02.300 --> 00:20:02.660
 the king

00:20:02.660 --> 00:20:03.060
 of the

00:20:03.060 --> 00:20:03.700
 line of

00:20:03.700 --> 00:20:04.040
 David.

00:20:04.880 --> 00:20:05.500
 All right?

00:20:05.660 --> 00:20:06.060
 And why

00:20:06.060 --> 00:20:06.460
 was this?

00:20:06.520 --> 00:20:07.380
 Because it

00:20:07.380 --> 00:20:07.880
 would really,

00:20:08.060 --> 00:20:08.780
 really stir

00:20:08.780 --> 00:20:09.480
 up even

00:20:09.480 --> 00:20:09.960
 more,

00:20:11.300 --> 00:20:11.880
 incite the

00:20:11.880 --> 00:20:12.760
 religious leaders

00:20:12.760 --> 00:20:13.320
 even more

00:20:13.320 --> 00:20:13.720
 to kill

00:20:13.720 --> 00:20:13.920
 him.

00:20:14.820 --> 00:20:16.380
 And they

00:20:16.380 --> 00:20:17.840
 were always

00:20:17.840 --> 00:20:18.520
 looking for an

00:20:18.520 --> 00:20:19.220
 excuse to trap

00:20:19.220 --> 00:20:19.940
 Jesus, to kill

00:20:19.940 --> 00:20:20.380
 Jesus.

00:20:20.960 --> 00:20:21.840
 They only had been

00:20:21.840 --> 00:20:22.600
 prevented, right?

00:20:22.840 --> 00:20:23.820
 Remember, there's so

00:20:23.820 --> 00:20:24.460
 many times they

00:20:24.460 --> 00:20:25.100
 actually come after

00:20:25.100 --> 00:20:26.520
 Jesus, and like,

00:20:26.580 --> 00:20:27.060
 it's just funny,

00:20:27.140 --> 00:20:27.600
 just kind of like

00:20:27.600 --> 00:20:28.340
 smoking mirrors,

00:20:28.460 --> 00:20:29.000
 kind of off the

00:20:29.000 --> 00:20:29.480
 scene, and

00:20:29.480 --> 00:20:30.280
 like, where'd he

00:20:30.280 --> 00:20:30.560
 go?

00:20:30.559 --> 00:20:32.179
 And all

00:20:32.179 --> 00:20:33.240
 because it

00:20:33.240 --> 00:20:33.899
 wasn't part of

00:20:33.899 --> 00:20:34.319
 the divine

00:20:34.319 --> 00:20:35.000
 timetable.

00:20:35.639 --> 00:20:36.220
 In God's

00:20:36.220 --> 00:20:36.899
 providence, like

00:20:36.899 --> 00:20:37.379
 everything is

00:20:37.379 --> 00:20:38.119
 specific and

00:20:38.119 --> 00:20:39.859
 on time, but

00:20:39.859 --> 00:20:41.079
 now, like in

00:20:41.079 --> 00:20:41.819
 God's providence,

00:20:42.319 --> 00:20:42.859
 this is being

00:20:42.859 --> 00:20:43.599
 used to

00:20:43.599 --> 00:20:45.099
 aggravate

00:20:45.099 --> 00:20:45.919
 the

00:20:45.919 --> 00:20:46.279
 leaders.

00:20:47.159 --> 00:20:47.740
 So he

00:20:47.740 --> 00:20:48.179
 has spent

00:20:48.179 --> 00:20:49.019
 years making

00:20:49.019 --> 00:20:49.659
 fools of

00:20:49.659 --> 00:20:50.839
 them, like

00:20:50.839 --> 00:20:51.460
 totally

00:20:51.460 --> 00:20:52.259
 obliterating

00:20:52.259 --> 00:20:52.480
 their

00:20:52.480 --> 00:20:53.679
 misinterpretations

00:20:53.679 --> 00:20:54.740
 of the

00:20:54.740 --> 00:20:55.099
 scripture,

00:20:55.799 --> 00:20:56.039
 their

00:20:56.039 --> 00:20:56.779
 hypocrisy.

00:20:57.779 --> 00:20:58.240
 He had just

00:20:58.240 --> 00:20:58.879
 been blasting

00:20:58.879 --> 00:20:59.619
 them for years

00:20:59.619 --> 00:21:00.119
 in a right

00:21:00.119 --> 00:21:01.319
 way, so

00:21:01.319 --> 00:21:01.899
 the majority

00:21:01.899 --> 00:21:02.179
 of the

00:21:02.179 --> 00:21:02.819
 religious leaders

00:21:02.819 --> 00:21:03.459
 hated him and

00:21:03.459 --> 00:21:04.219
 despised him and

00:21:04.219 --> 00:21:05.079
 wanted him dead,

00:21:05.759 --> 00:21:06.039
 right?

00:21:06.099 --> 00:21:06.399
 That had been

00:21:06.399 --> 00:21:06.739
 going on for

00:21:06.739 --> 00:21:07.419
 three years.

00:21:08.459 --> 00:21:09.739
 And also, to

00:21:09.739 --> 00:21:11.679
 most nationalistic

00:21:11.679 --> 00:21:12.479
 Jews in their

00:21:12.479 --> 00:21:13.839
 mind, there

00:21:13.839 --> 00:21:14.779
 really is a lot

00:21:14.779 --> 00:21:15.639
 of like political

00:21:15.639 --> 00:21:16.319
 unrest.

00:21:17.619 --> 00:21:18.359
 Like, when you

00:21:18.359 --> 00:21:19.299
 study Roman

00:21:19.299 --> 00:21:20.319
 history, which I

00:21:20.319 --> 00:21:20.799
 really enjoy

00:21:20.799 --> 00:21:21.779
 doing, you

00:21:21.779 --> 00:21:22.479
 learn that like

00:21:22.479 --> 00:21:23.379
 Judea and

00:21:23.379 --> 00:21:23.859
 Britain, they're

00:21:23.859 --> 00:21:24.319
 like the two

00:21:24.319 --> 00:21:25.219
 provinces that

00:21:25.219 --> 00:21:25.879
 they always have

00:21:25.879 --> 00:21:26.679
 problems with.

00:21:28.159 --> 00:21:29.019
 They never made

00:21:29.019 --> 00:21:29.519
 it to Ireland.

00:21:29.739 --> 00:21:30.500
 So, that would

00:21:30.500 --> 00:21:30.679
 have been a

00:21:30.679 --> 00:21:31.179
 bigger problem

00:21:31.179 --> 00:21:31.539
 for them,

00:21:31.599 --> 00:21:31.899
 probably.

00:21:32.919 --> 00:21:34.099
 So, but

00:21:34.099 --> 00:21:35.379
 Judea and

00:21:35.379 --> 00:21:36.659
 Britain were

00:21:36.659 --> 00:21:37.259
 their two big

00:21:37.259 --> 00:21:37.739
 problems.

00:21:37.819 --> 00:21:38.159
 Like, if you

00:21:38.159 --> 00:21:38.519
 were sent

00:21:38.519 --> 00:21:38.979
 there as a

00:21:38.979 --> 00:21:40.199
 commander, it

00:21:40.199 --> 00:21:40.539
 was almost

00:21:40.539 --> 00:21:41.119
 like saying

00:21:41.119 --> 00:21:41.479
 you were

00:21:41.479 --> 00:21:41.839
 getting a

00:21:41.839 --> 00:21:42.359
 death sentence

00:21:42.359 --> 00:21:43.179
 or you're

00:21:43.179 --> 00:21:43.739
 being set up

00:21:43.739 --> 00:21:44.199
 to fail.

00:21:44.699 --> 00:21:45.379
 But to an

00:21:45.379 --> 00:21:46.439
 ambitious Roman

00:21:46.439 --> 00:21:47.479
 commander, it

00:21:47.479 --> 00:21:47.679
 would be like,

00:21:47.739 --> 00:21:48.079
 this is the

00:21:48.079 --> 00:21:48.539
 chance for me

00:21:48.539 --> 00:21:49.079
 to excel.

00:21:49.239 --> 00:21:49.559
 Like, if I

00:21:49.559 --> 00:21:50.779
 can do the

00:21:50.779 --> 00:21:51.639
 impossible and

00:21:51.639 --> 00:21:52.339
 subdue this

00:21:52.339 --> 00:21:53.059
 province, like,

00:21:53.099 --> 00:21:54.000
 I can rise in

00:21:54.000 --> 00:21:55.239
 power and

00:21:55.239 --> 00:21:55.659
 authority.

00:21:56.399 --> 00:21:57.219
 They sent me

00:21:57.219 --> 00:21:57.679
 here and I

00:21:57.679 --> 00:21:58.299
 cleaned it up.

00:21:58.299 --> 00:21:59.359
 So, there

00:21:59.359 --> 00:21:59.919
 were so many

00:21:59.919 --> 00:22:00.839
 little revolts

00:22:00.839 --> 00:22:03.159
 throughout Judea's

00:22:03.159 --> 00:22:03.839
 history under

00:22:03.839 --> 00:22:04.220
 Rome.

00:22:04.539 --> 00:22:05.440
 When Jesus was

00:22:05.440 --> 00:22:06.379
 a boy, when he

00:22:06.379 --> 00:22:07.099
 went to Egypt,

00:22:07.599 --> 00:22:08.019
 there was a

00:22:08.019 --> 00:22:08.879
 huge revolt.

00:22:09.539 --> 00:22:10.079
 And I want to

00:22:10.079 --> 00:22:11.519
 say around 13,000

00:22:11.519 --> 00:22:12.759
 Jews in Galilee

00:22:12.759 --> 00:22:13.339
 were crucified

00:22:13.339 --> 00:22:14.879
 as a result.

00:22:15.399 --> 00:22:16.259
 Pretty huge.

00:22:16.259 --> 00:22:19.740
 and Josephus

00:22:19.740 --> 00:22:21.259
 marks that

00:22:21.259 --> 00:22:22.200
 Pontius Pilate,

00:22:22.240 --> 00:22:22.640
 who is the

00:22:22.640 --> 00:22:24.079
 current governor

00:22:24.079 --> 00:22:25.079
 of Judea, was

00:22:25.079 --> 00:22:25.440
 one of the

00:22:25.440 --> 00:22:26.099
 most ruthless

00:22:26.099 --> 00:22:29.480
 and non-sympathetic

00:22:29.480 --> 00:22:31.019
 rulers ever.

00:22:32.359 --> 00:22:33.740
 In Luke 13,

00:22:34.460 --> 00:22:35.319
 Pilate slaughtered

00:22:35.319 --> 00:22:36.000
 a number of

00:22:36.000 --> 00:22:37.019
 Galileans while

00:22:37.019 --> 00:22:37.400
 they were going

00:22:37.400 --> 00:22:37.799
 up to make

00:22:37.799 --> 00:22:38.539
 their sacrifices.

00:22:38.779 --> 00:22:39.079
 And then he

00:22:39.079 --> 00:22:40.259
 literally took

00:22:40.259 --> 00:22:40.940
 their blood and

00:22:40.940 --> 00:22:41.579
 he mingled it

00:22:41.579 --> 00:22:43.160
 in with the

00:22:43.160 --> 00:22:43.680
 blood of the

00:22:43.680 --> 00:22:44.960
 animal sacrifices.

00:22:44.960 --> 00:22:47.120
 He lived in

00:22:47.120 --> 00:22:47.840
 Herod's palace

00:22:47.840 --> 00:22:51.500
 and around

00:22:51.500 --> 00:22:52.799
 3,000 soldiers

00:22:52.799 --> 00:22:53.420
 lived there with

00:22:53.420 --> 00:22:54.059
 him outside,

00:22:54.660 --> 00:22:55.279
 kind of protecting

00:22:55.279 --> 00:22:55.460
 him.

00:22:55.460 --> 00:22:56.000
 And he hated

00:22:56.000 --> 00:22:56.740
 to go into

00:22:56.740 --> 00:22:57.220
 Jerusalem.

00:22:58.180 --> 00:22:59.079
 He just did

00:22:59.079 --> 00:22:59.400
 it when he

00:22:59.400 --> 00:22:59.819
 had to.

00:23:00.660 --> 00:23:01.279
 So, the

00:23:01.279 --> 00:23:02.319
 religious leaders

00:23:02.319 --> 00:23:02.920
 were greatly

00:23:02.920 --> 00:23:03.640
 concerned that

00:23:03.640 --> 00:23:04.380
 any kind of

00:23:04.380 --> 00:23:06.019
 mass crowd or

00:23:06.019 --> 00:23:06.960
 political unrest

00:23:06.960 --> 00:23:07.600
 could incite

00:23:07.600 --> 00:23:08.880
 Rome to kind of

00:23:08.880 --> 00:23:09.600
 come in and

00:23:09.600 --> 00:23:10.340
 crush them.

00:23:11.140 --> 00:23:11.759
 If you look at

00:23:11.759 --> 00:23:12.440
 this text real

00:23:12.440 --> 00:23:13.620
 quick, keep your

00:23:13.620 --> 00:23:14.380
 hand in Mark,

00:23:14.380 --> 00:23:15.000
 but look at

00:23:15.000 --> 00:23:15.900
 John 11.

00:23:18.600 --> 00:23:19.700
 John 11.

00:23:20.720 --> 00:23:21.240
 I'm going to

00:23:21.240 --> 00:23:21.780
 read just kind

00:23:21.780 --> 00:23:22.320
 of an account

00:23:22.320 --> 00:23:24.140
 of this and

00:23:24.140 --> 00:23:24.760
 how they were

00:23:24.760 --> 00:23:25.400
 truly viewing

00:23:25.400 --> 00:23:26.320
 these events and

00:23:26.320 --> 00:23:27.980
 also how God

00:23:27.980 --> 00:23:28.480
 was actually

00:23:28.480 --> 00:23:29.140
 viewing these

00:23:29.140 --> 00:23:29.560
 events.

00:23:35.800 --> 00:23:36.640
 John 11,

00:23:36.740 --> 00:23:37.700
 verse 46.

00:23:40.540 --> 00:23:41.200
 All right?

00:23:42.220 --> 00:23:43.140
 Verse 46.

00:23:43.140 --> 00:23:53.080
 So, they're

00:23:53.080 --> 00:23:55.800
 concerned about

00:23:55.800 --> 00:23:56.460
 their nation.

00:23:56.460 --> 00:24:07.059
 So, they're

00:24:07.059 --> 00:24:07.840
 concerned about

00:24:07.840 --> 00:24:08.400
 their nation.

00:24:09.840 --> 00:24:10.319
 Right?

00:24:10.380 --> 00:24:10.620
 They're not

00:24:10.620 --> 00:24:11.640
 really thinking

00:24:11.640 --> 00:24:12.400
 in spiritual

00:24:12.400 --> 00:24:12.920
 ways.

00:24:13.840 --> 00:24:14.519
 Verse 49.

00:24:14.519 --> 00:24:15.440
 But one of

00:24:15.440 --> 00:24:16.299
 them, Caiaphas,

00:24:17.359 --> 00:24:17.779
 who was the

00:24:17.779 --> 00:24:18.539
 high priest that

00:24:18.539 --> 00:24:19.139
 year, said to

00:24:19.139 --> 00:24:20.799
 them, you

00:24:20.799 --> 00:24:21.639
 know nothing at

00:24:21.639 --> 00:24:21.900
 all.

00:24:22.000 --> 00:24:22.240
 Like, you

00:24:22.240 --> 00:24:22.660
 idiots.

00:24:22.779 --> 00:24:23.200
 It's basically

00:24:23.200 --> 00:24:24.299
 like, think

00:24:24.299 --> 00:24:25.700
 bigger picture.

00:24:27.039 --> 00:24:27.500
 Nor do you

00:24:27.500 --> 00:24:28.259
 understand that

00:24:28.259 --> 00:24:28.879
 it is better

00:24:28.879 --> 00:24:31.079
 for you that

00:24:31.079 --> 00:24:31.940
 one man should

00:24:31.940 --> 00:24:32.639
 die for the

00:24:32.639 --> 00:24:33.799
 people, not

00:24:33.799 --> 00:24:34.319
 that the whole

00:24:34.319 --> 00:24:35.000
 nation should

00:24:35.000 --> 00:24:35.480
 perish.

00:24:36.440 --> 00:24:36.740
 Right?

00:24:36.859 --> 00:24:37.599
 So, he's like,

00:24:37.660 --> 00:24:38.119
 man, if we just

00:24:38.119 --> 00:24:38.900
 kill Jesus, it'll

00:24:38.900 --> 00:24:40.059
 be okay, rather

00:24:40.059 --> 00:24:40.480
 than our whole

00:24:40.480 --> 00:24:41.240
 nation being

00:24:41.240 --> 00:24:41.799
 destroyed.

00:24:41.799 --> 00:24:43.200
 He did not

00:24:43.200 --> 00:24:44.180
 say this of

00:24:44.180 --> 00:24:44.519
 his own

00:24:44.519 --> 00:24:44.960
 accord.

00:24:45.919 --> 00:24:46.519
 But being the

00:24:46.519 --> 00:24:47.180
 high priest that

00:24:47.180 --> 00:24:47.579
 year, he

00:24:47.579 --> 00:24:48.440
 prophesied that

00:24:48.440 --> 00:24:48.919
 Jesus would

00:24:48.919 --> 00:24:49.579
 die for the

00:24:49.579 --> 00:24:49.919
 nation.

00:24:50.779 --> 00:24:51.480
 Not only for

00:24:51.480 --> 00:24:52.079
 the nation

00:24:52.079 --> 00:24:53.599
 only, but

00:24:53.599 --> 00:24:54.339
 also to

00:24:54.339 --> 00:24:54.859
 gather into

00:24:54.859 --> 00:24:56.159
 one the

00:24:56.159 --> 00:24:56.680
 children of

00:24:56.680 --> 00:24:57.079
 God who

00:24:57.079 --> 00:24:57.619
 were scattered

00:24:57.619 --> 00:24:58.259
 abroad.

00:24:58.799 --> 00:24:59.619
 So, from

00:24:59.619 --> 00:25:00.720
 that day on,

00:25:00.799 --> 00:25:01.180
 they made

00:25:01.180 --> 00:25:01.980
 plans to put

00:25:01.980 --> 00:25:02.240
 him to

00:25:02.240 --> 00:25:02.579
 death.

00:25:03.259 --> 00:25:04.119
 So, they

00:25:04.119 --> 00:25:05.559
 are being

00:25:05.559 --> 00:25:07.019
 incited to

00:25:07.019 --> 00:25:08.359
 aggression and

00:25:08.359 --> 00:25:08.639
 to kill

00:25:08.639 --> 00:25:09.339
 Jesus to

00:25:09.339 --> 00:25:10.659
 preserve their

00:25:10.659 --> 00:25:11.039
 nation.

00:25:11.039 --> 00:25:12.599
 God has a

00:25:12.599 --> 00:25:12.899
 completely

00:25:12.899 --> 00:25:13.779
 different plan.

00:25:15.680 --> 00:25:16.539
 What's amazing

00:25:16.539 --> 00:25:16.980
 is, when you

00:25:16.980 --> 00:25:17.420
 look at the

00:25:17.420 --> 00:25:18.000
 cross, you

00:25:18.000 --> 00:25:19.440
 see that God

00:25:19.440 --> 00:25:20.599
 chose to use

00:25:20.599 --> 00:25:21.639
 the willful

00:25:21.639 --> 00:25:24.019
 actions of

00:25:24.019 --> 00:25:25.879
 sinful men to

00:25:25.879 --> 00:25:27.039
 play right into

00:25:27.039 --> 00:25:27.599
 what he had

00:25:27.599 --> 00:25:28.279
 predestined to

00:25:28.279 --> 00:25:28.639
 occur.

00:25:29.379 --> 00:25:29.859
 That's Acts

00:25:29.859 --> 00:25:30.180
 4.

00:25:30.279 --> 00:25:30.879
 Acts 2

00:25:30.879 --> 00:25:31.480
 talks about

00:25:31.480 --> 00:25:31.839
 that.

00:25:32.759 --> 00:25:33.259
 That everyone

00:25:33.259 --> 00:25:33.759
 was gathered

00:25:33.759 --> 00:25:34.500
 against Christ

00:25:34.500 --> 00:25:35.099
 to do what

00:25:35.099 --> 00:25:35.779
 God had

00:25:35.779 --> 00:25:36.180
 planned.

00:25:36.859 --> 00:25:37.700
 So, in a

00:25:37.700 --> 00:25:39.099
 sense, many

00:25:39.099 --> 00:25:39.759
 will say that

00:25:39.759 --> 00:25:40.599
 the crucifixion

00:25:40.599 --> 00:25:41.059
 and death

00:25:41.059 --> 00:25:41.539
 of Jesus

00:25:41.539 --> 00:25:42.119
 was one of

00:25:42.119 --> 00:25:42.459
 the most

00:25:42.459 --> 00:25:43.859
 heinous and

00:25:43.859 --> 00:25:44.740
 evil acts

00:25:44.740 --> 00:25:45.399
 ever committed.

00:25:46.219 --> 00:25:46.539
 And it

00:25:46.539 --> 00:25:46.839
 was.

00:25:47.439 --> 00:25:48.179
 Peter even

00:25:48.179 --> 00:25:48.719
 says that.

00:25:48.879 --> 00:25:50.279
 You men,

00:25:50.639 --> 00:25:51.679
 you men of

00:25:51.679 --> 00:25:52.839
 Judea, you

00:25:52.839 --> 00:25:53.119
 men of

00:25:53.119 --> 00:25:53.559
 Nazareth,

00:25:53.639 --> 00:25:54.399
 you crucified

00:25:54.399 --> 00:25:55.039
 and killed

00:25:55.039 --> 00:25:55.299
 him.

00:25:55.939 --> 00:25:56.279
 He was

00:25:56.279 --> 00:25:56.599
 killed at

00:25:56.599 --> 00:25:57.019
 the hands

00:25:57.019 --> 00:25:57.500
 of evil

00:25:57.500 --> 00:25:57.899
 men.

00:25:58.639 --> 00:25:58.819
 Right?

00:26:00.039 --> 00:26:01.000
 But, if you

00:26:01.000 --> 00:26:01.459
 look at it

00:26:01.459 --> 00:26:02.539
 this way, in

00:26:02.539 --> 00:26:03.279
 God's mind, he

00:26:03.279 --> 00:26:04.099
 was using evil

00:26:04.099 --> 00:26:04.639
 to overturn

00:26:04.639 --> 00:26:05.059
 evil.

00:26:05.159 --> 00:26:05.659
 He was using

00:26:05.659 --> 00:26:06.779
 the most sinful

00:26:06.779 --> 00:26:07.500
 action to

00:26:07.500 --> 00:26:08.419
 overturn our

00:26:08.419 --> 00:26:09.919
 sin and to

00:26:09.920 --> 00:26:10.300
 redemption.

00:26:11.519 --> 00:26:13.400
 So, all

00:26:13.400 --> 00:26:13.960
 these actions,

00:26:14.060 --> 00:26:14.539
 Jesus coming

00:26:14.539 --> 00:26:14.860
 in, he

00:26:14.860 --> 00:26:15.400
 knows that

00:26:15.400 --> 00:26:15.820
 it's going to

00:26:15.820 --> 00:26:16.519
 aggravate them

00:26:16.519 --> 00:26:17.160
 into action,

00:26:17.279 --> 00:26:17.800
 to take him

00:26:17.800 --> 00:26:18.860
 in and

00:26:18.860 --> 00:26:19.500
 arrest him.

00:26:20.180 --> 00:26:20.500
 So, in

00:26:20.500 --> 00:26:20.800
 God's

00:26:20.800 --> 00:26:21.300
 providence,

00:26:22.019 --> 00:26:22.620
 God used

00:26:22.620 --> 00:26:23.100
 those free

00:26:23.100 --> 00:26:23.500
 and willful

00:26:23.500 --> 00:26:24.120
 actions to

00:26:24.120 --> 00:26:24.580
 play right

00:26:24.580 --> 00:26:25.320
 into his

00:26:25.320 --> 00:26:26.180
 divine plan.

00:26:26.840 --> 00:26:27.220
 So, as

00:26:27.220 --> 00:26:27.860
 crazy and

00:26:27.860 --> 00:26:28.500
 dramatic and

00:26:28.500 --> 00:26:29.300
 nerve-wracking

00:26:29.300 --> 00:26:30.779
 as it sounds,

00:26:30.860 --> 00:26:31.440
 like God is

00:26:31.440 --> 00:26:32.100
 in complete

00:26:32.100 --> 00:26:34.019
 control and

00:26:34.019 --> 00:26:34.560
 his son is

00:26:34.560 --> 00:26:34.980
 doing what

00:26:34.980 --> 00:26:35.380
 he had

00:26:35.380 --> 00:26:35.779
 planned

00:26:35.779 --> 00:26:36.940
 perfectly.

00:26:36.940 --> 00:26:38.400
 So, that's

00:26:38.400 --> 00:26:38.860
 the actions

00:26:38.860 --> 00:26:39.660
 of Jesus,

00:26:39.799 --> 00:26:40.400
 both deliberate

00:26:40.400 --> 00:26:41.039
 and dangerous.

00:26:41.340 --> 00:26:42.759
 But, number

00:26:42.759 --> 00:26:43.500
 two, notice

00:26:43.500 --> 00:26:45.120
 the reaction

00:26:45.120 --> 00:26:45.500
 of the

00:26:45.500 --> 00:26:45.840
 people.

00:26:47.039 --> 00:26:47.519
 Verse

00:26:47.519 --> 00:26:47.820
 eight,

00:26:48.539 --> 00:26:49.680
 they spread

00:26:49.680 --> 00:26:50.220
 their cloaks

00:26:50.220 --> 00:26:50.720
 on the road

00:26:50.720 --> 00:26:51.160
 and others

00:26:51.160 --> 00:26:51.820
 spread leafy

00:26:51.820 --> 00:26:52.400
 branches as

00:26:52.400 --> 00:26:52.660
 they had

00:26:52.660 --> 00:26:53.240
 cut down

00:26:53.240 --> 00:26:53.539
 from the

00:26:53.539 --> 00:26:53.880
 fields.

00:26:54.500 --> 00:26:54.940
 And those

00:26:54.940 --> 00:26:55.200
 who went

00:26:55.200 --> 00:26:55.960
 before them

00:26:55.960 --> 00:26:57.120
 and those

00:26:57.120 --> 00:26:57.620
 who followed

00:26:57.620 --> 00:26:58.220
 were shouting

00:26:58.220 --> 00:26:58.799
 Hosanna.

00:26:59.539 --> 00:27:00.320
 Blessed is

00:27:00.320 --> 00:27:00.660
 he who

00:27:00.660 --> 00:27:01.220
 comes in

00:27:01.220 --> 00:27:01.620
 the name

00:27:01.620 --> 00:27:02.000
 of the

00:27:02.000 --> 00:27:02.320
 Lord.

00:27:03.160 --> 00:27:03.440
 Blessed

00:27:03.440 --> 00:27:03.840
 is the

00:27:03.840 --> 00:27:04.140
 coming

00:27:04.140 --> 00:27:04.500
 kingdom

00:27:04.500 --> 00:27:04.900
 of our

00:27:04.900 --> 00:27:05.240
 father

00:27:05.240 --> 00:27:05.700
 David.

00:27:06.400 --> 00:27:06.880
 Hosanna

00:27:06.880 --> 00:27:07.319
 in the

00:27:07.319 --> 00:27:07.779
 highest.

00:27:08.640 --> 00:27:08.940
 And he

00:27:08.940 --> 00:27:09.180
 entered

00:27:09.180 --> 00:27:09.680
 Jerusalem

00:27:09.680 --> 00:27:10.019
 and he

00:27:10.019 --> 00:27:10.299
 went into

00:27:10.299 --> 00:27:10.740
 the temple

00:27:10.740 --> 00:27:11.160
 and when

00:27:11.160 --> 00:27:11.599
 he looked

00:27:11.599 --> 00:27:12.039
 around at

00:27:12.039 --> 00:27:12.460
 everything,

00:27:13.279 --> 00:27:13.660
 as it

00:27:13.660 --> 00:27:14.140
 was already

00:27:14.140 --> 00:27:14.460
 late,

00:27:14.539 --> 00:27:14.740
 he went

00:27:14.740 --> 00:27:15.099
 out to

00:27:15.099 --> 00:27:15.519
 Bethany

00:27:15.519 --> 00:27:15.980
 with the

00:27:15.980 --> 00:27:16.400
 twelve.

00:27:17.440 --> 00:27:18.079
 So, you

00:27:18.079 --> 00:27:18.759
 see some

00:27:18.759 --> 00:27:20.079
 welcoming

00:27:20.079 --> 00:27:22.359
 gestures from

00:27:22.359 --> 00:27:23.140
 the crowd.

00:27:24.099 --> 00:27:24.500
 Really,

00:27:24.680 --> 00:27:25.619
 really clear

00:27:25.619 --> 00:27:26.220
 gestures.

00:27:26.960 --> 00:27:27.200
 They were

00:27:27.200 --> 00:27:27.700
 spreading out

00:27:27.700 --> 00:27:28.180
 their cloaks

00:27:28.180 --> 00:27:28.480
 on the

00:27:28.480 --> 00:27:29.099
 road.

00:27:29.740 --> 00:27:30.380
 A very

00:27:30.380 --> 00:27:30.799
 old,

00:27:30.880 --> 00:27:31.119
 ancient

00:27:31.119 --> 00:27:31.960
 custom that

00:27:31.960 --> 00:27:32.200
 showed

00:27:32.200 --> 00:27:33.599
 submission to

00:27:33.599 --> 00:27:33.880
 people.

00:27:34.019 --> 00:27:34.099
 It's

00:27:34.099 --> 00:27:34.419
 basically

00:27:34.419 --> 00:27:35.099
 saying that

00:27:35.099 --> 00:27:35.759
 you can

00:27:35.759 --> 00:27:36.319
 step on

00:27:36.319 --> 00:27:36.480
 me,

00:27:36.539 --> 00:27:36.799
 you can

00:27:36.799 --> 00:27:37.459
 walk on

00:27:37.459 --> 00:27:37.719
 me,

00:27:38.039 --> 00:27:38.699
 I submit

00:27:38.699 --> 00:27:40.099
 myself to

00:27:40.099 --> 00:27:40.279
 you,

00:27:40.319 --> 00:27:40.759
 you are

00:27:40.759 --> 00:27:41.079
 my

00:27:41.079 --> 00:27:41.619
 authority,

00:27:41.819 --> 00:27:42.240
 you are

00:27:42.240 --> 00:27:43.500
 my king.

00:27:44.439 --> 00:27:44.599
 In

00:27:44.599 --> 00:27:45.099
 2 Kings

00:27:45.099 --> 00:27:45.480
 9,

00:27:45.539 --> 00:27:45.779
 you see

00:27:45.779 --> 00:27:46.379
 that with

00:27:46.379 --> 00:27:46.799
 Jehu,

00:27:46.899 --> 00:27:47.319
 the same

00:27:47.319 --> 00:27:48.099
 event

00:27:48.099 --> 00:27:48.599
 happens

00:27:48.599 --> 00:27:50.859
 way back

00:27:50.859 --> 00:27:51.199
 when,

00:27:51.759 --> 00:27:52.339
 Sir Walter

00:27:52.339 --> 00:27:52.859
 Riley

00:27:52.859 --> 00:27:54.299
 supposedly

00:27:54.299 --> 00:27:54.939
 took his

00:27:54.939 --> 00:27:55.439
 coat off

00:27:55.439 --> 00:27:56.359
 and put

00:27:56.359 --> 00:27:56.579
 it on

00:27:56.579 --> 00:27:56.959
 a puddle

00:27:56.959 --> 00:27:57.319
 for

00:27:57.319 --> 00:27:58.299
 Queen

00:27:58.299 --> 00:27:58.699
 Elizabeth

00:27:58.699 --> 00:27:59.299
 I

00:27:59.299 --> 00:28:00.679
 to walk

00:28:00.679 --> 00:28:01.199
 across,

00:28:01.279 --> 00:28:01.500
 and that

00:28:01.500 --> 00:28:01.879
 became

00:28:01.879 --> 00:28:03.079
 just known.

00:28:03.079 --> 00:28:04.480
 symbolically

00:28:04.480 --> 00:28:04.980
 for that.

00:28:06.059 --> 00:28:06.299
 So,

00:28:06.379 --> 00:28:06.679
 others,

00:28:06.819 --> 00:28:07.159
 it said,

00:28:07.740 --> 00:28:08.539
 spread leafy

00:28:08.539 --> 00:28:09.259
 branches they

00:28:09.259 --> 00:28:09.539
 had cut

00:28:09.539 --> 00:28:09.919
 down from

00:28:09.919 --> 00:28:10.519
 the fields.

00:28:11.339 --> 00:28:11.679
 John

00:28:11.679 --> 00:28:12.199
 calls them

00:28:12.199 --> 00:28:13.500
 palm branches.

00:28:14.439 --> 00:28:14.559
 In

00:28:14.559 --> 00:28:14.939
 Scripture,

00:28:15.079 --> 00:28:15.199
 they're

00:28:15.199 --> 00:28:15.779
 symbols of

00:28:15.779 --> 00:28:16.359
 salvation,

00:28:17.220 --> 00:28:17.699
 symbols of

00:28:17.699 --> 00:28:18.059
 joy.

00:28:18.259 --> 00:28:18.500
 You see

00:28:18.500 --> 00:28:18.819
 that in

00:28:18.819 --> 00:28:21.619
 Revelation 7,

00:28:21.779 --> 00:28:22.179
 9.

00:28:23.779 --> 00:28:24.579
 It's saying,

00:28:24.720 --> 00:28:25.319
 you are our

00:28:25.319 --> 00:28:26.480
 deliverer.

00:28:26.480 --> 00:28:26.819
 right?

00:28:27.000 --> 00:28:27.220
 In

00:28:27.220 --> 00:28:27.559
 Matthew

00:28:27.559 --> 00:28:28.860
 21,

00:28:29.360 --> 00:28:30.420
 verse 9,

00:28:30.480 --> 00:28:30.880
 it says,

00:28:30.980 --> 00:28:31.200
 they are

00:28:31.200 --> 00:28:31.640
 saying to

00:28:31.640 --> 00:28:31.960
 Jesus,

00:28:32.460 --> 00:28:32.940
 you are

00:28:32.940 --> 00:28:33.160
 our

00:28:33.160 --> 00:28:33.759
 deliverer.

00:28:33.880 --> 00:28:34.220
 You are

00:28:34.220 --> 00:28:34.759
 our source

00:28:34.759 --> 00:28:35.940
 of joy.

00:28:36.599 --> 00:28:36.799
 Right?

00:28:37.500 --> 00:28:37.860
 So,

00:28:37.900 --> 00:28:38.319
 Jesus was

00:28:38.319 --> 00:28:38.620
 in the

00:28:38.620 --> 00:28:38.940
 middle of

00:28:38.940 --> 00:28:39.440
 the crowd,

00:28:39.700 --> 00:28:40.140
 and all

00:28:40.140 --> 00:28:40.559
 around him,

00:28:40.620 --> 00:28:41.460
 this crazy

00:28:41.460 --> 00:28:42.799
 emotion is

00:28:42.799 --> 00:28:43.380
 going on.

00:28:44.220 --> 00:28:44.620
 So,

00:28:44.819 --> 00:28:45.620
 that's the

00:28:45.620 --> 00:28:46.519
 movie Hysteria

00:28:46.519 --> 00:28:46.960
 that you see

00:28:46.960 --> 00:28:47.400
 in all those

00:28:47.400 --> 00:28:48.720
 old Jesus

00:28:48.720 --> 00:28:49.140
 movies.

00:28:49.380 --> 00:28:49.660
 And even

00:28:49.660 --> 00:28:50.120
 the one

00:28:50.120 --> 00:28:50.360
 that came

00:28:50.360 --> 00:28:50.759
 out recently,

00:28:50.839 --> 00:28:51.099
 The Son

00:28:51.099 --> 00:28:51.519
 of God,

00:28:51.620 --> 00:28:51.920
 I think,

00:28:52.559 --> 00:28:53.079
 same kind

00:28:53.079 --> 00:28:53.680
 of Hysteria.

00:28:53.680 --> 00:28:55.180
 So,

00:28:55.320 --> 00:28:55.799
 they're doing

00:28:55.799 --> 00:28:56.240
 welcoming

00:28:56.240 --> 00:28:56.820
 gestures,

00:28:57.440 --> 00:28:58.120
 and they're

00:28:58.120 --> 00:28:58.720
 shouting,

00:28:58.920 --> 00:28:59.220
 and they're

00:28:59.220 --> 00:28:59.600
 literally

00:28:59.600 --> 00:29:00.060
 cheering

00:29:00.060 --> 00:29:01.920
 certain

00:29:01.920 --> 00:29:02.480
 things.

00:29:03.299 --> 00:29:03.519
 Right?

00:29:04.420 --> 00:29:04.759
 It says,

00:29:05.000 --> 00:29:05.160
 those who

00:29:05.160 --> 00:29:05.820
 were behind

00:29:05.820 --> 00:29:06.080
 him,

00:29:06.160 --> 00:29:06.700
 who followed

00:29:06.700 --> 00:29:06.920
 him,

00:29:06.960 --> 00:29:07.259
 and those

00:29:07.259 --> 00:29:07.440
 who were

00:29:07.440 --> 00:29:07.740
 in front

00:29:07.740 --> 00:29:08.100
 of him.

00:29:08.360 --> 00:29:08.500
 So,

00:29:08.539 --> 00:29:08.660
 he's

00:29:08.660 --> 00:29:08.960
 literally

00:29:08.960 --> 00:29:09.539
 surrounded,

00:29:10.080 --> 00:29:10.640
 and they're

00:29:10.640 --> 00:29:10.900
 saying,

00:29:10.980 --> 00:29:11.380
 Hosanna.

00:29:12.460 --> 00:29:12.779
 Right?

00:29:13.700 --> 00:29:14.500
 And basically,

00:29:15.080 --> 00:29:15.980
 that word

00:29:15.980 --> 00:29:16.320
 means,

00:29:16.480 --> 00:29:16.980
 save us

00:29:16.980 --> 00:29:17.420
 now.

00:29:17.960 --> 00:29:18.660
 Save us

00:29:18.660 --> 00:29:19.060
 now.

00:29:19.180 --> 00:29:19.940
 Deliver us

00:29:19.940 --> 00:29:20.900
 now.

00:29:21.740 --> 00:29:22.200
 It was

00:29:22.200 --> 00:29:23.539
 pretty

00:29:23.539 --> 00:29:24.079
 well-known

00:29:24.079 --> 00:29:24.480
 term.

00:29:25.039 --> 00:29:25.240
 It's

00:29:25.240 --> 00:29:25.940
 exclamatory,

00:29:26.039 --> 00:29:26.220
 and it's

00:29:26.220 --> 00:29:26.700
 also a

00:29:26.700 --> 00:29:26.940
 plea,

00:29:27.059 --> 00:29:27.259
 like,

00:29:27.339 --> 00:29:27.879
 save us

00:29:27.879 --> 00:29:28.659
 now.

00:29:28.759 --> 00:29:29.420
 Deliver us.

00:29:29.599 --> 00:29:30.399
 And what

00:29:30.399 --> 00:29:30.980
 these people

00:29:30.980 --> 00:29:31.500
 were doing

00:29:31.500 --> 00:29:31.899
 is they're

00:29:31.899 --> 00:29:32.740
 crying and

00:29:32.740 --> 00:29:33.079
 shouting

00:29:33.079 --> 00:29:34.960
 what the

00:29:34.960 --> 00:29:35.559
 pilgrims

00:29:35.559 --> 00:29:36.680
 would say

00:29:36.680 --> 00:29:37.839
 going up

00:29:37.839 --> 00:29:38.440
 to Jerusalem.

00:29:39.579 --> 00:29:40.099
 Again,

00:29:40.399 --> 00:29:40.839
 just keep

00:29:40.839 --> 00:29:41.259
 your hand

00:29:41.259 --> 00:29:41.659
 in Mark,

00:29:41.700 --> 00:29:41.980
 but look

00:29:41.980 --> 00:29:43.000
 at Psalm

00:29:43.000 --> 00:29:44.000
 118,

00:29:44.180 --> 00:29:46.700
 verse 25.

00:29:49.819 --> 00:29:50.319
 Psalm

00:29:50.319 --> 00:29:50.899
 118,

00:29:51.019 --> 00:29:51.639
 verse 25,

00:29:51.920 --> 00:29:52.680
 and there's

00:29:52.680 --> 00:29:52.980
 a whole

00:29:52.980 --> 00:29:53.660
 section of

00:29:53.660 --> 00:29:54.079
 psalms,

00:29:54.160 --> 00:29:54.500
 this being

00:29:54.500 --> 00:29:54.900
 one of

00:29:54.900 --> 00:29:55.079
 them,

00:29:55.140 --> 00:29:55.339
 that are

00:29:55.339 --> 00:29:55.700
 called

00:29:55.700 --> 00:29:56.539
 the

00:29:56.539 --> 00:29:57.160
 Psalms

00:29:57.160 --> 00:29:57.319
 of

00:29:57.319 --> 00:29:57.720
 Ascent,

00:29:57.779 --> 00:29:58.039
 or the

00:29:58.039 --> 00:29:58.440
 pilgrimage

00:29:58.440 --> 00:29:59.259
 psalms,

00:29:59.740 --> 00:30:01.380
 where the

00:30:01.380 --> 00:30:01.839
 Jews would

00:30:01.839 --> 00:30:02.559
 be singing

00:30:02.559 --> 00:30:02.920
 these,

00:30:03.019 --> 00:30:03.460
 proclaiming

00:30:03.460 --> 00:30:03.759
 these to

00:30:03.759 --> 00:30:04.140
 each other

00:30:04.140 --> 00:30:04.519
 as they

00:30:04.519 --> 00:30:04.960
 went up

00:30:04.960 --> 00:30:06.339
 to Jerusalem

00:30:06.339 --> 00:30:06.980
 to worship

00:30:06.980 --> 00:30:07.400
 and to

00:30:07.400 --> 00:30:07.579
 make

00:30:07.579 --> 00:30:08.240
 sacrifice,

00:30:08.980 --> 00:30:09.180
 kind of

00:30:09.180 --> 00:30:09.559
 preparing

00:30:09.559 --> 00:30:10.220
 their minds

00:30:10.220 --> 00:30:10.539
 and their

00:30:10.539 --> 00:30:10.920
 hearts.

00:30:11.880 --> 00:30:12.099
 Psalm

00:30:12.099 --> 00:30:12.740
 118,

00:30:12.880 --> 00:30:13.640
 verse 25,

00:30:13.860 --> 00:30:14.140
 and this

00:30:14.140 --> 00:30:14.500
 is the

00:30:14.500 --> 00:30:15.079
 psalm that

00:30:15.079 --> 00:30:15.500
 they are

00:30:15.500 --> 00:30:16.759
 quoting from,

00:30:17.759 --> 00:30:18.640
 Save us,

00:30:18.819 --> 00:30:19.440
 we pray,

00:30:19.579 --> 00:30:20.160
 O Lord.

00:30:20.299 --> 00:30:20.980
 There it is.

00:30:20.980 --> 00:30:22.120
 O Lord,

00:30:22.180 --> 00:30:22.680
 we pray,

00:30:22.819 --> 00:30:23.259
 give us

00:30:23.259 --> 00:30:24.019
 success.

00:30:24.880 --> 00:30:25.440
 Blessed is

00:30:25.440 --> 00:30:25.819
 he who

00:30:25.819 --> 00:30:26.380
 comes in

00:30:26.380 --> 00:30:26.759
 the name

00:30:26.759 --> 00:30:27.099
 of the

00:30:27.099 --> 00:30:27.400
 Lord.

00:30:28.700 --> 00:30:29.319
 We bless

00:30:29.319 --> 00:30:29.819
 you from

00:30:29.819 --> 00:30:30.299
 the house

00:30:30.299 --> 00:30:30.579
 of the

00:30:30.579 --> 00:30:30.860
 Lord.

00:30:31.420 --> 00:30:31.960
 The Lord

00:30:31.960 --> 00:30:32.680
 is God,

00:30:33.360 --> 00:30:33.680
 and he

00:30:33.680 --> 00:30:34.220
 has made

00:30:34.220 --> 00:30:35.059
 his light

00:30:35.059 --> 00:30:35.720
 shine upon

00:30:35.720 --> 00:30:36.140
 us.

00:30:36.900 --> 00:30:37.440
 Bind the

00:30:37.440 --> 00:30:37.880
 festival

00:30:37.880 --> 00:30:38.860
 sacrifice with

00:30:38.860 --> 00:30:39.259
 cords,

00:30:39.319 --> 00:30:39.740
 there it is,

00:30:39.759 --> 00:30:39.980
 like a

00:30:39.980 --> 00:30:40.400
 Passover

00:30:40.400 --> 00:30:41.400
 idea,

00:30:42.039 --> 00:30:42.620
 up to the

00:30:42.620 --> 00:30:43.180
 horns of

00:30:43.180 --> 00:30:43.620
 the altar.

00:30:44.440 --> 00:30:44.960
 You are

00:30:44.960 --> 00:30:45.579
 my God,

00:30:45.620 --> 00:30:45.839
 and I

00:30:45.839 --> 00:30:46.140
 will give

00:30:46.140 --> 00:30:46.700
 thanks to

00:30:46.700 --> 00:30:46.920
 you.

00:30:47.400 --> 00:30:47.819
 You are

00:30:47.819 --> 00:30:48.360
 my God,

00:30:48.359 --> 00:30:49.079
 I extol

00:30:49.079 --> 00:30:49.319
 you.

00:30:50.059 --> 00:30:50.479
 O give

00:30:50.479 --> 00:30:50.979
 thanks to

00:30:50.979 --> 00:30:51.299
 the Lord,

00:30:51.359 --> 00:30:51.679
 for he

00:30:51.679 --> 00:30:52.299
 is good,

00:30:52.819 --> 00:30:53.319
 for his

00:30:53.319 --> 00:30:54.899
 steadfast love

00:30:54.899 --> 00:30:55.459
 endures

00:30:55.459 --> 00:30:55.939
 forever.

00:30:57.039 --> 00:30:57.559
 So this

00:30:57.559 --> 00:30:58.279
 is the

00:30:58.279 --> 00:30:58.839
 psalm that

00:30:58.839 --> 00:30:59.199
 they have

00:30:59.199 --> 00:30:59.419
 in their

00:30:59.419 --> 00:30:59.719
 mind.

00:30:59.799 --> 00:31:00.019
 It was

00:31:00.019 --> 00:31:00.919
 called the

00:31:00.919 --> 00:31:01.639
 Conqueror's

00:31:01.639 --> 00:31:02.179
 Psalm.

00:31:02.919 --> 00:31:03.419
 Years and

00:31:03.419 --> 00:31:04.079
 years ago,

00:31:04.219 --> 00:31:04.859
 before this

00:31:04.859 --> 00:31:05.319
 event,

00:31:06.299 --> 00:31:06.939
 in between

00:31:06.939 --> 00:31:07.279
 the Old

00:31:07.279 --> 00:31:07.479
 and New

00:31:07.479 --> 00:31:07.819
 Testament,

00:31:07.959 --> 00:31:08.959
 we know

00:31:08.959 --> 00:31:09.439
 what happened,

00:31:09.519 --> 00:31:09.759
 but there's

00:31:09.759 --> 00:31:10.359
 no scripture

00:31:10.359 --> 00:31:11.359
 at that

00:31:11.359 --> 00:31:11.639
 time.

00:31:11.719 --> 00:31:11.939
 There was

00:31:11.939 --> 00:31:12.279
 a lot of

00:31:12.279 --> 00:31:12.819
 other rulers

00:31:12.819 --> 00:31:13.240
 who came

00:31:13.240 --> 00:31:13.579
 to rule

00:31:13.579 --> 00:31:14.259
 over Judea,

00:31:14.859 --> 00:31:15.399
 Greece being

00:31:15.399 --> 00:31:15.759
 one of

00:31:15.759 --> 00:31:15.939
 them,

00:31:16.159 --> 00:31:16.419
 some of

00:31:16.419 --> 00:31:16.939
 the Syrians

00:31:16.939 --> 00:31:17.399
 being one

00:31:17.399 --> 00:31:17.659
 of them.

00:31:18.359 --> 00:31:18.919
 But the

00:31:18.919 --> 00:31:19.679
 Jews shouted

00:31:19.679 --> 00:31:21.259
 this psalm

00:31:21.259 --> 00:31:21.959
 when

00:31:21.959 --> 00:31:22.639
 Maccabeus

00:31:22.639 --> 00:31:23.179
 triumphed

00:31:23.179 --> 00:31:23.500
 over the

00:31:23.500 --> 00:31:23.879
 Syrians.

00:31:23.979 --> 00:31:24.319
 The same

00:31:24.319 --> 00:31:24.659
 thing,

00:31:24.719 --> 00:31:25.299
 like Hosanna,

00:31:25.959 --> 00:31:26.379
 bless you

00:31:26.379 --> 00:31:26.899
 who comes

00:31:26.899 --> 00:31:27.119
 in the

00:31:27.119 --> 00:31:27.379
 name of

00:31:27.379 --> 00:31:27.759
 the Lord.

00:31:28.619 --> 00:31:29.619
 So Christ

00:31:29.619 --> 00:31:30.939
 was met

00:31:30.939 --> 00:31:31.579
 with much

00:31:31.579 --> 00:31:32.159
 zeal and

00:31:32.159 --> 00:31:32.379
 much

00:31:32.379 --> 00:31:33.179
 expectation

00:31:33.179 --> 00:31:34.439
 by this

00:31:34.439 --> 00:31:34.839
 mob.

00:31:35.759 --> 00:31:35.959
 Right?

00:31:37.000 --> 00:31:37.659
 So it

00:31:37.659 --> 00:31:38.359
 sounds great,

00:31:39.599 --> 00:31:40.339
 but here's

00:31:40.339 --> 00:31:41.819
 where it

00:31:41.819 --> 00:31:42.439
 was convicting

00:31:42.439 --> 00:31:43.000
 to me.

00:31:44.039 --> 00:31:44.500
 These are

00:31:44.500 --> 00:31:45.259
 some sad

00:31:45.259 --> 00:31:46.359
 misunderstandings.

00:31:47.299 --> 00:31:47.679
 These people

00:31:47.680 --> 00:31:48.080
 are not

00:31:48.080 --> 00:31:48.400
 really

00:31:48.400 --> 00:31:49.019
 understanding

00:31:49.019 --> 00:31:49.279
 what's

00:31:49.279 --> 00:31:49.900
 going on

00:31:49.900 --> 00:31:50.380
 for the

00:31:50.380 --> 00:31:51.060
 most part.

00:31:51.860 --> 00:31:52.440
 The tragedy

00:31:52.440 --> 00:31:53.180
 is that

00:31:53.180 --> 00:31:55.880
 though Jesus

00:31:55.880 --> 00:31:56.680
 really was

00:31:56.680 --> 00:31:57.539
 the true

00:31:57.539 --> 00:31:57.840
 king,

00:31:57.940 --> 00:31:58.220
 the true

00:31:58.220 --> 00:31:58.600
 Lord of

00:31:58.600 --> 00:31:59.000
 lords,

00:31:59.560 --> 00:32:00.180
 the Messiah,

00:32:00.340 --> 00:32:00.740
 the Son of

00:32:00.740 --> 00:32:01.039
 David,

00:32:01.160 --> 00:32:01.580
 the Son of

00:32:01.580 --> 00:32:01.900
 God,

00:32:02.380 --> 00:32:03.019
 he was all

00:32:03.019 --> 00:32:03.560
 those things

00:32:03.560 --> 00:32:03.900
 and no

00:32:03.900 --> 00:32:04.840
 human ruler

00:32:04.840 --> 00:32:05.180
 could ever

00:32:05.180 --> 00:32:05.940
 come close

00:32:05.940 --> 00:32:07.259
 to Jesus.

00:32:08.000 --> 00:32:08.700
 Yet the

00:32:08.700 --> 00:32:09.299
 majority of

00:32:09.299 --> 00:32:09.779
 this mob

00:32:09.779 --> 00:32:10.120
 does not

00:32:10.120 --> 00:32:10.600
 see him

00:32:10.600 --> 00:32:11.080
 that way.

00:32:12.039 --> 00:32:12.759
 The reality

00:32:12.759 --> 00:32:13.560
 is this is

00:32:13.560 --> 00:32:13.860
 like a

00:32:13.860 --> 00:32:14.360
 faithless

00:32:14.359 --> 00:32:14.779
 false

00:32:14.779 --> 00:32:15.319
 approval

00:32:15.319 --> 00:32:16.359
 of the

00:32:16.359 --> 00:32:16.599
 true

00:32:16.599 --> 00:32:16.959
 king,

00:32:17.159 --> 00:32:17.479
 Jesus.

00:32:18.639 --> 00:32:19.039
 Everything

00:32:19.039 --> 00:32:19.679
 they shouted

00:32:19.679 --> 00:32:20.199
 was true.

00:32:20.299 --> 00:32:20.459
 It was

00:32:20.459 --> 00:32:20.799
 biblical,

00:32:21.139 --> 00:32:21.479
 it was

00:32:21.479 --> 00:32:21.879
 right,

00:32:22.279 --> 00:32:22.779
 but it

00:32:22.779 --> 00:32:23.639
 was misdirected.

00:32:23.699 --> 00:32:23.939
 It was

00:32:23.939 --> 00:32:24.659
 not accurate.

00:32:24.819 --> 00:32:24.939
 They

00:32:24.939 --> 00:32:25.159
 weren't

00:32:25.159 --> 00:32:25.579
 thinking

00:32:25.579 --> 00:32:26.079
 personal

00:32:26.079 --> 00:32:26.719
 salvation,

00:32:27.399 --> 00:32:27.879
 most of

00:32:27.879 --> 00:32:28.000
 them.

00:32:28.079 --> 00:32:28.159
 They

00:32:28.159 --> 00:32:28.279
 were

00:32:28.279 --> 00:32:28.679
 thinking

00:32:28.679 --> 00:32:30.179
 political

00:32:30.179 --> 00:32:30.919
 deliverance.

00:32:31.059 --> 00:32:31.139
 They

00:32:31.139 --> 00:32:31.259
 were

00:32:31.259 --> 00:32:31.599
 thinking

00:32:31.599 --> 00:32:32.219
 rescue

00:32:32.219 --> 00:32:32.759
 from

00:32:32.759 --> 00:32:33.859
 our

00:32:33.859 --> 00:32:35.379
 conquerors.

00:32:35.939 --> 00:32:36.319
 So the

00:32:36.319 --> 00:32:36.859
 crowd is

00:32:36.859 --> 00:32:37.199
 fickle.

00:32:37.299 --> 00:32:37.399
 They're

00:32:37.399 --> 00:32:37.899
 making the

00:32:37.899 --> 00:32:38.459
 connections

00:32:38.459 --> 00:32:39.039
 wrongly

00:32:39.039 --> 00:32:39.439
 between

00:32:39.440 --> 00:32:40.620
 the true

00:32:40.620 --> 00:32:41.120
 prophecies

00:32:41.120 --> 00:32:41.539
 about the

00:32:41.539 --> 00:32:42.160
 Messiah and

00:32:42.160 --> 00:32:42.600
 what they

00:32:42.600 --> 00:32:43.440
 were experiencing.

00:32:44.519 --> 00:32:45.160
 So their

00:32:45.160 --> 00:32:46.559
 understanding was

00:32:46.559 --> 00:32:47.480
 just marred and

00:32:47.480 --> 00:32:48.000
 confused.

00:32:49.420 --> 00:32:50.220
 I'm not saying

00:32:50.220 --> 00:32:50.700
 that every

00:32:50.700 --> 00:32:51.200
 person in

00:32:51.200 --> 00:32:51.759
 that mob

00:32:51.759 --> 00:32:52.620
 did not

00:32:52.620 --> 00:32:53.360
 truly have a

00:32:53.360 --> 00:32:53.920
 good understanding

00:32:53.920 --> 00:32:54.200
 of who

00:32:54.200 --> 00:32:54.900
 Christ was.

00:32:55.019 --> 00:32:55.440
 Surely there

00:32:55.440 --> 00:32:57.059
 was, but

00:32:57.059 --> 00:32:57.559
 most of

00:32:57.559 --> 00:32:58.779
 them do

00:32:58.779 --> 00:32:59.160
 not.

00:33:00.200 --> 00:33:00.680
 Why?

00:33:00.820 --> 00:33:01.160
 Because there

00:33:01.160 --> 00:33:01.680
 are so many

00:33:01.680 --> 00:33:02.220
 things about

00:33:02.220 --> 00:33:02.779
 this event

00:33:02.779 --> 00:33:03.880
 that if

00:33:03.880 --> 00:33:04.340
 this was a

00:33:04.340 --> 00:33:05.920
 true triumphal

00:33:05.920 --> 00:33:06.279
 entry,

00:33:07.080 --> 00:33:07.299
 there would

00:33:07.299 --> 00:33:07.940
 have been a

00:33:07.940 --> 00:33:08.360
 lot more

00:33:08.360 --> 00:33:08.940
 celebration.

00:33:08.940 --> 00:33:09.240
 It would

00:33:09.240 --> 00:33:09.519
 have almost

00:33:09.519 --> 00:33:10.140
 been planned.

00:33:10.240 --> 00:33:10.380
 It would

00:33:10.380 --> 00:33:10.600
 have gone

00:33:10.600 --> 00:33:10.900
 on for

00:33:10.900 --> 00:33:11.440
 days.

00:33:12.440 --> 00:33:12.980
 Even see

00:33:12.980 --> 00:33:13.340
 how it

00:33:13.340 --> 00:33:13.580
 ends.

00:33:13.700 --> 00:33:14.320
 He pretty

00:33:14.320 --> 00:33:14.700
 much just

00:33:14.700 --> 00:33:15.120
 walked into

00:33:15.120 --> 00:33:15.500
 the temple

00:33:15.500 --> 00:33:15.740
 and was

00:33:15.740 --> 00:33:15.940
 like,

00:33:16.460 --> 00:33:16.960
 let's go

00:33:16.960 --> 00:33:17.600
 back to

00:33:17.600 --> 00:33:18.000
 Bethany.

00:33:18.299 --> 00:33:18.720
 Very

00:33:18.720 --> 00:33:19.440
 unofficial,

00:33:20.279 --> 00:33:20.779
 insignificant

00:33:20.779 --> 00:33:21.820
 conclusion to

00:33:21.820 --> 00:33:23.559
 this entry.

00:33:25.180 --> 00:33:26.039
 They had

00:33:26.039 --> 00:33:26.539
 earthly

00:33:26.539 --> 00:33:27.400
 expectations

00:33:27.400 --> 00:33:28.759
 of Jesus.

00:33:29.400 --> 00:33:30.360
 Come and

00:33:30.360 --> 00:33:31.600
 get rid of

00:33:31.600 --> 00:33:32.000
 our Roman

00:33:32.000 --> 00:33:32.759
 conquerors who

00:33:32.759 --> 00:33:33.039
 have been

00:33:33.039 --> 00:33:33.840
 abusing us

00:33:33.840 --> 00:33:35.500
 since Pompeii

00:33:35.500 --> 00:33:36.080
 and all

00:33:36.080 --> 00:33:36.420
 these other

00:33:36.420 --> 00:33:36.900
 conquerors

00:33:36.900 --> 00:33:37.200
 had come

00:33:37.200 --> 00:33:37.620
 in there.

00:33:38.440 --> 00:33:38.860
 Come and

00:33:38.859 --> 00:33:39.379
 deliver us,

00:33:39.419 --> 00:33:39.639
 give us

00:33:39.639 --> 00:33:40.159
 back our

00:33:40.159 --> 00:33:40.519
 country,

00:33:40.659 --> 00:33:40.859
 give us

00:33:40.859 --> 00:33:41.259
 back our

00:33:41.259 --> 00:33:41.639
 national

00:33:41.639 --> 00:33:42.199
 pride,

00:33:43.159 --> 00:33:43.659
 restore to

00:33:43.659 --> 00:33:44.039
 us the

00:33:44.039 --> 00:33:44.599
 glory days

00:33:44.599 --> 00:33:45.179
 of Joshua

00:33:45.179 --> 00:33:45.779
 and David

00:33:45.779 --> 00:33:46.399
 and Solomon.

00:33:47.679 --> 00:33:48.219
 They're

00:33:48.219 --> 00:33:49.019
 misdirecting.

00:33:49.839 --> 00:33:50.019
 Right?

00:33:50.819 --> 00:33:51.319
 And Jesus

00:33:51.319 --> 00:33:52.099
 knows this.

00:33:52.919 --> 00:33:53.579
 Other accounts

00:33:53.579 --> 00:33:54.000
 said that he

00:33:54.000 --> 00:33:54.619
 wept over

00:33:54.619 --> 00:33:55.319
 these things

00:33:55.319 --> 00:33:55.959
 because he

00:33:55.959 --> 00:33:56.359
 knew that

00:33:56.359 --> 00:33:56.740
 most of

00:33:56.740 --> 00:33:57.019
 them were

00:33:57.019 --> 00:33:57.519
 grossly

00:33:57.519 --> 00:33:58.299
 misplacing

00:33:58.299 --> 00:33:59.019
 their zeal.

00:33:59.879 --> 00:34:00.079
 Right?

00:34:00.839 --> 00:34:01.579
 So most of

00:34:01.579 --> 00:34:02.279
 it's superficial

00:34:02.279 --> 00:34:02.819
 and earthly.

00:34:02.959 --> 00:34:03.379
 Even the

00:34:03.379 --> 00:34:03.919
 disciples.

00:34:04.659 --> 00:34:04.859
 Okay,

00:34:04.919 --> 00:34:05.039
 well,

00:34:05.079 --> 00:34:06.019
 if you don't

00:34:06.019 --> 00:34:06.679
 follow that,

00:34:06.680 --> 00:34:07.060
 the scripture

00:34:07.060 --> 00:34:07.500
 says that

00:34:07.500 --> 00:34:07.900
 even the

00:34:07.900 --> 00:34:08.440
 disciples

00:34:08.440 --> 00:34:08.840
 didn't

00:34:08.840 --> 00:34:09.260
 understand

00:34:09.260 --> 00:34:09.760
 this.

00:34:10.519 --> 00:34:11.019
 In John

00:34:11.019 --> 00:34:11.400
 12,

00:34:11.519 --> 00:34:11.920
 16,

00:34:12.019 --> 00:34:12.500
 it says his

00:34:12.500 --> 00:34:13.139
 disciples,

00:34:13.559 --> 00:34:14.420
 entering into

00:34:14.420 --> 00:34:14.840
 Jerusalem,

00:34:15.539 --> 00:34:16.240
 his disciples

00:34:16.240 --> 00:34:16.840
 did not

00:34:16.840 --> 00:34:17.700
 understand these

00:34:17.700 --> 00:34:18.119
 things at

00:34:18.119 --> 00:34:18.480
 first.

00:34:19.200 --> 00:34:19.740
 But when

00:34:19.740 --> 00:34:20.240
 Jesus was

00:34:20.240 --> 00:34:20.980
 glorified,

00:34:21.099 --> 00:34:21.619
 then they

00:34:21.619 --> 00:34:22.059
 remembered

00:34:22.059 --> 00:34:23.159
 that these

00:34:23.159 --> 00:34:23.880
 things had

00:34:23.880 --> 00:34:25.000
 been written

00:34:25.000 --> 00:34:25.659
 about him

00:34:25.659 --> 00:34:26.639
 and had been

00:34:26.639 --> 00:34:27.320
 done by him.

00:34:27.840 --> 00:34:28.200
 Right?

00:34:28.280 --> 00:34:28.740
 So even they

00:34:28.740 --> 00:34:29.460
 didn't understand

00:34:29.460 --> 00:34:29.860
 fully.

00:34:30.000 --> 00:34:30.220
 They were

00:34:30.220 --> 00:34:31.220
 thinking like,

00:34:31.219 --> 00:34:31.879
 alright,

00:34:32.079 --> 00:34:32.879
 our boy is

00:34:32.879 --> 00:34:33.059
 going to

00:34:33.059 --> 00:34:33.299
 come in

00:34:33.299 --> 00:34:33.599
 here and

00:34:33.599 --> 00:34:34.299
 clean house,

00:34:35.179 --> 00:34:35.519
 and I'm

00:34:35.519 --> 00:34:35.659
 going to

00:34:35.659 --> 00:34:36.019
 be his

00:34:36.019 --> 00:34:36.459
 boy when

00:34:36.459 --> 00:34:36.759
 he does

00:34:36.759 --> 00:34:37.480
 clean house,

00:34:37.739 --> 00:34:38.779
 and just

00:34:38.779 --> 00:34:39.739
 this false

00:34:39.739 --> 00:34:41.959
 misinterpretation

00:34:41.959 --> 00:34:42.519
 of all these

00:34:42.519 --> 00:34:43.000
 events.

00:34:43.839 --> 00:34:44.299
 But what's

00:34:44.299 --> 00:34:44.539
 sad,

00:34:44.639 --> 00:34:45.239
 if you're

00:34:45.239 --> 00:34:45.599
 still in

00:34:45.599 --> 00:34:45.819
 Mark,

00:34:45.839 --> 00:34:46.199
 look over

00:34:46.199 --> 00:34:47.099
 one chapter,

00:34:47.199 --> 00:34:47.719
 chapter 10.

00:34:50.539 --> 00:34:51.539
 Jesus told

00:34:51.539 --> 00:34:51.739
 them,

00:34:51.759 --> 00:34:52.319
 even after he

00:34:52.319 --> 00:34:52.779
 had told

00:34:52.779 --> 00:34:53.279
 them why

00:34:53.279 --> 00:34:53.539
 he was

00:34:53.539 --> 00:34:53.819
 going to

00:34:53.819 --> 00:34:54.239
 Jerusalem,

00:34:55.119 --> 00:34:55.699
 still they

00:34:55.699 --> 00:34:55.819
 didn't

00:34:55.819 --> 00:34:56.339
 understand.

00:34:57.259 --> 00:34:57.879
 Mark 10,

00:34:57.980 --> 00:34:58.799
 verse 33,

00:34:59.659 --> 00:35:00.059
 saying,

00:35:00.219 --> 00:35:01.079
 Jesus said,

00:35:01.219 --> 00:35:02.139
 see,

00:35:02.259 --> 00:35:02.500
 we are

00:35:02.500 --> 00:35:03.079
 going up

00:35:03.079 --> 00:35:03.699
 to Jerusalem,

00:35:03.879 --> 00:35:04.139
 and the

00:35:04.139 --> 00:35:04.500
 Son of

00:35:04.500 --> 00:35:04.980
 Man will

00:35:04.980 --> 00:35:05.599
 be delivered

00:35:05.599 --> 00:35:06.579
 over to

00:35:06.579 --> 00:35:07.000
 the chief

00:35:07.000 --> 00:35:07.579
 priests and

00:35:07.579 --> 00:35:08.119
 scribes,

00:35:08.139 --> 00:35:08.319
 and they

00:35:08.319 --> 00:35:08.839
 will condemn

00:35:08.839 --> 00:35:09.259
 him to

00:35:09.259 --> 00:35:09.639
 death,

00:35:10.119 --> 00:35:10.719
 and deliver

00:35:10.719 --> 00:35:11.319
 him over

00:35:11.319 --> 00:35:11.699
 to the

00:35:11.699 --> 00:35:12.339
 Gentiles,

00:35:13.239 --> 00:35:13.539
 and they

00:35:13.539 --> 00:35:14.079
 will mock

00:35:14.079 --> 00:35:14.399
 him,

00:35:14.659 --> 00:35:15.239
 spit on

00:35:15.239 --> 00:35:15.539
 him,

00:35:16.319 --> 00:35:17.019
 flog him,

00:35:17.199 --> 00:35:17.539
 and kill

00:35:17.539 --> 00:35:17.799
 him,

00:35:18.559 --> 00:35:18.980
 and after

00:35:18.980 --> 00:35:19.719
 three days

00:35:19.719 --> 00:35:20.119
 he will

00:35:20.119 --> 00:35:20.599
 rise.

00:35:21.699 --> 00:35:22.299
 And again,

00:35:22.399 --> 00:35:22.659
 they're like,

00:35:22.739 --> 00:35:22.939
 what?

00:35:24.000 --> 00:35:24.539
 They're not

00:35:24.539 --> 00:35:25.299
 making the

00:35:25.299 --> 00:35:25.719
 correct

00:35:25.719 --> 00:35:26.699
 interpretations

00:35:26.699 --> 00:35:27.399
 of these

00:35:27.399 --> 00:35:28.079
 prophecies.

00:35:29.679 --> 00:35:30.159
 Also,

00:35:30.339 --> 00:35:30.539
 when they

00:35:30.539 --> 00:35:30.879
 are teaching

00:35:30.880 --> 00:35:31.099
 their

00:35:31.099 --> 00:35:31.440
 children,

00:35:32.019 --> 00:35:32.420
 they would

00:35:32.420 --> 00:35:33.840
 read a

00:35:33.840 --> 00:35:34.380
 scripture like

00:35:34.380 --> 00:35:34.619
 out of

00:35:34.619 --> 00:35:35.460
 Zechariah or

00:35:35.460 --> 00:35:36.599
 something else,

00:35:36.640 --> 00:35:36.840
 and they

00:35:36.840 --> 00:35:37.599
 would ask

00:35:37.599 --> 00:35:38.059
 their children,

00:35:38.780 --> 00:35:39.340
 of whom

00:35:39.340 --> 00:35:40.599
 does the

00:35:40.599 --> 00:35:41.340
 prophet speak?

00:35:42.260 --> 00:35:42.460
 Right?

00:35:43.880 --> 00:35:44.400
 Still,

00:35:44.780 --> 00:35:45.420
 we're missing

00:35:45.420 --> 00:35:45.940
 so many

00:35:45.940 --> 00:35:46.420
 things.

00:35:47.180 --> 00:35:47.599
 So they

00:35:47.599 --> 00:35:48.000
 had a

00:35:48.000 --> 00:35:48.740
 false idea,

00:35:48.840 --> 00:35:49.960
 this messianic

00:35:49.960 --> 00:35:51.599
 liberation from

00:35:51.599 --> 00:35:52.019
 Rome's

00:35:52.019 --> 00:35:52.420
 oppression.

00:35:53.019 --> 00:35:53.740
 But truly,

00:35:53.920 --> 00:35:54.300
 in Jesus'

00:35:54.480 --> 00:35:54.780
 mind,

00:35:54.840 --> 00:35:55.140
 it wasn't

00:35:55.140 --> 00:35:55.500
 Rome,

00:35:55.579 --> 00:35:55.960
 it was

00:35:55.960 --> 00:35:56.720
 Satan,

00:35:56.920 --> 00:35:57.260
 sin,

00:35:57.480 --> 00:35:57.960
 and death

00:35:57.960 --> 00:35:58.159
 that he

00:35:58.159 --> 00:35:58.619
 was coming

00:35:58.619 --> 00:35:59.679
 to conquer.

00:36:00.480 --> 00:36:00.800
 So they

00:36:00.800 --> 00:36:01.179
 meet him

00:36:01.179 --> 00:36:01.679
 with so much

00:36:01.679 --> 00:36:02.119
 zeal and

00:36:02.119 --> 00:36:02.360
 false

00:36:02.360 --> 00:36:03.079
 expectations.

00:36:03.420 --> 00:36:03.519
 Okay?

00:36:04.500 --> 00:36:05.500
 And a

00:36:05.500 --> 00:36:06.019
 little later,

00:36:06.179 --> 00:36:06.559
 a few days

00:36:06.559 --> 00:36:06.860
 later,

00:36:07.420 --> 00:36:08.179
 when Jesus

00:36:08.179 --> 00:36:09.079
 didn't meet

00:36:09.079 --> 00:36:09.440
 these

00:36:09.440 --> 00:36:10.099
 expectations,

00:36:10.519 --> 00:36:11.460
 what happened?

00:36:12.159 --> 00:36:12.860
 The mass

00:36:12.860 --> 00:36:13.460
 mob kind of

00:36:13.460 --> 00:36:13.780
 turned.

00:36:14.440 --> 00:36:15.179
 Crucify him,

00:36:15.300 --> 00:36:15.960
 crucify him.

00:36:16.099 --> 00:36:16.639
 We will not

00:36:16.639 --> 00:36:17.380
 let you reign

00:36:17.380 --> 00:36:18.079
 over us.

00:36:19.019 --> 00:36:19.300
 Right?

00:36:20.599 --> 00:36:20.820
 Now,

00:36:20.840 --> 00:36:21.199
 certainly,

00:36:21.360 --> 00:36:21.720
 some of that

00:36:21.720 --> 00:36:22.039
 mob,

00:36:22.300 --> 00:36:22.800
 shouting that

00:36:22.800 --> 00:36:23.240
 was probably

00:36:23.239 --> 00:36:23.739
 a stage

00:36:23.739 --> 00:36:24.079
 mob.

00:36:24.799 --> 00:36:25.159
 But,

00:36:25.359 --> 00:36:26.019
 in general,

00:36:26.139 --> 00:36:26.439
 the whole

00:36:26.439 --> 00:36:27.699
 city was

00:36:27.699 --> 00:36:28.119
 thinking

00:36:28.119 --> 00:36:28.819
 deliverance

00:36:28.819 --> 00:36:29.699
 from an

00:36:29.699 --> 00:36:29.979
 earthly

00:36:29.979 --> 00:36:30.459
 power.

00:36:31.339 --> 00:36:31.519
 Alright?

00:36:31.679 --> 00:36:32.039
 And then you

00:36:32.039 --> 00:36:32.559
 read on,

00:36:32.699 --> 00:36:33.119
 back in

00:36:33.119 --> 00:36:33.719
 verse chapter

00:36:33.719 --> 00:36:34.259
 11,

00:36:34.919 --> 00:36:35.139
 it says,

00:36:35.219 --> 00:36:35.459
 he entered

00:36:35.459 --> 00:36:35.899
 Jerusalem,

00:36:36.039 --> 00:36:36.319
 went into

00:36:36.319 --> 00:36:36.819
 the temple,

00:36:37.479 --> 00:36:37.819
 where he

00:36:37.819 --> 00:36:38.299
 looked around

00:36:38.299 --> 00:36:38.939
 at everything,

00:36:39.099 --> 00:36:39.419
 it was

00:36:39.419 --> 00:36:40.179
 already late,

00:36:40.579 --> 00:36:40.979
 he went

00:36:40.979 --> 00:36:41.259
 out to

00:36:41.259 --> 00:36:41.639
 Bethany

00:36:41.639 --> 00:36:41.959
 with the

00:36:41.959 --> 00:36:42.319
 twelve.

00:36:42.899 --> 00:36:43.279
 So he

00:36:43.279 --> 00:36:43.639
 went into

00:36:43.639 --> 00:36:44.059
 the temple,

00:36:45.059 --> 00:36:45.639
 scouted it

00:36:45.639 --> 00:36:45.839
 out,

00:36:45.939 --> 00:36:46.179
 maybe,

00:36:46.279 --> 00:36:46.500
 like,

00:36:46.559 --> 00:36:46.679
 yeah,

00:36:46.679 --> 00:36:46.899
 I've got

00:36:46.899 --> 00:36:47.399
 work here

00:36:47.399 --> 00:36:47.759
 to do

00:36:47.759 --> 00:36:48.259
 tomorrow,

00:36:48.859 --> 00:36:49.339
 and then

00:36:49.339 --> 00:36:50.619
 went back

00:36:50.619 --> 00:36:51.199
 to Bethany,

00:36:51.939 --> 00:36:52.419
 back up

00:36:52.419 --> 00:36:52.759
 the hill

00:36:52.759 --> 00:36:53.059
 where he

00:36:53.059 --> 00:36:53.440
 just came

00:36:53.440 --> 00:36:53.799
 from.

00:36:54.639 --> 00:36:54.840
 Right?

00:36:55.599 --> 00:36:56.159
 So how

00:36:56.159 --> 00:36:56.480
 are we

00:36:56.480 --> 00:36:56.840
 to look

00:36:56.840 --> 00:36:57.239
 at all

00:36:57.239 --> 00:36:58.119
 these events?

00:36:58.420 --> 00:36:58.940
 This is

00:36:58.940 --> 00:36:59.279
 the third

00:36:59.279 --> 00:36:59.519
 thing,

00:36:59.559 --> 00:37:00.380
 our response.

00:37:01.199 --> 00:37:01.539
 We can

00:37:01.539 --> 00:37:02.219
 learn a

00:37:02.219 --> 00:37:02.559
 lot,

00:37:03.599 --> 00:37:04.079
 but just

00:37:04.079 --> 00:37:04.500
 a couple

00:37:04.500 --> 00:37:05.139
 of things.

00:37:06.159 --> 00:37:06.400
 Alright?

00:37:06.519 --> 00:37:06.739
 And I

00:37:06.739 --> 00:37:06.980
 got them

00:37:06.980 --> 00:37:07.219
 just in

00:37:07.219 --> 00:37:07.519
 the form

00:37:07.519 --> 00:37:08.119
 of questions.

00:37:08.880 --> 00:37:09.380
 One is,

00:37:09.440 --> 00:37:09.980
 do you

00:37:09.980 --> 00:37:10.840
 misuse

00:37:10.840 --> 00:37:12.019
 the Scripture

00:37:12.019 --> 00:37:13.400
 to suit

00:37:13.400 --> 00:37:13.860
 your own

00:37:13.860 --> 00:37:14.279
 purposes?

00:37:15.500 --> 00:37:15.739
 Alright?

00:37:15.980 --> 00:37:16.860
 Be aware

00:37:16.860 --> 00:37:18.639
 of

00:37:18.639 --> 00:37:19.940
 very,

00:37:20.059 --> 00:37:20.279
 very

00:37:20.279 --> 00:37:20.759
 passionate

00:37:20.759 --> 00:37:21.340
 people,

00:37:22.400 --> 00:37:22.739
 zealous

00:37:22.739 --> 00:37:23.219
 people

00:37:23.219 --> 00:37:24.199
 who

00:37:24.199 --> 00:37:24.539
 quote

00:37:24.539 --> 00:37:24.699
 and

00:37:24.699 --> 00:37:25.000
 use

00:37:25.000 --> 00:37:25.159
 the

00:37:25.159 --> 00:37:25.479
 Bible

00:37:25.479 --> 00:37:25.799
 for

00:37:25.799 --> 00:37:25.959
 their

00:37:25.959 --> 00:37:26.179
 own

00:37:26.179 --> 00:37:26.679
 desires.

00:37:27.599 --> 00:37:28.079
 Like,

00:37:28.119 --> 00:37:28.579
 this happens

00:37:28.579 --> 00:37:29.219
 every day

00:37:29.219 --> 00:37:29.659
 all over

00:37:29.659 --> 00:37:30.219
 the place.

00:37:31.019 --> 00:37:31.259
 Like,

00:37:31.399 --> 00:37:32.099
 understand,

00:37:32.259 --> 00:37:32.459
 when you

00:37:32.459 --> 00:37:33.039
 were engaging

00:37:33.039 --> 00:37:33.479
 in reading

00:37:33.479 --> 00:37:33.979
 the Bible,

00:37:35.339 --> 00:37:35.979
 teaching it,

00:37:36.619 --> 00:37:37.500
 listening to it,

00:37:37.519 --> 00:37:38.079
 you're engaging

00:37:38.079 --> 00:37:38.679
 in a sacred

00:37:38.679 --> 00:37:39.099
 act.

00:37:39.779 --> 00:37:40.439
 You're hearing

00:37:40.439 --> 00:37:40.879
 the very

00:37:40.879 --> 00:37:41.419
 words that

00:37:41.419 --> 00:37:42.019
 were inspired

00:37:42.019 --> 00:37:42.739
 by God

00:37:42.739 --> 00:37:43.199
 himself.

00:37:43.399 --> 00:37:43.579
 So,

00:37:44.019 --> 00:37:44.299
 you don't

00:37:44.299 --> 00:37:44.759
 need a good

00:37:44.759 --> 00:37:45.059
 word,

00:37:45.159 --> 00:37:45.339
 you don't

00:37:45.339 --> 00:37:45.679
 need some

00:37:45.679 --> 00:37:47.019
 cool advice

00:37:47.019 --> 00:37:47.379
 from a

00:37:47.379 --> 00:37:47.859
 psychologist,

00:37:48.059 --> 00:37:48.539
 you need

00:37:48.539 --> 00:37:49.059
 the Scripture.

00:37:49.059 --> 00:37:49.139
 Scripture.

00:37:49.820 --> 00:37:50.039
 Like,

00:37:50.039 --> 00:37:50.380
 this is

00:37:50.380 --> 00:37:50.900
 God's

00:37:50.900 --> 00:37:51.179
 truth.

00:37:51.860 --> 00:37:52.099
 Don't

00:37:52.099 --> 00:37:53.219
 read the

00:37:53.219 --> 00:37:53.500
 Scripture

00:37:53.500 --> 00:37:54.480
 selectively,

00:37:55.340 --> 00:37:55.940
 pull out of

00:37:55.940 --> 00:37:56.199
 it what

00:37:56.199 --> 00:37:56.739
 you want,

00:37:57.779 --> 00:37:58.340
 and then

00:37:58.340 --> 00:37:58.699
 make up

00:37:58.699 --> 00:37:59.000
 your own

00:37:59.000 --> 00:37:59.299
 Bible.

00:38:00.340 --> 00:38:00.699
 Thomas

00:38:00.699 --> 00:38:01.059
 Jefferson

00:38:01.059 --> 00:38:01.400
 did that,

00:38:01.440 --> 00:38:01.699
 he called it

00:38:01.699 --> 00:38:02.119
 the Jefferson

00:38:02.119 --> 00:38:02.539
 Bible.

00:38:03.039 --> 00:38:03.380
 He took the

00:38:03.380 --> 00:38:03.679
 parts he

00:38:03.679 --> 00:38:04.039
 didn't like

00:38:04.039 --> 00:38:04.440
 out and

00:38:04.440 --> 00:38:04.920
 left what

00:38:04.920 --> 00:38:05.340
 he did

00:38:05.340 --> 00:38:05.759
 in the

00:38:05.759 --> 00:38:06.000
 Bible.

00:38:08.360 --> 00:38:09.019
 Can't do

00:38:09.019 --> 00:38:09.299
 that.

00:38:10.299 --> 00:38:10.639
 God's

00:38:10.639 --> 00:38:10.880
 word

00:38:10.880 --> 00:38:11.299
 stands

00:38:11.299 --> 00:38:11.719
 forever.

00:38:11.719 --> 00:38:12.980
 All right?

00:38:13.179 --> 00:38:13.439
 So,

00:38:14.359 --> 00:38:15.019
 Jesus doesn't

00:38:15.019 --> 00:38:15.379
 meet our

00:38:15.379 --> 00:38:15.879
 fleshly

00:38:15.879 --> 00:38:16.619
 expectations,

00:38:16.819 --> 00:38:17.079
 right,

00:38:17.839 --> 00:38:19.179
 for this

00:38:19.179 --> 00:38:19.579
 crowd.

00:38:19.679 --> 00:38:20.000
 They didn't

00:38:20.000 --> 00:38:20.599
 meet their

00:38:20.599 --> 00:38:22.199
 desires to

00:38:22.199 --> 00:38:22.779
 have a

00:38:22.779 --> 00:38:23.459
 new authority

00:38:23.459 --> 00:38:23.779
 and a

00:38:23.779 --> 00:38:24.239
 new rule

00:38:24.239 --> 00:38:24.739
 over them.

00:38:25.219 --> 00:38:25.619
 They weren't

00:38:25.619 --> 00:38:26.179
 expecting to

00:38:26.179 --> 00:38:26.439
 have a

00:38:26.439 --> 00:38:26.739
 humble,

00:38:26.899 --> 00:38:27.199
 suffering

00:38:27.199 --> 00:38:27.599
 servant

00:38:27.599 --> 00:38:28.059
 come.

00:38:28.379 --> 00:38:28.859
 Not their

00:38:28.859 --> 00:38:29.259
 Messiah,

00:38:29.339 --> 00:38:29.719
 not their

00:38:29.719 --> 00:38:30.059
 Messiah.

00:38:30.139 --> 00:38:30.339
 He was

00:38:30.339 --> 00:38:30.779
 going to

00:38:30.779 --> 00:38:32.059
 conquer and

00:38:32.059 --> 00:38:32.659
 rule and

00:38:32.659 --> 00:38:33.980
 reign over

00:38:33.980 --> 00:38:35.099
 the political

00:38:35.099 --> 00:38:35.599
 earthly

00:38:35.599 --> 00:38:36.579
 kingdom.

00:38:37.379 --> 00:38:37.719
 Right?

00:38:38.259 --> 00:38:38.500
 So,

00:38:38.579 --> 00:38:38.980
 don't read

00:38:38.980 --> 00:38:39.359
 the Scripture

00:38:39.359 --> 00:38:40.019
 selectively.

00:38:40.159 --> 00:38:40.739
 Don't say,

00:38:40.739 --> 00:38:42.159
 well,

00:38:42.359 --> 00:38:43.099
 this is my

00:38:43.099 --> 00:38:43.739
 verse and

00:38:43.739 --> 00:38:45.019
 that's my

00:38:45.019 --> 00:38:45.279
 verse,

00:38:45.319 --> 00:38:45.559
 no matter

00:38:45.559 --> 00:38:46.159
 what happens.

00:38:46.299 --> 00:38:46.399
 Like,

00:38:46.459 --> 00:38:47.139
 understand what's

00:38:47.139 --> 00:38:47.719
 going on.

00:38:47.859 --> 00:38:48.039
 Like,

00:38:48.339 --> 00:38:48.919
 God gave

00:38:48.919 --> 00:38:49.559
 this for

00:38:49.559 --> 00:38:50.459
 specific reasons

00:38:50.459 --> 00:38:50.839
 in the

00:38:50.839 --> 00:38:51.399
 context.

00:38:52.459 --> 00:38:52.739
 All right?

00:38:53.799 --> 00:38:54.319
 Secondly,

00:38:55.239 --> 00:38:56.039
 really big

00:38:56.039 --> 00:38:56.279
 one,

00:38:57.659 --> 00:38:58.179
 do you have

00:38:58.179 --> 00:38:58.519
 false

00:38:58.519 --> 00:38:59.239
 expectations

00:38:59.239 --> 00:38:59.659
 of the

00:38:59.659 --> 00:39:00.159
 true king?

00:39:01.339 --> 00:39:01.979
 Yes,

00:39:02.119 --> 00:39:02.399
 false

00:39:02.399 --> 00:39:03.039
 expectations

00:39:03.039 --> 00:39:03.479
 of the

00:39:03.479 --> 00:39:03.979
 true king.

00:39:05.019 --> 00:39:05.419
 So,

00:39:06.359 --> 00:39:06.759
 interesting

00:39:06.759 --> 00:39:07.279
 enough,

00:39:07.379 --> 00:39:07.479
 like,

00:39:07.519 --> 00:39:08.000
 these kind

00:39:08.000 --> 00:39:08.439
 of events

00:39:08.439 --> 00:39:09.039
 go on

00:39:09.039 --> 00:39:10.179
 on a

00:39:10.179 --> 00:39:10.819
 daily basis

00:39:10.819 --> 00:39:11.259
 all over

00:39:11.259 --> 00:39:11.779
 the place.

00:39:12.440 --> 00:39:12.919
 People are

00:39:12.919 --> 00:39:13.679
 interested in

00:39:13.679 --> 00:39:14.039
 a Jesus

00:39:14.039 --> 00:39:14.419
 of their

00:39:14.419 --> 00:39:14.619
 own

00:39:14.619 --> 00:39:15.019
 making,

00:39:16.039 --> 00:39:16.519
 which we

00:39:16.519 --> 00:39:16.940
 would call

00:39:16.940 --> 00:39:17.659
 idolatry,

00:39:17.779 --> 00:39:18.279
 like creating

00:39:18.279 --> 00:39:18.779
 a God

00:39:18.779 --> 00:39:19.119
 in your

00:39:19.119 --> 00:39:19.619
 mind to

00:39:19.619 --> 00:39:20.699
 suit your

00:39:20.699 --> 00:39:20.980
 own

00:39:20.980 --> 00:39:21.480
 interests.

00:39:22.619 --> 00:39:22.739
 Right?

00:39:23.980 --> 00:39:24.359
 They're

00:39:24.359 --> 00:39:24.819
 told,

00:39:25.679 --> 00:39:26.159
 people are

00:39:26.159 --> 00:39:26.699
 told a

00:39:26.699 --> 00:39:27.379
 false gospel,

00:39:27.960 --> 00:39:28.259
 or they

00:39:28.259 --> 00:39:28.699
 read the

00:39:28.699 --> 00:39:28.919
 Scripture

00:39:28.919 --> 00:39:29.480
 wrongly,

00:39:30.159 --> 00:39:31.139
 and they

00:39:31.139 --> 00:39:31.619
 think,

00:39:32.440 --> 00:39:32.719
 Jesus,

00:39:32.839 --> 00:39:33.119
 come to

00:39:33.119 --> 00:39:33.399
 Jesus,

00:39:33.519 --> 00:39:33.759
 I will

00:39:33.759 --> 00:39:34.279
 get happy,

00:39:34.960 --> 00:39:35.359
 I will

00:39:35.359 --> 00:39:35.960
 be satisfied,

00:39:36.119 --> 00:39:36.379
 or nothing

00:39:36.379 --> 00:39:36.879
 bad will

00:39:36.879 --> 00:39:37.299
 ever happen

00:39:37.299 --> 00:39:37.639
 to me.

00:39:38.359 --> 00:39:38.739
 Well,

00:39:39.539 --> 00:39:39.859
 the first

00:39:39.859 --> 00:39:40.199
 part of

00:39:40.199 --> 00:39:40.619
 that can

00:39:40.619 --> 00:39:41.099
 be true.

00:39:41.900 --> 00:39:42.239
 Those of

00:39:42.239 --> 00:39:42.440
 us who

00:39:42.440 --> 00:39:42.900
 know Christ

00:39:42.900 --> 00:39:43.219
 know He

00:39:43.219 --> 00:39:44.019
 is satisfying,

00:39:44.139 --> 00:39:44.420
 know that He

00:39:44.420 --> 00:39:45.699
 does bring

00:39:45.699 --> 00:39:46.179
 peace and

00:39:46.179 --> 00:39:46.379
 joy,

00:39:46.440 --> 00:39:46.659
 but that

00:39:46.659 --> 00:39:46.940
 doesn't

00:39:46.940 --> 00:39:47.299
 come,

00:39:48.099 --> 00:39:48.639
 that only

00:39:48.639 --> 00:39:49.339
 comes by

00:39:49.339 --> 00:39:50.039
 repentance of

00:39:50.039 --> 00:39:50.579
 your sin

00:39:50.579 --> 00:39:51.779
 and following

00:39:51.779 --> 00:39:52.179
 Christ.

00:39:52.319 --> 00:39:52.699
 And so many

00:39:52.699 --> 00:39:53.099
 people leave

00:39:53.099 --> 00:39:53.480
 that part

00:39:53.480 --> 00:39:53.819
 out.

00:39:54.659 --> 00:39:54.980
 Like,

00:39:55.159 --> 00:39:55.799
 don't preach

00:39:55.799 --> 00:39:56.119
 to your

00:39:56.119 --> 00:39:56.559
 friends and

00:39:56.559 --> 00:39:57.000
 your family,

00:39:57.079 --> 00:39:57.239
 you don't

00:39:57.239 --> 00:39:57.739
 know Christ,

00:39:57.839 --> 00:39:58.859
 don't preach

00:39:58.859 --> 00:39:59.259
 to them a

00:39:59.259 --> 00:39:59.920
 false gospel

00:39:59.920 --> 00:40:00.319
 saying,

00:40:00.440 --> 00:40:00.739
 come and

00:40:00.739 --> 00:40:01.199
 be happy.

00:40:01.199 --> 00:40:03.799
 Jesus is

00:40:03.799 --> 00:40:04.399
 the reward,

00:40:04.579 --> 00:40:05.500
 not these

00:40:05.500 --> 00:40:06.339
 other things.

00:40:06.539 --> 00:40:07.539
 Don't come

00:40:07.539 --> 00:40:08.939
 and say to

00:40:08.939 --> 00:40:09.239
 people,

00:40:09.339 --> 00:40:09.719
 don't lead

00:40:09.719 --> 00:40:10.000
 them to

00:40:10.000 --> 00:40:10.299
 think,

00:40:10.919 --> 00:40:11.359
 Jesus will

00:40:11.359 --> 00:40:11.719
 grant you

00:40:11.719 --> 00:40:12.059
 all of your

00:40:12.059 --> 00:40:12.559
 desires,

00:40:12.739 --> 00:40:13.359
 Jesus will

00:40:13.359 --> 00:40:14.519
 heal you of

00:40:14.519 --> 00:40:14.819
 all your

00:40:14.819 --> 00:40:15.480
 sicknesses,

00:40:15.579 --> 00:40:15.879
 He will

00:40:15.879 --> 00:40:16.799
 fulfill all

00:40:16.799 --> 00:40:17.480
 your dreams,

00:40:18.279 --> 00:40:18.779
 if you just

00:40:18.779 --> 00:40:19.159
 come to

00:40:19.159 --> 00:40:19.359
 Him.

00:40:20.439 --> 00:40:20.759
 Right?

00:40:21.439 --> 00:40:21.960
 Some of

00:40:21.960 --> 00:40:22.179
 you,

00:40:22.419 --> 00:40:22.679
 you know,

00:40:23.759 --> 00:40:25.359
 if I have

00:40:25.359 --> 00:40:25.719
 Jesus,

00:40:25.960 --> 00:40:27.480
 I will have

00:40:27.480 --> 00:40:27.919
 a boyfriend

00:40:27.919 --> 00:40:28.359
 or a

00:40:28.359 --> 00:40:28.639
 girlfriend.

00:40:28.639 --> 00:40:30.420
 If I

00:40:30.420 --> 00:40:31.039
 have Jesus,

00:40:31.219 --> 00:40:32.000
 I can do

00:40:32.000 --> 00:40:32.719
 good in my

00:40:32.719 --> 00:40:33.779
 job and

00:40:33.779 --> 00:40:34.460
 be successful

00:40:34.460 --> 00:40:34.940
 and make a

00:40:34.940 --> 00:40:35.199
 lot of

00:40:35.199 --> 00:40:35.460
 money.

00:40:36.359 --> 00:40:36.759
 People will

00:40:36.759 --> 00:40:37.159
 think well

00:40:37.159 --> 00:40:37.500
 of me if

00:40:37.500 --> 00:40:37.719
 I'm a

00:40:37.719 --> 00:40:38.019
 Christian,

00:40:38.199 --> 00:40:38.719
 so I'll

00:40:38.719 --> 00:40:39.420
 attach Him

00:40:39.420 --> 00:40:40.480
 to my

00:40:40.480 --> 00:40:40.859
 name.

00:40:42.019 --> 00:40:42.339
 No.

00:40:43.699 --> 00:40:44.279
 So many

00:40:44.279 --> 00:40:44.960
 people who

00:40:44.960 --> 00:40:45.359
 are super

00:40:45.359 --> 00:40:46.619
 passionate and

00:40:46.619 --> 00:40:47.059
 seem to be

00:40:47.059 --> 00:40:47.699
 zealous for

00:40:47.699 --> 00:40:48.639
 Christ until

00:40:48.639 --> 00:40:50.039
 Jesus doesn't

00:40:50.039 --> 00:40:50.519
 deliver the

00:40:50.519 --> 00:40:50.839
 goods,

00:40:51.839 --> 00:40:52.480
 and then they

00:40:52.480 --> 00:40:52.940
 turn on

00:40:52.940 --> 00:40:53.079
 Him.

00:40:53.879 --> 00:40:54.059
 Right?

00:40:54.920 --> 00:40:55.539
 Is that true

00:40:55.539 --> 00:40:56.079
 love, like

00:40:56.079 --> 00:40:56.400
 you're really

00:40:56.400 --> 00:40:57.079
 loving Christ

00:40:57.079 --> 00:40:57.299
 like a

00:40:57.299 --> 00:40:57.460
 heart,

00:40:57.539 --> 00:40:57.679
 soul,

00:40:57.779 --> 00:40:58.039
 mind?

00:40:58.639 --> 00:40:59.339
 And strength

00:40:59.339 --> 00:41:00.079
 if you're so

00:41:00.079 --> 00:41:00.519
 quick to

00:41:00.519 --> 00:41:01.039
 turn on Him

00:41:01.039 --> 00:41:01.279
 when He

00:41:01.279 --> 00:41:01.519
 doesn't

00:41:01.519 --> 00:41:02.179
 deliver some

00:41:02.179 --> 00:41:02.539
 earthly

00:41:02.539 --> 00:41:03.920
 expectation

00:41:03.920 --> 00:41:05.219
 that you

00:41:05.219 --> 00:41:05.679
 hoped He

00:41:05.679 --> 00:41:06.019
 would.

00:41:07.339 --> 00:41:08.079
 The fallen

00:41:08.079 --> 00:41:08.940
 sinful heart

00:41:08.940 --> 00:41:09.619
 can be very

00:41:09.619 --> 00:41:10.599
 interested in

00:41:10.599 --> 00:41:11.960
 Jesus,

00:41:12.219 --> 00:41:12.539
 right?

00:41:13.159 --> 00:41:13.599
 Until

00:41:13.599 --> 00:41:15.460
 Jesus attacks

00:41:15.460 --> 00:41:15.960
 their false

00:41:15.960 --> 00:41:16.319
 religion,

00:41:16.420 --> 00:41:16.639
 which is

00:41:16.639 --> 00:41:17.159
 exactly what

00:41:17.159 --> 00:41:17.440
 He did

00:41:17.440 --> 00:41:17.779
 the next

00:41:17.779 --> 00:41:18.079
 day.

00:41:18.679 --> 00:41:18.920
 Right?

00:41:18.940 --> 00:41:19.239
 He went in

00:41:19.239 --> 00:41:19.440
 there and

00:41:19.440 --> 00:41:19.859
 completely

00:41:19.859 --> 00:41:20.719
 upset their

00:41:20.719 --> 00:41:21.480
 whole system

00:41:21.480 --> 00:41:22.199
 and the

00:41:22.199 --> 00:41:22.519
 temple.

00:41:23.699 --> 00:41:23.900
 And they

00:41:23.900 --> 00:41:24.099
 were like,

00:41:24.159 --> 00:41:24.699
 why are you

00:41:24.699 --> 00:41:25.219
 doing these

00:41:25.219 --> 00:41:25.519
 things?

00:41:25.599 --> 00:41:26.139
 And He

00:41:26.139 --> 00:41:26.619
 quotes from

00:41:26.619 --> 00:41:27.039
 the Scripture.

00:41:27.039 --> 00:41:28.820
 quit making

00:41:28.820 --> 00:41:29.820
 my father's

00:41:29.820 --> 00:41:31.300
 house a

00:41:31.300 --> 00:41:31.860
 den of

00:41:31.860 --> 00:41:32.300
 robbers.

00:41:33.219 --> 00:41:34.039
 Very angry,

00:41:35.000 --> 00:41:35.679
 very zealous

00:41:35.679 --> 00:41:37.039
 for God's

00:41:37.039 --> 00:41:37.659
 glory at that

00:41:37.659 --> 00:41:37.980
 time.

00:41:38.920 --> 00:41:39.159
 So,

00:41:39.420 --> 00:41:40.099
 beware of

00:41:40.099 --> 00:41:40.340
 that.

00:41:42.500 --> 00:41:42.739
 So,

00:41:43.119 --> 00:41:43.440
 alright,

00:41:43.599 --> 00:41:43.880
 so a

00:41:43.880 --> 00:41:44.199
 warning.

00:41:44.960 --> 00:41:45.840
 If you're in

00:41:45.840 --> 00:41:46.320
 this state

00:41:46.320 --> 00:41:46.539
 where you

00:41:46.539 --> 00:41:46.880
 really just

00:41:46.880 --> 00:41:47.360
 think Jesus

00:41:47.360 --> 00:41:47.699
 is some

00:41:47.699 --> 00:41:48.000
 kind of

00:41:48.000 --> 00:41:48.460
 genie that

00:41:48.460 --> 00:41:48.739
 can get

00:41:48.739 --> 00:41:49.000
 you what

00:41:49.000 --> 00:41:49.480
 you want,

00:41:50.059 --> 00:41:50.519
 you're in a

00:41:50.519 --> 00:41:51.519
 very dangerous

00:41:51.519 --> 00:41:52.320
 and vulnerable

00:41:52.320 --> 00:41:52.759
 position.

00:41:52.960 --> 00:41:53.400
 You're not

00:41:53.400 --> 00:41:54.019
 thinking about

00:41:54.019 --> 00:41:54.639
 Jesus as

00:41:54.639 --> 00:41:55.039
 He truly

00:41:55.039 --> 00:41:55.519
 is.

00:41:56.179 --> 00:41:56.400
 You're

00:41:56.400 --> 00:41:56.800
 making a

00:41:56.800 --> 00:41:57.300
 mockery of

00:41:57.300 --> 00:41:57.820
 the cross.

00:41:57.920 --> 00:41:58.199
 It's not

00:41:58.199 --> 00:41:58.539
 why He

00:41:58.539 --> 00:41:59.000
 came here.

00:41:59.719 --> 00:42:00.059
 You don't

00:42:00.059 --> 00:42:01.219
 place demands

00:42:01.219 --> 00:42:02.659
 on God

00:42:02.659 --> 00:42:03.059
 Almighty.

00:42:04.000 --> 00:42:04.320
 You don't

00:42:04.320 --> 00:42:04.559
 say,

00:42:04.699 --> 00:42:05.320
 you will do

00:42:05.320 --> 00:42:05.980
 this if I

00:42:05.980 --> 00:42:06.480
 do this.

00:42:07.019 --> 00:42:07.340
 You are

00:42:07.340 --> 00:42:07.719
 a creature,

00:42:07.900 --> 00:42:08.219
 He is

00:42:08.219 --> 00:42:08.840
 Creator.

00:42:09.579 --> 00:42:10.139
 We exist

00:42:10.139 --> 00:42:10.599
 for His

00:42:10.599 --> 00:42:11.159
 glory and

00:42:11.159 --> 00:42:11.519
 purposes.

00:42:11.679 --> 00:42:11.900
 He doesn't

00:42:11.900 --> 00:42:12.440
 exist for

00:42:12.440 --> 00:42:13.099
 our purposes.

00:42:14.059 --> 00:42:14.340
 Right?

00:42:14.440 --> 00:42:14.940
 He is the

00:42:14.940 --> 00:42:15.539
 true King.

00:42:16.440 --> 00:42:17.139
 The only

00:42:17.139 --> 00:42:17.500
 King.

00:42:18.820 --> 00:42:19.259
 Immortal,

00:42:19.460 --> 00:42:19.840
 invisible,

00:42:20.039 --> 00:42:20.500
 the God only

00:42:20.500 --> 00:42:20.900
 wise.

00:42:21.019 --> 00:42:21.199
 Right?

00:42:21.300 --> 00:42:21.679
 So don't

00:42:21.679 --> 00:42:22.199
 preach to your

00:42:22.199 --> 00:42:22.840
 lost friends.

00:42:23.340 --> 00:42:23.639
 Come to

00:42:23.639 --> 00:42:24.159
 Jesus and be

00:42:24.159 --> 00:42:24.559
 happy and

00:42:24.559 --> 00:42:24.859
 you'll solve

00:42:24.859 --> 00:42:25.099
 all your

00:42:25.099 --> 00:42:25.559
 problems.

00:42:26.480 --> 00:42:26.920
 Come to

00:42:26.920 --> 00:42:27.259
 Jesus,

00:42:27.359 --> 00:42:27.719
 those of

00:42:27.719 --> 00:42:27.900
 you who

00:42:27.900 --> 00:42:28.359
 are burned

00:42:28.359 --> 00:42:28.639
 with your

00:42:28.639 --> 00:42:29.199
 sin or

00:42:29.199 --> 00:42:29.699
 your evil

00:42:29.699 --> 00:42:30.480
 and you

00:42:30.480 --> 00:42:30.779
 want

00:42:30.779 --> 00:42:31.420
 deliverance

00:42:31.420 --> 00:42:32.079
 from that

00:42:32.079 --> 00:42:32.480
 sin.

00:42:33.519 --> 00:42:33.679
 Right?

00:42:33.799 --> 00:42:34.379
 Repent of

00:42:34.379 --> 00:42:34.779
 your sin

00:42:34.779 --> 00:42:35.139
 and turn

00:42:35.139 --> 00:42:35.679
 to Christ.

00:42:36.440 --> 00:42:36.879
 Don't

00:42:36.879 --> 00:42:37.359
 preach that

00:42:37.359 --> 00:42:37.739
 gospel.

00:42:38.859 --> 00:42:39.019
 Right?

00:42:39.099 --> 00:42:39.460
 We want

00:42:39.460 --> 00:42:40.019
 the giver,

00:42:40.139 --> 00:42:40.460
 not the

00:42:40.460 --> 00:42:40.839
 gifts,

00:42:41.679 --> 00:42:42.319
 the blesser,

00:42:42.400 --> 00:42:42.739
 not the

00:42:42.739 --> 00:42:43.139
 blessings.

00:42:43.339 --> 00:42:43.480
 Right?

00:42:44.000 --> 00:42:44.699
 He is the

00:42:44.699 --> 00:42:45.039
 reward.

00:42:45.139 --> 00:42:45.299
 And all

00:42:45.299 --> 00:42:45.799
 true believers

00:42:45.799 --> 00:42:46.379
 know that.

00:42:46.480 --> 00:42:46.619
 Like,

00:42:46.639 --> 00:42:46.960
 He will

00:42:46.960 --> 00:42:47.879
 go around

00:42:47.879 --> 00:42:48.440
 and destroy

00:42:48.440 --> 00:42:48.900
 everything

00:42:48.900 --> 00:42:49.400
 you're taking

00:42:49.400 --> 00:42:50.019
 joy in

00:42:50.019 --> 00:42:51.319
 until you

00:42:51.319 --> 00:42:52.039
 understand that

00:42:52.039 --> 00:42:52.460
 He really

00:42:52.460 --> 00:42:53.039
 is the only

00:42:53.039 --> 00:42:53.559
 consistent

00:42:53.559 --> 00:42:54.980
 true way.

00:42:56.139 --> 00:42:56.579
 Right?

00:42:57.119 --> 00:42:57.579
 A little

00:42:57.579 --> 00:42:58.259
 story here

00:42:58.259 --> 00:42:58.820
 to illustrate

00:42:58.820 --> 00:42:59.219
 this.

00:42:59.299 --> 00:42:59.500
 I'll just

00:42:59.500 --> 00:42:59.840
 read you.

00:42:59.920 --> 00:43:00.320
 This was

00:43:00.320 --> 00:43:02.519
 Charles Spurgeon.

00:43:03.119 --> 00:43:03.639
 I told you

00:43:03.639 --> 00:43:04.079
 all Thursday

00:43:04.079 --> 00:43:04.639
 night I was

00:43:04.639 --> 00:43:04.880
 on a

00:43:04.880 --> 00:43:05.199
 Spurgeon

00:43:05.199 --> 00:43:05.659
 kick the

00:43:05.659 --> 00:43:06.059
 last couple

00:43:06.059 --> 00:43:06.420
 of weeks.

00:43:07.360 --> 00:43:07.679
 He said,

00:43:07.759 --> 00:43:08.099
 there's a

00:43:08.099 --> 00:43:09.519
 story of

00:43:09.519 --> 00:43:09.960
 a humble

00:43:09.960 --> 00:43:10.840
 gardener who

00:43:10.840 --> 00:43:11.500
 presents a

00:43:11.500 --> 00:43:11.940
 bunch of

00:43:11.940 --> 00:43:12.480
 carrots to

00:43:12.480 --> 00:43:13.059
 his king

00:43:13.059 --> 00:43:14.219
 because he

00:43:14.219 --> 00:43:16.500
 so loved

00:43:16.500 --> 00:43:17.179
 and esteemed

00:43:17.179 --> 00:43:17.779
 his sovereign.

00:43:18.659 --> 00:43:19.039
 The king

00:43:19.039 --> 00:43:19.840
 rewards the

00:43:19.840 --> 00:43:20.559
 gardener's gift

00:43:20.559 --> 00:43:21.139
 with a plot

00:43:21.139 --> 00:43:22.500
 of land so

00:43:22.500 --> 00:43:22.860
 he can

00:43:22.860 --> 00:43:23.440
 continue

00:43:23.440 --> 00:43:24.160
 blessing the

00:43:24.160 --> 00:43:24.460
 kingdom.

00:43:25.539 --> 00:43:25.880
 And then

00:43:25.880 --> 00:43:26.599
 another person

00:43:26.599 --> 00:43:26.900
 in the

00:43:26.900 --> 00:43:27.559
 court thought

00:43:27.559 --> 00:43:28.780
 an acre

00:43:28.780 --> 00:43:29.340
 of land

00:43:29.340 --> 00:43:29.680
 for a

00:43:29.680 --> 00:43:30.120
 bunch of

00:43:30.120 --> 00:43:30.480
 carrots?

00:43:30.640 --> 00:43:30.940
 What a

00:43:30.940 --> 00:43:31.220
 deal.

00:43:32.340 --> 00:43:32.680
 So the

00:43:32.680 --> 00:43:33.300
 next day

00:43:33.300 --> 00:43:34.260
 the

00:43:34.260 --> 00:43:34.740
 courtier

00:43:34.740 --> 00:43:35.460
 presents the

00:43:35.460 --> 00:43:36.380
 king with

00:43:36.380 --> 00:43:36.980
 a magnificent

00:43:36.980 --> 00:43:38.680
 horse and

00:43:38.680 --> 00:43:39.120
 the wise

00:43:39.120 --> 00:43:40.720
 king discerning

00:43:40.720 --> 00:43:41.320
 the courtier's

00:43:41.320 --> 00:43:41.559
 heart.

00:43:41.700 --> 00:43:42.220
 He knows

00:43:42.220 --> 00:43:42.680
 like this

00:43:42.680 --> 00:43:43.539
 guy just

00:43:43.539 --> 00:43:44.059
 wants something

00:43:44.059 --> 00:43:44.620
 out of me.

00:43:45.480 --> 00:43:45.599
 Right?

00:43:46.400 --> 00:43:46.960
 Simply

00:43:46.960 --> 00:43:47.539
 accepts the

00:43:47.539 --> 00:43:47.900
 gift and

00:43:47.900 --> 00:43:48.360
 says thank

00:43:48.360 --> 00:43:48.559
 you.

00:43:48.559 --> 00:43:49.579
 When the

00:43:49.579 --> 00:43:50.440
 courtier is

00:43:50.440 --> 00:43:52.539
 upset the

00:43:52.539 --> 00:43:53.579
 king explains

00:43:53.579 --> 00:43:55.119
 the gardener

00:43:55.119 --> 00:43:55.940
 gave me the

00:43:55.940 --> 00:43:57.579
 carrots but

00:43:57.579 --> 00:43:57.940
 you have

00:43:57.940 --> 00:43:58.820
 given yourself

00:43:58.820 --> 00:43:59.460
 the horse.

00:44:00.360 --> 00:44:00.659
 You gave

00:44:00.659 --> 00:44:01.219
 not out of

00:44:01.219 --> 00:44:01.699
 love for

00:44:01.699 --> 00:44:02.559
 me but

00:44:02.559 --> 00:44:02.799
 out of

00:44:02.799 --> 00:44:03.119
 love for

00:44:03.119 --> 00:44:04.579
 yourself in

00:44:04.579 --> 00:44:04.980
 the hope

00:44:04.980 --> 00:44:05.259
 of a

00:44:05.259 --> 00:44:05.719
 reward.

00:44:06.960 --> 00:44:07.139
 Right?

00:44:07.279 --> 00:44:08.000
 So always

00:44:08.000 --> 00:44:09.460
 seek Christ.

00:44:09.559 --> 00:44:09.779
 Like you

00:44:09.779 --> 00:44:10.320
 can't fool

00:44:10.320 --> 00:44:10.480
 him.

00:44:10.599 --> 00:44:11.039
 You can't

00:44:11.039 --> 00:44:11.440
 trick him

00:44:11.440 --> 00:44:11.719
 the way

00:44:11.719 --> 00:44:12.179
 this guy

00:44:12.179 --> 00:44:12.519
 was trying

00:44:12.519 --> 00:44:12.840
 to trick

00:44:12.840 --> 00:44:13.360
 this king.

00:44:13.940 --> 00:44:14.519
 He knows

00:44:14.519 --> 00:44:15.019
 your motives.

00:44:15.139 --> 00:44:15.460
 He knows

00:44:15.460 --> 00:44:16.000
 what's behind

00:44:16.000 --> 00:44:16.139
 him.

00:44:16.139 --> 00:44:16.579
 So ask

00:44:16.579 --> 00:44:16.960
 that God

00:44:16.960 --> 00:44:18.920
 would purify,

00:44:19.119 --> 00:44:19.679
 cleanse your

00:44:19.679 --> 00:44:20.059
 motives.

00:44:20.659 --> 00:44:21.079
 The Bible

00:44:21.079 --> 00:44:21.679
 does talk

00:44:21.679 --> 00:44:22.319
 about reward

00:44:22.319 --> 00:44:22.679
 but the

00:44:22.679 --> 00:44:23.319
 reward is

00:44:23.319 --> 00:44:24.159
 God himself.

00:44:25.019 --> 00:44:25.199
 Right?

00:44:25.819 --> 00:44:26.719
 God himself.

00:44:27.719 --> 00:44:28.359
 So we'll

00:44:28.359 --> 00:44:28.759
 close with

00:44:28.759 --> 00:44:29.000
 this.

00:44:29.039 --> 00:44:29.319
 Look at

00:44:29.319 --> 00:44:29.779
 Revelation

00:44:29.779 --> 00:44:31.420
 19 real

00:44:31.420 --> 00:44:31.799
 quick.

00:44:34.179 --> 00:44:34.819
 Revelation

00:44:34.819 --> 00:44:35.519
 19.

00:44:43.799 --> 00:44:44.440
 Alright.

00:44:44.779 --> 00:44:45.779
 Now this

00:44:45.780 --> 00:44:46.900
 passage that

00:44:46.900 --> 00:44:47.220
 we just

00:44:47.220 --> 00:44:47.620
 read in

00:44:47.620 --> 00:44:48.060
 Mark is

00:44:48.060 --> 00:44:48.900
 not really

00:44:48.900 --> 00:44:50.340
 the true

00:44:50.340 --> 00:44:51.100
 triumphal

00:44:51.100 --> 00:44:51.440
 entry.

00:44:52.060 --> 00:44:52.519
 It's really

00:44:52.519 --> 00:44:52.840
 not.

00:44:52.880 --> 00:44:53.180
 As we've

00:44:53.180 --> 00:44:53.420
 kind of

00:44:53.420 --> 00:44:53.840
 looked at

00:44:53.840 --> 00:44:54.300
 most people

00:44:54.300 --> 00:44:54.840
 have false

00:44:54.840 --> 00:44:55.500
 expectations

00:44:55.500 --> 00:44:57.320
 on Christ.

00:44:58.780 --> 00:44:59.380
 This

00:44:59.380 --> 00:44:59.940
 however

00:44:59.940 --> 00:45:01.360
 is the

00:45:01.360 --> 00:45:01.760
 true

00:45:01.760 --> 00:45:03.300
 triumphal

00:45:03.300 --> 00:45:03.860
 entry of

00:45:03.860 --> 00:45:04.580
 Christ into

00:45:04.580 --> 00:45:05.220
 the earthly

00:45:05.220 --> 00:45:05.780
 kingdom

00:45:05.780 --> 00:45:06.940
 and for

00:45:06.940 --> 00:45:07.320
 eternity.

00:45:07.480 --> 00:45:07.640
 And he's

00:45:07.640 --> 00:45:08.140
 not riding

00:45:08.140 --> 00:45:08.620
 a donkey.

00:45:09.140 --> 00:45:09.640
 He's riding

00:45:09.640 --> 00:45:10.100
 a white

00:45:10.100 --> 00:45:10.519
 horse.

00:45:11.780 --> 00:45:12.180
 Revelation

00:45:12.180 --> 00:45:13.019
 19 verse

00:45:13.019 --> 00:45:13.460
 11.

00:45:13.460 --> 00:45:15.079
 John

00:45:15.079 --> 00:45:15.740
 talking and

00:45:15.740 --> 00:45:16.280
 he says

00:45:16.280 --> 00:45:16.740
 then I

00:45:16.740 --> 00:45:17.300
 saw heaven

00:45:17.300 --> 00:45:18.559
 open and

00:45:18.559 --> 00:45:19.260
 behold a

00:45:19.260 --> 00:45:20.019
 white horse.

00:45:21.019 --> 00:45:21.420
 The one

00:45:21.420 --> 00:45:21.760
 who was

00:45:21.760 --> 00:45:22.220
 sitting on

00:45:22.220 --> 00:45:22.420
 it was

00:45:22.420 --> 00:45:22.639
 called

00:45:22.639 --> 00:45:23.340
 faithful and

00:45:23.340 --> 00:45:24.480
 true and

00:45:24.480 --> 00:45:25.059
 in righteousness

00:45:25.059 --> 00:45:25.740
 he judges

00:45:25.740 --> 00:45:26.260
 and makes

00:45:26.260 --> 00:45:26.679
 war.

00:45:27.519 --> 00:45:28.380
 His eyes

00:45:28.380 --> 00:45:29.240
 are like a

00:45:29.240 --> 00:45:29.699
 flame of

00:45:29.699 --> 00:45:30.800
 fire and

00:45:30.800 --> 00:45:31.119
 on his

00:45:31.119 --> 00:45:31.539
 head are

00:45:31.539 --> 00:45:31.800
 many

00:45:31.800 --> 00:45:33.639
 diadems and

00:45:33.639 --> 00:45:34.159
 there was a

00:45:34.159 --> 00:45:35.220
 name written

00:45:35.220 --> 00:45:36.539
 that no one

00:45:36.539 --> 00:45:37.300
 knew except

00:45:37.300 --> 00:45:37.820
 himself.

00:45:37.820 --> 00:45:39.059
 he is

00:45:39.059 --> 00:45:39.580
 clothed in

00:45:39.580 --> 00:45:39.940
 a robe

00:45:39.940 --> 00:45:40.380
 dipped in

00:45:40.380 --> 00:45:41.680
 blood and

00:45:41.680 --> 00:45:42.200
 the name

00:45:42.200 --> 00:45:42.740
 by which he

00:45:42.740 --> 00:45:43.160
 is called

00:45:43.160 --> 00:45:43.500
 is the

00:45:43.500 --> 00:45:43.900
 word of

00:45:43.900 --> 00:45:44.240
 God.

00:45:44.960 --> 00:45:45.280
 And the

00:45:45.280 --> 00:45:45.780
 armies of

00:45:45.780 --> 00:45:46.480
 heaven arrayed

00:45:46.480 --> 00:45:46.900
 in fine

00:45:46.900 --> 00:45:47.600
 linen white

00:45:47.600 --> 00:45:48.200
 and pure

00:45:48.200 --> 00:45:48.940
 followed him

00:45:48.940 --> 00:45:50.059
 on white

00:45:50.059 --> 00:45:50.380
 horses.

00:45:51.260 --> 00:45:51.680
 From his

00:45:51.680 --> 00:45:52.280
 mouth comes

00:45:52.280 --> 00:45:52.660
 a sharp

00:45:52.660 --> 00:45:54.559
 sword with

00:45:54.559 --> 00:45:55.280
 which to

00:45:55.280 --> 00:45:56.080
 strike down

00:45:56.080 --> 00:45:56.640
 the nations

00:45:56.640 --> 00:45:58.080
 and he will

00:45:58.080 --> 00:45:58.600
 rule them

00:45:58.600 --> 00:45:59.059
 with a rod

00:45:59.059 --> 00:45:59.600
 of iron.

00:46:00.200 --> 00:46:00.519
 He will

00:46:00.519 --> 00:46:00.960
 shred the

00:46:00.960 --> 00:46:02.440
 winepress of

00:46:02.440 --> 00:46:03.320
 the fury of

00:46:03.320 --> 00:46:04.000
 the wrath of

00:46:04.000 --> 00:46:04.539
 God the

00:46:04.539 --> 00:46:04.960
 Almighty.

00:46:05.840 --> 00:46:06.180
 And on

00:46:06.180 --> 00:46:06.820
 his robe and

00:46:06.820 --> 00:46:07.120
 on his

00:46:07.120 --> 00:46:08.160
 thigh he

00:46:08.160 --> 00:46:08.400
 has a

00:46:08.400 --> 00:46:08.860
 name written

00:46:08.860 --> 00:46:09.380
 King of

00:46:09.380 --> 00:46:10.840
 Kings and

00:46:10.840 --> 00:46:11.180
 Lord of

00:46:11.180 --> 00:46:11.580
 Lords.

00:46:13.220 --> 00:46:13.640
 He will

00:46:13.640 --> 00:46:14.160
 come and

00:46:14.160 --> 00:46:14.420
 he will

00:46:14.420 --> 00:46:15.100
 destroy the

00:46:15.100 --> 00:46:15.700
 ungodly,

00:46:16.220 --> 00:46:16.820
 all those who

00:46:16.820 --> 00:46:17.420
 have not

00:46:17.420 --> 00:46:18.519
 come to

00:46:18.519 --> 00:46:19.059
 Christ for

00:46:19.059 --> 00:46:19.760
 deliverance.

00:46:20.400 --> 00:46:20.600
 He will

00:46:20.600 --> 00:46:21.240
 establish his

00:46:21.240 --> 00:46:21.900
 earthly throne

00:46:21.900 --> 00:46:22.500
 in Jerusalem

00:46:22.500 --> 00:46:23.440
 for a

00:46:23.440 --> 00:46:24.280
 millennial reign

00:46:24.280 --> 00:46:25.120
 and the

00:46:25.120 --> 00:46:25.380
 matter will

00:46:25.380 --> 00:46:25.880
 just carry

00:46:25.880 --> 00:46:26.320
 right on

00:46:26.320 --> 00:46:26.900
 in to

00:46:26.900 --> 00:46:28.059
 eternity

00:46:28.059 --> 00:46:28.780
 forever and

00:46:28.780 --> 00:46:28.920
 ever.

00:46:29.000 --> 00:46:29.240
 The new

00:46:29.240 --> 00:46:29.500
 heaven,

00:46:30.240 --> 00:46:30.539
 the new

00:46:30.539 --> 00:46:30.980
 earth that

00:46:30.980 --> 00:46:31.519
 follows in

00:46:31.519 --> 00:46:32.080
 those chapters,

00:46:32.260 --> 00:46:32.600
 that's the

00:46:32.600 --> 00:46:33.420
 true earthly

00:46:33.420 --> 00:46:35.120
 triumphal entry

00:46:35.120 --> 00:46:35.920
 of Christ.

00:46:36.820 --> 00:46:37.800
 So let's

00:46:37.800 --> 00:46:38.300
 have that

00:46:38.300 --> 00:46:38.820
 Jesus in

00:46:38.820 --> 00:46:40.500
 mind also.

00:46:41.460 --> 00:46:41.940
 He was

00:46:41.940 --> 00:46:42.660
 committing a

00:46:42.660 --> 00:46:43.039
 great,

00:46:43.700 --> 00:46:44.320
 humble act

00:46:44.320 --> 00:46:44.720
 when he came

00:46:44.720 --> 00:46:45.519
 into Jerusalem

00:46:45.519 --> 00:46:46.220
 that day that

00:46:46.220 --> 00:46:46.700
 we just read

00:46:46.700 --> 00:46:47.059
 about.

00:46:47.880 --> 00:46:48.500
 But in his

00:46:48.500 --> 00:46:49.260
 mind he knew

00:46:49.260 --> 00:46:49.880
 what was in

00:46:49.880 --> 00:46:50.340
 front of him.

00:46:50.480 --> 00:46:50.800
 Death,

00:46:51.019 --> 00:46:51.420
 suffering,

00:46:51.920 --> 00:46:52.380
 rejection,

00:46:52.720 --> 00:46:53.480
 being mocked.

00:46:54.220 --> 00:46:55.160
 Isaiah 53,

00:46:55.440 --> 00:46:56.200
 suffering servant.

00:46:56.420 --> 00:46:57.019
 He knew that's

00:46:57.019 --> 00:46:57.340
 what he was

00:46:57.340 --> 00:46:57.880
 coming for.

00:46:58.539 --> 00:46:59.059
 He wasn't

00:46:59.059 --> 00:46:59.640
 jumping up and

00:46:59.640 --> 00:47:01.100
 down like a

00:47:01.100 --> 00:47:01.519
 lot of other

00:47:01.519 --> 00:47:02.000
 people were.

00:47:02.539 --> 00:47:03.600
 He wept over

00:47:03.600 --> 00:47:04.180
 Jerusalem.

00:47:04.880 --> 00:47:05.620
 He knew what

00:47:05.619 --> 00:47:06.039
 he had to

00:47:06.039 --> 00:47:06.380
 do.

00:47:07.339 --> 00:47:08.259
 That familiar

00:47:08.259 --> 00:47:08.699
 place.

00:47:08.779 --> 00:47:09.179
 He announced

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 his boyhood.

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 He knew it

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 was going to

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 be a place

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 where he

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 suffered and

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 died.

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 So worship

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 the true

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 Christ.

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 Read the

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 scripture the

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 way it was

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 meant to be

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 read.

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 And worship

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 God in

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 spirit and

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 in truth.

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 Let's just

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 close in

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 prayer together.