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 It's great to worship with you all.

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 It's Palm Sunday today

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 and one of the pastors of Trinity Cambridge Church

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 and it's my great joy

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 and honor

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 to serve King Jesus

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 and preach his word

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 this morning.

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 Matthew 21, 1-17.

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 Let me pray

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 for the reading and preaching of God's word.

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 God, you are the God of light and glory.

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 God, your brilliance exposes all our sins.

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 But Lord, also strangely,

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 your light also warmly invites us,

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 sinners, to come

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 to be forgiven,

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 to be received.

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 So Lord,

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 reveal yourself this morning to your people.

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 Exalt your son, Jesus Christ,

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 that we might behold his majesty

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 and his meekness

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 and that in our encounter with him

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 and in our faith in him

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 and union with him

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 might be transformed

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 from one degree of glory to another

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 into the likeness of your son, Jesus Christ.

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 Help us to behold him today.

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 In Jesus' name we pray.

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 Amen.

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 Please stand if you are able

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 so that we can honor God together

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 as we read from his word.

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 Matthew 21, verses 1-17.

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 Now when they drew near to Jerusalem

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 and came to Bethphage,

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 to the Mount of Olives,

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 then Jesus sent two disciples,

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 saying to them,

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 go into the village in front of you

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 and immediately you will find

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 a donkey tied and a 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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 you shall say,

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 the Lord needs them.

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 And he will send them at once.

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 This took place to fulfill

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 what was spoken by the prophet,

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 saying,

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 say to the daughter of Zion,

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 behold, your king is coming to you,

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 humble and mounted on a donkey,

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 on a colt,

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 the foal of a beast of burden.

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 The disciples went and did

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 as Jesus had directed them.

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 They brought the donkey and the colt

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 and put on them their cloaks,

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 and he sat on them.

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 Most of the crowd spread their cloaks

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 on the road,

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 and others cut branches from the trees

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 and spread them on the road.

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 And the crowds that went before him

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 and that followed him

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 were shouting,

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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.

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 And when he entered Jerusalem,

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 the whole city was stirred up,

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 saying,

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 who is this?

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 And the crowd said,

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 this is the prophet Jesus

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 from Nazareth of Galilee.

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 And Jesus entered the temple

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 and drove out all who sold

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 and bought in the temple.

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 And he overturned the tables

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 of the money changers

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 and the seats of those

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 who sold pigeons.

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 He said to them,

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 it is written,

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 my house shall be called

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 a house of prayer,

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 but you make it a den of robbers.

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 And the blind and the lame

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 came to him in 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 scribes saw

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 the wonderful things that he did

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 and the children crying out

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 in the temple,

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 Hosanna to the son of David,

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 they were indignant.

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 And they said to him,

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 do you hear what these are saying?

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 And Jesus said to them,

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 yes.

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 Have you never read?

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 Out of the mouth of infants

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 and nursing babies

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 you have prepared praise.

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 And leaving them,

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 he went out of the city

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 to Bethany

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 and lodged there.

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 This is God's holy

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 and authoritative word.

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 You may be seated.

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 In his defense of Christianity

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 entitled Pense,

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 which simply means

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 thoughts in French,

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 the 17th century

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 mathematician and philosopher

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 Blaise Pascal

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 wrote this,

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 I do not admire

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 the excess of a virtue

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 as of courage,

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 except I see

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 at the same time

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 the excess

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 of the opposite virtue

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 as an Epaminondas

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 who had extreme courage

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 and extreme benignity.

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 For otherwise,

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 it is not to rise,

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 it is to fall.

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 One does not show

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 his greatness

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 by being at one extremity,

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 but rather

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 by touching both at once

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 and filling

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 all the intermediate space.

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 Pascal uses Epaminondas,

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 a 4th century B.C.

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 Greek general

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 and statesman,

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 as an example

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 of a person

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 who had both

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 extreme courage

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 and extreme gentleness

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 and kindness.

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 Extreme courage

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 on the battlefield,

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 but extreme kindness

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 and gentleness

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 in his private life.

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 A person who only

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 possesses extreme courage,

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 Pascal considered

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 a brute.

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 a person who only

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 possesses extreme gentleness,

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 Pascal considered

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 a weakling.

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 Unfortunately,

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 it is common

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 for Christians

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 to see Jesus

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 as either

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 of these two extremes.

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 Some see him

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 predominantly

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 in his kindness

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 and gentleness

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 and meekness.

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 This is the

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 saccharine,

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 sentimental Jesus,

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 the gentle Jesus,

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 meek and mild.

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 others see Jesus

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 predominantly

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 in his majesty

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 and fiery holiness.

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 The Revelation 19

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 Jesus

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 with eyes

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 like flames

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 of fire

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 and a sharp

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 double-edged sword

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 coming out of his mouth

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 to strike down

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 the nations.

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 Of course,

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 neither side

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 will openly

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 acknowledge

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 that they have

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 this one-dimensional

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 view of Jesus,

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 but if you listen

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 to the way

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 they talk

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 and the way

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 they deal

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 with sinners,

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 you can tell

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 that they

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 functionally

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 have a one-dimensional

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 Jesus.

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 Referencing

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 this Pascal quote

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 that I just cited,

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 C.S. Lewis,

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 Oxford professor

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 and theologian,

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 once wrote

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 in a letter

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 in 1959,

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 gentle Jesus,

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 my elbow.

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 he's a Christian,

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 you know,

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 he can,

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 yeah.

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 Gentle Jesus,

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 my elbow,

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 the most striking

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 thing about our Lord

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 is the union

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 of great ferocity

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 with extreme tenderness.

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 Remember Pascal,

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 I'll skip the quote

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 since I read it already,

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 add to this

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 that he is also

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 a supreme

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 ironist,

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 dialectician,

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 and occasionally

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 humorist,

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 so go on.

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 You are on the

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 right track now,

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 getting to the real

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 man behind all

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 the plaster dolls

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 that have been

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 substituted for him.

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 This is the

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 appearance in human

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 form of the God

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 who made the tiger

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 and the lamb,

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 the avalanche

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 and the rose.

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 He'll frighten

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 and puzzle you,

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 but the real Christ

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 can be loved

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 and admired

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 as the doll

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 cannot be.

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 This is the real

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 Christ that we see

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 this morning

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 in our passage.

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 The two dramatic

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 scenes as Jesus

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 enters Jerusalem

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 and as he cleanses

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 the temple

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 show that Jesus

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 perfectly combines

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 these two extremes.

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 Jesus is

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 the majestic

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 and yet meek

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 Messiah

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 who reigns

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 over the blind

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 and the lame.

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 So we're going to

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 look at those two

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 attributes of Christ

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 in turn.

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 First, his majesty,

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 the majesty of the king,

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 and secondly,

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 the meekness

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 of the king.

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 Let's first talk

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 about the majesty

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 of the king.

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 In a few months,

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 300,000 to 500,000

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 people will descend

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 upon the Charles River

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 Esplanade

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 for Independence Day.

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 Boston is called

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 the Cradle of Liberty

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 because of its pivotal role

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 in the American Revolution,

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 so it's no surprise

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 that we attract

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 one of the largest crowds

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 for Fourth of July

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 celebrations

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 in the country.

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 The scene is similar

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 to that Fourth of July

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 scene in Matthew 21.

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 Jesus is here

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 entering Jerusalem

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 on the week of Passover.

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 Jerusalem's normal

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 population around this time

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 would have been

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 around 30,000,

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 but during Passover,

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 which was the most

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 celebrated

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 and eagerly anticipated

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 festival

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 that was observed

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 by all Jews,

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 the number of people

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 in Jerusalem

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 swelled to around

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 200,000 pilgrims

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 from all over

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 the Middle East

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 in the Mediterranean region

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 flocking to Jerusalem

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 to celebrate this Passover.

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 Jerusalem proper

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 could not accommodate

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 all these people,

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 and so tens of thousands

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 of people would pitch tents

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 all around

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 and camp around the city.

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 That's why later

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 in verse 17,

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 it says that Jesus

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 went out of the city

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 of Jerusalem

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 to Bethany

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 and lodged there.

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 There is simply no room

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 in the city itself.

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 And remember also

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 that the Passover,

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 which the Jews

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 had been celebrating

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 for over 1,400 years

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 by this time,

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 it was a celebration

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 of God's deliverance

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 of Israel,

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 his people,

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 from their slavery

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 in Egypt.

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 It's pretty much

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 the Jewish equivalent

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 of Independence Day,

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 except that they

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 weren't independent anymore.

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 They were occupied

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 and oppressed

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 by the Romans,

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 and they had been waiting

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 for God to send

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 another deliverer

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 like Moses,

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 another deliverer

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 like King David

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 to free them

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 from this rule.

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 So imagine if

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 in the unlikely event

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 that we,

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 the United States

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 of America,

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 were to be colonized

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 by another country

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 in the near future,

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 and that we continue

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 to celebrate

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 Independence Day,

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 right under the noses

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 of our occupiers.

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 Can you see why

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 that would be subversive?

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 Why that would make

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 the Roman rulers

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 nervous?

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 Imagine this scene

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 in the first century

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 Jerusalem.

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 A Jewish family

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 gathers around

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 the hearth at night,

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 and they're eating

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 the Passover meal,

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 and the kid asks,

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 Dad, what does

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 the Passover mean?

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 Oh, I thought

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 you would never ask.

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 Long time ago,

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 we were oppressed

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 by these Egyptian rulers.

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 They were violent

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 and ruthless.

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 Sorry, no offense

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 to our Egyptian brothers here.

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 You have been saved

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 by the blood of the Lamb.

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 Amen.

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 Yeah.

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 Not unlike

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 the Romans today.

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 Pharaoh even ordered

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 the newborn Jewish boys

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 to be killed,

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 but one survived.

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 His name was Moses.

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 And God,

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 through Moses,

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 struck Egypt down

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 with ten plagues

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 or ten disasters.

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 And the final one

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 was when he struck down

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 all the firstborn

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 males of Egypt.

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 But because

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 of the blood

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 of the Lamb

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 upon our doorposts,

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 the destroyer

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 passed over us,

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 spared us,

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 and in doing that,

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 God delivered us

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 out of the hand

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 of Egypt,

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 and he can do it again.

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 He will do it again.

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 The scriptures prophesy

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 of a son of David

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 who will come,

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 a Messiah,

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 a king,

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 who will restore

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 his kingdom

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 to all its glory.

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 So,

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 this is the Passover.

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 It's pregnant

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 with nationalistic,

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 patriotic fervor.

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 And this is why

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 Pontius Pilate,

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 the Roman governor

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 of Judea,

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 is in Jerusalem

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 during this time

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 as we find out

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 later in Matthew 27.

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 Normally,

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 he resided in Caesarea,

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 which is modern-day

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 Tel Aviv,

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 but he came to Jerusalem

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 for the Passover

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 because he needs

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 to keep order

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 in case a riot breaks out.

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 He needs to maintain control.

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 That's the mood.

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 remember this mood

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 as we enter

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 into this scene

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 in verse 1.

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 Now,

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 when they drew near

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 to Jerusalem

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 and came to Bethphage,

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 to the Mount of Olives,

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 then Jesus sent

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 two disciples.

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 Each of these three locations

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 is theologically significant.

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 I don't have time

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 to get into them all,

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 but the political leaders

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 that are around the world

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 in our country

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 often have to be mindful

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 of the symbolic implications

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 of their actions,

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 including where they hold

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 their rallies,

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 where they announce

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 their campaigns,

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 what song they play

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 as their campaign

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 is announced

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 and they come onto the stage.

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 Ronald Reagan

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 launched his general election

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 campaign in 1980

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 in front of the Statue of Liberty,

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 positioning himself

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 as the keeper

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 of the flame of liberty.

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 Barack Obama

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 announced his candidacy

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 in Springfield, Illinois,

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 indicating that he is

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 from the heartland,

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 from the land of Lincoln,

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 and that he too

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 is a historic figure

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 like Lincoln.

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 In a similar way,

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 Jesus has very deliberately

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 chosen the Mount of Olives

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 as the location

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 from which he will descend

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 into Jerusalem.

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 Because it was prophesied

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 in Zechariah 14, 4-5

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 that the Messiah,

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 the promised king

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 and deliverer

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 of God's people,

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 the representative

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 of Yahweh,

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 would come to Jerusalem

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 and stand on Mount of Olives

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 and that he would fight

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 the decisive battles

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 against the enemies of God

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 and deliver them.

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 So Mount of Olives

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 is the beginning point

00:14:46.539 --> 00:14:48.659
 of Jesus' inaugural parade.

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 Jesus is not being shy

00:14:51.440 --> 00:14:53.019
 about his royal status.

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 Not only that,

00:14:55.080 --> 00:14:55.800
 Matthew intentionally

00:14:55.799 --> 00:14:56.799
 builds suspense

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 by repeated use

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 of the verb

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 draw near

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 in his book.

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 It says in verse 1

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 that Jesus and his followers

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 drew near to Jerusalem

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 and Matthew

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 has used that verb

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 only three times

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 up to this point

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 in the gospel

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 and every single time

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 is to say

00:15:11.439 --> 00:15:13.139
 that the kingdom of heaven

00:15:13.139 --> 00:15:14.219
 is near.

00:15:16.120 --> 00:15:17.479
 Jesus and his disciples

00:15:17.479 --> 00:15:19.039
 drawing near to Jerusalem

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 is bringing the kingdom

00:15:20.679 --> 00:15:21.620
 of heaven near.

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 Here is the king

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 that was promised.

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 Here is the king

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 that brings the kingdom

00:15:26.460 --> 00:15:27.060
 of God

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 to bear upon this earth.

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 As Matthew 5.35 said,

00:15:33.980 --> 00:15:35.420
 Jerusalem is the city

00:15:35.420 --> 00:15:36.700
 of the great king,

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 the city of David

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 and here comes

00:15:40.180 --> 00:15:41.820
 the son of David

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 standing atop Mount of Olives

00:15:43.800 --> 00:15:46.720
 of all places

00:15:46.720 --> 00:15:48.020
 surveying Jerusalem

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 and about to enter.

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 What else can all of this mean?

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 It's about to go down.

00:15:57.700 --> 00:15:58.360
 From there,

00:15:58.940 --> 00:16:00.940
 Jesus sends two of his disciples

00:16:00.940 --> 00:16:01.440
 on a mission

00:16:01.440 --> 00:16:02.320
 in verses 2-3

00:16:02.320 --> 00:16:03.000
 saying to them,

00:16:03.100 --> 00:16:03.860
 go into the village

00:16:03.860 --> 00:16:04.540
 in front of you

00:16:04.540 --> 00:16:05.880
 and immediately you will find

00:16:05.880 --> 00:16:06.780
 a donkey tied

00:16:06.780 --> 00:16:07.740
 and a colt with her.

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 Untie them

00:16:08.660 --> 00:16:09.500
 and bring them to me.

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 If anyone says anything to you

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 you shall say

00:16:12.200 --> 00:16:13.040
 the Lord needs them

00:16:13.040 --> 00:16:13.840
 and he will send them

00:16:13.840 --> 00:16:14.320
 at once.

00:16:15.000 --> 00:16:16.120
 Jesus here displays

00:16:16.120 --> 00:16:17.760
 supernatural knowledge

00:16:17.760 --> 00:16:19.420
 and sovereign control

00:16:19.420 --> 00:16:20.260
 of his environment

00:16:20.260 --> 00:16:21.400
 in his instruction

00:16:21.400 --> 00:16:22.120
 to the disciples

00:16:22.120 --> 00:16:23.100
 to secure a colt

00:16:23.100 --> 00:16:23.820
 for him to ride on.

00:16:24.759 --> 00:16:26.980
 A colt is a young male donkey.

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 Usually,

00:16:28.639 --> 00:16:29.399
 people waited

00:16:29.399 --> 00:16:30.240
 until the donkeys

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 were fully grown

00:16:31.100 --> 00:16:31.879
 to ride them

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 and the significance

00:16:33.779 --> 00:16:35.279
 of the colt

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 is that it is

00:16:36.320 --> 00:16:37.320
 a brand new

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 unused

00:16:38.580 --> 00:16:40.800
 unadulterated donkey

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 that no one else

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 has ever ridden on.

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 That point

00:16:45.540 --> 00:16:46.440
 is made explicit

00:16:46.440 --> 00:16:47.399
 in the parallel account

00:16:47.399 --> 00:16:48.379
 of this triumphal entry

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 in Luke 19.30

00:16:49.500 --> 00:16:50.040
 which says

00:16:50.040 --> 00:16:51.100
 that this is a colt

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 on which no one

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 has ever yet sat.

00:16:55.360 --> 00:16:56.879
 Several Old Testament passages

00:16:56.879 --> 00:16:58.180
 speak of the importance

00:16:58.180 --> 00:16:59.120
 of bringing an animal

00:16:59.120 --> 00:16:59.980
 for sacrifice

00:16:59.980 --> 00:17:00.460
 to God

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 that has never been worked

00:17:01.980 --> 00:17:03.879
 and has never worn

00:17:03.879 --> 00:17:04.440
 a yoke.

00:17:05.440 --> 00:17:06.440
 Numbers 19,

00:17:06.559 --> 00:17:07.299
 Deuteronomy 21.

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 So this colt

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 represents purity

00:17:11.160 --> 00:17:12.680
 that is fit for God.

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 Fit for a king.

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 I've never owned

00:17:18.940 --> 00:17:20.399
 a brand new car

00:17:20.399 --> 00:17:21.419
 ever in my life.

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 It's not because

00:17:26.139 --> 00:17:27.139
 used cars are better.

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 It's because

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 used cars are cheaper.

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 Right?

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 A new car

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 loses 10%

00:17:32.960 --> 00:17:33.859
 of its value

00:17:33.859 --> 00:17:34.680
 as soon as it is

00:17:34.680 --> 00:17:35.460
 driven off the lot.

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 10%.

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 And by the end

00:17:39.819 --> 00:17:40.579
 of that first year,

00:17:40.680 --> 00:17:41.639
 even if the car

00:17:41.639 --> 00:17:42.359
 is in great condition,

00:17:42.359 --> 00:17:43.039
 it will lose

00:17:43.039 --> 00:17:43.759
 up to 20%

00:17:43.759 --> 00:17:44.479
 to 30%

00:17:44.479 --> 00:17:45.039
 of its value.

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 And how does that

00:17:48.699 --> 00:17:49.179
 make sense?

00:17:49.819 --> 00:17:49.959
 Right?

00:17:50.659 --> 00:17:51.879
 A one-year-old car,

00:17:51.979 --> 00:17:52.579
 I've never even

00:17:52.579 --> 00:17:52.859
 dreamed of

00:17:52.859 --> 00:17:53.699
 in a one-year-old car

00:17:53.699 --> 00:17:53.939
 before.

00:17:54.219 --> 00:17:55.259
 A one-year-old car

00:17:55.259 --> 00:17:56.059
 is pretty much

00:17:56.059 --> 00:17:57.039
 brand spanking new.

00:17:57.839 --> 00:17:58.519
 Like you don't have

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 to do any major repairs

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 for years to come.

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 Right?

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 That's a great car.

00:18:04.599 --> 00:18:05.259
 How in the world

00:18:05.259 --> 00:18:06.399
 is a one-year-old car

00:18:06.399 --> 00:18:07.259
 lose,

00:18:07.459 --> 00:18:07.939
 does it lose

00:18:07.939 --> 00:18:08.500
 30%

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 of its value?

00:18:09.439 --> 00:18:10.319
 How can a car

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 that was literally

00:18:10.879 --> 00:18:11.759
 just driven off

00:18:11.759 --> 00:18:12.019
 the lot

00:18:12.019 --> 00:18:13.379
 that has five miles

00:18:13.379 --> 00:18:14.000
 on the odometer

00:18:14.000 --> 00:18:15.079
 lose 10%

00:18:15.079 --> 00:18:15.980
 of the car's value?

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 It doesn't make

00:18:16.939 --> 00:18:17.399
 any sense,

00:18:17.500 --> 00:18:17.679
 right?

00:18:18.419 --> 00:18:18.960
 That's why used

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 cars are good value.

00:18:19.679 --> 00:18:20.139
 Right?

00:18:22.619 --> 00:18:24.159
 An article published

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 in the Journal of Product

00:18:25.299 --> 00:18:26.099
 and Brand Management

00:18:26.099 --> 00:18:26.779
 2025

00:18:26.779 --> 00:18:28.079
 observes

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 what all of us

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 intuitively know,

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 namely that

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 with any kind

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 of used product,

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 there is this

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 perceived

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 contamination.

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 It's no longer

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 pristine and perfect.

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 Yes,

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 the car only has

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 five miles

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 on the odometer,

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 but someone else

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 put that five miles

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 on that car.

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 It's not fully mine.

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 It's no longer

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 solely mine.

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 It's not pure anymore.

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 Of course,

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 if I'm getting

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 a car for myself,

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 I'm going to get

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 a good value used car.

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 Thank you very much.

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 But if I'm getting

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 a car

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 for the king

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 of kings,

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 I'm not getting

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 a used car.

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 As if

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 he's no better

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 than that guy

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 who rode in that car

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 earlier on?

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 Absolutely not.

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 Brand new,

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 unused,

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 pure,

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 and pristine.

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 Because the king

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 of kings

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 cannot ride

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 on anything

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 that's less

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 than perfect.

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 So he rides

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 on the colt

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 on which no one

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 else has ever sat.

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 And an unbroken

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 colt was usually

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 introduced into service

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 in the presence

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 of its mother,

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 lest it become

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 nervous and jumpy.

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 The mother's presence

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 would keep the colt

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 peaceful and calm.

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 And so that's why

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 the disciples

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 instructed to bring

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 both the mother

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 and the colt,

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 the donkey

00:20:00.600 --> 00:20:01.380
 and the colt.

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 As they acquire

00:20:02.700 --> 00:20:03.120
 the donkey

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 and the colt,

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 if anyone objects

00:20:04.540 --> 00:20:05.120
 to this,

00:20:05.260 --> 00:20:05.920
 them untying

00:20:05.920 --> 00:20:06.420
 this donkey

00:20:06.420 --> 00:20:06.800
 that doesn't

00:20:06.800 --> 00:20:07.460
 belong to them

00:20:07.460 --> 00:20:08.200
 and bringing

00:20:08.200 --> 00:20:09.340
 it to Jesus,

00:20:09.800 --> 00:20:10.420
 they are not

00:20:10.420 --> 00:20:11.300
 instructed to

00:20:11.300 --> 00:20:13.040
 apologize profusely

00:20:13.040 --> 00:20:13.640
 and then beg

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 for their pardon.

00:20:16.120 --> 00:20:16.600
 Instead,

00:20:16.740 --> 00:20:17.520
 they're simply told

00:20:17.520 --> 00:20:18.520
 to tell the owner,

00:20:18.880 --> 00:20:19.920
 the Lord needs

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 them.

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 The Lord

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 is an exalted

00:20:23.760 --> 00:20:24.800
 title often used

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 throughout the

00:20:25.100 --> 00:20:25.740
 Gospel of Matthew

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 to refer to Yahweh,

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 to God himself.

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 And the first time

00:20:29.740 --> 00:20:30.900
 Jesus applied that

00:20:30.900 --> 00:20:31.700
 title to himself

00:20:31.700 --> 00:20:32.780
 was in Matthew 7

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 when he described

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 himself as the

00:20:34.820 --> 00:20:35.700
 supreme Lord

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 and judge of all

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 creation who will

00:20:37.740 --> 00:20:38.660
 be sitting in the

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 judgment seat on

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 judgment day,

00:20:41.260 --> 00:20:41.860
 at the end of the

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 days.

00:20:42.620 --> 00:20:43.460
 So this is an

00:20:43.460 --> 00:20:44.740
 extraordinary claim.

00:20:45.140 --> 00:20:46.600
 The Lord needs

00:20:46.600 --> 00:20:46.840
 them.

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 And that is reason

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 enough.

00:20:50.180 --> 00:20:50.800
 In the ancient

00:20:50.800 --> 00:20:51.520
 world, it was

00:20:51.520 --> 00:20:52.340
 understood that a

00:20:52.340 --> 00:20:53.420
 king had the

00:20:53.420 --> 00:20:54.260
 authority and the

00:20:54.260 --> 00:20:55.720
 right to impress

00:20:55.720 --> 00:20:57.180
 the property of his

00:20:57.180 --> 00:20:58.299
 subjects into his

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 own service.

00:20:59.940 --> 00:21:00.680
 We have something

00:21:00.680 --> 00:21:02.140
 similar in our own

00:21:02.140 --> 00:21:02.580
 context.

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 We call it eminent

00:21:03.500 --> 00:21:05.480
 domain, which gives

00:21:05.480 --> 00:21:06.160
 the government the

00:21:06.160 --> 00:21:07.640
 power to take private

00:21:07.640 --> 00:21:09.060
 property and convert it

00:21:09.060 --> 00:21:11.140
 into public use, as

00:21:11.140 --> 00:21:11.980
 long as they provide

00:21:11.980 --> 00:21:13.519
 fair compensation for

00:21:13.519 --> 00:21:13.660
 it.

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 If you have any

00:21:14.480 --> 00:21:15.100
 questions about that,

00:21:15.120 --> 00:21:15.820
 you can talk to Josh

00:21:15.820 --> 00:21:16.220
 Granbo.

00:21:16.279 --> 00:21:17.140
 He told me all about

00:21:17.140 --> 00:21:17.620
 it last year.

00:21:19.940 --> 00:21:21.019
 Similarly, Jesus

00:21:21.019 --> 00:21:22.380
 impresses into his

00:21:22.380 --> 00:21:23.820
 personal service the

00:21:23.820 --> 00:21:25.200
 property of one of his

00:21:25.200 --> 00:21:26.539
 subjects, which he

00:21:26.539 --> 00:21:27.379
 has every right to do

00:21:27.379 --> 00:21:28.099
 as the messianic

00:21:28.099 --> 00:21:28.299
 king.

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 So the disciples went

00:21:30.059 --> 00:21:30.819
 and did as they were

00:21:30.819 --> 00:21:32.139
 instructed, and they

00:21:32.139 --> 00:21:32.839
 brought the donkey and

00:21:32.839 --> 00:21:33.259
 the colt.

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 So this is a command

00:21:35.639 --> 00:21:36.759
 fulfillment formula in

00:21:36.759 --> 00:21:37.079
 the Bible.

00:21:37.240 --> 00:21:38.059
 It's highlighting Jesus

00:21:38.059 --> 00:21:38.920
 as kingly authority.

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 And just think about it

00:21:40.500 --> 00:21:40.839
 for a minute.

00:21:41.019 --> 00:21:41.819
 Can I get two

00:21:41.819 --> 00:21:42.319
 volunteers?

00:21:43.399 --> 00:21:44.159
 Just two volunteers?

00:21:44.559 --> 00:21:44.700
 Okay.

00:21:45.019 --> 00:21:45.379
 Shall we?

00:21:45.839 --> 00:21:46.159
 One more?

00:21:46.539 --> 00:21:46.700
 Okay.

00:21:46.819 --> 00:21:47.099
 David.

00:21:47.720 --> 00:21:49.519
 Can you go to knock

00:21:49.519 --> 00:21:50.559
 on the third house on

00:21:50.559 --> 00:21:51.139
 Windsor Street?

00:21:52.059 --> 00:21:53.299
 And then tell them,

00:21:53.960 --> 00:21:55.299
 ask them for the key to

00:21:55.299 --> 00:21:56.119
 the car that's parked

00:21:56.119 --> 00:21:56.519
 in front.

00:21:57.059 --> 00:21:57.899
 And if they say

00:21:57.899 --> 00:21:58.919
 anything about it,

00:21:58.960 --> 00:21:59.519
 then just tell them

00:21:59.519 --> 00:22:00.419
 the pastor has need

00:22:00.419 --> 00:22:00.740
 of it.

00:22:01.419 --> 00:22:01.519
 Right?

00:22:02.220 --> 00:22:02.419
 Yeah.

00:22:02.720 --> 00:22:02.879
 Yeah.

00:22:07.200 --> 00:22:07.919
 Why aren't you guys

00:22:07.919 --> 00:22:08.180
 going?

00:22:08.539 --> 00:22:08.740
 Yeah.

00:22:09.099 --> 00:22:09.299
 Yeah.

00:22:11.940 --> 00:22:12.759
 You see, they don't

00:22:12.759 --> 00:22:13.359
 take me seriously

00:22:13.359 --> 00:22:13.680
 enough.

00:22:13.740 --> 00:22:13.980
 You see?

00:22:13.980 --> 00:22:14.279
 Yeah.

00:22:16.319 --> 00:22:17.319
 And rightly so.

00:22:19.019 --> 00:22:20.059
 Imagine what would

00:22:20.059 --> 00:22:20.359
 happen.

00:22:20.779 --> 00:22:21.460
 Not only is my

00:22:21.460 --> 00:22:22.539
 information inaccurate,

00:22:22.539 --> 00:22:25.359
 I don't even know

00:22:25.359 --> 00:22:25.920
 where the house,

00:22:26.119 --> 00:22:26.779
 third house would be.

00:22:28.099 --> 00:22:29.019
 But no one would

00:22:29.019 --> 00:22:29.579
 hand over the key

00:22:29.579 --> 00:22:30.099
 to their car.

00:22:32.339 --> 00:22:33.159
 And that's why you

00:22:33.159 --> 00:22:33.700
 guys aren't going.

00:22:36.019 --> 00:22:37.079
 The reason, of course,

00:22:37.119 --> 00:22:37.559
 is simple.

00:22:38.399 --> 00:22:40.460
 I don't have that

00:22:40.460 --> 00:22:41.379
 kind of authority.

00:22:43.240 --> 00:22:45.379
 But King Jesus does.

00:22:48.579 --> 00:22:49.440
 And then in verses

00:22:49.440 --> 00:22:50.159
 four to five,

00:22:50.259 --> 00:22:51.000
 Matthew tells us

00:22:51.000 --> 00:22:51.539
 what the donkey

00:22:51.539 --> 00:22:52.059
 is four.

00:22:52.180 --> 00:22:52.920
 This took place

00:22:52.920 --> 00:22:53.799
 to fulfill what was

00:22:53.799 --> 00:22:55.000
 spoken by the prophet

00:22:55.000 --> 00:22:55.339
 saying,

00:22:55.599 --> 00:22:56.180
 say to the daughter

00:22:56.180 --> 00:22:56.680
 of Zion,

00:22:57.379 --> 00:22:57.740
 behold,

00:22:57.940 --> 00:22:59.059
 your king is coming

00:22:59.059 --> 00:22:59.460
 to you,

00:22:59.539 --> 00:23:01.099
 humble and mounted

00:23:01.099 --> 00:23:01.819
 on a donkey,

00:23:01.960 --> 00:23:02.619
 on a colt,

00:23:02.720 --> 00:23:03.980
 the foal of a beast

00:23:03.980 --> 00:23:04.519
 of burden.

00:23:05.639 --> 00:23:06.859
 The first phrase,

00:23:06.980 --> 00:23:07.700
 say to the daughter

00:23:07.700 --> 00:23:08.159
 of Zion,

00:23:08.259 --> 00:23:09.460
 echoes Isaiah 61,

00:23:09.579 --> 00:23:10.200
 11 to 12,

00:23:10.519 --> 00:23:11.319
 which is a prophecy

00:23:11.319 --> 00:23:11.960
 of how the Lord

00:23:11.960 --> 00:23:12.799
 himself will bring

00:23:12.799 --> 00:23:13.639
 salvation to his

00:23:13.639 --> 00:23:13.940
 people.

00:23:14.339 --> 00:23:15.119
 But most of the

00:23:15.119 --> 00:23:15.920
 citation in verse

00:23:15.920 --> 00:23:16.579
 five is from

00:23:16.579 --> 00:23:17.480
 Zechariah 9,

00:23:17.559 --> 00:23:18.440
 which we read for

00:23:18.440 --> 00:23:19.119
 our call to worship

00:23:19.119 --> 00:23:19.639
 this morning.

00:23:19.640 --> 00:23:21.240
 Rejoice greatly,

00:23:21.360 --> 00:23:22.180
 O daughter of Zion.

00:23:22.380 --> 00:23:23.080
 Shout aloud,

00:23:23.360 --> 00:23:24.280
 O daughter of Jerusalem.

00:23:24.420 --> 00:23:24.820
 Behold,

00:23:24.900 --> 00:23:25.780
 your king is coming

00:23:25.780 --> 00:23:26.220
 to you.

00:23:26.560 --> 00:23:27.400
 Righteous and having

00:23:27.400 --> 00:23:28.560
 salvation is he,

00:23:28.920 --> 00:23:29.860
 humble and mounted

00:23:29.860 --> 00:23:30.460
 on a donkey,

00:23:30.600 --> 00:23:31.259
 on a colt,

00:23:31.480 --> 00:23:32.860
 the foal of a donkey.

00:23:33.940 --> 00:23:35.080
 It's a prophecy

00:23:35.080 --> 00:23:35.960
 concerning the

00:23:35.960 --> 00:23:36.960
 messianic king,

00:23:37.320 --> 00:23:38.220
 and amazingly,

00:23:38.420 --> 00:23:39.259
 it predicts that

00:23:39.259 --> 00:23:40.680
 the king will arrive

00:23:40.680 --> 00:23:42.480
 on a donkey,

00:23:43.180 --> 00:23:43.900
 on a colt,

00:23:43.960 --> 00:23:44.820
 the foal of a donkey.

00:23:44.819 --> 00:23:47.200
 So Jesus is saying,

00:23:47.799 --> 00:23:48.879
 here I am.

00:23:49.759 --> 00:23:51.559
 I am the messianic

00:23:51.559 --> 00:23:53.019
 king who fulfills

00:23:53.019 --> 00:23:53.859
 this prophecy.

00:23:54.299 --> 00:23:55.519
 I am the messiah

00:23:55.519 --> 00:23:56.220
 that you have been

00:23:56.220 --> 00:23:56.980
 waiting for.

00:23:58.220 --> 00:23:59.799
 This is the only time

00:23:59.799 --> 00:24:00.480
 in the gospels

00:24:00.480 --> 00:24:01.500
 that Jesus ever

00:24:01.500 --> 00:24:02.619
 rides on anything.

00:24:03.139 --> 00:24:04.179
 He's always walking

00:24:04.179 --> 00:24:05.220
 all over the gospels,

00:24:05.299 --> 00:24:05.980
 always walking

00:24:05.980 --> 00:24:06.679
 with his disciples.

00:24:07.980 --> 00:24:08.240
 Moreover,

00:24:08.460 --> 00:24:09.179
 according to Jewish

00:24:09.179 --> 00:24:09.960
 oral commentary

00:24:09.960 --> 00:24:11.740
 on Leviticus

00:24:11.740 --> 00:24:12.500
 and Deuteronomy,

00:24:13.159 --> 00:24:14.220
 Jews were specifically

00:24:14.220 --> 00:24:15.539
 instructed and expected

00:24:15.539 --> 00:24:16.819
 to arrive in Jerusalem

00:24:16.819 --> 00:24:18.200
 as pilgrims for Passover

00:24:18.200 --> 00:24:19.480
 on foot.

00:24:21.420 --> 00:24:23.319
 So why does Jesus

00:24:23.319 --> 00:24:24.420
 decide to ride

00:24:24.420 --> 00:24:25.500
 on a donkey

00:24:25.500 --> 00:24:27.039
 on this last mile

00:24:27.039 --> 00:24:27.660
 into Jerusalem?

00:24:29.180 --> 00:24:30.880
 There is a widespread

00:24:30.880 --> 00:24:31.880
 misunderstanding

00:24:31.880 --> 00:24:33.279
 that I try to expose

00:24:33.279 --> 00:24:34.120
 every Palm Sunday

00:24:34.120 --> 00:24:34.720
 when I preach,

00:24:35.500 --> 00:24:36.700
 that riding on a donkey

00:24:36.700 --> 00:24:37.920
 is a lowly,

00:24:38.180 --> 00:24:38.779
 humble thing,

00:24:39.980 --> 00:24:41.579
 something that's reserved

00:24:41.579 --> 00:24:43.160
 for common farming folk.

00:24:44.220 --> 00:24:45.559
 But that's not true.

00:24:47.000 --> 00:24:47.480
 In fact,

00:24:48.100 --> 00:24:48.819
 riding a donkey

00:24:48.819 --> 00:24:50.620
 is a sign of royalty.

00:24:51.799 --> 00:24:52.759
 To give you some examples,

00:24:53.000 --> 00:24:54.240
 Judges 10, 3-4,

00:24:54.319 --> 00:24:55.799
 it says that Jair of Gilead,

00:24:56.120 --> 00:24:56.960
 a judge of Israel

00:24:56.960 --> 00:24:57.920
 for 22 years,

00:24:58.259 --> 00:24:59.420
 had 30 sons

00:24:59.420 --> 00:25:01.140
 who rode 30 donkeys

00:25:01.140 --> 00:25:02.059
 and controlled

00:25:02.059 --> 00:25:04.120
 30 towns in Gilead.

00:25:05.519 --> 00:25:06.259
 Riding a donkey

00:25:06.259 --> 00:25:07.819
 signifies rulership,

00:25:08.500 --> 00:25:09.019
 kingship.

00:25:09.600 --> 00:25:09.980
 Similarly,

00:25:09.980 --> 00:25:11.000
 in 1 Kings 1,

00:25:11.079 --> 00:25:12.079
 33-34,

00:25:12.420 --> 00:25:13.299
 when King David

00:25:13.299 --> 00:25:14.860
 commands Zadok the priest

00:25:14.860 --> 00:25:15.740
 and Nathan the prophet

00:25:15.740 --> 00:25:17.799
 to announce that Solomon

00:25:17.799 --> 00:25:19.160
 is his chosen heir

00:25:19.160 --> 00:25:20.519
 to reign after him.

00:25:20.700 --> 00:25:21.460
 What does he tell him

00:25:21.460 --> 00:25:21.839
 to do?

00:25:22.579 --> 00:25:23.099
 He tells him

00:25:23.099 --> 00:25:24.420
 to take his donkey

00:25:24.420 --> 00:25:26.299
 and put Solomon on it

00:25:26.299 --> 00:25:27.140
 and parade him

00:25:27.140 --> 00:25:27.880
 around the city,

00:25:28.519 --> 00:25:29.799
 announcing that he is king.

00:25:32.160 --> 00:25:32.680
 Finally,

00:25:32.799 --> 00:25:33.339
 there's a letter

00:25:33.339 --> 00:25:34.240
 that archaeologists

00:25:34.240 --> 00:25:35.440
 found in the ancient

00:25:35.440 --> 00:25:35.920
 Near East,

00:25:36.079 --> 00:25:36.579
 in Mari,

00:25:36.900 --> 00:25:38.120
 an ancient Sumerian city

00:25:38.119 --> 00:25:39.339
 around 1760 BC,

00:25:39.819 --> 00:25:41.259
 where a royal advisor

00:25:41.259 --> 00:25:42.479
 counsels his king

00:25:42.479 --> 00:25:43.019
 this way.

00:25:44.219 --> 00:25:44.619
 Verily,

00:25:44.739 --> 00:25:45.599
 you are the king

00:25:45.599 --> 00:25:46.399
 of the Haneans,

00:25:46.799 --> 00:25:47.479
 but secondly,

00:25:47.579 --> 00:25:48.239
 you are the king

00:25:48.239 --> 00:25:49.179
 of the Acadians.

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 My lord should not

00:25:50.959 --> 00:25:51.759
 ride a horse.

00:25:52.399 --> 00:25:53.619
 Let my lord ride

00:25:53.619 --> 00:25:54.419
 in a chariot

00:25:54.419 --> 00:25:55.859
 or on a mule,

00:25:56.519 --> 00:25:57.539
 and he will thereby

00:25:57.539 --> 00:25:59.379
 honor his royal head.

00:26:01.559 --> 00:26:03.339
 A military general

00:26:03.339 --> 00:26:04.459
 seeking to conquer

00:26:04.459 --> 00:26:05.339
 a city that doesn't

00:26:05.339 --> 00:26:06.279
 belong to him

00:26:06.279 --> 00:26:07.399
 gallops in

00:26:07.399 --> 00:26:08.259
 on a stallion,

00:26:08.639 --> 00:26:09.759
 but a king

00:26:09.759 --> 00:26:10.960
 who owns it all

00:26:10.960 --> 00:26:12.460
 rides in

00:26:12.460 --> 00:26:13.180
 on a donkey.

00:26:17.099 --> 00:26:17.899
 No wonder,

00:26:18.000 --> 00:26:18.839
 it says in verse 10,

00:26:18.899 --> 00:26:19.920
 that the whole city

00:26:19.920 --> 00:26:20.839
 was stirred up

00:26:20.839 --> 00:26:22.139
 by Jesus' entry

00:26:22.139 --> 00:26:22.639
 into Jerusalem.

00:26:23.440 --> 00:26:23.980
 He's a talk

00:26:23.980 --> 00:26:24.899
 of the entire town.

00:26:24.980 --> 00:26:25.980
 Who is this?

00:26:27.019 --> 00:26:27.899
 The word stirred

00:26:27.899 --> 00:26:28.779
 is the same word

00:26:28.779 --> 00:26:29.359
 used to describe

00:26:29.359 --> 00:26:30.119
 how the earth

00:26:30.119 --> 00:26:32.539
 shook in Matthew 27, 51.

00:26:32.660 --> 00:26:33.339
 The whole city

00:26:33.339 --> 00:26:34.579
 is agitated,

00:26:35.059 --> 00:26:35.440
 shaken,

00:26:35.440 --> 00:26:36.920
 thrown into commotion,

00:26:37.220 --> 00:26:38.180
 that there's someone

00:26:38.180 --> 00:26:39.019
 who is claiming

00:26:39.019 --> 00:26:40.900
 to be the son of David,

00:26:41.120 --> 00:26:41.759
 the king,

00:26:41.840 --> 00:26:42.620
 the Messiah,

00:26:43.660 --> 00:26:45.100
 riding on a donkey

00:26:45.100 --> 00:26:46.039
 and coming in

00:26:46.039 --> 00:26:47.180
 to Jerusalem.

00:26:49.900 --> 00:26:50.980
 And in verse 7,

00:26:51.039 --> 00:26:51.480
 the disciples

00:26:51.480 --> 00:26:52.539
 put their cloaks

00:26:52.539 --> 00:26:53.460
 on the colt

00:26:53.460 --> 00:26:54.340
 and for Jesus

00:26:54.340 --> 00:26:54.880
 to sit on,

00:26:54.940 --> 00:26:55.640
 and in verse 8,

00:26:55.860 --> 00:26:56.740
 the crowd spread

00:26:56.740 --> 00:26:57.539
 their cloaks

00:26:57.539 --> 00:26:58.580
 on the road

00:26:58.580 --> 00:27:00.660
 and cut branches

00:27:00.660 --> 00:27:01.279
 from the trees

00:27:01.279 --> 00:27:01.820
 and laid them

00:27:01.820 --> 00:27:02.460
 down on the road.

00:27:02.460 --> 00:27:04.019
 What are they doing?

00:27:05.240 --> 00:27:06.100
 Spreading garments

00:27:06.100 --> 00:27:06.559
 on the ground

00:27:06.559 --> 00:27:07.120
 so that a person

00:27:07.120 --> 00:27:08.299
 does not have to walk

00:27:08.299 --> 00:27:09.059
 on the bare earth

00:27:09.059 --> 00:27:09.720
 is a gesture

00:27:09.720 --> 00:27:10.400
 of honor

00:27:10.400 --> 00:27:11.620
 and respect.

00:27:12.579 --> 00:27:13.299
 It's similar

00:27:13.299 --> 00:27:14.120
 to our practice

00:27:14.120 --> 00:27:14.860
 of rolling out

00:27:14.860 --> 00:27:15.519
 the red carpet

00:27:15.519 --> 00:27:16.660
 for presidents

00:27:16.660 --> 00:27:17.460
 and heads of state

00:27:17.460 --> 00:27:18.360
 that come to visit

00:27:18.360 --> 00:27:19.860
 on special occasions.

00:27:22.680 --> 00:27:23.160
 Jesus,

00:27:23.920 --> 00:27:25.400
 you are too holy,

00:27:26.299 --> 00:27:27.279
 too worthy

00:27:27.279 --> 00:27:28.859
 to sit

00:27:28.859 --> 00:27:30.319
 on the donkey's

00:27:30.319 --> 00:27:30.920
 bare back.

00:27:31.440 --> 00:27:32.379
 So here's a cloak.

00:27:34.279 --> 00:27:34.639
 Jesus,

00:27:34.819 --> 00:27:36.160
 you're too glorious

00:27:36.160 --> 00:27:37.339
 and majestic

00:27:37.339 --> 00:27:39.240
 to set your feet

00:27:39.240 --> 00:27:40.480
 on this bare earth.

00:27:40.839 --> 00:27:41.000
 Here,

00:27:41.079 --> 00:27:41.779
 let me soil

00:27:41.779 --> 00:27:42.879
 my cloak instead.

00:27:43.000 --> 00:27:43.099
 Here,

00:27:43.180 --> 00:27:43.700
 take it.

00:27:44.279 --> 00:27:45.240
 Let your donkey

00:27:45.240 --> 00:27:46.079
 trot on it

00:27:46.079 --> 00:27:47.019
 because that's

00:27:47.019 --> 00:27:48.119
 how worthy you are.

00:27:49.220 --> 00:27:50.299
 That's how glorious

00:27:50.299 --> 00:27:50.879
 you are.

00:27:52.799 --> 00:27:53.799
 That's the idea.

00:27:54.220 --> 00:27:55.019
 That's the majesty

00:27:55.019 --> 00:27:55.720
 of the Messiah.

00:27:55.720 --> 00:27:57.460
 And imagine

00:27:57.460 --> 00:27:59.140
 what an awe-inspiring

00:27:59.140 --> 00:28:00.420
 sight that would have been

00:28:00.420 --> 00:28:01.759
 to see Jesus

00:28:01.759 --> 00:28:02.980
 riding down

00:28:02.980 --> 00:28:04.019
 from Mount of Olives

00:28:04.019 --> 00:28:04.920
 on a donkey.

00:28:06.240 --> 00:28:06.720
 Remember,

00:28:07.240 --> 00:28:08.180
 there are hundreds

00:28:08.180 --> 00:28:09.140
 of thousands

00:28:09.140 --> 00:28:09.900
 of pilgrims

00:28:09.900 --> 00:28:11.100
 in and all

00:28:11.100 --> 00:28:11.920
 around Jerusalem.

00:28:12.640 --> 00:28:12.960
 Remember,

00:28:13.079 --> 00:28:13.779
 there are hundreds

00:28:13.779 --> 00:28:14.500
 of thousands

00:28:14.500 --> 00:28:16.059
 of all of them

00:28:16.059 --> 00:28:16.860
 on foot

00:28:16.860 --> 00:28:18.339
 all of a sudden

00:28:18.339 --> 00:28:19.740
 amidst a sea

00:28:19.740 --> 00:28:20.319
 of people.

00:28:21.799 --> 00:28:23.200
 You see Jesus

00:28:23.200 --> 00:28:25.220
 rise above them all.

00:28:25.720 --> 00:28:27.759
 amidst a sea

00:28:27.759 --> 00:28:28.819
 of pedestrians,

00:28:29.460 --> 00:28:31.460
 you see one man

00:28:31.460 --> 00:28:35.279
 click, click, click, click,

00:28:35.539 --> 00:28:36.880
 riding in

00:28:36.880 --> 00:28:38.600
 on a donkey.

00:28:40.140 --> 00:28:41.519
 And everybody's heads

00:28:41.519 --> 00:28:41.920
 are turning.

00:28:42.620 --> 00:28:43.799
 Who is this?

00:28:46.180 --> 00:28:47.420
 It's glorious.

00:28:49.860 --> 00:28:51.920
 Jesus is not being demure

00:28:51.920 --> 00:28:53.900
 about his kingship.

00:28:55.460 --> 00:28:57.300
 He's putting the entire city

00:28:57.300 --> 00:28:58.100
 on notice

00:28:58.100 --> 00:28:59.940
 and inviting everybody

00:28:59.940 --> 00:29:00.900
 who sees

00:29:00.900 --> 00:29:01.900
 to draw

00:29:01.900 --> 00:29:04.580
 the inevitable

00:29:04.580 --> 00:29:06.039
 and appropriate

00:29:06.039 --> 00:29:06.759
 conclusion.

00:29:09.880 --> 00:29:11.140
 That's why the crowd's

00:29:11.140 --> 00:29:12.320
 acclamation in verse 9

00:29:12.320 --> 00:29:12.960
 is particularly

00:29:12.960 --> 00:29:14.200
 fitting.

00:29:14.740 --> 00:29:16.120
 Hosanna to the son

00:29:16.120 --> 00:29:17.019
 of David.

00:29:17.580 --> 00:29:18.700
 Blessed is he who comes

00:29:18.700 --> 00:29:19.700
 in the name of the Lord.

00:29:19.700 --> 00:29:21.620
 Hosanna in the highest.

00:29:22.319 --> 00:29:22.799
 The title

00:29:22.799 --> 00:29:23.620
 son of David

00:29:23.620 --> 00:29:24.779
 is the traditional title

00:29:24.779 --> 00:29:26.080
 given for the Jewish Messiah

00:29:26.080 --> 00:29:27.140
 who is expected

00:29:27.140 --> 00:29:27.960
 to be a descendant

00:29:27.960 --> 00:29:28.559
 of King David.

00:29:29.100 --> 00:29:30.039
 And throughout his ministry

00:29:30.039 --> 00:29:30.660
 up to this point,

00:29:30.799 --> 00:29:31.700
 many times

00:29:31.700 --> 00:29:32.840
 Jesus has been called

00:29:32.840 --> 00:29:34.620
 the son of David.

00:29:35.640 --> 00:29:36.420
 But he has been

00:29:36.420 --> 00:29:37.140
 very guarded

00:29:37.140 --> 00:29:37.840
 about his

00:29:37.840 --> 00:29:38.880
 messianic identity.

00:29:39.500 --> 00:29:40.180
 Some people call this

00:29:40.180 --> 00:29:41.259
 the messianic secret

00:29:41.259 --> 00:29:42.340
 in the gospels.

00:29:43.039 --> 00:29:44.180
 But at this point

00:29:44.180 --> 00:29:44.680
 in the narrative,

00:29:44.799 --> 00:29:45.700
 as he is headed

00:29:45.700 --> 00:29:46.380
 to the cross

00:29:46.380 --> 00:29:46.940
 in Jerusalem,

00:29:47.319 --> 00:29:48.340
 all reticence

00:29:48.339 --> 00:29:49.279
 has gone out the window.

00:29:49.959 --> 00:29:51.259
 Now is the time

00:29:51.259 --> 00:29:52.179
 for the revealing

00:29:52.179 --> 00:29:53.500
 of the messianic king.

00:29:53.980 --> 00:29:55.199
 Now is the time

00:29:55.199 --> 00:29:56.740
 for Jesus' enthronement.

00:29:57.139 --> 00:29:58.299
 And so the crowds

00:29:58.299 --> 00:29:58.679
 cry out,

00:29:58.759 --> 00:29:59.419
 Hosanna,

00:29:59.619 --> 00:30:00.459
 which is taken

00:30:00.459 --> 00:30:01.699
 from Psalm 118,

00:30:01.799 --> 00:30:02.699
 25 to 26.

00:30:02.819 --> 00:30:03.399
 It's a combination

00:30:03.399 --> 00:30:04.819
 of two Hebrew words.

00:30:04.899 --> 00:30:05.519
 One that means

00:30:05.519 --> 00:30:06.159
 to save

00:30:06.159 --> 00:30:07.000
 and another one

00:30:07.000 --> 00:30:07.299
 that means

00:30:07.299 --> 00:30:08.079
 to please,

00:30:08.240 --> 00:30:08.539
 please.

00:30:08.659 --> 00:30:09.599
 So it means together,

00:30:10.000 --> 00:30:11.659
 please save us.

00:30:13.199 --> 00:30:14.659
 It says in Psalm 118,

00:30:14.740 --> 00:30:15.079
 15,

00:30:15.240 --> 00:30:15.879
 save us,

00:30:15.880 --> 00:30:16.620
 we pray,

00:30:16.760 --> 00:30:17.360
 oh Lord.

00:30:19.360 --> 00:30:20.960
 We are downtrodden

00:30:20.960 --> 00:30:21.760
 and defeated.

00:30:22.060 --> 00:30:22.740
 We are poor

00:30:22.740 --> 00:30:23.400
 and needy.

00:30:23.760 --> 00:30:24.500
 Save us,

00:30:24.640 --> 00:30:25.280
 Lord God.

00:30:25.500 --> 00:30:26.620
 We need you.

00:30:27.240 --> 00:30:27.620
 King,

00:30:27.740 --> 00:30:29.200
 come and deliver us.

00:30:30.040 --> 00:30:31.280
 That's the cry.

00:30:31.820 --> 00:30:32.700
 The cry

00:30:32.700 --> 00:30:33.680
 that the Old Testament

00:30:33.680 --> 00:30:34.740
 saints cried out

00:30:34.740 --> 00:30:35.740
 to the Lord God

00:30:35.740 --> 00:30:36.400
 himself.

00:30:37.060 --> 00:30:38.160
 Now these crowds

00:30:38.160 --> 00:30:39.040
 are crying out

00:30:39.040 --> 00:30:39.760
 to Jesus.

00:30:39.759 --> 00:30:44.619
 it's a significant

00:30:44.619 --> 00:30:45.559
 claim.

00:30:47.859 --> 00:30:48.500
 Later on

00:30:48.500 --> 00:30:49.220
 in verse 15,

00:30:49.319 --> 00:30:49.759
 the children

00:30:49.759 --> 00:30:50.319
 in the temple

00:30:50.319 --> 00:30:51.140
 also cry out

00:30:51.140 --> 00:30:51.879
 Hosanna to the

00:30:51.879 --> 00:30:52.379
 son of David

00:30:52.379 --> 00:30:53.680
 and the chief priests

00:30:53.680 --> 00:30:54.440
 and the scribes

00:30:54.440 --> 00:30:55.500
 probably at first

00:30:55.500 --> 00:30:56.819
 are just laughing

00:30:56.819 --> 00:30:57.559
 in disbelief.

00:30:58.460 --> 00:30:59.319
 Look at these

00:30:59.319 --> 00:31:00.599
 cute,

00:31:00.759 --> 00:31:01.519
 ignorant children

00:31:01.519 --> 00:31:03.759
 calling this man

00:31:03.759 --> 00:31:04.700
 the son of David.

00:31:05.900 --> 00:31:06.420
 It looks like

00:31:06.420 --> 00:31:07.059
 their parents,

00:31:07.220 --> 00:31:08.099
 Messiah fever

00:31:08.099 --> 00:31:09.180
 got to them also.

00:31:09.759 --> 00:31:12.400
 Maybe they expect

00:31:12.400 --> 00:31:13.740
 Jesus to tempt down

00:31:13.740 --> 00:31:15.099
 this misguided fervor

00:31:15.099 --> 00:31:16.299
 but Jesus doesn't

00:31:16.299 --> 00:31:16.700
 do that.

00:31:18.200 --> 00:31:19.400
 He accepts

00:31:19.400 --> 00:31:20.200
 their acclamation

00:31:20.200 --> 00:31:22.279
 as the son of David,

00:31:23.119 --> 00:31:23.879
 Yahweh's king.

00:31:24.900 --> 00:31:26.140
 And when they realize

00:31:26.140 --> 00:31:26.859
 that that's what

00:31:26.859 --> 00:31:28.279
 Jesus is in fact doing,

00:31:28.859 --> 00:31:29.859
 he says the chief priests

00:31:29.859 --> 00:31:30.480
 and the scribes

00:31:30.480 --> 00:31:31.579
 became indignant

00:31:31.579 --> 00:31:32.700
 in verse 16.

00:31:33.400 --> 00:31:34.519
 Do you hear

00:31:34.519 --> 00:31:36.119
 what these are saying?

00:31:37.539 --> 00:31:38.279
 I mean,

00:31:38.359 --> 00:31:39.079
 you can't be

00:31:39.079 --> 00:31:39.919
 that brazen

00:31:39.919 --> 00:31:40.799
 and self-important,

00:31:40.899 --> 00:31:41.220
 can you?

00:31:44.159 --> 00:31:45.000
 They're saying

00:31:45.000 --> 00:31:45.759
 that you are

00:31:45.759 --> 00:31:47.099
 the coming

00:31:47.099 --> 00:31:48.899
 Davidic king.

00:31:50.299 --> 00:31:51.039
 They're saying

00:31:51.039 --> 00:31:51.539
 that you are

00:31:51.539 --> 00:31:52.240
 the Messiah.

00:31:53.159 --> 00:31:53.679
 Please,

00:31:54.279 --> 00:31:55.319
 disabuse the masses

00:31:55.319 --> 00:31:56.299
 of their ignorance.

00:31:56.659 --> 00:31:57.079
 Tell them

00:31:57.079 --> 00:31:57.559
 that they've got

00:31:57.559 --> 00:31:58.359
 the wrong guy

00:31:58.359 --> 00:31:59.179
 right now.

00:32:01.099 --> 00:32:02.299
 But Jesus responds

00:32:02.299 --> 00:32:03.099
 in verse 16,

00:32:03.980 --> 00:32:04.500
 yes.

00:32:04.500 --> 00:32:04.599
 Yes.

00:32:05.720 --> 00:32:06.659
 I hear what

00:32:06.659 --> 00:32:07.159
 they're saying.

00:32:07.160 --> 00:32:08.660
 Yes.

00:32:09.420 --> 00:32:10.759
 I accept it.

00:32:14.300 --> 00:32:15.300
 Jesus continues

00:32:15.300 --> 00:32:16.140
 in verse 16.

00:32:16.340 --> 00:32:17.279
 Have you never read

00:32:17.279 --> 00:32:18.820
 out of the mouth

00:32:18.820 --> 00:32:19.480
 of infants

00:32:19.480 --> 00:32:20.440
 and nursing babies

00:32:20.440 --> 00:32:21.320
 you have prepared

00:32:21.320 --> 00:32:22.100
 praise?

00:32:22.740 --> 00:32:23.420
 I'll talk more

00:32:23.420 --> 00:32:24.140
 about this a little later

00:32:24.140 --> 00:32:24.980
 but Jesus is quoting

00:32:24.980 --> 00:32:26.380
 from Psalm 8 verse 2

00:32:26.380 --> 00:32:27.620
 which is about

00:32:27.620 --> 00:32:28.320
 how infants

00:32:28.320 --> 00:32:28.980
 and babies

00:32:28.980 --> 00:32:30.040
 praise God.

00:32:30.039 --> 00:32:33.460
 and shockingly

00:32:33.460 --> 00:32:33.859
 again,

00:32:33.980 --> 00:32:34.859
 Jesus applies

00:32:34.859 --> 00:32:35.920
 this praise

00:32:35.920 --> 00:32:36.659
 that is given

00:32:36.659 --> 00:32:37.639
 to God

00:32:37.639 --> 00:32:39.039
 to himself.

00:32:40.440 --> 00:32:40.940
 Yes,

00:32:41.299 --> 00:32:41.799
 Psalm 8

00:32:41.799 --> 00:32:42.559
 was about me.

00:32:43.059 --> 00:32:43.440
 Yes,

00:32:43.619 --> 00:32:44.359
 it applies

00:32:44.359 --> 00:32:44.899
 to me.

00:32:45.159 --> 00:32:46.180
 I am the son

00:32:46.180 --> 00:32:46.639
 of David

00:32:46.639 --> 00:32:47.399
 and even more

00:32:47.399 --> 00:32:47.960
 than that,

00:32:48.819 --> 00:32:49.779
 I am the son

00:32:49.779 --> 00:32:50.379
 of God.

00:32:51.759 --> 00:32:52.460
 So the crowds

00:32:52.460 --> 00:32:53.379
 are right to cry

00:32:53.379 --> 00:32:53.740
 out,

00:32:53.879 --> 00:32:55.039
 Hosanna in the highest

00:32:55.039 --> 00:32:56.119
 because I am

00:32:56.119 --> 00:32:57.579
 of the most

00:32:57.579 --> 00:32:58.319
 high God.

00:33:00.219 --> 00:33:00.979
 And then after

00:33:00.979 --> 00:33:01.559
 saying that,

00:33:01.639 --> 00:33:02.839
 Jesus leaves

00:33:02.839 --> 00:33:03.399
 the chief priests

00:33:03.399 --> 00:33:03.899
 and the scribes

00:33:03.899 --> 00:33:04.379
 to pick up

00:33:04.379 --> 00:33:04.779
 their jaws

00:33:04.779 --> 00:33:05.339
 off the floor

00:33:05.339 --> 00:33:05.759
 and then he

00:33:05.759 --> 00:33:06.319
 leaves the city.

00:33:09.539 --> 00:33:10.439
 This is the

00:33:10.439 --> 00:33:10.839
 majesty

00:33:10.839 --> 00:33:11.459
 of our king.

00:33:13.559 --> 00:33:14.259
 Do you think

00:33:14.259 --> 00:33:14.859
 some Christians

00:33:14.859 --> 00:33:16.039
 are a little

00:33:16.039 --> 00:33:17.159
 too devoted?

00:33:18.500 --> 00:33:18.979
 A little

00:33:18.979 --> 00:33:20.219
 fanatic

00:33:20.219 --> 00:33:21.059
 maybe?

00:33:23.939 --> 00:33:24.419
 Hyperbolic

00:33:24.419 --> 00:33:25.379
 and overly

00:33:25.379 --> 00:33:26.000
 lavish?

00:33:26.119 --> 00:33:27.279
 In their praise

00:33:27.279 --> 00:33:27.719
 of Jesus,

00:33:27.959 --> 00:33:28.539
 think again.

00:33:29.859 --> 00:33:30.739
 No praise

00:33:30.739 --> 00:33:31.699
 is high enough.

00:33:32.259 --> 00:33:33.019
 No shout

00:33:33.019 --> 00:33:34.019
 is loud enough.

00:33:34.219 --> 00:33:34.939
 No words

00:33:34.939 --> 00:33:35.959
 are strong enough.

00:33:36.619 --> 00:33:37.299
 No life

00:33:37.299 --> 00:33:38.159
 is long enough

00:33:38.159 --> 00:33:38.779
 to praise

00:33:38.779 --> 00:33:39.319
 our savior

00:33:39.319 --> 00:33:40.239
 and no song

00:33:40.239 --> 00:33:41.359
 is sweet enough

00:33:41.359 --> 00:33:41.959
 for our savior

00:33:41.959 --> 00:33:42.439
 and king.

00:33:43.439 --> 00:33:44.500
 This is the majesty

00:33:44.500 --> 00:33:45.399
 of our king.

00:33:47.359 --> 00:33:48.379
 This is why

00:33:48.379 --> 00:33:49.759
 what Jesus does

00:33:49.759 --> 00:33:50.399
 in verses 12

00:33:50.399 --> 00:33:50.879
 to 13

00:33:50.879 --> 00:33:51.500
 does not

00:33:51.500 --> 00:33:52.859
 surprise me.

00:33:54.739 --> 00:33:55.379
 And Jesus

00:33:55.379 --> 00:33:56.039
 entered the

00:33:56.039 --> 00:33:56.359
 temple

00:33:56.359 --> 00:33:57.159
 and drove

00:33:57.159 --> 00:33:57.720
 out all

00:33:57.720 --> 00:33:58.299
 who sold

00:33:58.299 --> 00:33:58.940
 and bought

00:33:58.940 --> 00:33:59.420
 in the temple

00:33:59.420 --> 00:33:59.779
 and he

00:33:59.779 --> 00:34:00.960
 overturned

00:34:00.960 --> 00:34:01.500
 the tables

00:34:01.500 --> 00:34:02.240
 of the money

00:34:02.240 --> 00:34:02.659
 changers

00:34:02.659 --> 00:34:03.259
 and the seats

00:34:03.259 --> 00:34:03.659
 of those

00:34:03.659 --> 00:34:04.059
 who sold

00:34:04.059 --> 00:34:04.480
 pigeons.

00:34:04.480 --> 00:34:05.639
 He said to them

00:34:05.639 --> 00:34:06.180
 it is written

00:34:06.180 --> 00:34:07.079
 my house

00:34:07.079 --> 00:34:07.779
 shall be called

00:34:07.779 --> 00:34:08.300
 a house

00:34:08.300 --> 00:34:08.880
 of prayer

00:34:08.880 --> 00:34:09.779
 but you

00:34:09.779 --> 00:34:10.340
 make it

00:34:10.340 --> 00:34:10.759
 a den

00:34:10.759 --> 00:34:11.639
 of robbers.

00:34:11.639 --> 00:34:15.199
 some people

00:34:15.199 --> 00:34:15.699
 read this

00:34:15.699 --> 00:34:16.019
 and think

00:34:16.019 --> 00:34:16.420
 man

00:34:16.420 --> 00:34:17.659
 Jesus

00:34:17.659 --> 00:34:18.119
 seems a little

00:34:18.119 --> 00:34:18.679
 unhinged

00:34:18.679 --> 00:34:18.920
 here

00:34:18.920 --> 00:34:21.159
 a little

00:34:21.159 --> 00:34:21.539
 bit over

00:34:21.539 --> 00:34:22.099
 the top

00:34:22.099 --> 00:34:24.179
 maybe

00:34:24.179 --> 00:34:24.460
 he's got

00:34:24.460 --> 00:34:24.799
 some anger

00:34:24.799 --> 00:34:25.239
 issues

00:34:25.239 --> 00:34:28.239
 absolutely

00:34:28.239 --> 00:34:28.739
 not

00:34:28.739 --> 00:34:30.440
 it's the

00:34:30.440 --> 00:34:30.900
 only

00:34:30.900 --> 00:34:31.839
 proper

00:34:31.839 --> 00:34:32.819
 and righteous

00:34:32.819 --> 00:34:33.599
 response

00:34:33.599 --> 00:34:34.219
 for the

00:34:34.219 --> 00:34:34.659
 son of

00:34:34.659 --> 00:34:35.039
 God

00:34:35.039 --> 00:34:38.279
 there's

00:34:38.279 --> 00:34:38.480
 several

00:34:38.480 --> 00:34:38.779
 reasons

00:34:38.779 --> 00:34:39.159
 for this

00:34:39.159 --> 00:34:39.500
 one

00:34:39.500 --> 00:34:40.119
 what Jesus

00:34:40.119 --> 00:34:40.899
 mentions

00:34:40.899 --> 00:34:42.099
 house

00:34:42.099 --> 00:34:42.339
 of

00:34:42.339 --> 00:34:42.679
 prayer

00:34:42.679 --> 00:34:42.960
 that's

00:34:42.960 --> 00:34:43.399
 an allusion

00:34:43.399 --> 00:34:43.920
 to Isaiah

00:34:43.920 --> 00:34:44.399
 56

00:34:44.399 --> 00:34:47.039
 when God

00:34:47.039 --> 00:34:47.759
 spoke

00:34:47.759 --> 00:34:48.279
 and said

00:34:48.279 --> 00:34:49.199
 that one

00:34:49.199 --> 00:34:49.619
 day when

00:34:49.619 --> 00:34:50.339
 his salvation

00:34:50.339 --> 00:34:51.000
 comes

00:34:51.000 --> 00:34:52.139
 to Jerusalem

00:34:52.139 --> 00:34:53.779
 that foreigners

00:34:53.779 --> 00:34:55.500
 and Gentiles

00:34:55.500 --> 00:34:56.399
 will come

00:34:56.399 --> 00:34:56.980
 and pray

00:34:56.980 --> 00:34:57.519
 and seek

00:34:57.519 --> 00:34:57.940
 the Lord

00:34:57.940 --> 00:34:58.239
 God

00:34:58.239 --> 00:34:58.539
 in this

00:34:58.539 --> 00:34:58.799
 house

00:34:58.799 --> 00:34:59.279
 of prayer

00:34:59.280 --> 00:35:00.260
 and where

00:35:00.260 --> 00:35:00.720
 are they

00:35:00.720 --> 00:35:02.040
 having

00:35:02.040 --> 00:35:02.420
 all these

00:35:02.420 --> 00:35:02.700
 commercial

00:35:02.700 --> 00:35:03.140
 activities

00:35:03.140 --> 00:35:03.660
 inside the

00:35:03.660 --> 00:35:04.420
 temple

00:35:04.420 --> 00:35:04.820
 they're doing

00:35:04.820 --> 00:35:05.140
 it in the

00:35:05.140 --> 00:35:05.440
 court of

00:35:05.440 --> 00:35:06.160
 the Gentiles

00:35:06.160 --> 00:35:08.240
 a little

00:35:08.240 --> 00:35:08.660
 bit of

00:35:08.660 --> 00:35:09.300
 Jewish

00:35:09.300 --> 00:35:09.720
 ethnic

00:35:09.720 --> 00:35:10.320
 superiority

00:35:10.320 --> 00:35:10.720
 here

00:35:10.720 --> 00:35:10.840
 hey

00:35:10.840 --> 00:35:13.160
 it's

00:35:13.160 --> 00:35:13.519
 crowded

00:35:13.519 --> 00:35:14.640
 busy

00:35:14.640 --> 00:35:15.200
 during the

00:35:15.200 --> 00:35:15.640
 Passover

00:35:15.640 --> 00:35:16.660
 where should

00:35:16.660 --> 00:35:16.940
 we put

00:35:16.940 --> 00:35:17.120
 these

00:35:17.120 --> 00:35:17.800
 money changers

00:35:17.800 --> 00:35:18.200
 and the

00:35:18.200 --> 00:35:18.460
 pigeon

00:35:18.460 --> 00:35:18.840
 sellers

00:35:18.840 --> 00:35:19.700
 just put

00:35:19.700 --> 00:35:19.860
 them in

00:35:19.860 --> 00:35:19.940
 the

00:35:19.940 --> 00:35:20.080
 court

00:35:20.080 --> 00:35:20.200
 of

00:35:20.200 --> 00:35:20.240
 the

00:35:20.240 --> 00:35:20.760
 Gentiles

00:35:20.760 --> 00:35:22.260
 and Jesus

00:35:22.260 --> 00:35:22.480
 says

00:35:22.480 --> 00:35:22.920
 no

00:35:22.920 --> 00:35:23.600
 this is

00:35:23.600 --> 00:35:24.220
 a place

00:35:24.220 --> 00:35:24.620
 we're

00:35:24.620 --> 00:35:24.800
 there

00:35:24.800 --> 00:35:25.220
 to come

00:35:25.220 --> 00:35:25.720
 and seek

00:35:25.720 --> 00:35:26.260
 God

00:35:26.260 --> 00:35:26.480
 my

00:35:26.480 --> 00:35:26.980
 father

00:35:26.980 --> 00:35:29.179
 I

00:35:29.179 --> 00:35:29.320
 would

00:35:29.320 --> 00:35:29.599
 not

00:35:29.599 --> 00:35:29.820
 have

00:35:29.820 --> 00:35:29.980
 them

00:35:29.980 --> 00:35:30.199
 here

00:35:30.199 --> 00:35:32.619
 he

00:35:32.619 --> 00:35:32.960
 calls

00:35:32.960 --> 00:35:33.099
 it

00:35:33.099 --> 00:35:33.460
 a

00:35:33.460 --> 00:35:33.719
 den

00:35:33.719 --> 00:35:33.900
 of

00:35:33.900 --> 00:35:34.440
 robbers

00:35:34.440 --> 00:35:35.240
 that's

00:35:35.240 --> 00:35:35.360
 an

00:35:35.360 --> 00:35:35.559
 allusion

00:35:35.559 --> 00:35:35.760
 to

00:35:35.760 --> 00:35:36.119
 Jeremiah

00:35:36.119 --> 00:35:36.619
 7

00:35:36.619 --> 00:35:38.420
 where

00:35:38.420 --> 00:35:38.820
 God

00:35:38.820 --> 00:35:39.500
 accuses

00:35:39.500 --> 00:35:39.679
 his

00:35:39.679 --> 00:35:39.920
 own

00:35:39.920 --> 00:35:40.400
 people

00:35:40.400 --> 00:35:41.179
 of

00:35:41.179 --> 00:35:41.800
 worshiping

00:35:41.800 --> 00:35:42.159
 idols

00:35:42.159 --> 00:35:42.440
 and

00:35:42.440 --> 00:35:42.840
 Baals

00:35:42.840 --> 00:35:43.219
 throughout

00:35:43.219 --> 00:35:43.460
 the

00:35:43.460 --> 00:35:43.679
 week

00:35:43.679 --> 00:35:43.840
 and

00:35:43.840 --> 00:35:44.059
 then

00:35:44.059 --> 00:35:44.599
 they

00:35:44.599 --> 00:35:45.000
 come

00:35:45.000 --> 00:35:45.260
 to

00:35:45.260 --> 00:35:45.639
 worship

00:35:45.639 --> 00:35:46.099
 God

00:35:46.099 --> 00:35:46.380
 on

00:35:46.380 --> 00:35:47.019
 the

00:35:47.019 --> 00:35:47.400
 Sabbath

00:35:47.400 --> 00:35:47.780
 they

00:35:47.780 --> 00:35:47.980
 come

00:35:47.980 --> 00:35:48.139
 to

00:35:48.139 --> 00:35:48.500
 worship

00:35:48.500 --> 00:35:48.980
 God

00:35:48.980 --> 00:35:49.199
 at

00:35:49.199 --> 00:35:49.360
 the

00:35:49.360 --> 00:35:49.740
 temple

00:35:49.740 --> 00:35:50.880
 and

00:35:50.880 --> 00:35:51.000
 he

00:35:51.000 --> 00:35:51.159
 says

00:35:51.159 --> 00:35:51.360
 no

00:35:51.360 --> 00:35:51.659
 you're

00:35:51.659 --> 00:35:52.079
 turning

00:35:52.079 --> 00:35:52.480
 my

00:35:52.480 --> 00:35:52.920
 temple

00:35:52.920 --> 00:35:53.179
 into

00:35:53.179 --> 00:35:53.380
 a

00:35:53.380 --> 00:35:53.599
 den

00:35:53.599 --> 00:35:53.820
 of

00:35:53.820 --> 00:35:54.380
 robbers

00:35:54.380 --> 00:35:54.960
 so

00:35:54.960 --> 00:35:55.260
 there's

00:35:55.260 --> 00:35:55.360
 an

00:35:55.360 --> 00:35:55.760
 implicit

00:35:55.760 --> 00:35:56.380
 there's

00:35:56.380 --> 00:35:56.480
 an

00:35:56.480 --> 00:35:56.960
 application

00:35:56.960 --> 00:35:57.300
 here

00:35:57.300 --> 00:35:57.500
 that

00:35:57.500 --> 00:35:57.699
 Jesus

00:35:57.699 --> 00:35:57.820
 is

00:35:57.820 --> 00:35:58.000
 making

00:35:58.000 --> 00:35:58.219
 to

00:35:58.219 --> 00:35:58.480
 you

00:35:58.480 --> 00:35:59.639
 obey

00:35:59.639 --> 00:36:00.260
 other

00:36:00.260 --> 00:36:00.599
 gods

00:36:00.599 --> 00:36:00.780
 you

00:36:00.780 --> 00:36:01.240
 serve

00:36:01.240 --> 00:36:01.659
 other

00:36:01.659 --> 00:36:02.079
 lords

00:36:02.079 --> 00:36:02.240
 and

00:36:02.240 --> 00:36:02.420
 you

00:36:02.420 --> 00:36:03.039
 disobey

00:36:03.039 --> 00:36:03.280
 me

00:36:03.280 --> 00:36:03.519
 throughout

00:36:03.519 --> 00:36:03.719
 your

00:36:03.719 --> 00:36:04.000
 life

00:36:04.000 --> 00:36:04.360
 and

00:36:04.360 --> 00:36:04.480
 you

00:36:04.480 --> 00:36:04.780
 come

00:36:04.780 --> 00:36:04.920
 to

00:36:04.920 --> 00:36:05.059
 the

00:36:05.059 --> 00:36:05.340
 temple

00:36:05.340 --> 00:36:05.619
 like

00:36:05.619 --> 00:36:05.860
 you

00:36:05.860 --> 00:36:06.000
 are

00:36:06.000 --> 00:36:06.260
 my

00:36:06.260 --> 00:36:06.659
 people

00:36:06.659 --> 00:36:08.840
 you're

00:36:08.840 --> 00:36:09.099
 turning

00:36:09.099 --> 00:36:09.360
 into

00:36:09.360 --> 00:36:09.519
 a

00:36:09.519 --> 00:36:09.679
 den

00:36:09.679 --> 00:36:09.820
 of

00:36:09.820 --> 00:36:10.340
 robbers

00:36:10.340 --> 00:36:13.579
 but

00:36:13.579 --> 00:36:14.280
 centrally

00:36:14.280 --> 00:36:14.940
 and I

00:36:14.940 --> 00:36:15.059
 think

00:36:15.059 --> 00:36:15.199
 the

00:36:15.199 --> 00:36:15.420
 thing

00:36:15.420 --> 00:36:15.599
 that

00:36:15.599 --> 00:36:15.840
 Jesus

00:36:15.840 --> 00:36:16.039
 is

00:36:16.039 --> 00:36:16.320
 most

00:36:16.320 --> 00:36:16.659
 upset

00:36:16.659 --> 00:36:16.820
 about

00:36:16.820 --> 00:36:17.139
 here

00:36:17.139 --> 00:36:18.500
 in

00:36:18.500 --> 00:36:18.740
 addition

00:36:18.740 --> 00:36:18.900
 to

00:36:18.900 --> 00:36:19.079
 all

00:36:19.079 --> 00:36:19.199
 of

00:36:19.199 --> 00:36:19.440
 that

00:36:19.440 --> 00:36:19.639
 the

00:36:19.639 --> 00:36:19.780
 one

00:36:19.780 --> 00:36:19.980
 that

00:36:19.980 --> 00:36:20.320
 Matthew

00:36:20.320 --> 00:36:21.300
 focuses

00:36:21.300 --> 00:36:21.679
 on

00:36:21.679 --> 00:36:22.360
 is

00:36:22.360 --> 00:36:22.519
 the

00:36:22.519 --> 00:36:22.940
 presence

00:36:22.940 --> 00:36:23.219
 of

00:36:23.219 --> 00:36:23.380
 the

00:36:23.380 --> 00:36:23.719
 merchants

00:36:23.719 --> 00:36:23.959
 and

00:36:23.959 --> 00:36:24.119
 the

00:36:24.119 --> 00:36:24.339
 money

00:36:24.339 --> 00:36:24.839
 changers

00:36:24.839 --> 00:36:26.079
 in

00:36:26.079 --> 00:36:26.199
 the

00:36:26.199 --> 00:36:26.439
 temple

00:36:26.439 --> 00:36:28.759
 the

00:36:28.759 --> 00:36:28.980
 fact

00:36:28.980 --> 00:36:29.219
 that

00:36:29.219 --> 00:36:29.559
 they

00:36:29.559 --> 00:36:30.219
 exist

00:36:30.219 --> 00:36:30.679
 in

00:36:30.679 --> 00:36:31.239
 Jerusalem

00:36:31.239 --> 00:36:31.639
 during

00:36:31.639 --> 00:36:31.779
 the

00:36:31.779 --> 00:36:32.259
 Passover

00:36:32.259 --> 00:36:32.539
 is

00:36:32.539 --> 00:36:32.739
 not

00:36:32.739 --> 00:36:32.839
 at

00:36:32.839 --> 00:36:32.959
 all

00:36:32.959 --> 00:36:33.519
 remarkable

00:36:33.519 --> 00:36:34.319
 pigeons

00:36:34.319 --> 00:36:34.539
 were

00:36:34.539 --> 00:36:34.919
 commonly

00:36:34.919 --> 00:36:35.339
 used

00:36:35.339 --> 00:36:35.559
 in

00:36:35.559 --> 00:36:36.039
 sacrificial

00:36:36.039 --> 00:36:36.500
 offerings

00:36:36.500 --> 00:36:37.059
 in

00:36:37.059 --> 00:36:37.419
 worship

00:36:37.419 --> 00:36:38.219
 and

00:36:38.219 --> 00:36:38.319
 it

00:36:38.319 --> 00:36:38.439
 would

00:36:38.439 --> 00:36:38.559
 have

00:36:38.559 --> 00:36:38.699
 been

00:36:38.699 --> 00:36:39.299
 difficult

00:36:39.299 --> 00:36:39.819
 imagine

00:36:39.819 --> 00:36:40.199
 if you're

00:36:40.199 --> 00:36:40.419
 coming

00:36:40.419 --> 00:36:40.679
 from

00:36:40.679 --> 00:36:41.019
 far

00:36:41.019 --> 00:36:41.359
 away

00:36:41.359 --> 00:36:41.779
 coming

00:36:41.779 --> 00:36:42.099
 from

00:36:42.099 --> 00:36:42.539
 Saudi

00:36:42.539 --> 00:36:42.919
 Arabia

00:36:42.919 --> 00:36:43.159
 let's

00:36:43.159 --> 00:36:43.319
 say

00:36:43.319 --> 00:36:43.459
 you're

00:36:43.459 --> 00:36:43.659
 trying

00:36:43.659 --> 00:36:43.739
 to

00:36:43.739 --> 00:36:43.839
 go

00:36:43.839 --> 00:36:43.980
 to

00:36:43.980 --> 00:36:44.359
 Jerusalem

00:36:44.359 --> 00:36:44.839
 and

00:36:44.839 --> 00:36:44.980
 that

00:36:44.980 --> 00:36:45.379
 entire

00:36:45.379 --> 00:36:45.719
 journey

00:36:45.719 --> 00:36:46.039
 you're

00:36:46.039 --> 00:36:46.799
 bringing

00:36:46.799 --> 00:36:47.079
 along

00:36:47.079 --> 00:36:47.379
 some

00:36:47.379 --> 00:36:47.739
 pigeons

00:36:47.739 --> 00:36:47.779
!

00:36:53.719 --> 00:36:53.899
 from

00:36:53.899 --> 00:36:54.219
 afar

00:36:54.219 --> 00:36:54.379
 to

00:36:54.379 --> 00:36:54.480
 say

00:36:54.480 --> 00:36:54.599
 hey

00:36:54.599 --> 00:36:54.739
 you

00:36:54.739 --> 00:36:54.899
 can

00:36:54.899 --> 00:36:55.119
 buy

00:36:55.119 --> 00:36:55.279
 the

00:36:55.279 --> 00:36:55.519
 pigeons

00:36:55.519 --> 00:36:55.719
 here

00:36:55.719 --> 00:36:55.859
 because

00:36:55.859 --> 00:36:55.980
 it's

00:36:55.980 --> 00:36:56.159
 much

00:36:56.159 --> 00:36:56.419
 easier

00:36:56.419 --> 00:36:56.539
 to

00:36:56.539 --> 00:36:56.859
 transport

00:36:56.859 --> 00:36:57.199
 money

00:36:57.199 --> 00:36:57.980
 just

00:36:57.980 --> 00:36:58.179
 bring

00:36:58.179 --> 00:36:58.299
 your

00:36:58.299 --> 00:36:58.519
 money

00:36:58.519 --> 00:36:58.919
 you

00:36:58.919 --> 00:36:59.039
 can

00:36:59.039 --> 00:36:59.159
 buy

00:36:59.159 --> 00:36:59.319
 the

00:36:59.319 --> 00:36:59.519
 pigeons

00:36:59.519 --> 00:36:59.779
 here

00:36:59.779 --> 00:36:59.959
 and

00:36:59.959 --> 00:37:00.059
 you

00:37:00.059 --> 00:37:00.179
 can

00:37:00.179 --> 00:37:00.419
 offer

00:37:00.419 --> 00:37:00.559
 them

00:37:00.559 --> 00:37:00.679
 a

00:37:00.679 --> 00:37:01.199
 sacrifice

00:37:01.199 --> 00:37:03.919
 similarly

00:37:03.919 --> 00:37:04.159
 the

00:37:04.159 --> 00:37:04.339
 money

00:37:04.339 --> 00:37:04.879
 changers

00:37:04.879 --> 00:37:05.179
 were

00:37:05.179 --> 00:37:05.439
 a

00:37:05.439 --> 00:37:05.739
 necessary

00:37:05.739 --> 00:37:06.139
 part

00:37:06.139 --> 00:37:06.399
 of

00:37:06.399 --> 00:37:06.599
 the

00:37:06.599 --> 00:37:06.859
 Jerusalem

00:37:06.859 --> 00:37:07.159
 life

00:37:07.159 --> 00:37:07.299
 at

00:37:07.299 --> 00:37:07.399
 the

00:37:07.399 --> 00:37:07.639
 time

00:37:07.639 --> 00:37:07.879
 because

00:37:07.879 --> 00:37:08.079
 the

00:37:08.079 --> 00:37:08.379
 Jewish

00:37:08.379 --> 00:37:08.859
 law

00:37:08.859 --> 00:37:09.819
 stipulated

00:37:09.819 --> 00:37:10.039
 that

00:37:10.039 --> 00:37:10.179
 the

00:37:10.179 --> 00:37:10.519
 temple

00:37:10.519 --> 00:37:11.000
 tax

00:37:11.000 --> 00:37:11.259
 which

00:37:11.259 --> 00:37:11.599
 was

00:37:11.599 --> 00:37:12.019
 required

00:37:12.019 --> 00:37:12.199
 of

00:37:12.199 --> 00:37:12.480
 every

00:37:12.480 --> 00:37:12.799
 Jewish

00:37:12.799 --> 00:37:13.179
 male

00:37:13.179 --> 00:37:13.759
 20

00:37:13.759 --> 00:37:14.039
 years

00:37:14.039 --> 00:37:14.259
 old

00:37:14.259 --> 00:37:14.359
 or

00:37:14.359 --> 00:37:14.699
 older

00:37:14.699 --> 00:37:15.179
 be

00:37:15.179 --> 00:37:15.539
 paid

00:37:23.719 --> 00:37:24.199
 quality

00:37:24.199 --> 00:37:25.619
 but

00:37:25.619 --> 00:37:26.059
 pilgrims

00:37:26.059 --> 00:37:26.239
 would

00:37:26.239 --> 00:37:26.639
 bring

00:37:26.639 --> 00:37:27.079
 all

00:37:27.079 --> 00:37:27.419
 kinds

00:37:27.419 --> 00:37:27.559
 of

00:37:27.559 --> 00:37:27.799
 coins

00:37:27.799 --> 00:37:28.000
 from

00:37:28.000 --> 00:37:28.199
 all

00:37:28.199 --> 00:37:28.399
 over

00:37:28.399 --> 00:37:28.559
 the

00:37:28.559 --> 00:37:28.919
 place

00:37:28.919 --> 00:37:29.719
 and

00:37:29.719 --> 00:37:29.819
 so

00:37:29.819 --> 00:37:29.980
 this

00:37:29.980 --> 00:37:30.119
 was

00:37:30.119 --> 00:37:30.399
 also

00:37:30.399 --> 00:37:30.599
 a

00:37:30.599 --> 00:37:30.859
 service

00:37:30.859 --> 00:37:31.019
 that

00:37:31.019 --> 00:37:31.119
 was

00:37:31.119 --> 00:37:31.579
 offered

00:37:31.579 --> 00:37:32.239
 to

00:37:32.239 --> 00:37:32.500
 the

00:37:32.500 --> 00:37:33.019
 pilgrims

00:37:33.019 --> 00:37:33.959
 and

00:37:33.959 --> 00:37:34.139
 of

00:37:34.139 --> 00:37:34.339
 course

00:37:34.339 --> 00:37:34.579
 the

00:37:34.579 --> 00:37:34.799
 pigeon

00:37:34.799 --> 00:37:35.119
 sellers

00:37:35.119 --> 00:37:35.459
 and

00:37:35.459 --> 00:37:35.859
 the

00:37:35.859 --> 00:37:36.019
 money

00:37:36.019 --> 00:37:36.379
 changers

00:37:36.379 --> 00:37:36.599
 would

00:37:36.599 --> 00:37:36.759
 make

00:37:36.759 --> 00:37:36.939
 some

00:37:36.939 --> 00:37:37.359
 profit

00:37:37.359 --> 00:37:37.539
 off

00:37:37.539 --> 00:37:37.639
 of

00:37:37.639 --> 00:37:37.899
 these

00:37:37.899 --> 00:37:38.579
 commercial

00:37:38.579 --> 00:37:39.419
 activities

00:37:39.419 --> 00:37:40.199
 and

00:37:40.199 --> 00:37:40.439
 some

00:37:40.439 --> 00:37:40.699
 people

00:37:40.699 --> 00:37:41.019
 think

00:37:41.019 --> 00:37:41.199
 that

00:37:41.199 --> 00:37:41.919
 they

00:37:41.919 --> 00:37:42.099
 were

00:37:42.099 --> 00:37:42.379
 being

00:37:42.379 --> 00:37:43.480
 extortionists

00:37:43.480 --> 00:37:43.759
 and

00:37:43.759 --> 00:37:45.059
 stealing

00:37:45.059 --> 00:37:45.339
 from

00:37:45.339 --> 00:37:45.559
 people

00:37:45.559 --> 00:37:45.879
 in that

00:37:45.879 --> 00:37:46.239
 sense

00:37:46.239 --> 00:37:46.480
 and

00:37:46.480 --> 00:37:47.099
 that's

00:37:47.099 --> 00:37:47.319
 why

00:37:47.319 --> 00:37:47.599
 Jesus

00:37:47.599 --> 00:37:47.899
 calls

00:37:47.899 --> 00:37:48.019
 them

00:37:48.019 --> 00:37:48.119
 the

00:37:48.119 --> 00:37:48.219
 den

00:37:48.219 --> 00:37:48.339
 of

00:37:48.339 --> 00:37:48.699
 robbers

00:37:48.699 --> 00:37:49.439
 I

00:37:49.439 --> 00:37:49.619
 don't

00:37:49.619 --> 00:37:49.879
 think

00:37:49.879 --> 00:37:50.139
 that

00:37:50.139 --> 00:37:50.619
 because

00:37:50.619 --> 00:37:51.319
 it

00:37:51.319 --> 00:37:51.619
 says

00:37:51.619 --> 00:37:52.219
 Jesus

00:37:52.219 --> 00:37:52.599
 doesn't

00:37:52.599 --> 00:37:52.879
 merely

00:37:52.879 --> 00:37:53.259
 drive

00:37:53.259 --> 00:37:53.399
 out

00:37:53.399 --> 00:37:53.619
 the

00:37:53.619 --> 00:37:53.980
 sellers

00:37:53.980 --> 00:37:55.000
 it

00:37:55.000 --> 00:37:55.299
 also

00:37:55.299 --> 00:37:55.719
 says

00:37:55.719 --> 00:37:55.879
 that

00:37:55.879 --> 00:37:55.980
 he

00:37:55.980 --> 00:37:56.299
 drives

00:37:56.299 --> 00:37:56.519
 out

00:37:56.519 --> 00:37:56.759
 those

00:37:56.759 --> 00:37:56.879
 who

00:37:56.879 --> 00:37:57.379
 bought

00:37:57.379 --> 00:37:57.619
 in

00:37:57.619 --> 00:37:57.739
 the

00:37:57.739 --> 00:37:58.019
 temple

00:37:58.019 --> 00:37:58.259
 in

00:37:58.259 --> 00:37:58.419
 verse

00:37:58.419 --> 00:37:58.739
 12

00:37:58.739 --> 00:38:00.379
 he

00:38:00.379 --> 00:38:00.460
 has

00:38:00.460 --> 00:38:00.559
 a

00:38:00.559 --> 00:38:00.779
 problem

00:38:00.779 --> 00:38:00.899
 with

00:38:00.899 --> 00:38:01.059
 the

00:38:01.059 --> 00:38:01.439
 buyers

00:38:01.439 --> 00:38:01.759
 too

00:38:01.759 --> 00:38:03.319
 so

00:38:03.319 --> 00:38:03.500
 it's

00:38:03.500 --> 00:38:03.739
 not

00:38:03.739 --> 00:38:04.339
 unfair

00:38:04.339 --> 00:38:04.779
 marketing

00:38:04.779 --> 00:38:05.299
 practices

00:38:05.299 --> 00:38:05.559
 that

00:38:05.559 --> 00:38:05.779
 Jesus

00:38:05.779 --> 00:38:06.000
 is

00:38:06.000 --> 00:38:06.299
 after

00:38:06.299 --> 00:38:07.599
 he's

00:38:07.599 --> 00:38:08.239
 incensed

00:38:08.239 --> 00:38:08.679
 by the

00:38:08.679 --> 00:38:09.000
 very

00:38:09.000 --> 00:38:09.779
 presence

00:38:09.779 --> 00:38:10.219
 of

00:38:10.219 --> 00:38:10.619
 trade

00:38:10.619 --> 00:38:11.119
 activity

00:38:11.119 --> 00:38:11.619
 inside

00:38:11.619 --> 00:38:11.779
 the

00:38:11.779 --> 00:38:12.079
 temple

00:38:12.079 --> 00:38:15.359
 in

00:38:15.359 --> 00:38:16.119
 another

00:38:16.119 --> 00:38:16.619
 instance

00:38:16.619 --> 00:38:17.059
 Jesus

00:38:17.059 --> 00:38:17.519
 appears

00:38:17.519 --> 00:38:17.779
 to have

00:38:17.779 --> 00:38:18.119
 cleansed

00:38:18.119 --> 00:38:18.239
 the

00:38:18.239 --> 00:38:18.500
 temple

00:38:18.500 --> 00:38:18.760
 on

00:38:18.760 --> 00:38:19.039
 another

00:38:19.039 --> 00:38:19.400
 instance

00:38:19.400 --> 00:38:19.760
 earlier

00:38:19.760 --> 00:38:19.920
 in

00:38:19.920 --> 00:38:20.099
 his

00:38:20.099 --> 00:38:20.500
 ministry

00:38:20.500 --> 00:38:20.699
 and

00:38:20.699 --> 00:38:20.900
 that's

00:38:20.900 --> 00:38:21.239
 recorded

00:38:21.239 --> 00:38:21.500
 in

00:38:21.500 --> 00:38:21.800
 John

00:38:21.800 --> 00:38:22.159
 chapter

00:38:22.159 --> 00:38:22.519
 2

00:38:22.519 --> 00:38:23.360
 and

00:38:23.360 --> 00:38:23.679
 there

00:38:23.679 --> 00:38:24.079
 Jesus

00:38:24.079 --> 00:38:24.500
 says

00:38:24.500 --> 00:38:25.199
 specifically

00:38:25.199 --> 00:38:25.860
 take

00:38:25.860 --> 00:38:26.219
 these

00:38:26.219 --> 00:38:26.559
 things

00:38:26.559 --> 00:38:27.179
 away

00:38:27.179 --> 00:38:27.699
 do

00:38:27.699 --> 00:38:28.159
 not

00:38:28.159 --> 00:38:28.519
 make

00:38:28.519 --> 00:38:28.739
 my

00:38:28.739 --> 00:38:29.400
 father's

00:38:29.400 --> 00:38:29.739
 house

00:38:29.739 --> 00:38:30.119
 a

00:38:30.119 --> 00:38:30.500
 house

00:38:30.500 --> 00:38:30.940
 of

00:38:30.940 --> 00:38:31.599
 trade

00:38:31.599 --> 00:38:33.860
 I

00:38:33.860 --> 00:38:34.019
 know

00:38:34.019 --> 00:38:34.219
 some

00:38:34.219 --> 00:38:34.320
 of

00:38:34.320 --> 00:38:34.400
 you

00:38:34.400 --> 00:38:34.559
 guys

00:38:34.559 --> 00:38:34.699
 are

00:38:34.699 --> 00:38:35.079
 traders

00:38:35.079 --> 00:38:35.360
 and

00:38:35.360 --> 00:38:35.539
 there's

00:38:35.539 --> 00:38:35.739
 nothing

00:38:35.739 --> 00:38:36.019
 wrong

00:38:36.019 --> 00:38:36.219
 with

00:38:36.219 --> 00:38:36.360
 your

00:38:36.360 --> 00:38:36.699
 job

00:38:36.699 --> 00:38:40.099
 it's

00:38:40.099 --> 00:38:40.340
 not

00:38:40.340 --> 00:38:41.000
 the

00:38:41.000 --> 00:38:41.400
 activity

00:38:41.400 --> 00:38:41.699
 per

00:38:41.699 --> 00:38:41.940
 se

00:38:41.940 --> 00:38:43.260
 but

00:38:43.260 --> 00:38:43.440
 that

00:38:43.440 --> 00:38:43.639
 they

00:38:43.639 --> 00:38:43.800
 were

00:38:43.800 --> 00:38:44.400
 engaging

00:38:44.400 --> 00:38:44.599
 in

00:38:44.599 --> 00:38:44.760
 that

00:38:44.760 --> 00:38:45.159
 activity

00:38:45.159 --> 00:38:45.880
 inside

00:38:45.880 --> 00:38:46.320
 the

00:38:46.320 --> 00:38:46.619
 house

00:38:46.619 --> 00:38:46.820
 of

00:38:46.820 --> 00:38:47.139
 God

00:38:47.139 --> 00:38:49.179
 why

00:38:49.179 --> 00:38:50.000
 why

00:38:50.000 --> 00:38:50.440
 couldn't

00:38:50.440 --> 00:38:50.639
 they

00:38:50.639 --> 00:38:51.099
 sell

00:38:51.099 --> 00:38:51.279
 the

00:38:51.279 --> 00:38:51.659
 pigeons

00:38:51.659 --> 00:38:52.079
 and

00:38:52.079 --> 00:38:52.519
 exchange

00:38:52.519 --> 00:38:52.980
 currency

00:38:52.980 --> 00:38:53.500
 outside

00:38:53.500 --> 00:38:53.759
 the

00:38:53.759 --> 00:38:54.099
 temple

00:38:54.099 --> 00:38:56.599
 why

00:38:56.599 --> 00:38:56.759
 did

00:38:56.759 --> 00:38:56.839
 it

00:38:56.839 --> 00:38:57.019
 have

00:38:57.019 --> 00:38:57.119
 to

00:38:57.119 --> 00:38:57.279
 be

00:38:57.279 --> 00:38:57.699
 inside

00:38:57.699 --> 00:38:57.900
 the

00:38:57.900 --> 00:38:58.199
 temple

00:38:58.199 --> 00:39:01.099
 imagine

00:39:01.099 --> 00:39:02.059
 people

00:39:02.059 --> 00:39:02.519
 trying to

00:39:02.519 --> 00:39:02.799
 worship

00:39:02.799 --> 00:39:03.619
 in the

00:39:03.619 --> 00:39:03.839
 house

00:39:03.839 --> 00:39:04.279
 of God

00:39:04.279 --> 00:39:04.519
 with

00:39:04.519 --> 00:39:04.900
 the

00:39:04.900 --> 00:39:05.319
 din

00:39:05.319 --> 00:39:05.539
 of

00:39:05.539 --> 00:39:06.000
 commercial

00:39:06.000 --> 00:39:06.559
 activity

00:39:06.559 --> 00:39:06.859
 all

00:39:06.859 --> 00:39:07.119
 around

00:39:07.119 --> 00:39:07.219
 they

00:39:07.219 --> 00:39:07.559
 imagine

00:39:07.559 --> 00:39:08.219
 Gentiles

00:39:08.219 --> 00:39:08.480
 coming

00:39:08.480 --> 00:39:08.799
 into the

00:39:08.799 --> 00:39:09.099
 court of

00:39:09.099 --> 00:39:09.559
 Gentiles

00:39:09.559 --> 00:39:10.079
 trying to

00:39:10.079 --> 00:39:10.480
 pray to

00:39:10.480 --> 00:39:10.659
 God

00:39:10.659 --> 00:39:11.099
 with all

00:39:11.099 --> 00:39:11.440
 this

00:39:11.440 --> 00:39:12.199
 ruckus

00:39:12.199 --> 00:39:12.579
 going on

00:39:12.579 --> 00:39:12.839
 around

00:39:12.839 --> 00:39:13.059
 them

00:39:13.059 --> 00:39:14.139
 healthy

00:39:14.139 --> 00:39:15.199
 unblemished

00:39:15.199 --> 00:39:15.659
 pigeons

00:39:15.659 --> 00:39:16.119
 fit for

00:39:16.119 --> 00:39:16.779
 sacrifice

00:39:16.779 --> 00:39:17.360
 for sale

00:39:17.360 --> 00:39:19.659
 a

00:39:19.659 --> 00:39:20.039
 quarter

00:39:20.039 --> 00:39:20.579
 of

00:39:20.579 --> 00:39:20.699
 a

00:39:20.699 --> 00:39:21.420
 quarter

00:39:21.420 --> 00:39:21.579
 of

00:39:21.579 --> 00:39:21.659
 a

00:39:21.659 --> 00:39:22.000
 denarius

00:39:22.000 --> 00:39:22.199
 for

00:39:22.199 --> 00:39:22.400
 one

00:39:22.400 --> 00:39:22.759
 bird

00:39:22.759 --> 00:39:23.579
 half

00:39:23.579 --> 00:39:24.079
 denarius

00:39:24.079 --> 00:39:24.559
 for

00:39:24.559 --> 00:39:24.960
 two

00:39:24.960 --> 00:39:28.420
 if

00:39:28.420 --> 00:39:28.519
 you

00:39:28.519 --> 00:39:28.659
 pay

00:39:28.659 --> 00:39:28.779
 a

00:39:28.779 --> 00:39:29.159
 denarius

00:39:29.159 --> 00:39:29.460
 I'll

00:39:29.460 --> 00:39:29.619
 throw

00:39:29.619 --> 00:39:29.739
 in

00:39:29.739 --> 00:39:29.860
 an

00:39:29.860 --> 00:39:30.099
 extra

00:39:30.099 --> 00:39:30.400
 one

00:39:30.400 --> 00:39:30.940
 five

00:39:30.940 --> 00:39:31.340
 pigeons

00:39:31.340 --> 00:39:34.960
 change

00:39:34.960 --> 00:39:35.279
 money

00:39:35.279 --> 00:39:35.739
 change

00:39:35.739 --> 00:39:36.039
 money

00:39:36.039 --> 00:39:36.380
 here

00:39:36.380 --> 00:39:37.299
 we

00:39:37.299 --> 00:39:37.480
 take

00:39:37.480 --> 00:39:38.239
 drachmae

00:39:38.239 --> 00:39:38.659
 denari

00:39:38.659 --> 00:39:39.460
 every

00:39:39.460 --> 00:39:39.920
 currency

00:39:39.920 --> 00:39:40.259
 you can

00:39:40.259 --> 00:39:40.639
 imagine

00:39:40.639 --> 00:39:41.039
 and we'll

00:39:41.039 --> 00:39:41.219
 give

00:39:41.219 --> 00:39:41.420
 you

00:39:41.420 --> 00:39:42.119
 sterling

00:39:42.119 --> 00:39:42.539
 tyrian

00:39:42.539 --> 00:39:42.940
 shekel

00:39:42.940 --> 00:39:43.139
 for

00:39:43.139 --> 00:39:43.380
 them

00:39:43.380 --> 00:39:44.619
 two

00:39:44.619 --> 00:39:45.220
 drachmae

00:39:45.220 --> 00:39:45.420
 for

00:39:45.420 --> 00:39:45.760
 half

00:39:45.760 --> 00:39:45.900
 a

00:39:45.900 --> 00:39:46.240
 shekel

00:39:46.240 --> 00:39:47.119
 is

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 the

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 best

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 exchange

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 rate

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 in

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 the

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 city

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 I

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 guarantee

00:39:49.960 --> 00:39:50.340
 it

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 it's

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 so

00:39:52.920 --> 00:39:53.820
 distracting

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 and

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 so

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 disrespectful

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 to

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 God

00:40:00.639 --> 00:40:05.119
 imagine

00:40:05.119 --> 00:40:05.440
 that

00:40:05.440 --> 00:40:05.780
 happening

00:40:05.780 --> 00:40:06.639
 during

00:40:06.639 --> 00:40:06.800
 our

00:40:06.800 --> 00:40:06.980
 Sunday

00:40:06.980 --> 00:40:07.300
 worship

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 even

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 if

00:40:08.599 --> 00:40:08.679
 they

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 were

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 trying

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 to

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 do

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 things

00:40:09.720 --> 00:40:09.920
 that

00:40:09.920 --> 00:40:10.679
 pertain

00:40:10.679 --> 00:40:10.860
 to

00:40:10.860 --> 00:40:11.099
 worship

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 like

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 oh

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 I

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 see

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 you're

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 carrying

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 an

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 NIV

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 Bible

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 this

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 church

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 uses

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 ESV

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 here

00:40:15.800 --> 00:40:16.079
 here

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 I'm

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 selling

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 it

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 for

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 $10

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 per

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 Bible

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 if I

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 had

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 tables

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 and

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 vendors

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 along

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 the

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 side

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 it's

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 like

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 oh

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 hey

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 here

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 here's

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 the

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 illuminated

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 ESV

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 Bible

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 journal

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 from

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 Crossway

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 you can

00:40:25.760 --> 00:40:25.920
 use

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 it

00:40:26.019 --> 00:40:26.119
 to

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 take

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 notes

00:40:26.519 --> 00:40:26.659
 on

00:40:26.659 --> 00:40:26.780
 your

00:40:26.780 --> 00:40:27.199
 sermons

00:40:27.199 --> 00:40:34.219
 it

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 it's

00:40:34.339 --> 00:40:34.939
 distracting

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 and

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 it's

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 disrespectful

00:40:37.699 --> 00:40:38.059
 toward

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 God

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 the

00:40:39.019 --> 00:40:39.299
 king

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 right

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 I mean

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 when we

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 when we

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 talk to

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 someone

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 I mean

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 we do

00:40:47.819 --> 00:40:48.319
 this all

00:40:48.319 --> 00:40:48.679
 the time

00:40:48.679 --> 00:40:48.980
 but we

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 should

00:40:49.119 --> 00:40:49.379
 fix

00:40:49.379 --> 00:40:49.639
 that

00:40:49.639 --> 00:40:50.159
 right

00:40:50.159 --> 00:40:50.519
 when we

00:40:50.519 --> 00:40:50.839
 talk to

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 each other

00:40:51.139 --> 00:40:51.500
 often

00:40:51.500 --> 00:40:52.179
 the person

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 you're

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 talking

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 to

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 will

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 stare

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 at their

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 phone

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 and you

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 consider

00:40:57.039 --> 00:40:57.259
 that

00:40:57.259 --> 00:40:57.559
 rude

00:40:57.559 --> 00:40:57.919
 right

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 when we

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 approach

00:41:02.119 --> 00:41:02.500
 the

00:41:02.500 --> 00:41:02.919
 living

00:41:02.919 --> 00:41:03.440
 God

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 the

00:41:04.419 --> 00:41:04.779
 king

00:41:04.779 --> 00:41:04.960
 of

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 kings

00:41:05.379 --> 00:41:08.259
 do we

00:41:08.259 --> 00:41:08.480
 come

00:41:08.480 --> 00:41:08.659
 with

00:41:08.659 --> 00:41:09.139
 less

00:41:09.139 --> 00:41:10.399
 reverence

00:41:10.399 --> 00:41:17.519
 the

00:41:17.519 --> 00:41:17.899
 church

00:41:17.899 --> 00:41:18.480
 is not

00:41:18.480 --> 00:41:18.739
 a

00:41:18.739 --> 00:41:19.079
 cinema

00:41:19.079 --> 00:41:21.079
 worship

00:41:21.079 --> 00:41:21.559
 is not

00:41:21.559 --> 00:41:21.719
 a

00:41:21.719 --> 00:41:22.159
 concert

00:41:22.159 --> 00:41:23.859
 and a

00:41:23.859 --> 00:41:24.119
 sermon

00:41:24.119 --> 00:41:24.639
 is not

00:41:24.639 --> 00:41:24.839
 a

00:41:24.839 --> 00:41:25.039
 TED

00:41:25.039 --> 00:41:25.359
 talk

00:41:25.359 --> 00:41:27.759
 we

00:41:27.759 --> 00:41:28.319
 gather

00:41:28.319 --> 00:41:29.379
 in the

00:41:29.379 --> 00:41:29.659
 name

00:41:29.659 --> 00:41:29.819
 of

00:41:29.819 --> 00:41:30.079
 Jesus

00:41:30.079 --> 00:41:30.500
 Christ

00:41:30.500 --> 00:41:30.940
 as

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 the

00:41:31.119 --> 00:41:31.559
 people

00:41:31.559 --> 00:41:31.859
 of

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 God

00:41:32.199 --> 00:41:32.739
 in

00:41:32.739 --> 00:41:32.879
 the

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 presence

00:41:33.239 --> 00:41:33.460
 of

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 the

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 king

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 of

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 kings

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 himself

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 and

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 we

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 hear

00:41:37.399 --> 00:41:37.980
 from

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 him

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 as

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 he

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 speaks

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 from

00:41:39.379 --> 00:41:39.739
 his

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 word

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 and

00:41:40.980 --> 00:41:41.279
 yes

00:41:41.279 --> 00:41:41.500
 our

00:41:41.500 --> 00:41:41.879
 worship

00:41:41.879 --> 00:41:42.139
 should

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 be

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 joyful

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 yes

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 we're

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 commended

00:41:43.599 --> 00:41:43.739
 to

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 make

00:41:43.899 --> 00:41:44.059
 a

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 joyful

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 noise

00:41:44.980 --> 00:41:45.099
 to

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 the

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 rock

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 of

00:41:45.480 --> 00:41:45.599
 our

00:41:45.599 --> 00:41:45.960
 salvation

00:41:45.960 --> 00:41:46.139
 in

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 Psalm

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 95

00:41:46.739 --> 00:41:47.000
 we're

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 supposed

00:41:47.159 --> 00:41:47.579
 to sing

00:41:47.579 --> 00:41:47.739
 with

00:41:47.739 --> 00:41:48.579
 thankfulness

00:41:48.579 --> 00:41:48.799
 in our

00:41:48.799 --> 00:41:49.019
 hearts

00:41:49.019 --> 00:41:49.379
 to God

00:41:49.380 --> 00:41:50.140
 but is

00:41:50.140 --> 00:41:50.360
 there

00:41:50.360 --> 00:41:51.360
 simultaneously

00:41:51.360 --> 00:41:51.780
 a

00:41:51.780 --> 00:41:52.500
 reverence

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 fit for

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 the

00:41:53.420 --> 00:41:53.640
 king

00:41:53.640 --> 00:41:53.800
 of

00:41:53.800 --> 00:41:54.200
 majesty

00:41:54.200 --> 00:41:54.519
 in our

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 attitude

00:41:54.900 --> 00:41:55.599
 and posture

00:41:55.599 --> 00:41:56.380
 of

00:41:56.380 --> 00:41:56.740
 worship

00:41:56.740 --> 00:42:00.500
 humility

00:42:00.500 --> 00:42:01.180
 and reverent

00:42:01.180 --> 00:42:01.680
 fear

00:42:01.680 --> 00:42:05.539
 Isaiah 66

00:42:05.539 --> 00:42:05.840
 2

00:42:05.840 --> 00:42:06.480
 this is

00:42:06.480 --> 00:42:06.920
 the one

00:42:06.920 --> 00:42:07.380
 to whom

00:42:07.380 --> 00:42:07.720
 I will

00:42:07.720 --> 00:42:07.960
 look

00:42:07.960 --> 00:42:08.300
 he who

00:42:08.300 --> 00:42:08.440
 is

00:42:08.440 --> 00:42:08.860
 humble

00:42:08.860 --> 00:42:09.360
 and

00:42:09.360 --> 00:42:10.099
 contrite

00:42:10.099 --> 00:42:10.539
 in spirit

00:42:10.539 --> 00:42:11.039
 and

00:42:11.039 --> 00:42:11.840
 trembles

00:42:11.840 --> 00:42:12.480
 at my

00:42:12.480 --> 00:42:12.940
 word

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 but if

00:42:16.840 --> 00:42:17.039
 our

00:42:17.039 --> 00:42:17.260
 king

00:42:17.260 --> 00:42:17.500
 really

00:42:17.500 --> 00:42:17.780
 is

00:42:17.780 --> 00:42:17.980
 that

00:42:17.980 --> 00:42:18.460
 majestic

00:42:18.460 --> 00:42:18.700
 and

00:42:18.700 --> 00:42:19.220
 glorious

00:42:19.220 --> 00:42:20.500
 and

00:42:20.500 --> 00:42:21.079
 fierce

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 and

00:42:21.340 --> 00:42:21.720
 holy

00:42:21.720 --> 00:42:22.519
 as

00:42:22.519 --> 00:42:22.880
 Jesus

00:42:22.880 --> 00:42:23.760
 demonstrates

00:42:23.760 --> 00:42:25.619
 who

00:42:25.619 --> 00:42:26.320
 dares

00:42:26.320 --> 00:42:26.900
 approach

00:42:26.900 --> 00:42:27.200
 him

00:42:27.200 --> 00:42:34.260
 we can

00:42:34.260 --> 00:42:34.659
 approach

00:42:34.659 --> 00:42:34.920
 this

00:42:34.920 --> 00:42:35.159
 king

00:42:35.159 --> 00:42:35.480
 because

00:42:35.480 --> 00:42:35.780
 he's

00:42:35.780 --> 00:42:36.320
 not only

00:42:36.320 --> 00:42:36.740
 majestic

00:42:36.740 --> 00:42:37.639
 but also

00:42:37.639 --> 00:42:38.139
 meek

00:42:38.139 --> 00:42:39.079
 and

00:42:39.079 --> 00:42:39.420
 humble

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 he

00:42:42.159 --> 00:42:42.639
 perfectly

00:42:42.639 --> 00:42:43.159
 combines

00:42:43.159 --> 00:42:43.519
 the two

00:42:43.519 --> 00:42:44.039
 extremes

00:42:44.039 --> 00:42:45.379
 go back

00:42:45.379 --> 00:42:45.619
 with me

00:42:45.619 --> 00:42:45.960
 to verse

00:42:45.960 --> 00:42:46.339
 five

00:42:46.339 --> 00:42:47.219
 maybe

00:42:47.219 --> 00:42:47.440
 some

00:42:47.440 --> 00:42:47.599
 of you

00:42:47.599 --> 00:42:47.819
 had

00:42:47.819 --> 00:42:48.179
 this

00:42:48.179 --> 00:42:50.039
 objection

00:42:50.039 --> 00:42:50.539
 spring to

00:42:50.539 --> 00:42:50.859
 your mind

00:42:50.859 --> 00:42:51.199
 as I was

00:42:51.199 --> 00:42:51.839
 preaching on

00:42:51.839 --> 00:42:52.319
 this passage

00:42:52.319 --> 00:42:52.699
 earlier

00:42:52.699 --> 00:42:53.819
 if Jesus

00:42:53.819 --> 00:42:54.259
 is not

00:42:54.259 --> 00:42:55.099
 being demur

00:42:55.099 --> 00:42:55.619
 about his

00:42:55.619 --> 00:42:56.119
 kingship

00:42:56.119 --> 00:42:56.420
 if he

00:42:56.420 --> 00:42:57.059
 really is

00:42:57.059 --> 00:42:57.679
 being in

00:42:57.679 --> 00:42:58.379
 your face

00:42:58.379 --> 00:42:58.839
 about his

00:42:58.839 --> 00:42:59.299
 messianic

00:42:59.299 --> 00:42:59.659
 identity

00:42:59.659 --> 00:43:00.480
 if riding

00:43:00.480 --> 00:43:00.960
 down on

00:43:00.960 --> 00:43:01.400
 a donkey

00:43:01.400 --> 00:43:02.019
 really is

00:43:02.019 --> 00:43:02.440
 a sign

00:43:02.440 --> 00:43:03.339
 of kingship

00:43:03.339 --> 00:43:04.039
 and rulership

00:43:04.039 --> 00:43:04.679
 why does

00:43:04.679 --> 00:43:04.960
 it say

00:43:04.960 --> 00:43:05.279
 in verse

00:43:05.279 --> 00:43:05.799
 five

00:43:05.799 --> 00:43:06.739
 behold

00:43:06.739 --> 00:43:07.319
 your king

00:43:07.319 --> 00:43:07.759
 is coming

00:43:07.759 --> 00:43:08.219
 to you

00:43:08.219 --> 00:43:09.179
 humble

00:43:09.179 --> 00:43:10.400
 and mounted

00:43:10.400 --> 00:43:11.139
 on a donkey

00:43:11.139 --> 00:43:12.599
 on a colt

00:43:12.639 --> 00:43:13.339
 the foal

00:43:13.339 --> 00:43:13.819
 of a beast

00:43:13.819 --> 00:43:14.239
 of burden

00:43:14.239 --> 00:43:17.179
 doesn't that

00:43:17.179 --> 00:43:17.659
 mean Jesus

00:43:17.659 --> 00:43:17.980
 is being

00:43:17.980 --> 00:43:18.359
 humble

00:43:18.359 --> 00:43:19.019
 by riding

00:43:19.019 --> 00:43:19.659
 on a donkey

00:43:19.659 --> 00:43:22.039
 if Jesus

00:43:22.039 --> 00:43:22.779
 is declaring

00:43:22.779 --> 00:43:23.559
 his kingship

00:43:23.559 --> 00:43:23.960
 openly

00:43:23.960 --> 00:43:24.420
 by riding

00:43:24.420 --> 00:43:24.759
 a donkey

00:43:24.759 --> 00:43:25.159
 how is

00:43:25.159 --> 00:43:25.420
 that

00:43:25.420 --> 00:43:26.000
 humble

00:43:26.000 --> 00:43:27.960
 the description

00:43:27.960 --> 00:43:28.480
 of Jesus

00:43:28.480 --> 00:43:29.179
 as humble

00:43:29.179 --> 00:43:29.920
 does not

00:43:29.920 --> 00:43:30.500
 stem from

00:43:30.500 --> 00:43:31.179
 the lowliness

00:43:31.179 --> 00:43:32.239
 of the donkey

00:43:32.239 --> 00:43:32.980
 but from

00:43:32.980 --> 00:43:33.420
 the fact

00:43:33.420 --> 00:43:34.000
 that Jesus

00:43:34.000 --> 00:43:34.739
 comes

00:43:34.739 --> 00:43:35.599
 in peace

00:43:35.599 --> 00:43:37.000
 as was

00:43:37.000 --> 00:43:37.519
 prophesied

00:43:37.519 --> 00:43:38.099
 in Zechariah

00:43:38.099 --> 00:43:38.400
 nine

00:43:38.400 --> 00:43:41.920
 the Greek

00:43:41.920 --> 00:43:42.300
 word

00:43:42.300 --> 00:43:43.019
 translated

00:43:43.019 --> 00:43:43.400
 humble

00:43:43.400 --> 00:43:43.720
 here

00:43:43.720 --> 00:43:44.260
 in verse

00:43:44.260 --> 00:43:44.660
 five

00:43:44.660 --> 00:43:45.240
 is the same

00:43:45.240 --> 00:43:45.440
 word

00:43:45.440 --> 00:43:45.920
 translated

00:43:45.920 --> 00:43:46.680
 as meek

00:43:46.680 --> 00:43:48.059
 in Matthew

00:43:48.059 --> 00:43:48.720
 chapter five

00:43:48.720 --> 00:43:49.260
 verse five

00:43:49.260 --> 00:43:49.820
 blessed are

00:43:49.820 --> 00:43:50.440
 the meek

00:43:50.440 --> 00:43:51.079
 for they

00:43:51.079 --> 00:43:51.680
 shall inherit

00:43:51.680 --> 00:43:52.180
 the earth

00:43:52.180 --> 00:43:53.559
 the world

00:43:53.559 --> 00:43:54.019
 thinks

00:43:54.019 --> 00:43:54.639
 that it's

00:43:54.639 --> 00:43:55.480
 the aggressive

00:43:55.480 --> 00:43:56.860
 and the assertive

00:43:56.860 --> 00:43:57.440
 who will inherit

00:43:57.440 --> 00:43:57.840
 the earth

00:43:57.840 --> 00:43:58.539
 but Jesus

00:43:58.539 --> 00:43:59.019
 taught that

00:43:59.019 --> 00:43:59.760
 it's the meek

00:43:59.760 --> 00:44:00.639
 who will inherit

00:44:00.639 --> 00:44:01.099
 the earth

00:44:01.099 --> 00:44:02.340
 the same word

00:44:02.340 --> 00:44:02.920
 is translated

00:44:02.920 --> 00:44:03.579
 as gentle

00:44:03.579 --> 00:44:04.240
 to describe

00:44:04.240 --> 00:44:04.660
 Jesus

00:44:04.660 --> 00:44:05.099
 in Matthew

00:44:05.099 --> 00:44:05.760
 11 29

00:44:05.760 --> 00:44:06.900
 come to me

00:44:06.900 --> 00:44:07.660
 all who labor

00:44:07.660 --> 00:44:08.620
 and are heavy laden

00:44:08.620 --> 00:44:09.820
 and I will give you rest

00:44:09.820 --> 00:44:11.560
 take my yoke upon you

00:44:11.560 --> 00:44:12.300
 and learn from me

00:44:12.300 --> 00:44:13.660
 for I am gentle

00:44:13.660 --> 00:44:15.140
 and lowly in heart

00:44:15.140 --> 00:44:17.000
 and you will find rest

00:44:17.000 --> 00:44:17.840
 for your souls

00:44:17.840 --> 00:44:19.360
 for my yoke is easy

00:44:19.360 --> 00:44:20.100
 and my burden

00:44:20.100 --> 00:44:20.960
 is light

00:44:20.960 --> 00:44:23.440
 King Jesus

00:44:23.440 --> 00:44:24.900
 comes in humility

00:44:24.900 --> 00:44:25.900
 and gentleness

00:44:25.900 --> 00:44:27.420
 because he does not

00:44:27.420 --> 00:44:28.080
 come to lay

00:44:28.080 --> 00:44:29.000
 a heavy burden

00:44:29.000 --> 00:44:29.620
 on his people

00:44:29.620 --> 00:44:30.620
 but to lift up

00:44:30.620 --> 00:44:31.260
 their burdens

00:44:31.260 --> 00:44:33.640
 King Jesus

00:44:33.640 --> 00:44:34.540
 comes to a city

00:44:34.540 --> 00:44:35.740
 full of his enemies

00:44:35.739 --> 00:44:37.259
 people who are waiting

00:44:37.259 --> 00:44:38.839
 with proverbial

00:44:38.839 --> 00:44:39.599
 pitchforks

00:44:39.599 --> 00:44:41.259
 to with trumped up

00:44:41.259 --> 00:44:41.699
 charges

00:44:41.699 --> 00:44:43.259
 slander him

00:44:43.259 --> 00:44:45.159
 condemn him

00:44:45.159 --> 00:44:46.799
 and crucify him

00:44:46.799 --> 00:44:47.479
 on the cross

00:44:47.479 --> 00:44:49.500
 yet instead

00:44:49.500 --> 00:44:50.699
 of riding in

00:44:50.699 --> 00:44:52.259
 on a stallion

00:44:52.259 --> 00:44:53.119
 to wage war

00:44:53.119 --> 00:44:53.639
 against them

00:44:53.639 --> 00:44:54.419
 and subdue

00:44:54.419 --> 00:44:55.279
 these rebels

00:44:55.279 --> 00:44:56.519
 Jesus comes

00:44:56.519 --> 00:44:58.599
 on a colt

00:44:58.599 --> 00:45:00.279
 sauntering down

00:45:00.279 --> 00:45:00.679
 the mountain

00:45:00.679 --> 00:45:01.319
 in peace

00:45:01.319 --> 00:45:03.679
 not to kill

00:45:03.679 --> 00:45:04.119
 sinners

00:45:04.119 --> 00:45:05.339
 but to be

00:45:05.339 --> 00:45:05.940
 killed

00:45:05.940 --> 00:45:07.099
 in the place

00:45:07.099 --> 00:45:07.779
 of sinners

00:45:07.779 --> 00:45:09.099
 like you

00:45:09.099 --> 00:45:09.440
 and me

00:45:09.440 --> 00:45:12.219
 he comes

00:45:12.219 --> 00:45:13.339
 to Jerusalem

00:45:13.339 --> 00:45:14.359
 as the king

00:45:14.359 --> 00:45:14.799
 who will be

00:45:14.799 --> 00:45:15.460
 slaughtered

00:45:15.460 --> 00:45:16.359
 like a lamb

00:45:16.359 --> 00:45:19.319
 why is it

00:45:19.319 --> 00:45:19.579
 humble

00:45:19.579 --> 00:45:19.940
 for him

00:45:19.940 --> 00:45:20.299
 to ride

00:45:20.299 --> 00:45:20.559
 down

00:45:20.559 --> 00:45:21.019
 in a donkey

00:45:21.019 --> 00:45:21.519
 because he

00:45:21.519 --> 00:45:22.279
 comes down

00:45:22.279 --> 00:45:23.359
 even though

00:45:23.359 --> 00:45:24.119
 he comes

00:45:24.119 --> 00:45:24.960
 in his majesty

00:45:24.960 --> 00:45:25.639
 he comes

00:45:25.639 --> 00:45:26.420
 to embrace

00:45:26.420 --> 00:45:26.960
 the weak

00:45:26.960 --> 00:45:27.579
 and the poor

00:45:27.579 --> 00:45:28.259
 and the needy

00:45:28.259 --> 00:45:30.039
 and to save

00:45:30.039 --> 00:45:31.859
 those who are lowly

00:45:31.860 --> 00:45:34.380
 look at who

00:45:34.380 --> 00:45:35.160
 comes to Jesus

00:45:35.160 --> 00:45:36.019
 in verse 14

00:45:36.019 --> 00:45:37.780
 this majestic

00:45:37.780 --> 00:45:38.440
 glorious king

00:45:38.440 --> 00:45:38.960
 that we saw

00:45:38.960 --> 00:45:39.660
 in his ride

00:45:39.660 --> 00:45:40.380
 down to Jerusalem

00:45:40.380 --> 00:45:41.480
 who comes to him

00:45:41.480 --> 00:45:42.140
 in verse 14

00:45:42.140 --> 00:45:43.280
 and the blind

00:45:43.280 --> 00:45:44.340
 and the lame

00:45:44.340 --> 00:45:45.220
 came to him

00:45:45.220 --> 00:45:45.740
 in the temple

00:45:45.740 --> 00:45:46.720
 and he healed

00:45:46.720 --> 00:45:47.079
 them

00:45:47.079 --> 00:45:51.180
 the blind

00:45:51.180 --> 00:45:51.820
 and the lame

00:45:51.820 --> 00:45:52.480
 are the ones

00:45:52.480 --> 00:45:52.740
 who are

00:45:52.740 --> 00:45:53.539
 irresistibly

00:45:53.539 --> 00:45:54.340
 drawn to

00:45:54.340 --> 00:45:55.180
 this majestic

00:45:55.180 --> 00:45:55.579
 king

00:45:55.579 --> 00:45:57.500
 but how dare

00:45:57.500 --> 00:45:57.840
 they

00:45:57.840 --> 00:46:00.960
 Leviticus 21

00:46:00.960 --> 00:46:02.280
 specifically said

00:46:02.280 --> 00:46:04.400
 that no one

00:46:04.400 --> 00:46:05.260
 who has

00:46:05.260 --> 00:46:06.240
 a blemish

00:46:06.240 --> 00:46:07.640
 may approach

00:46:07.640 --> 00:46:08.180
 to offer

00:46:08.180 --> 00:46:08.680
 the bread

00:46:08.680 --> 00:46:09.380
 of his God

00:46:09.380 --> 00:46:11.340
 for no one

00:46:11.340 --> 00:46:11.740
 who has

00:46:11.740 --> 00:46:12.280
 a blemish

00:46:12.280 --> 00:46:13.240
 shall draw near

00:46:13.240 --> 00:46:14.059
 a man

00:46:14.059 --> 00:46:14.620
 blind

00:46:14.620 --> 00:46:15.240
 or lame

00:46:15.240 --> 00:46:18.720
 the blind

00:46:18.720 --> 00:46:19.440
 and the lame

00:46:19.440 --> 00:46:20.820
 even if you

00:46:20.820 --> 00:46:21.720
 are a descendant

00:46:21.720 --> 00:46:22.380
 of Aaron

00:46:22.380 --> 00:46:23.260
 and of the

00:46:23.260 --> 00:46:24.200
 priestly class

00:46:24.200 --> 00:46:24.660
 in order

00:46:24.660 --> 00:46:25.680
 you were not

00:46:25.680 --> 00:46:26.039
 allowed

00:46:26.039 --> 00:46:26.440
 if you were

00:46:26.440 --> 00:46:27.120
 blind or lame

00:46:27.119 --> 00:46:27.440
 to come

00:46:27.440 --> 00:46:27.799
 and offer

00:46:27.799 --> 00:46:28.539
 your sacrifices

00:46:28.539 --> 00:46:29.079
 at the temple

00:46:29.079 --> 00:46:32.960
 in 2 Samuel 5

00:46:32.960 --> 00:46:33.460
 6-8

00:46:33.460 --> 00:46:34.339
 when King David

00:46:34.339 --> 00:46:34.980
 was attacking

00:46:34.980 --> 00:46:35.539
 Jerusalem

00:46:35.539 --> 00:46:36.739
 which was occupied

00:46:36.739 --> 00:46:37.299
 at the time

00:46:37.299 --> 00:46:38.059
 by the Jebusites

00:46:38.059 --> 00:46:38.859
 the Jebusites

00:46:38.859 --> 00:46:40.159
 jeered at David

00:46:40.159 --> 00:46:40.500
 saying

00:46:40.500 --> 00:46:41.440
 you will not

00:46:41.440 --> 00:46:42.059
 come in here

00:46:42.059 --> 00:46:43.119
 but the blind

00:46:43.119 --> 00:46:43.719
 and the lame

00:46:43.719 --> 00:46:44.639
 will ward you off

00:46:44.639 --> 00:46:46.759
 they were so

00:46:46.759 --> 00:46:47.380
 confident

00:46:47.380 --> 00:46:48.219
 and secure

00:46:48.219 --> 00:46:48.839
 in their own

00:46:48.839 --> 00:46:49.299
 defenses

00:46:49.299 --> 00:46:50.480
 that they mocked

00:46:50.480 --> 00:46:51.000
 David saying

00:46:51.000 --> 00:46:51.880
 you're not

00:46:51.880 --> 00:46:52.519
 going to get in here

00:46:52.519 --> 00:46:53.500
 even our blind

00:46:53.500 --> 00:46:54.059
 and the lame

00:46:54.059 --> 00:46:55.759
 can ward you off

00:46:55.760 --> 00:46:58.920
 so David

00:46:58.920 --> 00:46:59.500
 turned that

00:46:59.500 --> 00:47:00.200
 mockery against

00:47:00.200 --> 00:47:00.480
 him

00:47:00.480 --> 00:47:02.260
 as he successfully

00:47:02.260 --> 00:47:02.980
 conquered Jerusalem

00:47:02.980 --> 00:47:03.680
 saying that they

00:47:03.680 --> 00:47:04.340
 are the blind

00:47:04.340 --> 00:47:04.840
 and the lame

00:47:04.840 --> 00:47:05.640
 and that became

00:47:05.640 --> 00:47:06.260
 a proverb

00:47:06.260 --> 00:47:07.320
 in Jerusalem

00:47:07.320 --> 00:47:08.300
 that the Jews

00:47:08.300 --> 00:47:09.180
 knew at the time

00:47:09.180 --> 00:47:10.580
 which is to say

00:47:10.580 --> 00:47:11.340
 that the blind

00:47:11.340 --> 00:47:12.100
 and the lame

00:47:12.100 --> 00:47:13.600
 will not come

00:47:13.600 --> 00:47:14.440
 into the house

00:47:14.440 --> 00:47:16.040
 into the house

00:47:16.040 --> 00:47:16.480
 of God

00:47:16.480 --> 00:47:18.580
 they are referring

00:47:18.580 --> 00:47:19.300
 to the Jebusites

00:47:19.300 --> 00:47:19.700
 and those who

00:47:19.700 --> 00:47:20.360
 oppose God

00:47:20.360 --> 00:47:24.099
 in the joint

00:47:24.099 --> 00:47:25.240
 security area

00:47:25.240 --> 00:47:26.480
 inside the Korean

00:47:26.480 --> 00:47:27.800
 demilitarized zone

00:47:27.800 --> 00:47:28.800
 I don't know

00:47:28.800 --> 00:47:29.099
 if you guys

00:47:29.099 --> 00:47:29.800
 have seen pictures

00:47:29.800 --> 00:47:30.240
 of this

00:47:30.240 --> 00:47:31.039
 between North

00:47:31.039 --> 00:47:31.700
 and South Korea

00:47:31.700 --> 00:47:32.180
 there's that

00:47:32.180 --> 00:47:33.260
 dividing line

00:47:33.260 --> 00:47:34.220
 historically

00:47:34.220 --> 00:47:34.920
 I don't know

00:47:34.920 --> 00:47:35.480
 if they still do it

00:47:35.480 --> 00:47:35.599
 now

00:47:35.599 --> 00:47:36.140
 historically

00:47:36.140 --> 00:47:36.880
 a soldier

00:47:36.880 --> 00:47:37.820
 from North Korea

00:47:37.820 --> 00:47:38.840
 and a soldier

00:47:38.840 --> 00:47:39.860
 from South Korea

00:47:39.860 --> 00:47:40.820
 would stand

00:47:40.820 --> 00:47:41.860
 face to face

00:47:41.860 --> 00:47:44.120
 sometimes just

00:47:44.120 --> 00:47:44.780
 feet apart

00:47:44.780 --> 00:47:46.099
 staring each other

00:47:46.099 --> 00:47:47.340
 down across the line

00:47:47.340 --> 00:47:50.340
 an iconic

00:47:50.340 --> 00:47:51.760
 Cold War standoff

00:47:51.760 --> 00:47:53.019
 and I remember

00:47:53.019 --> 00:47:53.920
 reading years ago

00:47:53.920 --> 00:47:54.760
 that despite

00:47:54.760 --> 00:47:56.660
 majority of

00:47:56.660 --> 00:47:57.480
 North Korean soldiers

00:47:57.480 --> 00:47:58.920
 being skinny

00:47:58.920 --> 00:47:59.880
 short

00:47:59.880 --> 00:48:01.180
 and malnourished

00:48:01.180 --> 00:48:03.500
 they would always

00:48:03.500 --> 00:48:05.160
 post the healthiest

00:48:05.160 --> 00:48:05.980
 and the tallest

00:48:05.980 --> 00:48:07.039
 and the strongest

00:48:07.039 --> 00:48:07.880
 looking soldier

00:48:07.880 --> 00:48:08.720
 at that post

00:48:08.720 --> 00:48:10.620
 to intimidate

00:48:10.620 --> 00:48:11.039
 the South

00:48:11.039 --> 00:48:12.780
 to posture

00:48:12.780 --> 00:48:13.180
 and say

00:48:13.180 --> 00:48:13.860
 this is what

00:48:13.860 --> 00:48:14.620
 all our soldiers

00:48:14.620 --> 00:48:15.180
 look like

00:48:15.180 --> 00:48:15.640
 you know

00:48:15.639 --> 00:48:18.960
 but imagine

00:48:18.960 --> 00:48:20.400
 if they put

00:48:20.400 --> 00:48:21.119
 instead there

00:48:21.119 --> 00:48:22.879
 a blind soldier

00:48:22.879 --> 00:48:25.039
 groping about

00:48:25.039 --> 00:48:27.599
 or a lame soldier

00:48:27.599 --> 00:48:28.679
 on a wheelchair

00:48:28.679 --> 00:48:30.059
 on that post

00:48:30.059 --> 00:48:31.500
 what message

00:48:31.500 --> 00:48:32.359
 would that send

00:48:32.359 --> 00:48:35.359
 how does that

00:48:35.359 --> 00:48:36.059
 glorify

00:48:36.059 --> 00:48:37.420
 the king

00:48:37.420 --> 00:48:42.099
 and yet

00:48:42.099 --> 00:48:43.900
 those are

00:48:43.900 --> 00:48:44.519
 the people

00:48:44.519 --> 00:48:45.320
 that Jesus

00:48:45.320 --> 00:48:46.099
 welcomes

00:48:46.099 --> 00:48:47.200
 inside the temple

00:48:47.200 --> 00:48:50.980
 the literally

00:48:50.980 --> 00:48:51.559
 blind

00:48:51.559 --> 00:48:52.099
 and the lame

00:48:52.099 --> 00:48:52.639
 those who are

00:48:52.639 --> 00:48:53.260
 proverbially

00:48:53.260 --> 00:48:54.139
 the outcasts

00:48:54.139 --> 00:48:54.840
 of society

00:48:54.840 --> 00:48:55.619
 the people

00:48:55.619 --> 00:48:56.059
 who have

00:48:56.059 --> 00:48:57.480
 nothing to offer

00:48:57.480 --> 00:48:58.240
 to the king

00:48:58.240 --> 00:48:59.380
 they're the ones

00:48:59.380 --> 00:49:00.139
 that king Jesus

00:49:00.139 --> 00:49:00.619
 welcomes

00:49:00.619 --> 00:49:01.700
 into his entourage

00:49:01.700 --> 00:49:01.700


00:49:01.699 --> 00:49:06.239
 this is the day

00:49:06.239 --> 00:49:07.039
 that Micah 4

00:49:07.039 --> 00:49:07.739
 6-7

00:49:07.739 --> 00:49:08.339
 prophesied

00:49:08.339 --> 00:49:08.839
 that we read

00:49:08.839 --> 00:49:09.359
 for the assurance

00:49:09.359 --> 00:49:09.779
 of pardon

00:49:09.779 --> 00:49:10.599
 the lame

00:49:10.599 --> 00:49:11.699
 I will make

00:49:11.699 --> 00:49:12.839
 the remnant

00:49:12.839 --> 00:49:13.960
 and those

00:49:13.960 --> 00:49:14.500
 who were cast

00:49:14.500 --> 00:49:14.879
 off

00:49:14.879 --> 00:49:15.480
 are strong

00:49:15.480 --> 00:49:16.179
 nations

00:49:16.179 --> 00:49:18.799
 isn't this why

00:49:18.799 --> 00:49:19.460
 over and over

00:49:19.460 --> 00:49:19.799
 again

00:49:19.799 --> 00:49:20.259
 throughout the

00:49:20.259 --> 00:49:20.659
 gospel of

00:49:20.659 --> 00:49:20.839
 Matthew

00:49:20.839 --> 00:49:21.259
 we've seen

00:49:21.259 --> 00:49:21.639
 Jesus

00:49:21.639 --> 00:49:22.419
 make the blind

00:49:22.419 --> 00:49:22.879
 see

00:49:22.879 --> 00:49:23.559
 and make

00:49:23.559 --> 00:49:24.019
 the lame

00:49:24.019 --> 00:49:24.379
 walk

00:49:24.379 --> 00:49:24.719
 that's

00:49:24.719 --> 00:49:25.099
 kind of

00:49:25.099 --> 00:49:25.799
 the signature

00:49:25.799 --> 00:49:26.639
 miracle

00:49:26.639 --> 00:49:27.219
 that Jesus

00:49:27.219 --> 00:49:27.579
 does

00:49:27.579 --> 00:49:28.179
 over and over

00:49:28.179 --> 00:49:28.519
 again

00:49:28.519 --> 00:49:29.799
 Matthew 11-5

00:49:29.799 --> 00:49:30.939
 Matthew 15-30

00:49:30.940 --> 00:49:33.920
 isn't this why

00:49:33.920 --> 00:49:34.639
 in the parable

00:49:34.639 --> 00:49:35.260
 of the banquet

00:49:35.260 --> 00:49:36.079
 that Jesus tells

00:49:36.079 --> 00:49:36.519
 in Luke

00:49:36.519 --> 00:49:37.340
 chapter 14

00:49:37.340 --> 00:49:38.059
 12-14

00:49:38.059 --> 00:49:38.960
 the master

00:49:38.960 --> 00:49:39.440
 of the house

00:49:39.440 --> 00:49:40.099
 who represents

00:49:40.099 --> 00:49:40.519
 God

00:49:40.519 --> 00:49:41.480
 invites to

00:49:41.480 --> 00:49:42.559
 his great feast

00:49:42.559 --> 00:49:43.539
 the poor

00:49:43.539 --> 00:49:44.740
 the crippled

00:49:44.740 --> 00:49:45.720
 the blind

00:49:45.720 --> 00:49:46.579
 and the lame

00:49:46.579 --> 00:49:49.000
 this is what

00:49:49.000 --> 00:49:49.539
 Jesus said

00:49:49.539 --> 00:49:49.980
 earlier in

00:49:49.980 --> 00:49:50.539
 Matthew 9

00:49:50.539 --> 00:49:51.460
 12-13

00:49:51.460 --> 00:49:52.480
 when the Pharisees

00:49:52.480 --> 00:49:53.159
 were grumbling

00:49:53.159 --> 00:49:54.000
 that Jesus

00:49:54.000 --> 00:49:55.059
 was befriending

00:49:55.059 --> 00:49:56.340
 tax collectors

00:49:56.340 --> 00:49:56.920
 and sinners

00:49:56.920 --> 00:49:57.519
 who were coming

00:49:57.519 --> 00:49:57.900
 to him

00:49:57.900 --> 00:49:58.400
 and repenting

00:49:58.400 --> 00:49:58.980
 of their sin

00:49:58.980 --> 00:49:59.940
 why do you

00:49:59.940 --> 00:50:00.500
 welcome them

00:50:00.500 --> 00:50:00.900
 and Jesus

00:50:00.900 --> 00:50:01.480
 said to them

00:50:01.480 --> 00:50:02.219
 it is not

00:50:02.219 --> 00:50:03.059
 the healthy

00:50:03.059 --> 00:50:03.559
 who need

00:50:03.559 --> 00:50:04.119
 a doctor

00:50:04.119 --> 00:50:05.360
 but the sick

00:50:05.360 --> 00:50:06.239
 for I have

00:50:06.239 --> 00:50:07.159
 come to call

00:50:07.159 --> 00:50:07.780
 the righteous

00:50:07.780 --> 00:50:08.800
 not the righteous

00:50:08.800 --> 00:50:10.019
 but the sinners

00:50:10.019 --> 00:50:11.940
 I'm a doctor

00:50:11.940 --> 00:50:12.539
 who have come

00:50:12.539 --> 00:50:13.480
 for the lame

00:50:13.480 --> 00:50:14.420
 I'm a doctor

00:50:14.420 --> 00:50:14.980
 who have come

00:50:14.980 --> 00:50:15.900
 for the blind

00:50:15.900 --> 00:50:18.860
 and it's not

00:50:18.860 --> 00:50:19.559
 just the blind

00:50:19.559 --> 00:50:19.980
 and the lame

00:50:19.980 --> 00:50:20.440
 it says in

00:50:20.440 --> 00:50:21.440
 verses 15-16

00:50:21.440 --> 00:50:22.380
 that the children

00:50:22.380 --> 00:50:23.239
 are crying out

00:50:23.239 --> 00:50:23.760
 to Jesus

00:50:23.760 --> 00:50:25.280
 Hosanna

00:50:25.280 --> 00:50:25.760
 to the son

00:50:25.760 --> 00:50:26.139
 of David

00:50:26.139 --> 00:50:27.679
 and Jesus

00:50:27.679 --> 00:50:28.139
 says out of

00:50:28.139 --> 00:50:28.539
 the mouth

00:50:28.539 --> 00:50:29.119
 of infants

00:50:29.119 --> 00:50:29.579
 and nursing

00:50:29.579 --> 00:50:29.980
 babies

00:50:29.980 --> 00:50:30.239
 you have

00:50:30.239 --> 00:50:30.719
 prepared

00:50:30.719 --> 00:50:31.360
 praise

00:50:31.360 --> 00:50:33.559
 if you trace

00:50:33.559 --> 00:50:33.920
 that back

00:50:33.920 --> 00:50:34.559
 to the original

00:50:34.559 --> 00:50:35.940
 in Psalm 8

00:50:35.940 --> 00:50:36.599
 verse 2

00:50:36.599 --> 00:50:37.519
 it actually

00:50:37.519 --> 00:50:38.539
 says strength

00:50:38.539 --> 00:50:39.519
 instead of praise

00:50:39.519 --> 00:50:40.279
 it says out of

00:50:40.279 --> 00:50:40.759
 the mouth

00:50:40.759 --> 00:50:41.279
 of babies

00:50:41.279 --> 00:50:41.759
 and infants

00:50:41.759 --> 00:50:42.519
 you have

00:50:42.519 --> 00:50:43.299
 established

00:50:43.299 --> 00:50:44.259
 strength

00:50:44.259 --> 00:50:45.559
 or fortress

00:50:45.559 --> 00:50:46.759
 or stronghold

00:50:46.759 --> 00:50:47.559
 because of

00:50:47.559 --> 00:50:48.199
 your foes

00:50:48.199 --> 00:50:48.860
 to steal

00:50:48.860 --> 00:50:49.340
 the enemy

00:50:49.340 --> 00:50:50.340
 and the avenger

00:50:50.340 --> 00:50:54.600
 how is it

00:50:54.600 --> 00:50:55.220
 that God

00:50:55.220 --> 00:50:56.059
 fortifies

00:50:56.059 --> 00:50:57.120
 his heavenly

00:50:57.120 --> 00:50:58.280
 dwelling place

00:50:58.280 --> 00:51:00.240
 with strength

00:51:00.240 --> 00:51:01.079
 how does God

00:51:01.079 --> 00:51:01.620
 do that

00:51:01.620 --> 00:51:02.440
 according to

00:51:02.440 --> 00:51:03.000
 Psalm 8

00:51:03.000 --> 00:51:04.600
 it's what comes

00:51:04.600 --> 00:51:05.160
 out of the mouth

00:51:05.160 --> 00:51:05.740
 of babies

00:51:05.740 --> 00:51:06.420
 and infants

00:51:06.420 --> 00:51:08.480
 he means

00:51:08.480 --> 00:51:09.760
 that by the

00:51:09.760 --> 00:51:10.820
 babbling praise

00:51:10.820 --> 00:51:11.519
 of babies

00:51:11.519 --> 00:51:12.260
 and infants

00:51:12.260 --> 00:51:13.180
 God

00:51:13.180 --> 00:51:14.460
 strengthens

00:51:14.460 --> 00:51:15.340
 his fortress

00:51:15.340 --> 00:51:16.480
 and silences

00:51:16.480 --> 00:51:17.440
 his enemies

00:51:17.440 --> 00:51:18.579
 and defeats

00:51:18.579 --> 00:51:18.900
 them

00:51:18.900 --> 00:51:22.360
 this is why

00:51:22.360 --> 00:51:23.000
 the Greek

00:51:23.000 --> 00:51:23.480
 translation

00:51:23.480 --> 00:51:24.440
 of the Hebrew

00:51:24.440 --> 00:51:24.760
 Bible

00:51:24.760 --> 00:51:25.400
 the Septuagint

00:51:25.400 --> 00:51:26.500
 said out of

00:51:26.500 --> 00:51:26.920
 the mouth

00:51:26.920 --> 00:51:27.579
 of babies

00:51:27.579 --> 00:51:28.099
 and infants

00:51:28.099 --> 00:51:28.639
 you have

00:51:28.639 --> 00:51:29.000
 prepared

00:51:29.000 --> 00:51:29.559
 praise

00:51:29.559 --> 00:51:29.940
 and that's

00:51:29.940 --> 00:51:30.360
 what Jesus

00:51:30.360 --> 00:51:30.940
 is referencing

00:51:30.940 --> 00:51:33.300
 so who are

00:51:33.300 --> 00:51:33.760
 these

00:51:33.760 --> 00:51:34.980
 soldiers

00:51:34.980 --> 00:51:35.579
 and guards

00:51:35.579 --> 00:51:36.079
 that King

00:51:36.079 --> 00:51:36.900
 Jesus uses

00:51:36.900 --> 00:51:37.760
 to fortify

00:51:37.760 --> 00:51:38.380
 and represent

00:51:38.380 --> 00:51:39.139
 the majesty

00:51:39.139 --> 00:51:39.980
 of his kingdom

00:51:39.980 --> 00:51:41.679
 infants

00:51:41.679 --> 00:51:42.519
 and nursing

00:51:42.519 --> 00:51:43.079
 babies

00:51:43.079 --> 00:51:44.920
 how can

00:51:44.920 --> 00:51:45.480
 that be

00:51:45.480 --> 00:51:47.599
 isn't that

00:51:47.599 --> 00:51:47.980
 why

00:51:47.980 --> 00:51:48.940
 Jesus

00:51:48.940 --> 00:51:50.059
 again and

00:51:50.059 --> 00:51:50.300
 again

00:51:50.300 --> 00:51:50.659
 throughout the

00:51:50.659 --> 00:51:51.000
 Gospel of

00:51:51.000 --> 00:51:51.179
 Matthew

00:51:51.179 --> 00:51:51.539
 has been

00:51:51.539 --> 00:51:52.119
 calling his

00:51:52.119 --> 00:51:52.539
 disciples

00:51:52.539 --> 00:51:53.079
 the little

00:51:53.079 --> 00:51:53.559
 ones

00:51:53.559 --> 00:51:55.420
 Matthew

00:51:55.420 --> 00:51:56.139
 1042

00:51:56.139 --> 00:51:57.200
 186

00:51:57.200 --> 00:51:58.480
 isn't this

00:51:58.480 --> 00:51:59.119
 why Jesus

00:51:59.119 --> 00:51:59.679
 repeatedly

00:51:59.679 --> 00:52:00.139
 said

00:52:00.139 --> 00:52:00.800
 unless you

00:52:00.800 --> 00:52:01.180
 turn and

00:52:01.180 --> 00:52:01.680
 become like

00:52:01.680 --> 00:52:02.180
 children

00:52:02.180 --> 00:52:02.539
 you will

00:52:02.539 --> 00:52:02.820
 never

00:52:02.820 --> 00:52:03.160
 enter

00:52:03.160 --> 00:52:03.560
 the kingdom

00:52:03.560 --> 00:52:04.039
 of heaven

00:52:04.039 --> 00:52:04.920
 whoever

00:52:04.920 --> 00:52:05.460
 humbles

00:52:05.460 --> 00:52:05.740
 himself

00:52:05.740 --> 00:52:06.200
 like this

00:52:06.200 --> 00:52:06.560
 child

00:52:06.560 --> 00:52:06.900
 is the

00:52:06.900 --> 00:52:07.240
 greatest

00:52:07.240 --> 00:52:07.580
 in the

00:52:07.580 --> 00:52:07.800
 kingdom

00:52:07.800 --> 00:52:08.220
 of heaven

00:52:08.220 --> 00:52:10.480
 so then

00:52:10.480 --> 00:52:11.039
 who are

00:52:11.039 --> 00:52:11.640
 the blind

00:52:11.640 --> 00:52:11.960
 and the

00:52:11.960 --> 00:52:12.280
 lame

00:52:12.280 --> 00:52:12.660
 and the

00:52:12.660 --> 00:52:13.000
 babies

00:52:13.000 --> 00:52:13.340
 and the

00:52:13.340 --> 00:52:13.620
 infants

00:52:13.620 --> 00:52:14.120
 that Jesus

00:52:14.120 --> 00:52:14.620
 invites

00:52:14.620 --> 00:52:15.140
 into his

00:52:15.140 --> 00:52:15.440
 kingdom

00:52:15.440 --> 00:52:16.440
 they are

00:52:16.440 --> 00:52:16.940
 those who

00:52:16.940 --> 00:52:17.580
 acknowledge

00:52:17.580 --> 00:52:18.660
 their need

00:52:18.660 --> 00:52:19.460
 those who

00:52:19.460 --> 00:52:19.800
 acknowledge

00:52:19.800 --> 00:52:20.060
 that they

00:52:20.060 --> 00:52:20.600
 are sinners

00:52:20.600 --> 00:52:21.240
 in need

00:52:21.240 --> 00:52:21.940
 of a savior

00:52:21.940 --> 00:52:22.920
 people who

00:52:22.920 --> 00:52:23.360
 recognize

00:52:23.360 --> 00:52:23.960
 that their

00:52:23.960 --> 00:52:25.060
 own righteousness

00:52:25.060 --> 00:52:26.100
 and credentials

00:52:26.100 --> 00:52:27.300
 are completely

00:52:27.300 --> 00:52:27.920
 inadequate

00:52:27.920 --> 00:52:28.880
 and depend

00:52:28.880 --> 00:52:29.320
 on the

00:52:29.320 --> 00:52:30.100
 mercy of the

00:52:30.100 --> 00:52:30.320
 king

00:52:30.320 --> 00:52:30.780
 alone

00:52:30.780 --> 00:52:31.620
 for their

00:52:31.620 --> 00:52:32.280
 salvation

00:52:32.280 --> 00:52:34.440
 people who

00:52:34.440 --> 00:52:34.980
 say here

00:52:34.980 --> 00:52:35.559
 I am

00:52:35.559 --> 00:52:38.260
 I want to

00:52:38.260 --> 00:52:38.880
 serve you

00:52:38.880 --> 00:52:40.760
 I want to

00:52:40.760 --> 00:52:41.240
 serve you

00:52:41.240 --> 00:52:41.500
 king

00:52:41.500 --> 00:52:41.900
 Jesus

00:52:41.900 --> 00:52:43.740
 I want to

00:52:43.740 --> 00:52:44.120
 give my

00:52:44.120 --> 00:52:44.700
 life to

00:52:44.700 --> 00:52:44.980
 you

00:52:44.980 --> 00:52:46.059
 I want to

00:52:46.059 --> 00:52:46.480
 represent

00:52:46.480 --> 00:52:47.080
 you

00:52:47.080 --> 00:52:48.080
 I want to

00:52:48.080 --> 00:52:48.800
 fight for

00:52:48.800 --> 00:52:49.280
 you

00:52:49.280 --> 00:52:51.760
 but woe is

00:52:51.760 --> 00:52:52.160
 me

00:52:52.160 --> 00:52:53.059
 I am

00:52:53.059 --> 00:52:53.940
 blind and

00:52:53.940 --> 00:52:54.300
 lame

00:52:54.300 --> 00:53:20.100
 they're the

00:53:20.100 --> 00:53:20.460
 ones

00:53:20.460 --> 00:53:21.699
 that

00:53:21.699 --> 00:53:22.079
 Jesus

00:53:22.079 --> 00:53:22.579
 calls

00:53:22.579 --> 00:53:22.960
 into his

00:53:22.960 --> 00:53:23.220
 kingdom

00:53:23.220 --> 00:53:25.539
 I'll

00:53:25.539 --> 00:53:26.440
 heal you

00:53:26.440 --> 00:53:29.699
 are you

00:53:29.699 --> 00:53:30.079
 sinner

00:53:30.079 --> 00:53:32.000
 I will

00:53:32.000 --> 00:53:32.440
 cleanse

00:53:32.440 --> 00:53:32.780
 you

00:53:32.780 --> 00:53:34.940
 are you

00:53:34.940 --> 00:53:35.400
 blind

00:53:35.400 --> 00:53:36.420
 I'll make

00:53:36.420 --> 00:53:36.940
 you see

00:53:36.940 --> 00:53:38.500
 are you

00:53:38.500 --> 00:53:38.880
 lame

00:53:38.880 --> 00:53:39.500
 I will

00:53:39.500 --> 00:53:40.059
 make you

00:53:40.059 --> 00:53:40.500
 walk

00:53:40.500 --> 00:53:43.940
 I am

00:53:43.940 --> 00:53:44.500
 the king

00:53:44.500 --> 00:53:46.199
 for sinners

00:53:46.199 --> 00:53:47.280
 sick and

00:53:47.280 --> 00:53:47.599
 sore

00:53:47.599 --> 00:53:48.679
 so come

00:53:48.679 --> 00:53:49.159
 to me

00:53:49.159 --> 00:53:54.300
 I am

00:53:54.300 --> 00:53:54.639
 the king

00:53:54.639 --> 00:53:55.219
 who died

00:53:55.219 --> 00:53:55.639
 for your

00:53:55.639 --> 00:53:56.059
 sins

00:53:56.059 --> 00:53:57.000
 on the

00:53:57.000 --> 00:53:57.260
 cross

00:53:57.260 --> 00:53:57.519
 so that

00:53:57.519 --> 00:53:57.900
 you might

00:53:57.900 --> 00:53:58.539
 be forgiven

00:53:58.539 --> 00:54:00.400
 and declared

00:54:00.400 --> 00:54:00.980
 righteous

00:54:00.980 --> 00:54:03.139
 it's for

00:54:03.139 --> 00:54:03.619
 you

00:54:03.619 --> 00:54:05.240
 that I

00:54:05.240 --> 00:54:05.860
 roll down

00:54:05.860 --> 00:54:06.320
 Mount of

00:54:06.320 --> 00:54:06.780
 Olives

00:54:06.780 --> 00:54:07.940
 to Jerusalem

00:54:07.940 --> 00:54:09.000
 not on a

00:54:09.000 --> 00:54:09.900
 war stallion

00:54:09.900 --> 00:54:11.280
 but on a

00:54:11.280 --> 00:54:11.659
 donkey

00:54:11.659 --> 00:54:13.360
 that I

00:54:13.360 --> 00:54:13.500
 might

00:54:13.500 --> 00:54:13.820
 proclaim

00:54:13.820 --> 00:54:14.500
 peace

00:54:14.500 --> 00:54:19.380
 not to

00:54:19.380 --> 00:54:19.699
 judge

00:54:19.699 --> 00:54:20.039
 sinners

00:54:20.039 --> 00:54:20.500
 but to

00:54:20.500 --> 00:54:20.980
 justify

00:54:20.980 --> 00:54:21.460
 sinners

00:54:21.460 --> 00:54:23.199
 not to

00:54:23.199 --> 00:54:23.719
 kill the

00:54:23.719 --> 00:54:24.019
 rebels

00:54:24.019 --> 00:54:25.179
 but to

00:54:25.179 --> 00:54:25.539
 redeem

00:54:25.539 --> 00:54:25.960
 them

00:54:25.960 --> 00:54:29.079
 so will

00:54:29.079 --> 00:54:29.539
 you come

00:54:29.539 --> 00:54:31.539
 come to

00:54:31.539 --> 00:54:31.779
 king

00:54:31.779 --> 00:54:32.079
 jesus

00:54:32.079 --> 00:54:32.440
 today

00:54:32.440 --> 00:54:35.420
 let's

00:54:35.420 --> 00:54:35.739
 pray

00:54:35.739 --> 00:54:41.619
 oh king

00:54:41.619 --> 00:54:42.159
 jesus

00:54:42.159 --> 00:54:43.139
 we worship

00:54:43.139 --> 00:54:43.480
 you

00:54:43.480 --> 00:54:47.920
 you are

00:54:47.920 --> 00:54:48.420
 worthy

00:54:48.420 --> 00:54:50.219
 worthy of

00:54:50.219 --> 00:54:51.000
 all praise

00:54:51.000 --> 00:54:52.239
 honor

00:54:52.239 --> 00:54:55.119
 all rule

00:54:55.119 --> 00:54:56.300
 and glory

00:54:56.300 --> 00:55:01.700
 you are

00:55:01.700 --> 00:55:02.140
 worthy

00:55:02.140 --> 00:55:02.600
 and we

00:55:02.600 --> 00:55:03.280
 wish only

00:55:03.280 --> 00:55:03.660
 that we

00:55:03.660 --> 00:55:04.100
 could offer

00:55:04.100 --> 00:55:04.519
 you

00:55:04.519 --> 00:55:05.100
 the

00:55:05.100 --> 00:55:05.480
 worship

00:55:05.480 --> 00:55:06.640
 that

00:55:06.640 --> 00:55:07.700
 befits

00:55:07.700 --> 00:55:08.180
 your

00:55:08.180 --> 00:55:09.380
 glory

00:55:09.380 --> 00:55:09.640
 and

00:55:09.640 --> 00:55:10.060
 station

00:55:10.060 --> 00:55:11.720
 we only

00:55:11.720 --> 00:55:12.039
 wish

00:55:12.039 --> 00:55:12.360
 that we

00:55:12.360 --> 00:55:12.580
 could

00:55:12.580 --> 00:55:14.440
 render

00:55:14.440 --> 00:55:14.960
 useful

00:55:14.960 --> 00:55:15.360
 service

00:55:15.360 --> 00:55:15.940
 to you

00:55:15.940 --> 00:55:16.480
 our

00:55:16.480 --> 00:55:16.880
 king

00:55:16.880 --> 00:55:20.900
 we

00:55:20.900 --> 00:55:21.460
 thank you

00:55:21.460 --> 00:55:21.780
 dad

00:55:21.780 --> 00:55:27.080
 that you

00:55:27.080 --> 00:55:27.440
 do not

00:55:27.440 --> 00:55:28.000
 call the

00:55:28.000 --> 00:55:28.500
 righteous

00:55:28.500 --> 00:55:32.740
 but that

00:55:32.740 --> 00:55:33.220
 you call

00:55:33.220 --> 00:55:33.880
 sinners to

00:55:33.880 --> 00:55:34.260
 repentance

00:55:34.260 --> 00:55:34.700
 and you

00:55:34.700 --> 00:55:35.200
 justify

00:55:35.200 --> 00:55:35.600
 them

00:55:35.600 --> 00:55:40.380
 thank you

00:55:40.380 --> 00:55:40.820
 father for

00:55:40.820 --> 00:55:41.440
 your grace

00:55:41.440 --> 00:55:43.040
 in sending

00:55:43.040 --> 00:55:43.519
 jesus

00:55:43.519 --> 00:55:45.100
 your only

00:55:45.100 --> 00:55:45.600
 son

00:55:45.600 --> 00:55:48.740
 to rescue

00:55:48.740 --> 00:55:49.160
 us

00:55:49.159 --> 00:55:53.299
 it is

00:55:53.299 --> 00:55:53.980
 to him

00:55:53.980 --> 00:55:56.219
 and through

00:55:56.219 --> 00:55:56.719
 him to

00:55:56.719 --> 00:55:57.019
 you

00:55:57.019 --> 00:55:57.480
 oh lord

00:55:57.480 --> 00:55:57.879
 that we

00:55:57.879 --> 00:55:58.239
 pledge

00:55:58.239 --> 00:55:58.440
 our

00:55:58.440 --> 00:55:58.980
 allegiance

00:55:58.980 --> 00:56:01.920
 make us

00:56:01.920 --> 00:56:02.399
 a faithful

00:56:02.399 --> 00:56:02.899
 people

00:56:02.899 --> 00:56:06.759
 who love

00:56:06.759 --> 00:56:07.099
 and serve

00:56:07.099 --> 00:56:07.420
 you all

00:56:07.420 --> 00:56:07.960
 our days

00:56:07.960 --> 00:56:09.239
 in jesus

00:56:09.239 --> 00:56:09.639
 name we

00:56:09.639 --> 00:56:09.899
 pray

00:56:09.899 --> 00:56:10.799
 amen