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 Jesus was not the first king to enter into Jerusalem.

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 On a donkey.

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 About a thousand years before him, at the end of the reign of King David, when he was old and frail and on his last days, there was a question in the land, who would be king?

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 If you read the story in 1 Kings chapter 1, you see that one of David's sons, Adonijah, thought that there was an opportunity for him to take the throne, even though it had been promised to David's son Solomon.

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 David's faithful advisors alerted him to this usurping.

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 And David sends Solomon to be brought into Jerusalem on the king's mule, as it says in verse 38.

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 Verse 38.

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 And the people rejoiced, and Solomon took the throne, and David's kingdom continued, at least for another generation, undivided.

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 This is a historical backdrop to the passage that we come to this morning in our series in the book of Luke.

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 As you know, beginning this January and going all the way to Easter, we're going to be preaching through the end of the book of Luke, from chapter 19 to chapter 24.

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 We're going to be finishing up.

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 And remember that, as Pastor Nick outlined last week, part of what we see in Luke is that chapter 9 through 19 is all about Jesus moving from the north in Galilee towards Jerusalem.

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 In fact, nine times it is said, he's going to Jerusalem, he's going to Jerusalem, he's going to Jerusalem.

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 And here, in our passage this morning, we see the final time it says he is going to Jerusalem.

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 His destination is the city where the throne of David and the temple of God sit.

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 This is the city that God had designated as central to his redemptive purposes in the world.

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 Imagine for a moment what the expectations might have been in Jesus' day.

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 Here he comes, the miracle worker who's brought healing and hope to many.

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 He will come and renew our land.

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 Here he comes to sit on David's throne as a political ruler to expel the hated Romans.

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 Here he comes, a prophet like Moses, to renew the spiritual life and restore the glory of Israel.

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 Expectations abounded as Jesus approached Jerusalem.

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 And yet, for the writer Luke and for all of his readers, they would know that Jesus was heading not to a throne, not to a battlefield, but to a cross.

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 In the meantime, Jesus arrives in Jerusalem and creates a crisis.

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 As the text says, the hour of visitation has come for Jerusalem and a decision must be reached.

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 How will Jesus be received?

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 This is what our text leads us to this morning.

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 We're in Luke chapter 19.

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 If you're reading along in the Pew Bibles, it's in page 825.

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 Luke 19, we're going to start in verse 28 and read to the end of the chapter.

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 So let's read this together.

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 And when he had said these things, he went on ahead going up to Jerusalem.

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 When he drew near to Bethphage and Bethany at the mount that is called Olivet,

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 he sent two of his disciples saying,

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 Go into the village in front of you, where on entering you will find a colt tied,

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 on which no one has ever yet sat.

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 Untie it and bring it here.

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 If anyone asks you, why are you untying it?

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 You shall say this, the Lord has need of it.

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 So those who were sent went away and found it just as he had told them.

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 And as they were untying the colt, its owners said to them,

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 Why are you untying the colt?

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 And they said, The Lord has need of it.

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 And they brought it to Jesus.

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 And throwing their cloaks on the colt, they set Jesus on it.

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 And as he rode along, they spread their cloaks on the road.

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 As he was drawing near, already on the way down the Mount of Olives,

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 the whole multitude of his disciples began to rejoice and praise God with a loud voice

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 for all the mighty works that they had seen,

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 saying, Blessed is the King who comes in the name of the Lord.

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 Peace in heaven and glory in the highest.

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 And some of the Pharisees in the crowd said to him,

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 Teacher, rebuke your disciples.

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 And he answered, I tell you, if these were silent, the very stones would cry out.

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 And when he drew near and saw the city, he wept over it, saying,

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 Would that you, even you, had known on this day the things that make for peace.

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 But now they are hidden from your eyes.

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 For the days will come upon you when your enemies will set up a barricade round you

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 and surround you and hem you in on every side

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 and tear you down to the ground, you and your children within you.

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 And they will not leave one stone upon another in you

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 because you did not know the time of your visitation.

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 And he entered the temple and began to drive out those who sold,

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 saying to them, It is written, My house shall be a house of prayer,

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 but you have made it a den of robbers.

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 And he was teaching daily in the temple.

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 The chief priests and the scribes and the principal men of the people

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 were seeking to destroy him.

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 But they did not find anything they could do,

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 for all the people were hanging on his words.

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 This is God's word.

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 Let's pray together.

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 Lord, we thank you for this word,

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 and we thank you for this morning and the opportunity to gather together

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 to hear your word and to respond to you in worship and song.

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 Lord, we ask for your Holy Spirit this morning

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 to be at work in us.

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 Lord, illuminating and making clear your word,

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 applying it to our hearts,

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 changing our minds,

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 moving our hands to obedience.

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 Lord, I ask for your help this morning,

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 that I would speak clearly.

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 Lord, that you would fill me with your Spirit,

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 that your word might be proclaimed with truth and power.

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 Lord, I ask for your help this morning.

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 In Jesus' name.

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 Amen.

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 Amen.

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 Amen.

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 The King is here.

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 That would be the New York Times Post back page headline.

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 The King is here.

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 But what would that mean,

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 and what would the article say?

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 Well, as we look at this passage

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 and we think about what we see

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 is that this passage shows us

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 signs of the King coming

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 and the crisis that the King brings

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 as we look at our passage this morning.

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 So, let's look at those things in turn.

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 So, what are the signs of the King's coming

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 that we see in this passage

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 as Jesus and his disciples come into Jerusalem?

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 First, let's look at what Jesus himself understood

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 and the way that he gives signs

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 that he is the King.

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 And this brings us to the very beginning of the passage.

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 Where they are geographically,

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 just so you know,

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 is that we are off to the east of Jerusalem

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 on the far side of the Mount of Olives.

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 And basically, to get from there to Jerusalem,

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 you have to go up over through these towns

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 and then come back down around

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 to come into Jerusalem from the east.

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 And so, that's where we are.

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 And the first thing that we see

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 is that Jesus sends his disciples to get the donkey.

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 And if you look at the number of verses,

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 this is a major part of the story.

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 This donkey fills a good part of the whole thing.

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 Why is it such a big deal?

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 Well, because many Jews would know the words

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 that were read earlier this morning

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 from the prophet Zechariah.

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 Rejoice greatly, O daughter of Zion.

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 Shout aloud, O daughter of Jerusalem.

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 Behold, your King is coming to you,

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 righteous and having salvation as he,

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 humble and mounted on a donkey,

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 on a colt, the foal of a donkey.

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 Zechariah was drawing from an idea

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 that was actually even planted in the Old Testament

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 even earlier in Genesis 49.

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 When Jacob the patriarch is blessing his sons

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 at the end of his life,

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 in 49.11, he mentions to Judah

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 that the scepter will stay in Judah's house

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 and that a donkey or a colt

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 will be one of the signs

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 of the way that a son of Judah

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 will take the throne of God's people

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 in the future.

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 So Jesus is intentionally drawing

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 and pulling on these Old Testament imagery,

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 these Old Testament predictions

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 to say, I will ride into Jerusalem this day

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 on a donkey.

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 And it's not just any donkey, is it?

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 Did you see what it said?

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 It is a donkey that is unridden.

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 No one has ever been on this donkey before.

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 That might sound risky to you.

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 It sounds risky to me.

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 Who knows what this donkey is going to be like

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 with a passenger.

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 But, in fact,

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 there is a meaning for this.

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 For it is seen and is thought

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 that an unbroken horse or donkey

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 would be set apart,

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 would be something special,

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 that one who would ride on an unridden horse.

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 This would be a place of honor

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 and something special.

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 To ride on a donkey

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 that someone else had ridden on,

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 that's normal, that's common.

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 But to ride on one

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 that has never been ridden on before,

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 this is a donkey set apart.

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 And this is a rider

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 who is set apart wholly

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 for a special use from the Lord.

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 And as we have seen in Zechariah,

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 it is also a sign of humility.

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 He did not ride on a great war horse.

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 He did not ride in

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 at the head of a column of an army.

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 But he came humbly on a donkey

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 as he came.

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 So the first sign

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 is that Jesus intentionally

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 fulfilled this prophecy

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 to indicate that he knew

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 he was coming as a king.

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 But the second thing is that

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 as he demanded this donkey,

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 as he sent his disciples

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 to get this donkey,

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 he made a claim of ownership on it.

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 Now, this might have been

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 just a cultural understanding

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 that dignitaries and people,

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 traveling rabbis,

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 might have the right

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 to ask people for the loan

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 of a donkey

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 in a certain situation.

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 But in fact, it seems

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 that as you look carefully

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 in the language,

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 one of the things

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 that's interesting is it says,

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 and this is distinct in Luke

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 because in Matthew,

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 it just says,

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 some people asked the disciples,

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 why are you untying the donkey?

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 But do you see who asks it here?

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 It's the owner who asks.

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 Why are you untying my donkey?

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 Why are you driving my car

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 out of my driveway?

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 Where are you going with it?

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 And the disciples,

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 saying the words

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 that Jesus had given them,

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 the Lord,

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 that is the owner,

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 it's the same word,

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 it's the same root,

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 the owner has need of it.

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 Jesus, as he's coming in,

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 makes this very subtle

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 but very clear claim,

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 I am the owner of everything.

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 And that is a claim

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 to kingship

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 in this cultural pattern.

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 Jesus is saying,

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 everything that you own,

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 actually I am the owner

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 of all of it.

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 So, Jesus gives a sign

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 of fulfillment of prophecy,

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 he gives a sign

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 of the assertion

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 of his authority.

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 And then finally,

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 in verses 39 and 40,

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 we see the first response

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 that's negative

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 to this whole thing.

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 As Jesus is coming down

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 from the Mount of Olives,

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 as he's approaching Jerusalem,

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 the Pharisees,

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 the religious leaders,

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 with whom he had had

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 increasing conflict

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 throughout his ministry,

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 tell him to rebuke

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 his disciples.

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 For they feel that it's wrong.

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 Jesus shouldn't be worshipped

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 and praised in this way.

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 He's just a man.

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 To do this is misleading

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 at best

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 and destructive at worst.

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 So, they tell him,

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 rebuke your disciples.

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 Don't.

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 Tell them to stop.

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 And Jesus' response,

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 striking, isn't it?

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 No, I tell you

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 that even if these were silent,

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 the stones themselves

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 would cry out in praise.

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 I tell you,

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 if the lips of men and women

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 were somehow stopped,

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 creation itself

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 would rise up

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 to recognize me

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 as the king.

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 Jesus pushes back

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 on their rebuke

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 and says,

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 it is right

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 that they worship me

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 like this.

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 I am worthy

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 of their praise.

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 I am the king

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 who was coming

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 to sit on the throne

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 of David.

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 The signs

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 that Jesus has come

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 to claim this kingship,

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 this messiahship,

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 this rulership

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 are actually

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 multiple

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 and multifaceted

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 in this passage.

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 If you've ever

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 heard someone say,

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 well, Jesus didn't

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 really claim

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 to be anything

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 more than a good teacher,

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 this passage

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 shows something different.

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 And the Jesus

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 who rode into Jerusalem

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 that day

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 is the same Jesus

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 who comes into

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 our lives today

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 to claim worship.

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 He comes

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 to say,

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 I am the king

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 of all.

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 Will you receive me?

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 And the Jesus,

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 as he comes in,

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 it's complex,

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 isn't it?

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 He's not

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 what we expect.

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 Jesus comes

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 as a humble king.

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 Now,

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 I like that.

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 I like someone

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 who doesn't just

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 run roughshod over me.

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 He comes in

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 in humility

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 and invites me

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 to come

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 and says,

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 come all ye

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 who are weary

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 and heavy laden.

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 He comes in

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 riding on a donkey,

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 not on a horse.

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 that sounds great.

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 I can submit

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 to a king like that.

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 He also comes

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 as one

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 who claims

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 the worship

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 of all of creation.

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 And that's a little

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 scarier,

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 but I still like it

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 because he's the lord

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 over all the enemies

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 and the things

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 that are scary

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 in this world

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 that to me

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 are scary.

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 Suddenly,

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 he comes

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 and he claims lordship

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 over all of that

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 and I think,

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 whew,

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 that's comforting too.

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 That's a king

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 that I want to follow.

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 That's a king

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 I want to worship.

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 But then Jesus comes

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 and he meddles.

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 He meddles in my life.

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 When I was a new believer,

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 someone gave me

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 a little booklet

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 by a guy named

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 Robert Munger,

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 My Heart,

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 Christ's Home.

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 Maybe you've heard of it.

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 It's still worth reading.

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 Talks about the process

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 of when Jesus comes in.

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 You invite Jesus

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 into your house

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 and how he comes in

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 and he sort of

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 takes up residence

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 and then he starts

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 wandering around

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 and he starts

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 finding those rooms

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 that you'd rather him

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 not find

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 and the closet

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 that you locked

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 really tightly

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 to make sure

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 that he couldn't get in.

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 Jesus comes

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 and he meddles

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 in our lives

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 and he claims

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 a lordship

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 and a kingship

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 in places

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 where maybe

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 we don't want him

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 to be.

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 You know,

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 in the history

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 of the church,

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 we've talked about

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 three of the great

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 dynamics

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 of human life

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 are money,

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 sex,

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 and power

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 and Jesus comes in

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 and he says,

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 your money,

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 I own it all

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 and what I've given

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 to you,

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 I'm loaning to you

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 to use.

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 It's not yours.

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 I'm giving it to you

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 so you can use it

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 to worship

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 and honor me.

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 He says the same thing

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 with our sex lives.

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 This glorious gift

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 that he's given us

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 says this isn't for you

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 ultimately.

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 This is for me.

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 Use it

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 to honor me

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 in abstinence

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 and in exercise

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 according to how

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 I have determined it

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 to be used.

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 power.

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 This is one

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 we don't talk about

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 nearly as much

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 in our world today

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 but let me think

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 about it this way.

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 Help you think about it.

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 How is it that you

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 use the authority

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 that you have

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 over other people

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 and how is it

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 that you respond

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 to other people

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 who have authority

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 over you?

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 Some of you

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 are still

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 young

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 living in your

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 parents' house.

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 Children

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 talking to you.

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 Jesus says

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 because I am the king

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 of your life

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 I am calling you

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 to think about

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 how you respond

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 well to the authorities

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 in your life.

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 Honor me

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 by honoring your parents

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 and obeying them.

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 Parents

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 teachers

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 in your workplaces

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 all of us

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 have various places

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 where we exercise

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 authority over people

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 even as a customer

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 in a store

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 we exercise

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 a kind of authority.

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 How do we use that

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 to honor

00:19:57.279 --> 00:19:59.079
 Jesus?

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 We often want

00:20:01.700 --> 00:20:02.940
 to use people

00:20:02.940 --> 00:20:04.539
 to serve our ends.

00:20:05.220 --> 00:20:06.360
 Jesus wants us

00:20:06.360 --> 00:20:07.580
 to serve people

00:20:07.580 --> 00:20:08.779
 to further

00:20:08.779 --> 00:20:09.759
 his ends.

00:20:14.759 --> 00:20:15.880
 Jesus comes in

00:20:15.880 --> 00:20:16.759
 as a humble king

00:20:16.759 --> 00:20:17.580
 that sounds great

00:20:17.580 --> 00:20:18.039
 as the king

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 of the universe

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 that sounds a little

00:20:19.820 --> 00:20:20.580
 comforting too

00:20:20.580 --> 00:20:21.299
 but ultimately

00:20:21.299 --> 00:20:21.940
 he comes

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 and he meddles

00:20:22.640 --> 00:20:23.279
 in places

00:20:23.279 --> 00:20:25.420
 that unseat

00:20:25.420 --> 00:20:27.259
 the very sense

00:20:27.259 --> 00:20:27.799
 of self

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 that we have.

00:20:29.160 --> 00:20:29.880
 He says

00:20:29.880 --> 00:20:31.200
 I want to be king

00:20:31.200 --> 00:20:31.880
 of that.

00:20:33.980 --> 00:20:35.240
 The Pharisees

00:20:35.240 --> 00:20:36.039
 felt threatened

00:20:36.039 --> 00:20:36.799
 because their

00:20:36.799 --> 00:20:38.259
 spiritual identities

00:20:38.259 --> 00:20:40.720
 were at

00:20:40.720 --> 00:20:42.420
 were being called

00:20:42.420 --> 00:20:44.120
 to being submitted

00:20:44.120 --> 00:20:44.860
 to Jesus

00:20:44.860 --> 00:20:45.680
 and they didn't

00:20:45.680 --> 00:20:46.779
 want to do that.

00:20:48.480 --> 00:20:49.420
 And friends

00:20:49.420 --> 00:20:50.720
 if you haven't felt

00:20:50.720 --> 00:20:51.880
 that wrestling

00:20:51.880 --> 00:20:53.420
 if you haven't

00:20:53.420 --> 00:20:54.360
 gone through

00:20:54.360 --> 00:20:55.259
 that tug of war

00:20:55.259 --> 00:20:55.860
 with Jesus

00:20:55.860 --> 00:20:56.840
 about some part

00:20:56.840 --> 00:20:57.680
 of your life yet

00:20:57.680 --> 00:20:59.860
 then I don't know

00:20:59.860 --> 00:21:00.620
 if you've reckoned

00:21:00.620 --> 00:21:01.299
 with Jesus

00:21:01.299 --> 00:21:03.080
 coming as your king.

00:21:05.100 --> 00:21:06.060
 Maybe you haven't

00:21:06.060 --> 00:21:07.180
 yet really grappled

00:21:07.180 --> 00:21:08.660
 with those places

00:21:08.660 --> 00:21:09.480
 where he wants

00:21:09.480 --> 00:21:09.980
 to come

00:21:09.980 --> 00:21:10.460
 and meddle.

00:21:11.779 --> 00:21:13.220
 Meddle for your good

00:21:13.220 --> 00:21:14.259
 and meddle

00:21:14.259 --> 00:21:15.160
 for his glory.

00:21:17.960 --> 00:21:19.180
 So the signs

00:21:19.180 --> 00:21:21.100
 that Jesus gives

00:21:21.100 --> 00:21:21.740
 are clear

00:21:21.740 --> 00:21:23.180
 but then

00:21:23.180 --> 00:21:24.240
 it's not just him

00:21:24.240 --> 00:21:24.940
 who affirms

00:21:24.940 --> 00:21:25.339
 that Jesus

00:21:25.339 --> 00:21:26.120
 comes in

00:21:26.120 --> 00:21:27.660
 as a claiming

00:21:27.660 --> 00:21:28.400
 to be king

00:21:28.400 --> 00:21:29.400
 but his disciples

00:21:29.400 --> 00:21:31.400
 also honor him

00:21:31.400 --> 00:21:32.400
 as a king.

00:21:33.079 --> 00:21:33.779
 As you look

00:21:33.779 --> 00:21:34.240
 at this

00:21:34.240 --> 00:21:35.720
 and this is well

00:21:35.720 --> 00:21:35.920
 known

00:21:35.920 --> 00:21:36.579
 you guys know

00:21:36.579 --> 00:21:36.880
 this

00:21:36.880 --> 00:21:37.839
 they take

00:21:37.839 --> 00:21:38.700
 their cloaks

00:21:38.700 --> 00:21:39.779
 and they put

00:21:39.779 --> 00:21:40.640
 it on the donkey

00:21:40.640 --> 00:21:42.940
 because no king

00:21:42.940 --> 00:21:43.720
 would ride

00:21:43.720 --> 00:21:44.759
 a horse

00:21:44.759 --> 00:21:45.960
 that is unsaddled

00:21:45.960 --> 00:21:47.059
 and uncovered.

00:21:49.000 --> 00:21:49.859
 And so they cover

00:21:49.859 --> 00:21:50.819
 the donkey

00:21:50.819 --> 00:21:51.200
 so that

00:21:51.200 --> 00:21:52.240
 and interestingly

00:21:52.240 --> 00:21:53.200
 did you notice

00:21:53.200 --> 00:21:54.359
 Jesus didn't

00:21:54.359 --> 00:21:55.339
 hop on the donkey

00:21:55.339 --> 00:21:57.099
 he didn't climb up

00:21:57.099 --> 00:21:57.880
 onto the donkey

00:21:57.880 --> 00:21:59.700
 but they took him

00:21:59.700 --> 00:22:00.900
 and they set him

00:22:00.900 --> 00:22:01.880
 on the donkey.

00:22:03.799 --> 00:22:04.920
 It says

00:22:04.920 --> 00:22:06.400
 his disciples

00:22:06.400 --> 00:22:07.539
 put him there

00:22:07.539 --> 00:22:08.700
 in the place

00:22:08.700 --> 00:22:09.299
 of honor

00:22:09.299 --> 00:22:10.299
 and then they

00:22:10.299 --> 00:22:11.579
 laid their coats

00:22:11.579 --> 00:22:12.700
 down on the road

00:22:12.700 --> 00:22:13.940
 before this donkey

00:22:13.940 --> 00:22:16.740
 in a cultural pattern

00:22:16.740 --> 00:22:17.259
 of showing

00:22:17.259 --> 00:22:18.279
 this man

00:22:18.279 --> 00:22:19.319
 is so high

00:22:19.319 --> 00:22:20.259
 and so honored

00:22:20.259 --> 00:22:21.539
 he doesn't

00:22:21.539 --> 00:22:22.680
 it would be wrong

00:22:22.680 --> 00:22:23.139
 for him

00:22:23.139 --> 00:22:24.200
 to simply walk

00:22:24.200 --> 00:22:25.359
 on the dusty path

00:22:25.359 --> 00:22:26.759
 that we common

00:22:26.759 --> 00:22:27.539
 people do.

00:22:28.099 --> 00:22:29.079
 He needs to be

00:22:29.079 --> 00:22:29.619
 exalted

00:22:29.619 --> 00:22:30.700
 and so we cover

00:22:30.700 --> 00:22:31.920
 it's rolling out

00:22:31.920 --> 00:22:32.779
 the red carpet

00:22:32.779 --> 00:22:36.379
 so that your ball gown

00:22:36.379 --> 00:22:37.899
 will be clean

00:22:37.899 --> 00:22:38.639
 as you enter

00:22:38.639 --> 00:22:40.460
 the opera.

00:22:41.399 --> 00:22:42.200
 Rolling out

00:22:42.200 --> 00:22:42.960
 the red carpet

00:22:42.960 --> 00:22:43.579
 so that when

00:22:43.579 --> 00:22:44.559
 the king comes

00:22:44.559 --> 00:22:45.659
 he won't have to

00:22:45.659 --> 00:22:46.480
 walk through

00:22:46.480 --> 00:22:47.700
 the everyday

00:22:47.700 --> 00:22:48.599
 dirt and grime

00:22:48.599 --> 00:22:50.259
 but he will be

00:22:50.259 --> 00:22:51.279
 honored and exalted

00:22:51.279 --> 00:22:52.659
 in these things.

00:22:56.159 --> 00:22:57.379
 Not only do they

00:22:57.379 --> 00:22:59.759
 use their coats

00:22:59.759 --> 00:23:00.859
 and set Jesus

00:23:00.859 --> 00:23:02.039
 up on this donkey

00:23:02.039 --> 00:23:03.919
 like a football coach

00:23:03.919 --> 00:23:04.579
 right at the end

00:23:04.579 --> 00:23:05.099
 of the game

00:23:05.099 --> 00:23:06.659
 lifting him up

00:23:06.659 --> 00:23:07.599
 in praise

00:23:07.599 --> 00:23:09.059
 but then they use

00:23:09.059 --> 00:23:09.859
 their words

00:23:09.859 --> 00:23:10.699
 as well.

00:23:12.139 --> 00:23:13.059
 Look with me

00:23:13.059 --> 00:23:14.059
 in verse 38

00:23:14.059 --> 00:23:17.079
 blessed is the king

00:23:17.079 --> 00:23:17.859
 who comes

00:23:17.859 --> 00:23:18.599
 in the name

00:23:18.599 --> 00:23:19.259
 of the Lord

00:23:19.259 --> 00:23:20.740
 peace in heaven

00:23:20.740 --> 00:23:21.659
 and glory

00:23:21.659 --> 00:23:23.339
 in the highest.

00:23:26.879 --> 00:23:28.019
 And any Jew

00:23:28.019 --> 00:23:28.839
 in the first century

00:23:28.839 --> 00:23:29.679
 would recognize

00:23:29.679 --> 00:23:30.679
 that this is a quote

00:23:30.679 --> 00:23:32.039
 from Psalm 118

00:23:32.039 --> 00:23:33.159
 verse 26

00:23:33.159 --> 00:23:34.639
 blessed is he

00:23:34.639 --> 00:23:35.159
 who comes

00:23:35.159 --> 00:23:35.599
 in the name

00:23:35.599 --> 00:23:36.059
 of the Lord

00:23:36.059 --> 00:23:36.980
 we bless you

00:23:36.980 --> 00:23:38.059
 from the house

00:23:38.059 --> 00:23:38.639
 of the Lord

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 this would have been

00:23:39.399 --> 00:23:41.299
 a common phrase

00:23:41.299 --> 00:23:42.119
 that would have been

00:23:42.119 --> 00:23:43.399
 used particularly

00:23:43.399 --> 00:23:44.679
 as pilgrims

00:23:44.679 --> 00:23:45.279
 would come

00:23:45.279 --> 00:23:45.979
 to the temple

00:23:45.979 --> 00:23:47.159
 courtyard

00:23:47.159 --> 00:23:48.479
 during the high

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 seasons

00:23:48.879 --> 00:23:49.659
 during the feast

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 of tabernacles

00:23:50.419 --> 00:23:51.519
 or during the Passover

00:23:51.519 --> 00:23:52.699
 they would come

00:23:52.699 --> 00:23:54.179
 in and at times

00:23:54.179 --> 00:23:54.919
 perhaps they would

00:23:54.919 --> 00:23:56.039
 be led by the king

00:23:56.039 --> 00:23:57.259
 and this phrase

00:23:57.259 --> 00:23:57.819
 would come

00:23:57.819 --> 00:23:58.959
 from the priests

00:23:58.959 --> 00:24:00.219
 to the king

00:24:00.219 --> 00:24:00.879
 and the pilgrims

00:24:00.879 --> 00:24:01.859
 coming to the temple

00:24:01.859 --> 00:24:02.939
 to worship God

00:24:02.939 --> 00:24:05.219
 blessed is he

00:24:05.219 --> 00:24:06.039
 who comes

00:24:06.039 --> 00:24:06.699
 in the name

00:24:06.699 --> 00:24:07.399
 of the Lord

00:24:07.399 --> 00:24:08.919
 blessed is he

00:24:08.919 --> 00:24:09.479
 who comes

00:24:09.479 --> 00:24:10.219
 to worship

00:24:10.220 --> 00:24:13.079
 and to honor

00:24:13.079 --> 00:24:13.700
 God

00:24:13.700 --> 00:24:15.120
 in his temple

00:24:15.120 --> 00:24:20.039
 and Luke

00:24:20.039 --> 00:24:21.420
 records them

00:24:21.420 --> 00:24:22.940
 as adjusting

00:24:22.940 --> 00:24:23.759
 the phrase

00:24:23.759 --> 00:24:25.019
 by saying

00:24:25.019 --> 00:24:25.779
 explicitly

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 not blessed

00:24:26.660 --> 00:24:27.380
 is he

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 but blessed

00:24:28.860 --> 00:24:30.079
 is the king

00:24:30.079 --> 00:24:31.620
 who comes

00:24:31.620 --> 00:24:32.519
 in the name

00:24:32.519 --> 00:24:33.279
 of the Lord

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 the disciples

00:24:35.360 --> 00:24:36.019
 themselves

00:24:36.019 --> 00:24:36.500
 were willing

00:24:36.500 --> 00:24:37.000
 to say

00:24:37.000 --> 00:24:38.500
 this is him

00:24:38.500 --> 00:24:39.660
 this is the one

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 we've been waiting

00:24:40.299 --> 00:24:40.619
 for

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 this is the one

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 who's going

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 to sit

00:24:42.019 --> 00:24:42.539
 on the throne

00:24:42.539 --> 00:24:43.000
 of David

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 and restore

00:24:43.859 --> 00:24:44.980
 the glory

00:24:44.980 --> 00:24:45.819
 of Israel

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 and then they

00:24:48.700 --> 00:24:49.160
 go on

00:24:49.160 --> 00:24:49.559
 and say

00:24:49.559 --> 00:24:50.539
 peace in heaven

00:24:50.539 --> 00:24:51.160
 and glory

00:24:51.160 --> 00:24:51.980
 in the highest

00:24:51.980 --> 00:24:55.440
 and if you

00:24:55.440 --> 00:24:56.079
 were a careful

00:24:56.079 --> 00:24:57.299
 reader of this book

00:24:57.299 --> 00:24:58.880
 those phrases

00:24:58.880 --> 00:24:59.599
 would jump

00:24:59.599 --> 00:25:00.359
 off the pages

00:25:00.359 --> 00:25:00.880
 in you

00:25:00.880 --> 00:25:02.299
 because way

00:25:02.299 --> 00:25:03.319
 back at the beginning

00:25:03.319 --> 00:25:06.099
 when the coming

00:25:06.099 --> 00:25:06.599
 of Jesus

00:25:06.599 --> 00:25:07.319
 to earth

00:25:07.319 --> 00:25:08.000
 as a baby

00:25:08.000 --> 00:25:08.859
 was announced

00:25:08.859 --> 00:25:10.819
 the angel

00:25:10.819 --> 00:25:11.939
 speaking to Mary

00:25:11.939 --> 00:25:12.859
 said this

00:25:12.859 --> 00:25:14.119
 he will be great

00:25:14.119 --> 00:25:15.279
 and will be called

00:25:15.279 --> 00:25:16.639
 the son of the most high

00:25:16.639 --> 00:25:18.000
 and the Lord God

00:25:18.000 --> 00:25:18.599
 will give him

00:25:18.599 --> 00:25:19.139
 the throne

00:25:19.139 --> 00:25:19.799
 of his father

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 David

00:25:20.279 --> 00:25:21.779
 and he will reign

00:25:21.779 --> 00:25:22.359
 over the house

00:25:22.359 --> 00:25:23.359
 of Jacob forever

00:25:23.359 --> 00:25:25.139
 and of his kingdom

00:25:25.139 --> 00:25:25.939
 there will be

00:25:25.939 --> 00:25:26.879
 no end

00:25:26.879 --> 00:25:28.720
 and then

00:25:28.720 --> 00:25:29.439
 when the angels

00:25:29.439 --> 00:25:29.939
 announced

00:25:29.939 --> 00:25:30.980
 to the shepherds

00:25:30.980 --> 00:25:31.599
 in the field

00:25:31.599 --> 00:25:32.139
 they said

00:25:32.140 --> 00:25:33.940
 glory to God

00:25:33.940 --> 00:25:34.759
 in the highest

00:25:34.759 --> 00:25:36.100
 and on earth

00:25:36.100 --> 00:25:36.800
 peace

00:25:36.800 --> 00:25:38.340
 among those

00:25:38.340 --> 00:25:38.980
 with whom

00:25:38.980 --> 00:25:40.160
 he is well pleased

00:25:40.160 --> 00:25:42.020
 and these phrases

00:25:42.020 --> 00:25:43.259
 though not quoted

00:25:43.259 --> 00:25:44.259
 would resonate

00:25:44.259 --> 00:25:47.240
 with what had happened

00:25:47.240 --> 00:25:48.940
 30 some years ago

00:25:48.940 --> 00:25:50.720
 that when Jesus

00:25:50.720 --> 00:25:51.640
 came

00:25:51.640 --> 00:25:52.980
 there was this

00:25:52.980 --> 00:25:53.660
 grand

00:25:53.660 --> 00:25:54.520
 and spectacular

00:25:54.520 --> 00:25:55.440
 announcement

00:25:55.440 --> 00:25:58.300
 that something

00:25:58.300 --> 00:25:58.840
 unique

00:25:58.840 --> 00:25:59.600
 and special

00:25:59.600 --> 00:26:00.220
 had happened

00:26:00.220 --> 00:26:01.780
 that the

00:26:01.779 --> 00:26:03.139
 the long

00:26:03.139 --> 00:26:03.559
 awaited

00:26:03.559 --> 00:26:04.180
 deliverer

00:26:04.180 --> 00:26:04.899
 had come

00:26:04.899 --> 00:26:06.579
 and now

00:26:06.579 --> 00:26:07.639
 30 years later

00:26:07.639 --> 00:26:08.399
 his disciples

00:26:08.399 --> 00:26:09.639
 pick up these words

00:26:09.639 --> 00:26:10.839
 to say

00:26:10.839 --> 00:26:12.579
 this is the one

00:26:12.579 --> 00:26:13.940
 they had seen

00:26:13.940 --> 00:26:15.180
 his mighty works

00:26:15.180 --> 00:26:16.259
 the healing

00:26:16.259 --> 00:26:17.200
 of the blind

00:26:17.200 --> 00:26:18.680
 and the lame

00:26:18.680 --> 00:26:20.639
 the deliverance

00:26:20.639 --> 00:26:21.339
 of some

00:26:21.339 --> 00:26:21.940
 from the

00:26:21.940 --> 00:26:23.079
 control

00:26:23.079 --> 00:26:23.839
 of demonic

00:26:23.839 --> 00:26:24.480
 forces

00:26:24.480 --> 00:26:26.180
 they'd seen

00:26:26.180 --> 00:26:26.879
 him teach

00:26:26.879 --> 00:26:27.700
 with authority

00:26:27.700 --> 00:26:28.960
 unlike the scribes

00:26:28.960 --> 00:26:29.700
 and Pharisees

00:26:29.700 --> 00:26:30.740
 they had seen

00:26:30.740 --> 00:26:31.720
 him providing

00:26:31.720 --> 00:26:32.620
 feeding

00:26:32.620 --> 00:26:33.700
 multitudes

00:26:33.700 --> 00:26:34.740
 and showing

00:26:34.740 --> 00:26:35.400
 compassion

00:26:35.400 --> 00:26:36.180
 on them

00:26:36.180 --> 00:26:38.039
 they had seen

00:26:38.039 --> 00:26:38.759
 him honoring

00:26:38.759 --> 00:26:39.840
 the outcasts

00:26:39.840 --> 00:26:40.319
 the women

00:26:40.319 --> 00:26:41.319
 the unclean

00:26:41.319 --> 00:26:42.319
 the gentiles

00:26:42.319 --> 00:26:43.880
 expanding

00:26:43.880 --> 00:26:44.500
 the kingdom

00:26:44.500 --> 00:26:45.200
 of God

00:26:45.200 --> 00:26:46.200
 and they

00:26:46.200 --> 00:26:47.100
 worshipped him

00:26:47.100 --> 00:26:48.039
 for his mighty

00:26:48.039 --> 00:26:49.000
 deeds

00:26:49.000 --> 00:26:50.319
 and they did it

00:26:50.319 --> 00:26:50.860
 with this

00:26:50.860 --> 00:26:51.680
 grand

00:26:51.680 --> 00:26:52.640
 parade

00:26:52.640 --> 00:26:54.539
 this grand

00:26:54.539 --> 00:26:55.380
 symbolic

00:26:55.380 --> 00:26:56.059
 parade

00:26:56.059 --> 00:26:57.539
 with praising

00:26:57.539 --> 00:26:58.919
 and donkeys

00:26:58.919 --> 00:27:00.220
 and coats

00:27:00.220 --> 00:27:01.039
 on the ground

00:27:01.039 --> 00:27:01.919
 and all

00:27:01.919 --> 00:27:02.679
 of the resonance

00:27:02.679 --> 00:27:04.240
 of Solomon

00:27:04.240 --> 00:27:05.099
 coming in

00:27:05.099 --> 00:27:06.359
 long ago

00:27:06.359 --> 00:27:10.679
 I've never been

00:27:10.679 --> 00:27:11.359
 to Jerusalem

00:27:11.359 --> 00:27:12.819
 but reading

00:27:12.819 --> 00:27:14.000
 about this

00:27:14.000 --> 00:27:14.519
 approach

00:27:14.519 --> 00:27:16.159
 it sounds like

00:27:16.159 --> 00:27:17.039
 this road

00:27:17.039 --> 00:27:17.440
 would have been

00:27:17.440 --> 00:27:18.379
 a beautiful road

00:27:18.379 --> 00:27:19.099
 to travel

00:27:19.099 --> 00:27:20.539
 it would have

00:27:20.539 --> 00:27:21.059
 gone up

00:27:21.059 --> 00:27:22.000
 to Bethphage

00:27:22.000 --> 00:27:23.319
 near the top

00:27:23.319 --> 00:27:23.700
 of the Mount

00:27:23.700 --> 00:27:24.720
 of Olives

00:27:24.720 --> 00:27:25.299
 and then come

00:27:25.299 --> 00:27:26.339
 back down

00:27:26.339 --> 00:27:27.380
 towards Bethany

00:27:27.380 --> 00:27:28.240
 and then come

00:27:28.240 --> 00:27:29.360
 around the corner

00:27:29.360 --> 00:27:30.700
 and then Jerusalem

00:27:30.700 --> 00:27:31.440
 would have lay

00:27:31.440 --> 00:27:32.059
 in the valley

00:27:32.059 --> 00:27:32.960
 below them

00:27:32.960 --> 00:27:34.680
 and as they're

00:27:34.680 --> 00:27:35.839
 praising God

00:27:35.839 --> 00:27:36.799
 and as he approaches

00:27:36.799 --> 00:27:37.600
 goes down

00:27:37.600 --> 00:27:38.839
 into the Kidron Valley

00:27:38.839 --> 00:27:39.759
 before he would

00:27:39.759 --> 00:27:40.740
 go up to the gates

00:27:40.740 --> 00:27:41.400
 of Jerusalem

00:27:41.400 --> 00:27:43.000
 the hills

00:27:43.000 --> 00:27:43.980
 would resound

00:27:43.980 --> 00:27:45.240
 with this praise

00:27:45.240 --> 00:27:46.720
 and this celebration

00:27:46.720 --> 00:27:47.940
 and this glory

00:27:47.940 --> 00:27:51.140
 like the ticker tape

00:27:51.140 --> 00:27:52.519
 parade in New York City

00:27:52.519 --> 00:27:55.639
 after a championship

00:27:55.639 --> 00:27:56.200
 win

00:27:56.200 --> 00:27:58.500
 like the duck

00:27:58.500 --> 00:27:59.440
 boats in Boston

00:27:59.440 --> 00:28:00.460
 but even better

00:28:00.460 --> 00:28:02.579
 the King of David

00:28:02.579 --> 00:28:05.859
 sitting on a donkey

00:28:05.859 --> 00:28:07.519
 coming into Jerusalem

00:28:07.519 --> 00:28:12.019
 I wonder

00:28:12.019 --> 00:28:14.359
 I wonder what you

00:28:14.359 --> 00:28:15.000
 would feel like

00:28:15.000 --> 00:28:15.799
 about being a part

00:28:15.799 --> 00:28:16.940
 of a parade today

00:28:16.940 --> 00:28:18.180
 to honor Jesus

00:28:18.180 --> 00:28:21.960
 I wonder how you

00:28:21.960 --> 00:28:22.880
 feel about others

00:28:22.880 --> 00:28:24.240
 who are

00:28:24.240 --> 00:28:25.759
 kind of embarrassing

00:28:25.759 --> 00:28:26.299
 in the way

00:28:26.299 --> 00:28:26.940
 that they talk

00:28:26.940 --> 00:28:27.519
 about Jesus

00:28:27.519 --> 00:28:28.340
 all the time

00:28:28.340 --> 00:28:32.140
 sometimes fear

00:28:32.140 --> 00:28:32.640
 that we have

00:28:32.640 --> 00:28:34.120
 an overly

00:28:34.120 --> 00:28:35.200
 privatized

00:28:35.200 --> 00:28:35.880
 sense

00:28:35.880 --> 00:28:37.160
 of religion

00:28:37.160 --> 00:28:38.000
 and worship

00:28:38.000 --> 00:28:39.320
 in our world

00:28:39.320 --> 00:28:39.900
 today

00:28:39.900 --> 00:28:43.060
 now look

00:28:43.060 --> 00:28:44.519
 we need to be wise

00:28:44.519 --> 00:28:45.460
 and there's nuance

00:28:45.460 --> 00:28:48.279
 to claim the name

00:28:48.279 --> 00:28:48.840
 of Christian

00:28:48.840 --> 00:28:49.259
 today

00:28:49.259 --> 00:28:49.920
 doesn't mean

00:28:49.920 --> 00:28:50.440
 what it used

00:28:50.440 --> 00:28:50.880
 to mean

00:28:50.880 --> 00:28:52.360
 it's become

00:28:52.360 --> 00:28:53.519
 a very broad

00:28:53.519 --> 00:28:54.259
 word

00:28:54.259 --> 00:28:55.620
 that describes

00:28:55.620 --> 00:28:56.299
 many people

00:28:56.299 --> 00:28:57.059
 who don't believe

00:28:57.059 --> 00:28:57.640
 in the Bible

00:28:57.640 --> 00:28:58.259
 or the deity

00:28:58.259 --> 00:28:58.900
 of Christ

00:28:58.900 --> 00:29:01.620
 and even

00:29:01.620 --> 00:29:02.079
 in the last

00:29:02.079 --> 00:29:02.680
 20 years

00:29:02.680 --> 00:29:03.000
 the word

00:29:03.000 --> 00:29:03.579
 evangelical

00:29:03.579 --> 00:29:04.259
 has become

00:29:04.259 --> 00:29:05.039
 more fraught

00:29:05.039 --> 00:29:06.600
 it's become

00:29:06.600 --> 00:29:07.079
 more of a

00:29:07.079 --> 00:29:07.960
 political term

00:29:07.960 --> 00:29:08.920
 for many people

00:29:08.920 --> 00:29:09.779
 and more of a

00:29:09.779 --> 00:29:10.620
 political identity

00:29:10.620 --> 00:29:11.400
 and ideology

00:29:11.400 --> 00:29:12.759
 for some

00:29:12.759 --> 00:29:17.220
 so there's nuance

00:29:17.220 --> 00:29:17.819
 in thinking

00:29:17.819 --> 00:29:18.740
 about how do we

00:29:18.740 --> 00:29:19.240
 identify

00:29:19.240 --> 00:29:20.140
 and celebrate

00:29:20.140 --> 00:29:22.680
 Jesus

00:29:22.680 --> 00:29:23.539
 publicly

00:29:23.539 --> 00:29:26.059
 but friends

00:29:26.059 --> 00:29:28.379
 are we so afraid

00:29:28.379 --> 00:29:29.660
 of being misunderstood

00:29:29.660 --> 00:29:31.680
 that we hold back

00:29:31.680 --> 00:29:32.740
 where his disciples

00:29:32.740 --> 00:29:33.500
 exalted

00:29:33.500 --> 00:29:35.240
 and gloried

00:29:35.240 --> 00:29:36.079
 and praised

00:29:36.079 --> 00:29:38.579
 Jesus was so often

00:29:38.579 --> 00:29:39.119
 misunderstood

00:29:39.119 --> 00:29:39.640
 in fact

00:29:39.640 --> 00:29:40.579
 even in this

00:29:40.579 --> 00:29:42.279
 Jesus was misunderstood

00:29:42.279 --> 00:29:43.539
 even by those

00:29:43.539 --> 00:29:44.599
 who were praising him

00:29:44.599 --> 00:29:45.500
 let alone those

00:29:45.500 --> 00:29:46.460
 who opposed him

00:29:46.460 --> 00:29:51.019
 for many of his

00:29:51.019 --> 00:29:52.240
 disciples would run

00:29:52.240 --> 00:29:53.559
 later this week

00:29:53.559 --> 00:29:55.220
 let alone the crowds

00:29:55.220 --> 00:29:56.480
 who would join

00:29:56.480 --> 00:29:57.759
 into this procession

00:29:57.759 --> 00:29:58.940
 but then later

00:29:58.940 --> 00:30:00.359
 be swayed

00:30:00.359 --> 00:30:01.359
 in other directions

00:30:01.359 --> 00:30:05.680
 Jesus was often

00:30:05.680 --> 00:30:06.460
 misunderstood

00:30:06.460 --> 00:30:11.860
 the cost of identifying

00:30:11.860 --> 00:30:12.519
 with Jesus

00:30:12.519 --> 00:30:13.440
 will always

00:30:13.440 --> 00:30:14.299
 be great

00:30:14.299 --> 00:30:16.279
 at some point

00:30:16.279 --> 00:30:19.680
 my kids like

00:30:19.680 --> 00:30:20.299
 watching the

00:30:20.299 --> 00:30:21.220
 story keepers

00:30:21.220 --> 00:30:22.220
 have you ever seen

00:30:22.220 --> 00:30:23.019
 the story keepers

00:30:23.019 --> 00:30:23.579
 they're on YouTube

00:30:23.579 --> 00:30:24.440
 if you haven't seen them

00:30:24.440 --> 00:30:25.559
 it's this really cool

00:30:25.559 --> 00:30:26.620
 cartoon that was

00:30:26.620 --> 00:30:27.700
 done in the 90s

00:30:27.700 --> 00:30:28.900
 about life

00:30:28.900 --> 00:30:29.860
 in early church

00:30:29.860 --> 00:30:31.360
 and how people

00:30:31.360 --> 00:30:31.759
 honored

00:30:31.759 --> 00:30:32.059
 and

00:30:32.059 --> 00:30:34.240
 it talks about

00:30:34.240 --> 00:30:34.879
 how they were

00:30:34.879 --> 00:30:35.720
 both hiding

00:30:35.720 --> 00:30:36.419
 and yet

00:30:36.419 --> 00:30:37.259
 very open

00:30:37.259 --> 00:30:38.200
 about their faith

00:30:38.200 --> 00:30:38.720
 it's actually

00:30:38.720 --> 00:30:39.440
 a beautiful

00:30:39.440 --> 00:30:41.500
 portrayal

00:30:41.500 --> 00:30:41.799
 I think

00:30:41.799 --> 00:30:42.339
 it's fictional

00:30:42.339 --> 00:30:43.039
 but it's

00:30:43.039 --> 00:30:44.039
 it's worth

00:30:44.039 --> 00:30:44.539
 seeing

00:30:44.539 --> 00:30:45.179
 if you have

00:30:45.179 --> 00:30:46.139
 kids

00:30:46.139 --> 00:30:47.339
 probably under

00:30:47.339 --> 00:30:48.059
 the age of 11

00:30:48.059 --> 00:30:48.519
 so

00:30:48.519 --> 00:30:50.599
 after that

00:30:50.599 --> 00:30:51.500
 it's valuable

00:30:51.500 --> 00:30:52.240
 but probably not

00:30:52.240 --> 00:30:53.079
 compelling for you

00:30:53.079 --> 00:30:53.319
 so

00:30:53.319 --> 00:30:54.759
 but

00:30:54.759 --> 00:30:57.240
 but it's a picture

00:30:57.240 --> 00:30:58.019
 of how they

00:30:58.019 --> 00:30:58.940
 love Jesus

00:30:58.940 --> 00:30:59.900
 and were willing

00:30:59.900 --> 00:31:00.940
 to be wise

00:31:00.940 --> 00:31:01.680
 and yet

00:31:01.680 --> 00:31:03.080
 very clear

00:31:03.080 --> 00:31:03.759
 about their

00:31:03.759 --> 00:31:04.200
 allegiance

00:31:04.200 --> 00:31:05.100
 and the

00:31:05.100 --> 00:31:05.660
 costliness

00:31:05.660 --> 00:31:06.460
 of identifying

00:31:06.460 --> 00:31:07.340
 with Christ

00:31:07.340 --> 00:31:11.820
 having the

00:31:11.820 --> 00:31:12.500
 privilege of

00:31:12.500 --> 00:31:13.340
 having lived

00:31:13.340 --> 00:31:13.820
 in China

00:31:13.820 --> 00:31:14.620
 for two years

00:31:14.620 --> 00:31:15.100
 and knowing

00:31:15.100 --> 00:31:15.779
 some national

00:31:15.779 --> 00:31:16.620
 believers there

00:31:16.620 --> 00:31:19.360
 seeing them

00:31:19.360 --> 00:31:20.440
 count the cost

00:31:20.440 --> 00:31:22.440
 societally

00:31:22.440 --> 00:31:23.759
 in their own

00:31:23.759 --> 00:31:24.200
 homes

00:31:24.200 --> 00:31:24.640
 and in their

00:31:24.640 --> 00:31:25.460
 own families

00:31:25.460 --> 00:31:26.980
 knowing that

00:31:26.980 --> 00:31:27.680
 to identify

00:31:27.680 --> 00:31:28.220
 publicly

00:31:28.220 --> 00:31:29.000
 as a believer

00:31:29.000 --> 00:31:30.380
 could cost

00:31:30.380 --> 00:31:30.799
 them

00:31:30.799 --> 00:31:32.380
 job

00:31:32.380 --> 00:31:33.279
 prospects

00:31:33.279 --> 00:31:35.059
 marriage

00:31:35.059 --> 00:31:35.819
 prospects

00:31:35.819 --> 00:31:38.740
 even

00:31:38.740 --> 00:31:39.200
 their own

00:31:39.200 --> 00:31:39.660
 homes

00:31:39.660 --> 00:31:41.860
 being

00:31:41.860 --> 00:31:42.579
 misunderstood

00:31:42.579 --> 00:31:45.019
 in all

00:31:45.019 --> 00:31:45.380
 of these

00:31:45.380 --> 00:31:45.799
 cases

00:31:45.799 --> 00:31:46.440
 and yet

00:31:46.440 --> 00:31:47.079
 being willing

00:31:47.079 --> 00:31:47.759
 to identify

00:31:47.759 --> 00:31:48.640
 with Christ

00:31:48.640 --> 00:31:52.059
 here

00:31:52.059 --> 00:31:52.640
 closer to

00:31:52.640 --> 00:31:53.000
 home

00:31:53.000 --> 00:31:54.319
 we live

00:31:54.319 --> 00:31:54.559
 in a

00:31:54.559 --> 00:31:55.000
 world

00:31:55.000 --> 00:31:56.339
 particularly

00:31:56.339 --> 00:31:57.059
 I will say

00:31:57.059 --> 00:31:57.500
 the world

00:31:57.500 --> 00:31:58.160
 of academia

00:31:58.160 --> 00:31:59.359
 where

00:31:59.359 --> 00:32:00.819
 for some

00:32:00.819 --> 00:32:02.000
 identification

00:32:02.000 --> 00:32:03.019
 with Christ

00:32:03.019 --> 00:32:04.079
 will bear

00:32:04.079 --> 00:32:04.460
 a great

00:32:04.460 --> 00:32:05.000
 cost

00:32:05.000 --> 00:32:08.299
 and it's

00:32:08.299 --> 00:32:08.720
 easy to

00:32:08.720 --> 00:32:09.099
 hide

00:32:09.099 --> 00:32:11.240
 it's easy

00:32:11.240 --> 00:32:11.700
 to live

00:32:11.700 --> 00:32:12.359
 in fear

00:32:12.359 --> 00:32:17.399
 and the

00:32:17.399 --> 00:32:18.119
 day may come

00:32:18.119 --> 00:32:19.459
 when our

00:32:19.459 --> 00:32:19.939
 society

00:32:19.939 --> 00:32:20.599
 will shed

00:32:20.599 --> 00:32:21.179
 more of

00:32:21.179 --> 00:32:21.459
 its

00:32:21.459 --> 00:32:22.479
 Christian

00:32:22.479 --> 00:32:23.000
 trappings

00:32:23.000 --> 00:32:24.619
 and where

00:32:24.619 --> 00:32:24.919
 it will be

00:32:24.919 --> 00:32:25.219
 costly

00:32:25.219 --> 00:32:25.719
 for all

00:32:25.719 --> 00:32:26.199
 of us

00:32:26.199 --> 00:32:27.439
 to publicly

00:32:27.439 --> 00:32:28.019
 identify

00:32:28.019 --> 00:32:29.079
 with Christ

00:32:29.079 --> 00:32:30.199
 and to

00:32:30.199 --> 00:32:30.500
 worship

00:32:30.500 --> 00:32:30.939
 him

00:32:30.939 --> 00:32:34.199
 but the

00:32:34.199 --> 00:32:34.740
 disciples

00:32:34.740 --> 00:32:35.959
 gladly

00:32:35.959 --> 00:32:36.939
 did so

00:32:36.940 --> 00:32:37.600
 God

00:32:37.600 --> 00:32:38.460
 because

00:32:38.460 --> 00:32:39.640
 they saw

00:32:39.640 --> 00:32:40.299
 their

00:32:40.299 --> 00:32:40.880
 king

00:32:40.880 --> 00:32:43.880
 and they

00:32:43.880 --> 00:32:44.380
 saw that

00:32:44.380 --> 00:32:44.900
 he was

00:32:44.900 --> 00:32:45.320
 worthy

00:32:45.320 --> 00:32:45.820
 of their

00:32:45.820 --> 00:32:46.640
 praise

00:32:46.640 --> 00:32:48.320
 he was

00:32:48.320 --> 00:32:48.759
 worthy

00:32:48.759 --> 00:32:49.400
 of their

00:32:49.400 --> 00:32:50.100
 adoration

00:32:50.100 --> 00:32:51.440
 he was

00:32:51.440 --> 00:32:51.920
 worthy

00:32:51.920 --> 00:32:53.799
 of them

00:32:53.799 --> 00:32:54.539
 laying down

00:32:54.539 --> 00:32:55.160
 their coats

00:32:55.160 --> 00:32:55.700
 and laying

00:32:55.700 --> 00:32:56.220
 down their

00:32:56.220 --> 00:32:56.779
 lives

00:32:56.779 --> 00:32:58.100
 and they

00:32:58.100 --> 00:32:58.480
 didn't even

00:32:58.480 --> 00:32:59.120
 understand all

00:32:59.120 --> 00:32:59.440
 that that

00:32:59.440 --> 00:33:00.059
 would mean

00:33:00.059 --> 00:33:01.740
 they didn't

00:33:01.740 --> 00:33:02.720
 really understand

00:33:02.720 --> 00:33:03.180
 that Jesus

00:33:03.180 --> 00:33:03.660
 was heading

00:33:03.660 --> 00:33:04.460
 to the cross

00:33:04.460 --> 00:33:05.440
 they didn't

00:33:05.440 --> 00:33:06.200
 understand all

00:33:06.200 --> 00:33:06.579
 of those

00:33:06.579 --> 00:33:06.900
 things

00:33:06.900 --> 00:33:07.220
 and yet

00:33:07.220 --> 00:33:07.600
 as we

00:33:07.600 --> 00:33:07.920
 will see

00:33:07.920 --> 00:33:08.279
 by the

00:33:08.279 --> 00:33:08.680
 end of

00:33:08.680 --> 00:33:09.019
 Luke

00:33:09.019 --> 00:33:10.019
 the

00:33:10.019 --> 00:33:10.420
 disciples

00:33:10.420 --> 00:33:10.779
 will

00:33:10.779 --> 00:33:11.259
 understand

00:33:11.259 --> 00:33:11.860
 and many

00:33:11.860 --> 00:33:12.500
 will still

00:33:12.500 --> 00:33:13.019
 do the

00:33:13.019 --> 00:33:13.460
 same

00:33:13.460 --> 00:33:14.220
 they will

00:33:14.220 --> 00:33:14.900
 follow him

00:33:14.900 --> 00:33:15.480
 and worship

00:33:15.480 --> 00:33:16.039
 him

00:33:16.039 --> 00:33:19.340
 so what

00:33:19.340 --> 00:33:20.019
 about you

00:33:20.019 --> 00:33:22.819
 how unabashed

00:33:22.819 --> 00:33:23.460
 is your

00:33:23.460 --> 00:33:23.980
 worship

00:33:23.980 --> 00:33:25.360
 of Jesus

00:33:25.360 --> 00:33:28.140
 to ask

00:33:28.140 --> 00:33:28.779
 that question

00:33:28.779 --> 00:33:29.420
 creates a

00:33:29.420 --> 00:33:29.799
 crisis

00:33:29.799 --> 00:33:30.380
 does it

00:33:30.380 --> 00:33:30.680
 not

00:33:30.680 --> 00:33:32.000
 at the

00:33:32.000 --> 00:33:32.360
 very end

00:33:32.360 --> 00:33:32.579
 of our

00:33:32.579 --> 00:33:32.960
 passage

00:33:32.960 --> 00:33:33.420
 we see

00:33:33.420 --> 00:33:33.880
 that Jesus

00:33:33.880 --> 00:33:34.340
 coming

00:33:34.339 --> 00:33:34.939
 creates

00:33:34.939 --> 00:33:35.500
 a crisis

00:33:35.500 --> 00:33:36.139
 for all

00:33:36.139 --> 00:33:36.639
 of us

00:33:36.639 --> 00:33:37.799
 as we

00:33:37.799 --> 00:33:38.119
 see in

00:33:38.119 --> 00:33:38.959
 verses 41

00:33:38.959 --> 00:33:39.720
 and following

00:33:39.720 --> 00:33:40.399
 as he

00:33:40.399 --> 00:33:40.899
 comes

00:33:40.899 --> 00:33:42.039
 around the

00:33:42.039 --> 00:33:42.339
 corner

00:33:42.339 --> 00:33:42.959
 and sees

00:33:42.959 --> 00:33:43.519
 Jerusalem

00:33:43.519 --> 00:33:44.599
 he stops

00:33:44.599 --> 00:33:46.000
 and he

00:33:46.000 --> 00:33:46.639
 weeps

00:33:46.639 --> 00:33:48.959
 and he

00:33:48.959 --> 00:33:49.679
 mourns

00:33:49.679 --> 00:33:50.839
 because he

00:33:50.839 --> 00:33:51.539
 sees them

00:33:51.539 --> 00:33:51.799
 and he

00:33:51.799 --> 00:33:52.439
 knows

00:33:52.439 --> 00:33:52.859
 that there

00:33:52.859 --> 00:33:53.179
 will be

00:33:53.179 --> 00:33:53.559
 some

00:33:53.559 --> 00:33:54.399
 who will

00:33:54.399 --> 00:33:55.119
 reject him

00:33:55.119 --> 00:33:55.879
 he knows

00:33:55.879 --> 00:33:56.220
 in fact

00:33:56.220 --> 00:33:56.740
 that this

00:33:56.740 --> 00:33:57.059
 city

00:33:57.059 --> 00:33:57.679
 as a

00:33:57.679 --> 00:33:58.179
 whole

00:33:58.179 --> 00:33:59.319
 will not

00:33:59.319 --> 00:34:00.339
 receive him

00:34:00.339 --> 00:34:01.359
 as the

00:34:01.359 --> 00:34:01.699
 king

00:34:01.699 --> 00:34:02.299
 and put him

00:34:02.299 --> 00:34:02.639
 on the

00:34:02.639 --> 00:34:02.879
 throne

00:34:02.879 --> 00:34:03.439
 of David

00:34:03.440 --> 00:34:04.080
 but that

00:34:04.080 --> 00:34:04.220
 he

00:34:04.220 --> 00:34:04.600
 will be

00:34:04.600 --> 00:34:05.200
 rejected

00:34:05.200 --> 00:34:06.080
 he

00:34:06.080 --> 00:34:06.820
 predicts

00:34:06.820 --> 00:34:07.059
 that

00:34:07.059 --> 00:34:08.079
 because

00:34:08.079 --> 00:34:08.740
 of their

00:34:08.740 --> 00:34:09.340
 rejection

00:34:09.340 --> 00:34:11.619
 there will

00:34:11.619 --> 00:34:12.159
 ultimately

00:34:12.159 --> 00:34:12.679
 be a

00:34:12.679 --> 00:34:13.099
 judgment

00:34:13.099 --> 00:34:15.059
 he

00:34:15.059 --> 00:34:15.720
 predicts

00:34:15.720 --> 00:34:17.240
 and says

00:34:17.240 --> 00:34:18.059
 the time

00:34:18.059 --> 00:34:18.639
 is coming

00:34:18.639 --> 00:34:19.039
 when the

00:34:19.039 --> 00:34:19.400
 Romans

00:34:19.400 --> 00:34:20.019
 will come

00:34:20.019 --> 00:34:20.820
 and raise

00:34:20.820 --> 00:34:21.559
 this city

00:34:21.559 --> 00:34:22.820
 and in fact

00:34:22.820 --> 00:34:23.519
 that's exactly

00:34:23.519 --> 00:34:24.119
 what happened

00:34:24.119 --> 00:34:24.619
 in AD

00:34:24.619 --> 00:34:25.220
 70

00:34:25.220 --> 00:34:26.700
 Titus

00:34:26.700 --> 00:34:27.360
 came in

00:34:27.360 --> 00:34:27.820
 and he

00:34:27.820 --> 00:34:28.420
 literally

00:34:28.420 --> 00:34:29.880
 tore down

00:34:29.880 --> 00:34:30.920
 every wall

00:34:30.920 --> 00:34:31.880
 every building

00:34:31.880 --> 00:34:32.880
 according to

00:34:32.880 --> 00:34:33.380
 the records

00:34:33.380 --> 00:34:33.880
 he left

00:34:33.880 --> 00:34:34.860
 three towers

00:34:34.860 --> 00:34:35.539
 of the

00:34:35.539 --> 00:34:36.440
 entire city

00:34:36.440 --> 00:34:37.039
 standing

00:34:37.039 --> 00:34:39.099
 solely so

00:34:39.099 --> 00:34:39.500
 that people

00:34:39.500 --> 00:34:39.940
 would know

00:34:39.940 --> 00:34:40.300
 that there

00:34:40.300 --> 00:34:40.800
 had been

00:34:40.800 --> 00:34:41.180
 a city

00:34:41.180 --> 00:34:41.559
 there

00:34:41.559 --> 00:34:42.280
 because if

00:34:42.280 --> 00:34:42.500
 he had

00:34:42.500 --> 00:34:43.059
 taken those

00:34:43.059 --> 00:34:43.440
 down

00:34:43.440 --> 00:34:44.059
 literally

00:34:44.059 --> 00:34:44.380
 it would

00:34:44.380 --> 00:34:44.640
 have looked

00:34:44.640 --> 00:34:44.980
 like there

00:34:44.980 --> 00:34:45.400
 had never

00:34:45.400 --> 00:34:45.780
 been a

00:34:45.780 --> 00:34:46.000
 city

00:34:46.000 --> 00:34:49.039
 the destruction

00:34:49.039 --> 00:34:49.960
 was complete

00:34:49.960 --> 00:34:50.519
 and Jesus

00:34:50.519 --> 00:34:51.640
 looked at

00:34:51.640 --> 00:34:52.320
 this city

00:34:52.320 --> 00:34:53.539
 and he

00:34:53.539 --> 00:34:54.039
 knew that

00:34:54.039 --> 00:34:54.680
 his coming

00:34:54.680 --> 00:34:55.380
 would provoke

00:34:55.380 --> 00:34:56.079
 a crisis

00:34:56.079 --> 00:34:57.799
 of belief

00:34:57.799 --> 00:34:58.199
 and he

00:34:58.199 --> 00:34:58.819
 knew that

00:34:58.819 --> 00:34:59.719
 many

00:34:59.719 --> 00:35:00.480
 did not

00:35:00.480 --> 00:35:00.900
 know

00:35:00.900 --> 00:35:02.099
 and would

00:35:02.099 --> 00:35:02.940
 not respond

00:35:02.940 --> 00:35:03.539
 to the

00:35:03.539 --> 00:35:03.920
 day of

00:35:03.920 --> 00:35:05.039
 his visitation

00:35:05.039 --> 00:35:06.639
 with faith

00:35:06.639 --> 00:35:09.840
 and from

00:35:09.840 --> 00:35:10.420
 there then

00:35:10.420 --> 00:35:11.079
 Luke records

00:35:11.079 --> 00:35:11.440
 he goes

00:35:11.440 --> 00:35:11.880
 into

00:35:11.880 --> 00:35:12.480
 Jerusalem

00:35:12.480 --> 00:35:12.799
 and he

00:35:12.799 --> 00:35:13.299
 goes to

00:35:13.299 --> 00:35:13.840
 the temple

00:35:13.840 --> 00:35:14.699
 and he

00:35:14.699 --> 00:35:15.039
 creates

00:35:15.039 --> 00:35:15.400
 another

00:35:15.400 --> 00:35:15.880
 crisis

00:35:15.880 --> 00:35:16.559
 by walking

00:35:16.559 --> 00:35:16.860
 in

00:35:16.860 --> 00:35:17.659
 and blowing

00:35:17.659 --> 00:35:18.099
 up an

00:35:18.099 --> 00:35:18.500
 economic

00:35:18.500 --> 00:35:19.119
 system

00:35:19.119 --> 00:35:20.779
 that had

00:35:20.779 --> 00:35:21.380
 served

00:35:21.380 --> 00:35:22.900
 the worship

00:35:22.900 --> 00:35:24.259
 at the

00:35:24.259 --> 00:35:24.799
 expense

00:35:24.799 --> 00:35:25.699
 of the

00:35:25.699 --> 00:35:25.960
 worship

00:35:25.960 --> 00:35:26.599
 of God

00:35:26.599 --> 00:35:29.400
 Luke

00:35:29.400 --> 00:35:29.980
 is very

00:35:29.980 --> 00:35:30.340
 brief

00:35:30.340 --> 00:35:30.940
 on this

00:35:30.940 --> 00:35:32.300
 Matthew

00:35:32.300 --> 00:35:32.760
 John

00:35:32.760 --> 00:35:33.320
 other people

00:35:33.320 --> 00:35:33.780
 have much

00:35:33.780 --> 00:35:34.360
 more to say

00:35:34.360 --> 00:35:35.039
 about this

00:35:35.039 --> 00:35:37.659
 but he

00:35:37.659 --> 00:35:38.079
 goes in

00:35:38.079 --> 00:35:38.360
 and he

00:35:38.360 --> 00:35:38.740
 creates

00:35:38.740 --> 00:35:39.039
 this

00:35:39.039 --> 00:35:39.679
 crisis

00:35:39.679 --> 00:35:41.760
 my

00:35:41.760 --> 00:35:42.519
 father's

00:35:42.519 --> 00:35:43.000
 house

00:35:43.000 --> 00:35:44.360
 should be

00:35:44.360 --> 00:35:44.659
 a house

00:35:44.659 --> 00:35:45.420
 of prayer

00:35:45.420 --> 00:35:46.920
 but you

00:35:46.920 --> 00:35:47.599
 have made

00:35:47.599 --> 00:35:47.840
 it

00:35:47.840 --> 00:35:49.099
 a place

00:35:49.099 --> 00:35:50.900
 of commerce

00:35:50.900 --> 00:35:55.179
 and then

00:35:55.179 --> 00:35:55.460
 Luke

00:35:55.460 --> 00:35:55.779
 ends

00:35:55.779 --> 00:35:56.039
 this

00:35:56.039 --> 00:35:56.539
 section

00:35:56.539 --> 00:35:57.399
 verse

00:35:57.399 --> 00:35:58.039
 47

00:35:58.039 --> 00:35:58.759
 and 48

00:35:58.759 --> 00:35:59.179
 he was

00:35:59.179 --> 00:35:59.559
 teaching

00:35:59.559 --> 00:35:59.960
 daily

00:35:59.960 --> 00:36:00.299
 in the

00:36:00.299 --> 00:36:00.599
 temple

00:36:00.599 --> 00:36:02.159
 and you

00:36:02.159 --> 00:36:02.779
 see the

00:36:02.779 --> 00:36:03.199
 division

00:36:03.199 --> 00:36:03.739
 the chief

00:36:03.739 --> 00:36:04.279
 priests

00:36:04.279 --> 00:36:04.699
 and the

00:36:04.699 --> 00:36:05.199
 scribes

00:36:05.199 --> 00:36:05.419
 and the

00:36:05.419 --> 00:36:05.739
 principal

00:36:05.739 --> 00:36:06.019
 men

00:36:06.019 --> 00:36:06.299
 of the

00:36:06.299 --> 00:36:06.739
 people

00:36:06.739 --> 00:36:07.759
 were seeking

00:36:07.759 --> 00:36:08.559
 to destroy

00:36:08.559 --> 00:36:08.879
 him

00:36:08.879 --> 00:36:09.699
 those who

00:36:09.699 --> 00:36:10.699
 had lots

00:36:10.699 --> 00:36:11.619
 lots of

00:36:11.619 --> 00:36:12.059
 power

00:36:12.059 --> 00:36:12.699
 lots of

00:36:12.699 --> 00:36:13.179
 prestige

00:36:13.179 --> 00:36:13.859
 lots of

00:36:13.859 --> 00:36:14.199
 religious

00:36:14.199 --> 00:36:14.819
 authority

00:36:14.820 --> 00:36:16.500
 they had

00:36:16.500 --> 00:36:16.900
 lots

00:36:16.900 --> 00:36:17.760
 to lose

00:36:17.760 --> 00:36:20.600
 and in

00:36:20.600 --> 00:36:20.900
 that

00:36:20.900 --> 00:36:21.200
 they

00:36:21.200 --> 00:36:22.800
 resisted

00:36:22.800 --> 00:36:23.519
 Jesus

00:36:23.519 --> 00:36:24.140
 coming

00:36:24.140 --> 00:36:25.180
 and they

00:36:25.180 --> 00:36:25.500
 sought

00:36:25.500 --> 00:36:25.960
 instead

00:36:25.960 --> 00:36:26.720
 to destroy

00:36:26.720 --> 00:36:27.120
 him

00:36:27.120 --> 00:36:29.539
 verse 48

00:36:29.539 --> 00:36:29.940
 but they

00:36:29.940 --> 00:36:30.360
 did not

00:36:30.360 --> 00:36:31.160
 find anything

00:36:31.160 --> 00:36:31.800
 they could

00:36:31.800 --> 00:36:32.120
 do

00:36:32.120 --> 00:36:33.220
 for all

00:36:33.220 --> 00:36:33.740
 the people

00:36:33.740 --> 00:36:34.340
 were hanging

00:36:34.340 --> 00:36:34.940
 on his

00:36:34.940 --> 00:36:35.400
 words

00:36:35.400 --> 00:36:37.840
 the people

00:36:37.840 --> 00:36:38.720
 saw him

00:36:38.720 --> 00:36:39.180
 and they

00:36:39.180 --> 00:36:39.740
 responded

00:36:39.740 --> 00:36:40.380
 to him

00:36:40.380 --> 00:36:41.320
 and they

00:36:41.320 --> 00:36:41.820
 were hanging

00:36:41.820 --> 00:36:42.280
 and yet

00:36:42.280 --> 00:36:42.780
 we know

00:36:42.780 --> 00:36:43.200
 these are

00:36:43.200 --> 00:36:43.880
 the same

00:36:43.880 --> 00:36:44.360
 people

00:36:44.360 --> 00:36:45.519
 who will

00:36:45.519 --> 00:36:46.119
 be fickle

00:36:46.119 --> 00:36:47.700
 and Jesus

00:36:47.700 --> 00:36:48.400
 knows these

00:36:48.400 --> 00:36:48.700
 are the

00:36:48.700 --> 00:36:49.000
 same

00:36:49.000 --> 00:36:49.440
 people

00:36:49.440 --> 00:36:51.240
 who will

00:36:51.240 --> 00:36:51.920
 be fickle

00:36:51.920 --> 00:36:53.920
 but he

00:36:53.920 --> 00:36:54.900
 comes in

00:36:54.900 --> 00:36:57.000
 and he

00:36:57.000 --> 00:36:57.599
 creates a

00:36:57.599 --> 00:36:58.220
 crisis

00:36:58.220 --> 00:37:00.039
 such that

00:37:00.039 --> 00:37:01.059
 everyone who

00:37:01.059 --> 00:37:01.640
 encounters

00:37:01.640 --> 00:37:03.240
 this Jesus

00:37:03.240 --> 00:37:04.019
 in Jerusalem

00:37:04.019 --> 00:37:05.260
 when he

00:37:05.260 --> 00:37:06.000
 first entered

00:37:06.000 --> 00:37:07.160
 and every

00:37:07.160 --> 00:37:07.700
 one of us

00:37:07.700 --> 00:37:08.480
 today as we

00:37:08.480 --> 00:37:09.400
 encounter this

00:37:09.400 --> 00:37:10.260
 Jesus in

00:37:10.260 --> 00:37:11.039
 this text

00:37:11.039 --> 00:37:12.240
 have to

00:37:12.240 --> 00:37:12.940
 respond

00:37:12.940 --> 00:37:14.740
 who will

00:37:14.740 --> 00:37:15.440
 be king

00:37:15.440 --> 00:37:17.519
 this was

00:37:17.519 --> 00:37:18.099
 the question

00:37:18.099 --> 00:37:18.440
 that was

00:37:18.440 --> 00:37:18.980
 asked in

00:37:18.980 --> 00:37:19.820
 Solomon's

00:37:19.820 --> 00:37:20.119
 day

00:37:20.119 --> 00:37:21.440
 will it

00:37:21.440 --> 00:37:21.960
 be Solomon

00:37:21.960 --> 00:37:22.519
 or will

00:37:22.519 --> 00:37:22.780
 it be

00:37:22.780 --> 00:37:23.320
 Adonijah

00:37:23.320 --> 00:37:28.059
 for us

00:37:28.059 --> 00:37:28.880
 who will

00:37:28.880 --> 00:37:29.500
 be king

00:37:29.500 --> 00:37:31.500
 will you

00:37:31.500 --> 00:37:32.079
 deny

00:37:32.079 --> 00:37:32.780
 Jesus

00:37:32.780 --> 00:37:35.079
 his claim

00:37:35.079 --> 00:37:35.800
 on your

00:37:35.800 --> 00:37:36.300
 life

00:37:36.300 --> 00:37:38.539
 or will

00:37:38.539 --> 00:37:39.200
 you receive

00:37:39.200 --> 00:37:39.599
 him

00:37:39.599 --> 00:37:40.539
 knowing

00:37:40.539 --> 00:37:40.559
 knowing

00:37:40.559 --> 00:37:40.940
 that he

00:37:40.940 --> 00:37:41.279
 is a

00:37:41.279 --> 00:37:41.619
 king

00:37:41.619 --> 00:37:42.099
 who will

00:37:42.099 --> 00:37:42.599
 ultimately

00:37:42.599 --> 00:37:43.380
 earn his

00:37:43.380 --> 00:37:43.860
 throne

00:37:43.860 --> 00:37:46.059
 by going

00:37:46.059 --> 00:37:47.019
 to the

00:37:47.019 --> 00:37:47.480
 cross

00:37:47.480 --> 00:37:49.199
 and dying

00:37:49.199 --> 00:37:51.199
 for sinful

00:37:51.199 --> 00:37:52.460
 rebellious

00:37:52.460 --> 00:37:53.500
 stubborn

00:37:53.500 --> 00:37:54.619
 independent

00:37:54.619 --> 00:37:55.139
 hearts

00:37:55.139 --> 00:37:56.179
 like mine

00:37:56.179 --> 00:37:56.719
 and like

00:37:56.719 --> 00:37:57.179
 yours

00:37:57.179 --> 00:37:58.619
 he who

00:37:58.619 --> 00:37:59.119
 came

00:37:59.119 --> 00:38:00.480
 to establish

00:38:00.480 --> 00:38:01.480
 his kingship

00:38:01.480 --> 00:38:03.960
 not by imposing

00:38:03.960 --> 00:38:04.739
 it upon us

00:38:04.739 --> 00:38:05.699
 but by offering

00:38:05.699 --> 00:38:06.719
 himself up

00:38:06.719 --> 00:38:08.059
 for us

00:38:08.059 --> 00:38:10.439
 and ultimately

00:38:10.439 --> 00:38:11.459
 he would gain

00:38:11.459 --> 00:38:12.480
 great victory

00:38:12.480 --> 00:38:13.739
 because he would

00:38:13.739 --> 00:38:14.619
 rise from the

00:38:14.619 --> 00:38:15.059
 dead

00:38:15.059 --> 00:38:16.179
 and he would

00:38:16.179 --> 00:38:16.980
 ascend to the

00:38:16.980 --> 00:38:17.459
 father

00:38:17.459 --> 00:38:18.099
 and he would

00:38:18.099 --> 00:38:18.739
 sit at his

00:38:18.739 --> 00:38:19.539
 right hand

00:38:19.539 --> 00:38:20.659
 and we know

00:38:20.659 --> 00:38:21.219
 from the rest

00:38:21.219 --> 00:38:21.679
 of scripture

00:38:21.679 --> 00:38:22.339
 that one day

00:38:22.339 --> 00:38:22.939
 he will come

00:38:22.939 --> 00:38:23.459
 again

00:38:23.459 --> 00:38:25.059
 and he will

00:38:25.059 --> 00:38:25.779
 establish his

00:38:25.779 --> 00:38:26.000
 kingdom

00:38:26.000 --> 00:38:26.599
 and he will

00:38:26.599 --> 00:38:27.179
 sit on the

00:38:27.179 --> 00:38:27.599
 throne

00:38:27.599 --> 00:38:28.579
 and all

00:38:28.579 --> 00:38:29.199
 will bow

00:38:29.199 --> 00:38:29.779
 their knee

00:38:29.779 --> 00:38:30.639
 before this

00:38:30.639 --> 00:38:31.139
 king

00:38:31.139 --> 00:38:32.219
 Jesus

00:38:32.219 --> 00:38:37.939
 today

00:38:37.939 --> 00:38:41.359
 is the day

00:38:41.359 --> 00:38:42.139
 of visitation

00:38:42.139 --> 00:38:42.779
 for all

00:38:42.779 --> 00:38:43.319
 who hear

00:38:43.319 --> 00:38:44.119
 this text

00:38:44.119 --> 00:38:46.379
 in Jerusalem

00:38:46.379 --> 00:38:47.819
 in the first

00:38:47.819 --> 00:38:48.219
 century

00:38:48.219 --> 00:38:49.039
 this was the

00:38:49.039 --> 00:38:49.739
 first time

00:38:49.739 --> 00:38:50.059
 in a

00:38:50.059 --> 00:38:51.139
 one time

00:38:51.139 --> 00:38:51.579
 thing

00:38:51.579 --> 00:38:52.699
 in redemption

00:38:52.699 --> 00:38:53.279
 history

00:38:53.279 --> 00:38:54.959
 but today

00:38:54.959 --> 00:38:56.579
 this is the

00:38:56.579 --> 00:38:57.459
 day for us

00:38:57.459 --> 00:38:58.599
 to consider

00:38:58.599 --> 00:38:59.119
 the day

00:38:59.119 --> 00:39:00.119
 of our

00:39:00.119 --> 00:39:00.819
 visitation

00:39:00.820 --> 00:39:01.400
 for Jesus

00:39:01.400 --> 00:39:02.039
 has come

00:39:02.039 --> 00:39:02.760
 for us

00:39:02.760 --> 00:39:03.760
 he has

00:39:03.760 --> 00:39:04.260
 come for

00:39:04.260 --> 00:39:04.800
 you

00:39:04.800 --> 00:39:11.559
 what will

00:39:11.559 --> 00:39:11.960
 you do

00:39:11.960 --> 00:39:12.480
 with this

00:39:12.480 --> 00:39:12.760
 king

00:39:12.760 --> 00:39:15.539
 let's pray

00:39:15.539 --> 00:39:27.480
 Lord we

00:39:27.480 --> 00:39:28.120
 are humbled

00:39:28.120 --> 00:39:28.480
 and

00:39:28.480 --> 00:39:29.640
 challenged

00:39:29.639 --> 00:39:31.159
 by this

00:39:31.159 --> 00:39:31.599
 text

00:39:31.599 --> 00:39:32.500
 we thank

00:39:32.500 --> 00:39:32.659
 you

00:39:32.659 --> 00:39:33.039
 for

00:39:33.039 --> 00:39:34.039
 your

00:39:34.039 --> 00:39:34.480
 word

00:39:34.480 --> 00:39:37.359
 penetrates

00:39:37.359 --> 00:39:37.599
 our

00:39:37.599 --> 00:39:38.059
 hearts

00:39:38.059 --> 00:39:40.500
 Lord I

00:39:40.500 --> 00:39:40.940
 ask this

00:39:40.940 --> 00:39:41.259
 morning

00:39:41.259 --> 00:39:41.879
 that we

00:39:41.879 --> 00:39:43.099
 would not

00:39:43.099 --> 00:39:43.779
 resist your

00:39:43.779 --> 00:39:44.440
 Holy Spirit

00:39:44.440 --> 00:39:44.859
 as you

00:39:44.859 --> 00:39:45.199
 may be

00:39:45.199 --> 00:39:45.500
 working

00:39:45.500 --> 00:39:46.099
 in us

00:39:46.099 --> 00:39:47.679
 Lord if

00:39:47.679 --> 00:39:47.980
 there are

00:39:47.980 --> 00:39:48.400
 those of

00:39:48.400 --> 00:39:48.759
 us here

00:39:48.759 --> 00:39:49.039
 this

00:39:49.039 --> 00:39:49.379
 morning

00:39:49.379 --> 00:39:49.719
 who

00:39:49.719 --> 00:39:51.079
 have

00:39:51.079 --> 00:39:51.460
 areas

00:39:51.460 --> 00:39:51.799
 of our

00:39:51.799 --> 00:39:52.159
 lives

00:39:52.159 --> 00:39:52.440
 that we

00:39:52.440 --> 00:39:52.639
 have

00:39:52.639 --> 00:39:53.319
 not yet

00:39:53.319 --> 00:39:53.819
 allowed

00:39:53.819 --> 00:39:54.159
 you

00:39:54.159 --> 00:39:54.619
 to be

00:39:54.619 --> 00:39:54.960
 king

00:39:54.960 --> 00:39:57.259
 Lord

00:39:57.259 --> 00:39:57.559
 that we

00:39:57.559 --> 00:39:58.139
 would respond

00:39:58.139 --> 00:39:58.739
 to you

00:39:58.739 --> 00:39:59.459
 in faith

00:39:59.459 --> 00:40:00.359
 and surrender

00:40:00.359 --> 00:40:01.059
 those to

00:40:01.059 --> 00:40:01.419
 you

00:40:01.419 --> 00:40:02.459
 and allow

00:40:02.459 --> 00:40:03.019
 you to

00:40:03.019 --> 00:40:03.619
 begin to

00:40:03.619 --> 00:40:04.219
 reorder

00:40:04.219 --> 00:40:06.219
 these parts

00:40:06.219 --> 00:40:06.599
 of our

00:40:06.599 --> 00:40:07.099
 lives

00:40:07.099 --> 00:40:09.919
 according to

00:40:09.919 --> 00:40:10.539
 your plan

00:40:10.539 --> 00:40:10.939
 and for

00:40:10.939 --> 00:40:11.619
 your glory

00:40:11.619 --> 00:40:14.219
 Lord I

00:40:14.219 --> 00:40:14.799
 pray this

00:40:14.799 --> 00:40:15.219
 morning

00:40:15.219 --> 00:40:17.759
 for those

00:40:17.759 --> 00:40:18.259
 here who

00:40:18.259 --> 00:40:18.739
 may have

00:40:18.739 --> 00:40:19.579
 realized that

00:40:19.579 --> 00:40:19.959
 they have

00:40:19.959 --> 00:40:21.039
 never truly

00:40:21.039 --> 00:40:21.619
 bowed their

00:40:21.619 --> 00:40:22.199
 knee before

00:40:22.199 --> 00:40:22.719
 you as

00:40:22.719 --> 00:40:23.059
 king

00:40:23.059 --> 00:40:24.699
 they have

00:40:24.699 --> 00:40:25.340
 liked you

00:40:25.340 --> 00:40:25.719
 as a

00:40:25.719 --> 00:40:26.099
 teacher

00:40:26.099 --> 00:40:28.980
 they have

00:40:28.980 --> 00:40:29.239
 been

00:40:29.239 --> 00:40:30.000
 comforted

00:40:30.000 --> 00:40:31.199
 by you

00:40:31.199 --> 00:40:31.920
 as a

00:40:31.920 --> 00:40:32.420
 counselor

00:40:32.420 --> 00:40:34.299
 but Lord

00:40:34.299 --> 00:40:34.659
 they have

00:40:34.659 --> 00:40:35.259
 never now

00:40:35.259 --> 00:40:35.880
 bowed their

00:40:35.880 --> 00:40:36.440
 knee before

00:40:36.440 --> 00:40:36.820
 you

00:40:36.820 --> 00:40:37.559
 I pray

00:40:37.559 --> 00:40:37.960
 Lord

00:40:37.960 --> 00:40:40.039
 you would

00:40:40.039 --> 00:40:40.579
 help them

00:40:40.579 --> 00:40:41.039
 now

00:40:41.039 --> 00:40:42.719
 to kneel

00:40:42.719 --> 00:40:43.599
 before you

00:40:43.599 --> 00:40:45.679
 Lord

00:40:45.679 --> 00:40:46.119
 that their

00:40:46.119 --> 00:40:46.639
 repentance

00:40:46.639 --> 00:40:49.319
 would go

00:40:49.319 --> 00:40:49.839
 to the

00:40:49.839 --> 00:40:50.379
 depth of

00:40:50.379 --> 00:40:50.639
 their

00:40:50.639 --> 00:40:53.500
 being

00:40:53.500 --> 00:40:54.219
 Lord

00:40:54.219 --> 00:40:54.579
 that they

00:40:54.579 --> 00:40:55.219
 would repent

00:40:55.219 --> 00:40:55.960
 of themselves

00:40:55.960 --> 00:40:56.599
 sitting on

00:40:56.599 --> 00:40:56.980
 the throne

00:40:56.980 --> 00:40:57.359
 of their

00:40:57.359 --> 00:40:57.839
 lives

00:40:57.839 --> 00:40:58.759
 and receive

00:40:58.759 --> 00:40:59.279
 you

00:40:59.279 --> 00:41:00.219
 instead

00:41:00.219 --> 00:41:00.799
 as their

00:41:00.799 --> 00:41:01.219
 savior

00:41:01.219 --> 00:41:01.879
 who has

00:41:01.879 --> 00:41:03.079
 dealt with

00:41:03.079 --> 00:41:03.579
 sin on

00:41:03.579 --> 00:41:04.319
 their behalf

00:41:04.319 --> 00:41:05.500
 and as

00:41:05.500 --> 00:41:06.019
 their king

00:41:06.019 --> 00:41:06.359
 who has

00:41:06.359 --> 00:41:06.819
 come to

00:41:06.819 --> 00:41:07.159
 rule

00:41:07.159 --> 00:41:10.019
 Lord we

00:41:10.019 --> 00:41:10.659
 pray that

00:41:10.659 --> 00:41:11.000
 you would

00:41:11.000 --> 00:41:11.440
 do these

00:41:11.440 --> 00:41:11.859
 things

00:41:11.860 --> 00:41:14.920
 for the

00:41:14.920 --> 00:41:15.620
 glory of

00:41:15.620 --> 00:41:16.140
 your name

00:41:16.140 --> 00:41:17.400
 that your

00:41:17.400 --> 00:41:18.019
 salvation

00:41:18.019 --> 00:41:18.480
 would be

00:41:18.480 --> 00:41:19.039
 seen

00:41:19.039 --> 00:41:19.599
 and known

00:41:19.599 --> 00:41:20.280
 and proclaimed

00:41:20.280 --> 00:41:22.019
 and that

00:41:22.019 --> 00:41:22.660
 songs of

00:41:22.660 --> 00:41:23.200
 praise would

00:41:23.200 --> 00:41:23.760
 ring out

00:41:23.760 --> 00:41:24.220
 to the

00:41:24.220 --> 00:41:24.579
 ends of

00:41:24.579 --> 00:41:25.019
 the earth

00:41:25.019 --> 00:41:26.760
 we pray

00:41:26.760 --> 00:41:27.180
 this in

00:41:27.180 --> 00:41:27.840
 Jesus name

00:41:27.840 --> 00:41:29.320
 amen