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 Well, good morning. Will you turn in your Bibles to Matthew chapter 21?

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 If you're using the paperback, yeah, the children are dismissed.

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 If you're using the paperback Pew Bible, it's page 916.

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 And we're going to work through a story this morning that is often called the triumphal entry,

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 but I think a better title might be the not-so-triumphal entry,

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 because as we'll see, it isn't really that triumphant at all.

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 It's actually a bit of a letdown.

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 We're in the middle of a series on the book of Matthew,

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 and I'm really grateful to continue with the series this morning.

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 Last week, Matt Sear led us through the rest of chapter 20, and today we're in chapter 21.

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 Let's do this. We'll start by reading the story, verses 1 through 11,

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 and then we'll go back and take a look at it more closely.

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 It says in 21, verse 1,

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 Now when they drew near to Jerusalem and came to Bethphage, to the Mount of Olives,

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 then Jesus sent two disciples, saying to them,

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 Go into the village in front of you, and immediately you will find 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, you shall say,

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 The Lord needs them, and he will send them at once.

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 This took place to fulfill what was spoken by the prophet, 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, on a colt,

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 the foal of a beast of burden.

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 The disciples went and did as Jesus had directed them.

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 They brought the donkey and the colt 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 on the road,

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 and others cut branches from trees and spread them on the road.

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 And the crowds that went before him and that followed him were shouting,

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 Hosanna to the son of David!

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

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 Hosanna in the highest!

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 And when he entered Jerusalem, the whole city was stirred up,

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 saying, Who is this?

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 And the crowd said,

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 This is the prophet Jesus from Nazareth of Galilee.

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 You know, it seems like in this country we're facing elections all the time.

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 As soon as we're done with one election cycle,

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 then we have a new election cycle coming on,

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 and with all those pesky radio and television election commercials.

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 And the question always is,

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 Who should we accept as our leader?

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 And the answer to that question depends on how we diagnose the problems.

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 Who we want to fix the problems depends on what we think the problems are.

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 And in this chapter, the question is,

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 Should we accept Jesus or not?

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 Is he going to be solving the problems that we think he should be solving?

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 The passage comes at a critical point in the book of Matthew.

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 The first 20 chapters of the book of Matthew,

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 from chapter 1 to chapter 20,

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 cover 33 years of time.

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 Jesus' miraculous birth,

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 his baptism,

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 his teaching,

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 and his parables,

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 and his miracles.

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 He has announced that he is going to be killed

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 and raised to life again.

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 And his disciples aren't so sure what they think about that,

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 but they're willing to go along with it.

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 And then he turns his face toward Jerusalem.

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 He's up in Galilee,

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 up in the north,

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 and he turns toward Jerusalem.

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 Jerusalem is the cultural and political

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 and religious capital of the nations.

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 And the Jewish leaders

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 who have been coming up to Galilee

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 to test him

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 and to resist him

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 and to try and

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 cause trouble for him

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 have come from Jerusalem.

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 And when Jesus says

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 that he's going to Jerusalem,

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 his disciples say,

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 What?

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 That's where the Jews are

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 who are trying to kill you.

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 We're going there.

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 And Jesus says,

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 We're going there.

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 Because his whole life

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 and his whole ministry

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 have been directed to this moment.

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 When he comes to Jerusalem

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 to accomplish the task

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 that the Father has for him.

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 And at this point,

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 once he arrives in Jerusalem,

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 Matthew begins to slow down

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 to get into more detail,

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 and he starts to cover

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 less time with more chapters.

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 At this point,

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 from chapter 21 to chapter 28,

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 from the time Jesus enters Jerusalem

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 until he rises from the dead,

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 it only covers one week of time.

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 Because this is the climax

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 of the book of Matthew.

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 And this is the climax, in fact,

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 of all of the Bible

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 and all of world history.

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 This is the point

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 upon which everything turns.

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 Every person, every kingdom,

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 every event that the world

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 has ever known,

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 this is Jesus in Jerusalem.

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 So let's look at this story.

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 It seems like a simple story at first,

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 but there's a lot going on here.

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 Look back at verse 1.

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 It says,

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 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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 See, they've made their way

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 down from Galilee.

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 It's been a long distance

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 over many, many days of walking.

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 He stopped along the way

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 to teach and to do some miracles.

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 And they've come

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 to the outskirts of Jerusalem

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 to a series of these small villages.

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 There in Bethphage,

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 nearby is Bethany,

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 where he raised Lazarus from the dead.

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 Jerusalem is up in the hill country,

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 and it's surrounded on three sides

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 by deep valleys.

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 And then on the other side

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 of those valleys are hills.

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 And on the east side of Jerusalem

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 is the Mount of Olives.

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 And up on the Mount of Olives

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 is this little village

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 that Jesus and his followers

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 were coming to

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 as they made their way

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 to Bethlehem.

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 As they come to the outskirts

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 of that little village,

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 Jesus tells his disciples,

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 okay, in verse 2,

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 okay, go into the village

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 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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 So he gives his disciples

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 some very specific instructions.

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 And he says in verse 3,

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 if anyone says anything to you,

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 you shall say the Lord needs them

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 and he will send them at once.

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 Here's our first little stop

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 where we think,

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 well, this is a little bit odd

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 because a donkey was worth

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 a lot of money.

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 This would be a little bit like

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 Jesus saying to one of his disciples,

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 go into Kenosha

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 and at the pick and save,

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 you will see a BMW parked there,

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 bring it to me.

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 And if the owner is there

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 standing by his car,

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 then you just simply say

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 to the owner,

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 Jesus needs this

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 and he'll hand you the keys.

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 And the disciples say,

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 well, a BMW costs,

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 you know, maybe $40,000.

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 And Jesus will be like,

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 that's okay,

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 he'll send it along.

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 So Matthew doesn't tell us

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 how this worked.

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 He doesn't tell us

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 if this was a miracle

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 and Jesus knew

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 that the donkeys would be there

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 and he's miraculously

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 causing the guy

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 to just give up

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 not only one donkey

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 but two

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 just simply by being asked for it

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 or if Jesus had set this up

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 in advance somehow

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 and arranged this in advance.

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 We're just not told by that

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 but we know that Jesus

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 is being very specific

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 about what he has in mind here.

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 The point is

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 that Jesus is not just tired

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 and he's walking along

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 and oh, there's a donkey

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 by the side of the road.

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 I think I'll just hop on that

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 for a little while.

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 He's doing something

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 very intentional here.

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 There are these animals

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 and he is causing his disciples

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 to go and get them.

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 Now another reason

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 that this is unusual

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 is because this is the only time

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 in the entire book of Matthew

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 or any of the gospels

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 where Jesus rides on an animal.

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 He walked everywhere

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 or if he was up

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 at the Sea of Galilee

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 he rode a boat.

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 In fact, he had walked

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 from Galilee

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 to these villages

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 outside of Jerusalem

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 100 miles

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 all the way down there

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 and now he only has

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 one mile to go.

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 So if he has already

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 walked 100 miles

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 why does he need a donkey

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 for just that last mile?

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 That seems strange.

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 And in fact,

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 it's even stranger than that

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 because we're so familiar

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 with this story

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 that we don't often

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 think about this

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 but everyone else

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 would have been walking

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 into Jerusalem.

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 In fact,

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 there was a Jewish tradition

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 that if you were a pilgrim

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 coming to Jerusalem

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 for one of the feast days

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 you were supposed to walk

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 and not ride on an animal.

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 So all of the rest

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 of the crowd,

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 all of these pilgrims

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 coming from different parts

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 of Israel

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 would have been coming

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 to Jerusalem

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 and they all would have

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 been walking

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 and here would be Jesus

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 the only one

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 sitting on a donkey

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 riding into the city.

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 Talk about drawing

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 attention to yourself.

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 And then,

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 as his disciples had said,

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 Jerusalem was not

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 the safest place for him.

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 Jerusalem was where

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 everyone was looking

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 for him to try and kill him.

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 So instead of Jesus

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 and his disciples

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 just sort of blending

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 in with the crowd,

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 pulling their hood

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 over their face

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 and sort of keeping

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 their heads down

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 and going into the city

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 that way,

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 instead Jesus props

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 himself up on a donkey.

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 He's the only one

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 and here he comes.

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 Talk about conspicuous.

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 He's intentionally

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 drawing people's focus

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 to himself.

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 Now in verse 4,

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 Matthew tells us

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 that Jesus is doing

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 this as a symbol

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 to make a claim

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 about himself

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 in fulfillment

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 of Old Testament prophecy.

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 He doesn't ride

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 a donkey

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 because he's tired

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 of walking.

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 He rides a donkey

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 because he is making

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 a claim about himself

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 through the symbolism

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 that most Jews

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 who knew their Bibles

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 would have instantly

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 recognized.

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 And we may not know

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 the significance

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 of riding a donkey

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 into Jerusalem,

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 so Matthew helps us

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 out a little bit

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 and in verse 5,

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 he quotes from the

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 Old Testament prophecy

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 that Jesus is triggering here.

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 He says in verse 5,

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 Say to the daughter

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 of Zion,

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 Behold,

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 your king is coming

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 to you humble

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 and mounted on a donkey,

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 on a colt,

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 full of a beast of burden.

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 That comes from

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 the book of Zechariah,

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 chapter 9,

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 verse 9.

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 And Matthew says

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 in verse 4

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 that this was to fulfill

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 fulfill what had been said

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 by the prophet.

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 The prophet Zechariah

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 had predicted

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 that Jerusalem's king

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 would come into Jerusalem

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 riding on a donkey

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 and now Jesus is riding

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 into town on a donkey

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 to fulfill that prediction,

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 to realize what Zechariah

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 had foretold

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 some 500 years before.

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 Would you turn in your Bibles

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 to Zechariah 9, 9?

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 Why don't you hold your finger

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 in Matthew 21?

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 It's only a few pages back.

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 You've got to go back

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 into the Old Testament

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 before Matthew,

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 then through Malachi,

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 just a short book,

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 and into the book of Zechariah.

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 So Matthew,

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 and then go back to Malachi,

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 and then go back to Zechariah.

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 Zechariah 9, verse 9.

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 Let's look at that.

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 When New Testament authors

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 like Matthew

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 quote from Old Testament prophets

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 like Zechariah,

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 they usually have in mind

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 more than just that verse.

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 They usually have in mind

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 more than just that one statement.

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 Usually,

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 they have in mind

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 the entire context

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 of the Old Testament prophet.

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 When they cite

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 an Old Testament prophecy,

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 people like Matthew

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 are connecting

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 the two passages together.

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 They're connecting Matthew 21

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 and Zechariah 9, 9,

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 and they're inviting us

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 to go back to Zechariah 9

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 and to look at

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 the entire passage there

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 and all the ideas

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 that are back there

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 in Zechariah 9.

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 And then,

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 they invite us

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 to import

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 all of those ideas

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 from that Old Testament passage

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 back into the book of Matthew.

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 Think about something

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 like a hyperlink.

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 Think about when you're

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 on a webpage

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 and you see a sentence

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 underlined

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 and you know that

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 that's a hyperlink

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 on the internet.

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 It's not just that hyperlink

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 that's in view.

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 You're supposed to

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 click that link

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 and you go to

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 an entire webpage

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 and that webpage

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 is supposed to inform

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 what you're reading

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 on the first one.

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 Think about this example.

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 Let's say that it's

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 in mid-December

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 and my friend

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 is really being

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 anti-Christmas

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 and so I say to him,

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 look,

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 don't be a Scrooge.

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 Well,

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 I'm obviously alluding

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 to the character Scrooge

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 in Charles Dickens

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 A Christmas Character.

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 But then,

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 why don't I just say

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 to my friend,

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 don't be grumpy?

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 Isn't it just

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 the same thing

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 to say to someone,

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 don't be grumpy

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 as it is to say to them,

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 don't be a Scrooge?

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 It's not the same thing,

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 not at all

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 because when I call him Scrooge,

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 I'm making a connection

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 to Charles Dickens'

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 Christmas Carol

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 and I'm importing

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 all of the associations

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 from that book

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 all at once

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 and directing them

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 at my friend.

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 I'm calling my friend

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 a miserly,

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 isolated man

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 who doesn't care

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 about people in need.

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 I'm calling him

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 a man who doesn't

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 just ignore Christmas

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 but he hates it

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 and ruins it

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 for everyone else

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 around him.

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 I'm saying that my friend

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 has fundamental flaws

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 and blind spots.

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 And I'm referring

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 to my friend

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 as someone

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 who everyone else

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 fears and avoids

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 because of his sour attitude.

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 When I call myself,

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 when I call my friend Scrooge,

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 I'm importing

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 all of those associations

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 from Charles Dickens'

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 Christmas Carol

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 in that one statement.

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 It's actually

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 very efficient communication.

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 When Matthew quotes

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 from Zechariah 9.9,

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 it's like a link

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 on a webpage

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 and it's like Matthew

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 is saying,

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 I'm not just bringing this here

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 for your convenience,

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 I'm inviting you

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 to go back to Zechariah

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 and check that out.

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 So let's do that.

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 Let's look at Zechariah 9.

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 Zechariah was a prophet

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 in the time

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 after the exile.

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 God had punished

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 his people

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 by sending them

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 into a foreign land

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 and when he had

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 brought them back

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 from exile,

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 even though it was

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 a time of temporary restoration,

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 it was a time

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 that was very difficult.

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 The Persian Empire

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 who ruled them

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 was incredibly unstable.

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 Emperors kept dying,

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 they kept dying in battle

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 and every time

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 an emperor would die,

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 these little revolts

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 and rebellions

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 would rise up

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 and the Persian Empire

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 would send their military there

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 and stamp out the revolt

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 and kill people

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 and burn down a city.

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 The land of Israel

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 was now a Persian province

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 called Yehud,

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 which is where we get

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 the word Jew from.

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 It was a much smaller territory

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 than Israel had been

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 before the exile.

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 It was only about

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 50 square miles.

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 There were only about

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 50,000 people

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 that lived

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 in the entire province.

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 The temple

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 that had symbolized

00:14:50.419 --> 00:14:51.439
 God's presence

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 and sort of the headquarters

00:14:52.559 --> 00:14:53.639
 of his power

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 on earth

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 was in ruins.

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 There was no more priesthood.

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 The relationship

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 with God

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 had been fractured.

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 There was poverty

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 and social problems.

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 The people

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 were beginning

00:15:09.019 --> 00:15:09.599
 to return

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 to their old sins.

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 They were marrying

00:15:11.319 --> 00:15:12.179
 non-believers

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 outside of the community.

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 The leaders

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 were oppressive

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 and corrupt.

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 False prophets

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 were rising.

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 Everyone was marked

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 by incredible immorality.

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 They were abusing

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 the poor

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 and taking advantage

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 of those people

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 in need.

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 And this was supposed

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 to be the restoration

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 from exile.

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 And so everyone

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 is sitting around

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 thinking,

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 what hope is there

00:15:34.940 --> 00:15:35.419
 for us?

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 What hope is there

00:15:37.980 --> 00:15:38.539
 for the future?

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 What could God's plan

00:15:40.159 --> 00:15:41.180
 possibly be

00:15:41.180 --> 00:15:41.919
 moving forward?

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 We are the people

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 of God,

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 but we are mired

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 as the nobody

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 subjects

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 of the mighty

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 Persian Empire

00:15:48.039 --> 00:15:49.439
 just out of the way

00:15:49.439 --> 00:15:50.579
 and just crumbling

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 and decay.

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 What hope

00:15:54.579 --> 00:15:55.379
 could God

00:15:55.379 --> 00:15:56.299
 possibly have

00:15:56.299 --> 00:15:56.879
 for his people

00:15:56.879 --> 00:15:57.480
 in the future?

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 And then Zechariah

00:15:58.799 --> 00:15:59.419
 comes along

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 and he announces

00:16:00.279 --> 00:16:01.740
 that the coming

00:16:01.740 --> 00:16:03.219
 kingdom of God

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 is yet in the future.

00:16:05.719 --> 00:16:06.679
 That God

00:16:06.679 --> 00:16:07.419
 is in charge

00:16:07.419 --> 00:16:08.019
 of the world

00:16:08.019 --> 00:16:08.799
 and he calls

00:16:08.799 --> 00:16:09.399
 his people

00:16:09.399 --> 00:16:10.139
 to repentance

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 and into relationship

00:16:11.480 --> 00:16:12.179
 with himself

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 and someday

00:16:13.179 --> 00:16:14.079
 he is coming

00:16:14.079 --> 00:16:15.079
 to defeat

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 the enemies

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 of his people

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 and to rule

00:16:17.440 --> 00:16:18.280
 over a peaceful

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 earth everywhere

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 and he is going

00:16:20.759 --> 00:16:21.600
 to set everything

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 right.

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 And this was the

00:16:22.580 --> 00:16:23.600
 message of Zechariah.

00:16:24.360 --> 00:16:24.820
 And throughout

00:16:24.820 --> 00:16:25.860
 the book of Zechariah

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 there is a focus

00:16:26.960 --> 00:16:27.879
 on Jerusalem.

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 In chapter 1

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 he says

00:16:30.840 --> 00:16:31.680
 God is going

00:16:31.680 --> 00:16:32.540
 to restore

00:16:32.540 --> 00:16:33.300
 Jerusalem.

00:16:33.460 --> 00:16:34.160
 In chapter 2

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 he says

00:16:34.580 --> 00:16:35.160
 God is going

00:16:35.160 --> 00:16:35.940
 to restore

00:16:35.940 --> 00:16:36.740
 Jerusalem.

00:16:37.060 --> 00:16:37.860
 In chapter 4

00:16:37.860 --> 00:16:38.620
 in Zechariah

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 he says

00:16:39.100 --> 00:16:39.920
 God is going

00:16:39.920 --> 00:16:40.720
 to rebuild

00:16:40.720 --> 00:16:41.580
 the temple

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 and that is going

00:16:42.519 --> 00:16:43.180
 to be a symbol

00:16:43.180 --> 00:16:44.060
 of his relationship

00:16:44.060 --> 00:16:44.759
 with you.

00:16:45.120 --> 00:16:45.860
 In chapter 6

00:16:45.860 --> 00:16:46.180
 he says

00:16:46.180 --> 00:16:46.720
 God is going

00:16:46.720 --> 00:16:47.340
 to rebuild

00:16:47.340 --> 00:16:48.279
 the temple

00:16:48.279 --> 00:16:49.539
 and in chapter 8

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 he says

00:16:50.159 --> 00:16:50.840
 God is going

00:16:50.840 --> 00:16:51.440
 to dwell

00:16:51.440 --> 00:16:52.139
 in Jerusalem

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 and someday

00:16:52.800 --> 00:16:53.840
 all the peoples

00:16:53.840 --> 00:16:54.440
 of the earth

00:16:54.440 --> 00:16:55.440
 will be pilgrims

00:16:55.440 --> 00:16:56.039
 to Jerusalem

00:16:56.039 --> 00:16:56.460
 and they will

00:16:56.460 --> 00:16:57.539
 come to worship

00:16:57.539 --> 00:16:59.100
 God in Jerusalem

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 because the temple

00:17:01.139 --> 00:17:01.940
 is the place

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 of God's special

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 presence and power

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 unlike anywhere

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 else on earth.

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 It's his headquarters.

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 And so the Old Testament

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 prophets state

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 that at the end

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 of time

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 God is going

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 to again

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 take up residence

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 in Jerusalem

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 and all the peoples

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 of the earth

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 will come there

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 to worship him.

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 And so when we get

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 to Zechariah chapter 9

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 this is all

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 in the background.

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 Look what it says

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 in Zechariah chapter 9.

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 In verses 1 through 8

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 God the mighty warrior

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 is coming to make war

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 on his enemies

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 and he marches

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 from north to south

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 down the coastland

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 of the Mediterranean Sea

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 laying waste

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 to his enemies.

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 He starts in verse 1

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 with Hadrach

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 and Damascus.

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 Do you see that?

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 Zechariah 9.1

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 The oracle

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 of the word

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 of the Lord

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 is against the land

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 of Hadrach

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 and Damascus

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 for the Lord

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 has an eye

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 on mankind

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 and on all

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 the tribes

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 of Israel.

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 Just like an ancient

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 ruler or even

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 a modern day one

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 for that matter

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 has his eye

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 on his subjects

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 looking for

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 whoever might

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 be opposed to him

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 or any rebellion

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 that might be

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 starting up.

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 The Lord

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 has his eye

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 on all mankind.

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 He rules over

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 the entire earth.

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 He is everywhere

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 and he knows

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 everything

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 and he has

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 total control

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 of everything

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 not just of Israel

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 but on all mankind.

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 And he starts

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 up in Syria

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 up in Damascus.

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 He starts

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 in the north

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 in Syria

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 the ancient

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 enemies of Israel

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 and he begins

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 to work against them

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 and to defeat them.

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 And then in verse 2

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 he moves south

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 down to Tyre

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 and Sidon.

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 Tyre and Sidon

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 were major enemies

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 of Israel as well.

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 They had a reputation

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 of being so powerful

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 and so wealthy.

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 Look what it says

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 in verse 2.

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 Tyre and Sidon

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 though they are

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 very wise

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 they were cultured

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 and significant

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 and intelligent.

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 Not only that

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 but they were

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 well fortified.

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 Look at verse 3.

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 Tyre has built

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 herself a rampart.

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 Tyre was well known

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 because they had

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 a fortress

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 in the ocean

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 and it was

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 so difficult

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 to attack

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 that fortress

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 in the middle

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 of the ocean

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 that one time

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 Nebuchadnezzar

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 with the mighty

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 Babylonian army

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 came to attack Tyre

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 and he put it

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 under siege

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 for 13 years

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 and then he limped home.

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 He was unable

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 to conquer them

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 so they became

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 very proud.

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 They thought

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 they were invulnerable

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 to attack.

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 And not only that

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 look at the rest

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 of verse 3.

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 They have heaped up

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 silver like dust

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 and find gold

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 like the mud

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 of the streets.

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 Not only are they

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 well fortified

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 but they are wealthy.

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 But look what it says

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 in verse 4.

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 Behold the Lord

00:19:46.740 --> 00:19:47.900
 will strip Tyre

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 of her possessions

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 and strike down

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 her power on the sea

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 and she shall be

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 devoured by fire.

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 Think about some

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 of the enemies

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 of God.

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 Think about some

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 of the enemies

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 in our own world

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 who are opposed

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 to God

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 and to Christ.

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 Institutions

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 in our own culture

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 governments

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 all across the world

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 who are well

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 resourced

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 intelligent

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 we sometimes

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 wonder

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 is there any hope

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 is there any hope

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 against institutions

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 like that?

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 There is.

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 He moves

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 from Tyre

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 after demolishing

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 Tyre

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 down to verse 5

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 in Ashkelon

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 and Gaza

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 and Ekron

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 these are the cities

00:20:34.079 --> 00:20:35.039
 of the Philistines

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 ancient enemies

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 of Israel.

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 He says Ashkelon

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 will be afraid

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 and Gaza

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 will writhe

00:20:40.659 --> 00:20:41.419
 in anguish

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 and Ekron

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 also

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 because its hopes

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 are confounded.

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 Look at verse 8.

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 Then I will encamp

00:20:49.159 --> 00:20:50.139
 at my temple

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 my house

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 as a guard

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 so that none

00:20:54.179 --> 00:20:54.759
 shall march

00:20:54.759 --> 00:20:55.399
 to and fro

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 no oppressor

00:20:56.319 --> 00:20:56.839
 shall again

00:20:56.839 --> 00:20:57.579
 march over them

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 for now I see

00:20:58.619 --> 00:20:59.879
 with my own eyes.

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 So God

00:21:00.939 --> 00:21:01.539
 is coming

00:21:01.539 --> 00:21:02.319
 as the warrior

00:21:02.319 --> 00:21:03.299
 from Aram

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 and Syria

00:21:04.019 --> 00:21:06.019
 to Tyre

00:21:06.019 --> 00:21:06.579
 and Sidon

00:21:06.579 --> 00:21:07.460
 to the Philistines

00:21:07.460 --> 00:21:08.159
 and then he comes

00:21:08.159 --> 00:21:08.899
 to encamp

00:21:08.899 --> 00:21:09.779
 at Jerusalem

00:21:09.779 --> 00:21:10.839
 at his temple

00:21:10.839 --> 00:21:12.359
 that is his place

00:21:12.359 --> 00:21:13.659
 those are his people

00:21:13.659 --> 00:21:14.180
 and he

00:21:14.180 --> 00:21:15.720
 is the powerful God.

00:21:16.720 --> 00:21:17.420
 His eyes

00:21:17.420 --> 00:21:18.279
 are on Jerusalem

00:21:18.279 --> 00:21:18.819
 and he will

00:21:18.819 --> 00:21:19.440
 cleanse it

00:21:19.440 --> 00:21:19.839
 and he will

00:21:19.839 --> 00:21:20.559
 protect it

00:21:20.559 --> 00:21:21.200
 and he is going

00:21:21.200 --> 00:21:21.659
 to make sure

00:21:21.659 --> 00:21:22.079
 that nothing

00:21:22.079 --> 00:21:22.980
 is ever the same

00:21:22.980 --> 00:21:23.379
 again.

00:21:23.700 --> 00:21:24.259
 And then he says

00:21:24.259 --> 00:21:24.940
 in verse 9

00:21:24.940 --> 00:21:26.379
 rejoice greatly

00:21:26.379 --> 00:21:27.680
 O daughter of Zion

00:21:27.680 --> 00:21:28.379
 now it is time

00:21:28.380 --> 00:21:29.080
 for celebration

00:21:29.080 --> 00:21:29.680
 rejoice

00:21:29.680 --> 00:21:30.940
 shout aloud

00:21:30.940 --> 00:21:31.900
 O daughter of Jerusalem

00:21:31.900 --> 00:21:32.960
 behold your king

00:21:32.960 --> 00:21:33.960
 is coming to you

00:21:33.960 --> 00:21:34.700
 righteous

00:21:34.700 --> 00:21:35.900
 and having salvation

00:21:35.900 --> 00:21:36.500
 is he

00:21:36.500 --> 00:21:37.200
 humble

00:21:37.200 --> 00:21:37.980
 and mounted

00:21:37.980 --> 00:21:38.760
 on a donkey

00:21:38.760 --> 00:21:39.620
 on a colt

00:21:39.620 --> 00:21:40.280
 the foal

00:21:40.280 --> 00:21:41.080
 of a donkey.

00:21:41.640 --> 00:21:42.280
 God is going

00:21:42.280 --> 00:21:42.940
 to establish

00:21:42.940 --> 00:21:43.640
 his rule

00:21:43.640 --> 00:21:44.160
 on earth

00:21:44.160 --> 00:21:44.840
 through this

00:21:44.840 --> 00:21:46.320
 special messianic king.

00:21:47.620 --> 00:21:48.180
 Zion

00:21:48.180 --> 00:21:49.420
 is another name

00:21:49.420 --> 00:21:50.540
 for the temple mount

00:21:50.540 --> 00:21:52.800
 that is the symbol

00:21:52.800 --> 00:21:53.840
 of God's presence

00:21:53.840 --> 00:21:54.460
 and power.

00:21:55.660 --> 00:21:56.500
 He says

00:21:56.500 --> 00:21:57.220
 that this king

00:21:57.220 --> 00:21:57.880
 in verse 9

00:21:57.880 --> 00:21:58.240
 is going

00:21:58.240 --> 00:21:59.039
 to be humble

00:21:59.039 --> 00:22:00.960
 but humble

00:22:00.960 --> 00:22:01.579
 doesn't mean

00:22:01.579 --> 00:22:02.000
 wimpy.

00:22:03.500 --> 00:22:04.119
 Humble means

00:22:04.119 --> 00:22:04.680
 dependent

00:22:04.680 --> 00:22:05.759
 upon God

00:22:05.759 --> 00:22:07.440
 that the king

00:22:07.440 --> 00:22:07.799
 is going

00:22:07.799 --> 00:22:08.660
 to be victorious

00:22:08.660 --> 00:22:09.640
 because he

00:22:09.640 --> 00:22:10.819
 because God

00:22:10.819 --> 00:22:11.740
 has his back

00:22:11.740 --> 00:22:14.680
 and he's mounted

00:22:14.680 --> 00:22:15.339
 on a donkey

00:22:15.339 --> 00:22:16.599
 which at first glance

00:22:16.599 --> 00:22:17.220
 that seems a little

00:22:17.220 --> 00:22:17.980
 odd because maybe

00:22:17.980 --> 00:22:18.619
 we would like him

00:22:18.619 --> 00:22:19.140
 to be mounted

00:22:19.140 --> 00:22:20.599
 on a mighty stallion

00:22:20.599 --> 00:22:21.859
 maybe a war horse

00:22:21.859 --> 00:22:24.900
 that would be

00:22:24.900 --> 00:22:25.599
 much more impressive

00:22:25.599 --> 00:22:26.679
 than a donkey.

00:22:28.179 --> 00:22:29.139
 But there's a long

00:22:29.139 --> 00:22:30.059
 tradition in the Bible

00:22:30.059 --> 00:22:30.859
 that a donkey

00:22:30.859 --> 00:22:31.939
 means royalty.

00:22:33.719 --> 00:22:35.099
 In Genesis 49

00:22:35.099 --> 00:22:35.659
 a donkey

00:22:35.659 --> 00:22:36.599
 was a part

00:22:36.599 --> 00:22:37.179
 of the blessing

00:22:37.179 --> 00:22:37.839
 of Judah

00:22:37.839 --> 00:22:38.539
 who was in

00:22:38.539 --> 00:22:39.459
 the messianic line.

00:22:41.079 --> 00:22:41.819
 David rode

00:22:41.819 --> 00:22:42.679
 into Jerusalem

00:22:42.679 --> 00:22:43.500
 on a donkey.

00:22:44.039 --> 00:22:44.839
 Solomon rode

00:22:44.839 --> 00:22:45.500
 on a donkey

00:22:45.500 --> 00:22:46.240
 when he was going

00:22:46.240 --> 00:22:47.139
 to be made king.

00:22:48.359 --> 00:22:49.000
 A donkey

00:22:49.000 --> 00:22:50.019
 in the ancient world

00:22:50.019 --> 00:22:51.139
 symbolized wealth

00:22:51.139 --> 00:22:52.559
 and royalty

00:22:52.559 --> 00:22:54.439
 and respect.

00:22:55.599 --> 00:22:56.919
 And here comes

00:22:56.919 --> 00:22:57.519
 the king

00:22:57.519 --> 00:22:58.179
 of Zion

00:22:58.179 --> 00:23:00.099
 after God

00:23:00.099 --> 00:23:00.980
 has laid waste

00:23:00.980 --> 00:23:01.699
 to his enemies

00:23:01.699 --> 00:23:02.919
 riding into Jerusalem

00:23:02.919 --> 00:23:03.959
 on a donkey.

00:23:05.179 --> 00:23:06.399
 And then he concludes

00:23:06.399 --> 00:23:06.959
 look what he says

00:23:06.959 --> 00:23:07.539
 in verse 10

00:23:07.539 --> 00:23:08.419
 I will cut off

00:23:08.419 --> 00:23:09.079
 the chariot

00:23:09.079 --> 00:23:09.899
 from Ephraim

00:23:09.899 --> 00:23:10.779
 and the war horse

00:23:10.779 --> 00:23:11.500
 from Jerusalem

00:23:11.500 --> 00:23:12.539
 and the battle bow

00:23:12.539 --> 00:23:13.439
 shall be cut off.

00:23:13.740 --> 00:23:14.139
 He is going

00:23:14.139 --> 00:23:14.859
 to destroy

00:23:14.859 --> 00:23:15.519
 the weapons

00:23:15.519 --> 00:23:16.059
 he is going

00:23:16.059 --> 00:23:16.879
 to bring peace.

00:23:17.240 --> 00:23:17.679
 Look what he says

00:23:17.679 --> 00:23:18.279
 in verse 10

00:23:18.279 --> 00:23:19.259
 he shall speak

00:23:19.259 --> 00:23:20.339
 peace to the nations

00:23:20.339 --> 00:23:21.359
 his rule

00:23:21.359 --> 00:23:22.240
 shall be from sea

00:23:22.240 --> 00:23:22.679
 to sea

00:23:22.679 --> 00:23:23.539
 and from the river

00:23:23.539 --> 00:23:24.379
 to the ends

00:23:24.380 --> 00:23:25.100
 of the earth.

00:23:25.660 --> 00:23:26.800
 And in chapter 14

00:23:26.800 --> 00:23:27.660
 at the end of the book

00:23:27.660 --> 00:23:28.760
 God announces

00:23:28.760 --> 00:23:29.740
 that he will be king

00:23:29.740 --> 00:23:30.620
 over all the earth

00:23:30.620 --> 00:23:31.180
 and Jerusalem

00:23:31.180 --> 00:23:32.000
 will be safe

00:23:32.000 --> 00:23:32.580
 and secure

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 and everyone

00:23:33.500 --> 00:23:34.280
 who survives

00:23:34.280 --> 00:23:35.260
 in all the nations

00:23:35.260 --> 00:23:36.200
 will go up

00:23:36.200 --> 00:23:36.840
 to Jerusalem

00:23:36.840 --> 00:23:37.500
 to worship

00:23:37.500 --> 00:23:38.400
 the king

00:23:38.400 --> 00:23:39.340
 the God

00:23:39.340 --> 00:23:39.980
 of hosts.

00:23:41.600 --> 00:23:42.620
 So let's go back

00:23:42.620 --> 00:23:43.880
 to Matthew chapter 21

00:23:43.880 --> 00:23:44.640
 can flip back

00:23:44.640 --> 00:23:45.140
 to where you've got

00:23:45.140 --> 00:23:45.640
 your finger

00:23:45.640 --> 00:23:47.120
 all that is in the background

00:23:47.120 --> 00:23:47.960
 and all that is being

00:23:47.960 --> 00:23:48.400
 triggered

00:23:48.400 --> 00:23:49.280
 by Jesus

00:23:49.280 --> 00:23:50.280
 getting on a donkey.

00:23:50.279 --> 00:23:54.359
 Matthew

00:23:54.359 --> 00:23:55.339
 has imported

00:23:55.339 --> 00:23:56.700
 by relating

00:23:56.700 --> 00:23:57.399
 this story

00:23:57.399 --> 00:23:57.980
 and Jesus

00:23:57.980 --> 00:23:58.599
 has imported

00:23:58.599 --> 00:23:59.119
 by climbing

00:23:59.119 --> 00:23:59.779
 on that donkey

00:23:59.779 --> 00:24:01.019
 all that Zechariah

00:24:01.019 --> 00:24:01.740
 had prophesied

00:24:01.740 --> 00:24:02.680
 about this coming king

00:24:02.680 --> 00:24:03.720
 the victory of God

00:24:03.720 --> 00:24:04.500
 over his enemies

00:24:04.500 --> 00:24:05.660
 and the restoration

00:24:05.660 --> 00:24:06.519
 of his people

00:24:06.519 --> 00:24:07.859
 and interestingly

00:24:07.859 --> 00:24:08.500
 in Matthew

00:24:08.500 --> 00:24:09.319
 the next thing

00:24:09.319 --> 00:24:09.700
 that Jesus

00:24:09.700 --> 00:24:10.599
 is going to do

00:24:10.599 --> 00:24:12.059
 is go into the temple

00:24:12.059 --> 00:24:12.980
 and cleanse it.

00:24:13.500 --> 00:24:13.960
 Fascinating.

00:24:14.119 --> 00:24:15.019
 He is playing out

00:24:15.019 --> 00:24:15.660
 the script

00:24:15.660 --> 00:24:17.519
 that Zechariah

00:24:17.519 --> 00:24:18.119
 had predicted.

00:24:18.119 --> 00:24:19.399
 When Jesus

00:24:19.399 --> 00:24:20.479
 climbs on that donkey

00:24:20.479 --> 00:24:21.719
 and rides into Jerusalem

00:24:21.719 --> 00:24:22.439
 in the full sight

00:24:22.439 --> 00:24:22.919
 of everyone

00:24:22.919 --> 00:24:23.639
 he says

00:24:23.639 --> 00:24:25.279
 I am the king

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 I am the king

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 that was foretold

00:24:27.359 --> 00:24:28.459
 in the book of Zechariah.

00:24:28.879 --> 00:24:29.559
 Before this

00:24:29.559 --> 00:24:30.319
 Jesus had always

00:24:30.319 --> 00:24:31.019
 kept his identity

00:24:31.019 --> 00:24:31.619
 a secret.

00:24:32.679 --> 00:24:33.299
 Remember that?

00:24:33.959 --> 00:24:34.959
 He healed a leper

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 and after he healed

00:24:35.619 --> 00:24:35.899
 the leper

00:24:35.899 --> 00:24:36.159
 he's like

00:24:36.159 --> 00:24:37.000
 don't tell anyone.

00:24:38.459 --> 00:24:39.839
 He healed two blind men

00:24:39.839 --> 00:24:40.179
 he said

00:24:40.179 --> 00:24:41.059
 make sure no one

00:24:41.059 --> 00:24:41.779
 knows about this

00:24:41.779 --> 00:24:42.419
 I don't want anyone

00:24:42.419 --> 00:24:43.459
 to know who I am.

00:24:44.859 --> 00:24:45.719
 It says later

00:24:45.719 --> 00:24:46.479
 that Jesus healed

00:24:46.479 --> 00:24:47.139
 many people

00:24:47.139 --> 00:24:47.899
 and he told them all

00:24:47.900 --> 00:24:49.160
 don't tell people

00:24:49.160 --> 00:24:49.860
 who I am

00:24:49.860 --> 00:24:50.340
 I'm not ready

00:24:50.340 --> 00:24:51.040
 for that yet.

00:24:52.720 --> 00:24:53.680
 When the disciples

00:24:53.680 --> 00:24:54.519
 went up on the

00:24:54.519 --> 00:24:55.580
 Mount of Transfiguration

00:24:55.580 --> 00:24:56.220
 and they saw

00:24:56.220 --> 00:24:57.700
 Jesus glorified

00:24:57.700 --> 00:24:58.400
 and the voice

00:24:58.400 --> 00:24:58.980
 from heaven

00:24:58.980 --> 00:25:00.100
 Jesus said

00:25:00.100 --> 00:25:00.759
 to his disciples

00:25:00.759 --> 00:25:01.500
 don't tell anyone

00:25:01.500 --> 00:25:02.120
 about this

00:25:02.120 --> 00:25:02.740
 not yet.

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 But now

00:25:04.380 --> 00:25:06.120
 on the outskirts

00:25:06.120 --> 00:25:06.700
 of Jerusalem

00:25:06.700 --> 00:25:07.500
 he climbs

00:25:07.500 --> 00:25:08.500
 on a donkey

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 and he makes

00:25:09.940 --> 00:25:10.460
 a statement

00:25:10.460 --> 00:25:11.220
 in full view

00:25:11.220 --> 00:25:11.820
 of everyone

00:25:11.820 --> 00:25:12.500
 in full view

00:25:12.500 --> 00:25:12.960
 of the city

00:25:12.960 --> 00:25:13.480
 of Jerusalem

00:25:13.480 --> 00:25:15.080
 I am the king

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 I am the one

00:25:18.199 --> 00:25:19.179
 that the Old Testament

00:25:19.179 --> 00:25:19.839
 people of God

00:25:19.839 --> 00:25:20.500
 were waiting for

00:25:20.500 --> 00:25:21.279
 to transform

00:25:21.279 --> 00:25:22.599
 and restore them

00:25:22.599 --> 00:25:23.579
 I am the king

00:25:23.579 --> 00:25:24.419
 who will do battle

00:25:24.419 --> 00:25:25.339
 with the enemies

00:25:25.339 --> 00:25:26.139
 of God's people

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 and vanquish them

00:25:27.379 --> 00:25:30.319
 I am the king

00:25:30.319 --> 00:25:31.359
 who demands

00:25:31.359 --> 00:25:31.939
 your worship

00:25:31.939 --> 00:25:32.939
 and allegiance

00:25:32.939 --> 00:25:35.139
 I am the king

00:25:35.139 --> 00:25:36.059
 of all the earth

00:25:36.059 --> 00:25:37.000
 over all nations

00:25:37.000 --> 00:25:37.899
 and all peoples

00:25:37.899 --> 00:25:39.199
 I am the son

00:25:39.199 --> 00:25:40.099
 of David

00:25:40.099 --> 00:25:40.879
 the Messiah

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 that is his intention

00:25:44.520 --> 00:25:45.140
 in climbing

00:25:45.140 --> 00:25:45.780
 on a donkey

00:25:45.780 --> 00:25:48.120
 so now

00:25:48.120 --> 00:25:48.840
 in verses 6

00:25:48.840 --> 00:25:49.300
 through 11

00:25:49.300 --> 00:25:50.160
 in Matthew 21

00:25:50.160 --> 00:25:51.080
 Jesus enters

00:25:51.080 --> 00:25:51.540
 Jerusalem

00:25:51.540 --> 00:25:51.920
 and what we are

00:25:51.920 --> 00:25:52.320
 going to see

00:25:52.320 --> 00:25:53.140
 is two different

00:25:53.140 --> 00:25:54.280
 reactions to him

00:25:54.280 --> 00:25:55.840
 from the people

00:25:55.840 --> 00:25:58.000
 it says in verse 6

00:25:58.000 --> 00:25:58.540
 the disciples

00:25:58.540 --> 00:25:59.300
 brought the young

00:25:59.300 --> 00:26:00.200
 colt and its mother

00:26:00.200 --> 00:26:00.860
 they put their

00:26:00.860 --> 00:26:02.060
 clothes on them

00:26:02.060 --> 00:26:03.280
 there was no saddle

00:26:03.280 --> 00:26:03.820
 they put their

00:26:03.820 --> 00:26:04.900
 clothes on the donkey

00:26:04.900 --> 00:26:05.720
 and Jesus sat

00:26:05.720 --> 00:26:06.680
 on the young colt

00:26:06.680 --> 00:26:07.460
 that had never

00:26:07.460 --> 00:26:08.380
 been ridden before

00:26:08.380 --> 00:26:09.700
 the mother was

00:26:09.700 --> 00:26:10.260
 probably there

00:26:10.259 --> 00:26:11.000
 to give comfort

00:26:11.000 --> 00:26:11.379
 because it is

00:26:11.379 --> 00:26:12.339
 a busy crowded

00:26:12.339 --> 00:26:13.019
 place

00:26:13.019 --> 00:26:14.180
 and the donkey

00:26:14.180 --> 00:26:15.059
 was probably nervous

00:26:15.059 --> 00:26:16.420
 the colt was nervous

00:26:16.420 --> 00:26:19.700
 and as Jesus

00:26:19.700 --> 00:26:20.500
 begins to go

00:26:20.500 --> 00:26:21.079
 into Jerusalem

00:26:21.079 --> 00:26:22.299
 we see the first

00:26:22.299 --> 00:26:23.200
 of two responses

00:26:23.200 --> 00:26:24.079
 first of all

00:26:24.079 --> 00:26:24.839
 is the crowd

00:26:24.839 --> 00:26:25.319
 of people

00:26:25.319 --> 00:26:26.039
 who were entering

00:26:26.039 --> 00:26:26.539
 Jerusalem

00:26:26.539 --> 00:26:27.240
 with Jesus

00:26:27.240 --> 00:26:27.799
 they had probably

00:26:27.799 --> 00:26:28.319
 come also

00:26:28.319 --> 00:26:29.019
 from Galilee

00:26:29.019 --> 00:26:30.920
 they were entering

00:26:30.920 --> 00:26:31.319
 Jerusalem

00:26:31.319 --> 00:26:32.019
 with Jesus

00:26:32.019 --> 00:26:33.980
 they were fellow

00:26:33.980 --> 00:26:34.920
 pilgrims of his

00:26:34.920 --> 00:26:35.420
 and they knew

00:26:35.420 --> 00:26:36.279
 Jesus already

00:26:36.279 --> 00:26:36.819
 they had heard

00:26:36.819 --> 00:26:37.200
 of him

00:26:37.200 --> 00:26:38.759
 and there were

00:26:38.759 --> 00:26:39.420
 people walking

00:26:39.420 --> 00:26:40.380
 in front of Jesus

00:26:40.380 --> 00:26:41.420
 and people walking

00:26:41.420 --> 00:26:42.240
 behind Jesus

00:26:42.240 --> 00:26:43.180
 as he makes

00:26:43.180 --> 00:26:43.519
 his way

00:26:43.519 --> 00:26:44.200
 into Jerusalem

00:26:44.200 --> 00:26:45.259
 and they begin

00:26:45.259 --> 00:26:46.160
 an extravagant

00:26:46.160 --> 00:26:46.700
 celebration

00:26:46.700 --> 00:26:47.300
 they're pulling

00:26:47.300 --> 00:26:48.340
 their clothes off

00:26:48.340 --> 00:26:49.279
 and throwing them

00:26:49.279 --> 00:26:49.800
 on the road

00:26:49.800 --> 00:26:50.279
 they're cutting

00:26:50.279 --> 00:26:51.320
 down palm branches

00:26:51.320 --> 00:26:52.019
 and laying them

00:26:52.019 --> 00:26:53.019
 like a red carpet

00:26:53.019 --> 00:26:53.860
 for the king

00:26:53.860 --> 00:26:55.440
 and as they go along

00:26:55.440 --> 00:26:56.360
 in this procession

00:26:56.360 --> 00:26:57.100
 into Jerusalem

00:26:57.100 --> 00:26:58.000
 these people

00:26:58.000 --> 00:26:58.680
 from Galilee

00:26:58.680 --> 00:26:59.300
 are shouting

00:26:59.300 --> 00:27:00.279
 Hosanna

00:27:00.279 --> 00:27:01.420
 to the son of David

00:27:01.420 --> 00:27:02.380
 blessed is he

00:27:02.380 --> 00:27:02.880
 who comes

00:27:02.880 --> 00:27:03.300
 in the name

00:27:03.300 --> 00:27:03.779
 of the Lord

00:27:03.779 --> 00:27:04.360
 Hosanna

00:27:04.360 --> 00:27:05.300
 in the highest

00:27:05.299 --> 00:27:07.299
 the phrase

00:27:07.299 --> 00:27:08.019
 son of David

00:27:08.019 --> 00:27:08.980
 is a clear

00:27:08.980 --> 00:27:10.240
 messianic reference

00:27:10.240 --> 00:27:12.419
 and the rest

00:27:12.419 --> 00:27:13.159
 of what they say

00:27:13.159 --> 00:27:13.659
 comes from

00:27:13.659 --> 00:27:14.659
 Psalm 118

00:27:14.659 --> 00:27:15.919
 which is a

00:27:15.919 --> 00:27:16.839
 messianic psalm

00:27:16.839 --> 00:27:17.680
 about the king

00:27:17.680 --> 00:27:18.919
 leading pilgrims

00:27:18.919 --> 00:27:19.839
 into Jerusalem

00:27:19.839 --> 00:27:22.919
 so they aren't

00:27:22.919 --> 00:27:23.440
 just calling

00:27:23.440 --> 00:27:24.779
 Jesus a king

00:27:24.779 --> 00:27:26.779
 they're calling

00:27:26.779 --> 00:27:27.940
 him the king

00:27:27.940 --> 00:27:30.180
 this is the

00:27:30.180 --> 00:27:30.619
 Messiah

00:27:30.619 --> 00:27:31.180
 that they have

00:27:31.180 --> 00:27:31.579
 been waiting

00:27:31.579 --> 00:27:31.980
 for

00:27:31.980 --> 00:27:32.619
 foretold

00:27:32.619 --> 00:27:33.359
 by the prophets

00:27:33.359 --> 00:27:35.639
 their response

00:27:35.639 --> 00:27:36.219
 isn't done yet

00:27:36.219 --> 00:27:36.779
 we'll come back

00:27:36.779 --> 00:27:37.139
 to them

00:27:37.139 --> 00:27:37.740
 but in the meantime

00:27:37.740 --> 00:27:38.159
 we go to

00:27:38.159 --> 00:27:38.599
 group number

00:27:38.599 --> 00:27:38.879
 two

00:27:38.879 --> 00:27:39.299
 that's the

00:27:39.299 --> 00:27:40.000
 Galileans

00:27:40.000 --> 00:27:40.459
 we'll go to

00:27:40.459 --> 00:27:40.779
 the people

00:27:40.779 --> 00:27:41.319
 of Jerusalem

00:27:41.319 --> 00:27:41.799
 group number

00:27:41.799 --> 00:27:42.179
 two

00:27:42.179 --> 00:27:42.839
 in verse

00:27:42.839 --> 00:27:43.179
 ten

00:27:43.179 --> 00:27:45.419
 and it says

00:27:45.419 --> 00:27:45.879
 when he

00:27:45.879 --> 00:27:46.339
 entered

00:27:46.339 --> 00:27:46.919
 Jerusalem

00:27:46.919 --> 00:27:47.399
 the whole

00:27:47.399 --> 00:27:47.639
 city

00:27:47.639 --> 00:27:48.319
 was stirred

00:27:48.319 --> 00:27:48.819
 up

00:27:48.819 --> 00:27:49.740
 stirred up

00:27:49.740 --> 00:27:51.399
 isn't a

00:27:51.399 --> 00:27:51.899
 fantastic

00:27:51.899 --> 00:27:52.500
 translation

00:27:52.500 --> 00:27:53.159
 because what

00:27:53.159 --> 00:27:53.519
 that word

00:27:53.519 --> 00:27:53.939
 stirred up

00:27:53.939 --> 00:27:54.199
 means

00:27:54.199 --> 00:27:54.619
 is

00:27:54.619 --> 00:27:55.359
 terrified

00:27:55.359 --> 00:27:56.819
 they were

00:27:56.819 --> 00:27:57.379
 terrified

00:27:57.379 --> 00:27:58.979
 they were

00:27:58.979 --> 00:27:59.479
 shaking

00:27:59.479 --> 00:28:01.659
 when they

00:28:01.659 --> 00:28:02.379
 saw Jesus

00:28:02.379 --> 00:28:03.259
 coming up

00:28:03.259 --> 00:28:03.720
 the hill

00:28:03.720 --> 00:28:04.420
 on the donkey

00:28:04.420 --> 00:28:04.940
 and all

00:28:04.940 --> 00:28:05.500
 the people

00:28:05.500 --> 00:28:06.319
 coming into

00:28:06.319 --> 00:28:06.700
 the city

00:28:06.700 --> 00:28:07.119
 with him

00:28:07.119 --> 00:28:07.480
 shouting

00:28:07.480 --> 00:28:08.500
 it's the

00:28:08.500 --> 00:28:08.920
 Messiah

00:28:08.920 --> 00:28:09.460
 it's the

00:28:09.460 --> 00:28:09.740
 son of

00:28:09.740 --> 00:28:10.059
 David

00:28:10.059 --> 00:28:11.140
 save us

00:28:11.140 --> 00:28:11.619
 they were

00:28:11.619 --> 00:28:12.059
 like oh

00:28:12.059 --> 00:28:12.339
 no

00:28:12.339 --> 00:28:13.000
 oh no

00:28:13.000 --> 00:28:13.319
 what's

00:28:13.319 --> 00:28:13.599
 happening

00:28:13.599 --> 00:28:13.940
 here

00:28:13.940 --> 00:28:14.859
 they were

00:28:14.859 --> 00:28:15.299
 shaking

00:28:15.299 --> 00:28:16.059
 and terrified

00:28:16.059 --> 00:28:16.539
 and they

00:28:16.539 --> 00:28:16.799
 said

00:28:16.799 --> 00:28:17.420
 who is

00:28:17.420 --> 00:28:17.819
 this

00:28:17.819 --> 00:28:24.180
 and then

00:28:24.180 --> 00:28:25.819
 the crowds

00:28:25.819 --> 00:28:26.299
 who were

00:28:26.299 --> 00:28:26.619
 entering

00:28:26.619 --> 00:28:27.160
 with Jesus

00:28:27.160 --> 00:28:27.559
 will go

00:28:27.559 --> 00:28:27.879
 back to

00:28:27.879 --> 00:28:28.319
 group number

00:28:28.319 --> 00:28:28.680
 one

00:28:28.680 --> 00:28:29.079
 then they

00:28:29.079 --> 00:28:29.559
 say this

00:28:29.559 --> 00:28:29.940
 is the

00:28:29.940 --> 00:28:30.359
 prophet

00:28:30.359 --> 00:28:30.900
 Jesus

00:28:30.900 --> 00:28:31.680
 from

00:28:31.680 --> 00:28:32.359
 Nazareth

00:28:32.359 --> 00:28:32.859
 of

00:28:32.859 --> 00:28:33.319
 Galilee

00:28:33.319 --> 00:28:34.099
 that's

00:28:34.099 --> 00:28:34.459
 an odd

00:28:34.459 --> 00:28:34.659
 thing

00:28:34.659 --> 00:28:35.139
 to say

00:28:35.139 --> 00:28:37.699
 it's odd

00:28:37.699 --> 00:28:38.059
 for two

00:28:38.059 --> 00:28:38.399
 reasons

00:28:38.399 --> 00:28:38.859
 first of all

00:28:38.859 --> 00:28:39.159
 they call

00:28:39.159 --> 00:28:39.379
 him a

00:28:39.379 --> 00:28:39.839
 prophet

00:28:39.839 --> 00:28:40.359
 which is

00:28:40.359 --> 00:28:41.299
 a bit

00:28:41.299 --> 00:28:41.779
 inadequate

00:28:41.779 --> 00:28:42.839
 given what

00:28:42.839 --> 00:28:43.099
 they were

00:28:43.099 --> 00:28:43.519
 just shouting

00:28:43.519 --> 00:28:43.959
 on the road

00:28:43.959 --> 00:28:44.299
 that's a

00:28:44.299 --> 00:28:44.599
 little bit

00:28:44.599 --> 00:28:44.959
 inadequate

00:28:44.959 --> 00:28:45.639
 and second

00:28:45.639 --> 00:28:46.359
 look what

00:28:46.359 --> 00:28:46.819
 they say

00:28:46.819 --> 00:28:47.559
 they say

00:28:47.559 --> 00:28:48.139
 he's from

00:28:48.139 --> 00:28:48.979
 Nazareth

00:28:48.979 --> 00:28:51.059
 of Galilee

00:28:51.059 --> 00:28:54.119
 there was

00:28:54.119 --> 00:28:54.619
 tension

00:28:54.619 --> 00:28:55.319
 between the

00:28:55.319 --> 00:28:55.779
 people of

00:28:55.779 --> 00:28:56.139
 Jerusalem

00:28:56.139 --> 00:28:56.480
 and the

00:28:56.480 --> 00:28:56.919
 people of

00:28:56.919 --> 00:28:57.179
 Galilee

00:28:57.179 --> 00:28:57.399
 you know

00:28:57.399 --> 00:28:57.659
 in our

00:28:57.659 --> 00:28:57.940
 culture

00:28:57.940 --> 00:28:58.279
 it's this

00:28:58.279 --> 00:28:58.679
 way too

00:28:58.679 --> 00:28:59.299
 you know

00:28:59.299 --> 00:29:00.119
 I like to

00:29:00.119 --> 00:29:00.419
 listen to

00:29:00.419 --> 00:29:01.059
 country music

00:29:01.059 --> 00:29:01.419
 and you know

00:29:01.419 --> 00:29:01.779
 in country

00:29:01.779 --> 00:29:02.079
 music

00:29:02.079 --> 00:29:02.460
 there's all

00:29:02.460 --> 00:29:03.679
 these songs

00:29:03.679 --> 00:29:04.019
 about how

00:29:04.019 --> 00:29:04.379
 the city

00:29:04.379 --> 00:29:04.899
 is bad

00:29:04.899 --> 00:29:05.259
 the city

00:29:05.259 --> 00:29:05.799
 is dangerous

00:29:05.799 --> 00:29:06.279
 the country

00:29:06.279 --> 00:29:06.779
 is better

00:29:06.779 --> 00:29:08.599
 then the

00:29:08.599 --> 00:29:08.919
 people in

00:29:08.919 --> 00:29:09.220
 the city

00:29:09.220 --> 00:29:09.700
 think that

00:29:09.700 --> 00:29:10.059
 people in

00:29:10.059 --> 00:29:10.480
 the country

00:29:10.480 --> 00:29:11.559
 are weirdos

00:29:11.559 --> 00:29:11.879
 and that

00:29:11.879 --> 00:29:12.059
 they're

00:29:12.059 --> 00:29:12.759
 simpletons

00:29:12.759 --> 00:29:14.220
 and the

00:29:14.220 --> 00:29:14.639
 people in

00:29:14.639 --> 00:29:15.359
 LA and

00:29:15.359 --> 00:29:16.079
 in California

00:29:16.079 --> 00:29:16.779
 talk about

00:29:16.779 --> 00:29:17.339
 Nebraska

00:29:17.339 --> 00:29:18.279
 as flyover

00:29:18.279 --> 00:29:18.759
 country

00:29:18.759 --> 00:29:20.279
 so there's

00:29:20.279 --> 00:29:20.799
 this tension

00:29:20.799 --> 00:29:21.359
 between the

00:29:21.359 --> 00:29:21.779
 people in

00:29:21.779 --> 00:29:22.140
 the city

00:29:22.140 --> 00:29:22.379
 and the

00:29:22.379 --> 00:29:22.740
 people in

00:29:22.740 --> 00:29:23.099
 the country

00:29:23.099 --> 00:29:23.299
 right

00:29:23.299 --> 00:29:23.660
 even in

00:29:23.660 --> 00:29:24.000
 our own

00:29:24.000 --> 00:29:24.379
 culture

00:29:24.379 --> 00:29:24.619
 a little

00:29:24.619 --> 00:29:24.859
 bit

00:29:24.859 --> 00:29:25.279
 and that's

00:29:25.279 --> 00:29:25.519
 how it

00:29:25.519 --> 00:29:25.940
 was back

00:29:25.940 --> 00:29:26.160
 then

00:29:26.160 --> 00:29:26.440
 there was

00:29:26.440 --> 00:29:26.960
 tension

00:29:26.960 --> 00:29:27.859
 political

00:29:27.859 --> 00:29:28.720
 and cultural

00:29:28.720 --> 00:29:29.259
 tension

00:29:29.259 --> 00:29:30.279
 between the

00:29:30.279 --> 00:29:30.759
 people in

00:29:30.759 --> 00:29:31.200
 Jerusalem

00:29:31.200 --> 00:29:32.619
 who thought

00:29:32.619 --> 00:29:32.839
 they were

00:29:32.839 --> 00:29:33.099
 kind of

00:29:33.099 --> 00:29:33.599
 big stuff

00:29:33.599 --> 00:29:33.920
 and the

00:29:33.920 --> 00:29:34.319
 people of

00:29:34.319 --> 00:29:34.660
 Galilee

00:29:34.660 --> 00:29:34.980
 who were

00:29:34.980 --> 00:29:35.319
 kind of

00:29:35.319 --> 00:29:35.519
 in the

00:29:35.519 --> 00:29:35.940
 flyover

00:29:35.940 --> 00:29:36.379
 country

00:29:36.379 --> 00:29:38.420
 and so

00:29:38.420 --> 00:29:38.680
 when the

00:29:38.680 --> 00:29:39.079
 people of

00:29:39.079 --> 00:29:39.400
 Jerusalem

00:29:39.400 --> 00:29:39.700
 say

00:29:39.700 --> 00:29:40.259
 who is

00:29:40.259 --> 00:29:40.619
 this

00:29:40.619 --> 00:29:40.940
 who is

00:29:40.940 --> 00:29:41.079
 this

00:29:41.079 --> 00:29:41.259
 who's

00:29:41.259 --> 00:29:41.500
 coming

00:29:41.500 --> 00:29:41.859
 to our

00:29:41.859 --> 00:29:42.119
 city

00:29:42.119 --> 00:29:42.640
 then the

00:29:42.640 --> 00:29:43.039
 people of

00:29:43.039 --> 00:29:43.359
 Galilee

00:29:43.359 --> 00:29:43.640
 say

00:29:43.640 --> 00:29:45.079
 he's

00:29:45.079 --> 00:29:45.220
 from

00:29:45.220 --> 00:29:45.640
 Nazareth

00:29:45.640 --> 00:29:47.640
 he's

00:29:47.640 --> 00:29:48.900
 from Galilee

00:29:48.900 --> 00:29:49.200
 he's

00:29:49.200 --> 00:29:49.680
 one of

00:29:49.680 --> 00:29:49.960
 ours

00:29:49.960 --> 00:29:51.140
 we got

00:29:51.140 --> 00:29:51.460
 this

00:29:51.460 --> 00:29:53.880
 see

00:29:53.880 --> 00:29:54.180
 they're

00:29:54.180 --> 00:29:54.560
 claiming

00:29:54.560 --> 00:29:54.980
 him

00:29:54.980 --> 00:29:55.880
 they like

00:29:55.880 --> 00:29:56.120
 that

00:29:56.120 --> 00:29:56.560
 they like

00:29:56.560 --> 00:29:57.240
 the prestige

00:29:57.240 --> 00:29:57.920
 they like

00:29:57.920 --> 00:29:58.300
 that this

00:29:58.300 --> 00:29:59.520
 guy coming

00:29:59.520 --> 00:29:59.960
 into town

00:29:59.960 --> 00:30:00.220
 on a

00:30:00.220 --> 00:30:00.500
 donkey

00:30:00.500 --> 00:30:00.780
 he's

00:30:00.780 --> 00:30:01.020
 from

00:30:01.020 --> 00:30:02.040
 Galilee

00:30:02.040 --> 00:30:02.420
 we got

00:30:02.420 --> 00:30:02.720
 this

00:30:02.720 --> 00:30:05.700
 and so

00:30:05.700 --> 00:30:06.400
 this

00:30:06.400 --> 00:30:06.980
 triumphal

00:30:06.980 --> 00:30:07.259
 entry

00:30:07.259 --> 00:30:07.600
 is a

00:30:07.600 --> 00:30:07.740
 little

00:30:07.740 --> 00:30:07.880
 bit

00:30:07.880 --> 00:30:08.080
 of a

00:30:08.080 --> 00:30:08.300
 dud

00:30:08.300 --> 00:30:10.140
 because

00:30:10.140 --> 00:30:10.460
 Jesus

00:30:10.460 --> 00:30:10.820
 climbs

00:30:10.820 --> 00:30:11.140
 on this

00:30:11.140 --> 00:30:11.520
 donkey

00:30:11.520 --> 00:30:11.940
 and at

00:30:11.940 --> 00:30:12.420
 first

00:30:12.420 --> 00:30:12.960
 everyone's

00:30:12.960 --> 00:30:13.100
 saying

00:30:13.100 --> 00:30:13.540
 all the

00:30:13.540 --> 00:30:13.720
 right

00:30:13.720 --> 00:30:14.040
 things

00:30:14.040 --> 00:30:14.220
 they're

00:30:14.220 --> 00:30:14.540
 quoting

00:30:14.540 --> 00:30:15.020
 scripture

00:30:15.020 --> 00:30:15.280
 they're

00:30:15.280 --> 00:30:15.500
 saying

00:30:15.500 --> 00:30:15.660
 it's

00:30:15.660 --> 00:30:15.780
 the

00:30:15.780 --> 00:30:16.080
 Messiah

00:30:16.080 --> 00:30:16.240
 it's

00:30:16.240 --> 00:30:16.320
 the

00:30:16.320 --> 00:30:16.560
 Messiah

00:30:16.560 --> 00:30:16.700
 it's

00:30:16.700 --> 00:30:16.759
 the

00:30:16.759 --> 00:30:16.940
 Messiah

00:30:16.940 --> 00:30:17.360
 but

00:30:17.359 --> 00:30:17.679
 once

00:30:17.679 --> 00:30:17.799
 he

00:30:17.799 --> 00:30:18.000
 gets

00:30:18.000 --> 00:30:18.179
 into

00:30:18.179 --> 00:30:18.419
 the

00:30:18.419 --> 00:30:18.779
 city

00:30:18.779 --> 00:30:19.659
 then

00:30:19.659 --> 00:30:19.959
 one

00:30:19.959 --> 00:30:20.219
 group

00:30:20.219 --> 00:30:20.679
 says

00:30:20.679 --> 00:30:21.779
 I

00:30:21.779 --> 00:30:22.879
 like

00:30:22.879 --> 00:30:23.099
 the

00:30:23.099 --> 00:30:23.379
 sound

00:30:23.379 --> 00:30:23.539
 of

00:30:23.539 --> 00:30:23.799
 this

00:30:23.799 --> 00:30:23.959
 it

00:30:23.959 --> 00:30:24.119
 kind

00:30:24.119 --> 00:30:24.219
 of

00:30:24.219 --> 00:30:24.699
 terrifies

00:30:24.699 --> 00:30:24.919
 me

00:30:24.919 --> 00:30:25.159
 and the

00:30:25.159 --> 00:30:25.379
 other

00:30:25.379 --> 00:30:25.659
 group

00:30:25.659 --> 00:30:25.799
 is

00:30:25.799 --> 00:30:26.039
 sort of

00:30:26.039 --> 00:30:26.459
 claiming

00:30:26.459 --> 00:30:26.779
 him

00:30:26.779 --> 00:30:26.919
 in

00:30:26.919 --> 00:30:27.079
 some

00:30:27.079 --> 00:30:27.279
 sort

00:30:27.279 --> 00:30:27.399
 of

00:30:27.399 --> 00:30:27.699
 turf

00:30:27.699 --> 00:30:28.019
 war

00:30:28.019 --> 00:30:29.219
 and

00:30:29.219 --> 00:30:29.359
 then

00:30:29.359 --> 00:30:29.519
 the

00:30:29.519 --> 00:30:29.759
 story

00:30:29.759 --> 00:30:30.240
 ends

00:30:30.240 --> 00:30:32.399
 and

00:30:32.399 --> 00:30:32.599
 it's

00:30:32.599 --> 00:30:32.779
 just

00:30:32.779 --> 00:30:33.539
 kind

00:30:33.539 --> 00:30:33.639
 of

00:30:33.639 --> 00:30:33.740
 a

00:30:33.740 --> 00:30:33.959
 dud

00:30:33.959 --> 00:30:36.359
 it's

00:30:36.359 --> 00:30:36.519
 not

00:30:36.519 --> 00:30:36.679
 a

00:30:36.679 --> 00:30:37.419
 triumphal

00:30:37.419 --> 00:30:37.799
 entry

00:30:37.799 --> 00:30:38.259
 it's

00:30:38.259 --> 00:30:38.399
 a

00:30:38.399 --> 00:30:38.659
 not

00:30:38.659 --> 00:30:38.839
 so

00:30:38.839 --> 00:30:39.419
 triumphal

00:30:39.419 --> 00:30:39.779
 entry

00:30:39.779 --> 00:30:44.740
 interesting

00:30:44.740 --> 00:30:45.979
 so

00:30:45.979 --> 00:30:46.159
 the

00:30:46.159 --> 00:30:46.479
 story

00:30:46.480 --> 00:30:47.799
 revolves

00:30:47.799 --> 00:30:48.140
 when you

00:30:48.140 --> 00:30:48.480
 think about

00:30:48.480 --> 00:30:48.920
 the story

00:30:48.920 --> 00:30:49.360
 as a whole

00:30:49.360 --> 00:30:49.860
 it revolves

00:30:49.860 --> 00:30:50.519
 around one

00:30:50.519 --> 00:30:51.640
 key contrast

00:30:51.640 --> 00:30:52.380
 and that is

00:30:52.380 --> 00:30:53.180
 the contrast

00:30:53.180 --> 00:30:54.440
 between who

00:30:54.440 --> 00:30:55.620
 Jesus is

00:30:55.620 --> 00:30:56.720
 versus who

00:30:56.720 --> 00:30:57.620
 everybody wants

00:30:57.620 --> 00:30:58.220
 him to be

00:30:58.220 --> 00:31:00.559
 on the one

00:31:00.559 --> 00:31:00.860
 hand

00:31:00.860 --> 00:31:01.680
 Jesus makes a

00:31:01.680 --> 00:31:02.500
 clear claim

00:31:02.500 --> 00:31:03.440
 to be the king

00:31:03.440 --> 00:31:04.500
 foretold in

00:31:04.500 --> 00:31:05.059
 Zechariah

00:31:05.059 --> 00:31:06.079
 in that passage

00:31:06.079 --> 00:31:07.740
 he rules for a

00:31:07.740 --> 00:31:08.759
 conquering God

00:31:08.759 --> 00:31:09.819
 who defeats his

00:31:09.819 --> 00:31:10.700
 enemy and saves

00:31:10.700 --> 00:31:11.400
 his people in

00:31:11.400 --> 00:31:11.740
 victory

00:31:11.740 --> 00:31:13.160
 and he brings

00:31:13.160 --> 00:31:13.720
 peace

00:31:13.720 --> 00:31:13.839
 peace

00:31:13.839 --> 00:31:14.960
 by trusting

00:31:14.960 --> 00:31:15.720
 in God's

00:31:15.720 --> 00:31:16.160
 plan

00:31:16.160 --> 00:31:18.140
 but then

00:31:18.140 --> 00:31:18.579
 on the other

00:31:18.579 --> 00:31:18.940
 hand

00:31:18.940 --> 00:31:19.460
 there are

00:31:19.460 --> 00:31:19.860
 these groups

00:31:19.860 --> 00:31:20.480
 of people

00:31:20.480 --> 00:31:21.779
 who have

00:31:21.779 --> 00:31:22.600
 two different

00:31:22.600 --> 00:31:23.779
 two different

00:31:23.779 --> 00:31:24.799
 perspectives about

00:31:24.799 --> 00:31:25.480
 who he is

00:31:25.480 --> 00:31:25.880
 and what they

00:31:25.880 --> 00:31:26.559
 want from him

00:31:26.559 --> 00:31:27.000
 let's look at

00:31:27.000 --> 00:31:27.220
 those

00:31:27.220 --> 00:31:27.720
 first of all

00:31:27.720 --> 00:31:28.220
 the crowd

00:31:28.220 --> 00:31:28.900
 with Jesus

00:31:28.900 --> 00:31:32.519
 they shout

00:31:32.519 --> 00:31:33.100
 and cheer

00:31:33.100 --> 00:31:33.500
 and throw

00:31:33.500 --> 00:31:34.259
 their clothes

00:31:34.259 --> 00:31:34.700
 and then

00:31:34.700 --> 00:31:35.120
 but then

00:31:35.120 --> 00:31:35.380
 when they're

00:31:35.380 --> 00:31:35.759
 asked who

00:31:35.759 --> 00:31:36.180
 he is

00:31:36.180 --> 00:31:36.579
 they say

00:31:36.579 --> 00:31:36.819
 well

00:31:36.819 --> 00:31:37.200
 he's on

00:31:37.200 --> 00:31:37.740
 our team

00:31:37.740 --> 00:31:37.940
 they're

00:31:37.940 --> 00:31:38.319
 looking

00:31:38.319 --> 00:31:39.180
 only for

00:31:39.180 --> 00:31:39.700
 glory

00:31:39.700 --> 00:31:41.660
 maybe

00:31:41.660 --> 00:31:42.039
 they feel

00:31:42.039 --> 00:31:42.640
 marginalized

00:31:42.640 --> 00:31:43.080
 or they

00:31:43.080 --> 00:31:43.480
 don't have

00:31:43.480 --> 00:31:43.799
 the same

00:31:43.799 --> 00:31:44.140
 kind of

00:31:44.140 --> 00:31:44.680
 influence

00:31:44.680 --> 00:31:45.220
 that Jerusalem

00:31:45.220 --> 00:31:45.660
 has

00:31:45.660 --> 00:31:45.880
 they're

00:31:45.880 --> 00:31:46.440
 from that

00:31:46.440 --> 00:31:47.000
 flyover

00:31:47.000 --> 00:31:47.400
 country

00:31:47.400 --> 00:31:47.740
 and this

00:31:47.740 --> 00:31:48.100
 is their

00:31:48.100 --> 00:31:48.600
 chance

00:31:48.600 --> 00:31:48.920
 this is

00:31:48.920 --> 00:31:49.539
 their chance

00:31:49.539 --> 00:31:50.240
 to be

00:31:50.240 --> 00:31:50.700
 somebody

00:31:50.700 --> 00:31:51.840
 maybe Jesus

00:31:51.840 --> 00:31:52.500
 can raise

00:31:52.500 --> 00:31:53.180
 their status

00:31:53.180 --> 00:31:54.259
 raise their

00:31:54.259 --> 00:31:55.259
 political profile

00:31:55.259 --> 00:31:55.880
 kind of put

00:31:55.880 --> 00:31:56.319
 them on the

00:31:56.319 --> 00:31:56.880
 map a little

00:31:56.880 --> 00:31:57.160
 bit

00:31:57.160 --> 00:31:58.380
 but Jesus

00:31:58.380 --> 00:31:58.980
 is not

00:31:58.980 --> 00:31:59.519
 coming to

00:31:59.519 --> 00:32:00.259
 take sides

00:32:00.259 --> 00:32:02.240
 he's not

00:32:02.240 --> 00:32:02.779
 coming to

00:32:02.779 --> 00:32:03.539
 gather support

00:32:03.539 --> 00:32:04.080
 in local

00:32:04.080 --> 00:32:04.860
 politics

00:32:04.860 --> 00:32:06.860
 he hasn't

00:32:06.860 --> 00:32:07.360
 arrived in

00:32:07.360 --> 00:32:07.640
 Jerusalem

00:32:07.640 --> 00:32:08.240
 to settle

00:32:08.240 --> 00:32:08.799
 disputes

00:32:08.799 --> 00:32:09.339
 or to

00:32:09.339 --> 00:32:10.000
 raise up

00:32:10.000 --> 00:32:10.279
 one

00:32:10.279 --> 00:32:10.819
 particular

00:32:10.819 --> 00:32:11.779
 constituency

00:32:11.779 --> 00:32:13.579
 he is

00:32:13.579 --> 00:32:14.099
 coming to

00:32:14.099 --> 00:32:14.500
 Jerusalem

00:32:14.500 --> 00:32:15.379
 to die

00:32:15.379 --> 00:32:16.639
 on a

00:32:16.639 --> 00:32:17.119
 cross

00:32:17.119 --> 00:32:19.319
 he is

00:32:19.319 --> 00:32:19.539
 in

00:32:19.539 --> 00:32:19.980
 Jerusalem

00:32:19.980 --> 00:32:20.279
 for

00:32:20.279 --> 00:32:20.759
 suffering

00:32:20.759 --> 00:32:21.319
 and for

00:32:21.319 --> 00:32:22.000
 humiliation

00:32:22.000 --> 00:32:23.899
 there will

00:32:23.899 --> 00:32:24.240
 be a

00:32:24.240 --> 00:32:24.579
 crown

00:32:24.579 --> 00:32:25.879
 but it

00:32:25.879 --> 00:32:26.119
 will be

00:32:26.119 --> 00:32:26.419
 a crown

00:32:26.419 --> 00:32:26.980
 of thorns

00:32:26.980 --> 00:32:28.839
 there will

00:32:28.839 --> 00:32:29.039
 be

00:32:29.039 --> 00:32:29.559
 worshippers

00:32:29.559 --> 00:32:30.019
 but they

00:32:30.019 --> 00:32:30.339
 will be

00:32:30.339 --> 00:32:30.940
 soldiers

00:32:30.940 --> 00:32:31.859
 pretending

00:32:31.859 --> 00:32:32.200
 to bow

00:32:32.200 --> 00:32:32.639
 down to

00:32:32.639 --> 00:32:32.819
 him

00:32:32.819 --> 00:32:33.139
 to make

00:32:33.139 --> 00:32:33.519
 fun of

00:32:33.519 --> 00:32:33.720
 him

00:32:33.720 --> 00:32:36.079
 he will

00:32:36.079 --> 00:32:36.500
 accomplish

00:32:36.500 --> 00:32:37.079
 his goal

00:32:37.079 --> 00:32:37.440
 but that

00:32:37.440 --> 00:32:37.759
 is going

00:32:37.759 --> 00:32:38.079
 to be

00:32:38.079 --> 00:32:38.539
 his own

00:32:38.539 --> 00:32:38.879
 death

00:32:38.879 --> 00:32:39.220
 as a

00:32:39.220 --> 00:32:39.639
 sacrifice

00:32:39.639 --> 00:32:40.220
 and then

00:32:40.220 --> 00:32:40.680
 later

00:32:40.680 --> 00:32:43.039
 he will

00:32:43.039 --> 00:32:43.659
 come back

00:32:43.659 --> 00:32:44.159
 in victory

00:32:44.159 --> 00:32:44.799
 to vindicate

00:32:44.799 --> 00:32:45.339
 his people

00:32:45.339 --> 00:32:46.019
 and ruin

00:32:46.019 --> 00:32:46.899
 his enemies

00:32:46.899 --> 00:32:47.500
 forever

00:32:47.500 --> 00:32:48.099
 but that's

00:32:48.099 --> 00:32:48.500
 later

00:32:48.500 --> 00:32:50.879
 so this

00:32:50.879 --> 00:32:51.379
 first group

00:32:51.379 --> 00:32:51.779
 of people

00:32:51.779 --> 00:32:52.159
 the people

00:32:52.159 --> 00:32:52.619
 of Galilee

00:32:52.619 --> 00:32:53.099
 they want

00:32:53.099 --> 00:32:53.599
 him to be

00:32:53.599 --> 00:32:54.000
 king

00:32:54.000 --> 00:32:54.859
 but that's

00:32:54.859 --> 00:32:55.359
 for them

00:32:55.359 --> 00:32:55.659
 that's

00:32:55.659 --> 00:32:55.920
 so that

00:32:55.920 --> 00:32:56.399
 he can

00:32:56.399 --> 00:32:56.759
 solve

00:32:56.759 --> 00:32:57.119
 some of

00:32:57.119 --> 00:32:58.059
 the local

00:32:58.059 --> 00:32:58.819
 problems

00:32:58.819 --> 00:32:59.159
 that they

00:32:59.159 --> 00:32:59.460
 have

00:32:59.460 --> 00:33:01.319
 the other

00:33:01.319 --> 00:33:01.599
 group

00:33:01.599 --> 00:33:01.879
 is the

00:33:01.879 --> 00:33:02.119
 people

00:33:02.119 --> 00:33:02.659
 of Jerusalem

00:33:02.659 --> 00:33:03.079
 they don't

00:33:03.079 --> 00:33:03.579
 recognize

00:33:03.579 --> 00:33:04.019
 Jesus

00:33:04.019 --> 00:33:04.839
 you know

00:33:04.839 --> 00:33:05.139
 they say

00:33:05.139 --> 00:33:05.359
 you know

00:33:05.359 --> 00:33:05.700
 you get

00:33:05.700 --> 00:33:06.099
 so many

00:33:06.099 --> 00:33:06.440
 people

00:33:06.440 --> 00:33:07.019
 coming to

00:33:07.019 --> 00:33:07.379
 Jerusalem

00:33:07.380 --> 00:33:08.160
 for Passover

00:33:08.160 --> 00:33:08.700
 you get

00:33:08.700 --> 00:33:09.060
 so many

00:33:09.060 --> 00:33:09.400
 people

00:33:09.400 --> 00:33:09.720
 I don't

00:33:09.720 --> 00:33:09.960
 know

00:33:09.960 --> 00:33:10.700
 they don't

00:33:10.700 --> 00:33:11.180
 recognize

00:33:11.180 --> 00:33:11.780
 the claims

00:33:11.780 --> 00:33:12.160
 that he's

00:33:12.160 --> 00:33:12.520
 making

00:33:12.520 --> 00:33:14.540
 but the fact

00:33:14.540 --> 00:33:15.140
 that everyone

00:33:15.140 --> 00:33:16.080
 is proclaiming

00:33:16.080 --> 00:33:16.680
 Jesus as

00:33:16.680 --> 00:33:17.180
 the king

00:33:17.180 --> 00:33:17.760
 that's just

00:33:17.760 --> 00:33:18.000
 going to

00:33:18.000 --> 00:33:18.660
 cause trouble

00:33:18.660 --> 00:33:19.040
 that's going

00:33:19.040 --> 00:33:19.340
 to rock

00:33:19.340 --> 00:33:19.960
 the boat

00:33:19.960 --> 00:33:21.040
 that's going

00:33:21.040 --> 00:33:21.420
 to mess

00:33:21.420 --> 00:33:21.760
 up the

00:33:21.760 --> 00:33:22.460
 status quo

00:33:22.460 --> 00:33:22.700
 I mean

00:33:22.700 --> 00:33:23.160
 think about

00:33:23.160 --> 00:33:23.280
 it

00:33:23.280 --> 00:33:23.700
 things with

00:33:23.700 --> 00:33:24.200
 Rome

00:33:24.200 --> 00:33:25.120
 are sensitive

00:33:25.120 --> 00:33:26.540
 it's a

00:33:26.540 --> 00:33:26.880
 delicate

00:33:26.880 --> 00:33:27.440
 political

00:33:27.440 --> 00:33:27.940
 balance

00:33:27.940 --> 00:33:28.720
 you cause

00:33:28.720 --> 00:33:29.180
 too much

00:33:29.180 --> 00:33:29.560
 of a

00:33:29.560 --> 00:33:30.440
 too much

00:33:30.440 --> 00:33:30.920
 you stir

00:33:30.920 --> 00:33:31.360
 things up

00:33:31.360 --> 00:33:31.780
 too much

00:33:31.780 --> 00:33:32.120
 here come

00:33:32.120 --> 00:33:32.440
 the Roman

00:33:32.440 --> 00:33:32.840
 soldiers

00:33:32.840 --> 00:33:33.200
 they're going

00:33:33.200 --> 00:33:33.480
 to kill

00:33:33.480 --> 00:33:33.980
 some people

00:33:33.980 --> 00:33:34.240
 they're going

00:33:34.240 --> 00:33:34.440
 to throw

00:33:34.440 --> 00:33:34.900
 some people

00:33:34.900 --> 00:33:35.440
 in jail

00:33:35.440 --> 00:33:36.180
 they're going

00:33:36.180 --> 00:33:36.640
 to clamp

00:33:36.640 --> 00:33:37.100
 down on

00:33:37.100 --> 00:33:37.680
 the freedoms

00:33:37.680 --> 00:33:38.880
 of the people

00:33:38.880 --> 00:33:39.480
 in Jerusalem

00:33:39.480 --> 00:33:40.340
 there's this

00:33:40.340 --> 00:33:41.460
 uneasy balance

00:33:41.460 --> 00:33:41.920
 and the people

00:33:41.920 --> 00:33:42.380
 in Jerusalem

00:33:42.380 --> 00:33:42.680
 are like

00:33:42.680 --> 00:33:43.400
 oh great

00:33:43.400 --> 00:33:44.180
 we're calling

00:33:44.180 --> 00:33:44.720
 him a king

00:33:44.720 --> 00:33:45.200
 this is just

00:33:45.200 --> 00:33:45.560
 going to

00:33:45.560 --> 00:33:47.040
 upset the

00:33:47.040 --> 00:33:47.640
 status quo

00:33:47.640 --> 00:33:48.080
 I mean

00:33:48.080 --> 00:33:48.440
 things are

00:33:48.440 --> 00:33:49.280
 already bad

00:33:49.280 --> 00:33:50.300
 but they could

00:33:50.300 --> 00:33:50.700
 be a lot

00:33:50.700 --> 00:33:51.220
 worse

00:33:51.220 --> 00:33:52.060
 in our

00:33:52.060 --> 00:33:52.640
 relationship

00:33:52.640 --> 00:33:53.240
 with Rome

00:33:53.240 --> 00:33:55.900
 but the

00:33:55.900 --> 00:33:56.240
 problem

00:33:56.240 --> 00:33:56.660
 for these

00:33:56.660 --> 00:33:57.160
 people is

00:33:57.160 --> 00:33:57.500
 that Jesus

00:33:57.500 --> 00:33:58.220
 is coming

00:33:58.220 --> 00:33:58.640
 to rock

00:33:58.640 --> 00:33:59.060
 the boat

00:33:59.060 --> 00:34:00.980
 he's coming

00:34:00.980 --> 00:34:01.360
 to call

00:34:01.360 --> 00:34:01.940
 people into

00:34:01.940 --> 00:34:02.400
 a new

00:34:02.400 --> 00:34:02.800
 kingdom

00:34:02.799 --> 00:34:03.379
 the kingdom

00:34:03.379 --> 00:34:04.119
 of God

00:34:04.119 --> 00:34:05.980
 and that

00:34:05.980 --> 00:34:06.279
 is going

00:34:06.279 --> 00:34:06.859
 to require

00:34:06.859 --> 00:34:07.319
 on their

00:34:07.319 --> 00:34:07.659
 part

00:34:07.659 --> 00:34:08.179
 a new

00:34:08.179 --> 00:34:08.960
 allegiance

00:34:08.960 --> 00:34:11.159
 the people

00:34:11.159 --> 00:34:11.820
 in Jerusalem

00:34:11.820 --> 00:34:12.279
 need to

00:34:12.279 --> 00:34:12.880
 let go

00:34:12.880 --> 00:34:13.300
 of their

00:34:13.300 --> 00:34:13.759
 political

00:34:13.759 --> 00:34:14.340
 power

00:34:14.340 --> 00:34:14.840
 of their

00:34:14.840 --> 00:34:15.259
 political

00:34:15.259 --> 00:34:16.019
 structures

00:34:16.019 --> 00:34:16.880
 of the

00:34:16.880 --> 00:34:17.460
 influence

00:34:17.460 --> 00:34:17.800
 that they

00:34:17.800 --> 00:34:18.219
 have

00:34:18.219 --> 00:34:18.559
 of their

00:34:18.559 --> 00:34:18.880
 nice

00:34:18.880 --> 00:34:19.420
 neat

00:34:19.420 --> 00:34:19.699
 tidy

00:34:19.699 --> 00:34:19.960
 little

00:34:19.960 --> 00:34:20.480
 lives

00:34:20.480 --> 00:34:21.119
 they need

00:34:21.119 --> 00:34:21.440
 to let

00:34:21.440 --> 00:34:21.840
 go

00:34:21.840 --> 00:34:22.300
 of those

00:34:22.300 --> 00:34:22.880
 uneasy

00:34:22.880 --> 00:34:23.559
 alliances

00:34:23.559 --> 00:34:24.000
 that they

00:34:24.000 --> 00:34:24.500
 formed

00:34:24.500 --> 00:34:26.820
 and they

00:34:26.820 --> 00:34:27.400
 need to

00:34:27.400 --> 00:34:27.779
 join

00:34:27.779 --> 00:34:28.380
 the king

00:34:28.380 --> 00:34:30.079
 the irony

00:34:30.079 --> 00:34:30.559
 is

00:34:30.559 --> 00:34:31.659
 that Jesus

00:34:31.659 --> 00:34:32.239
 is their

00:34:32.239 --> 00:34:32.699
 true

00:34:32.699 --> 00:34:33.459
 victorious

00:34:33.459 --> 00:34:34.119
 messianic

00:34:34.119 --> 00:34:34.339
 king

00:34:34.339 --> 00:34:34.639
 coming

00:34:34.639 --> 00:34:34.879
 into

00:34:34.879 --> 00:34:35.359
 Jerusalem

00:34:35.359 --> 00:34:36.479
 and Rome

00:34:36.479 --> 00:34:36.899
 is their

00:34:36.899 --> 00:34:37.319
 oppressive

00:34:37.319 --> 00:34:37.799
 ruler

00:34:37.799 --> 00:34:38.559
 but they're

00:34:38.559 --> 00:34:39.259
 so afraid

00:34:39.259 --> 00:34:39.919
 that Jesus

00:34:39.919 --> 00:34:40.339
 is going

00:34:40.339 --> 00:34:40.559
 to get

00:34:40.559 --> 00:34:40.839
 them in

00:34:40.839 --> 00:34:41.039
 trouble

00:34:41.039 --> 00:34:41.619
 with Rome

00:34:41.619 --> 00:34:42.059
 they're like

00:34:42.059 --> 00:34:42.339
 you know

00:34:42.339 --> 00:34:42.559
 what

00:34:42.559 --> 00:34:42.819
 no

00:34:42.819 --> 00:34:43.159
 no

00:34:43.159 --> 00:34:46.099
 and so

00:34:46.099 --> 00:34:46.459
 the people

00:34:46.459 --> 00:34:47.159
 from Jerusalem

00:34:47.159 --> 00:34:48.039
 are ultimately

00:34:48.039 --> 00:34:48.659
 in just

00:34:48.659 --> 00:34:49.679
 just a couple

00:34:49.679 --> 00:34:50.259
 of days

00:34:50.259 --> 00:34:50.779
 are going

00:34:50.779 --> 00:34:51.239
 to kill

00:34:51.239 --> 00:34:51.779
 Jesus

00:34:51.779 --> 00:34:52.759
 in order

00:34:52.759 --> 00:34:53.219
 to avoid

00:34:53.219 --> 00:34:53.500
 all that

00:34:53.500 --> 00:34:53.799
 trouble

00:34:53.799 --> 00:34:56.739
 in the

00:34:56.739 --> 00:34:57.059
 book of

00:34:57.059 --> 00:34:57.579
 John

00:34:57.579 --> 00:34:58.079
 in chapter

00:34:58.079 --> 00:34:58.679
 19

00:34:58.679 --> 00:34:59.199
 Pilate

00:34:59.199 --> 00:34:59.659
 says

00:34:59.659 --> 00:35:00.259
 to the

00:35:00.259 --> 00:35:00.519
 chief

00:35:00.519 --> 00:35:00.979
 priest

00:35:00.979 --> 00:35:01.539
 shall I

00:35:01.539 --> 00:35:02.139
 crucify

00:35:02.139 --> 00:35:02.400
 your

00:35:02.400 --> 00:35:02.759
 king

00:35:02.759 --> 00:35:04.460
 and the

00:35:04.460 --> 00:35:04.739
 people

00:35:04.739 --> 00:35:04.900
 of

00:35:04.900 --> 00:35:05.239
 Jerusalem

00:35:05.239 --> 00:35:05.579
 say

00:35:05.579 --> 00:35:06.079
 we have

00:35:06.079 --> 00:35:06.320
 no

00:35:06.320 --> 00:35:06.619
 king

00:35:06.619 --> 00:35:06.860
 but

00:35:06.860 --> 00:35:07.239
 Caesar

00:35:07.239 --> 00:35:09.059
 so

00:35:09.059 --> 00:35:09.440
 Pilate

00:35:09.440 --> 00:35:09.820
 delivered

00:35:09.820 --> 00:35:10.019
 him

00:35:10.019 --> 00:35:10.199
 over

00:35:10.199 --> 00:35:10.539
 to them

00:35:10.539 --> 00:35:10.840
 to be

00:35:10.840 --> 00:35:11.259
 crucified

00:35:11.259 --> 00:35:14.000
 so here

00:35:14.000 --> 00:35:14.259
 I think

00:35:14.259 --> 00:35:14.500
 is the

00:35:14.500 --> 00:35:14.880
 main point

00:35:14.880 --> 00:35:15.119
 of the

00:35:15.119 --> 00:35:15.500
 story

00:35:15.500 --> 00:35:16.639
 accept

00:35:16.639 --> 00:35:17.300
 Jesus

00:35:17.300 --> 00:35:17.880
 as the

00:35:17.880 --> 00:35:18.179
 true

00:35:18.179 --> 00:35:18.699
 king

00:35:18.699 --> 00:35:19.219
 even

00:35:19.219 --> 00:35:19.559
 if he

00:35:19.559 --> 00:35:19.900
 may not

00:35:19.900 --> 00:35:20.219
 be what

00:35:20.219 --> 00:35:20.360
 you're

00:35:20.360 --> 00:35:20.619
 looking

00:35:20.619 --> 00:35:20.940
 for

00:35:20.940 --> 00:35:21.960
 what

00:35:21.960 --> 00:35:22.199
 do we

00:35:22.199 --> 00:35:22.380
 want

00:35:22.380 --> 00:35:22.599
 in a

00:35:22.599 --> 00:35:22.860
 king

00:35:22.860 --> 00:35:23.139
 someone

00:35:23.139 --> 00:35:23.639
 to solve

00:35:23.639 --> 00:35:23.800
 our

00:35:23.800 --> 00:35:24.420
 problems

00:35:24.420 --> 00:35:24.800
 someone

00:35:24.800 --> 00:35:25.320
 to lower

00:35:25.320 --> 00:35:25.599
 our

00:35:25.599 --> 00:35:26.179
 taxes

00:35:26.179 --> 00:35:28.399
 someone

00:35:28.399 --> 00:35:28.899
 to support

00:35:28.899 --> 00:35:29.059
 our

00:35:29.059 --> 00:35:29.559
 values

00:35:29.559 --> 00:35:29.919
 someone

00:35:29.919 --> 00:35:30.339
 to raise

00:35:30.339 --> 00:35:30.500
 our

00:35:30.500 --> 00:35:31.119
 status

00:35:31.119 --> 00:35:32.039
 or maybe

00:35:32.039 --> 00:35:32.359
 someone

00:35:32.359 --> 00:35:32.699
 to just

00:35:32.699 --> 00:35:32.960
 sort of

00:35:32.960 --> 00:35:33.379
 leave us

00:35:33.379 --> 00:35:33.899
 alone

00:35:33.899 --> 00:35:34.699
 or who

00:35:34.699 --> 00:35:35.059
 isn't going

00:35:35.059 --> 00:35:35.480
 to ask

00:35:35.480 --> 00:35:36.299
 very much

00:35:36.299 --> 00:35:36.859
 or is

00:35:36.859 --> 00:35:37.079
 going to

00:35:37.079 --> 00:35:37.419
 support

00:35:37.419 --> 00:35:37.940
 my life

00:35:37.940 --> 00:35:38.199
 as it

00:35:38.199 --> 00:35:38.599
 is right

00:35:38.599 --> 00:35:39.079
 now

00:35:39.079 --> 00:35:39.779
 or someone

00:35:39.779 --> 00:35:40.000
 is going

00:35:40.000 --> 00:35:40.219
 to let

00:35:40.219 --> 00:35:40.659
 me keep

00:35:40.659 --> 00:35:40.980
 what I

00:35:40.980 --> 00:35:41.299
 have

00:35:41.299 --> 00:35:41.960
 my pride

00:35:41.960 --> 00:35:42.199
 my

00:35:42.199 --> 00:35:42.799
 resources

00:35:42.799 --> 00:35:43.539
 but the

00:35:43.539 --> 00:35:43.819
 problem

00:35:43.819 --> 00:35:44.159
 is

00:35:44.159 --> 00:35:44.759
 we don't

00:35:44.759 --> 00:35:45.159
 always do

00:35:45.159 --> 00:35:45.440
 a very

00:35:45.440 --> 00:35:45.879
 good job

00:35:45.879 --> 00:35:46.460
 of knowing

00:35:46.460 --> 00:35:46.980
 what our

00:35:46.980 --> 00:35:47.659
 real needs

00:35:47.659 --> 00:35:48.059
 are

00:35:48.059 --> 00:35:49.319
 we have

00:35:49.319 --> 00:35:49.619
 bigger

00:35:49.619 --> 00:35:50.119
 problems

00:35:50.119 --> 00:35:50.539
 than high

00:35:50.539 --> 00:35:50.940
 taxes

00:35:50.940 --> 00:35:51.599
 and government

00:35:51.599 --> 00:35:52.099
 corruption

00:35:52.099 --> 00:35:53.719
 and terrorism

00:35:53.719 --> 00:35:55.379
 we need

00:35:55.379 --> 00:35:55.639
 something

00:35:55.639 --> 00:35:55.879
 a lot

00:35:55.879 --> 00:35:56.059
 more

00:35:56.059 --> 00:35:56.559
 significant

00:35:56.559 --> 00:35:57.099
 than that

00:35:57.099 --> 00:35:57.559
 the problem

00:35:57.559 --> 00:35:57.859
 is that

00:35:57.859 --> 00:35:58.000
 we

00:35:58.000 --> 00:35:59.679
 misdiagnose

00:35:59.679 --> 00:36:00.159
 what we

00:36:00.159 --> 00:36:00.679
 need

00:36:00.679 --> 00:36:01.939
 we search

00:36:01.939 --> 00:36:02.259
 for the

00:36:02.259 --> 00:36:02.559
 wrong

00:36:02.559 --> 00:36:02.839
 kind

00:36:02.839 --> 00:36:03.279
 of king

00:36:03.279 --> 00:36:03.659
 and then

00:36:03.659 --> 00:36:04.279
 we miss

00:36:04.279 --> 00:36:04.719
 God's

00:36:04.719 --> 00:36:05.419
 true king

00:36:05.419 --> 00:36:08.199
 instead

00:36:08.199 --> 00:36:08.899
 we need

00:36:08.899 --> 00:36:09.619
 to accept

00:36:09.619 --> 00:36:10.019
 Jesus

00:36:10.019 --> 00:36:10.419
 as the

00:36:10.419 --> 00:36:10.879
 true king

00:36:10.879 --> 00:36:11.439
 even though

00:36:11.439 --> 00:36:11.819
 he may

00:36:11.819 --> 00:36:12.259
 not be

00:36:12.259 --> 00:36:12.619
 what we

00:36:12.619 --> 00:36:12.779
 were

00:36:12.779 --> 00:36:13.259
 originally

00:36:13.259 --> 00:36:13.699
 looking

00:36:13.699 --> 00:36:14.000
 for

00:36:14.000 --> 00:36:15.739
 we need

00:36:15.739 --> 00:36:16.339
 our sins

00:36:16.339 --> 00:36:16.819
 forgiven

00:36:16.819 --> 00:36:18.399
 we need

00:36:18.399 --> 00:36:18.839
 freedom

00:36:18.839 --> 00:36:19.879
 from the

00:36:19.879 --> 00:36:20.419
 destructive

00:36:20.419 --> 00:36:21.119
 patterns

00:36:21.119 --> 00:36:21.500
 to which

00:36:21.500 --> 00:36:21.759
 we've

00:36:21.759 --> 00:36:22.000
 committed

00:36:22.000 --> 00:36:22.619
 ourselves

00:36:22.619 --> 00:36:24.480
 we know

00:36:24.480 --> 00:36:24.900
 if we're

00:36:24.900 --> 00:36:25.219
 honest

00:36:25.219 --> 00:36:25.559
 that our

00:36:25.559 --> 00:36:25.960
 own

00:36:25.960 --> 00:36:26.599
 hearts

00:36:26.599 --> 00:36:27.299
 are dark

00:36:27.299 --> 00:36:27.719
 and that

00:36:27.719 --> 00:36:28.119
 we need

00:36:28.119 --> 00:36:28.679
 transformation

00:36:28.679 --> 00:36:29.319
 we need

00:36:29.319 --> 00:36:29.639
 peace

00:36:29.639 --> 00:36:30.319
 with God

00:36:30.319 --> 00:36:30.779
 we need

00:36:30.779 --> 00:36:31.179
 hope

00:36:31.179 --> 00:36:31.779
 for the

00:36:31.779 --> 00:36:32.159
 future

00:36:32.159 --> 00:36:33.599
 we need

00:36:33.599 --> 00:36:34.019
 hope

00:36:34.019 --> 00:36:34.579
 that wherever

00:36:34.579 --> 00:36:35.719
 sin is not

00:36:35.719 --> 00:36:36.219
 ultimately

00:36:36.219 --> 00:36:36.799
 cured

00:36:36.799 --> 00:36:37.359
 that it

00:36:37.359 --> 00:36:37.639
 will be

00:36:37.639 --> 00:36:38.159
 destroyed

00:36:38.159 --> 00:36:41.199
 and Jesus

00:36:41.199 --> 00:36:42.199
 presents himself

00:36:42.199 --> 00:36:42.900
 to us

00:36:42.900 --> 00:36:43.659
 as God's

00:36:43.659 --> 00:36:44.159
 king

00:36:44.159 --> 00:36:46.519
 and so

00:36:46.519 --> 00:36:46.980
 here's the

00:36:46.980 --> 00:36:47.319
 call

00:36:47.319 --> 00:36:47.980
 of this

00:36:47.980 --> 00:36:48.259
 simple

00:36:48.259 --> 00:36:48.719
 story

00:36:48.719 --> 00:36:50.599
 to accept

00:36:50.599 --> 00:36:51.039
 God's

00:36:51.039 --> 00:36:51.380
 king

00:36:51.380 --> 00:36:51.920
 instead of

00:36:51.920 --> 00:36:52.219
 the one

00:36:52.219 --> 00:36:52.480
 that we

00:36:52.480 --> 00:36:52.819
 would make

00:36:52.819 --> 00:36:53.019
 for

00:36:53.019 --> 00:36:53.619
 ourselves

00:36:53.619 --> 00:36:55.879
 to repent

00:36:55.879 --> 00:36:56.259
 of our

00:36:56.259 --> 00:36:56.619
 sins

00:36:56.619 --> 00:36:57.000
 and to

00:36:57.000 --> 00:36:57.259
 repent

00:36:57.259 --> 00:36:57.759
 of our

00:36:57.759 --> 00:36:58.079
 old

00:36:58.079 --> 00:36:59.299
 allegiances

00:36:59.299 --> 00:36:59.879
 and to

00:36:59.879 --> 00:37:00.619
 let go

00:37:00.619 --> 00:37:01.699
 of our

00:37:01.699 --> 00:37:02.039
 own

00:37:02.039 --> 00:37:02.480
 kingdoms

00:37:02.480 --> 00:37:04.339
 so that

00:37:04.339 --> 00:37:04.659
 we can

00:37:04.659 --> 00:37:04.899
 join

00:37:04.899 --> 00:37:05.259
 his

00:37:05.259 --> 00:37:08.079
 behold

00:37:08.079 --> 00:37:08.639
 your king

00:37:08.639 --> 00:37:09.159
 is coming

00:37:09.159 --> 00:37:09.559
 to you

00:37:09.559 --> 00:37:09.939
 humble

00:37:09.939 --> 00:37:10.559
 and mounted

00:37:10.559 --> 00:37:10.980
 on a

00:37:10.980 --> 00:37:11.299
 donkey

00:37:11.299 --> 00:37:12.939
 he is

00:37:12.939 --> 00:37:13.319
 Christ

00:37:13.319 --> 00:37:13.839
 the king

00:37:13.839 --> 00:37:16.199
 amen

00:37:16.199 --> 00:37:17.939
 let's

00:37:17.939 --> 00:37:18.179
 pray

00:37:18.179 --> 00:37:22.299
 father

00:37:22.299 --> 00:37:22.539
 father we

00:37:22.539 --> 00:37:23.239
 stand on

00:37:23.239 --> 00:37:23.659
 this side

00:37:23.659 --> 00:37:23.879
 of the

00:37:23.879 --> 00:37:24.279
 cross

00:37:24.279 --> 00:37:26.259
 after you

00:37:26.259 --> 00:37:26.799
 had gone

00:37:26.799 --> 00:37:27.159
 to the

00:37:27.159 --> 00:37:27.619
 cross

00:37:27.619 --> 00:37:29.159
 and given

00:37:29.159 --> 00:37:29.879
 yourself over

00:37:29.879 --> 00:37:30.460
 to death

00:37:30.460 --> 00:37:32.259
 after you

00:37:32.259 --> 00:37:32.859
 had raised

00:37:32.859 --> 00:37:33.519
 victoriously

00:37:33.519 --> 00:37:33.980
 from the

00:37:33.980 --> 00:37:34.339
 grave

00:37:34.339 --> 00:37:36.960
 and seated

00:37:36.960 --> 00:37:38.000
 yourself at

00:37:38.000 --> 00:37:38.359
 the right

00:37:38.359 --> 00:37:38.839
 hand of the

00:37:38.839 --> 00:37:39.159
 father

00:37:39.159 --> 00:37:39.759
 interceding

00:37:39.759 --> 00:37:40.299
 for us

00:37:40.300 --> 00:37:43.360
 lord we

00:37:43.360 --> 00:37:43.980
 praise you

00:37:43.980 --> 00:37:45.060
 we praise

00:37:45.060 --> 00:37:45.539
 you as

00:37:45.539 --> 00:37:46.039
 our great

00:37:46.039 --> 00:37:46.440
 king

00:37:46.440 --> 00:37:48.240
 and we

00:37:48.240 --> 00:37:48.820
 look forward

00:37:48.820 --> 00:37:49.220
 to the

00:37:49.220 --> 00:37:49.680
 time you

00:37:49.680 --> 00:37:50.039
 come back

00:37:50.039 --> 00:37:50.260
 in the

00:37:50.260 --> 00:37:50.620
 future

00:37:50.620 --> 00:37:51.280
 to

00:37:51.280 --> 00:37:54.039
 defeat your

00:37:54.039 --> 00:37:54.600
 enemies

00:37:54.600 --> 00:37:56.600
 to destroy

00:37:56.600 --> 00:37:57.240
 sin once

00:37:57.240 --> 00:37:57.600
 and for

00:37:57.600 --> 00:37:57.900
 all

00:37:57.900 --> 00:37:58.480
 to reign

00:37:58.480 --> 00:37:59.140
 in peace

00:37:59.140 --> 00:37:59.720
 and justice

00:37:59.720 --> 00:38:00.280
 from sea

00:38:00.280 --> 00:38:00.740
 to sea

00:38:00.740 --> 00:38:03.500
 we pray

00:38:03.500 --> 00:38:03.740
 in the

00:38:03.740 --> 00:38:04.180
 meantime

00:38:04.180 --> 00:38:04.740
 before

00:38:04.740 --> 00:38:05.340
 between

00:38:05.340 --> 00:38:06.240
 the time

00:38:06.240 --> 00:38:06.720
 of your

00:38:06.720 --> 00:38:07.420
 humiliating

00:38:07.420 --> 00:38:07.880
 death

00:38:07.880 --> 00:38:08.260
 and your

00:38:08.260 --> 00:38:08.680
 future

00:38:08.680 --> 00:38:09.160
 victory

00:38:09.160 --> 00:38:09.600
 that we

00:38:09.600 --> 00:38:09.880
 would

00:38:09.880 --> 00:38:11.480
 follow you

00:38:11.480 --> 00:38:11.820
 with all

00:38:11.820 --> 00:38:12.059
 of our

00:38:12.059 --> 00:38:12.619
 hearts

00:38:12.619 --> 00:38:13.140
 and souls

00:38:13.140 --> 00:38:14.800
 we would

00:38:14.800 --> 00:38:15.599
 accept you

00:38:15.599 --> 00:38:17.039
 and that

00:38:17.039 --> 00:38:17.920
 this passage

00:38:17.920 --> 00:38:18.680
 would strengthen

00:38:18.680 --> 00:38:19.260
 our faith

00:38:19.260 --> 00:38:19.760
 in who you

00:38:19.760 --> 00:38:20.099
 are

00:38:20.099 --> 00:38:21.539
 and warn

00:38:21.539 --> 00:38:22.140
 us against

00:38:22.140 --> 00:38:22.880
 missing you

00:38:22.880 --> 00:38:26.380
 we accept

00:38:26.380 --> 00:38:26.820
 you as our

00:38:26.820 --> 00:38:27.380
 great king

00:38:27.380 --> 00:38:27.700
 and we

00:38:27.700 --> 00:38:28.380
 praise you

00:38:28.380 --> 00:38:29.220
 father son

00:38:29.220 --> 00:38:29.640
 and holy

00:38:29.640 --> 00:38:30.119
 spirit

00:38:30.119 --> 00:38:31.800
 amen