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 Mark chapter 11 and verse 1, it's on page 847. Following the Russian Revolution, the Bolsheviks executed

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! Nicholas II. They executed

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! Nicholas II including his whole family, including his youngest daughter, the

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! Grand Duchess of Russia, Anastasia. At least that's the claim of reliable historians

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 and now the result of reliable DNA testing. However, history and science didn't stop Fox

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 Animation Studios from producing that film, did they? The animated motion picture of the

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 legend, Anastasia, emerging in the film. And it increases this kind of possibility that

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 Anastasia survived. She survived the killing of her father and the family. And the movie

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 tells the story of this orphan. An orphan who's got no recollection of the past. And through

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 a number of different circumstances, she discovers her true identity. She is the lost Russian princess.

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 She is Anastasia. She lives her life not knowing who she is. Now there's one similarity between,

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 and one great difference between Hollywood's movie about Anastasia and Mark's account of the Lord Jesus.

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 The similarity between Jesus and Anastasia is that they're both of royal blood. Anastasia was the daughter of the Russian

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 Tsar. Jesus is the son of David. He comes from a royal bloodline of King David. But the great difference is to do with

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 their identity. Anastasia, at least as the legend goes, for most of her life, did not know who she was.

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 She didn't know. She didn't know that she was the Grand Duchess.

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 Jesus, on the other hand, knows precisely who he was and what he was doing.

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 So he called himself, and the text is still read to us,

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 the Lord. He didn't dismiss the people's claim of him in verse 10,

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 that he had something to do with the coming kingdom of David.

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 And in the next chapter, in chapter 12, verses 35 to 37,

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 he claims to be David's Lord.

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 You see, when Jesus rode into Jerusalem on that donkey,

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 on the first Palm Sunday,

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 he knew who he was,

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 and he knew exactly what he was doing.

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 He knew who he was,

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 and he knew exactly what he was doing.

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 So look with me at verses 1 to 7.

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 And we're introduced to that theme of fulfillment.

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 It's a big theme.

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 The theme of fulfillment.

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 This is what, that is,

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 what Jesus says will happen,

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 happens.

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 And it happens precisely.

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 So look at verse 2.

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 In verse 2 of chapter 11,

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 Jesus says,

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 go into the village.

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 And in verse 4,

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 what do they do?

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 They go into the village.

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 In verse 2,

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 Jesus says,

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 you will find a colt tied.

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 A colt is a baby,

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 a young donkey.

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 And in verse 4,

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 they find a colt tied.

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 In verse 2,

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 Jesus says,

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 untie it.

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 And in verse 4,

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 they untie it.

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 In verse 3,

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 Jesus predicts that someone will question their action.

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 They will say,

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 what are you doing?

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 And in verse 5,

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 someone questions their action.

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 And says,

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 what are you doing?

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 Jesus said,

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 provide them with a response.

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 And in verse 6,

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 they told them what Jesus had said.

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 In verse 2,

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 Jesus says,

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 bring the colt to me.

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 And in verse 7,

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 they bring the colt to Jesus.

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 So very deliberately,

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 Mark is showing us

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 that all of Jesus' words were fulfilled.

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 It's one thing to notice

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 that Jesus' words are precisely fulfilled,

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 but it's another thing

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 to see the significance

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 of what he desired and received.

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 Jesus desired a colt,

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 a young male donkey.

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 Verse 3,

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 he even takes that further,

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 that the Lord has need of it.

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 Why does Jesus have need of it?

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 Did Jesus need this animal

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 because his legs were tired?

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 Was he so worn out

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 that he refuses to walk

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 the last two miles

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 to Jerusalem?

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 He's just had enough of walking

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 and so he needs the donkey,

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 but that's certainly not the reason.

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 Was it that Jesus

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 was kind of arbitrarily

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 testing his followers,

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 kind of displaying his authority

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 and testing their loyalty?

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 Was he like some mad dictator

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 dictator,

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 sending him on a fool's errand

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 just to show how powerful he was,

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 just to see if his subjects

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 would comply with him?

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 Of course,

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 that's not the reason either.

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 Jesus asked for a specific animal

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 to reveal who he was

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 and what his mission was about.

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 There is fulfilment

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 of his words

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 and there is fulfilment

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 of their words.

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 In 1 Corinthians chapter 15,

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 we are told that Jesus died

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 according to the scriptures

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 and that he was buried

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 according to the scriptures

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 and that he rose again

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 according to the scriptures.

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 Well, here in Mark's gospel,

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 as in all the gospels,

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 Jesus rode into Jerusalem

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 on a colt of all animals

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 because it was according

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 to the scriptures

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 to fulfil prophecy.

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 What Matthew states in

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 Matthew 21,

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 this takes place to fulfil

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 what the prophet had spoken,

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 saying,

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 and say to the daughter of Zion,

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 behold, your king is coming.

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 He's coming to you

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 humble,

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 mounted on a donkey,

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 on a fold of a beast of burden.

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 Matthew states that openly

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 in his gospel,

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 but Mark just assumes it.

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 Now that quote that I read to you

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 from Matthew

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 is actually from Zechariah chapter 9

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 and verse 9.

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 I want you to turn there.

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 Let me give you the page number.

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 You'd all be able to find Zechariah

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 very, very quickly,

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 but it's on page 797,

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 okay,

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 in the church Bibles.

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 And while you're chilling there,

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 let me say to you,

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 Zechariah

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 is a very, very important book.

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 Do you know how many

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 quotations there are

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 from Zechariah

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 in the New Testament?

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 There are 71.

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 71 quotations

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 from the book of Zechariah.

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 31 of those

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 come from

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 the book of Revelation.

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 But in the four Gospels

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 there are 27 quotes

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 from the book of Zechariah.

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 27.

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 And most of those quotes

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 come at the end of Jesus' life,

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 the final week.

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 So what does this prophet

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 say about Jesus?

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 He foretells,

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 he predicts that

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 Christ will come in loneliness.

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 He talks about his humanity.

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 He talks about his rejection.

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 He talks about how Jesus

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 would be betrayed

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 for 30 pieces of silver.

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 Zechariah talks about

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 his crucifixion,

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 his priesthood,

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 his coming reign,

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 just to name a few

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 of the things he spoke to.

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 So in Zechariah

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 chapter 9

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 and verse 9 and 10,

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 if you turn there,

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 page 797

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 if you're not there already,

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 listen to what it says.

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 It says,

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 Zechariah 9 verse 9,

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 Rejoice greatly,

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 O daughter of Zion.

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 Shout aloud,

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 O daughter of Jerusalem.

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 Behold,

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 your king has come to you,

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 righteous,

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 and having salvation

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 is he,

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 humble and mounted

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 on a donkey,

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 on a coat,

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 the foal of a donkey.

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 I will cut off

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 the chariot from Ephraim

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 and the war horse

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 from Jerusalem

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 and the battle boat

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 shall be cut off

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 and he shall speak

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 peace to the nations

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 and his rule

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 shall be from sea to sea

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 and from river

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 to the ends of the earth.

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 Verse 9

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 of Zechariah chapter 9

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 shows us the character

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 of the coming king.

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 It tells us

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 of his character.

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 It tells us

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 that he is righteous,

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 that he will do

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 what is right.

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 It tells us

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 that he is holy.

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 It tells us

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 that he is powerful.

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 He is a righteous king

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 and a saving king

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 but he's also

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 a humble king.

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 And then verse 10

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 tells us

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 what he's going to do.

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 What will he do?

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 What will be his achievement?

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 Well he will establish

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 a peaceful

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 universal kingdom

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 and as we reflect

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 on those verses

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 I don't find it

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 extraordinary

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 to think

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 that if God

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 was going to raise

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 up an earthly king

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 to bring

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 divine victory

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 that if God

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 was going to inaugurate

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 a universal king

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 over everywhere

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 that such a ruler

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 would be righteous.

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 That God

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 would give such a ruler

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 who would possess

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 the ability

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 to save.

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 To bring salvation.

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 It's a contrast

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 isn't it

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 to the myriad

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 to the loads

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 of kings

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 of the Old Testament

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 who failed.

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 You would only expect

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 God's divinely

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 appointed king

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 that he would

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 conform

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 to God's law.

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 He would

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 obey God's law

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 and he would

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 bring with him

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 redemption

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 for all of God's people.

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 But what is striking

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 is that this

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 awesome king

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 this powerful king

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 this righteous king

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 this holy king

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 this magnificent king

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 would come in humility.

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 He would come

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 as the text says

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 isn't it

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 humble and mounted

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 on a donkey.

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 And the context

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 of the book of Zechariah

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 as well as the rest

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 of the prophets

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 the word humble

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 does not just mean

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 gentle

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 but lowly

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 and bowed down.

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 The word humble

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 in the book of Zechariah

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 means actually

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 one who will suffer.

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 One commentator says

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 all of the lowly

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 miserable

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 suffering condition

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 as is depicted

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 in Isaiah 53.

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 You know that passage?

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 The man of sorrow

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 is acquainted with grief.

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 So you see

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 in contrast with

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 the arrogance

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 and the showiness

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 that was usually

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 associated with

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 a ruler

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 any ruler

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 in the ancient world

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 any king

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 in his day

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 as in ours

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 this king

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 will be poor.

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 And he will be

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 afflicted.

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 And he will be

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 a servant.

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 And yet

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 he will be

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 a glorious lord.

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 It's one thing

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 isn't it

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 to struggle

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 in our minds

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 with this notion

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 of a humble king.

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 And yet

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 what is even more

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 bizarre in this passage

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 is this king

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 who is strong enough

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 to bring about

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 world peace

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 who is the

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 magnificent ruler

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 of God

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 will come riding

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 on a coat

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 to the foal

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 of a donkey.

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 And these words

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 don't strike us

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 as strange do they

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 because we're

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 so familiar with them.

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 We made palm branches

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 when we were little.

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 We waved at them.

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 The cute little donkey.

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 And yet

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 they are so odd

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 aren't they?

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 They must have

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 appeared so very odd

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 to Zachariah's

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 first audience

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 as they appear

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 odd to anyone.

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 Maybe you

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 were unfamiliar

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 with Christianity.

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 It's true

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 isn't it

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 that some of the

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 judges

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 some of the

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 distinguished people

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 in judges

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 they rode on donkeys

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 but from the time

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 of Solomon

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 in 1000 BC

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 he introduces

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 the breeding

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 of horses.

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 There's not

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 another occurrence

00:11:25.120 --> 00:11:25.919
 in the Old Testament

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 of someone

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 riding on a donkey.

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 Even today

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 in the Middle East

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 donkeys are used

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 as kind of

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 beasts of burden

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 they pull things.

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 In some Islamic lands

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 there are actual

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 laws in the books

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 of Islam

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 regarding that

00:11:41.060 --> 00:11:42.139
 Christians and Jews

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 are allowed

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 to ride only

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 on donkeys

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 and Muslims

00:11:46.259 --> 00:11:47.540
 must ride on horses

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 so the Muslims

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 must be above

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 the Jews

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 and Christians

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 because to ride

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 on donkeys

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 is a humble

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 and lowly thing.

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 So a king

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 during that age

00:11:58.300 --> 00:11:58.820
 would come into

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 his capital city

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 after a military

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 campaign

00:12:02.139 --> 00:12:02.960
 and what would

00:12:02.960 --> 00:12:03.500
 he be riding?

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 He would be riding

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 the biggest

00:12:05.879 --> 00:12:07.220
 most glorious horse

00:12:07.220 --> 00:12:07.680
 wouldn't he?

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 Or at least

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 he'd be marching

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 in front of

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 all his troops

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 it would be

00:12:10.960 --> 00:12:11.880
 quite the parade

00:12:11.880 --> 00:12:13.820
 quite the spectacle

00:12:13.820 --> 00:12:16.280
 but the king

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 on an ass

00:12:18.660 --> 00:12:20.960
 that's a contradiction

00:12:20.960 --> 00:12:22.120
 in terms isn't it?

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 Can you imagine

00:12:24.260 --> 00:12:24.800
 the queen

00:12:24.800 --> 00:12:25.400
 came to Ealing?

00:12:26.860 --> 00:12:27.480
 The queen

00:12:27.480 --> 00:12:27.900
 came to Ealing

00:12:27.900 --> 00:12:28.860
 we're all lined up

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 there

00:12:29.020 --> 00:12:29.620
 we're expecting

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 the head

00:12:30.260 --> 00:12:30.960
 to logicate

00:12:30.960 --> 00:12:32.460
 or whatever it is

00:12:32.460 --> 00:12:33.900
 and suddenly

00:12:33.900 --> 00:12:34.560
 the E1

00:12:34.560 --> 00:12:35.380
 pulls off

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 and off

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 she trots

00:12:37.800 --> 00:12:38.720
 with a little trolley

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 we'd be shocked

00:12:40.240 --> 00:12:40.740
 wouldn't we?

00:12:41.639 --> 00:12:42.580
 Or even more

00:12:42.580 --> 00:12:43.040
 shocked

00:12:43.040 --> 00:12:43.720
 where Ealing

00:12:43.720 --> 00:12:44.100
 Broadway

00:12:44.100 --> 00:12:44.840
 waiting her

00:12:44.840 --> 00:12:45.899
 on Ealing

00:12:45.899 --> 00:12:46.399
 Broadway

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 and we expect

00:12:48.399 --> 00:12:49.040
 to see the

00:12:49.040 --> 00:12:49.480
 chariot

00:12:49.480 --> 00:12:50.480
 the kind of

00:12:50.480 --> 00:12:50.920
 carriage

00:12:50.920 --> 00:12:51.620
 come through

00:12:51.620 --> 00:12:52.840
 or the motor

00:12:52.840 --> 00:12:53.240
 gate

00:12:53.240 --> 00:12:54.700
 and her

00:12:54.700 --> 00:12:55.060
 and Prince

00:12:55.060 --> 00:12:55.360
 Charles

00:12:55.360 --> 00:12:55.700
 are on a

00:12:55.700 --> 00:12:56.019
 donkey

00:12:56.019 --> 00:12:56.960
 it's unthinkable

00:12:56.960 --> 00:12:58.360
 isn't it?

00:12:58.560 --> 00:12:59.120
 E-or

00:12:59.120 --> 00:13:00.019
 it would just

00:13:00.019 --> 00:13:00.700
 be astonishing

00:13:00.700 --> 00:13:01.320
 wouldn't it?

00:13:03.300 --> 00:13:03.820
 Absolutely

00:13:03.820 --> 00:13:04.300
 astonishing

00:13:04.299 --> 00:13:05.139
 the king

00:13:05.139 --> 00:13:06.279
 on an ass

00:13:06.279 --> 00:13:07.899
 it's a contradiction

00:13:07.899 --> 00:13:08.620
 in terms

00:13:08.620 --> 00:13:11.979
 that Zechariah

00:13:11.979 --> 00:13:12.899
 envisions for you

00:13:12.899 --> 00:13:13.199
 and I

00:13:13.199 --> 00:13:14.000
 a humble king

00:13:14.000 --> 00:13:14.699
 riding into a

00:13:14.699 --> 00:13:15.379
 capital city

00:13:15.379 --> 00:13:16.419
 mounted on a

00:13:16.419 --> 00:13:16.879
 crude and

00:13:16.879 --> 00:13:17.519
 common beast

00:13:17.519 --> 00:13:20.059
 this king

00:13:20.059 --> 00:13:20.399
 was to be

00:13:20.399 --> 00:13:20.819
 different from

00:13:20.819 --> 00:13:21.399
 all others

00:13:21.399 --> 00:13:23.459
 not only in what

00:13:23.459 --> 00:13:23.939
 he brought

00:13:23.939 --> 00:13:24.439
 he brings

00:13:24.439 --> 00:13:24.959
 righteousness

00:13:24.959 --> 00:13:25.839
 and salvation

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 but also in his

00:13:26.719 --> 00:13:27.159
 humility

00:13:27.159 --> 00:13:27.679
 and in his

00:13:27.679 --> 00:13:28.120
 loneliness

00:13:28.120 --> 00:13:33.519
 Jerusalem's king

00:13:33.519 --> 00:13:33.899
 will come

00:13:33.899 --> 00:13:34.600
 riding on a

00:13:34.600 --> 00:13:35.019
 donkey

00:13:35.019 --> 00:13:36.299
 as verse 10

00:13:36.299 --> 00:13:37.500
 predicts

00:13:37.500 --> 00:13:39.240
 he will likewise

00:13:39.240 --> 00:13:39.960
 wage war

00:13:39.960 --> 00:13:40.639
 against all

00:13:40.639 --> 00:13:41.200
 welfare

00:13:41.200 --> 00:13:42.779
 he will usher

00:13:42.779 --> 00:13:43.539
 in an age

00:13:43.539 --> 00:13:44.019
 of peace

00:13:44.019 --> 00:13:44.879
 of universal

00:13:44.879 --> 00:13:45.560
 dominion

00:13:45.560 --> 00:13:46.720
 beginning with

00:13:46.720 --> 00:13:47.320
 the divided

00:13:47.320 --> 00:13:47.860
 kingdoms

00:13:47.860 --> 00:13:48.860
 of Israel

00:13:48.860 --> 00:13:50.039
 being represented

00:13:50.039 --> 00:13:50.860
 by Ephraim

00:13:50.860 --> 00:13:51.340
 and Judah

00:13:51.340 --> 00:13:52.180
 in our passage

00:13:52.180 --> 00:13:54.299
 and this character

00:13:54.299 --> 00:13:55.279
 will transform

00:13:55.279 --> 00:13:56.139
 the worldly

00:13:56.139 --> 00:13:57.399
 character of Israel

00:13:57.399 --> 00:13:58.100
 into a spiritual

00:13:58.100 --> 00:13:58.820
 kingdom of which

00:13:58.820 --> 00:13:59.200
 you and I

00:13:59.200 --> 00:13:59.560
 part

00:13:59.560 --> 00:14:02.500
 the chariots

00:14:02.500 --> 00:14:03.159
 the war horse

00:14:03.159 --> 00:14:03.639
 the battle

00:14:03.639 --> 00:14:03.860
 boats

00:14:03.860 --> 00:14:04.480
 all these

00:14:04.480 --> 00:14:05.019
 weapons of

00:14:05.019 --> 00:14:05.259
 warfare

00:14:05.259 --> 00:14:05.700
 they will be

00:14:05.700 --> 00:14:06.540
 rendered useless

00:14:06.540 --> 00:14:08.480
 when this

00:14:08.480 --> 00:14:09.440
 king establishes

00:14:09.440 --> 00:14:10.159
 world peace

00:14:10.159 --> 00:14:11.759
 through his

00:14:11.759 --> 00:14:12.659
 dominion

00:14:12.659 --> 00:14:14.019
 verse 10

00:14:14.019 --> 00:14:14.340
 informs

00:14:14.340 --> 00:14:15.080
 not only will

00:14:15.080 --> 00:14:15.340
 there be

00:14:15.340 --> 00:14:15.800
 peace in

00:14:15.800 --> 00:14:16.220
 Israel

00:14:16.220 --> 00:14:17.060
 but the

00:14:17.060 --> 00:14:17.740
 messianic

00:14:17.740 --> 00:14:17.920
 king

00:14:17.920 --> 00:14:18.279
 he will

00:14:18.279 --> 00:14:19.000
 speak peace

00:14:19.000 --> 00:14:19.259
 he will

00:14:19.259 --> 00:14:20.259
 proclaim peace

00:14:20.259 --> 00:14:22.360
 shalom to

00:14:22.360 --> 00:14:22.980
 the nations

00:14:22.980 --> 00:14:24.879
 a fulfilment

00:14:24.879 --> 00:14:25.759
 of God's

00:14:25.759 --> 00:14:26.080
 covenant

00:14:26.080 --> 00:14:26.660
 with Abraham

00:14:26.660 --> 00:14:27.399
 that all

00:14:27.399 --> 00:14:27.920
 the families

00:14:27.919 --> 00:14:28.479
 of the earth

00:14:28.479 --> 00:14:28.759
 will be

00:14:28.759 --> 00:14:29.079
 blessed

00:14:29.079 --> 00:14:29.639
 through him

00:14:29.639 --> 00:14:31.899
 well that

00:14:31.899 --> 00:14:32.519
 is Zechariah

00:14:32.519 --> 00:14:33.099
 chapter 9

00:14:33.099 --> 00:14:33.699
 verse 9

00:14:33.699 --> 00:14:34.139
 and 10

00:14:34.139 --> 00:14:35.659
 flip back

00:14:35.659 --> 00:14:36.000
 with me

00:14:36.000 --> 00:14:36.939
 to Mark 11

00:14:36.939 --> 00:14:39.759
 to Mark 11

00:14:39.759 --> 00:14:42.240
 and for 500

00:14:42.240 --> 00:14:42.860
 years

00:14:42.860 --> 00:14:45.360
 500 years

00:14:45.360 --> 00:14:46.299
 after Zechariah's

00:14:46.299 --> 00:14:46.699
 prophecy

00:14:46.699 --> 00:14:48.299
 there were

00:14:48.299 --> 00:14:49.079
 hundreds of

00:14:49.079 --> 00:14:49.599
 leaders who

00:14:49.599 --> 00:14:50.179
 failed to come

00:14:50.179 --> 00:14:50.579
 close

00:14:50.579 --> 00:14:52.860
 there were

00:14:52.860 --> 00:14:53.279
 hundreds of

00:14:53.279 --> 00:14:53.740
 leaders who

00:14:53.740 --> 00:14:54.419
 failed to come

00:14:54.419 --> 00:14:55.199
 close to 500

00:14:55.199 --> 00:14:55.719
 years to

00:14:55.719 --> 00:14:56.740
 fulfilling one

00:14:56.740 --> 00:14:58.419
 part of

00:14:58.419 --> 00:14:58.919
 these promises

00:14:58.919 --> 00:14:59.480
 there was no

00:14:59.480 --> 00:15:00.019
 man in the

00:15:00.019 --> 00:15:00.399
 history of

00:15:00.399 --> 00:15:00.820
 the world

00:15:00.820 --> 00:15:01.720
 or Israel

00:15:01.720 --> 00:15:02.200
 who fitted

00:15:02.200 --> 00:15:03.100
 this messianic

00:15:03.100 --> 00:15:03.419
 mold

00:15:03.419 --> 00:15:05.259
 who fulfilled

00:15:05.259 --> 00:15:06.180
 this precise

00:15:06.180 --> 00:15:07.060
 and even

00:15:07.060 --> 00:15:08.100
 bizarre prophecy

00:15:08.100 --> 00:15:10.240
 until Jesus

00:15:10.240 --> 00:15:10.899
 of Nazareth

00:15:10.899 --> 00:15:12.980
 trots into

00:15:12.980 --> 00:15:13.460
 Jerusalem

00:15:13.460 --> 00:15:14.019
 the Sunday

00:15:14.019 --> 00:15:14.919
 before Passover

00:15:14.919 --> 00:15:16.279
 2000 years

00:15:16.279 --> 00:15:16.580
 ago

00:15:16.580 --> 00:15:18.360
 and all

00:15:18.360 --> 00:15:18.940
 four gospel

00:15:18.940 --> 00:15:19.820
 writers testified

00:15:19.820 --> 00:15:20.600
 to the triumphal

00:15:20.600 --> 00:15:20.899
 entry

00:15:20.899 --> 00:15:22.980
 in Mark's

00:15:22.980 --> 00:15:23.120
 account

00:15:23.120 --> 00:15:23.600
 the first

00:15:23.600 --> 00:15:24.379
 seven verses

00:15:24.379 --> 00:15:25.379
 emphasize

00:15:25.379 --> 00:15:27.039
 premeditated

00:15:27.039 --> 00:15:28.500
 act of

00:15:28.500 --> 00:15:28.840
 humility

00:15:28.840 --> 00:15:30.019
 he knows

00:15:30.019 --> 00:15:30.600
 what he's

00:15:30.600 --> 00:15:31.000
 doing

00:15:31.000 --> 00:15:32.840
 it's a

00:15:32.840 --> 00:15:33.399
 premeditated

00:15:33.399 --> 00:15:33.819
 act of

00:15:33.819 --> 00:15:34.220
 humility

00:15:34.220 --> 00:15:36.279
 and then the

00:15:36.279 --> 00:15:36.600
 second thing

00:15:36.600 --> 00:15:37.000
 of the passage

00:15:37.000 --> 00:15:38.000
 is a deliberate

00:15:38.000 --> 00:15:39.159
 exhibition of

00:15:39.159 --> 00:15:39.539
 himself

00:15:39.539 --> 00:15:41.799
 it's a deliberate

00:15:41.799 --> 00:15:42.419
 showing of

00:15:42.419 --> 00:15:42.840
 himself

00:15:42.840 --> 00:15:44.539
 that he is

00:15:44.539 --> 00:15:45.179
 the king

00:15:45.179 --> 00:15:46.340
 of Israel

00:15:46.340 --> 00:15:47.899
 as promised

00:15:47.899 --> 00:15:48.840
 by Zechariah

00:15:48.840 --> 00:15:50.180
 he shows

00:15:50.180 --> 00:15:50.720
 himself

00:15:50.720 --> 00:15:52.040
 you have a

00:15:52.040 --> 00:15:52.379
 deliberate

00:15:52.379 --> 00:15:52.920
 act of

00:15:52.920 --> 00:15:53.320
 humility

00:15:53.320 --> 00:15:54.600
 and you have

00:15:54.600 --> 00:15:55.180
 a deliberate

00:15:55.180 --> 00:15:56.080
 exhibition of

00:15:56.080 --> 00:15:56.580
 himself

00:15:56.580 --> 00:15:58.280
 people say

00:15:58.280 --> 00:15:58.860
 you're making

00:15:58.860 --> 00:15:59.399
 an exhibition

00:15:59.399 --> 00:15:59.960
 of yourself

00:15:59.960 --> 00:16:01.040
 and that's

00:16:01.040 --> 00:16:01.399
 what Jesus

00:16:01.399 --> 00:16:01.700
 is doing

00:16:01.700 --> 00:16:02.100
 here

00:16:02.100 --> 00:16:03.320
 you see

00:16:03.320 --> 00:16:04.399
 Jesus orchestrates

00:16:04.399 --> 00:16:04.780
 doesn't he

00:16:04.780 --> 00:16:05.560
 the specific

00:16:05.560 --> 00:16:06.340
 entrance into

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 Jerusalem

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 in order that

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 they

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 and in order

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 that we

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 might identify

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 who he is

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 that he is

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 the very

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 fulfillment of

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 Zechariah's

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 words

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 every step

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 that Jesus

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 took here

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 was accomplished

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 with pain

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 staking

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 premeditation

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 and isn't

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 that obvious

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 as we quickly

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 went through

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 the first

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 seven verses

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 the time

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 of his entry

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 when did it

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 happen

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 at the time

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 of the

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 Passover

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 and the mode

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 of his entry

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 he came

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 riding on a

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 donkey

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 listen

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 at this point

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 Jesus

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 in Mark's story

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 had walked

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 all the way

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 from Galilee

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 down to

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 near Jerusalem

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 and surely

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 he didn't need

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 to go into

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 town on a

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 donkey

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 did he

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 the use

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 of this

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 donkey

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 is the

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 only time

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 Jesus

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 recorded

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 as not

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 walking

00:16:52.519 --> 00:16:52.959
 he walks

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 everywhere

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 and it

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 can only

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 be a

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 deliberate

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 gesture

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 he's

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 emphasizing

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 something

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 he's

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 announcing

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 something

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 he is

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 self-conscious

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 he knew

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 who he was

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 his self-conscious

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 understanding

00:17:07.899 --> 00:17:08.440
 of his

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 lordship

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 as well

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 as his

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 self-conscious

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 understanding

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 of what

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 he's

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 come to

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 do

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 and to

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 Jesus

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 and probably

00:17:18.159 --> 00:17:18.799
 to Jesus

00:17:18.799 --> 00:17:19.500
 alone

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 at this

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 time

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 Pound Sunday

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 is no victory

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 celebration

00:17:23.679 --> 00:17:26.839
 he knew

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 who he was

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 and he knew

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 what his mission

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 was going to be

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 this is no

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 glorious procession

00:17:33.819 --> 00:17:34.279
 of the king

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 rather he knows

00:17:35.839 --> 00:17:36.599
 that it is a

00:17:36.599 --> 00:17:37.379
 death march

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 doesn't he

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 ride on

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 ride on

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 in majesty

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 ride on

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 to die

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 he knows

00:17:45.079 --> 00:17:45.379
 this is a

00:17:45.379 --> 00:17:46.059
 death march

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 and as a

00:17:47.519 --> 00:17:48.279
 symbolic act

00:17:48.279 --> 00:17:48.579
 Jesus

00:17:48.579 --> 00:17:49.259
 mounts this

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 undignified

00:17:50.220 --> 00:17:51.159
 unpretentious

00:17:51.159 --> 00:17:51.579
 beast

00:17:51.579 --> 00:17:52.480
 to show

00:17:52.480 --> 00:17:52.859
 that he

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 is the

00:17:53.200 --> 00:17:53.639
 Messiah

00:17:53.639 --> 00:17:55.579
 but a

00:17:55.579 --> 00:17:55.940
 Messiah

00:17:55.940 --> 00:17:56.220
 whose

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 triumphal

00:17:56.960 --> 00:17:57.200
 route

00:17:57.200 --> 00:17:57.720
 will end

00:17:57.720 --> 00:17:57.980
 at the

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 cross

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 an old

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 rugged

00:17:58.940 --> 00:17:59.440
 cross

00:17:59.440 --> 00:18:01.200
 and as

00:18:01.200 --> 00:18:01.460
 Jesus

00:18:01.460 --> 00:18:02.019
 looks around

00:18:02.019 --> 00:18:02.259
 at the

00:18:02.259 --> 00:18:02.500
 crowd

00:18:02.500 --> 00:18:02.839
 in verses

00:18:02.839 --> 00:18:03.480
 8-10

00:18:03.480 --> 00:18:03.799
 you see

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 they spread

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 their cloaks

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 and their

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 palm branches

00:18:06.639 --> 00:18:07.200
 down before

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 him

00:18:07.500 --> 00:18:08.379
 and they

00:18:08.379 --> 00:18:09.279
 surround him

00:18:09.279 --> 00:18:10.799
 with some

00:18:10.799 --> 00:18:11.359
 before him

00:18:11.359 --> 00:18:11.700
 and some

00:18:11.700 --> 00:18:12.399
 after him

00:18:12.399 --> 00:18:13.139
 and they

00:18:13.139 --> 00:18:13.399
 shout

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 Hosanna

00:18:13.920 --> 00:18:14.460
 which means

00:18:14.460 --> 00:18:15.379
 save us

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 save us

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 save us

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 son of

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 David

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 you are

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 Israel's

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 promised king

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 save us

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 he could

00:18:25.779 --> 00:18:26.319
 easily have

00:18:26.319 --> 00:18:26.839
 whipped up

00:18:26.839 --> 00:18:27.379
 their political

00:18:27.379 --> 00:18:27.980
 aspirations

00:18:27.980 --> 00:18:28.339
 couldn't

00:18:28.339 --> 00:18:28.599
 he

00:18:28.599 --> 00:18:30.559
 he could

00:18:30.559 --> 00:18:30.960
 have brought

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 about

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 well

00:18:33.399 --> 00:18:34.139
 interaction

00:18:34.139 --> 00:18:35.139
 a rebellion

00:18:35.139 --> 00:18:36.839
 a frenzy

00:18:36.839 --> 00:18:37.299
 but what did

00:18:37.299 --> 00:18:37.500
 he do

00:18:37.500 --> 00:18:37.759
 look at

00:18:37.759 --> 00:18:38.200
 verse 11

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 yes he

00:18:40.140 --> 00:18:40.380
 rightly

00:18:40.380 --> 00:18:40.740
 puts it

00:18:40.740 --> 00:18:40.960
 in this

00:18:40.960 --> 00:18:41.279
 section

00:18:41.279 --> 00:18:42.240
 it's probably

00:18:42.240 --> 00:18:42.640
 one of the

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 great

00:18:42.940 --> 00:18:43.940
 anticlimactic

00:18:43.940 --> 00:18:44.519
 verses in

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 the whole

00:18:44.740 --> 00:18:44.900
 of the

00:18:44.900 --> 00:18:45.180
 bible

00:18:45.180 --> 00:18:46.400
 look at

00:18:46.400 --> 00:18:46.920
 verse 11

00:18:46.920 --> 00:18:49.259
 if riding

00:18:49.259 --> 00:18:49.580
 on a

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 coat

00:18:49.900 --> 00:18:50.259
 didn't

00:18:50.259 --> 00:18:50.600
 boggle

00:18:50.600 --> 00:18:50.799
 their

00:18:50.799 --> 00:18:51.200
 minds

00:18:51.200 --> 00:18:51.640
 and start

00:18:51.640 --> 00:18:51.779
 to

00:18:51.779 --> 00:18:52.360
 squelch

00:18:52.360 --> 00:18:52.600
 their

00:18:52.600 --> 00:18:53.059
 worldly

00:18:53.059 --> 00:18:53.480
 hopes

00:18:53.480 --> 00:18:53.700
 for

00:18:53.700 --> 00:18:54.059
 Jesus

00:18:54.059 --> 00:18:54.940
 here in

00:18:54.940 --> 00:18:55.519
 verse 11

00:18:55.519 --> 00:18:56.460
 we're told

00:18:56.460 --> 00:18:56.680
 that he

00:18:56.680 --> 00:18:56.960
 entered

00:18:56.960 --> 00:18:57.259
 Jerusalem

00:18:57.259 --> 00:18:57.500
 and he

00:18:57.500 --> 00:18:57.880
 went to

00:18:57.880 --> 00:18:58.460
 the temple

00:18:58.460 --> 00:18:59.880
 if this

00:18:59.880 --> 00:19:00.120
 was a

00:19:00.120 --> 00:19:00.279
 video

00:19:00.279 --> 00:19:00.600
 there'd be

00:19:00.600 --> 00:19:01.100
 music

00:19:01.100 --> 00:19:02.380
 what is

00:19:02.380 --> 00:19:02.620
 going to

00:19:02.620 --> 00:19:02.840
 happen

00:19:02.840 --> 00:19:03.080
 when he

00:19:03.080 --> 00:19:03.360
 gets to

00:19:03.360 --> 00:19:03.840
 the temple

00:19:03.840 --> 00:19:06.220
 well he

00:19:06.220 --> 00:19:06.779
 looks around

00:19:06.779 --> 00:19:08.480
 it's quite

00:19:08.480 --> 00:19:08.740
 late

00:19:08.740 --> 00:19:10.559
 so he

00:19:10.559 --> 00:19:11.039
 goes home

00:19:11.039 --> 00:19:13.680
 goes to

00:19:13.680 --> 00:19:13.980
 bat and

00:19:13.980 --> 00:19:14.399
 it's late

00:19:14.399 --> 00:19:15.759
 what did

00:19:15.759 --> 00:19:16.160
 Jesus do

00:19:16.160 --> 00:19:16.299
 when he

00:19:16.299 --> 00:19:16.559
 gets to

00:19:16.559 --> 00:19:16.759
 the temple

00:19:16.759 --> 00:19:16.980
 he does

00:19:16.980 --> 00:19:17.220
 nothing

00:19:17.220 --> 00:19:17.660
 at all

00:19:17.660 --> 00:19:19.639
 but he

00:19:19.639 --> 00:19:20.180
 looks around

00:19:20.180 --> 00:19:22.279
 and we've

00:19:22.279 --> 00:19:22.500
 got this

00:19:22.500 --> 00:19:22.920
 great

00:19:22.920 --> 00:19:24.079
 anticlimax

00:19:24.079 --> 00:19:26.139
 and Mark's

00:19:26.139 --> 00:19:26.539
 account is

00:19:26.539 --> 00:19:27.200
 not worthy

00:19:27.200 --> 00:19:27.839
 because of

00:19:27.839 --> 00:19:28.299
 what didn't

00:19:28.299 --> 00:19:28.720
 happen

00:19:28.720 --> 00:19:29.839
 the whole

00:19:29.839 --> 00:19:30.639
 scene

00:19:30.639 --> 00:19:31.579
 of the

00:19:31.579 --> 00:19:31.839
 king

00:19:31.839 --> 00:19:32.279
 coming to

00:19:32.279 --> 00:19:32.819
 his temple

00:19:32.819 --> 00:19:33.220
 well

00:19:33.220 --> 00:19:33.599
 ends in

00:19:33.599 --> 00:19:33.960
 nothing

00:19:33.960 --> 00:19:36.740
 the

00:19:36.740 --> 00:19:36.980
 climax

00:19:36.980 --> 00:19:37.340
 of course

00:19:37.340 --> 00:19:37.680
 comes the

00:19:37.680 --> 00:19:38.100
 next day

00:19:38.100 --> 00:19:38.380
 doesn't it

00:19:38.380 --> 00:19:38.680
 the next

00:19:38.680 --> 00:19:38.860
 day

00:19:38.860 --> 00:19:38.960
 of

00:19:38.960 --> 00:19:39.079
 the

00:19:39.079 --> 00:19:39.360
 week

00:19:39.360 --> 00:19:39.880
 Jesus

00:19:39.880 --> 00:19:40.360
 returns

00:19:40.360 --> 00:19:40.660
 to the

00:19:40.660 --> 00:19:40.980
 temple

00:19:40.980 --> 00:19:41.340
 and those

00:19:41.340 --> 00:19:41.579
 who are

00:19:41.579 --> 00:19:42.019
 there

00:19:42.019 --> 00:19:45.140
 and not

00:19:45.140 --> 00:19:45.539
 only just

00:19:45.539 --> 00:19:45.860
 he says

00:19:45.860 --> 00:19:46.140
 ride

00:19:46.140 --> 00:19:46.720
 into Jerusalem

00:19:46.720 --> 00:19:47.100
 on this

00:19:47.100 --> 00:19:47.440
 lonely

00:19:47.440 --> 00:19:47.940
 donkey

00:19:47.940 --> 00:19:48.700
 one of the

00:19:48.700 --> 00:19:49.140
 first things

00:19:49.140 --> 00:19:49.620
 he does

00:19:49.620 --> 00:19:50.740
 when he gets

00:19:50.740 --> 00:19:51.019
 off the

00:19:51.019 --> 00:19:51.200
 donkey

00:19:51.200 --> 00:19:51.500
 is he

00:19:51.500 --> 00:19:52.100
 purifies

00:19:52.100 --> 00:19:52.900
 the palace

00:19:52.900 --> 00:19:53.140
 doesn't

00:19:53.140 --> 00:19:53.360
 he

00:19:53.360 --> 00:19:54.200
 the palace

00:19:54.200 --> 00:19:54.720
 of Caesar

00:19:54.720 --> 00:19:55.440
 of injustice

00:19:55.440 --> 00:19:57.960
 but he

00:19:57.960 --> 00:19:58.279
 doesn't do

00:19:58.279 --> 00:19:58.759
 that but he

00:19:58.759 --> 00:19:59.440
 cleanses the

00:19:59.440 --> 00:19:59.819
 temple

00:19:59.819 --> 00:20:01.640
 he cleanses

00:20:01.640 --> 00:20:02.039
 the temple

00:20:02.039 --> 00:20:02.340
 of God

00:20:02.340 --> 00:20:03.340
 of irreverence

00:20:03.339 --> 00:20:04.919
 and a

00:20:04.919 --> 00:20:05.399
 spiritual

00:20:05.399 --> 00:20:06.139
 presumption

00:20:06.139 --> 00:20:07.599
 Jesus

00:20:07.599 --> 00:20:08.159
 comes to

00:20:08.159 --> 00:20:08.399
 town

00:20:08.399 --> 00:20:08.859
 to claim

00:20:08.859 --> 00:20:09.339
 his capital

00:20:09.339 --> 00:20:09.679
 city

00:20:09.679 --> 00:20:09.959
 and his

00:20:09.959 --> 00:20:10.279
 temple

00:20:10.279 --> 00:20:12.199
 but he

00:20:12.199 --> 00:20:12.579
 does it

00:20:12.579 --> 00:20:12.899
 in a way

00:20:12.899 --> 00:20:13.199
 that is

00:20:13.199 --> 00:20:14.519
 incomprehensible

00:20:14.519 --> 00:20:16.419
 and is

00:20:16.419 --> 00:20:17.339
 even offensive

00:20:17.339 --> 00:20:17.919
 to the people

00:20:17.919 --> 00:20:18.220
 of God

00:20:18.220 --> 00:20:18.480
 at this

00:20:18.480 --> 00:20:18.779
 time

00:20:18.779 --> 00:20:20.480
 and frankly

00:20:20.480 --> 00:20:21.039
 it is

00:20:21.039 --> 00:20:22.259
 incomprehensible

00:20:22.259 --> 00:20:22.859
 and offensive

00:20:22.859 --> 00:20:23.459
 to most people

00:20:23.459 --> 00:20:23.779
 of our

00:20:23.779 --> 00:20:24.159
 time

00:20:24.159 --> 00:20:27.240
 the Jews

00:20:27.240 --> 00:20:27.879
 would not

00:20:27.879 --> 00:20:28.459
 accept

00:20:28.459 --> 00:20:29.459
 the notion

00:20:29.459 --> 00:20:29.819
 of a

00:20:29.819 --> 00:20:30.240
 saviour

00:20:30.240 --> 00:20:30.799
 they would

00:20:30.799 --> 00:20:31.599
 not accept

00:20:31.599 --> 00:20:32.099
 his role

00:20:32.099 --> 00:20:32.519
 as a

00:20:32.519 --> 00:20:33.900
 messiah

00:20:33.900 --> 00:20:38.500
 who would

00:20:38.500 --> 00:20:38.819
 be a

00:20:38.819 --> 00:20:39.339
 saviour

00:20:39.339 --> 00:20:40.980
 they want

00:20:40.980 --> 00:20:41.420
 a military

00:20:41.420 --> 00:20:41.879
 messiah

00:20:41.879 --> 00:20:42.339
 don't they

00:20:42.339 --> 00:20:43.519
 but he

00:20:43.519 --> 00:20:44.139
 refuses

00:20:44.139 --> 00:20:45.420
 to identify

00:20:45.420 --> 00:20:46.139
 himself

00:20:46.139 --> 00:20:46.500
 as a

00:20:46.500 --> 00:20:46.900
 worldly

00:20:46.900 --> 00:20:47.539
 conqueror

00:20:47.539 --> 00:20:48.059
 indeed

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 he sees

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 himself

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 as

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 God's

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 king

00:20:51.000 --> 00:20:51.920
 who will

00:20:51.920 --> 00:20:52.440
 reign in

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 glory and

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 peace

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 but only

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 after he

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 has suffered

00:20:54.799 --> 00:20:55.359
 in loneliness

00:20:55.359 --> 00:20:57.180
 and sorrow

00:20:57.180 --> 00:20:57.700
 and affliction

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 and that

00:20:59.640 --> 00:21:00.000
 is how

00:21:00.000 --> 00:21:00.519
 Jesus

00:21:00.519 --> 00:21:02.440
 in God's

00:21:02.440 --> 00:21:02.620
 own

00:21:02.620 --> 00:21:03.039
 divine

00:21:03.039 --> 00:21:03.500
 plan

00:21:03.500 --> 00:21:04.620
 would

00:21:04.620 --> 00:21:04.840
 conquer

00:21:04.840 --> 00:21:05.400
 the world

00:21:05.400 --> 00:21:08.019
 but this

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 was

00:21:08.440 --> 00:21:09.039
 and is

00:21:09.039 --> 00:21:09.759
 Israel's

00:21:09.759 --> 00:21:10.100
 promised

00:21:10.100 --> 00:21:10.460
 king

00:21:10.460 --> 00:21:10.860
 and yet

00:21:10.860 --> 00:21:11.259
 as the

00:21:11.259 --> 00:21:11.580
 gospel

00:21:11.580 --> 00:21:12.259
 unfolds

00:21:12.259 --> 00:21:12.500
 to us

00:21:12.500 --> 00:21:13.380
 the only

00:21:13.380 --> 00:21:14.000
 anointing

00:21:14.000 --> 00:21:14.519
 that this

00:21:14.519 --> 00:21:14.980
 king

00:21:14.980 --> 00:21:15.880
 would receive

00:21:15.880 --> 00:21:16.279
 was an

00:21:16.279 --> 00:21:16.680
 anointing

00:21:16.680 --> 00:21:17.279
 for burial

00:21:17.279 --> 00:21:18.899
 and the

00:21:18.899 --> 00:21:19.579
 only crown

00:21:19.579 --> 00:21:20.220
 that this

00:21:20.220 --> 00:21:20.660
 king would

00:21:20.660 --> 00:21:21.079
 wear would

00:21:21.079 --> 00:21:21.319
 be a

00:21:21.319 --> 00:21:21.779
 crown of

00:21:21.779 --> 00:21:22.259
 thorns

00:21:22.259 --> 00:21:22.940
 and the

00:21:22.940 --> 00:21:23.720
 only robe

00:21:23.720 --> 00:21:24.039
 that he

00:21:24.039 --> 00:21:24.440
 would wear

00:21:24.440 --> 00:21:24.779
 is a

00:21:24.779 --> 00:21:25.079
 robe

00:21:25.079 --> 00:21:25.539
 adorned

00:21:25.539 --> 00:21:25.680
 with

00:21:25.680 --> 00:21:26.240
 mockery

00:21:26.240 --> 00:21:30.200
 and thus

00:21:30.200 --> 00:21:30.899
 anointed

00:21:30.899 --> 00:21:32.440
 and robed

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 and crowned

00:21:33.599 --> 00:21:34.039
 before his

00:21:34.039 --> 00:21:34.319
 people

00:21:34.319 --> 00:21:34.660
 he is

00:21:34.660 --> 00:21:35.180
 presented

00:21:35.180 --> 00:21:36.399
 as their

00:21:36.399 --> 00:21:36.700
 king

00:21:36.700 --> 00:21:37.359
 behold your

00:21:37.359 --> 00:21:37.799
 king

00:21:37.799 --> 00:21:39.759
 they were

00:21:39.759 --> 00:21:40.200
 told

00:21:40.200 --> 00:21:41.359
 and the

00:21:41.359 --> 00:21:41.660
 same

00:21:41.660 --> 00:21:42.039
 crowd

00:21:42.039 --> 00:21:42.599
 that blessed

00:21:42.599 --> 00:21:43.139
 his name

00:21:43.139 --> 00:21:43.519
 and raised

00:21:43.519 --> 00:21:43.940
 high his

00:21:43.940 --> 00:21:44.139
 name

00:21:44.139 --> 00:21:44.420
 was the

00:21:44.420 --> 00:21:44.619
 same

00:21:44.619 --> 00:21:44.920
 crowd

00:21:44.920 --> 00:21:45.099
 that

00:21:45.099 --> 00:21:45.299
 shouted

00:21:45.299 --> 00:21:46.099
 crucify him

00:21:46.099 --> 00:21:46.859
 crucify him

00:21:46.859 --> 00:21:48.619
 we have

00:21:48.619 --> 00:21:49.099
 no king

00:21:49.099 --> 00:21:50.439
 we have

00:21:50.439 --> 00:21:50.819
 no king

00:21:50.819 --> 00:21:51.279
 but Caesar

00:21:51.279 --> 00:21:51.779
 they say

00:21:51.779 --> 00:21:54.299
 so today

00:21:54.299 --> 00:21:54.679
 is Palm

00:21:54.679 --> 00:21:55.039
 Sunday

00:21:55.039 --> 00:21:56.979
 what do

00:21:56.979 --> 00:21:57.279
 you make

00:21:57.279 --> 00:21:57.619
 of Palm

00:21:57.619 --> 00:21:57.919
 Sunday

00:21:57.919 --> 00:21:59.859
 what does

00:21:59.859 --> 00:22:00.379
 Mark make

00:22:00.379 --> 00:22:00.679
 of Palm

00:22:00.679 --> 00:22:01.019
 Sunday

00:22:01.019 --> 00:22:03.099
 well here

00:22:03.099 --> 00:22:03.439
 is what

00:22:03.439 --> 00:22:04.639
 I make

00:22:04.639 --> 00:22:06.159
 of what

00:22:06.159 --> 00:22:06.740
 Mark makes

00:22:06.740 --> 00:22:07.059
 of Palm

00:22:07.059 --> 00:22:07.379
 Sunday

00:22:07.379 --> 00:22:09.719
 I think

00:22:09.719 --> 00:22:10.639
 most people

00:22:10.639 --> 00:22:11.199
 in our

00:22:11.199 --> 00:22:11.859
 culture

00:22:11.859 --> 00:22:13.719
 most people

00:22:13.719 --> 00:22:14.459
 have some

00:22:14.459 --> 00:22:15.799
 kind of

00:22:15.799 --> 00:22:16.459
 admiration

00:22:16.460 --> 00:22:17.299
 for Jesus

00:22:17.299 --> 00:22:19.539
 they

00:22:19.539 --> 00:22:19.840
 perhaps

00:22:19.840 --> 00:22:20.380
 admire him

00:22:20.380 --> 00:22:20.660
 for his

00:22:20.660 --> 00:22:21.039
 fearless

00:22:21.039 --> 00:22:21.660
 criticism

00:22:21.660 --> 00:22:21.900
 on the

00:22:21.900 --> 00:22:22.500
 establishment

00:22:22.500 --> 00:22:22.980
 that's what

00:22:22.980 --> 00:22:23.360
 people think

00:22:23.360 --> 00:22:23.620
 of him

00:22:23.620 --> 00:22:25.079
 they champion

00:22:25.079 --> 00:22:25.880
 his cause

00:22:25.880 --> 00:22:26.180
 of the

00:22:26.180 --> 00:22:26.500
 poor

00:22:26.500 --> 00:22:28.900
 that Jesus

00:22:28.900 --> 00:22:29.279
 was a

00:22:29.279 --> 00:22:29.779
 friend of

00:22:29.779 --> 00:22:31.259
 outcasts

00:22:31.259 --> 00:22:32.000
 of society

00:22:32.000 --> 00:22:33.360
 I think

00:22:33.360 --> 00:22:33.700
 the Muslim

00:22:33.700 --> 00:22:33.920
 Imam

00:22:33.920 --> 00:22:34.680
 when we

00:22:34.680 --> 00:22:34.860
 had the

00:22:34.860 --> 00:22:35.039
 meeting

00:22:35.039 --> 00:22:35.319
 with the

00:22:35.319 --> 00:22:35.539
 mosque

00:22:35.539 --> 00:22:35.880
 the Muslim

00:22:35.880 --> 00:22:36.079
 Imam

00:22:36.079 --> 00:22:36.500
 began

00:22:36.500 --> 00:22:37.960
 by saying

00:22:37.960 --> 00:22:38.700
 how much

00:22:38.700 --> 00:22:39.579
 he appreciated

00:22:39.579 --> 00:22:40.019
 Jesus

00:22:40.019 --> 00:22:40.559
 how much

00:22:40.559 --> 00:22:40.960
 he says

00:22:40.960 --> 00:22:41.480
 he loved

00:22:41.480 --> 00:22:42.140
 Jesus

00:22:42.140 --> 00:22:43.680
 he loved

00:22:43.680 --> 00:22:43.940
 him for

00:22:43.940 --> 00:22:44.579
 his compassion

00:22:44.579 --> 00:22:45.899
 for the

00:22:45.899 --> 00:22:46.559
 despised

00:22:46.559 --> 00:22:47.079
 and rejected

00:22:47.079 --> 00:22:47.779
 they love

00:22:47.779 --> 00:22:48.299
 his moral

00:22:48.299 --> 00:22:48.839
 teaching

00:22:48.839 --> 00:22:49.779
 love your

00:22:49.779 --> 00:22:50.220
 neighbour

00:22:50.220 --> 00:22:51.500
 they admire

00:22:51.500 --> 00:22:51.779
 him for

00:22:51.779 --> 00:22:52.679
 the fact

00:22:52.679 --> 00:22:53.259
 that Jesus

00:22:53.259 --> 00:22:53.899
 practised

00:22:53.899 --> 00:22:54.220
 what he

00:22:54.220 --> 00:22:54.759
 preached

00:22:54.759 --> 00:22:56.619
 and to

00:22:56.619 --> 00:22:57.159
 add to

00:22:57.159 --> 00:22:57.579
 this list

00:22:57.579 --> 00:22:58.199
 people

00:22:58.199 --> 00:22:58.859
 admire

00:22:58.859 --> 00:22:59.240
 Jesus

00:22:59.240 --> 00:22:59.599
 because

00:22:59.599 --> 00:22:59.980
 they

00:22:59.980 --> 00:23:00.759
 see

00:23:00.759 --> 00:23:01.039
 that he

00:23:01.039 --> 00:23:01.199
 is

00:23:01.199 --> 00:23:01.759
 genuinely

00:23:01.759 --> 00:23:02.419
 humble

00:23:02.419 --> 00:23:04.199
 his

00:23:04.199 --> 00:23:04.619
 washing

00:23:04.619 --> 00:23:04.939
 of the

00:23:04.939 --> 00:23:05.359
 disciples

00:23:05.359 --> 00:23:05.960
 feet

00:23:05.960 --> 00:23:07.319
 even

00:23:07.319 --> 00:23:07.559
 his

00:23:07.559 --> 00:23:08.019
 riding

00:23:08.019 --> 00:23:08.259
 into

00:23:08.259 --> 00:23:08.519
 town

00:23:08.519 --> 00:23:08.699
 on

00:23:08.699 --> 00:23:09.179
 donkey

00:23:09.179 --> 00:23:10.439
 he is

00:23:10.439 --> 00:23:10.859
 humble

00:23:10.859 --> 00:23:11.799
 he is

00:23:11.799 --> 00:23:12.459
 approachable

00:23:12.459 --> 00:23:13.839
 his character

00:23:13.839 --> 00:23:14.759
 is commendable

00:23:14.759 --> 00:23:16.659
 but however

00:23:16.659 --> 00:23:17.039
 one might

00:23:17.039 --> 00:23:17.879
 admire Jesus

00:23:17.879 --> 00:23:18.279
 for his

00:23:18.279 --> 00:23:19.000
 humble actions

00:23:19.000 --> 00:23:19.579
 and attitude

00:23:19.579 --> 00:23:21.439
 you've still

00:23:21.439 --> 00:23:21.819
 got to come

00:23:21.819 --> 00:23:22.179
 to grips

00:23:22.179 --> 00:23:22.639
 with certain

00:23:22.639 --> 00:23:23.039
 things he

00:23:23.039 --> 00:23:23.419
 said

00:23:23.419 --> 00:23:23.759
 and certain

00:23:23.759 --> 00:23:24.119
 things he

00:23:24.119 --> 00:23:24.419
 did

00:23:24.419 --> 00:23:26.559
 there are

00:23:26.559 --> 00:23:27.059
 claims

00:23:27.059 --> 00:23:27.419
 and there

00:23:27.419 --> 00:23:28.139
 are actions

00:23:28.139 --> 00:23:30.479
 that seem

00:23:30.479 --> 00:23:30.879
 to be quite

00:23:30.879 --> 00:23:31.339
 the opposite

00:23:31.339 --> 00:23:31.939
 of humility

00:23:31.939 --> 00:23:34.479
 there are

00:23:34.479 --> 00:23:34.959
 claims and

00:23:34.959 --> 00:23:35.259
 actions

00:23:35.259 --> 00:23:35.939
 that are

00:23:35.939 --> 00:23:37.500
 extraordinarily

00:23:37.500 --> 00:23:38.539
 audacious

00:23:38.539 --> 00:23:39.439
 by Jesus

00:23:39.440 --> 00:23:41.600
 so do you

00:23:41.600 --> 00:23:41.840
 know what

00:23:41.840 --> 00:23:42.620
 surprises me

00:23:42.620 --> 00:23:43.000
 about

00:23:43.000 --> 00:23:43.759
 Luke

00:23:43.759 --> 00:23:44.460
 Mark 11

00:23:44.460 --> 00:23:44.920
 verses 1

00:23:44.920 --> 00:23:45.259
 to 11

00:23:45.259 --> 00:23:47.019
 it's not

00:23:47.019 --> 00:23:47.299
 actually

00:23:47.299 --> 00:23:47.620
 Jesus'

00:23:47.759 --> 00:23:48.140
 humility

00:23:48.140 --> 00:23:50.779
 but it's

00:23:50.779 --> 00:23:51.600
 self-promotion

00:23:51.600 --> 00:23:53.900
 and Jesus'

00:23:54.200 --> 00:23:55.059
 self-promotion

00:23:55.059 --> 00:23:55.759
 of his

00:23:55.759 --> 00:23:56.259
 humility

00:23:56.259 --> 00:23:57.900
 do you see

00:23:57.900 --> 00:23:58.500
 that paradox

00:23:58.500 --> 00:24:01.299
 I don't know

00:24:01.299 --> 00:24:01.680
 what else to

00:24:01.680 --> 00:24:02.120
 call it

00:24:02.120 --> 00:24:03.920
 Jesus

00:24:03.920 --> 00:24:05.120
 self-promotes

00:24:05.120 --> 00:24:05.519
 his own

00:24:05.519 --> 00:24:06.000
 humility

00:24:06.000 --> 00:24:09.080
 his actions

00:24:09.080 --> 00:24:09.279
 here

00:24:09.279 --> 00:24:09.559
 they are

00:24:09.559 --> 00:24:09.819
 all

00:24:09.819 --> 00:24:10.460
 premeditated

00:24:10.460 --> 00:24:12.319
 he rides

00:24:12.319 --> 00:24:12.879
 into town

00:24:12.879 --> 00:24:13.299
 and in the

00:24:13.299 --> 00:24:13.639
 way that

00:24:13.639 --> 00:24:14.000
 he rode

00:24:14.000 --> 00:24:14.359
 into town

00:24:14.359 --> 00:24:14.960
 he receives

00:24:14.960 --> 00:24:15.440
 the praise

00:24:15.440 --> 00:24:16.440
 he received

00:24:16.440 --> 00:24:16.680
 it

00:24:16.680 --> 00:24:17.559
 and there's

00:24:17.559 --> 00:24:18.059
 no personal

00:24:18.059 --> 00:24:18.619
 protest

00:24:18.619 --> 00:24:19.079
 is there

00:24:19.079 --> 00:24:20.240
 there's no

00:24:20.240 --> 00:24:20.879
 Jesus saying

00:24:20.879 --> 00:24:21.579
 no no no

00:24:21.579 --> 00:24:22.180
 who me

00:24:22.180 --> 00:24:22.940
 not me

00:24:22.940 --> 00:24:23.920
 no stop

00:24:23.920 --> 00:24:24.240
 that

00:24:24.240 --> 00:24:26.180
 he's announced

00:24:26.180 --> 00:24:26.660
 into the world

00:24:26.660 --> 00:24:27.160
 the king has

00:24:27.160 --> 00:24:27.480
 come

00:24:27.480 --> 00:24:29.259
 indeed he is

00:24:29.259 --> 00:24:29.920
 the son of

00:24:29.920 --> 00:24:30.319
 David

00:24:30.319 --> 00:24:31.379
 so the irony

00:24:31.379 --> 00:24:32.200
 of the triumphal

00:24:32.200 --> 00:24:32.559
 entry

00:24:32.559 --> 00:24:33.500
 if you will

00:24:33.500 --> 00:24:34.920
 is our lord's

00:24:34.920 --> 00:24:35.519
 promotion

00:24:35.519 --> 00:24:37.420
 or our lord's

00:24:37.420 --> 00:24:38.099
 publication

00:24:38.099 --> 00:24:39.039
 of his

00:24:39.039 --> 00:24:39.559
 humble

00:24:39.559 --> 00:24:40.119
 reign

00:24:40.119 --> 00:24:42.199
 it's the

00:24:42.199 --> 00:24:43.259
 audacity

00:24:43.259 --> 00:24:45.039
 of his

00:24:45.039 --> 00:24:46.019
 intentionality

00:24:46.019 --> 00:24:48.379
 no matter how

00:24:48.379 --> 00:24:48.980
 you look at it

00:24:48.980 --> 00:24:49.759
 by mounting that

00:24:49.759 --> 00:24:50.839
 particular animal

00:24:50.839 --> 00:24:52.099
 by riding into

00:24:52.099 --> 00:24:52.980
 Jerusalem on it

00:24:52.980 --> 00:24:53.939
 Jesus is making

00:24:53.939 --> 00:24:54.879
 a very bold

00:24:54.879 --> 00:24:55.319
 statement

00:24:55.319 --> 00:24:56.419
 he is claiming

00:24:56.419 --> 00:24:56.839
 to be the

00:24:56.839 --> 00:24:57.339
 messiah

00:24:57.339 --> 00:24:58.179
 he is claiming

00:24:58.179 --> 00:24:58.599
 to be the

00:24:58.599 --> 00:24:59.359
 fulfilment of

00:24:59.359 --> 00:24:59.939
 Zechariah's

00:24:59.939 --> 00:25:00.379
 prophecy

00:25:00.379 --> 00:25:02.119
 and for those

00:25:02.119 --> 00:25:02.719
 who do not want

00:25:02.719 --> 00:25:03.399
 to accept his

00:25:03.399 --> 00:25:04.179
 claim and submit

00:25:04.179 --> 00:25:04.679
 to it

00:25:04.680 --> 00:25:06.380
 you may be

00:25:06.380 --> 00:25:06.840
 tempted to

00:25:06.840 --> 00:25:07.320
 brush this

00:25:07.320 --> 00:25:07.600
 off

00:25:07.600 --> 00:25:08.160
 this particular

00:25:08.160 --> 00:25:08.720
 incident off

00:25:08.720 --> 00:25:09.279
 as an oversight

00:25:09.279 --> 00:25:11.299
 but he's a

00:25:11.299 --> 00:25:11.779
 good and

00:25:11.779 --> 00:25:12.380
 otherwise humble

00:25:12.380 --> 00:25:12.940
 teacher from

00:25:12.940 --> 00:25:13.480
 Nazareth

00:25:13.480 --> 00:25:14.980
 and yet actually

00:25:14.980 --> 00:25:15.500
 as you go

00:25:15.500 --> 00:25:15.880
 through the

00:25:15.880 --> 00:25:16.420
 gospels

00:25:16.420 --> 00:25:17.100
 you can't do

00:25:17.100 --> 00:25:17.480
 that

00:25:17.480 --> 00:25:19.820
 because this

00:25:19.820 --> 00:25:20.440
 pattern

00:25:20.440 --> 00:25:21.100
 however you

00:25:21.100 --> 00:25:21.640
 want to call it

00:25:21.640 --> 00:25:22.160
 of self

00:25:22.160 --> 00:25:22.580
 promotion

00:25:22.580 --> 00:25:23.240
 is everywhere

00:25:23.240 --> 00:25:23.539
 in the

00:25:23.539 --> 00:25:24.140
 gospels

00:25:24.140 --> 00:25:26.259
 he said

00:25:26.259 --> 00:25:26.640
 for example

00:25:26.640 --> 00:25:27.380
 I am the

00:25:27.380 --> 00:25:27.799
 bread of

00:25:27.799 --> 00:25:28.299
 life

00:25:28.299 --> 00:25:29.779
 whoever

00:25:29.779 --> 00:25:30.240
 comes to

00:25:30.240 --> 00:25:30.360
 me

00:25:30.360 --> 00:25:30.519
 shall

00:25:30.519 --> 00:25:30.779
 never

00:25:30.779 --> 00:25:31.060
 hang

00:25:31.060 --> 00:25:31.259
 there

00:25:31.259 --> 00:25:33.000
 whoever

00:25:33.000 --> 00:25:33.539
 believes in

00:25:33.539 --> 00:25:33.680
 me

00:25:33.680 --> 00:25:34.000
 will have

00:25:34.000 --> 00:25:34.619
 thirst

00:25:34.619 --> 00:25:35.079
 really

00:25:35.079 --> 00:25:35.700
 who talks

00:25:35.700 --> 00:25:36.140
 like that

00:25:36.140 --> 00:25:38.319
 can you

00:25:38.319 --> 00:25:38.720
 imagine if

00:25:38.720 --> 00:25:39.180
 the pope

00:25:39.180 --> 00:25:39.599
 went out

00:25:39.599 --> 00:25:39.920
 onto his

00:25:39.920 --> 00:25:40.299
 balcony

00:25:40.299 --> 00:25:40.920
 and said

00:25:40.920 --> 00:25:41.440
 I am

00:25:41.440 --> 00:25:41.940
 the bread

00:25:41.940 --> 00:25:42.519
 of life

00:25:42.519 --> 00:25:42.759
 it's

00:25:42.759 --> 00:25:43.259
 audacious

00:25:43.259 --> 00:25:43.940
 isn't it

00:25:43.940 --> 00:25:45.759
 Jesus said

00:25:45.759 --> 00:25:46.000
 I am

00:25:46.000 --> 00:25:46.259
 the light

00:25:46.259 --> 00:25:46.460
 of the

00:25:46.460 --> 00:25:46.700
 world

00:25:46.700 --> 00:25:46.940
 whoever

00:25:46.940 --> 00:25:47.359
 follows

00:25:47.359 --> 00:25:47.539
 me

00:25:47.539 --> 00:25:47.900
 will not

00:25:47.900 --> 00:25:48.140
 walk

00:25:48.140 --> 00:25:48.299
 in

00:25:48.299 --> 00:25:48.720
 darkness

00:25:48.720 --> 00:25:49.539
 but they

00:25:49.539 --> 00:25:49.879
 will have

00:25:49.879 --> 00:25:50.259
 the light

00:25:50.259 --> 00:25:50.819
 of life

00:25:50.819 --> 00:25:52.079
 what audacity

00:25:52.079 --> 00:25:54.059
 to say

00:25:54.059 --> 00:25:54.440
 that the

00:25:54.440 --> 00:25:55.039
 world

00:25:55.039 --> 00:25:55.519
 is in

00:25:55.519 --> 00:25:56.440
 the dark

00:25:56.440 --> 00:25:57.480
 and that

00:25:57.480 --> 00:25:58.059
 he alone

00:25:58.059 --> 00:25:58.420
 is the

00:25:58.420 --> 00:25:58.859
 light

00:25:58.859 --> 00:26:00.279
 and that

00:26:00.279 --> 00:26:00.720
 one must

00:26:00.720 --> 00:26:01.440
 follow him

00:26:01.440 --> 00:26:01.880
 to get

00:26:01.880 --> 00:26:02.140
 out of

00:26:02.140 --> 00:26:02.620
 the darkness

00:26:02.620 --> 00:26:03.579
 even the

00:26:03.579 --> 00:26:04.039
 Dalai

00:26:04.039 --> 00:26:04.579
 Lama

00:26:04.579 --> 00:26:05.339
 would say

00:26:05.339 --> 00:26:05.640
 that

00:26:05.640 --> 00:26:06.039
 would he

00:26:06.039 --> 00:26:07.059
 well if

00:26:07.059 --> 00:26:07.500
 the Dalai

00:26:07.500 --> 00:26:07.740
 Lama

00:26:07.740 --> 00:26:08.160
 does say

00:26:08.160 --> 00:26:08.500
 and people

00:26:08.500 --> 00:26:09.019
 love the

00:26:09.019 --> 00:26:09.339
 Dalai

00:26:09.339 --> 00:26:09.559
 Lama

00:26:09.559 --> 00:26:09.839
 don't they

00:26:09.839 --> 00:26:10.079
 are

00:26:10.079 --> 00:26:10.660
 media

00:26:10.660 --> 00:26:11.299
 love the

00:26:11.299 --> 00:26:11.559
 Dalai

00:26:11.559 --> 00:26:11.740
 Lama

00:26:11.740 --> 00:26:12.279
 even if

00:26:12.279 --> 00:26:12.900
 he said

00:26:12.900 --> 00:26:13.319
 that

00:26:13.319 --> 00:26:14.220
 he'd get

00:26:14.220 --> 00:26:14.660
 into trouble

00:26:14.660 --> 00:26:15.299
 they'd

00:26:15.299 --> 00:26:15.660
 cheer him

00:26:15.660 --> 00:26:15.880
 up

00:26:15.880 --> 00:26:18.140
 Jesus said

00:26:18.140 --> 00:26:18.480
 I am the

00:26:18.480 --> 00:26:18.860
 resurrection

00:26:18.860 --> 00:26:19.120
 and the

00:26:19.120 --> 00:26:19.519
 life

00:26:19.519 --> 00:26:21.740
 whoever

00:26:21.740 --> 00:26:22.339
 believes in

00:26:22.339 --> 00:26:22.620
 me

00:26:22.620 --> 00:26:23.180
 though he

00:26:23.180 --> 00:26:23.620
 die

00:26:23.620 --> 00:26:24.120
 yet he

00:26:24.120 --> 00:26:24.339
 shall

00:26:24.339 --> 00:26:24.920
 live

00:26:24.920 --> 00:26:27.500
 would Bill

00:26:27.500 --> 00:26:27.759
 Gates

00:26:27.759 --> 00:26:28.220
 say that

00:26:28.220 --> 00:26:30.279
 Billy

00:26:30.279 --> 00:26:30.559
 Graham

00:26:30.559 --> 00:26:31.039
 say that

00:26:31.039 --> 00:26:31.919
 would Bill

00:26:31.919 --> 00:26:32.200
 Clinton

00:26:32.200 --> 00:26:32.740
 say that

00:26:32.740 --> 00:26:35.099
 would Nelson

00:26:35.099 --> 00:26:35.539
 Mandela

00:26:35.539 --> 00:26:35.839
 have made

00:26:35.839 --> 00:26:36.200
 such a

00:26:36.200 --> 00:26:36.539
 claim

00:26:36.539 --> 00:26:39.119
 it's one

00:26:39.119 --> 00:26:39.659
 thing for a

00:26:39.659 --> 00:26:39.960
 man to

00:26:39.960 --> 00:26:40.339
 say isn't

00:26:40.339 --> 00:26:40.899
 it that we

00:26:40.899 --> 00:26:41.379
 are to love

00:26:41.379 --> 00:26:41.720
 the Lord

00:26:41.720 --> 00:26:42.099
 our God

00:26:42.099 --> 00:26:42.379
 with all

00:26:42.379 --> 00:26:42.839
 our soul

00:26:42.839 --> 00:26:43.179
 and mind

00:26:43.179 --> 00:26:43.759
 and strength

00:26:43.759 --> 00:26:46.379
 but it's

00:26:46.379 --> 00:26:46.799
 quite another

00:26:46.799 --> 00:26:47.299
 thing to say

00:26:47.299 --> 00:26:47.819
 whoever loves

00:26:47.819 --> 00:26:48.159
 their mother

00:26:48.159 --> 00:26:48.539
 and father

00:26:48.539 --> 00:26:48.899
 more than

00:26:48.899 --> 00:26:49.379
 me is not

00:26:49.379 --> 00:26:49.919
 worthy of

00:26:49.919 --> 00:26:50.179
 me

00:26:50.179 --> 00:26:52.059
 whoever

00:26:52.059 --> 00:26:52.539
 loves his

00:26:52.539 --> 00:26:52.859
 son or

00:26:52.859 --> 00:26:53.279
 daughter more

00:26:53.279 --> 00:26:53.700
 than me

00:26:53.700 --> 00:26:54.079
 is not

00:26:54.079 --> 00:26:54.720
 worthy of

00:26:54.720 --> 00:26:54.980
 me

00:26:54.980 --> 00:26:57.240
 even Muhammad

00:26:57.240 --> 00:26:57.599
 Ali

00:26:57.599 --> 00:26:58.899
 would not get

00:26:58.899 --> 00:26:59.179
 away with

00:26:59.180 --> 00:26:59.660
 saying that

00:26:59.660 --> 00:27:02.759
 we usually

00:27:02.759 --> 00:27:03.140
 don't we

00:27:03.140 --> 00:27:03.360
 in our

00:27:03.360 --> 00:27:03.580
 culture

00:27:03.580 --> 00:27:04.440
 we don't

00:27:04.440 --> 00:27:04.880
 like people

00:27:04.880 --> 00:27:05.220
 who talk

00:27:05.220 --> 00:27:05.600
 that much

00:27:05.600 --> 00:27:06.279
 about themselves

00:27:06.279 --> 00:27:08.240
 we are

00:27:08.240 --> 00:27:09.220
 repelled by

00:27:09.220 --> 00:27:09.799
 someone who

00:27:09.799 --> 00:27:10.880
 demands our

00:27:10.880 --> 00:27:11.539
 love or

00:27:11.539 --> 00:27:12.279
 obedience or

00:27:12.279 --> 00:27:13.100
 total allegiance

00:27:13.100 --> 00:27:14.140
 and yet what

00:27:14.140 --> 00:27:14.500
 is it that

00:27:14.500 --> 00:27:15.019
 makes Jesus

00:27:15.019 --> 00:27:15.460
 not only

00:27:15.460 --> 00:27:16.160
 likeable but

00:27:16.160 --> 00:27:17.080
 also believable

00:27:17.080 --> 00:27:19.840
 that is why

00:27:19.840 --> 00:27:20.720
 this is so

00:27:20.720 --> 00:27:21.299
 remarkable

00:27:21.299 --> 00:27:24.299
 perhaps nothing

00:27:24.299 --> 00:27:25.100
 is so remarkable

00:27:25.100 --> 00:27:25.560
 about Jesus

00:27:25.560 --> 00:27:26.080
 than the fact

00:27:26.080 --> 00:27:26.460
 that he

00:27:26.460 --> 00:27:27.660
 advanced himself

00:27:27.660 --> 00:27:28.700
 and I am

00:27:28.700 --> 00:27:29.180
 the object

00:27:29.180 --> 00:27:30.000
 of faith

00:27:30.000 --> 00:27:30.740
 and love

00:27:30.740 --> 00:27:31.759
 and obedience

00:27:31.759 --> 00:27:33.500
 and yet as

00:27:33.500 --> 00:27:34.019
 you read

00:27:34.019 --> 00:27:34.340
 Jesus'

00:27:34.880 --> 00:27:35.300
 life

00:27:35.300 --> 00:27:36.640
 he comes

00:27:36.640 --> 00:27:37.120
 across as

00:27:37.120 --> 00:27:37.340
 the most

00:27:37.340 --> 00:27:37.960
 humble man

00:27:37.960 --> 00:27:38.400
 trying to

00:27:38.400 --> 00:27:38.820
 walk on the

00:27:38.820 --> 00:27:39.240
 face of the

00:27:39.240 --> 00:27:39.519
 earth

00:27:39.519 --> 00:27:41.759
 it's the

00:27:41.759 --> 00:27:42.360
 paradox of

00:27:42.360 --> 00:27:42.880
 Jesus isn't

00:27:42.880 --> 00:27:43.100
 it

00:27:43.100 --> 00:27:46.880
 he covers

00:27:46.880 --> 00:27:47.540
 himself with

00:27:47.540 --> 00:27:48.080
 disturbing

00:27:48.080 --> 00:27:48.720
 claims

00:27:48.720 --> 00:27:50.540
 disturbing

00:27:50.540 --> 00:27:51.220
 claims because

00:27:51.220 --> 00:27:51.700
 they are so

00:27:51.700 --> 00:27:52.460
 self focused

00:27:52.460 --> 00:27:54.720
 and yet as

00:27:54.720 --> 00:27:55.279
 we look at

00:27:55.279 --> 00:27:55.820
 him we see

00:27:55.820 --> 00:27:56.340
 in him

00:27:56.339 --> 00:27:56.939
 someone who

00:27:56.939 --> 00:27:57.419
 is clothed

00:27:57.419 --> 00:27:57.679
 in utter

00:27:57.679 --> 00:27:58.139
 humility

00:27:58.139 --> 00:27:59.879
 it's a

00:27:59.879 --> 00:28:00.259
 profound

00:28:00.259 --> 00:28:00.919
 paradox

00:28:00.919 --> 00:28:01.759
 and we see

00:28:01.759 --> 00:28:02.139
 it in this

00:28:02.139 --> 00:28:02.619
 passage

00:28:02.619 --> 00:28:05.220
 and it's one

00:28:05.220 --> 00:28:05.579
 of those things

00:28:05.579 --> 00:28:05.959
 that you could

00:28:05.959 --> 00:28:06.879
 easily not find

00:28:06.879 --> 00:28:07.359
 that you would

00:28:07.359 --> 00:28:07.859
 not notice

00:28:07.859 --> 00:28:08.459
 unless you pay

00:28:08.459 --> 00:28:09.299
 careful attention

00:28:09.299 --> 00:28:10.179
 that Jesus

00:28:10.179 --> 00:28:11.079
 arranges the

00:28:11.079 --> 00:28:11.740
 whole scene

00:28:11.740 --> 00:28:12.099
 here

00:28:12.099 --> 00:28:13.839
 it's not so

00:28:13.839 --> 00:28:14.079
 clear

00:28:14.079 --> 00:28:14.899
 he determines

00:28:14.899 --> 00:28:15.819
 every detail

00:28:15.819 --> 00:28:16.220
 of what will

00:28:16.220 --> 00:28:16.519
 happen

00:28:16.519 --> 00:28:17.659
 he decides to

00:28:17.659 --> 00:28:18.500
 ride slightly

00:28:18.500 --> 00:28:19.019
 above the

00:28:19.019 --> 00:28:19.579
 crowd into

00:28:19.579 --> 00:28:20.220
 Jerusalem on

00:28:20.220 --> 00:28:20.619
 a cult

00:28:20.619 --> 00:28:23.519
 it's an

00:28:23.519 --> 00:28:23.980
 action that's

00:28:23.980 --> 00:28:24.500
 little different

00:28:24.500 --> 00:28:24.839
 from the

00:28:24.839 --> 00:28:25.319
 start of his

00:28:25.319 --> 00:28:25.659
 ministry

00:28:25.660 --> 00:28:27.279
 in Luke's

00:28:27.279 --> 00:28:27.560
 gospel

00:28:27.560 --> 00:28:28.100
 he goes to

00:28:28.100 --> 00:28:28.560
 the temple

00:28:28.560 --> 00:28:29.660
 and he

00:28:29.660 --> 00:28:30.220
 takes up the

00:28:30.220 --> 00:28:30.800
 scroll of the

00:28:30.800 --> 00:28:31.000
 synagogue

00:28:31.000 --> 00:28:31.360
 he goes to

00:28:31.360 --> 00:28:31.759
 the synagogue

00:28:31.759 --> 00:28:32.160
 and he

00:28:32.160 --> 00:28:33.420
 reads it

00:28:33.420 --> 00:28:33.880
 and he sits

00:28:33.880 --> 00:28:34.779
 down to

00:28:34.779 --> 00:28:35.040
 teach

00:28:35.040 --> 00:28:35.440
 and then he

00:28:35.440 --> 00:28:37.060
 expounds it

00:28:37.060 --> 00:28:37.860
 saying in

00:28:37.860 --> 00:28:38.060
 essence

00:28:38.060 --> 00:28:38.700
 if you want

00:28:38.700 --> 00:28:39.060
 to know what

00:28:39.060 --> 00:28:39.440
 the prophet

00:28:39.440 --> 00:28:40.019
 is saying

00:28:40.019 --> 00:28:41.259
 he was writing

00:28:41.259 --> 00:28:41.820
 about me

00:28:41.820 --> 00:28:44.740
 and Jesus

00:28:44.740 --> 00:28:45.220
 wrote in

00:28:45.220 --> 00:28:45.580
 Jerusalem

00:28:45.580 --> 00:28:46.080
 that Palm

00:28:46.080 --> 00:28:46.440
 Sunday

00:28:46.440 --> 00:28:46.700
 and he

00:28:46.700 --> 00:28:47.080
 announces

00:28:47.080 --> 00:28:47.880
 that he

00:28:47.880 --> 00:28:48.600
 is Israel's

00:28:48.600 --> 00:28:48.980
 Messiah

00:28:48.980 --> 00:28:49.820
 and had

00:28:49.820 --> 00:28:50.519
 arrived

00:28:50.519 --> 00:28:51.060
 just as

00:28:51.060 --> 00:28:51.900
 that Zechariah

00:28:51.900 --> 00:28:52.440
 said he

00:28:52.440 --> 00:28:52.700
 would

00:28:52.700 --> 00:28:54.259
 and so

00:28:54.259 --> 00:28:54.819
 by mounting

00:28:54.819 --> 00:28:55.200
 on this

00:28:55.200 --> 00:28:55.480
 donkey

00:28:55.480 --> 00:28:55.860
 Jesus

00:28:55.860 --> 00:28:56.400
 says if

00:28:56.400 --> 00:28:56.759
 you want

00:28:56.759 --> 00:28:57.140
 to know

00:28:57.140 --> 00:28:57.759
 to whom

00:28:57.759 --> 00:28:58.259
 the prophet

00:28:58.259 --> 00:28:59.000
 was referring

00:28:59.000 --> 00:28:59.600
 to he's

00:28:59.600 --> 00:29:00.140
 writing about

00:29:00.140 --> 00:29:00.460
 me

00:29:00.460 --> 00:29:02.519
 and that is

00:29:02.519 --> 00:29:03.140
 the paradox

00:29:03.140 --> 00:29:04.819
 of Jesus

00:29:04.819 --> 00:29:05.480
 and it is

00:29:05.480 --> 00:29:06.160
 mind-moving

00:29:06.160 --> 00:29:08.759
 and it's one

00:29:08.759 --> 00:29:09.140
 of the reasons

00:29:09.140 --> 00:29:09.740
 I'm a Christian

00:29:09.740 --> 00:29:10.180
 it's one of the

00:29:10.180 --> 00:29:10.660
 reasons I hope

00:29:10.660 --> 00:29:11.360
 you are a Christian

00:29:11.360 --> 00:29:14.100
 because Christianity

00:29:14.100 --> 00:29:15.900
 is scripturally

00:29:15.900 --> 00:29:16.779
 reasonable

00:29:16.779 --> 00:29:18.960
 that is

00:29:18.960 --> 00:29:19.799
 as I test

00:29:19.799 --> 00:29:20.359
 the words

00:29:20.359 --> 00:29:21.019
 and the actions

00:29:21.019 --> 00:29:21.619
 of Jesus

00:29:21.619 --> 00:29:22.339
 against the

00:29:22.339 --> 00:29:22.759
 Old Testament

00:29:22.759 --> 00:29:23.440
 the prophecies

00:29:23.440 --> 00:29:23.779
 fit

00:29:23.779 --> 00:29:26.779
 what he does

00:29:26.779 --> 00:29:27.819
 fits with the

00:29:27.819 --> 00:29:28.240
 prophecies

00:29:28.240 --> 00:29:28.839
 of the Old Testament

00:29:28.839 --> 00:29:29.599
 they are the

00:29:29.599 --> 00:29:30.680
 right match

00:29:30.680 --> 00:29:32.539
 Jesus fulfills

00:29:32.539 --> 00:29:33.139
 the scriptures

00:29:33.139 --> 00:29:36.019
 and another reason

00:29:36.019 --> 00:29:36.500
 I'm a Christian

00:29:36.500 --> 00:29:37.099
 and I hope you

00:29:37.099 --> 00:29:37.519
 are a Christian

00:29:37.519 --> 00:29:38.019
 is because I

00:29:38.019 --> 00:29:39.019
 love this paradox

00:29:39.019 --> 00:29:41.220
 the wonderful

00:29:41.220 --> 00:29:42.799
 alluring paradox

00:29:42.799 --> 00:29:43.379
 of Jesus

00:29:43.379 --> 00:29:44.339
 that two truths

00:29:44.339 --> 00:29:45.240
 that seem to be

00:29:45.240 --> 00:29:46.359
 against each other

00:29:46.359 --> 00:29:46.939
 are true

00:29:46.939 --> 00:29:47.459
 in the person

00:29:47.459 --> 00:29:47.979
 of Jesus

00:29:47.979 --> 00:29:50.740
 the audacity

00:29:50.740 --> 00:29:52.379
 of his

00:29:52.379 --> 00:29:53.419
 intentionality

00:29:53.419 --> 00:29:55.979
 for the Son

00:29:55.979 --> 00:29:56.339
 of God

00:29:56.339 --> 00:29:57.279
 to intentionally

00:29:57.279 --> 00:29:58.799
 ride on a donkey

00:29:58.799 --> 00:30:01.099
 and it's these

00:30:01.099 --> 00:30:02.359
 two distinct

00:30:02.359 --> 00:30:02.979
 features

00:30:02.979 --> 00:30:04.559
 scripture

00:30:04.559 --> 00:30:05.839
 reasonableness

00:30:05.839 --> 00:30:07.959
 and the paradox

00:30:07.959 --> 00:30:08.659
 of Jesus

00:30:08.659 --> 00:30:11.359
 and so I want us

00:30:11.359 --> 00:30:12.179
 all to recognise

00:30:12.179 --> 00:30:12.899
 afresh

00:30:12.899 --> 00:30:13.679
 and respond

00:30:13.679 --> 00:30:14.519
 to his day

00:30:14.519 --> 00:30:16.720
 with our minds

00:30:16.720 --> 00:30:17.400
 hopefully filled

00:30:17.400 --> 00:30:18.039
 with a deeper

00:30:18.039 --> 00:30:18.900
 understanding of

00:30:18.900 --> 00:30:19.480
 part of Sunday

00:30:19.480 --> 00:30:20.379
 and hopefully

00:30:20.379 --> 00:30:21.039
 our hearts

00:30:21.039 --> 00:30:22.480
 touched afresh

00:30:22.480 --> 00:30:23.139
 with the person

00:30:23.139 --> 00:30:23.639
 of Jesus

00:30:23.639 --> 00:30:24.720
 he knew who

00:30:24.720 --> 00:30:25.279
 he was

00:30:25.279 --> 00:30:27.440
 and he knew

00:30:27.440 --> 00:30:28.019
 what he was

00:30:28.019 --> 00:30:28.379
 doing

00:30:28.379 --> 00:30:30.160
 and he knew

00:30:30.160 --> 00:30:30.639
 where he was

00:30:30.639 --> 00:30:31.000
 going

00:30:31.000 --> 00:30:33.379
 and so we can

00:30:33.379 --> 00:30:34.240
 join in the crowd

00:30:34.240 --> 00:30:34.639
 can't we

00:30:34.639 --> 00:30:35.299
 echoing

00:30:35.299 --> 00:30:37.059
 and expanding

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 from Psalm 118

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 that we saw

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 Hosanna

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 to the Son

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 of David

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 save us

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 blessed is he

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 who comes

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 in the name

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 of the Lord

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 blessed is the

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 kingdom of our

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 Father David

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 Hosanna

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 in the highest

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