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 Good morning, I'm Tonya and I'm part of the Oikos and the Oaks group as well as Women Reading Roman.

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 Today's scripture reading is from the Gospel of Luke chapter 19 verses 28 to 48 as printed in your liturgy.

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 A reading from the Gospel according to Luke.

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 After Jesus had said this, he went on ahead, going up to Jerusalem.

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 As he approached Bethphage and Bethany at the hill called Mount of Olives, he sent two of his disciples saying to them,

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 Go to the village ahead of you, and as you enter it, you will find a colt tied there, which no one has ever written.

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 Untie it and bring it here.

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 If anyone asks you why are you untying it, say, The Lord needs it.

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 Those who were sent ahead went and found it just as he had told them.

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 As they were untying the colt, its owners asked them, Why are you untying the colt?

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 They replied, The Lord needs it.

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 They brought it to Jesus, threw their cloaks on the colt, and put Jesus on it.

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 As he went along, people spread their cloaks on the road.

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 When he came near the place where the road goes down the Mount of Olives,

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 the whole crowd of disciples began joyfully to praise God in loud voices for all the miracles they had seen.

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

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 Peace in heaven and glory in the highest.

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 Some of the Pharisees in the crowd said to Jesus, Teacher, rebuke your disciples.

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 I tell you, he replied, If they keep quiet, the stones will cry out.

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 As he approached Jerusalem and saw the city, he wept over it and said,

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 If you, even you, had only known on this day what would bring you peace,

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 but now it is hidden from your eyes.

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 The days will come upon you when your enemies will build an embankment against you

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 and encircle you and hem you in on every side.

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 They will dash you to the ground, you and the children within your walls.

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 They will not leave one stone on another because you did not recognize the time of God's coming to you.

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 When Jesus entered the temple courts, he began to drive out those who were selling.

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 It is written, he said to them, My house will be a house of prayer,

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 but you have made it a den of robbers.

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 Every day he was teaching at the temple, but the chief priests, the teachers of the law,

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 and the leaders among the people were trying to kill him,

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 yet they could not find any way to do it because all the people hung on his words.

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 This is the gospel of the Lord.

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 Praise to you, O Christ.

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 Thank you, Tonya, for that scripture reading.

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 Good morning.

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 Will you join me in prayer as we open up God's word?

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 O God, we thank you that Easter's coming.

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 We thank you that the King has come, that he's coming again,

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 that resurrection has broken into history,

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 and that resurrection is real for all of us as well.

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 So, Lord, we desire that in the preaching of your word,

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 that we would see Jesus and behold him for who he is,

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 who he's come to be for us, the Prince of Peace.

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 In his name we pray, amen.

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 All right, so I'm just going to jump right in,

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 and in case you're interested in my train of thought,

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 I'm going to dive in, and what we're going to talk about is

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 what happened, so what, now what, and is it worth it?

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 All right, what happened, so what, now what, and is it worth it?

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 And if I could put the what happened into a sentence,

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 it would be this, Jesus was entering Jerusalem,

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 Jesus was entering Yerushalayim,

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 which literally means the foundation of Shalom,

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 the city of peace.

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 Jesus was entering Yerushalayim as the divine king,

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 prophet, and priest of Shalom.

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 Okay, that's what Jesus is doing here.

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 He's entering Yerushalayim as the divine king,

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 prophet, and priest of Shalom.

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 That's the essence of what's happening here.

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 But I really want to invite us even deeper into this scene.

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 I want to really have us imagine what's going on.

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 I want to walk us through these events in more vivid color

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 to show how Jesus deliberately steps

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 into these important roles of king, prophet, and priest.

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 Now here in Luke chapter 19,

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 it's almost the time of the Passover,

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 and every faithful Jewish worshiper,

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 imagine up to a quarter million worshipers

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 descending upon this little city of Jerusalem

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 that's normally about 20,000 to 30,000 people.

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 And being one of these people,

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 Jesus has a very particular way

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 he plans to enter the city.

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 He's not just any Jewish worshiper.

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 Verse 28 says,

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 Now remember, for the last three years up to this moment,

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 Jesus has been casting out demons,

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 making the sick well, making the lame walk,

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 making the blinds to see.

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 And even right by this village that he's about to pass Bethany,

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 he has just raised a man who was dead for four days to life, Lazarus.

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 So up to this point, everyone's heard about this guy, Jesus,

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 and everyone's wondering,

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 could this be the moment we were waiting for?

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 The Messiah moment.

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 And verse 29 says,

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 He's even now come to this hill called the Mount of Olives,

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 which according to one of the last prophets of the Jewish people,

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 Zechariah, this was where an earth-shattering event was supposed to happen,

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 in which the Lord would conquer His enemies

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 and establish a king,

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 Himself as king,

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 not just over Israel,

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 but over the whole earth.

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 I want to read some of this prophecy from Zechariah chapter 14 to you.

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 It says,

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 On that day,

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 His feet will stand on the Mount of Olives,

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 east of Jerusalem,

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 and the Mount of Olives will be split in two from east to west.

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 Then the Lord my God will come,

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 and all the holy ones with Him.

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 On that day,

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 the Lord Yahweh will be king over the whole earth.

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 On that day,

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 there will be one Lord,

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 and His name the only name.

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 So this is an incredibly momentous occasion,

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 pregnant with anticipation and expectation,

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 hope and emotion,

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 and Jesus knows all of this, of course,

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 and He's about to make a very clear statement

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 with His entrance into the city.

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 Jesus is about to claim that He's the divine king,

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 and this is how He does it.

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 Verse 29 says,

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 He first sends two disciples into the village.

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 We all know this story, right?

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 To set Him up to make this statement.

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 He says to them,

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 Go to the village ahead of you,

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 and as you enter it,

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 this is in verse 30,

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 you will find a colt tied there,

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 which no one has ever ridden.

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 Untie it and bring it here.

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 If anyone asks you why you are untying it,

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 say,

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 The Lord needs it.

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 No explanation,

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 no apology.

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 No,

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 He sends out His servants with His ultimate kingly authority.

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 He's the Lord,

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 everything's His,

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 and He needs that tied up,

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 unridden donkey for His own purposes.

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 So He says,

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 Just go get it, guys.

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 Just go get it.

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 Verses 32 to 34 tell us that

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 His disciples find everything

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 just as their Lord says,

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 including that awkward interaction

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 between the donkey owner

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 and these two random disciples, right?

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 Like,

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 Uh,

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 excuse me,

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 what do you think you're doing?

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 That's my brand new donkey.

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 I haven't even ridden on him yet.

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 I've got a lot of plans for him.

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 How dare you try to take him from me?

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 But all the disciples say is

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 what they're told.

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 The Lord needs it,

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 and somehow that's enough.

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 This donkey owner bows

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 to the kingly authority of Lord Jesus

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 simply just mentioned by His disciples.

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 So verse 35 says,

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 They brought the donkey to Jesus.

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 They threw their cloaks on it

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 and put Jesus on it,

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 and this is an unmistakable image,

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 sign,

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 and fulfillment of prophecy.

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 Because see,

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 when the son of David, Solomon,

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 when he was inaugurated as king,

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 as the next king,

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 as the heir to David's kingly throne,

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 the prophet Nathan

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 and the priest Zadok,

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 they escorted Solomon

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 on a mule,

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 much like this one,

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 through the city,

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 shouting,

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 Long live King Solomon.

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 So you have this inaugural image

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 of a son of David

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 that Jesus is reminding the people of,

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 and then even more strikingly,

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 this is a literal fulfillment

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 of another prophecy

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 of Zechariah chapter 9,

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 where God says,

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 I will encamp at my temple

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 to guard it.

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 Never again will an oppressor

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 overrun my people.

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 Rejoice greatly,

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 daughter of Zion.

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 Shout,

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 daughter of Jerusalem.

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 See,

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 your king comes to you

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 righteous and victorious,

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 lowly,

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 and riding on a donkey,

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 on a colt

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 to the foal of a donkey.

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 He says,

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 I will take away the chariots

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 and the war horses

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 from Jerusalem,

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 and the battle bow

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 will be broken.

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 He will proclaim peace

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 to the nations.

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 He will extend

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 from sea to sea

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 and from the river

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 to the ends of the earth.

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 So you have this

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 snowballing crowd

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 of pilgrims

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 all headed into the city.

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 They're just about

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 two miles out

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 from Jerusalem,

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 and they see all this

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 that Jesus is doing,

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 the statement that he's making.

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 And verses 36 to 38

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 basically say

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 that the crowd,

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 probably filled

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 with all these Galileans,

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 right,

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 who saw the miracles

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 of Jesus firsthand,

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 the crowd goes wild.

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 And they begin

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 to joyfully

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 usher Jesus

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 into Jerusalem.

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 John's gospel

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 says that they cut

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 palm branches.

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 That's why you see

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 these palm branches

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 here today.

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 That's why this is

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 Palm Sunday.

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 And palm branches,

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 these were the same

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 kinds of branches

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 that were used

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 to celebrate

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 the triumph

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 of the Maccabees

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 when Simon Maccabee

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 rode into Jerusalem

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 after they defeated

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 the Greeks.

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 People were also

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 laying down

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 their cloaks,

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 right,

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 letting them get soiled

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 and muddy

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 between the dirt road

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 and the hooves

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 of the donkey.

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 Maybe these were

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 the only cloaks

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 that they packed

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 on their pilgrimage

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 journey,

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 but this is just

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 how much Jesus

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 meant to them.

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 And as Jesus

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 and the crowd

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 of disciples

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 summit the Mount

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 of Olives,

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 they make it

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 to the top

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 and they exchange

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 the sight

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 of that dirty,

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 dusty road

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 all the way up

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 to the top

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 of the hill.

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 They exchange

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 that sight

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 for a view

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 of the holy city,

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 right,

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 glistening

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 in the sun

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 right across

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 from the lush,

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 green Kidron Valley

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 below.

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 They cannot help

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 but sing.

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 They cannot help

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 but praise God

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 for all that he's done

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 and all that they believe

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 he's about to do

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 in and through

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 the Messiah.

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 And they join

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 the songs of the angels

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 at the very birth

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 of Jesus Christ.

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 Peace,

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 shalom,

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 peace in heaven

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 and glory

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 in the highest.

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 They see this

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 not just as an earthly event

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 but as a cosmic event,

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 a heavenly event.

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 And they sing

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 Psalm 118

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 which we read

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 in our call to worship

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 this morning

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 which says,

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 blessed is the one,

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 blessed is he

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 who comes in the name

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 of the Lord.

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 Only they've altered

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 the lyrics slightly

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 to refer to him.

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 Blessed is the king

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 they sing.

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 Blessed is the king

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 who comes

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 in the name

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 of the Lord.

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 They're convinced.

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 They're convinced

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 that Jesus

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 is the one true king.

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 They've seen his miracles.

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 They've heard his teachings.

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 They've witnessed

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 his character

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 and now this

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 unmistakable display

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 of the donkey

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 they are convinced.

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 To the crowd

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 of disciples

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 he is him.

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 But,

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 verse 39 says,

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 the Pharisees

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 are less convinced.

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 They say,

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 teachers,

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 rebuke your disciples.

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 And while we've seen

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 the humility

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 of Jesus plenty

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 throughout the gospels,

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 we've even seen him

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 tell people,

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 don't let people

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 know about my miracles yet.

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 Don't enthrone me

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 as king yet.

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 The time has now come.

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 The time has now come

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 and he's ready

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 to receive all the praise

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 and in fact,

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 even more.

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 He says in verse 40,

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 I tell you Pharisees,

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 if these crowds

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 of disciples

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 keep quiet,

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 someone's gonna praise me.

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 The stones,

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 the stones

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 will cry out.

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 This is a cosmic event.

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 All of creation

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 knows

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 and rightly praises

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 its maker

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 and king.

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 Jesus here

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 is undeniably claiming

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 to be the king

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 and the divine king

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 of promise.

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 But he's not just

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 the king who will rule

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 and reign in triumph.

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 He's also

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 a divine prophet.

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 He's come to be

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 a divine prophet.

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 Now,

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 you'd think that this

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 was one of the high points

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 in Jesus' life so far

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 with all this

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 celebratory spirit,

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 all this affirmation

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 and approval,

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 all these praises

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 directed at him,

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 but what does

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 verse 41 say?

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 As he approached Jerusalem

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 and saw the city,

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 he wept.

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 He wept over it.

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 Why?

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 Because as a prophet,

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 he sees

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 as God sees.

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 The true reality,

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 the true state

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 of Jerusalem,

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 and he can see

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 what is about

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 to happen

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 to this place

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 that's supposed

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 to be the holy city,

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 that's supposed

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 to be the dwelling

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 place of God.

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 He prophesies

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 and mourns

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 because he can see

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 what could have been

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 and what should have been.

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 In verse 42,

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 he says,

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 if you,

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 even you,

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 O so-called city of peace,

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 had only known

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 on this day

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 what would actually

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 bring you peace,

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 but now it is hidden

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 from your eyes.

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 Only he,

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 the prophet,

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 can see it.

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 And while the crowd

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 around him

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 is celebrating with joy,

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 he rides his donkey

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 as a king

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 and a prophet

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 full of tears

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 in his eyes.

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 Because he knows,

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 verse 43 says,

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 the days will come

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 upon you,

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 Jerusalem,

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 when your enemies

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 will build

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 an embankment

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 against you

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 and circle you

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 and hem you in

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 on every side,

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 they will dash you

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 to the ground.

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 You and the children

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 within your walls,

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 they will not leave

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 one stone on another

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 because, listen,

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 because you did not

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 recognize the time

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 of God's coming

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 to you.

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 Because they did not

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 recognize God

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 come to them

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 riding on a donkey.

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 Jesus knows

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 that Jerusalem

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 won't accept him

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 as the divine king.

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 He knows

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 that the city of peace

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 is about to reject,

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 betray,

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 torture,

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 and crucify

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 the prince of peace

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 and that even though

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 God in the flesh

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 has come right

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 before their very eyes,

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 humble and riding

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 on a donkey,

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 Jerusalem prefers

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 to wait for some

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 other king

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 than the God king.

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 So Jesus prophesies

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 about what will happen

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 as they pursue a king

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 more like the other kings

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 of the earth

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 and he prophesies

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 of what eventually

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 did happen in AD 70

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 when the Romans came

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 and they put down

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 the violent revolt

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 of the temple priests

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 and the Jewish militants

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 and when the Romans

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 destroyed the temple

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 and destroyed

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 all of Jerusalem

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 just like the Babylonians

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 had done

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 just about 600 years earlier.

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 All because the people

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 of Jerusalem

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 could not see

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 the things

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 that make for peace.

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 They couldn't see

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 a path to peace

00:14:36.019 --> 00:14:36.659
 in this donkey

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 riding king.

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 They couldn't see

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 the coming of God

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 in this image

00:14:39.740 --> 00:14:40.639
 of gentleness

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 and humility.

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 Power and autonomy

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 and real estate

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 were their true gods

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 and the only viable

00:14:47.679 --> 00:14:48.419
 path to peace

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 in their eyes

00:14:48.980 --> 00:14:49.939
 was through forceful

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 political revolution.

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 So the divine prophet

00:14:53.539 --> 00:14:54.740
 Jesus sees this truth

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 and speaks this truth

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 to the city of peace

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 that is unwilling

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 and unable

00:14:58.939 --> 00:14:59.899
 to hear him.

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 That they are missing

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 out on peace

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 that's right before

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 their eyes

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 and they're doomed

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 to destruction.

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 Now as soon as

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 Jesus enters Jerusalem

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 as king and prophet

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 he doesn't storm

00:15:11.419 --> 00:15:12.980
 into Pontius Pilate's

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 residence

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 to wage war

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 against Rome.

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 No his first order

00:15:15.980 --> 00:15:16.600
 of business

00:15:16.600 --> 00:15:17.780
 is actually

00:15:17.780 --> 00:15:18.800
 to go up

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 and go and clean

00:15:19.900 --> 00:15:20.320
 the temple

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 because he's also

00:15:22.019 --> 00:15:22.680
 a priest

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 a divine priest.

00:15:24.920 --> 00:15:25.540
 Verse 45

00:15:25.540 --> 00:15:26.660
 When Jesus entered

00:15:26.660 --> 00:15:27.340
 the temple courts

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 he began to drive out

00:15:28.320 --> 00:15:29.259
 those who were selling

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 and referencing

00:15:30.560 --> 00:15:31.660
 the prophet Isaiah

00:15:31.660 --> 00:15:32.879
 he says in verse 46

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 it is written

00:15:33.759 --> 00:15:34.980
 my house

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 will be a house

00:15:35.740 --> 00:15:36.040
 of prayer.

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 See Jesus isn't just

00:15:37.060 --> 00:15:38.040
 the king come to restore

00:15:38.040 --> 00:15:39.040
 people's property

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 and security

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 he's not just even

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 a prophet come to restore

00:15:42.240 --> 00:15:43.160
 people's vision

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 of reality

00:15:43.799 --> 00:15:45.199
 no he's also a priest

00:15:45.199 --> 00:15:46.379
 come to restore

00:15:46.379 --> 00:15:47.859
 people's access

00:15:47.859 --> 00:15:49.099
 to and communion

00:15:49.099 --> 00:15:49.859
 with God.

00:15:49.939 --> 00:15:50.439
 He's a priest

00:15:50.439 --> 00:15:51.259
 come to restore

00:15:51.259 --> 00:15:52.459
 the broken dwelling

00:15:52.459 --> 00:15:53.659
 place of God.

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 And referencing

00:15:55.099 --> 00:15:55.979
 the prophet Jeremiah

00:15:55.979 --> 00:15:57.079
 who also wept

00:15:57.079 --> 00:15:58.399
 over Jerusalem's

00:15:58.399 --> 00:15:59.099
 coming destruction

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 he accuses those

00:16:00.240 --> 00:16:01.299
 who are selling

00:16:01.299 --> 00:16:02.219
 in the temple

00:16:02.219 --> 00:16:03.459
 of making it

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 a den of robbers.

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 These were people

00:16:06.059 --> 00:16:06.479
 who thought

00:16:06.479 --> 00:16:07.299
 that they were safe

00:16:07.299 --> 00:16:08.379
 and fine

00:16:08.379 --> 00:16:09.379
 as long as the temple

00:16:09.379 --> 00:16:10.079
 stood standing

00:16:10.080 --> 00:16:10.860
 and as long as

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 they just kept

00:16:11.379 --> 00:16:12.120
 the operation

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 running

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 but Jesus

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 disposes

00:16:15.639 --> 00:16:16.520
 of that misconception

00:16:16.520 --> 00:16:17.879
 Jesus the priest

00:16:17.879 --> 00:16:19.020
 exposes the temple

00:16:19.020 --> 00:16:20.440
 and those within it

00:16:20.440 --> 00:16:21.300
 who think they are

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 helping people

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 make sacrifices

00:16:22.759 --> 00:16:24.160
 to cleanse themselves

00:16:24.160 --> 00:16:24.920
 before God

00:16:24.920 --> 00:16:26.060
 Jesus is this place

00:16:26.060 --> 00:16:27.400
 and all of you

00:16:27.400 --> 00:16:29.280
 are far more unclean

00:16:29.280 --> 00:16:30.139
 than you could imagine

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 and I'm here

00:16:31.620 --> 00:16:33.080
 as the real priest

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 to do something

00:16:33.700 --> 00:16:34.460
 about that.

00:16:34.940 --> 00:16:35.920
 I'm here for the true

00:16:35.920 --> 00:16:37.140
 and final cleansing

00:16:37.140 --> 00:16:38.120
 of the people

00:16:38.120 --> 00:16:38.879
 of God.

00:16:39.740 --> 00:16:40.019
 So you see

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 Palm Sunday

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 isn't just about

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 Jesus as king

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 but Jesus

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 as prophet

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 priest

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 and king

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 he steps into

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 all three roles

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 all three offices

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 on Palm Sunday.

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 That's what happened.

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 But now you may be

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 wondering

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 thinking to yourself

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 well okay

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 Jesus came into Jerusalem

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 claiming to be

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 a prophet

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 priest

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 and king

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 I'm not even Jewish

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 though.

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 I haven't been waiting

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 for a prophet

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 or priest

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 a king

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 to show up

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 in my life

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 I'm not even sure

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 what that means

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 and how that's

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 relevant for me.

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 Basically you're

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 thinking to yourself

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 okay cool

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 Jesus claimed to be

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 prophet priest

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 and king

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 I see that

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 but so what?

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 And how I'd like

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 to respond

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 is by saying

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 sure you may not

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 have been waiting

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 for the fulfillment

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 of some Jewish

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 messianic prophecy

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 about a final

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 great divine

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 prophet priest

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 and king

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 to come

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 but deep down

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 isn't it true

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 that we all want

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 that we all need

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 a king

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 a prophet

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 and a priest

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 in our lives

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 even if we might

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 not state it

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 in those terms.

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 Now at first

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 you might be

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 thinking to yourself

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 no way

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 I'm American

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 or maybe even

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 if you're not

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 American

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 you're like

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 no way

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 no king

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 for me

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 I much prefer

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 my independence

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 and my autonomy

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 but what if it's

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 actually not that

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 you are anti-king

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 but that you are

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 anti-bad kings?

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 Think about

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 all the things

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 that entertain us

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 when we enjoy

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 the Lord of the Rings

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 any King Arthur tale

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 maybe your thing's

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 Game of Thrones

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 is it really

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 that you hate

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 the idea

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 of a king

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 or is it actually

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 that you just hate

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 the idea

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 of a bad king?

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 Deep down

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 I think we all

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 want a king

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 and we all know

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 we need a king

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 in this current

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 era of strong

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 men

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 that we're witnessing

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 in our country

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 and across the globe

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 really we're seeing

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 people

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 are desperate

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 for someone

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 to guide them

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 protect them

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 lead them

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 someone who will

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 fight and win

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 for them

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 someone who will

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 fix their problems

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 and restore justice

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 and peace

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 we're seeing

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 this desperation

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 leading to whole nations

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 even electing

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 supposed strong men

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 of extreme volatility

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 and even questionable

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 character

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 and we might disagree

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 we might lament

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 their choices

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 but see

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 these sentiments

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 are coming from

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 a real and true sense

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 that we need someone

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 outside of ourselves

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 to deliver us

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 from our ever

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 worsening

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 too big to handle

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 broken systems

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 structures

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 and circumstances

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 and this is why

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 politics has become

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 the new religion

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 for so many

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 it's because

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 they are searching

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 for a king

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 they know they need one

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 and they are tired

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 of trying to be the king

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 of their own lives

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 the project of

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 self-expressive individualism

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 where we are simply

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 our own

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 and we belong

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 and submit only

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 to ourselves

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 that project

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 we are seeing

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 to be failing us

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 and we are now

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 much more open

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 to the notion

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 of an authority figure

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 if he's good enough

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 if she's good enough

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 the responsibility

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 of being our own kings

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 our own sovereigns

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 it's a weight

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 we were never meant

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 to bear

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 for ourselves

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 and this is what

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 the scriptures

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 themselves teach

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 from the very beginning

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 of our existence

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 in Genesis chapter 1

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 when God called us

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 to be fruitful

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 and to multiply

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 and to fill the earth

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 and to rule

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 yes God called humanity

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 to exercise dominion

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 over the whole earth

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 but ultimately

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 we were only meant

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 to be vice regents

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 not gods

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 people made

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 in the image

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 of God

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 the authority

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 we ruled with

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 that we were supposed

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 to rule with

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 was only ever meant

00:20:02.819 --> 00:20:04.519
 to be a derived authority

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 that we received

00:20:05.799 --> 00:20:07.240
 from our divine king

00:20:07.240 --> 00:20:08.599
 and father in heaven

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 so not only

00:20:10.099 --> 00:20:10.859
 do we all want

00:20:10.859 --> 00:20:11.359
 and need a king

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 but the scriptures

00:20:11.940 --> 00:20:13.059
 themselves teach us

00:20:13.059 --> 00:20:14.000
 that we were always

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 meant to be children

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 and servants

00:20:15.660 --> 00:20:16.379
 of the ultimate

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 high king of heaven

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 and in the same way

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 even if we've never

00:20:20.900 --> 00:20:21.599
 thought of it this way

00:20:21.599 --> 00:20:22.720
 we've also always

00:20:22.720 --> 00:20:23.379
 needed a prophet

00:20:23.379 --> 00:20:24.759
 we've always needed

00:20:24.759 --> 00:20:25.220
 a prophet

00:20:25.220 --> 00:20:26.460
 we've always needed

00:20:26.460 --> 00:20:27.660
 an authoritative voice

00:20:27.660 --> 00:20:28.740
 someone with ultimate

00:20:28.740 --> 00:20:29.779
 and divine insight

00:20:29.779 --> 00:20:30.740
 into the true nature

00:20:30.740 --> 00:20:31.860
 and reality of things

00:20:31.860 --> 00:20:34.259
 in this information age

00:20:34.259 --> 00:20:35.100
 of the internet

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 and in the midst

00:20:35.740 --> 00:20:36.740
 of our culture wars

00:20:36.740 --> 00:20:38.200
 with all these ideologues

00:20:38.200 --> 00:20:38.799
 and nations

00:20:38.799 --> 00:20:39.460
 and tribes

00:20:39.460 --> 00:20:40.700
 vying to control

00:20:40.700 --> 00:20:41.240
 the narrative

00:20:41.240 --> 00:20:42.319
 with the rise of AI

00:20:42.319 --> 00:20:43.440
 and deep fakes

00:20:43.440 --> 00:20:44.579
 and fake news

00:20:44.579 --> 00:20:45.940
 am I the only one

00:20:45.940 --> 00:20:46.900
 who deeply feels

00:20:46.900 --> 00:20:49.240
 this epistemological crisis

00:20:49.240 --> 00:20:50.380
 of our cultural moment

00:20:50.380 --> 00:20:52.200
 like how do we really

00:20:52.200 --> 00:20:53.039
 know what we know

00:20:53.039 --> 00:20:54.600
 how do we know

00:20:54.599 --> 00:20:55.039
 what's true

00:20:55.039 --> 00:20:55.559
 how do we know

00:20:55.559 --> 00:20:56.039
 what's real

00:20:56.039 --> 00:20:56.559
 how do we know

00:20:56.559 --> 00:20:57.079
 what's false

00:20:57.079 --> 00:20:57.559
 how do we know

00:20:57.559 --> 00:20:58.139
 what's fake

00:20:58.139 --> 00:21:00.059
 even as technology

00:21:00.059 --> 00:21:00.679
 and science

00:21:00.679 --> 00:21:01.619
 have brought us

00:21:01.619 --> 00:21:02.559
 a whole lot of knowledge

00:21:02.559 --> 00:21:03.139
 and data

00:21:03.139 --> 00:21:04.039
 and confidence

00:21:04.039 --> 00:21:04.819
 in our understanding

00:21:04.819 --> 00:21:05.259
 of the world

00:21:05.259 --> 00:21:05.919
 it's also brought

00:21:05.919 --> 00:21:06.759
 a lot of confusion

00:21:06.759 --> 00:21:07.819
 and noise

00:21:07.819 --> 00:21:08.859
 I can't tell you

00:21:08.859 --> 00:21:09.740
 how many times

00:21:09.740 --> 00:21:11.159
 chat GPT

00:21:11.159 --> 00:21:12.339
 has had to apologize

00:21:12.339 --> 00:21:12.839
 to me

00:21:12.839 --> 00:21:14.179
 for getting something wrong

00:21:14.179 --> 00:21:15.039
 alright

00:21:15.039 --> 00:21:16.439
 it's not there yet guys

00:21:16.439 --> 00:21:17.259
 it's not there yet

00:21:17.259 --> 00:21:19.779
 and then even

00:21:19.779 --> 00:21:20.699
 outside of all this

00:21:20.699 --> 00:21:21.339
 raw data

00:21:21.339 --> 00:21:22.000
 and computing

00:21:22.000 --> 00:21:22.339
 right

00:21:22.339 --> 00:21:23.539
 when it comes to

00:21:23.539 --> 00:21:24.519
 how to interpret

00:21:24.519 --> 00:21:25.639
 all the data

00:21:25.639 --> 00:21:27.439
 what starting points

00:21:27.439 --> 00:21:28.459
 we use to determine

00:21:28.459 --> 00:21:29.039
 what is right

00:21:29.039 --> 00:21:29.659
 and wrong

00:21:29.659 --> 00:21:30.259
 what is the purpose

00:21:30.259 --> 00:21:30.659
 of life

00:21:30.659 --> 00:21:31.259
 what does it mean

00:21:31.259 --> 00:21:32.039
 to be human

00:21:32.039 --> 00:21:33.599
 this too

00:21:33.599 --> 00:21:34.279
 is a burden

00:21:34.279 --> 00:21:35.039
 that fickle

00:21:35.039 --> 00:21:35.759
 finite

00:21:35.759 --> 00:21:36.439
 fallible

00:21:36.439 --> 00:21:37.240
 human beings

00:21:37.240 --> 00:21:37.839
 like us

00:21:37.839 --> 00:21:38.299
 were never

00:21:38.299 --> 00:21:39.459
 meant to bear

00:21:39.459 --> 00:21:41.079
 and sure

00:21:41.079 --> 00:21:41.619
 we try to

00:21:41.619 --> 00:21:42.659
 supplement ourselves

00:21:42.659 --> 00:21:43.359
 with like these

00:21:43.359 --> 00:21:44.079
 pseudo

00:21:44.079 --> 00:21:45.659
 prophetic voices

00:21:45.659 --> 00:21:46.240
 our favorite

00:21:46.240 --> 00:21:46.799
 journalists

00:21:46.799 --> 00:21:47.759
 op-ed writers

00:21:47.759 --> 00:21:48.679
 podcasters

00:21:48.679 --> 00:21:50.179
 social media influencers

00:21:50.179 --> 00:21:51.119
 life coaches

00:21:51.119 --> 00:21:51.919
 and therapists

00:21:51.919 --> 00:21:52.979
 and these can all

00:21:52.979 --> 00:21:53.479
 be helpful

00:21:53.479 --> 00:21:53.859
 and good

00:21:53.859 --> 00:21:54.739
 but the truth is

00:21:54.739 --> 00:21:55.979
 we've always needed

00:21:55.979 --> 00:21:56.939
 a real prophet

00:21:56.939 --> 00:21:59.000
 a divine voice

00:21:59.000 --> 00:22:00.139
 to tell us

00:22:00.139 --> 00:22:00.799
 what is true

00:22:00.799 --> 00:22:01.559
 good

00:22:01.559 --> 00:22:02.339
 and beautiful

00:22:02.339 --> 00:22:04.319
 and what isn't

00:22:04.319 --> 00:22:04.839
 you know

00:22:04.839 --> 00:22:05.799
 even when Adam

00:22:05.799 --> 00:22:06.659
 walked with God

00:22:06.659 --> 00:22:07.379
 in the garden

00:22:07.379 --> 00:22:08.459
 and was given

00:22:08.459 --> 00:22:09.119
 the task of

00:22:09.119 --> 00:22:09.599
 basically

00:22:09.599 --> 00:22:10.659
 he was doing science

00:22:10.659 --> 00:22:11.599
 he was doing science

00:22:11.599 --> 00:22:12.139
 walking with God

00:22:12.139 --> 00:22:12.479
 in the garden

00:22:12.479 --> 00:22:13.339
 speaking forth

00:22:13.339 --> 00:22:14.159
 about reality

00:22:14.159 --> 00:22:15.779
 naming and categorizing

00:22:15.779 --> 00:22:16.919
 the animals around him

00:22:16.919 --> 00:22:18.119
 in human language

00:22:18.119 --> 00:22:20.259
 he did that though

00:22:20.259 --> 00:22:21.599
 with the help

00:22:21.599 --> 00:22:22.759
 and the presence

00:22:22.759 --> 00:22:23.479
 of God

00:22:23.479 --> 00:22:23.939
 with God

00:22:23.939 --> 00:22:24.419
 in his ear

00:22:24.419 --> 00:22:25.159
 God was the one

00:22:25.159 --> 00:22:26.039
 bringing the animals

00:22:26.039 --> 00:22:26.979
 to him

00:22:26.979 --> 00:22:28.259
 and he did that

00:22:28.259 --> 00:22:28.959
 as someone made

00:22:28.959 --> 00:22:29.899
 in the image of God

00:22:29.899 --> 00:22:30.739
 simply thinking

00:22:30.739 --> 00:22:31.339
 God's thoughts

00:22:31.339 --> 00:22:32.379
 after him

00:22:32.379 --> 00:22:34.639
 so even if we've

00:22:34.639 --> 00:22:35.459
 never thought of it

00:22:35.459 --> 00:22:35.919
 this way

00:22:35.919 --> 00:22:36.619
 even if we're not

00:22:36.619 --> 00:22:36.899
 Jewish

00:22:36.899 --> 00:22:37.519
 and don't consider

00:22:37.519 --> 00:22:38.359
 ourselves religious

00:22:38.359 --> 00:22:39.119
 truly

00:22:39.119 --> 00:22:40.779
 we've always needed

00:22:40.779 --> 00:22:41.500
 a king

00:22:41.500 --> 00:22:42.599
 and a prophet

00:22:42.599 --> 00:22:44.439
 and we've also

00:22:44.439 --> 00:22:44.979
 always needed

00:22:44.979 --> 00:22:45.479
 a priest

00:22:45.480 --> 00:22:46.680
 even if you're

00:22:46.680 --> 00:22:47.039
 here today

00:22:47.039 --> 00:22:47.599
 you don't consider

00:22:47.599 --> 00:22:49.019
 yourself a Christian

00:22:49.019 --> 00:22:50.259
 or even religious

00:22:50.259 --> 00:22:51.400
 you're maybe an atheist

00:22:51.400 --> 00:22:52.120
 or you consider

00:22:52.120 --> 00:22:53.000
 yourself agnostic

00:22:53.000 --> 00:22:53.640
 I'm convinced

00:22:53.640 --> 00:22:54.140
 that you

00:22:54.140 --> 00:22:55.420
 along with all

00:22:55.420 --> 00:22:56.279
 the rest of us

00:22:56.279 --> 00:22:57.380
 you also need

00:22:57.380 --> 00:22:57.839
 a priest

00:22:57.839 --> 00:22:59.299
 someone to help

00:22:59.299 --> 00:22:59.799
 you connect

00:22:59.799 --> 00:23:01.039
 with whatever it is

00:23:01.039 --> 00:23:01.720
 that you believe

00:23:01.720 --> 00:23:02.500
 to be sacred

00:23:02.500 --> 00:23:04.400
 we all need

00:23:04.400 --> 00:23:05.380
 someone to mediate

00:23:05.380 --> 00:23:06.120
 between us

00:23:06.120 --> 00:23:06.819
 and the sacred

00:23:06.819 --> 00:23:07.660
 the transcendent

00:23:07.660 --> 00:23:08.279
 the divine

00:23:08.279 --> 00:23:08.980
 someone to show us

00:23:08.980 --> 00:23:09.539
 how to be clean

00:23:09.539 --> 00:23:10.599
 before a holy God

00:23:10.599 --> 00:23:12.180
 or whatever it is

00:23:12.180 --> 00:23:13.200
 that we worship

00:23:13.200 --> 00:23:14.940
 and even if you

00:23:14.940 --> 00:23:15.880
 don't believe in God

00:23:15.880 --> 00:23:16.720
 and can't identify

00:23:16.720 --> 00:23:17.480
 with this like

00:23:17.480 --> 00:23:18.740
 desire to be clean

00:23:18.740 --> 00:23:19.519
 in God's eyes

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 maybe for you

00:23:20.299 --> 00:23:21.100
 the more universal

00:23:21.100 --> 00:23:22.100
 language is guilt

00:23:22.100 --> 00:23:22.980
 and shame

00:23:22.980 --> 00:23:24.340
 over your bad habits

00:23:24.340 --> 00:23:25.299
 your bad patterns

00:23:25.299 --> 00:23:25.980
 your addictions

00:23:25.980 --> 00:23:27.420
 and your regrets

00:23:27.420 --> 00:23:29.000
 I know we all

00:23:29.000 --> 00:23:29.680
 have these

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 I certainly do

00:23:30.880 --> 00:23:32.620
 aren't we all

00:23:32.620 --> 00:23:33.600
 pursuing practices

00:23:33.600 --> 00:23:34.400
 whether spiritual

00:23:34.400 --> 00:23:34.960
 or not

00:23:34.960 --> 00:23:35.700
 whether prayer

00:23:35.700 --> 00:23:36.279
 and fasting

00:23:36.279 --> 00:23:37.920
 or nature hikes

00:23:37.920 --> 00:23:38.620
 and mindfulness

00:23:38.620 --> 00:23:40.320
 to try to be

00:23:40.320 --> 00:23:40.740
 the people

00:23:40.740 --> 00:23:41.400
 we want to be

00:23:41.400 --> 00:23:42.460
 to try to get

00:23:42.460 --> 00:23:42.900
 into a state

00:23:42.900 --> 00:23:43.380
 of peace

00:23:43.380 --> 00:23:44.120
 and purity

00:23:44.119 --> 00:23:44.759
 of heart

00:23:44.759 --> 00:23:45.459
 and mind

00:23:45.459 --> 00:23:46.639
 maybe you're

00:23:46.639 --> 00:23:47.079
 a disciple

00:23:47.079 --> 00:23:47.859
 of Brene Brown

00:23:47.859 --> 00:23:48.959
 she's your priestess

00:23:48.959 --> 00:23:49.819
 and you're fighting

00:23:49.819 --> 00:23:50.459
 to believe her

00:23:50.459 --> 00:23:51.039
 when she says

00:23:51.039 --> 00:23:51.739
 that you are worthy

00:23:51.739 --> 00:23:52.559
 worthy of love

00:23:52.559 --> 00:23:53.719
 and worthy of belonging

00:23:53.719 --> 00:23:54.779
 but it's so hard

00:23:54.779 --> 00:23:55.079
 right

00:23:55.079 --> 00:23:56.279
 to believe

00:23:56.279 --> 00:23:57.479
 because we all know

00:23:57.479 --> 00:23:58.339
 the things we've done

00:23:58.339 --> 00:23:59.399
 the things we've left

00:23:59.399 --> 00:24:00.259
 undone

00:24:00.259 --> 00:24:01.719
 we all have

00:24:01.719 --> 00:24:02.299
 our regrets

00:24:02.299 --> 00:24:03.379
 that haunt us

00:24:03.379 --> 00:24:04.119
 and make us feel

00:24:04.119 --> 00:24:04.719
 unclean

00:24:04.719 --> 00:24:05.439
 ashamed

00:24:05.439 --> 00:24:06.339
 and like we're not

00:24:06.339 --> 00:24:07.059
 enough

00:24:07.059 --> 00:24:08.739
 see more than

00:24:08.739 --> 00:24:09.159
 the wisdom

00:24:09.159 --> 00:24:09.699
 and counsel

00:24:09.699 --> 00:24:10.279
 of Brene Brown

00:24:10.279 --> 00:24:11.319
 and I like Brene Brown

00:24:11.319 --> 00:24:13.139
 what we need

00:24:13.139 --> 00:24:14.139
 is a priest

00:24:14.139 --> 00:24:15.879
 someone to stand

00:24:15.879 --> 00:24:16.539
 in the gap

00:24:16.539 --> 00:24:17.259
 between us

00:24:17.259 --> 00:24:18.039
 and God

00:24:18.039 --> 00:24:19.399
 someone to make

00:24:19.399 --> 00:24:20.500
 atonement for us

00:24:20.500 --> 00:24:21.539
 to show us

00:24:21.539 --> 00:24:21.919
 the way

00:24:21.919 --> 00:24:22.740
 to inner cleansing

00:24:22.740 --> 00:24:23.259
 and wholeness

00:24:23.259 --> 00:24:23.779
 someone who won't

00:24:23.779 --> 00:24:25.119
 just cover our shame

00:24:25.119 --> 00:24:26.299
 or help us escape

00:24:26.299 --> 00:24:26.740
 our shame

00:24:26.740 --> 00:24:27.220
 but someone who

00:24:27.220 --> 00:24:27.819
 will remove it

00:24:27.819 --> 00:24:28.460
 for good

00:24:28.460 --> 00:24:29.659
 Adams

00:24:29.659 --> 00:24:30.679
 and Eve's

00:24:30.679 --> 00:24:31.339
 fig leaves

00:24:31.339 --> 00:24:32.019
 they would not

00:24:32.019 --> 00:24:32.460
 do it

00:24:32.460 --> 00:24:33.319
 they needed

00:24:33.319 --> 00:24:33.799
 the Lord

00:24:33.799 --> 00:24:34.559
 to sacrifice

00:24:34.559 --> 00:24:35.679
 a live animal

00:24:35.679 --> 00:24:36.779
 in order to

00:24:36.779 --> 00:24:37.379
 cover them

00:24:37.379 --> 00:24:39.259
 so don't you see

00:24:39.259 --> 00:24:40.759
 even if you've

00:24:40.759 --> 00:24:41.420
 never thought of it

00:24:41.420 --> 00:24:42.099
 in these terms

00:24:42.099 --> 00:24:43.299
 we've always

00:24:43.299 --> 00:24:44.539
 needed a divine

00:24:44.539 --> 00:24:44.940
 king

00:24:44.940 --> 00:24:46.559
 a divine prophet

00:24:46.559 --> 00:24:47.940
 and a divine

00:24:47.940 --> 00:24:48.740
 priest

00:24:48.740 --> 00:24:50.240
 that has always

00:24:50.240 --> 00:24:50.859
 been and has

00:24:50.859 --> 00:24:51.859
 only ever been

00:24:51.859 --> 00:24:52.359
 the way

00:24:52.359 --> 00:24:53.160
 to shalom

00:24:53.160 --> 00:24:54.180
 the way to

00:24:54.180 --> 00:24:54.579
 peace

00:24:54.579 --> 00:24:55.379
 justice

00:24:55.379 --> 00:24:56.259
 joy

00:24:56.259 --> 00:24:57.640
 and fulfillment

00:24:57.640 --> 00:24:59.640
 no other king

00:24:59.640 --> 00:25:01.039
 no other prophet

00:25:01.039 --> 00:25:02.460
 no other priest

00:25:02.460 --> 00:25:02.940
 will do

00:25:02.940 --> 00:25:04.400
 and today

00:25:04.400 --> 00:25:04.900
 I wonder

00:25:04.900 --> 00:25:05.319
 if Jesus

00:25:05.319 --> 00:25:05.960
 might be saying

00:25:05.960 --> 00:25:06.259
 to you

00:25:06.259 --> 00:25:06.519
 hey

00:25:06.519 --> 00:25:07.859
 what if

00:25:07.859 --> 00:25:08.539
 I'm a better

00:25:08.539 --> 00:25:08.920
 king

00:25:08.920 --> 00:25:09.440
 leader

00:25:09.440 --> 00:25:10.019
 and protector

00:25:10.019 --> 00:25:10.460
 than all

00:25:10.460 --> 00:25:10.839
 the other

00:25:10.839 --> 00:25:11.259
 authority

00:25:11.259 --> 00:25:11.680
 figures

00:25:11.680 --> 00:25:12.000
 that you're

00:25:12.000 --> 00:25:12.460
 turning to

00:25:12.460 --> 00:25:13.039
 serving

00:25:13.039 --> 00:25:13.579
 following

00:25:13.579 --> 00:25:14.240
 and bowing

00:25:14.240 --> 00:25:14.759
 down to

00:25:14.759 --> 00:25:15.779
 what if

00:25:15.779 --> 00:25:16.559
 I'm a more

00:25:16.559 --> 00:25:16.920
 truthful

00:25:16.920 --> 00:25:17.579
 and insightful

00:25:17.579 --> 00:25:18.059
 prophet

00:25:18.059 --> 00:25:18.420
 than all

00:25:18.420 --> 00:25:18.700
 the other

00:25:18.700 --> 00:25:18.980
 voices

00:25:18.980 --> 00:25:19.279
 that are

00:25:19.279 --> 00:25:19.539
 vying

00:25:19.539 --> 00:25:19.819
 for your

00:25:19.819 --> 00:25:20.200
 attention

00:25:20.200 --> 00:25:21.019
 and agreement

00:25:21.019 --> 00:25:22.259
 and what

00:25:22.259 --> 00:25:22.539
 if I'm

00:25:22.539 --> 00:25:23.099
 also the

00:25:23.099 --> 00:25:23.879
 only priest

00:25:23.879 --> 00:25:24.559
 who can

00:25:24.559 --> 00:25:25.160
 truly make

00:25:25.160 --> 00:25:25.720
 you clean

00:25:25.720 --> 00:25:26.579
 and qualified

00:25:26.579 --> 00:25:27.299
 worthy

00:25:27.299 --> 00:25:28.000
 and unashamed

00:25:28.000 --> 00:25:28.460
 in the eyes

00:25:28.460 --> 00:25:28.920
 of the only

00:25:28.920 --> 00:25:29.379
 one whose

00:25:29.379 --> 00:25:30.240
 eyes truly

00:25:30.240 --> 00:25:30.920
 matter

00:25:30.920 --> 00:25:32.559
 actually

00:25:32.559 --> 00:25:32.879
 today

00:25:32.879 --> 00:25:33.240
 if you hear

00:25:33.240 --> 00:25:33.579
 his voice

00:25:33.579 --> 00:25:33.900
 he's not

00:25:33.900 --> 00:25:34.339
 just saying

00:25:34.339 --> 00:25:34.740
 what if

00:25:34.740 --> 00:25:35.099
 he's saying

00:25:35.099 --> 00:25:35.740
 I am

00:25:35.740 --> 00:25:37.599
 I am

00:25:37.599 --> 00:25:38.440
 the divine

00:25:38.440 --> 00:25:38.880
 king

00:25:38.880 --> 00:25:39.900
 prophet

00:25:39.900 --> 00:25:41.079
 and priest

00:25:41.079 --> 00:25:42.079
 that can

00:25:42.079 --> 00:25:42.400
 bring you

00:25:42.400 --> 00:25:42.740
 shalom

00:25:42.740 --> 00:25:43.779
 if you will

00:25:43.779 --> 00:25:44.220
 have it

00:25:44.220 --> 00:25:45.000
 if you will

00:25:45.000 --> 00:25:45.420
 have me

00:25:45.420 --> 00:25:47.539
 but the question

00:25:47.539 --> 00:25:48.120
 for all of us

00:25:48.120 --> 00:25:48.720
 especially as we

00:25:48.720 --> 00:25:49.059
 enter into

00:25:49.059 --> 00:25:49.620
 holy week

00:25:49.620 --> 00:25:50.779
 is will we

00:25:50.779 --> 00:25:52.000
 will we

00:25:52.000 --> 00:25:52.759
 receive him

00:25:52.759 --> 00:25:53.440
 the whole of

00:25:53.440 --> 00:25:53.819
 us

00:25:53.819 --> 00:25:54.940
 receive the

00:25:54.940 --> 00:25:55.279
 whole of

00:25:55.279 --> 00:25:55.839
 who he is

00:25:55.839 --> 00:25:56.220
 into the

00:25:56.220 --> 00:25:56.500
 whole of

00:25:56.500 --> 00:25:57.079
 our lives

00:25:57.079 --> 00:25:58.240
 in our

00:25:58.240 --> 00:25:58.779
 passage this

00:25:58.779 --> 00:25:58.980
 morning

00:25:58.980 --> 00:25:59.620
 Jesus made

00:25:59.620 --> 00:26:00.579
 an unmistakable

00:26:00.579 --> 00:26:00.940
 statement

00:26:00.940 --> 00:26:01.400
 about who

00:26:01.400 --> 00:26:01.799
 he was

00:26:01.799 --> 00:26:02.000
 and he

00:26:02.000 --> 00:26:02.680
 then set

00:26:02.680 --> 00:26:03.000
 himself

00:26:03.000 --> 00:26:03.700
 up right

00:26:03.700 --> 00:26:04.000
 in the

00:26:04.000 --> 00:26:04.220
 center

00:26:04.220 --> 00:26:04.599
 of the

00:26:04.599 --> 00:26:04.859
 temple

00:26:04.859 --> 00:26:05.440
 in Jerusalem

00:26:05.440 --> 00:26:06.620
 for everyone

00:26:06.620 --> 00:26:07.100
 to make

00:26:07.100 --> 00:26:07.660
 that decision

00:26:07.660 --> 00:26:08.120
 there are only

00:26:08.120 --> 00:26:08.779
 two ultimate

00:26:08.779 --> 00:26:09.259
 responses

00:26:09.259 --> 00:26:09.960
 verse 47

00:26:09.960 --> 00:26:10.860
 every day

00:26:10.860 --> 00:26:11.400
 he was teaching

00:26:11.400 --> 00:26:11.980
 at the temple

00:26:11.980 --> 00:26:13.039
 but the chief

00:26:13.039 --> 00:26:13.400
 priest

00:26:13.400 --> 00:26:13.860
 the teachers

00:26:13.860 --> 00:26:14.400
 of the law

00:26:14.400 --> 00:26:14.940
 and the leaders

00:26:14.940 --> 00:26:15.580
 among the people

00:26:15.580 --> 00:26:16.100
 were trying to

00:26:16.100 --> 00:26:16.600
 kill him

00:26:16.600 --> 00:26:17.559
 yet they could

00:26:17.559 --> 00:26:18.360
 not find any

00:26:18.360 --> 00:26:19.240
 way to do it

00:26:19.240 --> 00:26:20.259
 because all the

00:26:20.259 --> 00:26:20.860
 people hung

00:26:20.860 --> 00:26:21.539
 on his words

00:26:21.539 --> 00:26:22.200
 there were the

00:26:22.200 --> 00:26:22.660
 prophets

00:26:22.660 --> 00:26:23.240
 I mean there

00:26:23.240 --> 00:26:23.480
 were the

00:26:23.480 --> 00:26:23.960
 Pharisees

00:26:23.960 --> 00:26:24.259
 and the

00:26:24.259 --> 00:26:24.559
 priests

00:26:24.559 --> 00:26:24.840
 right

00:26:24.840 --> 00:26:25.440
 who wanted

00:26:25.440 --> 00:26:25.799
 to murder

00:26:25.799 --> 00:26:26.100
 him

00:26:26.100 --> 00:26:27.000
 and then

00:26:27.000 --> 00:26:27.660
 there were

00:26:27.660 --> 00:26:28.200
 the people

00:26:28.200 --> 00:26:28.940
 who hung

00:26:28.940 --> 00:26:29.480
 on his

00:26:29.480 --> 00:26:29.860
 words

00:26:29.860 --> 00:26:30.559
 those are

00:26:30.559 --> 00:26:30.900
 the two

00:26:30.900 --> 00:26:31.360
 options

00:26:31.360 --> 00:26:32.440
 and it's

00:26:32.440 --> 00:26:33.200
 really interesting

00:26:33.200 --> 00:26:33.720
 to me

00:26:33.720 --> 00:26:34.240
 how it was

00:26:34.240 --> 00:26:34.620
 the ones

00:26:34.619 --> 00:26:35.099
 who believed

00:26:35.099 --> 00:26:35.579
 they had so

00:26:35.579 --> 00:26:36.459
 much to lose

00:26:36.459 --> 00:26:37.899
 who were in

00:26:37.899 --> 00:26:38.439
 the kill him

00:26:38.439 --> 00:26:38.839
 crowd

00:26:38.839 --> 00:26:40.559
 and then the

00:26:40.559 --> 00:26:41.079
 ones who believed

00:26:41.079 --> 00:26:41.599
 they had so much

00:26:41.599 --> 00:26:42.239
 to gain

00:26:42.239 --> 00:26:43.879
 in the crown him

00:26:43.879 --> 00:26:44.479
 crowd

00:26:44.479 --> 00:26:46.579
 and this presents us

00:26:46.579 --> 00:26:47.179
 with the crux

00:26:47.179 --> 00:26:48.059
 of one's decision

00:26:48.059 --> 00:26:49.659
 to accept Jesus

00:26:49.659 --> 00:26:50.339
 as prophet

00:26:50.339 --> 00:26:50.759
 priest

00:26:50.759 --> 00:26:51.500
 and king

00:26:51.500 --> 00:26:52.019
 or not

00:26:52.019 --> 00:26:52.899
 into our lives

00:26:52.899 --> 00:26:54.259
 are we willing

00:26:54.259 --> 00:26:55.799
 to give it all up

00:26:55.799 --> 00:26:57.119
 to follow him

00:26:57.119 --> 00:26:58.459
 in order to gain

00:26:58.459 --> 00:26:59.019
 everything

00:26:59.019 --> 00:27:00.459
 he has for us

00:27:00.459 --> 00:27:01.959
 do we believe

00:27:01.959 --> 00:27:02.799
 it's worth it

00:27:02.799 --> 00:27:04.960
 this invitation

00:27:04.960 --> 00:27:05.740
 to follow Jesus

00:27:05.740 --> 00:27:06.299
 and be united

00:27:06.299 --> 00:27:07.000
 with the maker

00:27:07.000 --> 00:27:07.919
 of the universe

00:27:07.919 --> 00:27:08.919
 that offer is free

00:27:08.919 --> 00:27:09.839
 but it's not simple

00:27:09.839 --> 00:27:10.440
 and it comes

00:27:10.440 --> 00:27:11.500
 with a challenge

00:27:11.500 --> 00:27:13.220
 Jesus will only

00:27:13.220 --> 00:27:13.879
 be accepted

00:27:13.879 --> 00:27:14.379
 by you

00:27:14.379 --> 00:27:15.079
 if you accept

00:27:15.079 --> 00:27:15.659
 him for all

00:27:15.659 --> 00:27:16.359
 that he is

00:27:16.359 --> 00:27:18.139
 the divine king

00:27:18.139 --> 00:27:19.419
 the divine prophet

00:27:19.419 --> 00:27:21.139
 and the divine priest

00:27:21.139 --> 00:27:22.919
 and some of you

00:27:22.919 --> 00:27:23.639
 are here today

00:27:23.639 --> 00:27:24.339
 and you're struggling

00:27:24.339 --> 00:27:25.519
 with that

00:27:25.519 --> 00:27:26.359
 maybe one of them

00:27:26.359 --> 00:27:26.919
 maybe two of them

00:27:26.919 --> 00:27:27.659
 maybe all three

00:27:27.659 --> 00:27:28.899
 some of you

00:27:28.899 --> 00:27:29.500
 are here today

00:27:29.500 --> 00:27:29.960
 and you're struggling

00:27:29.960 --> 00:27:30.899
 to submit to him

00:27:30.900 --> 00:27:31.800
 as king

00:27:31.800 --> 00:27:32.460
 there is something

00:27:32.460 --> 00:27:33.480
 there is some kind

00:27:33.480 --> 00:27:33.960
 of donkey

00:27:33.960 --> 00:27:34.620
 in your life

00:27:34.620 --> 00:27:35.140
 there is some kind

00:27:35.140 --> 00:27:35.580
 of cloak

00:27:35.580 --> 00:27:36.220
 in your life

00:27:36.220 --> 00:27:36.960
 that God's spirit

00:27:36.960 --> 00:27:38.220
 is indicating to you

00:27:38.220 --> 00:27:39.860
 the Lord needs it

00:27:39.860 --> 00:27:42.180
 but you had all these plans

00:27:42.180 --> 00:27:43.320
 all these hopes

00:27:43.320 --> 00:27:44.320
 all these dreams

00:27:44.320 --> 00:27:45.000
 for this donkey

00:27:45.000 --> 00:27:45.600
 for this cloak

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 certainly not to let it

00:27:46.440 --> 00:27:47.300
 be taken from you

00:27:47.300 --> 00:27:48.320
 or soiled

00:27:48.320 --> 00:27:49.060
 in the mud

00:27:49.060 --> 00:27:51.160
 maybe these things

00:27:51.160 --> 00:27:51.820
 are your children

00:27:51.820 --> 00:27:53.259
 your job

00:27:53.259 --> 00:27:54.440
 your career

00:27:54.440 --> 00:27:55.000
 your time

00:27:55.000 --> 00:27:55.580
 your dreams

00:27:55.580 --> 00:27:56.340
 your ambitions

00:27:56.340 --> 00:27:58.460
 but king Jesus

00:27:58.460 --> 00:27:59.380
 claims the whole

00:27:59.380 --> 00:28:00.240
 of your life

00:28:00.240 --> 00:28:00.880
 and all that you

00:28:00.880 --> 00:28:01.160
 possess

00:28:01.160 --> 00:28:02.160
 so how will you

00:28:02.160 --> 00:28:02.640
 respond

00:28:02.640 --> 00:28:03.980
 crown him

00:28:03.980 --> 00:28:05.400
 or crucify him

00:28:05.400 --> 00:28:07.260
 maybe others

00:28:07.260 --> 00:28:08.000
 of you today

00:28:08.000 --> 00:28:08.480
 are struggling

00:28:08.480 --> 00:28:09.220
 to listen to Jesus

00:28:09.220 --> 00:28:09.820
 as prophet

00:28:09.820 --> 00:28:11.140
 you have trouble

00:28:11.140 --> 00:28:12.000
 believing everything

00:28:12.000 --> 00:28:12.960
 he says about you

00:28:12.960 --> 00:28:13.700
 and the true nature

00:28:13.700 --> 00:28:14.240
 of reality

00:28:14.240 --> 00:28:15.060
 and what will really

00:28:15.060 --> 00:28:15.960
 bring peace

00:28:15.960 --> 00:28:16.480
 to you

00:28:16.480 --> 00:28:17.140
 and the world

00:28:17.140 --> 00:28:18.460
 you'd rather listen

00:28:18.460 --> 00:28:19.180
 to other voices

00:28:19.180 --> 00:28:20.180
 other experts

00:28:20.180 --> 00:28:20.940
 other analysts

00:28:20.940 --> 00:28:22.300
 your own inner voice

00:28:22.300 --> 00:28:23.920
 you'd rather scan

00:28:23.920 --> 00:28:24.480
 and scour

00:28:24.480 --> 00:28:25.220
 day and night

00:28:25.220 --> 00:28:25.880
 for more and more

00:28:25.880 --> 00:28:26.220
 data

00:28:26.220 --> 00:28:27.000
 to give you an edge

00:28:27.000 --> 00:28:27.400
 to give you

00:28:27.400 --> 00:28:28.640
 a competitive advantage

00:28:28.640 --> 00:28:29.340
 in your quest

00:28:29.340 --> 00:28:29.860
 for peace

00:28:29.860 --> 00:28:30.580
 and well-being

00:28:30.580 --> 00:28:31.440
 you don't trust

00:28:31.440 --> 00:28:32.960
 Jesus' prophetic vision

00:28:32.960 --> 00:28:34.040
 for a life

00:28:34.040 --> 00:28:34.800
 of flourishing

00:28:34.800 --> 00:28:35.460
 with him

00:28:35.460 --> 00:28:36.520
 you can't even trust

00:28:36.520 --> 00:28:37.020
 he's able to

00:28:37.020 --> 00:28:38.100
 clearly communicate

00:28:38.100 --> 00:28:39.180
 divine and infallible

00:28:39.180 --> 00:28:40.200
 truth to you

00:28:40.200 --> 00:28:42.580
 well Jesus' prophetic

00:28:42.580 --> 00:28:43.960
 voice and word

00:28:43.960 --> 00:28:44.640
 to you today

00:28:44.640 --> 00:28:46.020
 is that he is the way

00:28:46.020 --> 00:28:47.220
 he is the way

00:28:47.220 --> 00:28:48.000
 he is the truth

00:28:48.000 --> 00:28:49.280
 he is the life

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 so will you heed

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 his word

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 or hush it

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 and then finally

00:28:54.280 --> 00:28:55.160
 there are still others

00:28:55.160 --> 00:28:55.820
 here who struggle

00:28:55.820 --> 00:28:56.540
 to allow Jesus

00:28:56.540 --> 00:28:57.320
 into your lives

00:28:57.319 --> 00:28:58.319
 as priest

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 you know that

00:28:59.619 --> 00:29:00.039
 your bodies

00:29:00.039 --> 00:29:00.759
 are supposed to be

00:29:00.759 --> 00:29:01.179
 a temple

00:29:01.179 --> 00:29:02.299
 of the living God

00:29:02.299 --> 00:29:03.059
 the Holy Spirit

00:29:03.059 --> 00:29:04.379
 but you're not okay

00:29:04.379 --> 00:29:04.839
 with Jesus

00:29:04.839 --> 00:29:05.879
 coming into your heart

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 and into your life

00:29:06.899 --> 00:29:07.740
 to rearrange

00:29:07.740 --> 00:29:08.539
 the furniture

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 you desperately

00:29:10.179 --> 00:29:11.200
 want to be cleaned

00:29:11.200 --> 00:29:12.099
 and pure and worthy

00:29:12.099 --> 00:29:12.720
 for blessed are

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 the pure in heart

00:29:13.259 --> 00:29:14.139
 like the children said

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 for they shall see God

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 but you're also not ready

00:29:17.779 --> 00:29:18.399
 to be cleansed

00:29:18.399 --> 00:29:19.539
 of your impurities

00:29:19.539 --> 00:29:20.839
 your addictions

00:29:20.839 --> 00:29:21.619
 your attachments

00:29:21.619 --> 00:29:22.960
 your resentments

00:29:22.960 --> 00:29:24.019
 your lies and secrets

00:29:24.019 --> 00:29:25.460
 your excesses

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 or maybe

00:29:26.500 --> 00:29:27.519
 you don't even think

00:29:27.519 --> 00:29:28.380
 you need cleansing

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 you like the priests

00:29:30.079 --> 00:29:30.779
 and the Pharisees

00:29:30.779 --> 00:29:31.259
 and the sellers

00:29:31.259 --> 00:29:31.640
 in the temple

00:29:31.640 --> 00:29:32.380
 don't even realize

00:29:32.380 --> 00:29:33.539
 that you are harboring

00:29:33.539 --> 00:29:35.220
 a den of robbers

00:29:35.220 --> 00:29:36.100
 in your life

00:29:36.100 --> 00:29:37.640
 and you think

00:29:37.640 --> 00:29:38.779
 that you are quite safe

00:29:38.779 --> 00:29:39.579
 and secure

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 and clean

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 and worthy

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 simply just upholding

00:29:42.120 --> 00:29:42.940
 the status quo

00:29:42.940 --> 00:29:43.920
 of your life

00:29:43.920 --> 00:29:45.559
 nothing needs to change

00:29:45.559 --> 00:29:47.799
 Jesus' priestly plea

00:29:47.799 --> 00:29:48.940
 to you is to let him in

00:29:48.940 --> 00:29:50.259
 to make you new

00:29:50.259 --> 00:29:52.079
 will you receive him

00:29:52.079 --> 00:29:53.319
 or reject him

00:29:53.319 --> 00:29:55.919
 see today on Palm Sunday

00:29:55.919 --> 00:29:56.879
 Jesus isn't just

00:29:56.879 --> 00:29:58.079
 entering into Jerusalem

00:29:58.079 --> 00:29:59.259
 in this story

00:29:59.259 --> 00:29:59.799
 on a donkey

00:29:59.799 --> 00:30:00.639
 he wants to enter

00:30:00.639 --> 00:30:01.460
 your lives

00:30:01.460 --> 00:30:03.519
 as divine king

00:30:03.519 --> 00:30:04.319
 prophet

00:30:04.319 --> 00:30:05.339
 and priest

00:30:05.339 --> 00:30:07.359
 and not just

00:30:07.359 --> 00:30:08.039
 and not because

00:30:08.039 --> 00:30:08.939
 he wants to dominate you

00:30:08.939 --> 00:30:09.700
 it's because he wants

00:30:09.700 --> 00:30:10.579
 your peace

00:30:10.579 --> 00:30:12.839
 he wants your shalom

00:30:12.839 --> 00:30:13.799
 that is his heart

00:30:13.799 --> 00:30:14.879
 that is the heart of God

00:30:14.879 --> 00:30:16.139
 for you today

00:30:16.139 --> 00:30:18.740
 and if you want that too

00:30:18.740 --> 00:30:20.480
 I want to encourage you

00:30:20.480 --> 00:30:21.399
 to respond today

00:30:21.400 --> 00:30:22.900
 come find me

00:30:22.900 --> 00:30:23.640
 come find Jonathan

00:30:23.640 --> 00:30:24.640
 come receive prayer

00:30:24.640 --> 00:30:26.040
 from our deacons

00:30:26.040 --> 00:30:27.380
 if there is something

00:30:27.380 --> 00:30:28.100
 in your life

00:30:28.100 --> 00:30:29.200
 another king

00:30:29.200 --> 00:30:30.160
 that is holding you captive

00:30:30.160 --> 00:30:31.460
 we want to pray

00:30:31.460 --> 00:30:32.800
 for deliverance for you

00:30:32.800 --> 00:30:34.980
 if there are voices

00:30:34.980 --> 00:30:36.120
 that you cannot shake

00:30:36.120 --> 00:30:37.800
 voices in your head

00:30:37.800 --> 00:30:38.940
 that tell you

00:30:38.940 --> 00:30:40.100
 alternative truths

00:30:40.100 --> 00:30:41.440
 that are not in accord

00:30:41.440 --> 00:30:42.780
 with God's heart for you

00:30:42.780 --> 00:30:43.720
 we want to pray

00:30:43.720 --> 00:30:44.480
 those voices away

00:30:44.480 --> 00:30:45.040
 that you would hear

00:30:45.040 --> 00:30:45.500
 the prophet

00:30:45.500 --> 00:30:47.660
 if there are things

00:30:47.660 --> 00:30:48.400
 in your life

00:30:48.400 --> 00:30:49.600
 that you know

00:30:49.600 --> 00:30:50.660
 need to be cleansed

00:30:50.660 --> 00:30:52.000
 maybe you've only

00:30:52.000 --> 00:30:52.580
 given Jesus

00:30:52.580 --> 00:30:54.160
 99% of your life

00:30:54.160 --> 00:30:56.140
 there's still 1% left

00:30:56.140 --> 00:30:57.060
 that you have yet

00:30:57.060 --> 00:30:58.160
 to let go of

00:30:58.160 --> 00:30:59.940
 we want to pray

00:30:59.940 --> 00:31:01.160
 that you let the priest in

00:31:01.160 --> 00:31:02.640
 and clean out his temple

00:31:02.640 --> 00:31:04.519
 and give you his peace

00:31:04.519 --> 00:31:06.300
 come respond

00:31:06.300 --> 00:31:07.740
 to this God

00:31:07.740 --> 00:31:08.779
 he is good

00:31:08.779 --> 00:31:09.759
 we promise he is good

00:31:09.759 --> 00:31:10.420
 we want this church

00:31:10.420 --> 00:31:11.779
 to be filled with people

00:31:11.779 --> 00:31:12.800
 who've crowned

00:31:12.800 --> 00:31:13.860
 Jesus as king

00:31:13.860 --> 00:31:15.640
 heeded him as prophet

00:31:15.640 --> 00:31:17.220
 and received his cleansing

00:31:17.220 --> 00:31:18.500
 as our priest

00:31:18.500 --> 00:31:19.480
 we promise you

00:31:19.480 --> 00:31:21.539
 Jesus is a good king

00:31:21.539 --> 00:31:22.960
 he's a good prophet

00:31:22.960 --> 00:31:24.240
 he's a good priest

00:31:24.240 --> 00:31:25.319
 because he's a good lord

00:31:25.319 --> 00:31:26.819
 he's a good God

00:31:26.819 --> 00:31:29.220
 he's a humble king

00:31:29.220 --> 00:31:30.660
 who comes in peace

00:31:30.660 --> 00:31:32.099
 gentle and lowly

00:31:32.099 --> 00:31:33.180
 riding on a donkey

00:31:33.180 --> 00:31:34.339
 coming to you

00:31:34.339 --> 00:31:35.039
 with the intention

00:31:35.039 --> 00:31:36.759
 of donning a crown of thorns

00:31:36.759 --> 00:31:37.519
 in your place

00:31:37.519 --> 00:31:39.960
 a king who doesn't enslave you

00:31:39.960 --> 00:31:41.440
 but gives his life for you

00:31:41.440 --> 00:31:42.460
 and then conquer sin

00:31:42.460 --> 00:31:43.160
 and even death

00:31:43.160 --> 00:31:43.980
 by his resurrection

00:31:43.980 --> 00:31:44.960
 for you

00:31:44.960 --> 00:31:48.420
 and he's an empathetic priest

00:31:48.420 --> 00:31:49.700
 he's an empathetic prophet

00:31:49.700 --> 00:31:50.220
 as well

00:31:50.220 --> 00:31:51.000
 who doesn't really

00:31:51.000 --> 00:31:52.000
 just preach at you

00:31:52.000 --> 00:31:53.140
 in self-righteous

00:31:53.140 --> 00:31:54.620
 judgmental condemnation

00:31:54.620 --> 00:31:55.960
 but he weeps over you

00:31:55.960 --> 00:31:57.620
 and your blindness

00:31:57.620 --> 00:31:59.140
 and your inability

00:31:59.140 --> 00:31:59.759
 to see

00:31:59.759 --> 00:32:00.340
 and hear

00:32:00.340 --> 00:32:01.279
 his love for you

00:32:01.279 --> 00:32:02.500
 his desire for your peace

00:32:02.500 --> 00:32:03.140
 your refusal

00:32:03.140 --> 00:32:04.460
 to take hold of the peace

00:32:04.460 --> 00:32:05.539
 he's offering for you

00:32:05.539 --> 00:32:06.700
 to you for free

00:32:06.700 --> 00:32:08.660
 and finally

00:32:08.660 --> 00:32:10.200
 he's the ultimate

00:32:10.200 --> 00:32:11.779
 kingly priest

00:32:11.779 --> 00:32:13.340
 who wants to drive out

00:32:13.339 --> 00:32:14.419
 all the impurities

00:32:14.419 --> 00:32:15.659
 in your life

00:32:15.659 --> 00:32:16.939
 not by demanding

00:32:16.939 --> 00:32:17.439
 that you make

00:32:17.439 --> 00:32:18.419
 your own sacrifices

00:32:18.419 --> 00:32:18.919
 unto him

00:32:18.919 --> 00:32:19.519
 as payment

00:32:19.519 --> 00:32:21.659
 you know when Jesus

00:32:21.659 --> 00:32:23.259
 gets into that temple

00:32:23.259 --> 00:32:23.579
 right

00:32:23.579 --> 00:32:25.240
 and he begins to remove

00:32:25.240 --> 00:32:26.179
 the sellers from the temple

00:32:26.179 --> 00:32:26.839
 he also removes

00:32:26.839 --> 00:32:27.679
 the animals with them

00:32:27.679 --> 00:32:27.879
 right

00:32:27.879 --> 00:32:29.319
 and it should make you wonder

00:32:29.319 --> 00:32:30.859
 how then

00:32:30.859 --> 00:32:31.619
 would people be able

00:32:31.619 --> 00:32:32.799
 to make their sacrifices

00:32:32.799 --> 00:32:35.240
 we see the beauty

00:32:35.240 --> 00:32:36.279
 of Jesus as a priest

00:32:36.279 --> 00:32:37.000
 is he is a priest

00:32:37.000 --> 00:32:38.099
 who is at the same time

00:32:38.099 --> 00:32:40.259
 the very sacrificial

00:32:40.259 --> 00:32:41.839
 lamb of God

00:32:41.839 --> 00:32:44.199
 those animals

00:32:44.199 --> 00:32:44.799
 were obsolete

00:32:44.799 --> 00:32:45.439
 he's saying

00:32:45.439 --> 00:32:46.980
 I'm here now

00:32:46.980 --> 00:32:48.879
 he's the lamb of God

00:32:48.879 --> 00:32:50.259
 slaughtered for you

00:32:50.259 --> 00:32:52.819
 to make you perfectly

00:32:52.819 --> 00:32:53.899
 cleansed

00:32:53.899 --> 00:32:55.000
 and restored

00:32:55.000 --> 00:32:56.059
 in your relationship

00:32:56.059 --> 00:32:57.059
 with God

00:32:57.059 --> 00:32:59.279
 so the call

00:32:59.279 --> 00:33:00.039
 the word of God

00:33:00.039 --> 00:33:00.859
 to us this morning

00:33:00.859 --> 00:33:02.459
 is crown him

00:33:02.459 --> 00:33:04.039
 heed him

00:33:04.039 --> 00:33:06.000
 receive him

00:33:06.000 --> 00:33:07.500
 enter into his peace

00:33:07.500 --> 00:33:09.139
 and taste and see

00:33:09.139 --> 00:33:10.599
 that the Lord Jesus

00:33:10.599 --> 00:33:11.740
 is good

00:33:11.740 --> 00:33:13.240
 let's pray

00:33:13.240 --> 00:33:22.919
 Lord we thank you

00:33:22.919 --> 00:33:25.219
 that you are a God

00:33:25.219 --> 00:33:26.579
 who is always

00:33:26.579 --> 00:33:27.579
 and only ever

00:33:27.579 --> 00:33:28.439
 wanted our peace

00:33:28.439 --> 00:33:29.059
 all along

00:33:29.059 --> 00:33:31.959
 and we confess

00:33:31.959 --> 00:33:32.879
 all the other kings

00:33:32.879 --> 00:33:34.119
 we've followed

00:33:34.119 --> 00:33:35.819
 all the other prophets

00:33:35.819 --> 00:33:36.659
 we've listened to

00:33:36.659 --> 00:33:37.579
 all the other priests

00:33:37.579 --> 00:33:38.179
 we've looked to

00:33:38.179 --> 00:33:39.059
 to cleanse us

00:33:39.059 --> 00:33:41.759
 oh God

00:33:41.759 --> 00:33:42.759
 we would see

00:33:42.759 --> 00:33:43.740
 Jesus instead

00:33:43.740 --> 00:33:46.339
 help us to behold him

00:33:46.339 --> 00:33:47.179
 for who he is

00:33:47.179 --> 00:33:48.839
 see his beauty

00:33:48.839 --> 00:33:51.299
 will we experience him

00:33:51.299 --> 00:33:52.879
 as a good king

00:33:52.879 --> 00:33:54.039
 a good prophet

00:33:54.039 --> 00:33:55.220
 and a good priest

00:33:55.220 --> 00:33:55.619
 oh God

00:33:55.619 --> 00:33:56.579
 help us to taste

00:33:56.579 --> 00:33:57.399
 and see

00:33:57.399 --> 00:33:59.099
 that you are good

00:33:59.099 --> 00:34:00.579
 in Christ's name

00:34:00.579 --> 00:34:01.379
 amen

00:34:01.380 --> 00:34:02.080
 amen

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