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 Turn to Matthew's Gospel.

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 If you need a note sheet this morning,

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 no, they're all gone.

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 So, are any of the younger people

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 would like one and they haven't got one?

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 If you're an older person,

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 maybe you'd sacrifice and give it up

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 because everybody got one.

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 Nobody's...

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 Anyway, fight amongst yourselves.

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 Turn in your Bibles, please,

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 to Matthew's Gospel, chapter 21.

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 We're going to read Matthew, chapter 21,

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 verses 1 to 17.

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 Let's hear God's word to us,

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 starting at verse 1.

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 As they, that's Jesus and his disciples,

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 as they approached Jerusalem

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 and came to Bethpage on the Mount of Olives,

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 Jesus sent two disciples,

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 saying to them,

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 Go to the village ahead of you,

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 and at once you will find a donkey tied there

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 and her colt with her.

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 Untie them and bring them to me.

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 If anyone says anything to you,

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 say that the Lord needs them

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 and he will send them right away.

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 This took place to fulfill

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 what was spoken through the prophet.

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 Say to daughter Zion,

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 See your king comes to you,

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 gentle and riding on a donkey,

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 on a colt,

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 the foal of a donkey.

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 The disciples went and did

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 as Jesus had instructed them.

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 They brought the donkey and the colt

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 and placed their cloaks on them

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 for Jesus to sit on.

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 A very large crowd

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 spread their cloaks on the road,

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 while others cut branches from the trees

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 and spread them on the road.

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 The crowds that went ahead of him

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 and those that followed shouted,

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 Hosanna to the Son of David!

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 Blessed is he who comes

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 in the name of the Lord!

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 Hosanna in the highest heaven!

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 When Jesus entered Jerusalem,

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 the whole city was stirred and asked,

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 Who is this?

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 The crowds answered,

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 This is Jesus,

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 the prophet from Nazareth in Galilee.

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 Jesus entered the temple courts

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 and drove out all who were buying

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 and selling there.

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 He overturned the tables

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 of the money changers

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 and the benches of those selling doves.

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 It is written,

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 he said to them,

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 My house will be called

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 a house of prayer,

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 but you are making it

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 a den of robbers.

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 The blind and the lame

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 came to him at the temple

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 and he healed them.

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 But when the chief priests

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 and the teachers of the law

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 saw the wonderful things he did

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 and the children shouting

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 in the temple courts,

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 Hosanna to the Son of David,

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 they were indignant.

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 Do you hear what these children are saying?

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 They asked him.

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 Yes, replied Jesus.

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 Have you never read

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 from the lips of children and infants

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 you, Lord,

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 have called forth your praise?

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 And he left them

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 and went out to the city

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 to Bethany

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 where he spent the night.

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 Well, let's keep our Bibles open

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 and let's pray.

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 Oh, Lord, our God,

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 how majestic

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 is your name

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 in all the earth.

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 you made us.

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 You provide us

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 with all that we have.

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 And so we come

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 humbly before you

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 and ask that you would

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 give to us

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 more than we could ever

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 imagine

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 or ever

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 consider asking.

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 That you would give to us

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 all that we need

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 this morning

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 the help of your Holy Spirit

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 the blessing

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 that comes from you

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 so that the words

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 we hear today

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 would radically change us

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 and cause us

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 to live lives

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 of praise

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 and worship

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 as we follow

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 Jesus the King.

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 So help us now,

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 we pray in Jesus' name.

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 Amen.

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 Well, Jesus is on the move

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 and our text,

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 Matthew chapter 21,

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 is very clear

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 about where Jesus

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 is headed.

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 Jesus moves

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 through three

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 different stages.

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 Verse 1,

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 we're told that Jesus

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 approached Jerusalem.

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 And then in verse 10,

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 we're told that Jesus

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 then entered

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 into Jerusalem.

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 And then in verse 12,

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 we read that Jesus

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 entered

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 the temple.

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 So these

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 three movements,

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 these three stages

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 of the journey,

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 teach us

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 three things.

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 The King's plan,

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 the King's coming,

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 and the King's work.

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 So as we go through

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 these stages,

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 we're going to learn

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 something about the King.

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 So first,

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 the King's plan.

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 Look at verse 1.

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 As they approached

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 Jerusalem

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 and came to Bethpage

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 on the Mount of Olives.

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 Bethpage was

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 an olive grove,

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 an area just outside

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 the city,

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 a little bit higher,

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 which you could look from

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 and see all that was

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 going on

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 in the city.

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 And this is the first time

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 that Matthew records

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 that Jesus

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 comes to

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 Jerusalem.

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 Up to this point,

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 Jesus has been

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 travelling

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 throughout the whole region,

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 visiting towns

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 and villages.

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 But now,

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 Jesus approaches

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 Jerusalem.

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 He has his sights

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 set

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 on the capital

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 city.

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 This is the

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 focal point

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 of Israel,

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 the seat of power

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 and control.

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 This is the place

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 where kings reside.

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 Now,

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 this shouldn't

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 surprise us

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 at all

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 if we've been

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 following through

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 Matthew's Gospel

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 because three times

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 Jesus has

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 specifically told

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 his disciples

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 where they are

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 headed.

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 Look back at

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 chapter 20,

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 verse 17.

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 chapter 20,

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 verse 17.

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 This is the third time

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 Jesus tells

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 his disciples.

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 Now,

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 Jesus was going

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 up to Jerusalem

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 and on the way

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 he took the twelve

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 aside and said

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 to them,

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 we are

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 going up

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 to

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 Jerusalem.

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 That's the plan.

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 But what's

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 shocking

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 is what's

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 going to happen

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 in Jerusalem.

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 because

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 Jesus

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 has come

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 for

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 a purpose.

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 Look at

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 verse 18

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 of chapter 20.

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 He says,

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 we are

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 going up

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 to Jerusalem

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 and the

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 Son of Man,

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 speaking of

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 himself,

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 will be

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 delivered over

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 to the chief

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 priests and the

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 teachers of the

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 law.

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 They will

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 condemn him

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 to death,

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 hand him

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 over to the

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 Gentiles to

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 be mocked

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 and flogged

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 and crucified.

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 and on the

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 third day

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 he will be

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 raised to

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 life.

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 Jesus is

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 going to

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 the place

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 where he's

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 going to

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 die.

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 Why would

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 you deliberately

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 and intentionally

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 go to the

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 place where

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 you would be

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 treated by

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 torture?

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 If this were

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 you or I,

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 we would

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 avoid Jerusalem

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 at all

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 costs.

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 Why would

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 you go to

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 the place

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 where you

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 would be

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 mocked,

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 flogged

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 and crucified?

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 Jesus is

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 a dead

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 man walking.

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 Has he

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 lost his

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 mind?

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 No,

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 his purpose

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 is absolutely

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 clear.

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 He's telling

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 us,

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 I have

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 come to

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 die.

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 You see,

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 Matthew is

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 inviting us

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 to slow

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 down to

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 see what

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 is most

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 important.

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 Because the

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 rest of the

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 gospel from

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 chapter 21

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 right the

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 way through

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 to the

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 chapter 28,

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 almost a

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 third of

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 the whole

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 gospel is

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 focused on

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 the last

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 week, the

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 week of

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 Jesus'

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 death.

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 And as

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 Jesus approaches

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 Jerusalem, he

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 is only five

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 days away from

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 his crucifixion.

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 Once he

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 enters into

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 the city,

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 the clock

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 starts ticking.

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 Yes, Jesus

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 was a great

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 teacher, he

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 did amazing

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 miracles, but

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 we cannot

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 miss the

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 point, the

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 purpose for

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 his coming.

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 I have

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 come to

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 die.

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 Now, while

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 Jesus must

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 die, Matthew

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 wants us to

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 see that this

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 is all part

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 of God's

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 plan.

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 Chapter

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 21, verse

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 1.

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 As they

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 approached

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 Jerusalem and

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 came to

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 Bethpage on

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 the Mount

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 of Olives,

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 Jesus sent

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 two disciples

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 saying to

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 them, go to

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 the village

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 ahead of you

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 and at once

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 you will find

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 a donkey

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 there and

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 her cult

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 by her, her

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 young foal.

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 Untie them,

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 bring them to

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 me.

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 And if anyone

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 says anything

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 to you, like

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 what are you

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 doing with that

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 donkey, say

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 that the

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 Lord needs

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 them and

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 he will send

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 them right

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 away.

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 Now, what

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 does Jesus

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 want a donkey

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 for?

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 It seems

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 rather strange

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 all this

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 detail about

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 getting a

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 donkey.

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 Well, we'll

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 come back to

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 the significance

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 of that in a

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 minute, but

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 for now, look

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 at why

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 Jesus said

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 it.

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 We're given

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 the answer,

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 aren't we, in

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 verse 4.

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 This took

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 place, the

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 asking for

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 the donkey

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 and getting

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 the donkey.

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 This took

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 place to

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 fulfill what

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 was spoken

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 through the

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 prophet.

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 What did

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 the prophet

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 say?

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 Verse 5,

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 say to

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 daughter Zion,

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 see your

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 king comes

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 to you,

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 gentle and

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 riding on a

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 donkey, on

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 a colt, the

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 foal of a

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 donkey.

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 This quote

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 comes from

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 the prophet

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 Zechariah,

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 written 500

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 years before

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 the death

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 of Jesus.

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 500 years.

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 So the

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 events that

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 are about

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 to unfold

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 before us

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 have all

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 been promised

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 in eternity

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 past.

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 They've been

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 planned by

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 the Father

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 and are now

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 being fulfilled

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 by Jesus.

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 In fact,

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 scripture even

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 tells us

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 that before

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 the world

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 began,

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 before the

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 universe

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 existed,

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 God had

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 planned the

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 death of

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 his son.

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 Get your

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 minds around

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 that.

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 God knew

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 that when

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 he created

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 humanity,

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 they would

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 need a

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 saviour.

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 So before

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 we were even

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 born,

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 before we

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 even sinned,

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 before we

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 even heard

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 about the

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 death of

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 Jesus,

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 God had

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 promised,

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 planned,

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 and purposed

00:13:11.720 --> 00:13:12.920
 the death

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 of Jesus

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 for you

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 and for

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 me.

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 In love,

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 in eternity

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 past,

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 God designed

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 a plan,

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 a plan that

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 would lead

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 to your

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 salvation.

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 You see,

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 with God

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 there are no

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 accidents

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 or random

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 events.

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 We don't

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 live in a

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 world where

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 we're left

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 to blind

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 chance,

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 trying to

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 figure life

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 out by

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 ourselves.

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 We live

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 in a world

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 under the

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 sovereignty

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 and authority

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 of God

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 who is

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 working out

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 all things

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 for your

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 good.

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 In fact,

00:13:49.360 --> 00:13:49.839
 God has

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 purposed

00:13:50.599 --> 00:13:51.959
 the events

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 of your

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 life

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 right down

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 to the

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 second

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 so that

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 we might

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 know

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 and love

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 him.

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 So this

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 is

00:14:02.179 --> 00:14:03.059
 the

00:14:03.059 --> 00:14:03.740
 king's

00:14:03.740 --> 00:14:04.679
 plan.

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 Second,

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 we have

00:14:09.000 --> 00:14:09.200
 the

00:14:09.200 --> 00:14:09.779
 king's

00:14:09.779 --> 00:14:10.519
 coming.

00:14:12.100 --> 00:14:12.620
 Jerusalem,

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 the capital,

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 was the

00:14:14.440 --> 00:14:15.179
 nation's

00:14:15.179 --> 00:14:16.139
 pride and

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 joy.

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 It was

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 here that

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 their

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 greatest

00:14:19.100 --> 00:14:19.679
 king,

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 King

00:14:20.399 --> 00:14:20.840
 David,

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 had ruled

00:14:21.440 --> 00:14:22.179
 with power

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 and might.

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 They were

00:14:24.000 --> 00:14:24.759
 the glory

00:14:24.759 --> 00:14:25.440
 days,

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 but sadly

00:14:27.299 --> 00:14:27.779
 they were

00:14:27.779 --> 00:14:28.360
 centuries

00:14:28.360 --> 00:14:29.039
 of ago

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 and a

00:14:29.480 --> 00:14:29.820
 distant

00:14:29.820 --> 00:14:30.299
 memory.

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 Now

00:14:31.159 --> 00:14:31.740
 they lived

00:14:31.740 --> 00:14:32.220
 under the

00:14:32.220 --> 00:14:32.879
 iron fist

00:14:32.879 --> 00:14:33.259
 of the

00:14:33.259 --> 00:14:33.519
 Roman

00:14:33.519 --> 00:14:34.159
 authority,

00:14:34.840 --> 00:14:35.399
 a foreign

00:14:35.399 --> 00:14:35.899
 power.

00:14:36.320 --> 00:14:36.700
 Here they

00:14:36.700 --> 00:14:37.340
 were as

00:14:37.340 --> 00:14:38.240
 slaves living

00:14:38.240 --> 00:14:38.600
 in their

00:14:38.600 --> 00:14:39.200
 own land.

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 Yet despite

00:14:40.379 --> 00:14:40.779
 their

00:14:40.779 --> 00:14:41.560
 situation,

00:14:42.580 --> 00:14:43.519
 the people

00:14:43.519 --> 00:14:44.180
 of Jerusalem

00:14:44.180 --> 00:14:44.879
 were still

00:14:44.879 --> 00:14:45.580
 hanging on

00:14:45.580 --> 00:14:46.320
 to God's

00:14:46.320 --> 00:14:46.940
 promises.

00:14:47.680 --> 00:14:48.500
 The promises

00:14:48.500 --> 00:14:49.139
 that God

00:14:49.139 --> 00:14:49.720
 would raise

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 up a

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 king,

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 one with

00:14:51.920 --> 00:14:52.519
 absolute

00:14:52.519 --> 00:14:53.300
 power and

00:14:53.300 --> 00:14:53.779
 supreme

00:14:53.779 --> 00:14:54.360
 authority,

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 one who

00:14:55.220 --> 00:14:55.620
 would come

00:14:55.620 --> 00:14:56.159
 and redeem

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 and restore.

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 It's not

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 unlike the

00:15:00.800 --> 00:15:01.399
 longing that

00:15:01.399 --> 00:15:02.120
 each one

00:15:02.120 --> 00:15:02.540
 of us

00:15:02.540 --> 00:15:03.000
 have,

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 is it?

00:15:04.200 --> 00:15:04.960
 We all

00:15:04.960 --> 00:15:05.540
 long for

00:15:05.540 --> 00:15:06.120
 the desire

00:15:06.120 --> 00:15:06.379
 for

00:15:06.379 --> 00:15:07.340
 something,

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 someone

00:15:08.960 --> 00:15:10.120
 who would

00:15:10.120 --> 00:15:11.379
 come and

00:15:11.379 --> 00:15:12.080
 fix our

00:15:12.080 --> 00:15:13.019
 broken world

00:15:13.019 --> 00:15:14.139
 and heal

00:15:14.139 --> 00:15:14.940
 our disordered

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 lives.

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 Well, it

00:15:17.060 --> 00:15:17.820
 seems that

00:15:17.820 --> 00:15:18.340
 the waiting

00:15:18.340 --> 00:15:18.980
 is over

00:15:18.980 --> 00:15:21.000
 because here

00:15:21.000 --> 00:15:22.740
 comes the

00:15:22.740 --> 00:15:23.100
 king.

00:15:24.500 --> 00:15:24.879
 Jesus

00:15:24.879 --> 00:15:25.960
 comes into

00:15:25.960 --> 00:15:26.659
 Jerusalem

00:15:26.659 --> 00:15:28.039
 as a

00:15:28.039 --> 00:15:28.840
 victorious

00:15:28.840 --> 00:15:30.500
 champion.

00:15:31.500 --> 00:15:32.039
 Look at

00:15:32.039 --> 00:15:32.639
 verse 4.

00:15:32.639 --> 00:15:34.860
 this took

00:15:34.860 --> 00:15:35.439
 place to

00:15:35.439 --> 00:15:36.059
 fulfil what

00:15:36.059 --> 00:15:36.559
 was spoken

00:15:36.559 --> 00:15:37.019
 through the

00:15:37.019 --> 00:15:37.340
 prophet,

00:15:38.019 --> 00:15:38.679
 say to

00:15:38.679 --> 00:15:39.039
 daughter

00:15:39.039 --> 00:15:39.559
 Zion,

00:15:40.240 --> 00:15:40.659
 see,

00:15:40.860 --> 00:15:41.240
 look,

00:15:42.299 --> 00:15:42.699
 here a

00:15:42.699 --> 00:15:43.539
 king comes

00:15:43.539 --> 00:15:44.179
 to you,

00:15:44.860 --> 00:15:45.419
 gentle

00:15:45.419 --> 00:15:47.279
 and riding

00:15:47.279 --> 00:15:47.679
 on a

00:15:47.679 --> 00:15:48.019
 donkey,

00:15:48.159 --> 00:15:48.460
 on the

00:15:48.460 --> 00:15:48.980
 colt,

00:15:49.840 --> 00:15:50.439
 the foal

00:15:50.439 --> 00:15:50.720
 of a

00:15:50.720 --> 00:15:51.059
 donkey.

00:15:52.740 --> 00:15:53.199
 Now, to

00:15:53.199 --> 00:15:53.879
 us reading

00:15:53.879 --> 00:15:54.460
 that, it

00:15:54.460 --> 00:15:55.120
 all seems

00:15:55.120 --> 00:15:55.840
 very odd,

00:15:55.939 --> 00:15:56.559
 doesn't it?

00:15:57.299 --> 00:15:57.819
 But we

00:15:57.819 --> 00:15:58.259
 need to

00:15:58.259 --> 00:15:58.939
 remember that

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 this is all

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 part of a

00:16:00.120 --> 00:16:00.799
 much bigger

00:16:00.799 --> 00:16:02.059
 and greater

00:16:02.059 --> 00:16:03.079
 promise.

00:16:04.500 --> 00:16:05.139
 What I'd

00:16:05.139 --> 00:16:05.659
 like us to

00:16:05.659 --> 00:16:06.199
 do is to

00:16:06.199 --> 00:16:06.779
 go back

00:16:06.779 --> 00:16:07.879
 to Zechariah.

00:16:08.339 --> 00:16:08.699
 You go,

00:16:08.779 --> 00:16:09.239
 well, where's

00:16:09.239 --> 00:16:09.419
 that?

00:16:09.500 --> 00:16:09.819
 Well, just

00:16:09.819 --> 00:16:10.319
 keep going

00:16:10.319 --> 00:16:10.839
 backwards,

00:16:11.679 --> 00:16:12.699
 go to the

00:16:12.699 --> 00:16:13.339
 beginning of

00:16:13.339 --> 00:16:13.819
 Matthew,

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 flick over a

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 page and

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 you come to

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 Malachi,

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 and flick

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 over another

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 couple of

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 pages and

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 you're in

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 Zechariah.

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 So it's not

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 too far away.

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 Zechariah

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 chapter 9.

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 So go

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 back,

00:16:36.659 --> 00:16:37.099
 Matthew,

00:16:37.399 --> 00:16:37.779
 Malachi,

00:16:38.779 --> 00:16:39.599
 Zechariah.

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 So here's

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 the prophet,

00:16:43.979 --> 00:16:45.079
 500 years

00:16:45.079 --> 00:16:45.899
 before the

00:16:45.899 --> 00:16:47.259
 coming of

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 Jesus.

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 And here's

00:16:49.500 --> 00:16:50.079
 what he

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 proclaims,

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 this is what

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 he announces.

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 Let's pick it

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 up in verse

00:16:55.059 --> 00:16:55.479
 9,

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 chapter 9,

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 verse 9.

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 Rejoice

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 greatly,

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 daughter

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 Zion.

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 Shout,

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 daughter

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 Jerusalem.

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 See your

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 king comes

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 to you,

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 righteous

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 and

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 victorious,

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 lowly and

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 riding on a

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 donkey,

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 on a

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 colt,

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 the foal

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 of a

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 donkey.

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 I will

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 take away

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 the chariots

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 from Ephraim.

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 Ephraim is

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 another name

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 for Israel.

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 The war

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 horses from

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 Jerusalem,

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 and the

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 battle bow

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 will be

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 broken.

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 I'm going

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 to take

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 away the

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 military

00:17:31.639 --> 00:17:32.240
 might

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 and the

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 wars.

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 He will

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 proclaim

00:17:35.139 --> 00:17:35.899
 peace

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 to the

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 nations.

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 His rule

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 will extend

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 from sea

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 to sea

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 and from

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 the river

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 to the

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 ends of

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 the earth.

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 Verse

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 16.

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 The

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 Lord,

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 their God,

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 will save

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 his people

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 on that

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 day

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 as a

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 shepherd

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 saves his

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 flock.

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 They

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 will

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 sparkle

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 in his

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 land

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 like

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 jewels

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 in a

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 crown.

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 How

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 attractive

00:18:03.019 --> 00:18:04.059
 and

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 beautiful

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 they

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 will

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 be.

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 Grain

00:18:06.639 --> 00:18:06.899
 will

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 make

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 the

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 young

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 men

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 thrive

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 and

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 new

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 wine

00:18:10.559 --> 00:18:11.480
 the

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 young

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 women.

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 It's

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 what the

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 people of

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 Jerusalem

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 longed

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 for.

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 And in

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 a sense

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 it's

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 what we

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 too

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 long

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 for.

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 A

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 king,

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 a

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 victorious

00:18:24.379 --> 00:18:25.019
 champion

00:18:25.019 --> 00:18:25.599
 who

00:18:25.599 --> 00:18:25.819
 will

00:18:25.819 --> 00:18:26.299
 end

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 the

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 suffering

00:18:27.220 --> 00:18:27.500
 and

00:18:27.500 --> 00:18:28.019
 all

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 the

00:18:28.259 --> 00:18:28.660
 wars

00:18:28.660 --> 00:18:28.900
 and

00:18:28.900 --> 00:18:29.039
 the

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 disorder

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 and

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 rule

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 the

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 world

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 with

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 peace.

00:18:33.319 --> 00:18:33.559
 A

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 king

00:18:33.839 --> 00:18:34.059
 who

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 will

00:18:34.259 --> 00:18:34.539
 rule

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 with

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 justice

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 and

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 correct

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 every

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 wrong.

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 It's

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 the

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 promise

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 of the

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 kind

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 of

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 world

00:18:41.240 --> 00:18:41.519
 we

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 all

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 want.

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 A

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 world

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 full of

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 beauty

00:18:44.859 --> 00:18:45.139
 and

00:18:45.139 --> 00:18:45.539
 delight,

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 prosperity

00:18:46.480 --> 00:18:46.980
 and

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 security.

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 Well let's

00:18:50.019 --> 00:18:50.459
 go back

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 to Matthew

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 chapter

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 21.

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 No wonder

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 the crowds

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 responded

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 the way

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 they did

00:18:58.879 --> 00:18:59.299
 when they

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 see Jesus

00:19:00.399 --> 00:19:01.759
 riding on

00:19:01.759 --> 00:19:02.259
 a donkey.

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 It all

00:19:02.719 --> 00:19:03.259
 comes to

00:19:03.259 --> 00:19:03.539
 mind.

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 They

00:19:04.079 --> 00:19:04.639
 remember

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 back to

00:19:05.299 --> 00:19:06.000
 what God

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 had

00:19:06.199 --> 00:19:06.659
 promised.

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 Could

00:19:07.659 --> 00:19:08.399
 this be

00:19:08.399 --> 00:19:08.719
 the

00:19:08.719 --> 00:19:09.199
 longed

00:19:09.199 --> 00:19:09.399
 for

00:19:09.399 --> 00:19:09.939
 promised

00:19:09.939 --> 00:19:10.319
 king?

00:19:11.179 --> 00:19:11.599
 Well it

00:19:11.599 --> 00:19:12.159
 seems it

00:19:12.159 --> 00:19:12.500
 is.

00:19:12.779 --> 00:19:13.139
 Look at

00:19:13.139 --> 00:19:13.779
 verse 8.

00:19:14.779 --> 00:19:14.939
 A

00:19:14.939 --> 00:19:15.639
 very large

00:19:15.639 --> 00:19:16.579
 crowd spread

00:19:16.579 --> 00:19:17.259
 their cloaks

00:19:17.259 --> 00:19:17.579
 on the

00:19:17.579 --> 00:19:18.079
 road while

00:19:18.079 --> 00:19:18.400
 others

00:19:18.400 --> 00:19:18.740
 cut

00:19:18.740 --> 00:19:19.240
 branches

00:19:19.240 --> 00:19:19.720
 from the

00:19:19.720 --> 00:19:20.299
 trees and

00:19:20.299 --> 00:19:21.440
 spread them

00:19:21.440 --> 00:19:21.759
 on the

00:19:21.759 --> 00:19:22.019
 road.

00:19:22.279 --> 00:19:22.779
 He was

00:19:22.779 --> 00:19:23.299
 receiving

00:19:23.299 --> 00:19:24.099
 the royal

00:19:24.099 --> 00:19:24.640
 treatment.

00:19:25.200 --> 00:19:25.819
 The red

00:19:25.819 --> 00:19:26.420
 carpet

00:19:26.420 --> 00:19:27.720
 was being

00:19:27.720 --> 00:19:28.640
 rolled out.

00:19:29.400 --> 00:19:29.799
 Here

00:19:29.799 --> 00:19:30.720
 comes

00:19:30.720 --> 00:19:31.440
 the king.

00:19:32.619 --> 00:19:33.200
 Verse 9.

00:19:33.299 --> 00:19:33.900
 The crowds

00:19:33.900 --> 00:19:34.480
 that went

00:19:34.480 --> 00:19:35.039
 ahead of him

00:19:35.039 --> 00:19:35.460
 and those

00:19:35.460 --> 00:19:35.960
 that follow

00:19:35.960 --> 00:19:36.440
 shouted

00:19:36.440 --> 00:19:37.379
 Hosanna!

00:19:38.299 --> 00:19:38.980
 Which means

00:19:38.980 --> 00:19:39.960
 save

00:19:39.960 --> 00:19:41.059
 to the

00:19:41.059 --> 00:19:41.500
 son of

00:19:41.500 --> 00:19:41.960
 David.

00:19:42.879 --> 00:19:43.359
 Blessed

00:19:43.359 --> 00:19:44.099
 is he

00:19:44.099 --> 00:19:44.779
 who comes

00:19:44.779 --> 00:19:45.099
 in the

00:19:45.099 --> 00:19:45.420
 name of

00:19:45.420 --> 00:19:45.839
 the Lord.

00:19:46.440 --> 00:19:47.079
 Hosanna!

00:19:47.259 --> 00:19:48.599
 in the

00:19:48.599 --> 00:19:49.119
 highest

00:19:49.119 --> 00:19:49.619
 heaven.

00:19:51.400 --> 00:19:51.819
 Here

00:19:51.819 --> 00:19:52.519
 comes

00:19:52.519 --> 00:19:53.099
 the king.

00:19:53.980 --> 00:19:54.140
 The

00:19:54.140 --> 00:19:54.920
 expectation

00:19:54.920 --> 00:19:56.220
 was great

00:19:56.220 --> 00:19:58.519
 but the

00:19:58.519 --> 00:19:59.180
 victory that

00:19:59.180 --> 00:19:59.879
 would come

00:19:59.879 --> 00:20:01.720
 would come

00:20:01.720 --> 00:20:02.259
 in a way

00:20:02.259 --> 00:20:02.799
 that was

00:20:02.799 --> 00:20:03.480
 least

00:20:03.480 --> 00:20:04.900
 expected.

00:20:06.799 --> 00:20:07.319
 You see

00:20:07.319 --> 00:20:07.720
 something

00:20:07.720 --> 00:20:08.319
 doesn't

00:20:08.319 --> 00:20:09.119
 quite fit.

00:20:10.839 --> 00:20:11.319
 Something

00:20:11.319 --> 00:20:12.000
 seems

00:20:12.000 --> 00:20:12.619
 out of

00:20:12.619 --> 00:20:13.119
 place.

00:20:14.140 --> 00:20:14.579
 I wonder

00:20:14.579 --> 00:20:14.920
 if you

00:20:14.920 --> 00:20:15.779
 spotted it.

00:20:15.779 --> 00:20:17.279
 Jesus

00:20:17.279 --> 00:20:19.000
 is riding

00:20:19.000 --> 00:20:19.420
 on a

00:20:19.420 --> 00:20:20.039
 colt.

00:20:21.160 --> 00:20:21.339
 A

00:20:21.339 --> 00:20:21.920
 foe

00:20:21.920 --> 00:20:22.920
 of a

00:20:22.920 --> 00:20:23.180
 young

00:20:23.180 --> 00:20:23.779
 donkey.

00:20:24.660 --> 00:20:25.299
 Eeyore.

00:20:26.839 --> 00:20:27.480
 Hardly

00:20:27.480 --> 00:20:28.059
 the sign

00:20:28.059 --> 00:20:28.720
 of power

00:20:28.720 --> 00:20:29.379
 and might

00:20:29.379 --> 00:20:30.000
 is it?

00:20:30.500 --> 00:20:30.839
 I mean

00:20:30.839 --> 00:20:31.660
 stand

00:20:31.660 --> 00:20:32.139
 back

00:20:32.139 --> 00:20:32.680
 everybody.

00:20:33.119 --> 00:20:33.339
 Here

00:20:33.339 --> 00:20:33.960
 comes the

00:20:33.960 --> 00:20:34.440
 man on

00:20:34.440 --> 00:20:35.019
 a donkey.

00:20:35.639 --> 00:20:36.220
 Aren't

00:20:36.220 --> 00:20:36.839
 you afraid?

00:20:39.299 --> 00:20:39.599
 No

00:20:39.599 --> 00:20:40.000
 a king

00:20:40.000 --> 00:20:40.279
 with

00:20:40.279 --> 00:20:40.859
 armour

00:20:40.859 --> 00:20:41.279
 and

00:20:41.279 --> 00:20:41.839
 with

00:20:41.839 --> 00:20:42.359
 sword

00:20:42.359 --> 00:20:42.639
 and

00:20:42.639 --> 00:20:43.379
 riding

00:20:43.380 --> 00:20:43.800
 on a

00:20:43.800 --> 00:20:44.200
 horse.

00:20:44.560 --> 00:20:44.900
 That

00:20:44.900 --> 00:20:45.120
 would

00:20:45.120 --> 00:20:45.380
 be

00:20:45.380 --> 00:20:45.860
 much

00:20:45.860 --> 00:20:46.180
 more

00:20:46.180 --> 00:20:46.540
 fitting

00:20:46.540 --> 00:20:47.020
 for a

00:20:47.020 --> 00:20:47.620
 victorious

00:20:47.620 --> 00:20:48.220
 champion.

00:20:48.980 --> 00:20:49.280
 With

00:20:49.280 --> 00:20:49.480
 his

00:20:49.480 --> 00:20:50.100
 armies

00:20:50.100 --> 00:20:51.240
 strolling

00:20:51.240 --> 00:20:51.760
 behind

00:20:51.760 --> 00:20:52.100
 him.

00:20:53.560 --> 00:20:53.900
 But

00:20:53.900 --> 00:20:54.140
 no,

00:20:54.280 --> 00:20:54.540
 Jesus

00:20:54.540 --> 00:20:55.260
 comes

00:20:55.260 --> 00:20:56.800
 humbly.

00:20:58.060 --> 00:20:58.680
 Zechariah

00:20:58.680 --> 00:20:59.020
 that we

00:20:59.020 --> 00:20:59.580
 read just

00:20:59.580 --> 00:21:00.160
 now makes

00:21:00.160 --> 00:21:00.640
 it crystal

00:21:00.640 --> 00:21:01.000
 clear.

00:21:01.360 --> 00:21:01.480
 He

00:21:01.480 --> 00:21:01.800
 says,

00:21:01.880 --> 00:21:02.280
 see your

00:21:02.280 --> 00:21:02.880
 king comes

00:21:02.880 --> 00:21:03.300
 to you

00:21:03.300 --> 00:21:04.160
 righteous

00:21:04.160 --> 00:21:04.620
 and

00:21:04.620 --> 00:21:05.260
 victorious,

00:21:07.120 --> 00:21:07.760
 lowly

00:21:07.760 --> 00:21:09.380
 and riding

00:21:09.380 --> 00:21:09.760
 on a

00:21:09.760 --> 00:21:10.120
 donkey.

00:21:13.200 --> 00:21:13.980
 Now I

00:21:13.980 --> 00:21:14.140
 don't

00:21:14.140 --> 00:21:14.600
 know how

00:21:14.600 --> 00:21:15.260
 you view

00:21:15.260 --> 00:21:15.820
 God.

00:21:16.920 --> 00:21:17.280
 Maybe

00:21:17.280 --> 00:21:17.840
 you think

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 of God

00:21:18.340 --> 00:21:19.540
 as demanding

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 and harsh,

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 watching

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 for your

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 next wrong

00:21:23.280 --> 00:21:23.920
 move so

00:21:23.920 --> 00:21:24.300
 that he

00:21:24.300 --> 00:21:24.980
 can berate

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 you and

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 punish you.

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 A kind

00:21:27.280 --> 00:21:27.960
 of head

00:21:27.960 --> 00:21:28.520
 master

00:21:28.520 --> 00:21:29.340
 figure who's

00:21:29.340 --> 00:21:30.680
 always wagging

00:21:30.680 --> 00:21:31.400
 his finger.

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 The

00:21:33.540 --> 00:21:34.380
 manager who's

00:21:34.380 --> 00:21:35.160
 always showing

00:21:35.160 --> 00:21:35.620
 you your

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 faults.

00:21:37.280 --> 00:21:37.620
 The

00:21:37.620 --> 00:21:38.220
 coach who

00:21:38.220 --> 00:21:38.840
 keeps telling

00:21:38.840 --> 00:21:39.140
 you,

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 your best

00:21:39.980 --> 00:21:40.480
 is not

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 good enough

00:21:41.040 --> 00:21:41.340
 and you

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 must try

00:21:42.000 --> 00:21:42.500
 harder.

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 No.

00:21:45.580 --> 00:21:45.980
 God

00:21:45.980 --> 00:21:46.640
 comes to

00:21:46.640 --> 00:21:47.120
 us in

00:21:47.120 --> 00:21:47.700
 the person

00:21:47.700 --> 00:21:48.800
 of Jesus,

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 humble

00:21:50.440 --> 00:21:52.840
 and lowly.

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 The

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 king and

00:21:55.480 --> 00:21:56.840
 creator of

00:21:56.840 --> 00:21:57.480
 the universe.

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 Listen to

00:22:00.080 --> 00:22:00.680
 what Jesus

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 has already

00:22:01.380 --> 00:22:02.140
 revealed about

00:22:02.140 --> 00:22:02.580
 himself.

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 You can

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 follow with

00:22:03.900 --> 00:22:04.060
 me.

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 It's just

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 back in

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 chapter 11

00:22:05.720 --> 00:22:06.960
 of Matthew.

00:22:07.540 --> 00:22:07.960
 Matthew

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 chapter 11.

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 verse 28.

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 Matthew

00:22:19.620 --> 00:22:20.500
 chapter 11

00:22:20.500 --> 00:22:21.500
 verse 28.

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 Listen to

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 how this

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 victorious

00:22:25.380 --> 00:22:26.260
 champion,

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 the king,

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 comes to

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 us and

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 what he

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 says.

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 Listen to

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 his lowly,

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 gentle

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 voice.

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 verse 28.

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 Come to

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 me,

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 all you

00:22:41.980 --> 00:22:42.500
 who are

00:22:42.500 --> 00:22:42.940
 weary

00:22:42.940 --> 00:22:45.079
 and burdened,

00:22:45.079 --> 00:22:46.920
 weighed down

00:22:46.920 --> 00:22:47.660
 because of your

00:22:47.660 --> 00:22:48.460
 sin and your

00:22:48.460 --> 00:22:49.039
 struggles.

00:22:49.920 --> 00:22:50.759
 Come to me

00:22:50.759 --> 00:22:51.259
 and I will

00:22:51.259 --> 00:22:51.839
 give you

00:22:51.839 --> 00:22:53.180
 rest.

00:22:54.460 --> 00:22:55.559
 Take my

00:22:55.559 --> 00:22:56.059
 yoke

00:22:56.059 --> 00:22:57.259
 upon you

00:22:57.259 --> 00:22:59.279
 and learn

00:22:59.279 --> 00:22:59.940
 from me,

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 for I

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 am gentle

00:23:04.000 --> 00:23:05.279
 and humble

00:23:05.279 --> 00:23:05.980
 in heart

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 and you

00:23:07.720 --> 00:23:08.400
 will find

00:23:08.400 --> 00:23:10.100
 rest for

00:23:10.100 --> 00:23:10.740
 your souls

00:23:10.740 --> 00:23:11.860
 for my

00:23:11.860 --> 00:23:12.580
 yoke is

00:23:12.580 --> 00:23:13.200
 easy

00:23:13.200 --> 00:23:14.960
 and my

00:23:14.960 --> 00:23:15.640
 burden is

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 light.

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 You see,

00:23:18.019 --> 00:23:18.680
 Jesus didn't

00:23:18.680 --> 00:23:19.279
 come in

00:23:19.279 --> 00:23:20.160
 military

00:23:20.160 --> 00:23:20.680
 might,

00:23:21.320 --> 00:23:22.320
 but as a

00:23:22.320 --> 00:23:22.740
 humble

00:23:22.740 --> 00:23:23.460
 servant.

00:23:24.340 --> 00:23:25.019
 He comes

00:23:25.019 --> 00:23:25.539
 not to

00:23:25.539 --> 00:23:26.079
 crush

00:23:26.079 --> 00:23:26.559
 you,

00:23:27.720 --> 00:23:28.639
 but to

00:23:28.639 --> 00:23:29.240
 restore

00:23:29.240 --> 00:23:29.579
 you.

00:23:30.400 --> 00:23:30.960
 He comes

00:23:30.960 --> 00:23:31.299
 to you

00:23:31.299 --> 00:23:31.720
 in your

00:23:31.720 --> 00:23:32.319
 need.

00:23:32.639 --> 00:23:33.420
 He sees

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 how hopeless

00:23:34.420 --> 00:23:35.559
 and helpless

00:23:35.559 --> 00:23:36.200
 we are,

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 how much

00:23:37.079 --> 00:23:37.559
 we get

00:23:37.559 --> 00:23:37.960
 weighed

00:23:37.960 --> 00:23:38.539
 down and

00:23:38.539 --> 00:23:38.879
 bogged

00:23:38.879 --> 00:23:39.359
 down by

00:23:39.359 --> 00:23:39.839
 our sin

00:23:39.839 --> 00:23:40.180
 and our

00:23:40.180 --> 00:23:40.579
 suffering.

00:23:41.059 --> 00:23:41.599
 And Jesus

00:23:41.599 --> 00:23:42.519
 invites us

00:23:42.519 --> 00:23:43.039
 to take

00:23:43.039 --> 00:23:43.680
 his

00:23:43.680 --> 00:23:44.200
 yoke.

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 You know

00:23:45.339 --> 00:23:45.940
 the picture

00:23:45.940 --> 00:23:46.400
 of the

00:23:46.400 --> 00:23:47.599
 cattle with

00:23:47.599 --> 00:23:48.480
 the bigger,

00:23:48.740 --> 00:23:49.319
 stronger and

00:23:49.319 --> 00:23:49.819
 older one

00:23:49.819 --> 00:23:50.180
 with that

00:23:50.180 --> 00:23:50.799
 piece of

00:23:50.799 --> 00:23:51.339
 wood across

00:23:51.339 --> 00:23:51.920
 its shoulder

00:23:51.920 --> 00:23:53.119
 linked into

00:23:53.119 --> 00:23:53.900
 the smaller,

00:23:54.200 --> 00:23:54.819
 weaker one?

00:23:55.019 --> 00:23:57.160
 Jesus is

00:23:57.160 --> 00:23:57.440
 saying,

00:23:57.680 --> 00:23:58.000
 let me

00:23:58.000 --> 00:23:58.879
 take the

00:23:58.879 --> 00:23:59.240
 burden.

00:24:00.319 --> 00:24:00.879
 Let me

00:24:00.879 --> 00:24:01.579
 take the

00:24:01.579 --> 00:24:02.180
 weight for

00:24:02.180 --> 00:24:02.460
 you.

00:24:03.160 --> 00:24:03.960
 He promises

00:24:03.960 --> 00:24:05.259
 to carry

00:24:05.259 --> 00:24:05.879
 us so

00:24:05.879 --> 00:24:06.339
 that we

00:24:06.339 --> 00:24:07.299
 might find

00:24:07.299 --> 00:24:08.799
 rest.

00:24:10.539 --> 00:24:11.019
 You see,

00:24:11.099 --> 00:24:11.480
 the rest

00:24:11.480 --> 00:24:12.099
 that Jesus

00:24:12.099 --> 00:24:12.619
 offers,

00:24:13.000 --> 00:24:13.680
 the peace

00:24:13.680 --> 00:24:14.240
 he comes

00:24:14.240 --> 00:24:14.859
 to bring,

00:24:15.259 --> 00:24:16.059
 the victory

00:24:16.059 --> 00:24:16.539
 he has

00:24:16.539 --> 00:24:17.559
 promised is

00:24:17.559 --> 00:24:18.339
 not achieved

00:24:18.339 --> 00:24:18.740
 through

00:24:18.740 --> 00:24:19.819
 overthrowing

00:24:19.819 --> 00:24:20.379
 political

00:24:20.379 --> 00:24:20.920
 oppression

00:24:20.920 --> 00:24:21.879
 with the

00:24:21.879 --> 00:24:22.240
 sword,

00:24:23.079 --> 00:24:23.619
 but it's

00:24:23.619 --> 00:24:24.339
 all accomplished

00:24:24.339 --> 00:24:25.000
 by bringing

00:24:25.000 --> 00:24:25.940
 salvation to

00:24:25.940 --> 00:24:26.819
 all through

00:24:26.819 --> 00:24:27.619
 his death

00:24:27.619 --> 00:24:28.440
 on the

00:24:28.440 --> 00:24:28.920
 cross.

00:24:30.160 --> 00:24:30.740
 Because

00:24:30.740 --> 00:24:31.279
 remember,

00:24:31.480 --> 00:24:32.140
 Jesus is

00:24:32.140 --> 00:24:32.759
 humbly

00:24:32.759 --> 00:24:33.799
 coming to

00:24:33.799 --> 00:24:35.039
 Jerusalem and

00:24:35.039 --> 00:24:36.420
 lowly is

00:24:36.420 --> 00:24:36.960
 he walking

00:24:36.960 --> 00:24:37.920
 to the

00:24:37.920 --> 00:24:38.359
 cross.

00:24:39.480 --> 00:24:40.299
 He comes

00:24:40.299 --> 00:24:40.680
 as the

00:24:40.680 --> 00:24:41.180
 creator

00:24:41.180 --> 00:24:41.900
 God,

00:24:42.339 --> 00:24:43.180
 the almighty

00:24:43.180 --> 00:24:43.680
 king,

00:24:44.059 --> 00:24:44.660
 who comes

00:24:44.660 --> 00:24:45.440
 to give up

00:24:45.440 --> 00:24:46.019
 his life

00:24:46.019 --> 00:24:46.539
 for you

00:24:46.539 --> 00:24:47.000
 and me

00:24:47.000 --> 00:24:47.680
 so that

00:24:47.680 --> 00:24:48.160
 we could

00:24:48.160 --> 00:24:48.819
 know peace

00:24:48.819 --> 00:24:49.420
 with God

00:24:49.420 --> 00:24:50.319
 and peace

00:24:50.319 --> 00:24:50.799
 with each

00:24:50.799 --> 00:24:51.079
 other.

00:24:51.839 --> 00:24:52.839
 He dies

00:24:52.839 --> 00:24:53.459
 for you

00:24:53.459 --> 00:24:53.899
 so that

00:24:53.899 --> 00:24:54.279
 we could

00:24:54.279 --> 00:24:54.879
 be forgiven

00:24:54.879 --> 00:24:55.859
 and welcomed

00:24:55.859 --> 00:24:56.599
 into his

00:24:56.599 --> 00:24:57.539
 eternal kingdom,

00:24:57.919 --> 00:24:58.559
 a kingdom,

00:24:59.419 --> 00:25:00.199
 remember what

00:25:00.199 --> 00:25:01.119
 Zachariah said,

00:25:01.199 --> 00:25:01.759
 where we will

00:25:01.759 --> 00:25:03.059
 sparkle like

00:25:03.059 --> 00:25:04.899
 jewels in a

00:25:04.899 --> 00:25:05.299
 crown,

00:25:06.679 --> 00:25:08.119
 pure and

00:25:08.119 --> 00:25:08.579
 beautiful.

00:25:09.439 --> 00:25:10.259
 He is the

00:25:10.259 --> 00:25:10.779
 humble,

00:25:11.279 --> 00:25:11.919
 victorious

00:25:11.919 --> 00:25:13.079
 champion who

00:25:13.079 --> 00:25:14.079
 renews our

00:25:14.079 --> 00:25:15.139
 disordered lives

00:25:15.139 --> 00:25:16.199
 and restores our

00:25:16.199 --> 00:25:17.000
 broken world

00:25:17.000 --> 00:25:18.159
 and he does it

00:25:18.160 --> 00:25:19.880
 all through

00:25:19.880 --> 00:25:21.140
 his victorious

00:25:21.140 --> 00:25:22.240
 humble

00:25:22.240 --> 00:25:23.340
 death.

00:25:27.900 --> 00:25:28.960
 But let us

00:25:28.960 --> 00:25:29.680
 not mistake

00:25:29.680 --> 00:25:30.540
 his humility

00:25:30.540 --> 00:25:32.019
 for weakness.

00:25:33.460 --> 00:25:33.980
 Let's go

00:25:33.980 --> 00:25:35.300
 back to

00:25:35.300 --> 00:25:36.060
 Matthew chapter

00:25:36.060 --> 00:25:36.740
 21.

00:25:36.740 --> 00:25:46.720
 Let's look

00:25:46.720 --> 00:25:47.759
 third at

00:25:47.759 --> 00:25:48.640
 the king's

00:25:48.640 --> 00:25:49.599
 work.

00:25:52.779 --> 00:25:53.539
 Having

00:25:53.539 --> 00:25:54.019
 entered

00:25:54.019 --> 00:25:54.720
 Jerusalem,

00:25:55.640 --> 00:25:56.440
 we read

00:25:56.440 --> 00:25:56.859
 in verse

00:25:56.859 --> 00:25:57.980
 12 that

00:25:57.980 --> 00:25:58.779
 Jesus now

00:25:58.779 --> 00:25:59.539
 entered

00:25:59.539 --> 00:26:00.960
 the temple

00:26:00.960 --> 00:26:01.539
 courts.

00:26:04.220 --> 00:26:05.160
 It was

00:26:05.160 --> 00:26:06.019
 here in

00:26:06.019 --> 00:26:06.680
 the temple

00:26:06.680 --> 00:26:07.940
 that you

00:26:07.940 --> 00:26:08.460
 could come

00:26:08.460 --> 00:26:09.140
 and meet

00:26:09.140 --> 00:26:10.320
 with God.

00:26:11.320 --> 00:26:12.140
 Sitting on

00:26:12.140 --> 00:26:12.640
 the highest

00:26:12.640 --> 00:26:13.200
 point of

00:26:13.200 --> 00:26:13.740
 the city,

00:26:14.700 --> 00:26:15.240
 the temple

00:26:15.240 --> 00:26:15.720
 was a

00:26:15.720 --> 00:26:16.360
 symbol of

00:26:16.360 --> 00:26:17.279
 God's

00:26:17.279 --> 00:26:17.920
 presence.

00:26:19.900 --> 00:26:20.680
 But to

00:26:20.680 --> 00:26:21.620
 gain access

00:26:21.620 --> 00:26:22.460
 into the

00:26:22.460 --> 00:26:22.900
 temple,

00:26:24.039 --> 00:26:24.660
 you first,

00:26:24.840 --> 00:26:25.340
 whoever you

00:26:25.340 --> 00:26:25.560
 were,

00:26:25.620 --> 00:26:26.000
 had to

00:26:26.000 --> 00:26:26.660
 offer a

00:26:26.660 --> 00:26:27.259
 sacrifice.

00:26:28.500 --> 00:26:28.900
 But it

00:26:28.900 --> 00:26:29.400
 had to be

00:26:29.400 --> 00:26:29.900
 a special

00:26:29.900 --> 00:26:30.500
 kind of

00:26:30.500 --> 00:26:30.940
 sacrifice.

00:26:31.320 --> 00:26:31.799
 It had to

00:26:31.799 --> 00:26:32.519
 be a

00:26:32.519 --> 00:26:33.200
 Jewish

00:26:33.200 --> 00:26:34.200
 sacrifice

00:26:34.200 --> 00:26:35.060
 bought

00:26:35.060 --> 00:26:36.180
 with Jewish

00:26:36.180 --> 00:26:36.720
 money.

00:26:37.860 --> 00:26:38.480
 So any

00:26:38.480 --> 00:26:39.340
 outsider

00:26:39.340 --> 00:26:41.180
 who came

00:26:41.180 --> 00:26:41.680
 and wanted

00:26:41.680 --> 00:26:42.220
 to go to

00:26:42.220 --> 00:26:42.640
 the temple

00:26:42.640 --> 00:26:43.060
 where they

00:26:43.060 --> 00:26:44.200
 were immediately

00:26:44.200 --> 00:26:44.920
 barred.

00:26:45.400 --> 00:26:46.279
 The only way

00:26:46.279 --> 00:26:46.640
 for them

00:26:46.640 --> 00:26:47.480
 possibly to

00:26:47.480 --> 00:26:47.920
 get into

00:26:47.920 --> 00:26:48.420
 the temple

00:26:48.420 --> 00:26:48.740
 was,

00:26:49.080 --> 00:26:49.220
 well,

00:26:49.279 --> 00:26:49.700
 first they

00:26:49.700 --> 00:26:50.019
 had to

00:26:50.019 --> 00:26:50.340
 go to

00:26:50.340 --> 00:26:50.880
 this little

00:26:50.880 --> 00:26:51.640
 bank

00:26:51.640 --> 00:26:52.620
 outside and

00:26:52.620 --> 00:26:53.460
 get their

00:26:53.460 --> 00:26:54.440
 money exchanged

00:26:54.440 --> 00:26:54.680
 and,

00:26:54.820 --> 00:26:54.880
 well,

00:26:55.000 --> 00:26:55.539
 exchanging

00:26:55.539 --> 00:26:56.180
 money came

00:26:56.180 --> 00:26:56.600
 with a

00:26:56.600 --> 00:26:57.440
 hefty fee.

00:26:57.440 --> 00:26:57.500
 fee.

00:26:58.680 --> 00:26:59.059
 And then

00:26:59.059 --> 00:26:59.360
 they would

00:26:59.360 --> 00:26:59.720
 go to

00:26:59.720 --> 00:27:00.299
 the stalls

00:27:00.299 --> 00:27:00.960
 further up

00:27:00.960 --> 00:27:01.220
 and they

00:27:01.220 --> 00:27:01.720
 would buy

00:27:01.720 --> 00:27:02.880
 a sacrifice

00:27:02.880 --> 00:27:03.680
 which were

00:27:03.680 --> 00:27:04.840
 conveniently

00:27:04.840 --> 00:27:06.720
 overpriced.

00:27:08.000 --> 00:27:08.740
 So instead

00:27:08.740 --> 00:27:09.140
 of the

00:27:09.140 --> 00:27:09.860
 temple being

00:27:09.860 --> 00:27:10.320
 a place

00:27:10.320 --> 00:27:10.920
 of welcome

00:27:10.920 --> 00:27:11.820
 which God

00:27:11.820 --> 00:27:12.460
 had planned,

00:27:13.340 --> 00:27:13.880
 it became

00:27:13.880 --> 00:27:14.559
 a place to

00:27:14.559 --> 00:27:15.160
 make money

00:27:15.160 --> 00:27:16.059
 and keep

00:27:16.059 --> 00:27:16.880
 people out.

00:27:17.460 --> 00:27:18.340
 Rather than

00:27:18.340 --> 00:27:19.500
 access be

00:27:19.500 --> 00:27:19.940
 given,

00:27:20.420 --> 00:27:21.100
 access was

00:27:21.100 --> 00:27:21.820
 now denied.

00:27:22.320 --> 00:27:22.820
 And not

00:27:22.820 --> 00:27:23.559
 surprisingly,

00:27:24.279 --> 00:27:24.680
 Jesus

00:27:24.680 --> 00:27:26.620
 was not

00:27:26.620 --> 00:27:27.060
 happy.

00:27:28.620 --> 00:27:29.240
 He came

00:27:29.240 --> 00:27:31.039
 to purify

00:27:31.039 --> 00:27:32.480
 and cleanse

00:27:32.480 --> 00:27:33.140
 the temple

00:27:33.140 --> 00:27:34.600
 of all its

00:27:34.600 --> 00:27:35.160
 corruption.

00:27:36.000 --> 00:27:36.420
 Look at

00:27:36.420 --> 00:27:37.100
 verse 12

00:27:37.100 --> 00:27:37.640
 with me.

00:27:38.680 --> 00:27:39.120
 Jesus

00:27:39.120 --> 00:27:40.000
 entered the

00:27:40.000 --> 00:27:40.900
 temple courts

00:27:40.900 --> 00:27:42.440
 and he

00:27:42.440 --> 00:27:43.380
 drove out

00:27:43.380 --> 00:27:44.019
 all who were

00:27:44.019 --> 00:27:44.840
 buying and

00:27:44.840 --> 00:27:45.440
 selling there.

00:27:45.720 --> 00:27:46.740
 He overturned

00:27:46.740 --> 00:27:47.299
 the tables

00:27:47.299 --> 00:27:47.860
 of all the

00:27:47.860 --> 00:27:48.600
 money changers,

00:27:48.980 --> 00:27:49.840
 coins going

00:27:49.840 --> 00:27:50.480
 everywhere,

00:27:51.480 --> 00:27:52.500
 and the

00:27:52.500 --> 00:27:53.120
 benches of

00:27:53.120 --> 00:27:53.860
 those selling

00:27:53.860 --> 00:27:54.220
 doves.

00:27:54.220 --> 00:27:54.779
 You could

00:27:54.779 --> 00:27:55.380
 imagine the

00:27:55.380 --> 00:27:56.079
 birds flying

00:27:56.079 --> 00:27:56.339
 here,

00:27:56.440 --> 00:27:56.559
 there,

00:27:56.600 --> 00:27:57.000
 and everywhere

00:27:57.000 --> 00:27:57.600
 and animals

00:27:57.600 --> 00:27:58.380
 scooting about

00:27:58.380 --> 00:27:59.059
 all over the

00:27:59.059 --> 00:27:59.440
 place.

00:27:59.880 --> 00:28:00.400
 The place

00:28:00.400 --> 00:28:00.799
 had gone

00:28:00.799 --> 00:28:01.559
 mad as

00:28:01.559 --> 00:28:01.960
 Jesus

00:28:01.960 --> 00:28:02.940
 threw them

00:28:02.940 --> 00:28:03.600
 all out.

00:28:04.799 --> 00:28:05.900
 Verse 13

00:28:05.900 --> 00:28:07.240
 It is

00:28:07.240 --> 00:28:07.700
 written,

00:28:07.900 --> 00:28:08.339
 he said

00:28:08.339 --> 00:28:08.740
 to them,

00:28:09.360 --> 00:28:10.299
 my house

00:28:10.299 --> 00:28:10.660
 will be

00:28:10.660 --> 00:28:11.120
 called a

00:28:11.120 --> 00:28:11.579
 house of

00:28:11.579 --> 00:28:11.839
 prayer.

00:28:12.160 --> 00:28:12.559
 A quote

00:28:12.559 --> 00:28:13.279
 from Isaiah

00:28:13.279 --> 00:28:13.980
 which was

00:28:13.980 --> 00:28:14.539
 a picture

00:28:14.539 --> 00:28:15.339
 of the

00:28:15.339 --> 00:28:15.880
 nations

00:28:15.880 --> 00:28:16.480
 coming

00:28:16.480 --> 00:28:17.740
 to God's

00:28:17.740 --> 00:28:18.059
 temple,

00:28:18.160 --> 00:28:18.519
 a place

00:28:18.519 --> 00:28:18.839
 where they

00:28:18.839 --> 00:28:19.279
 could come

00:28:19.279 --> 00:28:20.000
 and commune

00:28:20.000 --> 00:28:20.640
 with God.

00:28:21.600 --> 00:28:22.100
 But he

00:28:22.100 --> 00:28:22.500
 says,

00:28:22.819 --> 00:28:23.220
 you are

00:28:23.220 --> 00:28:23.880
 making it

00:28:23.880 --> 00:28:24.980
 again quoting

00:28:24.980 --> 00:28:25.420
 an Old

00:28:25.420 --> 00:28:25.800
 Testament

00:28:25.800 --> 00:28:26.280
 prophet,

00:28:26.680 --> 00:28:27.080
 a den

00:28:27.080 --> 00:28:27.860
 of robbers

00:28:27.860 --> 00:28:29.900
 where the

00:28:29.900 --> 00:28:31.060
 religious leaders

00:28:31.060 --> 00:28:32.960
 were exploiting

00:28:32.960 --> 00:28:33.680
 the foreigners

00:28:33.680 --> 00:28:35.000
 and oppressing

00:28:35.000 --> 00:28:35.700
 the poor.

00:28:35.700 --> 00:28:43.720
 people from

00:28:43.720 --> 00:28:44.640
 every nation,

00:28:45.140 --> 00:28:45.680
 no matter

00:28:45.680 --> 00:28:46.340
 their language

00:28:46.340 --> 00:28:46.799
 or their

00:28:46.799 --> 00:28:47.200
 race,

00:28:47.559 --> 00:28:47.900
 would be

00:28:47.900 --> 00:28:48.400
 able to

00:28:48.400 --> 00:28:48.819
 come to

00:28:48.819 --> 00:28:49.140
 God

00:28:49.140 --> 00:28:50.660
 to enjoy

00:28:50.660 --> 00:28:51.900
 communion

00:28:51.900 --> 00:28:52.720
 with God.

00:28:53.680 --> 00:28:54.340
 And so

00:28:54.340 --> 00:28:55.240
 incensed

00:28:55.240 --> 00:28:55.740
 with what

00:28:55.740 --> 00:28:56.279
 was going

00:28:56.279 --> 00:28:56.620
 on,

00:28:56.920 --> 00:28:57.319
 Jesus

00:28:57.319 --> 00:28:58.180
 booted

00:28:58.180 --> 00:28:58.559
 them all

00:28:58.559 --> 00:28:58.940
 out of

00:28:58.940 --> 00:28:59.420
 the temple.

00:28:59.799 --> 00:29:00.319
 He kicked

00:29:00.319 --> 00:29:00.940
 out the

00:29:00.940 --> 00:29:01.400
 rot

00:29:01.400 --> 00:29:03.060
 and he

00:29:03.060 --> 00:29:03.720
 began to

00:29:03.720 --> 00:29:04.060
 welcome

00:29:04.060 --> 00:29:04.560
 in the

00:29:04.560 --> 00:29:04.960
 new.

00:29:05.440 --> 00:29:05.640
 Do you

00:29:05.640 --> 00:29:05.980
 see it

00:29:05.980 --> 00:29:06.340
 in verse

00:29:06.340 --> 00:29:06.960
 14?

00:29:07.420 --> 00:29:08.200
 The blind

00:29:08.200 --> 00:29:08.580
 and the

00:29:08.580 --> 00:29:09.240
 lame came

00:29:09.240 --> 00:29:09.620
 to him

00:29:09.620 --> 00:29:09.920
 at the

00:29:09.920 --> 00:29:10.259
 temple

00:29:10.259 --> 00:29:10.960
 and he

00:29:10.960 --> 00:29:11.320
 healed

00:29:11.320 --> 00:29:11.640
 them.

00:29:12.320 --> 00:29:12.840
 Here was

00:29:12.840 --> 00:29:13.640
 another group

00:29:13.640 --> 00:29:14.200
 of people

00:29:14.200 --> 00:29:15.120
 because of

00:29:15.120 --> 00:29:15.420
 their

00:29:15.420 --> 00:29:16.240
 disabilities

00:29:16.240 --> 00:29:17.240
 they were

00:29:17.240 --> 00:29:18.220
 also barred

00:29:18.220 --> 00:29:18.920
 for entering.

00:29:19.460 --> 00:29:19.800
 They were

00:29:19.800 --> 00:29:20.740
 excluded and

00:29:20.740 --> 00:29:21.500
 shut out.

00:29:22.140 --> 00:29:22.460
 So they

00:29:22.460 --> 00:29:23.060
 probably didn't

00:29:23.060 --> 00:29:23.480
 have any

00:29:23.480 --> 00:29:24.180
 money anyway

00:29:24.180 --> 00:29:24.620
 so they

00:29:24.620 --> 00:29:25.000
 could never

00:29:25.000 --> 00:29:25.480
 get in.

00:29:25.800 --> 00:29:26.240
 But what

00:29:26.240 --> 00:29:26.720
 does Jesus

00:29:26.720 --> 00:29:27.080
 do?

00:29:27.079 --> 00:29:28.179
 He heals

00:29:28.179 --> 00:29:29.919
 them for

00:29:29.919 --> 00:29:30.500
 the purposes

00:29:30.500 --> 00:29:31.079
 that they

00:29:31.079 --> 00:29:32.639
 too might

00:29:32.639 --> 00:29:33.619
 enter in

00:29:33.619 --> 00:29:34.859
 to the

00:29:34.859 --> 00:29:35.279
 temple.

00:29:37.159 --> 00:29:37.579
 You see

00:29:37.579 --> 00:29:38.339
 Jesus was

00:29:38.339 --> 00:29:39.119
 only doing

00:29:39.119 --> 00:29:40.939
 what God

00:29:40.939 --> 00:29:41.679
 had promised

00:29:41.679 --> 00:29:43.460
 would happen.

00:29:44.799 --> 00:29:45.679
 To help

00:29:45.679 --> 00:29:46.559
 us understand

00:29:46.559 --> 00:29:48.199
 just go

00:29:48.199 --> 00:29:48.779
 back again

00:29:48.779 --> 00:29:49.480
 to Malachi

00:29:49.480 --> 00:29:50.839
 that was

00:29:50.839 --> 00:29:51.259
 the middle

00:29:51.259 --> 00:29:52.339
 book between

00:29:52.339 --> 00:29:53.480
 Matthew and

00:29:53.480 --> 00:29:54.319
 Zacharias so

00:29:54.319 --> 00:29:54.699
 just keep

00:29:54.699 --> 00:29:55.399
 turning back

00:29:55.399 --> 00:29:56.059
 in your pages

00:29:56.059 --> 00:29:56.659
 until you

00:29:56.660 --> 00:29:57.220
 come to

00:29:57.220 --> 00:29:58.180
 Malachi

00:29:58.180 --> 00:29:59.500
 chapter 3.

00:30:06.420 --> 00:30:07.160
 Malachi

00:30:07.160 --> 00:30:07.940
 is writing

00:30:07.940 --> 00:30:09.000
 about 400

00:30:09.000 --> 00:30:10.860
 years before

00:30:10.860 --> 00:30:11.420
 the coming

00:30:11.420 --> 00:30:12.019
 of Jesus

00:30:12.019 --> 00:30:14.519
 and he's

00:30:14.519 --> 00:30:15.400
 looking forward

00:30:15.400 --> 00:30:16.080
 to what

00:30:16.080 --> 00:30:16.779
 will happen

00:30:16.779 --> 00:30:18.300
 when Jesus

00:30:18.300 --> 00:30:19.140
 comes.

00:30:21.140 --> 00:30:21.820
 Malachi

00:30:21.820 --> 00:30:22.940
 chapter 3

00:30:22.940 --> 00:30:24.360
 verse 1

00:30:24.359 --> 00:30:28.559
 he says

00:30:28.559 --> 00:30:28.959
 I will

00:30:28.959 --> 00:30:29.659
 send my

00:30:29.659 --> 00:30:30.219
 messenger

00:30:30.219 --> 00:30:31.740
 who will

00:30:31.740 --> 00:30:32.439
 prepare the

00:30:32.439 --> 00:30:33.199
 way before

00:30:33.199 --> 00:30:33.500
 me.

00:30:34.459 --> 00:30:35.019
 Then

00:30:35.019 --> 00:30:35.939
 suddenly the

00:30:35.939 --> 00:30:36.599
 Lord you

00:30:36.599 --> 00:30:37.179
 are seeking

00:30:37.179 --> 00:30:37.799
 will come

00:30:37.799 --> 00:30:38.759
 to his

00:30:38.759 --> 00:30:40.019
 temple.

00:30:40.859 --> 00:30:41.500
 The

00:30:41.500 --> 00:30:42.159
 messenger of

00:30:42.159 --> 00:30:42.639
 the covenant

00:30:42.639 --> 00:30:43.459
 whom you

00:30:43.459 --> 00:30:44.059
 desire will

00:30:44.059 --> 00:30:45.039
 come says

00:30:45.039 --> 00:30:45.419
 the Lord

00:30:45.419 --> 00:30:45.899
 Almighty.

00:30:45.900 --> 00:30:48.420
 God

00:30:48.420 --> 00:30:48.820
 but who

00:30:48.820 --> 00:30:49.560
 can endure

00:30:49.560 --> 00:30:50.060
 the day

00:30:50.060 --> 00:30:50.360
 of his

00:30:50.360 --> 00:30:50.740
 coming?

00:30:52.580 --> 00:30:53.220
 Who

00:30:53.220 --> 00:30:53.560
 can

00:30:53.560 --> 00:30:54.360
 stand

00:30:54.360 --> 00:30:56.080
 when he

00:30:56.080 --> 00:30:56.580
 appears?

00:30:58.720 --> 00:30:59.440
 He will

00:30:59.440 --> 00:31:00.160
 be like a

00:31:00.160 --> 00:31:01.120
 refiner's

00:31:01.120 --> 00:31:02.540
 fire or a

00:31:02.540 --> 00:31:03.420
 launderer's

00:31:03.420 --> 00:31:05.620
 soap purifying

00:31:05.620 --> 00:31:06.540
 and cleaning.

00:31:07.680 --> 00:31:08.160
 He will

00:31:08.160 --> 00:31:08.759
 sit as a

00:31:08.759 --> 00:31:09.540
 refiner and

00:31:09.540 --> 00:31:10.480
 purifier of

00:31:10.480 --> 00:31:10.780
 silver.

00:31:11.180 --> 00:31:11.640
 He will

00:31:11.640 --> 00:31:12.700
 purify the

00:31:12.700 --> 00:31:13.160
 Levites.

00:31:13.160 --> 00:31:13.840
 These were the

00:31:13.840 --> 00:31:14.780
 religious leaders

00:31:14.779 --> 00:31:15.619
 of the temple

00:31:15.619 --> 00:31:17.619
 and refine

00:31:17.619 --> 00:31:18.220
 them like

00:31:18.220 --> 00:31:19.059
 gold and

00:31:19.059 --> 00:31:19.500
 silver.

00:31:22.839 --> 00:31:23.740
 Let's go

00:31:23.740 --> 00:31:24.279
 back to

00:31:24.279 --> 00:31:24.599
 Matthew

00:31:24.599 --> 00:31:25.700
 chapter 21.

00:31:27.559 --> 00:31:28.399
 Do you

00:31:28.399 --> 00:31:28.980
 see what

00:31:28.980 --> 00:31:29.819
 was promised?

00:31:31.160 --> 00:31:31.920
 One who

00:31:31.920 --> 00:31:32.420
 would come

00:31:32.420 --> 00:31:33.980
 to purify

00:31:33.980 --> 00:31:35.139
 and cleanse?

00:31:36.420 --> 00:31:37.200
 And that's

00:31:37.200 --> 00:31:37.779
 what Jesus

00:31:37.779 --> 00:31:38.379
 came to

00:31:38.379 --> 00:31:38.720
 do.

00:31:39.319 --> 00:31:40.519
 To purify

00:31:40.519 --> 00:31:41.220
 and cleanse

00:31:41.220 --> 00:31:42.399
 people so

00:31:42.399 --> 00:31:42.799
 that they

00:31:42.799 --> 00:31:43.299
 might be

00:31:43.299 --> 00:31:43.980
 able to

00:31:43.980 --> 00:31:44.880
 come to

00:31:44.880 --> 00:31:45.279
 God.

00:31:45.860 --> 00:31:46.339
 And what

00:31:46.339 --> 00:31:47.039
 Jesus was

00:31:47.039 --> 00:31:47.519
 doing in

00:31:47.519 --> 00:31:47.960
 the temple

00:31:47.960 --> 00:31:48.299
 as he

00:31:48.299 --> 00:31:48.819
 was kicking

00:31:48.819 --> 00:31:49.539
 people out

00:31:49.539 --> 00:31:49.799
 left,

00:31:49.920 --> 00:31:50.259
 right and

00:31:50.259 --> 00:31:50.620
 centre,

00:31:51.039 --> 00:31:51.599
 he came

00:31:51.599 --> 00:31:52.140
 to do

00:31:52.140 --> 00:31:54.779
 this as

00:31:54.779 --> 00:31:55.319
 a sign

00:31:55.319 --> 00:31:55.680
 of what

00:31:55.680 --> 00:31:56.000
 he would

00:31:56.000 --> 00:31:56.500
 do through

00:31:56.500 --> 00:31:57.220
 his death.

00:31:58.400 --> 00:31:58.819
 You see

00:31:58.819 --> 00:31:59.900
 unless Jesus

00:31:59.900 --> 00:32:00.680
 refines

00:32:00.680 --> 00:32:01.400
 us,

00:32:02.700 --> 00:32:03.420
 we cannot

00:32:03.420 --> 00:32:04.380
 stand before

00:32:04.380 --> 00:32:04.819
 God.

00:32:05.880 --> 00:32:06.640
 We too

00:32:06.640 --> 00:32:07.160
 must be

00:32:07.160 --> 00:32:08.140
 made clean

00:32:08.140 --> 00:32:09.620
 and pure.

00:32:10.400 --> 00:32:10.920
 And that's

00:32:10.920 --> 00:32:11.500
 what Jesus

00:32:11.500 --> 00:32:12.000
 does.

00:32:12.380 --> 00:32:13.000
 His death

00:32:13.000 --> 00:32:13.380
 is the

00:32:13.380 --> 00:32:13.920
 means by

00:32:13.920 --> 00:32:14.519
 which we

00:32:14.519 --> 00:32:15.019
 too can

00:32:15.019 --> 00:32:15.740
 be cleansed

00:32:15.740 --> 00:32:16.759
 of all

00:32:16.759 --> 00:32:17.119
 of our

00:32:17.119 --> 00:32:17.440
 sin,

00:32:18.400 --> 00:32:19.059
 purified

00:32:19.059 --> 00:32:20.200
 from all

00:32:20.200 --> 00:32:20.799
 our guilt

00:32:20.799 --> 00:32:21.599
 and shame,

00:32:22.079 --> 00:32:22.759
 all the

00:32:22.759 --> 00:32:23.980
 nasty things

00:32:23.980 --> 00:32:25.400
 burnt off

00:32:25.400 --> 00:32:26.900
 and washed

00:32:26.900 --> 00:32:27.380
 away.

00:32:28.680 --> 00:32:29.579
 He heals

00:32:29.579 --> 00:32:30.859
 us by

00:32:30.859 --> 00:32:31.759
 taking all

00:32:31.759 --> 00:32:33.119
 our impurity

00:32:33.119 --> 00:32:34.160
 and in its

00:32:34.160 --> 00:32:34.900
 place giving

00:32:34.900 --> 00:32:35.980
 us his

00:32:35.980 --> 00:32:37.940
 purity so

00:32:37.940 --> 00:32:38.319
 that we

00:32:38.319 --> 00:32:39.119
 might enjoy

00:32:39.119 --> 00:32:40.059
 God now

00:32:40.059 --> 00:32:41.299
 and forever.

00:32:43.119 --> 00:32:44.259
 He is the

00:32:44.259 --> 00:32:44.980
 purifying

00:32:44.980 --> 00:32:46.579
 and cleansing

00:32:46.579 --> 00:32:47.039
 king.

00:32:47.339 --> 00:32:47.819
 So the

00:32:47.819 --> 00:32:48.759
 challenge is

00:32:48.759 --> 00:32:50.299
 will we

00:32:50.299 --> 00:32:51.179
 welcome him

00:32:51.179 --> 00:32:52.919
 with joy?

00:32:53.940 --> 00:32:54.839
 Because not

00:32:54.839 --> 00:32:55.559
 everyone was

00:32:55.559 --> 00:32:56.179
 happy with

00:32:56.179 --> 00:32:56.819
 what Jesus

00:32:56.819 --> 00:32:57.519
 was doing.

00:32:57.859 --> 00:32:58.319
 Look at

00:32:58.319 --> 00:32:59.119
 verse 15.

00:33:00.399 --> 00:33:01.259
 But when the

00:33:01.259 --> 00:33:02.359
 chief priests

00:33:02.359 --> 00:33:03.500
 and the

00:33:03.500 --> 00:33:04.059
 teachers of

00:33:04.059 --> 00:33:04.440
 the law

00:33:04.440 --> 00:33:04.940
 saw the

00:33:04.940 --> 00:33:05.480
 wonderful

00:33:05.480 --> 00:33:06.379
 things Jesus

00:33:06.379 --> 00:33:07.339
 did and

00:33:07.339 --> 00:33:07.759
 how the

00:33:07.759 --> 00:33:08.419
 children were

00:33:08.419 --> 00:33:09.019
 shouting in

00:33:09.019 --> 00:33:09.480
 the temple

00:33:09.480 --> 00:33:09.920
 courts,

00:33:10.240 --> 00:33:10.759
 Hosanna,

00:33:11.299 --> 00:33:11.859
 save,

00:33:12.279 --> 00:33:13.119
 praise to

00:33:13.119 --> 00:33:13.680
 the son of

00:33:13.680 --> 00:33:14.059
 David.

00:33:14.839 --> 00:33:16.160
 They were

00:33:16.160 --> 00:33:17.639
 indignant,

00:33:18.539 --> 00:33:19.240
 furious,

00:33:20.240 --> 00:33:20.859
 mad.

00:33:23.379 --> 00:33:23.799
 Jesus

00:33:23.799 --> 00:33:25.759
 was claiming

00:33:25.759 --> 00:33:26.480
 to be

00:33:26.480 --> 00:33:27.599
 God.

00:33:28.440 --> 00:33:29.019
 Not only

00:33:29.019 --> 00:33:29.400
 was he

00:33:29.400 --> 00:33:30.019
 destroying

00:33:30.019 --> 00:33:30.740
 their money

00:33:30.740 --> 00:33:31.200
 earner,

00:33:32.180 --> 00:33:32.900
 Jesus was

00:33:32.900 --> 00:33:33.539
 making it

00:33:33.539 --> 00:33:34.339
 possible for

00:33:34.339 --> 00:33:35.180
 foreigners and

00:33:35.180 --> 00:33:36.039
 outsiders to

00:33:36.039 --> 00:33:36.619
 be welcomed

00:33:36.619 --> 00:33:36.960
 in.

00:33:37.379 --> 00:33:37.559
 Their

00:33:37.559 --> 00:33:38.259
 exclusive

00:33:38.259 --> 00:33:38.839
 religious

00:33:38.839 --> 00:33:39.539
 club was

00:33:39.539 --> 00:33:40.159
 now being

00:33:40.159 --> 00:33:40.919
 dismantled

00:33:40.919 --> 00:33:41.559
 before their

00:33:41.559 --> 00:33:42.439
 eyes and

00:33:42.439 --> 00:33:42.919
 they were

00:33:42.919 --> 00:33:43.399
 the ones

00:33:43.399 --> 00:33:43.759
 on the

00:33:43.759 --> 00:33:44.319
 outside.

00:33:46.139 --> 00:33:46.939
 But what

00:33:46.939 --> 00:33:48.359
 really infuriated

00:33:48.359 --> 00:33:50.179
 them was

00:33:50.179 --> 00:33:50.779
 that Jesus

00:33:50.779 --> 00:33:51.599
 claimed to

00:33:51.599 --> 00:33:52.199
 be God.

00:33:52.699 --> 00:33:53.480
 Verse 16.

00:33:55.159 --> 00:33:55.659
 Do you

00:33:55.659 --> 00:33:56.199
 hear what

00:33:56.199 --> 00:33:56.879
 these children

00:33:56.879 --> 00:33:57.699
 are saying?

00:33:57.799 --> 00:33:58.279
 They asked

00:33:58.279 --> 00:33:58.500
 him.

00:33:59.619 --> 00:34:00.059
 They're

00:34:00.059 --> 00:34:00.839
 treating you

00:34:00.839 --> 00:34:01.439
 as if you

00:34:01.439 --> 00:34:02.319
 were God.

00:34:03.819 --> 00:34:04.419
 Well,

00:34:04.559 --> 00:34:04.919
 yes,

00:34:05.139 --> 00:34:06.019
 replied Jesus.

00:34:06.019 --> 00:34:07.519
 have you

00:34:07.519 --> 00:34:08.300
 never read

00:34:08.300 --> 00:34:09.759
 from the

00:34:09.759 --> 00:34:10.300
 lips of

00:34:10.300 --> 00:34:11.039
 children and

00:34:11.039 --> 00:34:11.500
 infants,

00:34:11.679 --> 00:34:11.860
 you,

00:34:12.059 --> 00:34:12.239
 Lord,

00:34:12.340 --> 00:34:12.840
 have called

00:34:12.840 --> 00:34:13.699
 forth your

00:34:13.699 --> 00:34:14.400
 praise?

00:34:16.340 --> 00:34:17.119
 You may

00:34:17.119 --> 00:34:18.119
 recognize that

00:34:18.119 --> 00:34:18.539
 quote.

00:34:19.239 --> 00:34:19.679
 It's how

00:34:19.679 --> 00:34:20.940
 John began

00:34:20.940 --> 00:34:21.559
 this morning

00:34:21.559 --> 00:34:22.159
 as we read

00:34:22.159 --> 00:34:22.800
 from Psalm

00:34:22.800 --> 00:34:23.159
 8.

00:34:24.340 --> 00:34:25.000
 Psalm 8,

00:34:25.159 --> 00:34:25.440
 remember,

00:34:25.599 --> 00:34:26.179
 begins like

00:34:26.179 --> 00:34:26.460
 this,

00:34:26.820 --> 00:34:27.199
 Lord,

00:34:27.340 --> 00:34:27.880
 our Lord,

00:34:28.000 --> 00:34:28.739
 how majestic

00:34:28.739 --> 00:34:29.619
 is your name

00:34:29.619 --> 00:34:30.159
 in all the

00:34:30.159 --> 00:34:30.340
 earth.

00:34:30.599 --> 00:34:31.039
 You have

00:34:31.039 --> 00:34:31.599
 set your

00:34:31.599 --> 00:34:32.619
 glory in

00:34:32.619 --> 00:34:33.099
 the heavens.

00:34:33.099 --> 00:34:33.960
 You see,

00:34:34.099 --> 00:34:34.880
 Jesus is

00:34:34.880 --> 00:34:35.819
 accepting

00:34:35.819 --> 00:34:37.119
 and welcoming

00:34:37.119 --> 00:34:37.639
 of the

00:34:37.639 --> 00:34:38.259
 praise of

00:34:38.259 --> 00:34:38.500
 little

00:34:38.500 --> 00:34:38.940
 children.

00:34:39.420 --> 00:34:40.259
 Jesus is

00:34:40.259 --> 00:34:40.940
 declaring,

00:34:41.599 --> 00:34:41.980
 I am

00:34:41.980 --> 00:34:42.579
 God and

00:34:42.579 --> 00:34:42.940
 I am

00:34:42.940 --> 00:34:43.539
 worthy of

00:34:43.539 --> 00:34:44.099
 praise.

00:34:46.000 --> 00:34:46.839
 You see,

00:34:46.920 --> 00:34:47.519
 these little

00:34:47.519 --> 00:34:49.559
 children are

00:34:49.559 --> 00:34:50.339
 significant.

00:34:51.880 --> 00:34:52.639
 In the

00:34:52.639 --> 00:34:53.159
 time and

00:34:53.159 --> 00:34:53.420
 in the

00:34:53.420 --> 00:34:53.699
 day,

00:34:53.819 --> 00:34:54.099
 they were

00:34:54.099 --> 00:34:54.579
 considered

00:34:54.579 --> 00:34:55.519
 as nobodies

00:34:55.519 --> 00:34:56.119
 and nothing.

00:34:57.500 --> 00:34:58.319
 But it's

00:34:58.319 --> 00:34:58.759
 the little

00:34:58.759 --> 00:34:59.139
 ones,

00:34:59.279 --> 00:35:00.019
 these little

00:35:00.019 --> 00:35:00.719
 toddlers,

00:35:00.940 --> 00:35:01.940
 these infants,

00:35:01.940 --> 00:35:03.820
 who get

00:35:03.820 --> 00:35:05.119
 who Jesus

00:35:05.119 --> 00:35:05.700
 is.

00:35:06.880 --> 00:35:07.260
 I mean,

00:35:07.360 --> 00:35:07.940
 think about

00:35:07.940 --> 00:35:08.119
 it,

00:35:08.159 --> 00:35:09.599
 these educated

00:35:09.599 --> 00:35:10.340
 priests,

00:35:11.200 --> 00:35:12.099
 who have

00:35:12.099 --> 00:35:12.599
 all the

00:35:12.599 --> 00:35:13.119
 knowledge,

00:35:14.179 --> 00:35:14.800
 they cannot

00:35:14.800 --> 00:35:15.480
 see who

00:35:15.480 --> 00:35:16.200
 Jesus is.

00:35:16.440 --> 00:35:16.900
 But yet,

00:35:17.000 --> 00:35:17.599
 these little

00:35:17.599 --> 00:35:18.420
 toddlers,

00:35:20.019 --> 00:35:20.320
 mucking

00:35:20.320 --> 00:35:20.960
 about and

00:35:20.960 --> 00:35:21.720
 playing about,

00:35:22.639 --> 00:35:22.880
 oh,

00:35:22.920 --> 00:35:23.380
 they've got

00:35:23.380 --> 00:35:23.860
 it right.

00:35:24.960 --> 00:35:25.559
 They know

00:35:25.559 --> 00:35:26.139
 who Jesus

00:35:26.139 --> 00:35:26.539
 is,

00:35:26.820 --> 00:35:27.500
 and they

00:35:27.500 --> 00:35:28.539
 welcome

00:35:28.539 --> 00:35:29.139
 Jesus

00:35:29.139 --> 00:35:30.960
 with joy.

00:35:31.940 --> 00:35:34.400
 I mean,

00:35:34.440 --> 00:35:35.179
 even today,

00:35:35.679 --> 00:35:36.800
 we don't

00:35:36.800 --> 00:35:37.500
 think children

00:35:37.500 --> 00:35:38.099
 can teach

00:35:38.099 --> 00:35:38.619
 us much,

00:35:38.720 --> 00:35:39.119
 can they?

00:35:39.820 --> 00:35:40.420
 I mean,

00:35:40.480 --> 00:35:40.900
 they're just

00:35:40.900 --> 00:35:42.159
 pests,

00:35:43.579 --> 00:35:44.039
 annoying.

00:35:45.159 --> 00:35:45.659
 No,

00:35:46.200 --> 00:35:46.820
 that's not

00:35:46.820 --> 00:35:47.260
 right.

00:35:47.780 --> 00:35:48.500
 According to

00:35:48.500 --> 00:35:48.940
 Jesus,

00:35:49.320 --> 00:35:49.920
 we need to

00:35:49.920 --> 00:35:50.619
 become like

00:35:50.619 --> 00:35:51.940
 these preschool

00:35:51.940 --> 00:35:52.700
 kids,

00:35:53.260 --> 00:35:54.960
 as infants,

00:35:55.579 --> 00:35:56.240
 dependent,

00:35:56.980 --> 00:35:57.420
 hopeless,

00:35:57.980 --> 00:35:58.599
 who need

00:35:58.599 --> 00:35:59.039
 somebody,

00:35:59.159 --> 00:35:59.599
 who need

00:35:59.599 --> 00:36:00.220
 a saviour.

00:36:00.219 --> 00:36:01.339
 they get

00:36:01.339 --> 00:36:01.500
 it.

00:36:01.599 --> 00:36:02.239
 They see

00:36:02.239 --> 00:36:03.019
 Jesus as

00:36:03.019 --> 00:36:03.759
 the majestic

00:36:03.759 --> 00:36:04.239
 one.

00:36:05.119 --> 00:36:05.839
 They see

00:36:05.839 --> 00:36:06.339
 that in

00:36:06.339 --> 00:36:06.839
 Jesus,

00:36:07.719 --> 00:36:08.219
 he is

00:36:08.219 --> 00:36:08.759
 God,

00:36:09.439 --> 00:36:10.239
 and he

00:36:10.239 --> 00:36:10.899
 deserves

00:36:10.899 --> 00:36:11.799
 praise

00:36:11.799 --> 00:36:13.139
 and worship.

00:36:15.139 --> 00:36:15.839
 So,

00:36:15.899 --> 00:36:16.399
 here's the

00:36:16.399 --> 00:36:17.000
 invitation.

00:36:18.939 --> 00:36:19.599
 Welcome

00:36:19.599 --> 00:36:20.699
 Jesus

00:36:20.699 --> 00:36:22.179
 with joy.

00:36:23.599 --> 00:36:24.139
 Have you

00:36:24.139 --> 00:36:24.739
 ever

00:36:24.739 --> 00:36:26.339
 personally

00:36:26.339 --> 00:36:27.739
 welcomed

00:36:27.739 --> 00:36:28.299
 Jesus

00:36:28.299 --> 00:36:29.359
 with joy

00:36:29.359 --> 00:36:30.639
 to be

00:36:30.639 --> 00:36:31.299
 the king

00:36:31.299 --> 00:36:32.199
 of your

00:36:32.199 --> 00:36:32.699
 life?

00:36:34.799 --> 00:36:35.819
 Join in

00:36:35.819 --> 00:36:36.199
 with the

00:36:36.199 --> 00:36:36.699
 crowd

00:36:36.699 --> 00:36:37.799
 filled with

00:36:37.799 --> 00:36:38.399
 hope and

00:36:38.399 --> 00:36:39.219
 expectation

00:36:39.219 --> 00:36:40.039
 of the

00:36:40.039 --> 00:36:40.799
 coming king

00:36:40.799 --> 00:36:41.479
 who is

00:36:41.479 --> 00:36:42.039
 going to

00:36:42.039 --> 00:36:42.859
 come again

00:36:42.859 --> 00:36:43.659
 and will

00:36:43.659 --> 00:36:44.919
 restore all

00:36:44.919 --> 00:36:45.439
 things

00:36:45.439 --> 00:36:46.579
 and make

00:36:46.579 --> 00:36:47.019
 everything

00:36:47.019 --> 00:36:47.579
 right.

00:36:49.179 --> 00:36:50.019
 Like

00:36:50.019 --> 00:36:50.519
 humble,

00:36:50.699 --> 00:36:51.199
 dependent

00:36:51.199 --> 00:36:51.819
 children,

00:36:53.019 --> 00:36:53.899
 let us

00:36:53.899 --> 00:36:54.459
 give our

00:36:54.459 --> 00:36:55.179
 praise

00:36:55.179 --> 00:36:56.379
 to our

00:36:56.379 --> 00:36:56.799
 saving

00:36:56.799 --> 00:36:57.239
 king.

00:36:58.219 --> 00:36:58.819
 Not

00:36:58.819 --> 00:36:59.099
 just

00:36:59.099 --> 00:36:59.599
 today,

00:37:00.379 --> 00:37:01.139
 but

00:37:01.139 --> 00:37:01.399
 every

00:37:01.399 --> 00:37:01.719
 day.

00:37:03.199 --> 00:37:03.739
 Live as

00:37:03.739 --> 00:37:04.179
 followers

00:37:04.179 --> 00:37:05.579
 of our

00:37:05.579 --> 00:37:06.039
 mighty

00:37:06.039 --> 00:37:06.460
 king,

00:37:07.119 --> 00:37:07.619
 our

00:37:07.619 --> 00:37:08.299
 victorious

00:37:08.299 --> 00:37:09.259
 champion.

00:37:10.419 --> 00:37:11.019
 Let's

00:37:11.019 --> 00:37:11.279
 pray.

00:37:11.280 --> 00:37:14.280
 our

00:37:14.280 --> 00:37:30.519
 father

00:37:30.519 --> 00:37:30.900
 God,

00:37:31.019 --> 00:37:31.140
 we

00:37:31.140 --> 00:37:31.820
 thank you

00:37:31.820 --> 00:37:32.460
 for your

00:37:32.460 --> 00:37:33.100
 plan

00:37:33.100 --> 00:37:34.960
 from

00:37:34.960 --> 00:37:35.720
 before the

00:37:35.720 --> 00:37:36.120
 world

00:37:36.120 --> 00:37:36.780
 began,

00:37:37.620 --> 00:37:38.420
 your

00:37:38.420 --> 00:37:39.100
 plan to

00:37:39.100 --> 00:37:39.660
 send your

00:37:39.660 --> 00:37:40.019
 son,

00:37:40.180 --> 00:37:40.360
 your

00:37:40.360 --> 00:37:41.060
 deliberate

00:37:41.059 --> 00:37:42.619
 intentional

00:37:42.619 --> 00:37:44.500
 plan to

00:37:44.500 --> 00:37:45.259
 send Jesus

00:37:45.259 --> 00:37:47.259
 to be our

00:37:47.259 --> 00:37:48.019
 victorious

00:37:48.019 --> 00:37:48.659
 champion,

00:37:49.199 --> 00:37:50.980
 to humbly

00:37:50.980 --> 00:37:51.639
 come and

00:37:51.639 --> 00:37:52.460
 serve us

00:37:52.460 --> 00:37:53.940
 by dying

00:37:53.940 --> 00:37:54.799
 for us,

00:37:55.579 --> 00:37:56.460
 coming to

00:37:56.460 --> 00:37:57.239
 cleanse us

00:37:57.239 --> 00:37:58.099
 and purify

00:37:58.099 --> 00:37:58.659
 us.

00:38:00.279 --> 00:38:00.799
 Father,

00:38:01.259 --> 00:38:02.320
 what can

00:38:02.320 --> 00:38:02.820
 we do

00:38:02.820 --> 00:38:04.460
 but join

00:38:04.460 --> 00:38:05.019
 with these

00:38:05.019 --> 00:38:05.920
 little children

00:38:05.920 --> 00:38:07.940
 and praise

00:38:07.940 --> 00:38:09.340
 you and

00:38:09.340 --> 00:38:09.799
 give you

00:38:09.800 --> 00:38:11.560
 thanks and

00:38:11.560 --> 00:38:12.039
 live our

00:38:12.039 --> 00:38:12.900
 lives in

00:38:12.900 --> 00:38:14.120
 worship to

00:38:14.120 --> 00:38:14.440
 you.

00:38:15.539 --> 00:38:16.280
 Thank you

00:38:16.280 --> 00:38:16.760
 for what

00:38:16.760 --> 00:38:17.160
 you have

00:38:17.160 --> 00:38:18.800
 done and

00:38:18.800 --> 00:38:19.260
 we pray

00:38:19.260 --> 00:38:19.660
 that we

00:38:19.660 --> 00:38:20.240
 may go

00:38:20.240 --> 00:38:21.019
 filled with

00:38:21.019 --> 00:38:21.680
 encouragement

00:38:21.680 --> 00:38:22.400
 and hope

00:38:22.400 --> 00:38:24.140
 today because

00:38:24.140 --> 00:38:24.960
 of Jesus,

00:38:25.960 --> 00:38:26.920
 our great

00:38:26.920 --> 00:38:27.900
 king.

00:38:28.900 --> 00:38:30.220
 We thank you

00:38:30.220 --> 00:38:30.720
 in Jesus'

00:38:30.960 --> 00:38:31.200
 name.

00:38:31.960 --> 00:38:32.420
 Amen.

00:38:32.420 --> 00:38:37.480
 we're

00:38:37.480 --> 00:38:37.700
 going to

00:38:37.700 --> 00:38:37.940
 sing

00:38:37.940 --> 00:38:38.480
 together

00:38:38.480 --> 00:38:40.340
 a song

00:38:40.340 --> 00:38:40.539
 that

00:38:40.539 --> 00:38:41.039
 reminds

00:38:41.039 --> 00:38:41.619
 us of

00:38:41.619 --> 00:38:42.519
 yes,

00:38:42.680 --> 00:38:42.860
 the

00:38:42.860 --> 00:38:43.420
 humble

00:38:43.420 --> 00:38:44.940
 lowly

00:38:44.940 --> 00:38:45.579
 walk of

00:38:45.579 --> 00:38:45.940
 Jesus

00:38:45.940 --> 00:38:46.440
 to the

00:38:46.440 --> 00:38:46.840
 cross.

00:38:48.200 --> 00:38:48.800
 From

00:38:48.800 --> 00:38:49.460
 heaven you

00:38:49.460 --> 00:38:49.880
 came,

00:38:50.180 --> 00:38:50.500
 helpless

00:38:50.500 --> 00:38:50.960
 babe,

00:38:51.200 --> 00:38:51.579
 entered

00:38:51.579 --> 00:38:52.340
 our world,

00:38:52.500 --> 00:38:53.119
 came amongst

00:38:53.119 --> 00:38:54.559
 us to

00:38:54.559 --> 00:38:55.519
 be our

00:38:55.519 --> 00:38:56.099
 servant

00:38:56.099 --> 00:38:56.559
 king.

00:38:57.220 --> 00:38:57.840
 Let's

00:38:57.840 --> 00:38:58.099
 stand

00:38:58.099 --> 00:38:58.599
 together

00:38:58.599 --> 00:39:00.259
 as we

00:39:00.259 --> 00:39:00.559
 sing.

00:39:00.559 --> 00:39:00.619
 Amen.

00:39:00.619 --> 00:39:01.619
 Amen.