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 Well, amen and good morning.

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 Please take your copy of God's Word and join me in John chapter 12.

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! Please take your copy of God's Word and join me in John chapter 12.

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! Our text this morning is John chapter 12, verses 9 through 19.

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 As we've worked our way through John's Gospel, one of the recurring observations we've made is that people

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 can possess an accurate understanding of certain truths about Jesus Christ,

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 while remaining profoundly mistaken about the significance of those truths.

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 They may recognize His miracles, acknowledge His authority,

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 or even employ the correct theological language to describe Him,

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 and yet fail to understand who He is and what He came to accomplish.

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 And we have seen this repeatedly.

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 Nicodemus recognized that Jesus was a teacher who had come from God,

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 but He did not understand the necessity of the new birth.

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 The Samaritan woman recognized that Jesus was a prophet

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 before coming to understand that He was the Messiah.

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 The crowds who witnessed the feeding of the 5,000 correctly recognized the miraculous provision of Jesus,

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 but they misunderstood the nature of the bread He had come to provide.

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 And now in our passage this morning, we're going to encounter an entire city

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 preparing to celebrate the arrival of a king whom they do not adequately understand.

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 What makes this passage especially interesting is that the people are not entirely wrong about Jesus.

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 In fact, much of what they proclaim is correct.

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 Jesus is the promised king.

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 He is the fulfillment of God's covenant promises.

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 He has come to deliver His people,

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 and His kingdom will extend beyond the boundaries of Israel to encompass people from every nation.

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 The problem is that they misunderstand the nature of His kingdom

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 and the means by which He will establish it.

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 And John tells us something that ought to capture our attention.

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 Even the disciples,

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 those men who have accompanied Jesus throughout His public ministry,

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 do not initially understand the significance of what is taking place.

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 It will only be after Jesus has been glorified

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 that they begin to comprehend the Scriptures and the events unfolding before them.

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 I want us to consider this passage with a particular emphasis on that misunderstanding

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 because I believe John intends for us to recognize something about the way God accomplishes His purposes.

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 Something about the danger of bringing our expectations to the Scriptures.

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 And something about the necessity of understanding Jesus in light of His death and His resurrection.

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 The central truth I want us to see is this.

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 Jesus is the promised king,

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 but His victory is accomplished through the very suffering and death that His followers struggled to understand.

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 So let me pray, and then we'll read our text together.

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 Father God, we pray that You will help us to this end that I have stated.

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 We humbly recognize we need Your help to rightly understand Your Word.

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 And so we ask that You would help us by Your Spirit to believe its promises and obey its commands,

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 have affection for You, its author,

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 and we pray that You'll help us to this end.

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 In Jesus' name, Amen.

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 Amen.

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 John chapter 12, beginning in verse 9.

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 When the large crowd of the Jews learned that Jesus was there,

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 they came not only on account of Him,

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 but also to see Lazarus, whom He had raised from the dead.

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 So the chief priests made plans to put Lazarus to death as well,

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 because on account of Him,

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 many of the Jews were going away and believing in Jesus.

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 The next day, the large crowd that had come to the feast

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 heard that Jesus was coming to Jerusalem.

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 So they took branches of palm trees and went out to meet Him,

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 crying out,

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 Hosanna, blessed is He who comes in the name of the Lord,

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 even the King of Israel.

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 And Jesus found a young donkey and sat on it,

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 just as it is written,

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 Fear not, daughter of Zion,

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 behold, Your King is coming,

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 sitting on a donkey's colt.

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 His disciples did not understand these things at first,

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 but when Jesus was glorified,

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 then they remembered that these things had been written about Him

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 and had been done to Him.

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 The crowd that had been with Him

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 when He called Lazarus out of the tomb

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 and raised Him from the dead

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 continued to bear witness.

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 The reason why the crowd went to meet Him

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 was that they heard He had done this sign.

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 So the Pharisees said to one another,

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 You see that you are gaining nothing.

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 Look, the world has gone after Him.

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 Let's begin by considering the circumstances

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 surrounding Jesus' arrival in Jerusalem

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 with our first point,

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 Jesus, the King who divides the people,

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 in verses 9 through 11.

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 Perhaps you'll remember that in chapter 11,

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 Jesus performed what is the most remarkable

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 of His public miracles.

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 Lazarus, who had been dead for four days,

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 was raised from the dead

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 by the authoritative command of the Christ.

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 And John had been very clear to show us

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 that the consequences of this miracle

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 extend well beyond the resurrection of one man.

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 In John 11 and verse 45,

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 were told that many who witnessed

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 what Jesus had done believed in Him.

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 But others carried the news to the Pharisees,

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 resulting in a meeting of the Jewish council

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 where the religious leaders determined

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 that Jesus must be put to death.

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 Caiaphas, the high priest,

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 argued that it would be advantageous

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 for one man to die

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 rather than the entire nation to perish.

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 And John explains,

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 Caiaphas spoke more truthfully than he understood

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 because Jesus would indeed die for the nation.

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 And not for that nation only,

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 but also to gather into one

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 the children of God who were scattered abroad.

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 So already John has begun directing our attention

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 toward the approaching death of Jesus

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 and the significance of that death

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 for the salvation of God's people.

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 Then in the opening verses of chapter 12,

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 we find Jesus in Bethany

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 where Mary anoints His feet

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 with expensive perfume.

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 Jesus interprets Mary's actions

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 in relation to His burial.

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 His death is no longer something

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 merely anticipated in the distant future.

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 It is now immediately before Him.

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 And that brings us to verse 9.

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 John tells us that a large crowd

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 learns that Jesus is in Bethany

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 and comes not only to see Him,

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 but also to see Lazarus,

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 whom Jesus raised from the dead.

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 Now, I think we can appreciate their interest.

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 Imagine learning that a man who had been dead

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 for four days was now walking around,

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 eating meals, speaking with his friends,

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 conducting himself as any other living man.

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 We would certainly be interested in seeing Him.

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 But John wants us to recognize

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 that Lazarus has become something more

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 than the beneficiary of a miracle.

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 He has become a living testimony

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 to the identity and authority of Jesus Christ.

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 Every time someone sees Lazarus alive,

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 they are confronted with the extraordinary claim

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 that Jesus possesses authority over death itself.

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 And so in verses 10 and 11,

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 the chief priests make the remarkable decision

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 to put Lazarus to death also

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 because his resurrection has resulted

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 in many people believing in Jesus.

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 Consider the terrible irony of that decision.

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 Jesus has demonstrated His authority over death

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 by raising Lazarus,

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 and the religious leaders respond

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 by attempting to kill the very man

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 whose life testifies to that authority.

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 They cannot deny the significance

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 of what has happened.

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 So they seek to eliminate the evidence.

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 And this is consistent with what John

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 has been teaching us throughout his gospel.

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 The rejection of Jesus is not fundamentally

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 an intellectual problem resulting

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 from insufficient information.

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 John 3.19 tells us that the light

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 light has come into the world,

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 but people loved darkness rather than light

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 because their works were evil.

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 The religious leaders have witnessed

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 more than enough evidence

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 to recognize that something extraordinary

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 is taking place.

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 But rather than submitting themselves

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 to Jesus,

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 they determine to destroy Him.

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 And this introduces a contrast

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 that will become increasingly important

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 throughout our passage.

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 On one side are people

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 who celebrate Jesus

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 because of His miraculous power.

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 On the other are religious leaders

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 who reject Him

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 because His popularity

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 threatens their authority.

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 Receive and reject.

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 This is a repeated theme

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 that I have presented to you

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 throughout John's gospel.

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 Which category do you belong to?

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 Are you one who will receive Jesus

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 as the Christ

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 or one who will reject Him?

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 And John will show us

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 that even among those

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 who celebrate Jesus,

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 there is a considerable confusion

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 concerning His identity

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 and His mission.

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 It is possible to be enthusiastic

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 about Jesus

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 without understanding

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 the gospel of Jesus Christ.

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 That's a distinction

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 we ought to take very seriously.

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 A person may be

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 impressed by Christianity,

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 attracted to the moral teachings

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 of Jesus,

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 appreciative of the benefits

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 associated with Christian community,

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 or even enthusiastic

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 about Christ's substitutionary,

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 excuse me,

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 about His influence

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 upon society

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 without ever understanding

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 the necessity

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 of Christ's substitutionary death

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 and victorious resurrection.

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 There is a difference

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 between admiring Jesus

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 and believing in Jesus

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 as He has refilled Himself.

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 And that distinction

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 becomes particularly evident

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 in the next portion

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 of our passage.

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 Well, second point,

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 Jesus,

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 the King

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 who defies

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 expectations.

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 We'll see this

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 in verses 12

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 through 15.

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 Beginning in verse 12,

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 John describes

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 the arrival

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 of Jesus

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 in Jerusalem.

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 A large crowd

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 that has gathered

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 for the Passover feast

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 hears that Jesus

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 is approaching

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 the city.

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 They go out

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 to meet Him,

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 carrying palm branches

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 and shouting praises.

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 They employ language

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 drawn from Psalm 118,

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 celebrating the one

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 who comes

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 in the name

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 of the Lord

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 and they explicitly

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 identify Him

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 as the King

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 of Israel.

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 Now,

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 we need to understand

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 something about

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 the historical

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 and theological

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 significance

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 of this moment.

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 Most of you

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 are probably familiar.

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 The Jewish people

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 have been living

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 under foreign domination

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 for centuries.

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 First the Babylonians,

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 then the Persians,

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 followed by the Greeks,

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 and now the Romans

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 have exercised

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 authority over them.

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 Although they have

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 returned from

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 their Babylonian exile,

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 the full restoration

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 anticipated by

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 the Old Testament

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 prophets

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 has not yet

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 been realized.

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 They possess

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 the Scriptures

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 which promise

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 that God will

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 raise up

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 a descendant

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 of David

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 whose kingdom

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 will be established

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 forever.

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 They know

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 the promises

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 of Isaiah,

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 Jeremiah,

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 Ezekiel,

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 Daniel,

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 and Zechariah.

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 They anticipate

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 the coming

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 of a Messiah

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 who would

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 deliver God's

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 people

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 and establish

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 his righteous

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 rule.

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 And now,

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 Jesus approaches

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 Jerusalem

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 having demonstrated

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 an extraordinary

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 authority

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 that extends

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 even over

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 death.

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 It's not difficult

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 to understand

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 why so many people

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 would anticipate

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 that he has come

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 to restore

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 the kingdom

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 to Israel.

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 the palm branches

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 themselves

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 likely contribute

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 to the atmosphere

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 of national

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 celebration.

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 In Jewish

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 history,

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 palm branches

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 have been associated

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 with victory

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 and deliverance.

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 And the

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 proclamation

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 from Psalm

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 118

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 is especially

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 significant.

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 It's a celebration

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 of the Lord's

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 salvation

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 and the

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 language employed

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 by the crowd

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 is entirely

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 appropriate

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 for the arrival

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 of God's

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 promised king.

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 But then,

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 John draws

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 our attention

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 to something

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 Jesus does.

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 Verse 14

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 tells us

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 that Jesus

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 finds a young

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 donkey

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 and sits

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 chapter 9

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 and verse 9.

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 You read earlier

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 Jake led us

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 in a reading

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 of Zechariah 9,

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 9 and 10

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 and the previous

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 week,

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 the same

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 because I wasn't

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 here and I

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 intended to preach

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 this text.

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 So,

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 you had to endure

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 Zechariah 9,

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 9 through 10

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 two Lord's

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 days in a row.

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 I want to spend

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 a few moments

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 considering

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 Zechariah's

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 prophecy

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 because without

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 understanding

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 its original

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 context,

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 we are unlikely

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 to appreciate

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 the significance

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 of what Jesus

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 is doing.

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 Zechariah

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 ministered to

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 the Jewish

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 people following

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 their return

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 from exile

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 in Babylon.

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 The people

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 had returned

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 to the land

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 and the temple

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 would be rebuilt,

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 but the glorious

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 promises associated

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 with the restoration

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 of Israel

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 remained largely

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 unfulfilled.

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 They were still

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 subject to foreign

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 powers.

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 The Davidic

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 monarchy had not

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 been restored

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 and the people

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 continued to await

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 the fulfillment

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 of God's covenant

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 promises.

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 In the first

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 eight verses

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 of Zechariah

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 chapter 9,

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 God announces

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 judgment against

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 a series of nations

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 and cities

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 that had historically

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 threatened or

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 opposed

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 his people.

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 Damascus,

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 Tyre,

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 Sidon,

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 and the

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 Philistine cities

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 are all brought

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 under the judgment

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 of God.

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 The language

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 is that of

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 conquest,

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 judgment,

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 deliverance.

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 And then

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 in verse 9,

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 Zechariah announces

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 the arrival

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 of the king.

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 He calls upon

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 the daughter of Zion

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 to rejoice

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 because her king

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 is coming,

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 righteous and

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 possessing salvation,

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 humble and

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 riding upon a donkey.

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 Now,

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 you should notice,

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 we do well to notice

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 the contrast.

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 The opening verses

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 of the chapter

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 describe the overthrow

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 of powerful nations.

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 But when the

00:15:46.799 --> 00:15:48.120
 promised king arrives,

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 he does not appear

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 as we might expect

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 a military conqueror

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 to appear.

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 He comes in humility.

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 He rides upon a

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 donkey.

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 And then

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 verse 10

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 provides an

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 important explanation.

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 God promises

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 to remove

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 the chariot

00:16:07.700 --> 00:16:08.779
 from Ephraim,

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 the war horse

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 from Jerusalem,

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 and the instruments

00:16:12.399 --> 00:16:13.200
 of warfare

00:16:13.200 --> 00:16:15.080
 from his people.

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 The promised king

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 will speak

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 peace to the nations,

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 and his dominion

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 will extend

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 from sea to sea

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 to the ends

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 of the earth.

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 Do you see

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 what Zechariah

00:16:27.579 --> 00:16:28.759
 is describing?

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 God promises

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 a king

00:16:31.659 --> 00:16:32.339
 who will establish

00:16:32.339 --> 00:16:33.059
 a universal

00:16:33.059 --> 00:16:34.179
 kingdom of peace,

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 but the character

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 of that kingdom

00:16:36.139 --> 00:16:37.219
 is fundamentally

00:16:37.219 --> 00:16:38.179
 different from

00:16:38.179 --> 00:16:39.000
 the kingdoms

00:16:39.000 --> 00:16:39.719
 established

00:16:39.719 --> 00:16:40.879
 by the military

00:16:40.879 --> 00:16:42.019
 powers of

00:16:42.019 --> 00:16:42.959
 this world.

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 The prophets

00:16:44.679 --> 00:16:45.459
 are not promising

00:16:45.459 --> 00:16:46.559
 merely another

00:16:46.559 --> 00:16:47.639
 earthly empire

00:16:47.639 --> 00:16:48.240
 with Israel

00:16:48.240 --> 00:16:49.339
 occupying the position

00:16:49.339 --> 00:16:50.039
 previously held

00:16:50.039 --> 00:16:50.559
 by Babylon,

00:16:50.759 --> 00:16:51.019
 Persia,

00:16:51.099 --> 00:16:51.740
 or Rome.

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 They anticipate

00:16:53.779 --> 00:16:54.799
 the establishment

00:16:54.799 --> 00:16:55.840
 of God's

00:16:55.840 --> 00:16:56.799
 righteous kingdom

00:16:56.799 --> 00:16:58.440
 under the authority

00:16:58.440 --> 00:16:59.240
 of his

00:16:59.240 --> 00:17:00.379
 appointed Messiah.

00:17:01.840 --> 00:17:02.659
 And yet,

00:17:02.759 --> 00:17:03.480
 throughout the history

00:17:03.480 --> 00:17:04.019
 of Israel,

00:17:04.160 --> 00:17:04.559
 there was a

00:17:04.559 --> 00:17:05.640
 persistent tendency

00:17:05.640 --> 00:17:06.240
 to interpret

00:17:06.240 --> 00:17:06.819
 the promise

00:17:06.819 --> 00:17:07.259
 of God

00:17:07.259 --> 00:17:07.900
 primarily

00:17:07.900 --> 00:17:08.839
 through the lens

00:17:08.839 --> 00:17:10.200
 of immediate

00:17:10.200 --> 00:17:11.380
 political

00:17:11.380 --> 00:17:12.519
 circumstances.

00:17:13.799 --> 00:17:14.460
 Deliverance

00:17:14.460 --> 00:17:14.940
 meant freedom

00:17:14.940 --> 00:17:15.539
 from foreign

00:17:15.539 --> 00:17:16.120
 domination.

00:17:17.420 --> 00:17:18.000
 Restoration

00:17:18.000 --> 00:17:19.160
 meant national

00:17:19.160 --> 00:17:19.960
 independence.

00:17:19.960 --> 00:17:21.600
 victory

00:17:21.600 --> 00:17:22.160
 meant the

00:17:22.160 --> 00:17:22.660
 defeat

00:17:22.660 --> 00:17:23.600
 of Israel's

00:17:23.600 --> 00:17:24.079
 earthly

00:17:24.079 --> 00:17:25.039
 enemies.

00:17:26.500 --> 00:17:27.100
 Now,

00:17:27.140 --> 00:17:27.779
 to be clear,

00:17:28.279 --> 00:17:28.940
 the Old Testament

00:17:28.940 --> 00:17:30.059
 really does promise

00:17:30.059 --> 00:17:31.220
 judgment upon the nations,

00:17:31.380 --> 00:17:32.180
 vindication for

00:17:32.180 --> 00:17:32.840
 God's people,

00:17:33.000 --> 00:17:33.759
 and the universal

00:17:33.759 --> 00:17:35.440
 reign of the

00:17:35.440 --> 00:17:35.860
 Messiah.

00:17:37.200 --> 00:17:38.039
 The mistake

00:17:38.039 --> 00:17:38.680
 would be to

00:17:38.680 --> 00:17:39.880
 reduce those

00:17:39.880 --> 00:17:41.000
 promises to

00:17:41.000 --> 00:17:41.640
 a political

00:17:41.640 --> 00:17:42.539
 revolution

00:17:42.539 --> 00:17:44.160
 against Rome.

00:17:44.779 --> 00:17:45.680
 Because that is

00:17:45.680 --> 00:17:46.500
 not the manner

00:17:46.500 --> 00:17:47.120
 in which Jesus

00:17:47.120 --> 00:17:48.120
 has come to

00:17:48.120 --> 00:17:48.779
 establish his

00:17:48.779 --> 00:17:49.120
 kingdom.

00:17:49.960 --> 00:17:50.519
 And Jesus

00:17:50.519 --> 00:17:51.240
 makes that

00:17:51.240 --> 00:17:52.039
 unmistakably

00:17:52.039 --> 00:17:53.100
 clear through

00:17:53.100 --> 00:17:53.660
 his actions.

00:17:55.039 --> 00:17:55.500
 Now,

00:17:55.660 --> 00:17:56.380
 we sometimes

00:17:56.380 --> 00:17:57.019
 hear that Jesus

00:17:57.019 --> 00:17:57.700
 rode upon a

00:17:57.700 --> 00:17:58.299
 donkey simply

00:17:58.299 --> 00:17:59.039
 because donkeys

00:17:59.039 --> 00:17:59.920
 are humble

00:17:59.920 --> 00:18:00.799
 animals.

00:18:01.000 --> 00:18:01.779
 I made that

00:18:01.779 --> 00:18:02.380
 point just a

00:18:02.380 --> 00:18:03.019
 moment ago.

00:18:03.720 --> 00:18:04.279
 Whereas,

00:18:04.700 --> 00:18:05.340
 horses are

00:18:05.340 --> 00:18:06.200
 impressive

00:18:06.200 --> 00:18:07.579
 animals.

00:18:08.100 --> 00:18:09.180
 There's some

00:18:09.180 --> 00:18:10.759
 truth in that

00:18:10.759 --> 00:18:11.740
 contrast.

00:18:12.819 --> 00:18:13.360
 We should also

00:18:13.360 --> 00:18:14.039
 be careful not

00:18:14.039 --> 00:18:14.960
 to oversimplify

00:18:14.960 --> 00:18:15.259
 it.

00:18:15.259 --> 00:18:16.940
 In the Old

00:18:16.940 --> 00:18:17.279
 Testament,

00:18:17.480 --> 00:18:17.940
 donkeys could

00:18:17.940 --> 00:18:19.039
 also serve as

00:18:19.039 --> 00:18:20.440
 royal mounts.

00:18:21.140 --> 00:18:21.480
 Solomon,

00:18:21.779 --> 00:18:22.279
 for example,

00:18:22.420 --> 00:18:22.819
 rode upon

00:18:22.819 --> 00:18:23.539
 David's mule

00:18:23.539 --> 00:18:24.039
 when he was

00:18:24.039 --> 00:18:25.180
 publicly recognized

00:18:25.180 --> 00:18:26.160
 as king

00:18:26.160 --> 00:18:27.859
 in 1 Kings

00:18:27.859 --> 00:18:28.660
 chapter 1.

00:18:29.660 --> 00:18:30.259
 So the

00:18:30.259 --> 00:18:31.099
 significance is

00:18:31.099 --> 00:18:31.819
 not that Jesus

00:18:31.819 --> 00:18:32.799
 chooses an

00:18:32.799 --> 00:18:33.920
 animal entirely

00:18:33.920 --> 00:18:34.759
 incompatible

00:18:34.759 --> 00:18:36.220
 with kingship.

00:18:36.220 --> 00:18:37.920
 rather,

00:18:38.660 --> 00:18:39.799
 Jesus deliberately

00:18:39.799 --> 00:18:41.180
 identifies himself

00:18:41.180 --> 00:18:41.620
 with the

00:18:41.620 --> 00:18:43.000
 particular kind

00:18:43.000 --> 00:18:43.740
 of kingship

00:18:43.740 --> 00:18:45.319
 described in

00:18:45.319 --> 00:18:46.180
 Zachariah's

00:18:46.180 --> 00:18:47.120
 prophecy.

00:18:48.200 --> 00:18:49.460
 He comes as

00:18:49.460 --> 00:18:50.279
 the promised

00:18:50.279 --> 00:18:50.860
 king,

00:18:51.420 --> 00:18:52.740
 but not as a

00:18:52.740 --> 00:18:54.339
 military conqueror.

00:18:55.259 --> 00:18:55.880
 His kingdom

00:18:55.880 --> 00:18:56.700
 will not be

00:18:56.700 --> 00:18:57.740
 established through

00:18:57.740 --> 00:18:58.440
 the instruments

00:18:58.440 --> 00:18:59.600
 of earthly

00:18:59.600 --> 00:19:00.420
 warfare.

00:19:01.220 --> 00:19:02.100
 And this is

00:19:02.100 --> 00:19:02.680
 consistent with

00:19:02.680 --> 00:19:03.559
 everything John

00:19:03.559 --> 00:19:04.180
 has already

00:19:04.180 --> 00:19:05.140
 told us.

00:19:05.140 --> 00:19:06.580
 In John

00:19:06.580 --> 00:19:07.300
 chapter 6

00:19:07.300 --> 00:19:08.280
 and verse 15,

00:19:09.020 --> 00:19:09.540
 following the

00:19:09.540 --> 00:19:10.020
 feeding of the

00:19:10.020 --> 00:19:10.720
 5,000,

00:19:10.840 --> 00:19:11.240
 the people

00:19:11.240 --> 00:19:11.960
 intended to

00:19:11.960 --> 00:19:12.640
 take Jesus

00:19:12.640 --> 00:19:13.320
 by force

00:19:13.320 --> 00:19:13.860
 and make

00:19:13.860 --> 00:19:14.600
 him king,

00:19:14.960 --> 00:19:15.720
 but Jesus

00:19:15.720 --> 00:19:17.140
 withdrew.

00:19:18.460 --> 00:19:18.600
 Do you

00:19:18.600 --> 00:19:19.060
 remember why?

00:19:20.580 --> 00:19:21.400
 Not because

00:19:21.400 --> 00:19:22.160
 he was unwilling

00:19:22.160 --> 00:19:22.780
 to be king,

00:19:23.700 --> 00:19:24.280
 but because he

00:19:24.280 --> 00:19:24.780
 would not

00:19:24.780 --> 00:19:25.940
 submit his

00:19:25.940 --> 00:19:26.580
 messianic

00:19:26.580 --> 00:19:27.580
 mission to

00:19:27.580 --> 00:19:28.740
 their mistaken

00:19:28.740 --> 00:19:29.980
 expectations.

00:19:31.620 --> 00:19:32.560
 And later

00:19:32.560 --> 00:19:33.040
 in John

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 chapter 18

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 and verse

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 36,

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 Jesus will

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 explain to

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 Pilate that

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 his kingdom

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 is not

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 of this

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 world.

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 His kingdom

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 does not

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 derive its

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 authority or

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 character from

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 the political

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 powers of

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 this age.

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 Here,

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 in John

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 12,

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 Jesus is

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 openly

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 presenting

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 himself as

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 Israel's

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 promised

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 king,

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 but he

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 does so

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 in a manner

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 that challenges

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 the assumptions

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 of those

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 who are

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 welcoming him.

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 the crowd

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 expects a

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 king who

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 will defeat

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 Rome.

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 Jesus has

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 come to

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 defeat sin

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 and death.

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 The crowd

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 anticipates a

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 throne in

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 Jerusalem.

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 Jesus is

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 approaching a

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 Roman cross.

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 The crowd

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 desires deliverance

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 from earthly

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 oppression.

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 salvation.

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 Jesus has

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 come to

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 accomplish the

00:20:28.160 --> 00:20:28.880
 redemption of

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 his people

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 through the

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 sacrifice of

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 his own

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 life.

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 All of

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 this is

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 better.

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 And those

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 distinctions are

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 not intended

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 to suggest

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 that God's

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 kingdom has

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 no implications

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 for the

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 world in

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 which we

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 live.

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 Zechariah

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 9,

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 verse 10,

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 makes it

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 clear that

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 the reign

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 of the

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 Messiah will

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 ultimately

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 extend

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 throughout

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 the earth.

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 The victory

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 of Jesus

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 Christ will

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 be accomplished

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 through his

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 willing submission

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 to death,

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 followed by

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 his resurrection

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 and exaltation.

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 Now,

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 there's another

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 detail in

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 Zechariah

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 9 that

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 we shouldn't

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 overlook.

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 In verse

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 11,

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 immediately

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 following the

00:21:13.440 --> 00:21:13.920
 promise of

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 the coming

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 king and

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 his universal

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 reign,

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 God speaks

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 of delivering

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 prisoners because

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 of the blood

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 of his

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 covenant.

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 That language

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 ought to

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 remind us of

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 the covenant

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 established

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 through sacrifice

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 in Exodus

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 chapter 24.

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 And as we

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 read the

00:21:31.000 --> 00:21:31.539
 scriptures in

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 light of their

00:21:31.980 --> 00:21:32.859
 fulfillment in

00:21:32.859 --> 00:21:33.500
 Jesus Christ,

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 we recognize

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 that the

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 promised

00:21:35.319 --> 00:21:35.879
 deliverance

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 of God's

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 people is

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 ultimately

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 secured through

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 the blood

00:21:39.919 --> 00:21:41.299
 of the new

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 covenant.

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 Jesus himself

00:21:44.240 --> 00:21:45.500
 will explain

00:21:45.500 --> 00:21:46.779
 this at the

00:21:46.779 --> 00:21:47.399
 Last Supper.

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 So the

00:21:49.119 --> 00:21:50.259
 larger context

00:21:50.259 --> 00:21:50.859
 of Zechariah

00:21:50.859 --> 00:21:51.519
 9 brings

00:21:51.519 --> 00:21:52.099
 together the

00:21:52.099 --> 00:21:52.539
 coming of

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 the king,

00:21:53.379 --> 00:21:54.399
 the establishment

00:21:54.399 --> 00:21:55.319
 of peace,

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 the extension

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 of his kingdom

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 to the nations,

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 and the

00:21:58.279 --> 00:21:59.240
 deliverance of

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 God's people

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 through covenantal

00:22:01.599 --> 00:22:02.500
 blood.

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 all of these

00:22:04.460 --> 00:22:05.779
 things find

00:22:05.779 --> 00:22:06.460
 their ultimate

00:22:06.460 --> 00:22:08.519
 fulfillment in

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 Jesus Christ.

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 And all of

00:22:11.619 --> 00:22:12.940
 this because

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 Jesus went and

00:22:13.619 --> 00:22:14.980
 found a donkey

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 and rode it in

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 to Jerusalem.

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 It's not to

00:22:19.220 --> 00:22:20.099
 help us understand

00:22:20.099 --> 00:22:21.079
 why his arrival

00:22:21.079 --> 00:22:22.660
 in Jerusalem must

00:22:22.660 --> 00:22:24.119
 be interpreted in

00:22:24.119 --> 00:22:25.339
 light of the

00:22:25.339 --> 00:22:26.980
 crucifixion that

00:22:26.980 --> 00:22:27.500
 will follow.

00:22:27.500 --> 00:22:29.619
 the king is

00:22:29.619 --> 00:22:30.480
 coming, not

00:22:30.480 --> 00:22:30.960
 merely to

00:22:30.960 --> 00:22:31.420
 announce his

00:22:31.420 --> 00:22:32.480
 reign, but

00:22:32.480 --> 00:22:33.119
 to accomplish

00:22:33.119 --> 00:22:33.839
 the redemption

00:22:33.839 --> 00:22:34.579
 upon which

00:22:34.579 --> 00:22:35.180
 his saving

00:22:35.180 --> 00:22:36.940
 kingdom is

00:22:36.940 --> 00:22:37.259
 founded.

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 I'm going to

00:22:39.599 --> 00:22:40.220
 make a brief

00:22:40.220 --> 00:22:41.319
 application here

00:22:41.319 --> 00:22:42.279
 before we

00:22:42.279 --> 00:22:42.799
 move on.

00:22:43.940 --> 00:22:44.819
 I think there

00:22:44.819 --> 00:22:45.380
 is a warning

00:22:45.380 --> 00:22:46.059
 for us in the

00:22:46.059 --> 00:22:46.640
 way the crowd

00:22:46.640 --> 00:22:47.299
 appears to

00:22:47.299 --> 00:22:48.119
 understand the

00:22:48.119 --> 00:22:48.700
 Old Testament

00:22:48.700 --> 00:22:49.619
 promises.

00:22:50.619 --> 00:22:51.759
 It is entirely

00:22:51.759 --> 00:22:52.720
 possible to take

00:22:52.720 --> 00:22:53.339
 something God

00:22:53.339 --> 00:22:54.099
 has genuinely

00:22:54.099 --> 00:22:55.559
 promised and

00:22:55.559 --> 00:22:56.839
 misunderstand its

00:22:56.839 --> 00:22:57.639
 fulfillment because

00:22:57.639 --> 00:22:58.259
 we've allowed our

00:22:58.259 --> 00:22:59.599
 own desires to

00:22:59.599 --> 00:23:00.759
 determine how we

00:23:00.759 --> 00:23:01.919
 think God ought

00:23:01.919 --> 00:23:02.859
 to accomplish it.

00:23:03.559 --> 00:23:04.559
 We are not

00:23:04.559 --> 00:23:06.199
 immune to that

00:23:06.199 --> 00:23:06.679
 temptation.

00:23:08.019 --> 00:23:08.899
 We may approach

00:23:08.899 --> 00:23:09.339
 the scriptures

00:23:09.339 --> 00:23:10.359
 assuming that God's

00:23:10.359 --> 00:23:11.339
 primary concern is

00:23:11.339 --> 00:23:12.379
 to secure our

00:23:12.379 --> 00:23:13.199
 immediate comfort,

00:23:13.419 --> 00:23:14.279
 preserve our

00:23:14.279 --> 00:23:14.959
 circumstances,

00:23:15.639 --> 00:23:16.379
 advance our

00:23:16.379 --> 00:23:17.279
 preferred political

00:23:17.279 --> 00:23:18.199
 outcomes, or

00:23:18.199 --> 00:23:19.500
 protect us from

00:23:19.500 --> 00:23:20.740
 suffering.

00:23:21.819 --> 00:23:22.379
 And when God

00:23:22.379 --> 00:23:23.319
 acts in ways that

00:23:23.319 --> 00:23:24.159
 do not correspond

00:23:24.159 --> 00:23:24.939
 to those

00:23:24.939 --> 00:23:25.779
 expectations,

00:23:25.779 --> 00:23:27.399
 Christians, we

00:23:27.399 --> 00:23:28.240
 become confused.

00:23:29.519 --> 00:23:30.240
 Has our God

00:23:30.240 --> 00:23:31.160
 failed to be

00:23:31.160 --> 00:23:32.639
 faithful to his

00:23:32.639 --> 00:23:33.019
 promises?

00:23:34.759 --> 00:23:35.680
 But the proper

00:23:35.680 --> 00:23:36.480
 approach to

00:23:36.480 --> 00:23:37.220
 scripture is not

00:23:37.220 --> 00:23:38.099
 to begin with what

00:23:38.099 --> 00:23:39.160
 we wish God would

00:23:39.160 --> 00:23:40.059
 accomplish and then

00:23:40.059 --> 00:23:40.859
 search for promises

00:23:40.859 --> 00:23:41.539
 that appear to

00:23:41.539 --> 00:23:42.019
 support our

00:23:42.019 --> 00:23:42.500
 desires.

00:23:43.660 --> 00:23:44.680
 We must allow

00:23:44.680 --> 00:23:46.099
 God to define

00:23:46.099 --> 00:23:47.420
 his own purposes,

00:23:48.500 --> 00:23:49.619
 his own promises,

00:23:49.819 --> 00:23:50.660
 and the manner in

00:23:50.660 --> 00:23:51.899
 which those promises

00:23:51.900 --> 00:23:54.620
 will be fulfilled.

00:23:56.380 --> 00:23:57.220
 And nowhere is that

00:23:57.220 --> 00:23:59.160
 more important than

00:23:59.160 --> 00:24:01.080
 our understanding of

00:24:01.080 --> 00:24:01.800
 Jesus Christ.

00:24:02.900 --> 00:24:03.960
 If we interpret

00:24:03.960 --> 00:24:05.660
 Jesus primarily as

00:24:05.660 --> 00:24:06.759
 the means by which

00:24:06.759 --> 00:24:07.880
 we obtain the life

00:24:07.880 --> 00:24:09.140
 we already desire,

00:24:09.840 --> 00:24:10.519
 then we have

00:24:10.519 --> 00:24:11.180
 fundamentally

00:24:11.180 --> 00:24:13.480
 misunderstood his

00:24:13.480 --> 00:24:13.820
 mission.

00:24:13.819 --> 00:24:18.200
 He has not come

00:24:18.200 --> 00:24:19.399
 merely to improve

00:24:19.399 --> 00:24:21.059
 our circumstances.

00:24:21.779 --> 00:24:22.720
 He has come to

00:24:22.720 --> 00:24:24.259
 reconcile sinners

00:24:24.259 --> 00:24:25.480
 to God.

00:24:26.519 --> 00:24:26.799
 And that

00:24:26.799 --> 00:24:27.379
 reconciliation

00:24:27.379 --> 00:24:29.439
 requires his

00:24:29.439 --> 00:24:29.819
 death.

00:24:30.819 --> 00:24:32.019
 Which brings us

00:24:32.019 --> 00:24:33.079
 to what I believe

00:24:33.079 --> 00:24:34.399
 is the interpretive

00:24:34.399 --> 00:24:35.659
 center of our

00:24:35.659 --> 00:24:37.259
 passage in my

00:24:37.259 --> 00:24:38.759
 third point.

00:24:39.359 --> 00:24:39.779
 Yes, it's a

00:24:39.779 --> 00:24:40.099
 chiasm.

00:24:40.099 --> 00:24:42.099
 Jesus, the

00:24:42.099 --> 00:24:43.099
 king whose

00:24:43.099 --> 00:24:44.980
 glory was

00:24:44.980 --> 00:24:45.599
 misunderstood.

00:24:47.139 --> 00:24:48.059
 Look carefully

00:24:48.059 --> 00:24:49.879
 at verse 16.

00:24:51.159 --> 00:24:51.740
 John tells us

00:24:51.740 --> 00:24:52.359
 that the disciples

00:24:52.359 --> 00:24:53.519
 did not understand

00:24:53.519 --> 00:24:54.500
 these things at

00:24:54.500 --> 00:24:54.980
 first.

00:24:55.899 --> 00:24:56.439
 But when Jesus

00:24:56.439 --> 00:24:57.519
 was glorified,

00:24:57.639 --> 00:24:58.259
 they remembered

00:24:58.259 --> 00:24:58.779
 what had been

00:24:58.779 --> 00:24:59.679
 written about him

00:24:59.679 --> 00:25:00.439
 and recognized

00:25:00.439 --> 00:25:01.639
 that these things

00:25:01.639 --> 00:25:02.399
 had been done

00:25:02.399 --> 00:25:03.799
 to him.

00:25:05.279 --> 00:25:05.959
 I want us to

00:25:05.959 --> 00:25:06.779
 consider the

00:25:06.779 --> 00:25:08.659
 remarkable nature

00:25:08.659 --> 00:25:09.779
 of that admission.

00:25:10.099 --> 00:25:12.039
 John is writing

00:25:12.039 --> 00:25:12.719
 his gospel

00:25:12.719 --> 00:25:13.599
 after the

00:25:13.599 --> 00:25:14.059
 resurrection

00:25:14.059 --> 00:25:14.919
 and exaltation

00:25:14.919 --> 00:25:15.259
 of Jesus

00:25:15.259 --> 00:25:15.759
 Christ.

00:25:16.859 --> 00:25:17.199
 He has had

00:25:17.199 --> 00:25:17.859
 the opportunity

00:25:17.859 --> 00:25:18.699
 to reflect upon

00:25:18.699 --> 00:25:19.359
 the life and

00:25:19.359 --> 00:25:19.819
 ministry of

00:25:19.819 --> 00:25:20.599
 Jesus in light

00:25:20.599 --> 00:25:21.500
 of everything

00:25:21.500 --> 00:25:22.639
 that followed.

00:25:23.659 --> 00:25:24.079
 And looking

00:25:24.079 --> 00:25:25.039
 back upon

00:25:25.039 --> 00:25:25.679
 this event,

00:25:25.879 --> 00:25:26.699
 he acknowledges

00:25:26.699 --> 00:25:27.379
 that he and

00:25:27.379 --> 00:25:27.659
 the other

00:25:27.659 --> 00:25:28.480
 disciples did

00:25:28.480 --> 00:25:29.599
 not understand

00:25:29.599 --> 00:25:30.619
 what was

00:25:30.619 --> 00:25:30.959
 happening.

00:25:32.480 --> 00:25:32.779
 Now,

00:25:33.240 --> 00:25:33.799
 John does

00:25:33.799 --> 00:25:34.699
 not tell us

00:25:34.699 --> 00:25:35.819
 precisely which

00:25:35.819 --> 00:25:36.639
 aspects of the

00:25:36.639 --> 00:25:37.439
 event confused

00:25:37.439 --> 00:25:38.019
 them, and we

00:25:38.019 --> 00:25:39.459
 ought not claim

00:25:39.460 --> 00:25:40.500
 more than the

00:25:40.500 --> 00:25:41.259
 text reveals.

00:25:42.460 --> 00:25:42.920
 But the

00:25:42.920 --> 00:25:43.539
 connection between

00:25:43.539 --> 00:25:44.240
 their lack of

00:25:44.240 --> 00:25:45.180
 understanding, the

00:25:45.180 --> 00:25:45.779
 Old Testament

00:25:45.779 --> 00:25:46.920
 prophecy, and the

00:25:46.920 --> 00:25:48.140
 later glorification

00:25:48.140 --> 00:25:49.380
 of Jesus strongly

00:25:49.380 --> 00:25:50.880
 suggests that

00:25:50.880 --> 00:25:51.600
 their confusion

00:25:51.600 --> 00:25:52.420
 concerned the

00:25:52.420 --> 00:25:53.480
 relationship between

00:25:53.480 --> 00:25:54.460
 the promised

00:25:54.460 --> 00:25:55.620
 messianic king

00:25:55.620 --> 00:25:57.180
 and the suffering

00:25:57.180 --> 00:25:58.559
 that awaited him.

00:25:58.559 --> 00:26:00.079
 and this would

00:26:00.079 --> 00:26:01.379
 be consistent

00:26:01.379 --> 00:26:02.700
 with what the

00:26:02.700 --> 00:26:03.339
 other gospel

00:26:03.339 --> 00:26:04.480
 writers tell

00:26:04.480 --> 00:26:04.859
 us.

00:26:05.720 --> 00:26:06.000
 In Matthew

00:26:06.000 --> 00:26:06.779
 16, when

00:26:06.779 --> 00:26:07.419
 Jesus begins

00:26:07.419 --> 00:26:07.980
 teaching his

00:26:07.980 --> 00:26:08.619
 disciples that

00:26:08.619 --> 00:26:09.279
 he must go to

00:26:09.279 --> 00:26:10.139
 Jerusalem, suffer,

00:26:10.259 --> 00:26:10.859
 be killed, and

00:26:10.859 --> 00:26:11.579
 rise again,

00:26:12.440 --> 00:26:13.159
 Peter responds

00:26:13.159 --> 00:26:14.679
 by rebuking

00:26:14.679 --> 00:26:14.919
 him.

00:26:15.980 --> 00:26:16.659
 In Luke

00:26:16.659 --> 00:26:17.559
 chapter 18,

00:26:17.720 --> 00:26:18.559
 Jesus explicitly

00:26:18.559 --> 00:26:19.099
 tells the

00:26:19.099 --> 00:26:19.980
 twelve that the

00:26:19.980 --> 00:26:20.759
 things written by

00:26:20.759 --> 00:26:21.279
 the prophets

00:26:21.279 --> 00:26:21.940
 concerning the

00:26:21.940 --> 00:26:22.659
 Son of Man are

00:26:22.659 --> 00:26:23.179
 about to be

00:26:23.179 --> 00:26:23.679
 accomplished,

00:26:23.859 --> 00:26:25.119
 including his

00:26:25.119 --> 00:26:25.960
 suffering, death,

00:26:25.960 --> 00:26:27.059
 and resurrection.

00:26:28.160 --> 00:26:28.480
 And Luke

00:26:28.480 --> 00:26:29.039
 tells us that

00:26:29.039 --> 00:26:29.519
 the disciples

00:26:29.519 --> 00:26:30.880
 understood none

00:26:30.880 --> 00:26:32.500
 of these things.

00:26:33.279 --> 00:26:33.819
 You see the

00:26:33.819 --> 00:26:34.940
 pattern?

00:26:36.079 --> 00:26:36.519
 The disciples

00:26:36.519 --> 00:26:37.600
 believe Jesus

00:26:37.600 --> 00:26:38.480
 is the Messiah.

00:26:38.799 --> 00:26:39.039
 They have

00:26:39.039 --> 00:26:39.519
 witnessed his

00:26:39.519 --> 00:26:39.960
 miracles.

00:26:40.160 --> 00:26:40.360
 They have

00:26:40.360 --> 00:26:40.660
 heard his

00:26:40.660 --> 00:26:41.120
 teaching.

00:26:41.240 --> 00:26:41.460
 They have

00:26:41.460 --> 00:26:42.019
 confessed his

00:26:42.019 --> 00:26:42.539
 identity.

00:26:42.539 --> 00:26:43.340
 But they

00:26:43.340 --> 00:26:44.200
 struggle to

00:26:44.200 --> 00:26:45.740
 comprehend that

00:26:45.740 --> 00:26:47.079
 the Messiah must

00:26:47.079 --> 00:26:48.759
 suffer and die.

00:26:50.079 --> 00:26:50.460
 And in John

00:26:50.460 --> 00:26:52.019
 12, that

00:26:52.019 --> 00:26:53.100
 difficulty is

00:26:53.100 --> 00:26:55.240
 expressed again.

00:26:55.960 --> 00:26:57.160
 we should

00:26:57.160 --> 00:26:57.860
 recognize that

00:26:57.860 --> 00:26:58.380
 the problem

00:26:58.380 --> 00:26:59.880
 was not an

00:26:59.880 --> 00:27:01.160
 absence of

00:27:01.160 --> 00:27:01.480
 biblical

00:27:01.480 --> 00:27:02.100
 revelation.

00:27:03.420 --> 00:27:03.620
 The Old

00:27:03.620 --> 00:27:04.279
 Testament contains

00:27:04.279 --> 00:27:05.460
 extensive testimony

00:27:05.460 --> 00:27:06.220
 concerning both

00:27:06.220 --> 00:27:07.120
 the glory and

00:27:07.120 --> 00:27:08.240
 the suffering of

00:27:08.240 --> 00:27:09.400
 the Messiah.

00:27:10.200 --> 00:27:11.380
 The promises of

00:27:11.380 --> 00:27:12.600
 his kingship are

00:27:12.600 --> 00:27:13.920
 unmistakable.

00:27:15.079 --> 00:27:15.600
 Psalm 2

00:27:15.600 --> 00:27:16.660
 describes God's

00:27:16.660 --> 00:27:17.340
 anointed king

00:27:17.340 --> 00:27:18.120
 ruling over the

00:27:18.120 --> 00:27:18.500
 nations.

00:27:19.279 --> 00:27:19.980
 Psalm 72

00:27:19.980 --> 00:27:20.819
 anticipates a

00:27:20.819 --> 00:27:21.420
 righteous king

00:27:21.420 --> 00:27:22.059
 whose dominion

00:27:22.059 --> 00:27:22.759
 extends to the

00:27:22.759 --> 00:27:23.240
 ends of the

00:27:23.240 --> 00:27:23.660
 earth.

00:27:24.220 --> 00:27:24.960
 Isaiah 9

00:27:24.960 --> 00:27:25.660
 announces the

00:27:25.660 --> 00:27:26.180
 coming of a

00:27:26.180 --> 00:27:26.620
 son whose

00:27:26.620 --> 00:27:27.320
 government and

00:27:27.320 --> 00:27:27.779
 peace will

00:27:27.779 --> 00:27:29.060
 have no end.

00:27:30.460 --> 00:27:30.740
 But the

00:27:30.740 --> 00:27:31.140
 same Old

00:27:31.140 --> 00:27:32.420
 Testament also

00:27:32.420 --> 00:27:34.019
 describes a

00:27:34.019 --> 00:27:34.800
 suffering servant.

00:27:35.980 --> 00:27:36.620
 Isaiah 53

00:27:36.620 --> 00:27:37.259
 speaks of one

00:27:37.259 --> 00:27:37.840
 who bears the

00:27:37.840 --> 00:27:38.400
 sins of others,

00:27:38.560 --> 00:27:39.120
 suffers under

00:27:39.120 --> 00:27:39.980
 divine judgment,

00:27:40.200 --> 00:27:41.019
 and makes many

00:27:41.019 --> 00:27:41.840
 to be accounted

00:27:41.840 --> 00:27:43.000
 righteous.

00:27:44.060 --> 00:27:44.900
 Psalm 22

00:27:44.900 --> 00:27:45.720
 describes the

00:27:45.720 --> 00:27:46.420
 suffering of the

00:27:46.420 --> 00:27:47.060
 righteous one

00:27:47.060 --> 00:27:48.140
 whose affliction

00:27:48.140 --> 00:27:49.340
 ultimately leads to

00:27:49.340 --> 00:27:50.300
 the praise of God

00:27:50.300 --> 00:27:50.920
 among the

00:27:50.920 --> 00:27:51.420
 nations.

00:27:52.460 --> 00:27:53.560
 And Zechariah

00:27:53.559 --> 00:27:54.740
 in chapter 12

00:27:54.740 --> 00:27:55.359
 speaks of the

00:27:55.359 --> 00:27:55.799
 one who will

00:27:55.799 --> 00:27:56.559
 be pierced,

00:27:56.859 --> 00:27:57.879
 while chapter 13

00:27:57.879 --> 00:27:58.899
 describes the

00:27:58.899 --> 00:28:00.539
 striking of the

00:28:00.539 --> 00:28:00.919
 shepherd.

00:28:02.259 --> 00:28:02.839
 The scriptures

00:28:02.839 --> 00:28:04.700
 anticipate both

00:28:04.700 --> 00:28:06.240
 the suffering and

00:28:06.240 --> 00:28:08.079
 the glory of the

00:28:08.079 --> 00:28:08.480
 Messiah.

00:28:09.940 --> 00:28:10.460
 The disciples'

00:28:10.679 --> 00:28:11.440
 difficulty was

00:28:11.440 --> 00:28:12.480
 understanding how

00:28:12.480 --> 00:28:13.899
 those realities

00:28:13.899 --> 00:28:15.519
 belonged together.

00:28:16.639 --> 00:28:17.339
 And I would

00:28:17.339 --> 00:28:18.179
 suggest that this

00:28:18.179 --> 00:28:18.720
 is one of the

00:28:18.720 --> 00:28:20.179
 great lessons John

00:28:20.180 --> 00:28:21.060
 wants us to

00:28:21.060 --> 00:28:22.279
 learn from

00:28:22.279 --> 00:28:22.940
 his account.

00:28:24.039 --> 00:28:25.279
 The glory of

00:28:25.279 --> 00:28:26.100
 Jesus Christ

00:28:26.100 --> 00:28:27.259
 cannot be

00:28:27.259 --> 00:28:28.620
 properly understood

00:28:28.620 --> 00:28:30.140
 apart from

00:28:30.140 --> 00:28:30.740
 his suffering.

00:28:31.799 --> 00:28:32.640
 We cannot

00:28:32.640 --> 00:28:33.420
 understand his

00:28:33.420 --> 00:28:34.400
 kingship without

00:28:34.400 --> 00:28:36.039
 understanding his

00:28:36.039 --> 00:28:36.500
 cross.

00:28:37.019 --> 00:28:37.779
 We cannot

00:28:37.779 --> 00:28:38.580
 understand his

00:28:38.580 --> 00:28:40.200
 victory without

00:28:40.200 --> 00:28:42.160
 understanding his

00:28:42.160 --> 00:28:42.580
 death.

00:28:43.340 --> 00:28:44.340
 First the cross,

00:28:45.160 --> 00:28:47.140
 then the crown.

00:28:47.140 --> 00:28:49.180
 And we cannot

00:28:49.180 --> 00:28:49.920
 understand the

00:28:49.920 --> 00:28:50.660
 nature of his

00:28:50.660 --> 00:28:51.420
 salvation without

00:28:51.420 --> 00:28:52.560
 recognizing the

00:28:52.560 --> 00:28:53.560
 problem from

00:28:53.560 --> 00:28:54.300
 which he has

00:28:54.300 --> 00:28:56.220
 come to save

00:28:56.220 --> 00:28:56.580
 us.

00:28:58.800 --> 00:29:00.340
 Now, notice

00:29:00.340 --> 00:29:02.060
 the turning point

00:29:02.060 --> 00:29:03.120
 John identifies.

00:29:04.360 --> 00:29:05.320
 He does not say

00:29:05.320 --> 00:29:05.900
 that the disciples

00:29:05.900 --> 00:29:07.060
 understood once

00:29:07.060 --> 00:29:08.060
 Jesus had explained

00:29:08.060 --> 00:29:08.780
 the prophecy more

00:29:08.780 --> 00:29:09.120
 thoroughly.

00:29:10.240 --> 00:29:11.240
 He said that they

00:29:11.240 --> 00:29:12.280
 remembered and

00:29:12.280 --> 00:29:14.040
 understood after

00:29:14.040 --> 00:29:16.160
 Jesus was

00:29:16.160 --> 00:29:17.040
 glorified.

00:29:17.140 --> 00:29:19.160
 That language

00:29:19.160 --> 00:29:20.780
 is significant

00:29:20.780 --> 00:29:21.660
 because John

00:29:21.660 --> 00:29:22.240
 uses the

00:29:22.240 --> 00:29:23.340
 concept of

00:29:23.340 --> 00:29:23.620
 Jesus'

00:29:23.840 --> 00:29:25.400
 glorification in

00:29:25.400 --> 00:29:26.020
 a particularly

00:29:26.020 --> 00:29:27.340
 important way

00:29:27.340 --> 00:29:28.240
 throughout his

00:29:28.240 --> 00:29:28.620
 gospel.

00:29:29.860 --> 00:29:30.380
 We might

00:29:30.380 --> 00:29:31.620
 not naturally

00:29:31.620 --> 00:29:32.320
 associate

00:29:32.320 --> 00:29:33.100
 glorification,

00:29:33.660 --> 00:29:34.100
 excuse me,

00:29:34.320 --> 00:29:34.880
 we might

00:29:34.880 --> 00:29:35.520
 naturally

00:29:35.520 --> 00:29:36.400
 associate

00:29:36.400 --> 00:29:37.040
 glorification

00:29:37.040 --> 00:29:38.100
 with his

00:29:38.100 --> 00:29:39.180
 resurrection and

00:29:39.180 --> 00:29:39.840
 ascension,

00:29:40.180 --> 00:29:41.420
 and certainly

00:29:41.420 --> 00:29:42.540
 those events

00:29:42.540 --> 00:29:44.100
 do belong to

00:29:44.100 --> 00:29:45.300
 the exaltation

00:29:45.300 --> 00:29:46.160
 or glorification

00:29:46.160 --> 00:29:47.200
 of Christ.

00:29:48.040 --> 00:29:49.180
 But John

00:29:49.180 --> 00:29:50.360
 also presents

00:29:50.360 --> 00:29:51.259
 the crucifixion

00:29:51.259 --> 00:29:52.980
 itself as

00:29:52.980 --> 00:29:54.100
 central to the

00:29:54.100 --> 00:29:55.080
 revelation of

00:29:55.080 --> 00:29:55.380
 Jesus'

00:29:55.800 --> 00:29:56.880
 glory.

00:29:58.160 --> 00:29:59.480
 In John 12,

00:29:59.560 --> 00:30:00.880
 23, just a few

00:30:00.880 --> 00:30:01.580
 verses beyond our

00:30:01.580 --> 00:30:02.019
 passage,

00:30:02.779 --> 00:30:03.540
 Jesus announces

00:30:03.540 --> 00:30:04.540
 that the hour has

00:30:04.540 --> 00:30:05.360
 come for the

00:30:05.360 --> 00:30:06.100
 Son of Man

00:30:06.100 --> 00:30:07.820
 to be glorified.

00:30:07.819 --> 00:30:07.859
 God.

00:30:08.759 --> 00:30:09.319
 And then he

00:30:09.319 --> 00:30:10.339
 immediately begins

00:30:10.339 --> 00:30:11.299
 speaking about

00:30:11.299 --> 00:30:12.099
 his approaching

00:30:12.099 --> 00:30:13.099
 death.

00:30:14.039 --> 00:30:14.639
 He compares

00:30:14.639 --> 00:30:15.359
 his death to a

00:30:15.359 --> 00:30:15.919
 grain of wheat

00:30:15.919 --> 00:30:16.700
 falling into the

00:30:16.700 --> 00:30:17.119
 earth,

00:30:17.480 --> 00:30:18.079
 explaining that

00:30:18.079 --> 00:30:19.000
 unless it dies,

00:30:19.079 --> 00:30:19.939
 it remains alone,

00:30:20.019 --> 00:30:20.819
 but if it dies,

00:30:20.919 --> 00:30:21.899
 it bears much

00:30:21.899 --> 00:30:22.759
 fruit.

00:30:24.099 --> 00:30:24.779
 Later in

00:30:24.779 --> 00:30:25.899
 verses 31 and

00:30:25.899 --> 00:30:26.519
 32,

00:30:27.259 --> 00:30:28.179
 Jesus describes

00:30:28.179 --> 00:30:29.019
 the judgment of

00:30:29.019 --> 00:30:29.480
 the world,

00:30:29.599 --> 00:30:30.279
 the defeat of

00:30:30.279 --> 00:30:30.759
 its ruler,

00:30:30.859 --> 00:30:31.559
 and the gathering

00:30:31.559 --> 00:30:32.200
 of people to

00:30:32.200 --> 00:30:33.839
 himself through

00:30:33.839 --> 00:30:35.039
 his being

00:30:35.039 --> 00:30:36.399
 lifted up.

00:30:37.859 --> 00:30:38.519
 John explains

00:30:38.519 --> 00:30:39.279
 that Jesus is

00:30:39.279 --> 00:30:40.399
 speaking about

00:30:40.399 --> 00:30:41.720
 the manner of

00:30:41.720 --> 00:30:42.299
 his death.

00:30:43.879 --> 00:30:44.519
 So in John's

00:30:44.519 --> 00:30:45.119
 gospel, the

00:30:45.119 --> 00:30:45.740
 cross is not

00:30:45.740 --> 00:30:46.319
 merely an

00:30:46.319 --> 00:30:46.879
 unfortunate

00:30:46.879 --> 00:30:47.680
 circumstance

00:30:47.680 --> 00:30:49.079
 that precedes

00:30:49.079 --> 00:30:49.879
 the glorification

00:30:49.879 --> 00:30:51.200
 of Jesus.

00:30:52.059 --> 00:30:53.319
 It's integral.

00:30:53.440 --> 00:30:54.500
 It's part of

00:30:54.500 --> 00:30:55.480
 the manifestation

00:30:55.480 --> 00:30:57.059
 of his

00:30:57.059 --> 00:30:58.440
 glory.

00:30:59.579 --> 00:31:00.500
 The crucifixion,

00:31:00.759 --> 00:31:01.299
 the righteousness,

00:31:01.579 --> 00:31:01.879
 holiness,

00:31:02.119 --> 00:31:02.440
 wisdom,

00:31:02.619 --> 00:31:02.839
 love,

00:31:02.899 --> 00:31:03.839
 and mercy of

00:31:03.839 --> 00:31:04.899
 God are

00:31:04.900 --> 00:31:06.700
 displayed in

00:31:06.700 --> 00:31:07.460
 the accomplishment

00:31:07.460 --> 00:31:08.900
 of redemption

00:31:08.900 --> 00:31:10.000
 of his people.

00:31:11.240 --> 00:31:11.940
 At the cross,

00:31:12.040 --> 00:31:12.960
 Jesus bears the

00:31:12.960 --> 00:31:13.920
 judgment deserved

00:31:13.920 --> 00:31:15.519
 by sinners.

00:31:16.440 --> 00:31:17.120
 At the cross,

00:31:17.200 --> 00:31:17.920
 he accomplishes

00:31:17.920 --> 00:31:18.620
 the work of

00:31:18.620 --> 00:31:18.960
 the ordinary

00:31:18.960 --> 00:31:20.500
 nature of

00:31:20.500 --> 00:31:21.440
 divine love,

00:31:22.200 --> 00:31:22.740
 not by

00:31:22.740 --> 00:31:23.420
 overlooking

00:31:23.420 --> 00:31:23.940
 sin,

00:31:24.060 --> 00:31:24.380
 but by

00:31:24.380 --> 00:31:25.820
 satisfying the

00:31:25.820 --> 00:31:26.840
 demands of

00:31:26.840 --> 00:31:28.200
 divine justice

00:31:28.200 --> 00:31:29.500
 through his

00:31:29.500 --> 00:31:30.620
 own sacrifice.

00:31:32.200 --> 00:31:33.360
 Only after

00:31:33.359 --> 00:31:34.839
 these events

00:31:34.839 --> 00:31:35.539
 the disciples

00:31:35.539 --> 00:31:36.059
 begin to

00:31:36.059 --> 00:31:36.599
 comprehend

00:31:36.599 --> 00:31:37.299
 what had

00:31:37.299 --> 00:31:37.679
 been taking

00:31:37.679 --> 00:31:39.099
 place before

00:31:39.099 --> 00:31:39.740
 their eyes.

00:31:39.919 --> 00:31:40.219
 All the

00:31:40.219 --> 00:31:41.240
 meaning packed

00:31:41.240 --> 00:31:42.479
 into Jesus

00:31:42.479 --> 00:31:44.619
 riding on a

00:31:44.619 --> 00:31:44.939
 donkey.

00:31:46.639 --> 00:31:47.199
 But there is

00:31:47.199 --> 00:31:47.979
 another important

00:31:47.979 --> 00:31:49.059
 observation here.

00:31:50.240 --> 00:31:50.859
 John tells us

00:31:50.859 --> 00:31:51.579
 that after Jesus

00:31:51.579 --> 00:31:52.339
 was glorified,

00:31:52.419 --> 00:31:52.879
 the disciples

00:31:52.879 --> 00:31:53.839
 remembered what

00:31:53.839 --> 00:31:54.479
 had been written

00:31:54.479 --> 00:31:55.299
 about him.

00:31:56.199 --> 00:31:56.399
 Their

00:31:56.399 --> 00:31:57.299
 understanding of

00:31:57.299 --> 00:31:57.939
 scripture was

00:31:57.939 --> 00:31:59.319
 transformed by

00:31:59.319 --> 00:32:00.139
 the accomplishment

00:32:00.140 --> 00:32:01.280
 of Christ's

00:32:01.280 --> 00:32:03.200
 redemptive work.

00:32:04.320 --> 00:32:05.980
 We enjoy an

00:32:05.980 --> 00:32:06.920
 extraordinary

00:32:06.920 --> 00:32:08.480
 privilege as

00:32:08.480 --> 00:32:09.520
 Christians living

00:32:09.520 --> 00:32:10.740
 on this side

00:32:10.740 --> 00:32:11.720
 of the

00:32:11.720 --> 00:32:12.100
 resurrection.

00:32:13.040 --> 00:32:14.100
 We have the

00:32:14.100 --> 00:32:14.880
 completed testimony

00:32:14.880 --> 00:32:15.740
 of the

00:32:15.740 --> 00:32:16.120
 scriptures,

00:32:16.420 --> 00:32:17.300
 the canon,

00:32:17.840 --> 00:32:19.320
 our 66 books

00:32:19.320 --> 00:32:19.980
 of Old and

00:32:19.980 --> 00:32:20.480
 New Testament.

00:32:21.520 --> 00:32:22.759
 We can read

00:32:22.759 --> 00:32:23.520
 the Old Testament

00:32:23.520 --> 00:32:24.320
 promises in

00:32:24.320 --> 00:32:25.200
 light of their

00:32:25.200 --> 00:32:26.500
 fulfillment in

00:32:26.500 --> 00:32:26.820
 Jesus.

00:32:27.900 --> 00:32:28.940
 We can recognize

00:32:28.940 --> 00:32:29.840
 the relationship

00:32:29.840 --> 00:32:30.380
 between the

00:32:30.380 --> 00:32:31.019
 suffering servant

00:32:31.019 --> 00:32:31.360
 and the

00:32:31.360 --> 00:32:32.059
 glorious king

00:32:32.059 --> 00:32:32.620
 because the

00:32:32.620 --> 00:32:33.059
 apostles,

00:32:33.620 --> 00:32:33.880
 under the

00:32:33.880 --> 00:32:34.580
 inspiration of

00:32:34.580 --> 00:32:35.140
 the Holy Spirit,

00:32:35.240 --> 00:32:36.140
 have explained

00:32:36.140 --> 00:32:37.019
 that relationship

00:32:37.019 --> 00:32:38.279
 to us.

00:32:39.680 --> 00:32:40.279
 And while this

00:32:40.279 --> 00:32:40.920
 is true,

00:32:41.779 --> 00:32:42.480
 we should be

00:32:42.480 --> 00:32:43.259
 reminded that we

00:32:43.259 --> 00:32:44.680
 still bring our

00:32:44.680 --> 00:32:45.400
 assumptions to

00:32:45.400 --> 00:32:45.940
 the text.

00:32:46.940 --> 00:32:47.759
 We have to be

00:32:47.759 --> 00:32:48.380
 humble enough to

00:32:48.380 --> 00:32:49.220
 recognize that we

00:32:49.220 --> 00:32:50.480
 do not understand

00:32:50.480 --> 00:32:51.320
 everything.

00:32:52.559 --> 00:32:53.460
 In fact, the

00:32:53.460 --> 00:32:54.279
 longer we study

00:32:54.279 --> 00:32:54.820
 God's word,

00:32:54.920 --> 00:32:55.759
 the more we

00:32:55.759 --> 00:32:56.620
 become aware of

00:32:56.620 --> 00:32:57.240
 the limitations

00:32:57.240 --> 00:32:58.400
 of our

00:32:58.400 --> 00:32:58.960
 understanding.

00:33:00.519 --> 00:33:00.799
 But we

00:33:00.799 --> 00:33:01.240
 should not be

00:33:01.240 --> 00:33:02.200
 content to

00:33:02.200 --> 00:33:03.019
 remain confused

00:33:03.019 --> 00:33:03.599
 when God has

00:33:03.599 --> 00:33:04.220
 given us the

00:33:04.220 --> 00:33:04.920
 scriptures for

00:33:04.920 --> 00:33:06.620
 our instruction.

00:33:08.120 --> 00:33:08.440
 Our

00:33:08.440 --> 00:33:09.200
 responsibility is

00:33:09.200 --> 00:33:09.779
 to approach the

00:33:09.779 --> 00:33:10.720
 scriptures prayerfully,

00:33:10.940 --> 00:33:11.359
 humbly,

00:33:12.059 --> 00:33:12.519
 carefully,

00:33:13.299 --> 00:33:13.920
 allowing the

00:33:13.920 --> 00:33:14.539
 revelation of

00:33:14.539 --> 00:33:15.079
 God to

00:33:15.079 --> 00:33:16.480
 correct our

00:33:16.480 --> 00:33:16.880
 assumptions.

00:33:17.880 --> 00:33:18.700
 Because it is

00:33:18.700 --> 00:33:19.880
 possible to

00:33:19.880 --> 00:33:20.599
 possess greater

00:33:20.599 --> 00:33:21.539
 confidence in

00:33:21.539 --> 00:33:22.519
 our interpretation

00:33:22.519 --> 00:33:23.339
 of scripture

00:33:23.339 --> 00:33:24.799
 while misunderstanding

00:33:24.799 --> 00:33:25.640
 the very thing

00:33:25.640 --> 00:33:27.600
 God intends to

00:33:27.600 --> 00:33:28.200
 communicate.

00:33:29.400 --> 00:33:29.920
 The disciples

00:33:29.920 --> 00:33:31.460
 themselves are

00:33:31.460 --> 00:33:32.780
 evidence of

00:33:32.780 --> 00:33:33.360
 that danger,

00:33:34.100 --> 00:33:34.700
 and their

00:33:34.700 --> 00:33:35.640
 subsequent

00:33:35.640 --> 00:33:37.200
 understanding is

00:33:37.200 --> 00:33:38.560
 evidence of

00:33:38.560 --> 00:33:39.920
 God's kindness

00:33:39.920 --> 00:33:41.820
 in correcting it.

00:33:43.720 --> 00:33:44.600
 Number four,

00:33:44.840 --> 00:33:45.520
 Jesus, the

00:33:45.520 --> 00:33:46.380
 king whose

00:33:46.380 --> 00:33:47.560
 kingdom cannot

00:33:47.560 --> 00:33:49.380
 be stopped.

00:33:49.780 --> 00:33:50.320
 We see this

00:33:50.320 --> 00:33:51.060
 verse 17

00:33:51.060 --> 00:33:51.860
 through the end

00:33:51.860 --> 00:33:53.500
 of our text,

00:33:53.500 --> 00:33:54.960
 conclusion of

00:33:54.960 --> 00:33:55.559
 our passage.

00:33:56.440 --> 00:33:56.720
 In verses

00:33:56.720 --> 00:33:57.559
 17 and 18,

00:33:57.700 --> 00:33:58.400
 John explains

00:33:58.400 --> 00:33:59.000
 that the crowd

00:33:59.000 --> 00:33:59.240
 who had

00:33:59.240 --> 00:33:59.799
 witnessed the

00:33:59.799 --> 00:34:00.259
 raising of

00:34:00.259 --> 00:34:00.700
 Lazarus

00:34:00.700 --> 00:34:01.619
 continued bearing

00:34:01.619 --> 00:34:02.279
 witness to

00:34:02.279 --> 00:34:02.759
 what Jesus

00:34:02.759 --> 00:34:04.039
 had done.

00:34:05.079 --> 00:34:05.500
 And the

00:34:05.500 --> 00:34:05.839
 people who

00:34:05.839 --> 00:34:06.480
 came out

00:34:06.480 --> 00:34:06.880
 to meet

00:34:06.880 --> 00:34:07.680
 Jesus did

00:34:07.680 --> 00:34:08.219
 so at

00:34:08.219 --> 00:34:09.039
 least in

00:34:09.039 --> 00:34:10.099
 part because

00:34:10.099 --> 00:34:10.400
 they had

00:34:10.400 --> 00:34:11.099
 heard about

00:34:11.099 --> 00:34:11.780
 this remarkable

00:34:11.780 --> 00:34:12.880
 sign.

00:34:13.960 --> 00:34:14.400
 Now,

00:34:14.519 --> 00:34:15.119
 notice again

00:34:15.119 --> 00:34:15.820
 the relationship

00:34:15.820 --> 00:34:16.340
 between the

00:34:16.340 --> 00:34:16.980
 resurrection of

00:34:16.980 --> 00:34:17.579
 Lazarus and

00:34:17.579 --> 00:34:18.039
 the events

00:34:18.039 --> 00:34:18.960
 unfolding in

00:34:18.960 --> 00:34:19.360
 Jerusalem.

00:34:20.599 --> 00:34:21.059
 Jesus has

00:34:21.059 --> 00:34:21.820
 demonstrated his

00:34:21.820 --> 00:34:22.460
 authority over

00:34:22.460 --> 00:34:23.260
 death and the

00:34:23.260 --> 00:34:24.320
 testimony concerning

00:34:24.320 --> 00:34:25.220
 that miracle has

00:34:25.220 --> 00:34:25.980
 produced an

00:34:25.980 --> 00:34:27.580
 extraordinary public

00:34:27.580 --> 00:34:28.160
 response.

00:34:29.300 --> 00:34:30.240
 But we also know

00:34:30.240 --> 00:34:30.980
 that not everyone

00:34:30.980 --> 00:34:31.580
 who welcomes

00:34:31.580 --> 00:34:32.180
 Jesus in this

00:34:32.180 --> 00:34:33.040
 moment understands

00:34:33.040 --> 00:34:33.860
 the significance

00:34:33.860 --> 00:34:34.900
 of his mission.

00:34:36.080 --> 00:34:36.520
 Some are

00:34:36.520 --> 00:34:37.100
 undoubtedly

00:34:37.100 --> 00:34:38.100
 motivated by

00:34:38.100 --> 00:34:38.740
 curiosity.

00:34:39.560 --> 00:34:39.980
 Others are

00:34:39.980 --> 00:34:40.980
 impressed by his

00:34:40.980 --> 00:34:41.980
 miraculous power.

00:34:42.960 --> 00:34:43.560
 Still others

00:34:43.560 --> 00:34:44.620
 likely anticipate

00:34:44.620 --> 00:34:45.440
 the immediate

00:34:45.440 --> 00:34:46.500
 establishment of

00:34:46.500 --> 00:34:46.880
 an earthly

00:34:46.880 --> 00:34:47.400
 kingdom.

00:34:48.960 --> 00:34:49.520
 John does not

00:34:49.520 --> 00:34:50.460
 tell us the

00:34:50.460 --> 00:34:51.220
 spiritual condition

00:34:51.220 --> 00:34:52.100
 of every individual

00:34:52.100 --> 00:34:52.700
 in the crowd,

00:34:52.699 --> 00:34:53.179
 and we should

00:34:53.179 --> 00:34:53.899
 not assume

00:34:53.899 --> 00:34:54.559
 that every

00:34:54.559 --> 00:34:54.819
 person

00:34:54.819 --> 00:34:55.419
 participating

00:34:55.419 --> 00:34:56.599
 between the

00:34:56.599 --> 00:34:57.799
 popular enthusiasm

00:34:57.799 --> 00:34:58.739
 surrounding Jesus

00:34:58.739 --> 00:35:00.379
 and the fuller

00:35:00.379 --> 00:35:01.319
 understanding of

00:35:01.319 --> 00:35:01.960
 his identity

00:35:01.960 --> 00:35:02.799
 that John

00:35:02.799 --> 00:35:03.659
 intends his

00:35:03.659 --> 00:35:04.799
 readers to

00:35:04.799 --> 00:35:05.199
 possess.

00:35:06.960 --> 00:35:07.639
 And then we

00:35:07.639 --> 00:35:08.899
 come to

00:35:08.899 --> 00:35:09.639
 verse 19.

00:35:10.899 --> 00:35:11.759
 The Pharisees

00:35:11.759 --> 00:35:12.739
 observing the

00:35:12.739 --> 00:35:13.739
 enormous public

00:35:13.739 --> 00:35:15.039
 response express

00:35:15.039 --> 00:35:16.019
 their frustration

00:35:16.019 --> 00:35:17.539
 with the words,

00:35:17.539 --> 00:35:19.800
 look, the world

00:35:19.800 --> 00:35:20.460
 has gone

00:35:20.460 --> 00:35:21.380
 after him.

00:35:22.420 --> 00:35:23.559
 Now, they are

00:35:23.559 --> 00:35:24.960
 obviously employing

00:35:24.960 --> 00:35:25.900
 a degree of

00:35:25.900 --> 00:35:26.659
 exaggeration.

00:35:27.619 --> 00:35:28.059
 They do not

00:35:28.059 --> 00:35:28.539
 mean that every

00:35:28.539 --> 00:35:29.059
 person in the

00:35:29.059 --> 00:35:29.440
 world has

00:35:29.440 --> 00:35:30.079
 literally become

00:35:30.079 --> 00:35:31.019
 a follower of

00:35:31.019 --> 00:35:31.559
 Jesus.

00:35:32.739 --> 00:35:33.340
 They mean that

00:35:33.340 --> 00:35:34.300
 their attempts

00:35:34.300 --> 00:35:35.179
 to suppress

00:35:35.179 --> 00:35:36.039
 his influence

00:35:36.039 --> 00:35:36.980
 have failed,

00:35:37.300 --> 00:35:38.099
 and that his

00:35:38.099 --> 00:35:39.119
 popularity appears

00:35:39.119 --> 00:35:39.759
 to be growing

00:35:39.759 --> 00:35:40.840
 beyond their

00:35:40.840 --> 00:35:42.380
 control.

00:35:42.380 --> 00:35:42.440
 people.

00:35:43.760 --> 00:35:44.140
 But notice

00:35:44.140 --> 00:35:44.619
 this.

00:35:45.360 --> 00:35:46.000
 John places

00:35:46.000 --> 00:35:46.740
 their statement

00:35:46.740 --> 00:35:47.900
 immediately before

00:35:47.900 --> 00:35:48.980
 the account of

00:35:48.980 --> 00:35:50.019
 certain Greeks

00:35:50.019 --> 00:35:51.059
 who come to

00:35:51.059 --> 00:35:51.920
 Jerusalem and

00:35:51.920 --> 00:35:52.700
 express their

00:35:52.700 --> 00:35:53.800
 desire to see

00:35:53.800 --> 00:35:54.740
 Jesus.

00:35:55.340 --> 00:35:56.140
 And this is not

00:35:56.140 --> 00:35:57.099
 an accidental

00:35:57.099 --> 00:35:57.840
 arrangement.

00:35:59.180 --> 00:35:59.940
 Remember what

00:35:59.940 --> 00:36:00.940
 Zechariah 9.10

00:36:00.940 --> 00:36:01.800
 promises concerning

00:36:01.800 --> 00:36:02.480
 the coming king?

00:36:02.920 --> 00:36:03.660
 His reign will

00:36:03.660 --> 00:36:04.519
 extend to the

00:36:04.519 --> 00:36:05.440
 ends of the

00:36:05.440 --> 00:36:05.780
 earth.

00:36:06.240 --> 00:36:06.720
 And remember

00:36:06.720 --> 00:36:07.440
 what John has

00:36:07.440 --> 00:36:08.240
 already told us

00:36:08.240 --> 00:36:09.180
 in chapter 11?

00:36:09.179 --> 00:36:10.940
 Jesus will not

00:36:10.940 --> 00:36:11.940
 die only for

00:36:11.940 --> 00:36:12.239
 the Jewish

00:36:12.239 --> 00:36:12.739
 nation, but

00:36:12.739 --> 00:36:13.460
 also to gather

00:36:13.460 --> 00:36:14.779
 into one the

00:36:14.779 --> 00:36:15.500
 scattered children

00:36:15.500 --> 00:36:16.299
 of God.

00:36:17.359 --> 00:36:18.059
 Then in John

00:36:18.059 --> 00:36:18.960
 12, the

00:36:18.960 --> 00:36:19.919
 Pharisees complain

00:36:19.919 --> 00:36:20.679
 that the world

00:36:20.679 --> 00:36:21.500
 has gone after

00:36:21.500 --> 00:36:21.839
 him, and

00:36:21.839 --> 00:36:22.399
 immediately

00:36:22.399 --> 00:36:23.159
 afterward,

00:36:23.899 --> 00:36:24.899
 Greeks appear

00:36:24.899 --> 00:36:26.259
 seeking Jesus.

00:36:27.559 --> 00:36:27.819
 It's a

00:36:27.819 --> 00:36:28.460
 remarkable

00:36:28.460 --> 00:36:30.239
 literary and

00:36:30.239 --> 00:36:30.759
 theological

00:36:30.759 --> 00:36:31.799
 connection between

00:36:31.799 --> 00:36:33.319
 these events.

00:36:34.239 --> 00:36:34.980
 The religious

00:36:34.980 --> 00:36:35.719
 leaders are

00:36:35.719 --> 00:36:36.839
 concerned about

00:36:36.839 --> 00:36:37.480
 losing their

00:36:37.480 --> 00:36:38.500
 influence over

00:36:38.500 --> 00:36:39.079
 Israel.

00:36:39.179 --> 00:36:46.199
 people from

00:36:46.199 --> 00:36:47.759
 every nation.

00:36:48.960 --> 00:36:49.259
 And the

00:36:49.259 --> 00:36:50.039
 amazing thing

00:36:50.039 --> 00:36:50.639
 is that this

00:36:50.639 --> 00:36:51.440
 intentional

00:36:51.440 --> 00:36:53.119
 kingdom will

00:36:53.119 --> 00:36:53.659
 be established

00:36:53.659 --> 00:36:54.039
 through the

00:36:54.039 --> 00:36:54.940
 very death

00:36:54.940 --> 00:36:55.599
 the religious

00:36:55.599 --> 00:36:56.519
 leaders are

00:36:56.519 --> 00:36:58.219
 conspiring to

00:36:58.219 --> 00:36:58.719
 bring about.

00:36:59.719 --> 00:37:00.579
 They believe

00:37:00.579 --> 00:37:01.179
 that by killing

00:37:01.179 --> 00:37:01.699
 Jesus, they

00:37:01.699 --> 00:37:02.199
 will preserve

00:37:02.199 --> 00:37:02.859
 their authority

00:37:02.859 --> 00:37:03.480
 and protect

00:37:03.480 --> 00:37:03.980
 their nation,

00:37:04.399 --> 00:37:05.099
 but their

00:37:05.099 --> 00:37:05.599
 efforts to

00:37:05.599 --> 00:37:06.500
 destroy him

00:37:06.500 --> 00:37:07.000
 will become

00:37:07.000 --> 00:37:07.599
 the historical

00:37:07.599 --> 00:37:08.219
 means through

00:37:08.219 --> 00:37:08.899
 which God's

00:37:08.900 --> 00:37:10.059
 eternal purpose

00:37:10.059 --> 00:37:10.780
 of redemption

00:37:10.780 --> 00:37:12.320
 is accomplished.

00:37:13.780 --> 00:37:14.380
 This should

00:37:14.380 --> 00:37:15.139
 remind us what

00:37:15.139 --> 00:37:15.760
 Jesus taught

00:37:15.760 --> 00:37:17.340
 earlier in

00:37:17.340 --> 00:37:18.340
 John 10.

00:37:19.480 --> 00:37:19.900
 He described

00:37:19.900 --> 00:37:20.680
 himself as the

00:37:20.680 --> 00:37:21.260
 good shepherd

00:37:21.260 --> 00:37:22.860
 who lays down

00:37:22.860 --> 00:37:24.079
 his life for

00:37:24.079 --> 00:37:24.660
 his sheep.

00:37:25.480 --> 00:37:25.800
 And then he

00:37:25.800 --> 00:37:26.519
 explained that he

00:37:26.519 --> 00:37:27.660
 has other sheep

00:37:27.660 --> 00:37:28.980
 who were not of

00:37:28.980 --> 00:37:30.320
 the Jewish fold,

00:37:30.480 --> 00:37:31.480
 sheep whom he

00:37:31.480 --> 00:37:32.700
 must bring so

00:37:32.700 --> 00:37:33.440
 there will be one

00:37:33.440 --> 00:37:34.380
 flock under

00:37:34.380 --> 00:37:36.119
 one shepherd.

00:37:37.119 --> 00:37:37.980
 That promise

00:37:37.980 --> 00:37:38.920
 is being brought

00:37:38.920 --> 00:37:40.360
 into focus

00:37:40.360 --> 00:37:41.079
 here.

00:37:42.119 --> 00:37:42.400
 The coming

00:37:42.400 --> 00:37:43.039
 king is not

00:37:43.039 --> 00:37:44.039
 merely restoring

00:37:44.039 --> 00:37:44.800
 the political

00:37:44.800 --> 00:37:45.740
 fortunes of

00:37:45.740 --> 00:37:46.340
 one nation.

00:37:47.200 --> 00:37:48.200
 He is gathering

00:37:48.200 --> 00:37:48.960
 a redeemed

00:37:48.960 --> 00:37:49.619
 people from

00:37:49.619 --> 00:37:50.420
 every tribe,

00:37:50.660 --> 00:37:50.940
 language,

00:37:51.280 --> 00:37:51.640
 people,

00:37:52.420 --> 00:37:52.960
 and nation.

00:37:53.640 --> 00:37:54.160
 And the

00:37:54.160 --> 00:37:55.039
 means by which

00:37:55.039 --> 00:37:55.460
 those people

00:37:55.460 --> 00:37:56.000
 are gathered

00:37:56.000 --> 00:37:57.180
 is the

00:37:57.180 --> 00:37:57.599
 proclamation

00:37:57.599 --> 00:37:58.660
 of the gospel

00:37:58.660 --> 00:37:59.539
 concerning his

00:37:59.539 --> 00:38:00.740
 death and

00:38:00.740 --> 00:38:01.180
 resurrection.

00:38:01.179 --> 00:38:01.299
 resurrection.

00:38:02.579 --> 00:38:03.239
 This is why

00:38:03.239 --> 00:38:03.899
 the mission

00:38:03.899 --> 00:38:04.859
 of the church

00:38:04.859 --> 00:38:06.239
 is fundamentally

00:38:06.239 --> 00:38:07.339
 a gospel

00:38:07.339 --> 00:38:07.859
 mission.

00:38:09.119 --> 00:38:09.519
 We have not

00:38:09.519 --> 00:38:10.179
 been commissioned

00:38:10.179 --> 00:38:11.119
 to establish

00:38:11.119 --> 00:38:11.559
 the kingdom

00:38:11.559 --> 00:38:12.139
 of Christ

00:38:12.139 --> 00:38:13.199
 through coercion,

00:38:13.500 --> 00:38:14.379
 military power,

00:38:14.519 --> 00:38:15.559
 or political

00:38:15.559 --> 00:38:16.719
 domination.

00:38:17.799 --> 00:38:18.259
 We have been

00:38:18.259 --> 00:38:19.079
 commissioned to

00:38:19.079 --> 00:38:19.799
 make disciples

00:38:19.799 --> 00:38:21.619
 of all peoples,

00:38:22.379 --> 00:38:22.919
 proclaiming the

00:38:22.919 --> 00:38:23.559
 good news of

00:38:23.559 --> 00:38:24.259
 the crucifixion

00:38:24.259 --> 00:38:25.000
 and risen Savior

00:38:25.000 --> 00:38:25.599
 and teaching

00:38:25.599 --> 00:38:26.659
 those disciples

00:38:26.659 --> 00:38:27.259
 to obey

00:38:27.259 --> 00:38:28.599
 everything he

00:38:28.599 --> 00:38:29.199
 has commanded.

00:38:29.199 --> 00:38:31.539
 That mission

00:38:31.539 --> 00:38:32.339
 is grounded

00:38:32.339 --> 00:38:33.759
 in the authority

00:38:33.759 --> 00:38:34.439
 of the risen

00:38:34.439 --> 00:38:35.219
 Christ who

00:38:35.219 --> 00:38:36.239
 possesses all

00:38:36.239 --> 00:38:36.980
 authority in

00:38:36.980 --> 00:38:37.599
 heaven and on

00:38:37.599 --> 00:38:38.559
 earth and has

00:38:38.559 --> 00:38:39.519
 promised to be

00:38:39.519 --> 00:38:40.500
 with us to

00:38:40.500 --> 00:38:41.579
 the end of

00:38:41.579 --> 00:38:42.179
 the age.

00:38:43.659 --> 00:38:44.639
 The progress

00:38:44.639 --> 00:38:45.259
 of that mission

00:38:45.259 --> 00:38:46.199
 does not depend

00:38:46.199 --> 00:38:47.199
 upon the favor

00:38:47.199 --> 00:38:48.000
 of earthly

00:38:48.000 --> 00:38:48.419
 rulers.

00:38:49.379 --> 00:38:49.679
 The kingdom

00:38:49.679 --> 00:38:50.159
 of Christ

00:38:50.159 --> 00:38:50.659
 cannot be

00:38:50.659 --> 00:38:51.339
 prevented from

00:38:51.339 --> 00:38:51.960
 accomplishing

00:38:51.960 --> 00:38:53.679
 God's purpose.

00:38:54.579 --> 00:38:54.960
 That was

00:38:54.960 --> 00:38:56.399
 true when the

00:38:56.399 --> 00:38:57.219
 Pharisees conspired

00:38:57.219 --> 00:38:57.799
 against him.

00:38:57.800 --> 00:38:59.380
 It was true

00:38:59.380 --> 00:38:59.900
 when Rome

00:38:59.900 --> 00:39:01.039
 crucified him.

00:39:01.820 --> 00:39:02.320
 And it is

00:39:02.320 --> 00:39:03.720
 true today.

00:39:05.300 --> 00:39:05.880
 The king

00:39:05.880 --> 00:39:06.500
 has been

00:39:06.500 --> 00:39:07.460
 raised from

00:39:07.460 --> 00:39:08.019
 the dead.

00:39:08.120 --> 00:39:08.900
 His authority

00:39:08.900 --> 00:39:10.320
 is supreme

00:39:10.320 --> 00:39:11.039
 and he is

00:39:11.039 --> 00:39:11.800
 gathering his

00:39:11.800 --> 00:39:13.039
 people through

00:39:13.039 --> 00:39:13.740
 the ministry

00:39:13.740 --> 00:39:15.140
 of his word

00:39:15.140 --> 00:39:16.560
 and spirit.

00:39:18.560 --> 00:39:19.240
 So,

00:39:19.680 --> 00:39:20.700
 Jesus entered

00:39:20.700 --> 00:39:21.400
 Jerusalem as

00:39:21.400 --> 00:39:21.900
 the promised

00:39:21.900 --> 00:39:22.720
 king, knowing

00:39:22.720 --> 00:39:23.320
 that the

00:39:23.320 --> 00:39:24.120
 celebration would

00:39:24.120 --> 00:39:24.820
 soon give way

00:39:24.820 --> 00:39:25.519
 to hostility.

00:39:25.519 --> 00:39:26.780
 that his

00:39:26.780 --> 00:39:28.019
 disciples would

00:39:28.019 --> 00:39:28.519
 be scattered

00:39:28.519 --> 00:39:29.699
 and that he

00:39:29.699 --> 00:39:30.000
 would be

00:39:30.000 --> 00:39:31.840
 condemned and

00:39:31.840 --> 00:39:32.259
 crucified.

00:39:33.480 --> 00:39:34.159
 And he went

00:39:34.159 --> 00:39:36.079
 willingly, riding

00:39:36.079 --> 00:39:36.619
 on a donkey.

00:39:37.920 --> 00:39:38.519
 He did not

00:39:38.519 --> 00:39:39.679
 misunderstand what

00:39:39.679 --> 00:39:40.300
 awaited him.

00:39:41.179 --> 00:39:41.579
 He had

00:39:41.579 --> 00:39:42.759
 repeatedly explained

00:39:42.759 --> 00:39:43.039
 to his

00:39:43.039 --> 00:39:43.820
 disciples that

00:39:43.820 --> 00:39:44.739
 his death was

00:39:44.739 --> 00:39:45.440
 necessary.

00:39:47.199 --> 00:39:47.780
 The

00:39:47.780 --> 00:39:48.739
 misunderstanding of

00:39:48.739 --> 00:39:49.599
 the disciples is

00:39:49.599 --> 00:39:51.259
 not the end of

00:39:51.259 --> 00:39:52.539
 their story.

00:39:52.719 --> 00:39:54.320
 Praise God.

00:39:54.320 --> 00:39:54.360
 God.

00:39:55.360 --> 00:39:56.039
 John tells us

00:39:56.039 --> 00:39:56.420
 that after

00:39:56.420 --> 00:39:56.860
 Jesus was

00:39:56.860 --> 00:39:57.460
 glorified,

00:39:57.880 --> 00:39:58.920
 they remembered.

00:39:59.900 --> 00:40:00.360
 They came to

00:40:00.360 --> 00:40:00.920
 understand what

00:40:00.920 --> 00:40:01.260
 the scripture

00:40:01.260 --> 00:40:01.700
 death would

00:40:01.700 --> 00:40:02.120
 become the

00:40:02.120 --> 00:40:03.039
 very witnesses

00:40:03.039 --> 00:40:03.900
 through whom

00:40:03.900 --> 00:40:04.720
 the good news

00:40:04.720 --> 00:40:05.600
 of that death

00:40:05.600 --> 00:40:06.280
 and resurrection

00:40:06.280 --> 00:40:06.700
 would be

00:40:06.700 --> 00:40:07.220
 proclaimed

00:40:07.220 --> 00:40:09.160
 throughout the

00:40:09.160 --> 00:40:09.580
 world.

00:40:10.240 --> 00:40:11.100
 They began

00:40:11.100 --> 00:40:11.880
 that witness

00:40:11.880 --> 00:40:12.640
 that is carried

00:40:12.640 --> 00:40:13.860
 on to

00:40:13.860 --> 00:40:15.160
 today.

00:40:16.480 --> 00:40:17.580
 John himself

00:40:17.580 --> 00:40:18.820
 is writing

00:40:18.820 --> 00:40:19.620
 this gospel

00:40:19.620 --> 00:40:20.180
 so that we

00:40:20.180 --> 00:40:21.280
 might understand

00:40:21.280 --> 00:40:22.400
 what he

00:40:22.400 --> 00:40:23.800
 once failed

00:40:23.800 --> 00:40:25.019
 to understand.

00:40:26.120 --> 00:40:26.940
 He tells us

00:40:26.940 --> 00:40:27.460
 his purpose

00:40:27.460 --> 00:40:28.660
 in John 20

00:40:28.660 --> 00:40:29.860
 verse 31.

00:40:31.120 --> 00:40:31.360
 He has

00:40:31.360 --> 00:40:32.560
 written so

00:40:32.560 --> 00:40:32.740
 that we

00:40:32.740 --> 00:40:33.320
 would believe

00:40:33.320 --> 00:40:33.860
 that Jesus

00:40:33.860 --> 00:40:34.480
 is the

00:40:34.480 --> 00:40:35.019
 Christ,

00:40:35.260 --> 00:40:35.820
 the Son of

00:40:35.820 --> 00:40:36.200
 God,

00:40:36.740 --> 00:40:37.260
 and that by

00:40:37.260 --> 00:40:38.140
 believing we

00:40:38.140 --> 00:40:38.680
 would have

00:40:38.680 --> 00:40:40.740
 life in

00:40:40.740 --> 00:40:41.200
 his name.

00:40:43.360 --> 00:40:43.760
 And so if

00:40:43.760 --> 00:40:44.320
 you are not

00:40:44.320 --> 00:40:44.780
 a Christian

00:40:44.780 --> 00:40:45.660
 this morning,

00:40:46.660 --> 00:40:47.440
 I want to

00:40:47.440 --> 00:40:48.000
 encourage you

00:40:48.000 --> 00:40:48.560
 to consider

00:40:48.559 --> 00:40:49.239
 the claims

00:40:49.239 --> 00:40:49.840
 of Jesus

00:40:49.840 --> 00:40:50.500
 as they

00:40:50.500 --> 00:40:50.940
 are presented

00:40:50.940 --> 00:40:51.940
 in the

00:40:51.940 --> 00:40:52.179
 scripture.

00:40:53.179 --> 00:40:53.880
 Not merely

00:40:53.880 --> 00:40:54.340
 what you've

00:40:54.340 --> 00:40:55.099
 heard about

00:40:55.099 --> 00:40:55.380
 him,

00:40:56.119 --> 00:40:56.699
 not merely

00:40:56.699 --> 00:40:57.019
 what you

00:40:57.019 --> 00:40:57.900
 would prefer

00:40:57.900 --> 00:40:58.679
 him to be,

00:40:59.519 --> 00:40:59.940
 some

00:40:59.940 --> 00:41:01.299
 misrepresentation

00:41:01.299 --> 00:41:02.019
 of who

00:41:02.019 --> 00:41:02.799
 he is,

00:41:03.299 --> 00:41:03.719
 but who

00:41:03.719 --> 00:41:04.519
 he has

00:41:04.519 --> 00:41:04.860
 revealed

00:41:04.860 --> 00:41:05.820
 himself to

00:41:05.820 --> 00:41:06.079
 be.

00:41:07.099 --> 00:41:07.659
 He is the

00:41:07.659 --> 00:41:07.920
 righteous

00:41:07.920 --> 00:41:09.699
 king who

00:41:09.699 --> 00:41:09.980
 has come

00:41:09.980 --> 00:41:10.340
 to save

00:41:10.340 --> 00:41:10.739
 sinners.

00:41:11.940 --> 00:41:12.460
 And the

00:41:12.460 --> 00:41:13.000
 call of the

00:41:13.000 --> 00:41:13.500
 gospel is

00:41:13.500 --> 00:41:13.699
 that you

00:41:13.699 --> 00:41:14.460
 turn from

00:41:14.460 --> 00:41:14.960
 your sin

00:41:14.960 --> 00:41:15.719
 and trust

00:41:15.719 --> 00:41:16.519
 in him,

00:41:17.299 --> 00:41:17.699
 believing

00:41:17.699 --> 00:41:18.179
 that his

00:41:18.179 --> 00:41:18.599
 life,

00:41:18.919 --> 00:41:19.179
 death,

00:41:19.279 --> 00:41:19.460
 and

00:41:19.460 --> 00:41:19.919
 resurrection

00:41:19.919 --> 00:41:20.939
 are sufficient

00:41:20.939 --> 00:41:21.899
 to reconcile

00:41:21.899 --> 00:41:22.779
 you to

00:41:22.779 --> 00:41:23.079
 God.

00:41:24.079 --> 00:41:24.739
 And if

00:41:24.739 --> 00:41:25.179
 you are a

00:41:25.179 --> 00:41:25.599
 Christian,

00:41:26.099 --> 00:41:26.539
 I want to

00:41:26.539 --> 00:41:27.119
 encourage you

00:41:27.119 --> 00:41:27.699
 to continue

00:41:27.699 --> 00:41:28.639
 growing in

00:41:28.639 --> 00:41:29.419
 your understanding

00:41:29.419 --> 00:41:30.579
 of the

00:41:30.579 --> 00:41:30.879
 scriptures,

00:41:31.119 --> 00:41:32.059
 your affection

00:41:32.059 --> 00:41:32.879
 for this

00:41:32.879 --> 00:41:33.939
 righteous

00:41:33.939 --> 00:41:35.079
 king,

00:41:35.259 --> 00:41:35.500
 that we

00:41:35.500 --> 00:41:36.399
 would wrap

00:41:36.399 --> 00:41:37.059
 our little

00:41:37.059 --> 00:41:38.059
 feeble minds

00:41:38.059 --> 00:41:39.000
 around all

00:41:39.000 --> 00:41:39.399
 that his

00:41:39.399 --> 00:41:40.399
 person and

00:41:40.399 --> 00:41:41.679
 work means

00:41:41.679 --> 00:41:42.259
 for us.

00:41:43.439 --> 00:41:44.019
 We should

00:41:44.019 --> 00:41:44.659
 never become

00:41:44.659 --> 00:41:45.739
 so familiar

00:41:45.739 --> 00:41:46.339
 with the

00:41:46.339 --> 00:41:46.839
 language of

00:41:46.840 --> 00:41:47.260
 the gospel

00:41:47.260 --> 00:41:47.600
 that we

00:41:47.600 --> 00:41:48.300
 lose sight

00:41:48.300 --> 00:41:49.340
 of the

00:41:49.340 --> 00:41:50.000
 extraordinary

00:41:50.000 --> 00:41:51.840
 wisdom and

00:41:51.840 --> 00:41:52.579
 grace of

00:41:52.579 --> 00:41:52.960
 God

00:41:52.960 --> 00:41:54.380
 refilled in

00:41:54.380 --> 00:41:54.579
 it.

00:41:55.740 --> 00:41:56.320
 Jesus,

00:41:56.519 --> 00:41:57.000
 the king,

00:41:57.140 --> 00:41:57.780
 has come.

00:41:58.740 --> 00:41:58.980
 Jesus,

00:41:59.140 --> 00:41:59.579
 the king,

00:42:00.480 --> 00:42:01.120
 was crucified.

00:42:02.120 --> 00:42:02.400
 Jesus,

00:42:02.760 --> 00:42:03.280
 the king,

00:42:03.780 --> 00:42:04.480
 is risen.

00:42:05.480 --> 00:42:05.840
 And Jesus,

00:42:05.980 --> 00:42:06.360
 the king,

00:42:07.160 --> 00:42:07.820
 will reign

00:42:07.820 --> 00:42:08.180
 forever.

00:42:09.120 --> 00:42:09.700
 Let's pray.