1 00:00:03,700 --> 00:00:05,200 Well, good morning Crossing Church. 2 00:00:05,200 --> 00:00:10,300 How are you doing doing, good? There is no place that I would 3 00:00:10,300 --> 00:00:12,900 rather be than right here with you right now. 4 00:00:13,200 --> 00:00:15,200 Spending time in God's word together. 5 00:00:15,200 --> 00:00:19,500 There just isn't a better thing that we can do and I'm so glad 6 00:00:19,700 --> 00:00:22,700 that we have this opportunity together and I'm so glad that 7 00:00:22,700 --> 00:00:25,900 all of our campuses, all across this region of joining. 8 00:00:25,900 --> 00:00:28,500 With us. We're joining with you as one 9 00:00:28,500 --> 00:00:31,900 family, One Church in multiple locations. 10 00:00:31,900 --> 00:00:34,900 Every one that's inside. One that's online. 11 00:00:35,100 --> 00:00:38,400 So thankful that you're part of the family as well and that we 12 00:00:38,400 --> 00:00:42,700 can be together just worshipping serving love in the Lord and 13 00:00:42,700 --> 00:00:46,300 just experiencing his provision because that's what he does. 14 00:00:46,800 --> 00:00:50,600 And speaking of provision, I mean we're in the Christmas 15 00:00:50,600 --> 00:00:54,000 season but there's so many things going on in the world 16 00:00:54,000 --> 00:00:56,600 right now. So many things that need to be 17 00:00:56,600 --> 00:00:58,800 addressed. And the people of God need to do 18 00:00:58,800 --> 00:01:01,100 that. One of those that, I'm sure that 19 00:01:01,100 --> 00:01:04,700 you've been praying about and thinking about, Out, is this 20 00:01:06,000 --> 00:01:09,000 tornadoes, these tornadoes? That went all the way across the 21 00:01:09,000 --> 00:01:13,800 Midwest, particularly hitting the state of Kentucky, mostly in 22 00:01:13,800 --> 00:01:16,200 rural areas. And I want you to know, 23 00:01:16,200 --> 00:01:19,700 particularly thankful for all those of you that that give to 24 00:01:19,700 --> 00:01:25,300 the crossing that you've already participated in the relief 25 00:01:25,300 --> 00:01:28,700 effort that's happening there. The Crossings already sent 26 00:01:28,700 --> 00:01:35,200 10,000 dollars and to help out and That's your money. 27 00:01:35,200 --> 00:01:38,900 Being put to use in that way we have a friend. 28 00:01:38,900 --> 00:01:43,300 There is name's Dave, Hamlin in Kentucky and has a Christian 29 00:01:43,300 --> 00:01:46,600 Church, there Shelby Christian church and he's working with a 30 00:01:46,600 --> 00:01:50,600 group called Ides that stands for international disaster 31 00:01:50,600 --> 00:01:54,200 emergency service, it's a Ministry of the Christian church 32 00:01:54,200 --> 00:01:59,000 to go into places that have been hit like this and minister to 33 00:01:59,000 --> 00:02:01,600 their immediate needs. And that's so important because 34 00:02:01,600 --> 00:02:05,300 you need a good assessment Ament on what's going on, figure out 35 00:02:05,300 --> 00:02:09,000 what people need and then minister to those needs at that 36 00:02:09,000 --> 00:02:13,300 as they are appropriate, what I really like, particularly about 37 00:02:13,500 --> 00:02:16,600 what the crossings doing here is there are so many of these 38 00:02:16,600 --> 00:02:21,100 little towns that don't make the news that were just devastated 39 00:02:21,100 --> 00:02:24,400 and Ides, is concentrating on those towns. 40 00:02:24,400 --> 00:02:28,100 So I want you to know that that's happening and if you want 41 00:02:28,100 --> 00:02:31,100 to do more, if you want to participate more, just give with 42 00:02:31,100 --> 00:02:33,300 your campus. Pastor will get more in. 43 00:02:33,700 --> 00:02:37,400 Information to you, and will be assessing to see if we need to 44 00:02:37,400 --> 00:02:40,500 do more as well. But can we just stop for a 45 00:02:40,500 --> 00:02:44,600 moment and just pray for these communities in these families, 46 00:02:44,600 --> 00:02:47,500 during the Christmas season that are dealing with this, heavenly 47 00:02:47,500 --> 00:02:53,200 father in Jesus name, we pray you for your mercy and for your 48 00:02:53,200 --> 00:02:57,000 grace. And for your hands. 49 00:02:58,200 --> 00:03:03,200 To uphold people that feel like they're falling that they're 50 00:03:03,200 --> 00:03:06,400 losing people right now. Mourning the loss of loved ones. 51 00:03:08,100 --> 00:03:12,400 People right now, dealing with the loss of their memories, 52 00:03:13,300 --> 00:03:18,100 their homes, their communities people that are displaced right 53 00:03:18,100 --> 00:03:21,800 now. Pray father, that your Mighty 54 00:03:21,800 --> 00:03:24,900 hand. We'll just minister to them and 55 00:03:24,900 --> 00:03:30,800 they would feel the prayers. Of your people surrounding them, 56 00:03:30,800 --> 00:03:33,900 and encouraging them. Even as you have only father 57 00:03:33,900 --> 00:03:35,900 encouraged them, I pray in Jesus name. 58 00:03:37,300 --> 00:03:40,400 Amen. So I'm kind of on this. 59 00:03:40,500 --> 00:03:43,500 I'm kind of on this Christmas movie Kick right now. 60 00:03:43,500 --> 00:03:46,900 You know, a couple weeks ago, I talked to you about Polar 61 00:03:46,900 --> 00:03:52,700 Express and I'm still watching the movies and I got to ask you 62 00:03:52,700 --> 00:03:57,000 a question and you can discuss this amongst yourselves all of 63 00:03:57,000 --> 00:04:03,900 our locations who's the best movie Santa Who is the best 64 00:04:04,400 --> 00:04:09,100 movie Santa? Go ahead. 65 00:04:09,100 --> 00:04:10,500 Ask each other. Like what do you think? 66 00:04:10,500 --> 00:04:13,700 What what what do you think is the best movie Santa? 67 00:04:18,600 --> 00:04:24,300 Okay. I think the best movie Santa is 68 00:04:24,300 --> 00:04:30,200 the original Miracle on 34th Street Santa, okay? 69 00:04:30,500 --> 00:04:33,300 We're not talking about the ones at the Richard Attenborough one, 70 00:04:33,300 --> 00:04:35,300 but the one that was before that, as a matter of fact, just 71 00:04:35,300 --> 00:04:39,800 a little little trivia, it is the only time a Santa ever won 72 00:04:39,800 --> 00:04:42,100 an Academy Award for portraying Santa. 73 00:04:43,400 --> 00:04:48,300 It's true Miracle, 34 Street. But II may be changing my mind a 74 00:04:48,300 --> 00:04:52,700 little bit, especially while I Was preparing for this sermon, 75 00:04:52,700 --> 00:04:56,200 because I'm preparing for and I watched the movie Christmas 76 00:04:56,200 --> 00:04:58,000 Chronicles. There are two of them. 77 00:04:58,800 --> 00:05:03,400 And at Kurt, Russell plays, Santa Claus. 78 00:05:03,500 --> 00:05:08,500 And I was like, he does that really well and I'll tell you 79 00:05:08,500 --> 00:05:11,500 why I really like it. It's not because Goldie Hawn 80 00:05:11,500 --> 00:05:14,000 plays, his wife uses actually is If in real life. 81 00:05:14,400 --> 00:05:17,300 And so, you know, she's a great mrs. 82 00:05:17,300 --> 00:05:22,200 Claus, not that, it's that he doesn't hide, who he is from 83 00:05:22,200 --> 00:05:26,500 anybody, like every other, every other movie with Santa Claus in 84 00:05:26,500 --> 00:05:28,400 it. He's got to, like, be this ninja 85 00:05:28,400 --> 00:05:31,900 Santa, like, nobody can know. It's got to stay in mystery but 86 00:05:31,900 --> 00:05:34,800 Kurt Russell's Nom. He, you know, he gets put in 87 00:05:34,800 --> 00:05:39,600 jail and he's trying to talk to the to the officer and he starts 88 00:05:39,600 --> 00:05:43,000 pulling out toys from and he's like, well, yeah, that's what. 89 00:05:43,200 --> 00:05:45,200 What you wanted when you were 8, that's what you wanted when you 90 00:05:45,200 --> 00:05:46,400 were nine. That's what you wanted when you 91 00:05:46,407 --> 00:05:49,400 were. I mean, that actually see his 92 00:05:49,600 --> 00:05:52,100 flying reindeer. And they, and the, what's 93 00:05:52,100 --> 00:05:56,100 amazing about it is, even though they see all this stuff, they 94 00:05:56,100 --> 00:06:00,700 still refuse to believe that. He's Santa Claus. and I'll tell 95 00:06:00,700 --> 00:06:05,000 you why that hit me because people will refuse to believe 96 00:06:05,000 --> 00:06:11,300 even when the evidence is obvious not necessarily with 97 00:06:11,300 --> 00:06:15,200 regards to Santa Claus, but with regards to, who Jesus Christ is 98 00:06:16,200 --> 00:06:19,800 They will refuse to believe, even though the evidence is 99 00:06:19,800 --> 00:06:23,100 obvious, and when we get behind the curtain, we begin to watch 100 00:06:23,400 --> 00:06:28,700 our doubts diminish and our faith begins to find its feet on 101 00:06:28,700 --> 00:06:32,000 the facts. And that's really what I want to 102 00:06:32,000 --> 00:06:38,200 share with you right here as you are right now entering into the 103 00:06:38,200 --> 00:06:40,500 Christmas weekend coming up, right? 104 00:06:41,000 --> 00:06:44,900 And it starts here, my faith is not an ignorant faith. 105 00:06:46,200 --> 00:06:50,400 Your faith doesn't need to be an ignorant faith. 106 00:06:51,400 --> 00:06:56,300 My question is, is it? Like are you just you know 107 00:06:56,300 --> 00:07:00,000 hoping that the things that you're believing is true? 108 00:07:00,200 --> 00:07:05,300 Or does do your feet find there, a firm place to stand on the 109 00:07:05,300 --> 00:07:10,100 facts. So, you know, when I say that 110 00:07:10,100 --> 00:07:13,900 Christmas is all about the birth of Jesus Christ and I base my 111 00:07:14,200 --> 00:07:18,900 whole life on that is that just because I want to believe in 112 00:07:18,900 --> 00:07:21,600 something, I want to manufacture something, because I want to 113 00:07:21,600 --> 00:07:25,600 have some hope, but it's pretty much just a story like a fairy 114 00:07:25,600 --> 00:07:32,100 tale, absolutely not. That's the furthest thing from 115 00:07:32,100 --> 00:07:35,500 the truth. It's that I have this firm place 116 00:07:35,500 --> 00:07:40,700 to stand where it would actually take me more faith to discount 117 00:07:40,700 --> 00:07:46,000 it than to just accept it as the truth. so when we talk about the 118 00:07:46,000 --> 00:07:51,600 birth of Jesus, do you know where saying, We're actually 119 00:07:51,600 --> 00:07:55,900 talking about the birth of the son of God. 120 00:07:57,000 --> 00:08:01,300 Think about that, think about what your proclaiming here. 121 00:08:01,400 --> 00:08:05,300 You're you're actually believing that God had a child that God 122 00:08:05,300 --> 00:08:09,700 had a human child. It's a pretty big thing to 123 00:08:09,700 --> 00:08:12,300 believe, right? And if you want to go just a 124 00:08:12,308 --> 00:08:16,500 little bit further that child that was born is actually God 125 00:08:16,500 --> 00:08:19,400 himself. That's what you believe. 126 00:08:20,700 --> 00:08:22,400 When you say Jesus Christ is born. 127 00:08:22,400 --> 00:08:28,000 God had a child, a human child. And that child was actually God 128 00:08:28,000 --> 00:08:30,600 himself. Some of you are going. 129 00:08:30,600 --> 00:08:33,799 Woo, that's confusing. I'm not confused. 130 00:08:35,100 --> 00:08:38,900 And you know why? It's because I've been behind 131 00:08:39,400 --> 00:08:43,700 the curtain. and when you get behind the curtain those 132 00:08:43,700 --> 00:08:50,200 Mysteries reveal themselves and you realize that it's not a hope 133 00:08:50,200 --> 00:08:53,400 or an empty wish it's just a truth and I have a calm 134 00:08:53,400 --> 00:08:57,700 assurance that comes from having that truth embedded in me 135 00:08:58,500 --> 00:09:02,900 because of what I read, In God's word, as I go behind the 136 00:09:02,900 --> 00:09:05,700 curtain. Look at second Samuel, chapter 137 00:09:05,700 --> 00:09:09,400 7, verses 11 to 17, listen to this. 138 00:09:09,400 --> 00:09:14,300 It says the Lord declares to you that the Lord himself will 139 00:09:14,300 --> 00:09:20,400 establish a house for you. When your days are over and you 140 00:09:20,400 --> 00:09:22,700 rest with your ancestors. Now this isn't about you. 141 00:09:22,700 --> 00:09:27,100 This is about King David, okay. And this is Nathan, the prophet 142 00:09:27,700 --> 00:09:31,800 prophesying to King David when your days are over and you rest 143 00:09:31,800 --> 00:09:35,900 with your ancestors, I will raise up your Offspring to 144 00:09:35,900 --> 00:09:38,900 succeed. You your own flesh and blood, 145 00:09:38,900 --> 00:09:43,600 your own flesh and blood and I will establish his kingdom. 146 00:09:44,900 --> 00:09:48,300 He is the one who will build a house for my name and I will 147 00:09:48,300 --> 00:09:49,900 establish the Throne of his kingdom. 148 00:09:49,900 --> 00:09:52,600 How long? Forever. 149 00:09:53,100 --> 00:09:59,100 Wow, I will be his father. He will be my son. 150 00:10:00,600 --> 00:10:04,500 And when he does wrong, that's interesting, isn't it? 151 00:10:04,800 --> 00:10:07,900 I will punish him with a rod wielded by men. 152 00:10:08,200 --> 00:10:14,700 A rod wielded by men with floggings inflicted by human 153 00:10:14,700 --> 00:10:19,400 hands, but my love will never be taken away from him. 154 00:10:19,600 --> 00:10:23,400 As I took it away from Saul, that was the king before King, 155 00:10:23,400 --> 00:10:26,100 David. Who my removed from before you? 156 00:10:27,300 --> 00:10:30,600 Your house David and your kingdom. 157 00:10:30,600 --> 00:10:35,700 David will endure forever. Before me, your throne will be 158 00:10:35,700 --> 00:10:39,700 established forever. Nathan reported to David, all 159 00:10:39,700 --> 00:10:43,000 the words of this entire revelation. 160 00:10:44,500 --> 00:10:47,400 Now, I had told you this is Nathan, the prophet speaking to 161 00:10:47,500 --> 00:10:50,600 King David about his throne and his legacy. 162 00:10:50,600 --> 00:10:55,100 And I love the fact that it's Nathan, the prophet because we 163 00:10:55,100 --> 00:11:01,200 have another story about Nathan, the prophet and King David. 164 00:11:02,200 --> 00:11:07,500 So some of you may know the CD Dirty Laundry story of King 165 00:11:07,500 --> 00:11:11,600 David who stayed home, when all of his army went to war and he 166 00:11:11,600 --> 00:11:14,500 saw a woman, taking a bath on a roof. 167 00:11:14,800 --> 00:11:19,500 Not very far from him. Her name was Bathsheba and he 168 00:11:19,500 --> 00:11:24,500 lusted after her, even though she was one of his best friend's 169 00:11:25,000 --> 00:11:29,500 wife. And because he was the king. 170 00:11:30,600 --> 00:11:32,900 He calls her to come to his Palace. 171 00:11:35,100 --> 00:11:39,100 And then has this relationship with it with her that produces a 172 00:11:39,100 --> 00:11:41,800 child. And then he tries to cover it up 173 00:11:41,900 --> 00:11:45,000 by asking his friend to come home from Battle. 174 00:11:45,000 --> 00:11:49,500 Your Raya to come home from battle, but he refuses to go 175 00:11:49,500 --> 00:11:53,400 into his own house and spend time with his wife, while all 176 00:11:53,400 --> 00:11:57,500 these other men are out fighting for the freedom of Israel. 177 00:11:58,300 --> 00:12:00,900 So David isn't able to cover up the pregnancy. 178 00:12:01,800 --> 00:12:06,700 So then he decides to have Uriah put in the front line to having 179 00:12:06,700 --> 00:12:10,500 killed so that he will die in that battle. 180 00:12:11,300 --> 00:12:15,000 And then his widow will be free to marry David. 181 00:12:16,900 --> 00:12:19,700 And he has it all taken care of his it all covered up, and 182 00:12:19,700 --> 00:12:25,900 nobody will know until a prophet named, Nathan comes into the 183 00:12:25,900 --> 00:12:29,400 throne room. And he looks at David on his 184 00:12:29,400 --> 00:12:31,800 throne and he says, listen, I got a story to tell you. 185 00:12:33,200 --> 00:12:35,400 There are two men both Shepherds. 186 00:12:35,400 --> 00:12:38,700 One has all these flocks and herds, very wealthy man. 187 00:12:38,800 --> 00:12:41,600 The other one only has one sheep. 188 00:12:41,700 --> 00:12:46,300 Just one little sheep a lamb and it's like a pet to him. 189 00:12:46,300 --> 00:12:48,900 It's all he can afford it. They're so close that. 190 00:12:48,900 --> 00:12:53,500 Even drinks from his own cup, And its neighbor, her owns all 191 00:12:53,500 --> 00:12:56,700 these flocks and herds had a visitor, come from a foreign 192 00:12:56,700 --> 00:12:59,000 country and he wanted to serve him dinner. 193 00:12:59,100 --> 00:13:02,200 But instead of taking from all of his flocks and herds, he went 194 00:13:02,200 --> 00:13:06,700 over to his neighbors, who had that one little lamb and took it 195 00:13:07,400 --> 00:13:13,400 and killed it and prepared it and served it as a meal to this 196 00:13:13,400 --> 00:13:17,800 visitor, from a foreign land. And David gets up from his 197 00:13:17,800 --> 00:13:20,800 throne and he goes such a man ought to die. 198 00:13:24,400 --> 00:13:29,100 And Nathan, Nathan, pulls up points of bony finger at David. 199 00:13:29,100 --> 00:13:38,600 He said you're the man What a story do you think that that was 200 00:13:38,600 --> 00:13:42,200 Nathan, the prophet who pronounced this curse on David 201 00:13:42,200 --> 00:13:46,300 and yet in spite of that later on here is a blessing. 202 00:13:47,300 --> 00:13:50,100 That is pronounced on David's throne in his kingdom. 203 00:13:50,500 --> 00:13:53,600 And there are some incredible Revelations here that you and I 204 00:13:53,800 --> 00:13:57,300 need to dive down into in order to get behind the curtain. 205 00:13:57,700 --> 00:14:01,700 The first thing that we find out is that this person that's being 206 00:14:01,700 --> 00:14:06,100 prophesied about is going to be David's Offspring, his own flesh 207 00:14:06,100 --> 00:14:09,400 and blood. It says, right second we find 208 00:14:09,400 --> 00:14:12,500 out that it's going to be a forever throne and a forever 209 00:14:12,500 --> 00:14:15,600 Kingdom. Third, we find out that there's 210 00:14:15,600 --> 00:14:19,100 going to be a son. Father father son relationship 211 00:14:19,100 --> 00:14:23,800 with God himself, fourth. We find out that this person 212 00:14:23,800 --> 00:14:29,000 will do quote unquote wrong and then be punished by human hands. 213 00:14:29,200 --> 00:14:33,200 And finally we fight, we learned that the love of God will never 214 00:14:33,200 --> 00:14:39,200 be taken away from him. Now, this was written about 215 00:14:39,200 --> 00:14:41,700 1,000 years before the birth of Christ. 216 00:14:43,000 --> 00:14:46,000 This is when Nathan shared these words with David. 217 00:14:46,700 --> 00:14:49,300 So I want you to fast forward a thousand years. 218 00:14:50,300 --> 00:14:55,500 Jesus is born and we've already discovered a lot about the this 219 00:14:55,500 --> 00:14:57,900 fulfilled prophecy a couple of weeks ago. 220 00:14:57,900 --> 00:14:59,900 I talked about Messiah and what that meant. 221 00:14:59,900 --> 00:15:02,600 We went through some prophecies last week. 222 00:15:02,700 --> 00:15:05,400 Clayton talked about the Tabernacle and everything that 223 00:15:05,400 --> 00:15:08,900 was image, these pictures and prophecies that are connected 224 00:15:08,900 --> 00:15:11,500 with the birth of Christ. They're all of these things 225 00:15:11,500 --> 00:15:13,500 happening behind the curtain, right? 226 00:15:14,200 --> 00:15:18,000 But on this side of the curtain where you and I exist and live 227 00:15:18,000 --> 00:15:21,200 right now. There is so much More that 228 00:15:21,200 --> 00:15:24,000 confirms my faith in this person. 229 00:15:24,000 --> 00:15:29,400 So I want us to go back to the 2nd Samuel passage and take it 230 00:15:29,400 --> 00:15:33,100 apart. So the first prophecy in that 231 00:15:33,100 --> 00:15:38,200 group of scriptures, is that he will be David's, Offspring, 232 00:15:38,200 --> 00:15:40,300 David's, own flesh and blood, right? 233 00:15:40,300 --> 00:15:44,500 We've already talked about that a couple of weeks ago, because 234 00:15:44,500 --> 00:15:49,400 in Luke chapter 3, and in Matthew chapter 1, we have the 235 00:15:49,400 --> 00:15:54,200 only Diving genealogy of any Jewish person and it's the 236 00:15:54,200 --> 00:15:58,500 genealogy of Jesus Through Joseph and through Mary. 237 00:15:59,100 --> 00:16:03,000 Now, that's important because Joseph was not Jesus as natural 238 00:16:03,000 --> 00:16:08,000 father, because Mary was a virgin when she conceived Jesus 239 00:16:08,400 --> 00:16:10,400 but he was still his legal father. 240 00:16:11,700 --> 00:16:15,200 And Joseph was of the house in the lineage of David and Mary 241 00:16:15,300 --> 00:16:19,000 was of the house and the lineage of David. 242 00:16:19,900 --> 00:16:22,900 So he had a legal, right? Jesus had a legal right to the 243 00:16:22,900 --> 00:16:27,500 throne through his legal, Father Joseph, but he had a blood right 244 00:16:27,500 --> 00:16:32,800 to the throne, through his mother, Mary 100% of the blood 245 00:16:32,800 --> 00:16:38,700 that flowed through Jesus veins was his mom's was Mary's. 246 00:16:39,800 --> 00:16:43,200 So that just covers the first prophecy that Nathan mentions. 247 00:16:43,200 --> 00:16:47,100 Well, what about the other four? Hey, let's go forward. 248 00:16:47,500 --> 00:16:52,000 We're going to go forward from the birth of Jesus, 33 years to 249 00:16:52,000 --> 00:16:56,700 just a few days before he goes to the cross, for our sins, and 250 00:16:56,700 --> 00:17:02,500 just a few days before, on Sunday morning, There is this 251 00:17:02,500 --> 00:17:07,099 event that's recorded in the gospels called Palm Sunday. 252 00:17:07,099 --> 00:17:12,200 Let's read that together for Matthew 21 as they approached 253 00:17:12,200 --> 00:17:16,800 Jerusalem, and came to bethphage on the Mount of Olives. 254 00:17:17,000 --> 00:17:22,800 Jesus sent two disciples saying to them Go to the Village ahead 255 00:17:22,800 --> 00:17:25,900 of you. And at once, you will find a 256 00:17:25,900 --> 00:17:31,800 donkey tied there with her cult by her untie them and bring them 257 00:17:31,800 --> 00:17:35,200 to me. If anyone says anything to you 258 00:17:35,600 --> 00:17:39,300 say that the Lord needs them and he will send them right away. 259 00:17:39,600 --> 00:17:43,800 This took place to fulfill what was spoken through the prophet. 260 00:17:44,800 --> 00:17:49,000 Say to daughter Zion. See your king comes to you, 261 00:17:49,500 --> 00:17:54,900 Gentle and riding on a donkey. And on a Colt, the foal of a 262 00:17:54,900 --> 00:18:00,500 donkey that Zechariah 9:9 The disciples went and did as Jesus 263 00:18:00,500 --> 00:18:03,600 had instructed them and they brought the donkey and the colt 264 00:18:03,700 --> 00:18:07,100 and placed their cloaks on them for Jesus to sit on. 265 00:18:08,200 --> 00:18:11,500 Very large crowd spread their cloaks on the road, while others 266 00:18:11,500 --> 00:18:16,100 cut branches from the trees and spread them on the road. 267 00:18:16,900 --> 00:18:20,500 The crowds that went ahead of him and those that followed him 268 00:18:20,500 --> 00:18:24,300 shouted. Hosanna, everybody say that 269 00:18:25,100 --> 00:18:31,000 Hosanna to the son of David, the son of David forget. 270 00:18:31,000 --> 00:18:34,000 That blessed is he? Who comes in the name of the 271 00:18:34,000 --> 00:18:37,500 Lord hosanna in the highest heaven. 272 00:18:38,400 --> 00:18:41,700 When Jesus entered Jerusalem, the whole city was stirred and 273 00:18:41,700 --> 00:18:45,000 asked, who is this? The crowds answered. 274 00:18:45,000 --> 00:18:51,100 This is Jesus, the prophet from Nazareth in Galilee now, we call 275 00:18:51,100 --> 00:18:53,800 this Sunday. Palm Sunday, we call it Palm 276 00:18:53,800 --> 00:18:58,000 Sunday because people cut Palms from the trees and they put them 277 00:18:58,000 --> 00:19:04,500 on the road, so that the donkeys Hooves would not slip when Jesus 278 00:19:04,500 --> 00:19:07,400 was riding. And there's a reason for that. 279 00:19:07,400 --> 00:19:12,300 It's because it's a very steep Road downward and upward. 280 00:19:12,300 --> 00:19:15,000 Okay? I want you to kind of see that 281 00:19:15,000 --> 00:19:19,400 because Jesus is approaching Jerusalem from the East. 282 00:19:20,300 --> 00:19:24,000 And from the Mount of Olives and from Bethany on the other side 283 00:19:24,000 --> 00:19:27,300 of the Mount of Olives and he's coming east and he's going to 284 00:19:27,300 --> 00:19:30,400 approach the Eastern Gate. Now, if you go to Jerusalem 285 00:19:30,400 --> 00:19:34,000 today, this is what the Eastern Gate looks like it looks just 286 00:19:34,000 --> 00:19:38,400 like this, okay? I took this picture and used to 287 00:19:38,400 --> 00:19:41,400 not be ever even get to be able to get close to the Eastern 288 00:19:41,400 --> 00:19:44,500 Gate. There's a Muslim Cemetery all in 289 00:19:44,500 --> 00:19:48,900 front of it, but now they have actually built a walkway where 290 00:19:48,900 --> 00:19:50,600 you can actually get this. Close. 291 00:19:51,000 --> 00:19:54,500 So this gate faces the East. All right. 292 00:19:55,400 --> 00:19:59,300 Now, if you were to stand and noticed about this gate Can you 293 00:19:59,300 --> 00:20:03,300 go through this gate? No, you can't. 294 00:20:03,500 --> 00:20:07,200 The original Eastern Gate is actually beneath here. 295 00:20:08,000 --> 00:20:10,700 This gate is actually built. This was, this is this Gates 296 00:20:10,700 --> 00:20:14,200 five, six hundred years old. It's built on an original gate 297 00:20:14,200 --> 00:20:17,800 that's underneath that. It's also shut like this one, 298 00:20:17,900 --> 00:20:19,800 all right. Now if you stood here and you 299 00:20:19,800 --> 00:20:22,600 turned around and you're looking back to the east, this is what 300 00:20:22,600 --> 00:20:27,200 you'd see. Okay, this is the Mount of 301 00:20:27,200 --> 00:20:32,300 Olives. This right here is the Church of 302 00:20:32,300 --> 00:20:35,600 all Nations inside the church of all Nations. 303 00:20:35,600 --> 00:20:39,800 There's a rock called The Rock of Agony tradition. 304 00:20:39,800 --> 00:20:43,800 Says this is where Jesus prayed and sweat blood, right? 305 00:20:44,000 --> 00:20:47,700 If you look all around the Church of all Nations. 306 00:20:47,700 --> 00:20:50,800 If you look this way and you look this way and you look over 307 00:20:50,800 --> 00:20:55,500 here and back over here, those are all olive trees. 308 00:20:56,300 --> 00:20:59,300 Because what you're looking at is the Garden of Gethsemane. 309 00:21:00,400 --> 00:21:03,100 This is the Kidron Valley. This is all the Garden of 310 00:21:03,100 --> 00:21:06,000 Gethsemane. And up here is the Mount of 311 00:21:06,000 --> 00:21:09,200 Olives, all right? Now let's just say, we turn back 312 00:21:09,200 --> 00:21:11,000 around. We walk through the Eastern Gate 313 00:21:11,000 --> 00:21:12,900 and you can't walk through, because it shut. 314 00:21:13,200 --> 00:21:16,400 What would it look like? On the other side, this is the 315 00:21:16,400 --> 00:21:19,900 Temple Mount, okay? And you can see the double 316 00:21:19,900 --> 00:21:24,100 Archway right here, you're on the inside of the Eastern Gate 317 00:21:24,100 --> 00:21:28,200 and you're standing on this flat surface called The Temple Mount 318 00:21:28,200 --> 00:21:32,100 again, The Mount of Olives in the distance. 319 00:21:32,100 --> 00:21:36,800 And if you turned around, And looked back toward the west. 320 00:21:36,800 --> 00:21:39,200 This is what you see. This is the Dome of the Rock or 321 00:21:39,200 --> 00:21:45,100 the mosque of Omar and where many people believe that was 322 00:21:45,100 --> 00:21:49,600 where the original Temple stood in the beautiful gate was in 323 00:21:49,600 --> 00:21:52,700 front of it. Why am i showing you that? 324 00:21:52,800 --> 00:21:56,700 Because everything Jesus is doing on Palm Sunday is super 325 00:21:56,700 --> 00:22:00,400 important and if you want to get behind the curtain, you need to 326 00:22:00,400 --> 00:22:02,700 understand exactly what's going on. 327 00:22:02,800 --> 00:22:05,300 All right? Now we've already talked about 328 00:22:05,300 --> 00:22:09,500 the first prophecy that he would be the son of David, right? 329 00:22:09,500 --> 00:22:13,300 Let's go to the second prophecy. Second prophecy prophecy says, 330 00:22:13,300 --> 00:22:16,700 he will have a forever throne and a forever Kingdom. 331 00:22:18,100 --> 00:22:22,000 Kingdom Throne. What are those words is 332 00:22:22,200 --> 00:22:28,000 associated with A king, right? A king has a kingdom. 333 00:22:28,000 --> 00:22:33,600 A king has a throne. Are they actually calling Jesus 334 00:22:33,600 --> 00:22:36,800 a king? Yes, he's coming again as a king 335 00:22:37,000 --> 00:22:40,900 in every way that could be recognized as a king. 336 00:22:41,500 --> 00:22:45,600 You know, how kings would come into their capital in that day 337 00:22:45,600 --> 00:22:49,600 and age? They would come in riding the 338 00:22:49,600 --> 00:22:51,600 Colt of a donkey. That's right. 339 00:22:51,600 --> 00:22:55,900 It was obvious to everyone what Jesus was doing. 340 00:22:56,000 --> 00:22:58,300 And what he was saying, when he was writing the Colt of a 341 00:22:58,308 --> 00:23:02,500 donkey, we already quoted Zechariah. 99, right? 342 00:23:02,500 --> 00:23:06,100 Your king is coming to you on the Colt of a donkey. 343 00:23:06,200 --> 00:23:10,500 If you read 1st, Kings 133, it'll tell you that David 344 00:23:10,600 --> 00:23:14,600 instructed, his son Solomon to ride the Colt of a donkey to be 345 00:23:14,600 --> 00:23:18,600 recognized as king and successor to him. 346 00:23:19,600 --> 00:23:21,200 Look at the direction, he's going. 347 00:23:22,000 --> 00:23:25,200 He's going to the West. He's coming from the East. 348 00:23:25,300 --> 00:23:27,100 He's going to the wet. Why? 349 00:23:27,500 --> 00:23:30,300 Because he's going straight to the temple. 350 00:23:31,800 --> 00:23:35,900 I want you to understand something, Jesus was not being 351 00:23:35,900 --> 00:23:41,200 misunderstood Jesus, wanted everybody to know he was coming 352 00:23:41,500 --> 00:23:46,400 as king. He was claiming that through 353 00:23:46,400 --> 00:23:49,700 everything that was happening. We can go a little further than 354 00:23:49,700 --> 00:23:54,000 that we will in a second. Third prophecy says that this 355 00:23:54,000 --> 00:24:00,100 relationship with God would be a father-son relationship. 356 00:24:00,900 --> 00:24:06,300 That's a big statement. We need to understand what 357 00:24:06,300 --> 00:24:10,000 people were saying and what they were singing when Jesus entered 358 00:24:10,000 --> 00:24:14,000 Jerusalem, because they weren't just talking or yelling or 359 00:24:14,000 --> 00:24:16,900 shouting. They were singing and they were 360 00:24:16,900 --> 00:24:24,600 singing a particular him and that him is called the Halal I 361 00:24:24,600 --> 00:24:27,800 know it because they're using the term Hosanna. 362 00:24:28,100 --> 00:24:31,400 The term Hosanna is for the hallel. 363 00:24:31,400 --> 00:24:36,100 It comes from Psalm 118 a why is that a big deal? 364 00:24:36,500 --> 00:24:41,200 First of all, you're only allowed to sing the Halal at one 365 00:24:41,200 --> 00:24:44,900 time a year. And that is at the Feast of 366 00:24:44,900 --> 00:24:49,100 Tabernacles or the Feast of booths and that happens in 367 00:24:49,100 --> 00:24:52,700 October, but this is April passover's in April. 368 00:24:52,800 --> 00:24:55,500 They're Sing it October. What in the world are they 369 00:24:55,500 --> 00:24:56,100 doing? You think? 370 00:24:56,100 --> 00:24:57,800 Well, that's a big deal. You were singing this song at 371 00:24:57,800 --> 00:24:58,900 the wrong time? No. 372 00:24:59,100 --> 00:25:01,800 Listen. The Feast of Tabernacles, or 373 00:25:01,800 --> 00:25:05,800 booths was where all the Jewish people would come to Jerusalem, 374 00:25:05,800 --> 00:25:09,500 and they would make these makeshift shacks and they would 375 00:25:09,500 --> 00:25:13,300 live in these Shacks for a period of time, all around the 376 00:25:13,308 --> 00:25:16,000 temple. It commemorated when they were 377 00:25:16,000 --> 00:25:19,700 wandering in the wilderness and there was the Tabernacle in the 378 00:25:19,700 --> 00:25:22,600 middle and they all encamped around the Tabernacle. 379 00:25:22,600 --> 00:25:26,100 What it means is that they were dwelling with God and God was 380 00:25:26,100 --> 00:25:32,800 dwelling with them. So, when you say hosanna, you're 381 00:25:32,800 --> 00:25:39,600 singing a song about God being with them them being with God, 382 00:25:39,600 --> 00:25:43,300 this is why the priest got mad and they said, you need to tell 383 00:25:43,400 --> 00:25:47,000 your people to be quiet. And Jesus says what? 384 00:25:47,200 --> 00:25:53,800 Hey, you guys calm down. No, Jesus says, if they're quiet 385 00:25:53,800 --> 00:25:56,400 the Rocks themselves are going to cry out. 386 00:25:59,400 --> 00:26:03,400 What was being said here from the priest standpoint was 387 00:26:03,400 --> 00:26:05,800 blasphemy. This was Jesus saying that he 388 00:26:05,800 --> 00:26:08,100 was equal with God. What was Jesus saying? 389 00:26:08,300 --> 00:26:14,000 I am equal with God, not as not only is he coming as a king? 390 00:26:15,100 --> 00:26:18,300 He is talking about this father-son relationship, the 391 00:26:18,300 --> 00:26:27,400 word Hosanna literally means save us Save us to the son of 392 00:26:27,400 --> 00:26:29,400 David. They recognize that, he's the 393 00:26:29,400 --> 00:26:33,200 son of David. They know about his genealogy. 394 00:26:34,900 --> 00:26:39,600 And they're saying you're the Savior come and save us Hosanna. 395 00:26:39,700 --> 00:26:44,000 The people are making a proclamation connecting Jesus to 396 00:26:44,000 --> 00:26:48,400 God himself. Look at the words, they're 397 00:26:48,400 --> 00:26:52,400 saying, not just the song, but the words, they recognized him 398 00:26:52,400 --> 00:26:57,600 as the son of David Hosanna to the son of David, which means 399 00:26:57,600 --> 00:27:01,400 that they're thinking about second Samuel 7, you're the son 400 00:27:01,400 --> 00:27:04,400 of David and you've come to save us. 401 00:27:04,400 --> 00:27:06,200 You're the one that was prophesied. 402 00:27:06,300 --> 00:27:10,800 You're the rightful King, they're praising God for his 403 00:27:10,800 --> 00:27:15,400 presence. Hosanna in the highest. 404 00:27:17,200 --> 00:27:21,100 Because they see God's presence in Jesus presence as the same 405 00:27:21,900 --> 00:27:27,300 thing. Wow, fourth prophecy. 406 00:27:28,600 --> 00:27:31,700 And this is the one that trips us up, it really shouldn't but 407 00:27:31,700 --> 00:27:34,400 it does. He will do wrong. 408 00:27:34,500 --> 00:27:38,700 Quote, unquote wrong. And be punished by human hands, 409 00:27:38,800 --> 00:27:41,700 right? So, this can trip us up because 410 00:27:41,700 --> 00:27:43,300 we're going, wait a minute, hold on. 411 00:27:43,600 --> 00:27:48,400 Jesus, never sinned. So, how could he do wrong? 412 00:27:49,600 --> 00:27:52,200 It's actually not that hard. Let's go back. 413 00:27:52,700 --> 00:27:55,800 Seven hundred years before Jesus is born to the book of Isaiah 414 00:27:55,800 --> 00:27:59,400 chapter 53. Verse has 4 through 6. 415 00:28:00,100 --> 00:28:03,200 Surely he took up our pain and bore our suffering. 416 00:28:04,000 --> 00:28:09,100 We considered him. We considered him. 417 00:28:10,100 --> 00:28:16,300 Punished by God, stricken by him and Afflicted, but he was 418 00:28:16,300 --> 00:28:20,600 pierced for our transgressions, he was crushed for our 419 00:28:20,600 --> 00:28:23,200 iniquities, the punishment, there it is. 420 00:28:23,200 --> 00:28:27,600 Again that brought us, peace was on him. 421 00:28:27,800 --> 00:28:30,600 And by his wounds, we are healed. 422 00:28:31,500 --> 00:28:33,500 We all like sheep have gone astray each. 423 00:28:33,500 --> 00:28:36,800 One of us has turned to our own way and the lord has laid on 424 00:28:36,800 --> 00:28:40,500 him. The iniquity iniquity of us all. 425 00:28:42,200 --> 00:28:46,400 It's beginning to form a perfect script. 426 00:28:47,500 --> 00:28:51,300 Isn't it? Everything was known, everything 427 00:28:51,300 --> 00:28:54,000 was foreseen. Look at how we see it on the 428 00:28:54,000 --> 00:28:56,800 other side of the curtain, the Apostle Paul Second Corinthians 429 00:28:56,800 --> 00:29:02,500 5:21. God made him, who had no sin. 430 00:29:04,700 --> 00:29:09,000 To be sin. When he does wrong. 431 00:29:10,600 --> 00:29:15,100 When he does wrong, God made him who had no sin to be sin for us, 432 00:29:15,400 --> 00:29:20,800 so that in him, we might become the righteousness of God. 433 00:29:23,600 --> 00:29:25,800 Now, we can go deeper. You want to go deeper for just a 434 00:29:25,800 --> 00:29:27,800 second? No, charge. 435 00:29:29,300 --> 00:29:32,600 This is Ezekiel the Old Testament Prophet. 436 00:29:32,600 --> 00:29:36,000 Ezekiel, Ezekiel, Ezekiel 43. 125. 437 00:29:36,000 --> 00:29:40,500 Look what it says, then the man brought me to the gate Facing 438 00:29:40,500 --> 00:29:43,000 East. Oh yeah. 439 00:29:43,000 --> 00:29:45,100 You know about that, you've seen a picture of it, right? 440 00:29:45,200 --> 00:29:49,400 And I saw the glory of the god of Israel coming from the East. 441 00:29:49,400 --> 00:29:53,500 His voice was like the Roar of Rushing Waters, and the land was 442 00:29:53,500 --> 00:29:57,100 radiant with his glory. The vision I saw was like the 443 00:29:57,108 --> 00:30:00,700 vision I had when he came to destroy the city and like the 444 00:30:00,700 --> 00:30:03,400 Visions. I had seen by the key bar river 445 00:30:03,500 --> 00:30:08,000 and I fell face down the glory of the Lord entered, the temple 446 00:30:08,000 --> 00:30:11,300 through the gate Facing East. Then the spirit lifted me up, 447 00:30:11,400 --> 00:30:14,900 and brought me into the inner court and the glory of the Lord 448 00:30:15,100 --> 00:30:18,400 filled the temple. Now, when you drill down in the 449 00:30:18,400 --> 00:30:22,400 Book of Ezekiel and continue studying, you're going to find 450 00:30:22,400 --> 00:30:26,700 out all kinds of stuff. What Ezekiel says The prince 451 00:30:27,000 --> 00:30:31,200 uses the term Prince will bring an offering. 452 00:30:32,300 --> 00:30:35,800 To present at the temple and he will bring it through the 453 00:30:35,800 --> 00:30:41,100 Eastern Gate. which is important because every other offering 454 00:30:41,500 --> 00:30:45,000 that comes to the temple, has to come from the North or the South 455 00:30:46,400 --> 00:30:49,100 Only one person is allowed to bring in offering through the 456 00:30:49,100 --> 00:30:52,300 Eastern Gate. And that's royalty. 457 00:30:52,300 --> 00:30:54,500 That's the prince. He presents. 458 00:30:55,300 --> 00:30:59,600 This is what it says in Ezekiel. He will present the sacrifice to 459 00:30:59,600 --> 00:31:05,200 the priests And then the priest will administer the sacrifice. 460 00:31:06,300 --> 00:31:11,900 Then after the sacrifice has been administered, the prince 461 00:31:11,900 --> 00:31:16,100 will leave by the Eastern Gate, everybody else that goes to the 462 00:31:16,100 --> 00:31:19,100 temple, has to come from a different direction. 463 00:31:19,300 --> 00:31:22,800 Only the prince gets to come through the Eastern Gate and 464 00:31:22,800 --> 00:31:27,800 then Ezekiel prophesize that the gate, the Eastern Gate will be 465 00:31:27,800 --> 00:31:34,000 shut Because it is for the prince reserved for him, and him 466 00:31:34,000 --> 00:31:37,300 alone. Wow. 467 00:31:37,600 --> 00:31:39,100 And you go there today. Guess what? 468 00:31:39,100 --> 00:31:40,300 That Gates. Shut the gate. 469 00:31:40,300 --> 00:31:43,000 That's below it, if you excavate it, it's shut. 470 00:31:43,300 --> 00:31:45,900 Nobody can go through those Gates. 471 00:31:46,200 --> 00:31:50,700 It's reserved. Jesus was and is the only true 472 00:31:50,700 --> 00:31:53,000 king. He is the Son of God. 473 00:31:53,000 --> 00:31:56,300 He is the son of David. He is the priest. 474 00:31:56,400 --> 00:31:59,800 I mean, he is the prince who brings the sacrifice to the 475 00:31:59,800 --> 00:32:04,000 priest. He is the sacrifice himself. 476 00:32:04,400 --> 00:32:07,400 He is the two goats for the day of atonement. 477 00:32:07,500 --> 00:32:12,600 He is both the sacrifice of atonement and the Aza cell or 478 00:32:12,600 --> 00:32:17,100 the scapegoat completely Innocent but suffering, as if he 479 00:32:17,100 --> 00:32:21,600 did wrong for the sins, Of us. All how beautiful is this 480 00:32:21,600 --> 00:32:24,700 picture? How absolutely perfect is this 481 00:32:24,700 --> 00:32:27,400 picture? How can I not believe it? 482 00:32:27,800 --> 00:32:31,300 All I have to do is look behind the curtain. 483 00:32:31,300 --> 00:32:34,500 It's right there, for me. The fifth and final prophecy. 484 00:32:34,700 --> 00:32:37,800 God's love will never be taken away from him. 485 00:32:38,000 --> 00:32:42,700 If we go past Isaiah, 53:4, 26, and you go for 2, verse 10 486 00:32:42,900 --> 00:32:44,700 through 12, this is what it says. 487 00:32:45,000 --> 00:32:47,000 It says yet. It was the Lord's will to crush 488 00:32:47,000 --> 00:32:49,700 him. And to cause him to suffer. 489 00:32:50,700 --> 00:32:52,800 And though, the Lord makes his life. 490 00:32:52,800 --> 00:32:56,400 An offering for sin, he will see his offspring. 491 00:32:56,400 --> 00:33:01,200 You're his offspring and prolong his days and the will of the 492 00:33:01,200 --> 00:33:06,700 Lord will prosper in his hand. After he suffered, he will see 493 00:33:06,700 --> 00:33:10,900 the light of life and be satisfied by his knowledge. 494 00:33:11,000 --> 00:33:14,800 My righteous servant will justify many and he will bear 495 00:33:15,200 --> 00:33:18,700 their iniquities. Therefore, I will give him a 496 00:33:18,700 --> 00:33:22,100 portion among the great and he will divide the spoils with the 497 00:33:22,100 --> 00:33:26,800 strong because he poured out his life unto death and was numbered 498 00:33:26,800 --> 00:33:30,600 with the transgressors for, he bore the sin of many and made 499 00:33:30,600 --> 00:33:34,000 intercession for the transgression grants 500 00:33:34,000 --> 00:33:37,300 transgressors. This is where you find the love 501 00:33:37,300 --> 00:33:38,700 of God. You want to find the love of 502 00:33:38,700 --> 00:33:41,300 God, this is the only place you're going to find it. 503 00:33:42,700 --> 00:33:46,700 It's in Jesus Christ. Because when you find an 504 00:33:46,700 --> 00:33:50,600 intimate, personal relationship with Jesus Christ, you find the 505 00:33:50,600 --> 00:33:53,800 love of almighty God and listen to me. 506 00:33:53,800 --> 00:33:59,000 It is not a leap of faith. It's a step. 507 00:34:00,500 --> 00:34:03,400 A faith. Not, when you look behind the 508 00:34:03,400 --> 00:34:08,100 curtain. It's not ignorant or naive. 509 00:34:09,500 --> 00:34:14,400 Do not refuse to believe even when the evidence is so obvious, 510 00:34:14,699 --> 00:34:21,300 watch your doubt diminish and your faith will find its feet on 511 00:34:21,300 --> 00:34:24,199 the facts. Christmas isn't just about the 512 00:34:24,199 --> 00:34:29,199 fact that Jesus came. It's about why he came how he 513 00:34:29,199 --> 00:34:32,600 came. And the difference that it makes 514 00:34:32,600 --> 00:34:35,500 I want you to think about that. As we move to a time of 515 00:34:35,500 --> 00:34:48,699 decision, my favorite place in Israel is caesarea Philippi, 516 00:34:49,600 --> 00:34:52,500 where Jesus asked the question, who do people say that I am and 517 00:34:52,800 --> 00:34:54,500 Simon? Peter says you are the Christ, 518 00:34:54,500 --> 00:34:56,300 the son of the Living. God, it's beautiful place. 519 00:34:56,500 --> 00:34:59,000 Love it. This is my second favorite 520 00:34:59,000 --> 00:35:02,900 place. The stand there at the Eastern 521 00:35:02,900 --> 00:35:07,700 Gate. You see when I stand there, I 522 00:35:07,700 --> 00:35:12,100 look backward. And I see Jesus. 523 00:35:14,800 --> 00:35:21,200 I see him coming West. On the Mount of Olives is very 524 00:35:21,200 --> 00:35:24,500 steep road that goes down through the Garden of Gethsemane 525 00:35:24,500 --> 00:35:27,900 in the Kidron Valley, and then up to the Eastern Gate. 526 00:35:29,200 --> 00:35:32,900 And when Jesus is walking into Jerusalem, he sees the gate 527 00:35:32,900 --> 00:35:36,100 behind the gate, he sees the temple and behind the temple. 528 00:35:37,700 --> 00:35:41,500 Short distance. Is Golgotha. 529 00:35:45,200 --> 00:35:46,700 He sees it, he knows what's coming. 530 00:35:47,800 --> 00:35:51,300 He knows that there will be saying Hosanna, he knows later 531 00:35:51,300 --> 00:35:55,300 on that same week, they're going to say crucify, he knows that 532 00:35:55,800 --> 00:35:59,900 he's still coming, not stopping, he's not stopping for anything 533 00:36:00,500 --> 00:36:05,700 he's coming. he takes that ride and he goes through that gate, 534 00:36:06,700 --> 00:36:15,900 he being the sacrifice and the prince He's given over to the 535 00:36:15,900 --> 00:36:21,700 priests religious leaders. Under the power of the Roman 536 00:36:21,700 --> 00:36:26,900 government, arrest him, they beating abused him, and they 537 00:36:26,900 --> 00:36:33,000 take him all the way. To the Cross to the place of the 538 00:36:33,000 --> 00:36:38,400 skull. And as they lift him up on that 539 00:36:38,400 --> 00:36:44,800 cross, he faces East. and as he's bleeding and sweating and 540 00:36:44,800 --> 00:36:48,500 dying for your sins, you can see the temple. 541 00:36:51,000 --> 00:36:52,600 And you can see the Eastern Gate. 542 00:36:54,400 --> 00:36:55,900 And you can see the Mount of Olives. 543 00:37:00,800 --> 00:37:04,600 He gives his life. On that cross for you and for me 544 00:37:06,000 --> 00:37:07,900 and they bury him in a tomb right there. 545 00:37:09,700 --> 00:37:12,900 But on Sunday morning, he rose from the dead. 546 00:37:15,400 --> 00:37:20,800 And he showed himself alive. Until 50 days after his passion 547 00:37:21,400 --> 00:37:23,800 for 40 days, he gives me 40 days after his passion. 548 00:37:25,900 --> 00:37:30,100 And he walked by the temple. And he walked through the 549 00:37:30,100 --> 00:37:34,600 Eastern Gate. Down through the Garden of 550 00:37:34,600 --> 00:37:36,600 Gethsemane, where he sweat blood. 551 00:37:38,500 --> 00:37:44,500 Up on the Mount of Olives. He turned around and while he 552 00:37:44,500 --> 00:37:48,500 was speaking to them. He started to lift up in the 553 00:37:48,500 --> 00:37:51,900 air. Until a cloud received him out 554 00:37:51,900 --> 00:37:55,300 of their sight and two angels were there. 555 00:37:57,000 --> 00:38:00,300 And they said, why are you looking into heaven the same, 556 00:38:00,300 --> 00:38:04,600 Jesus, as you've seen go, he's coming back just like you saw 557 00:38:04,600 --> 00:38:06,700 him and do you know what the Bible says? 558 00:38:08,200 --> 00:38:10,500 The Bible says that there's going to come a day. 559 00:38:12,600 --> 00:38:18,600 When Jesus riding a white horse. Who is called faithful and true, 560 00:38:19,200 --> 00:38:24,500 who has a robe dipped in blood. The name written on him. 561 00:38:24,500 --> 00:38:29,300 That no one knows except himself, king of kings, and Lord 562 00:38:29,300 --> 00:38:33,200 of lords riding that white horse with all of the multitudes and 563 00:38:33,200 --> 00:38:38,100 armies of heaven with him. And the Bible says that in that 564 00:38:38,100 --> 00:38:45,600 day, his feet will stand on the Mount of Olives and it says that 565 00:38:45,600 --> 00:38:52,600 the Mount of Olives will be ripped in half And he will walk, 566 00:38:53,200 --> 00:38:56,100 he'll take that Steed. He won't walk you'll take that 567 00:38:56,100 --> 00:39:01,100 steed. Down through the Kidron Valley, 568 00:39:01,100 --> 00:39:05,800 through the Garden of Gethsemane and that gate will not be shut 569 00:39:05,800 --> 00:39:09,700 anymore because he will blow a hole through that gate is, he's 570 00:39:09,700 --> 00:39:17,300 coming as the prince. And he will take his place. on 571 00:39:17,300 --> 00:39:23,200 his throne, the Throne of his father, David and rain and do 572 00:39:23,200 --> 00:39:30,000 you know what I say to that? Even so come Lord, Jesus. 573 00:39:31,300 --> 00:39:34,000 Come on. Take us home. 574 00:39:35,300 --> 00:39:38,600 Take us to the place that you've prepared for us. 575 00:39:39,200 --> 00:39:41,300 There are some of you here today. 576 00:39:42,000 --> 00:39:46,100 There's some of you that have never come into an intimate, 577 00:39:46,100 --> 00:39:48,100 personal relationship with Jesus Christ. 578 00:39:48,100 --> 00:39:53,900 And I am telling you, That is where you find the love of God. 579 00:39:54,600 --> 00:39:59,000 And if you want to make a decision today is the day, now 580 00:39:59,000 --> 00:40:02,800 is the point of time right now. Make a decision and come to 581 00:40:02,808 --> 00:40:05,200 Christ. They'll be someone standing 582 00:40:05,200 --> 00:40:08,500 right over there by that baptistry that will walk you 583 00:40:08,500 --> 00:40:12,200 through your next steps. Don't let this moment pass you 584 00:40:12,200 --> 00:40:17,100 by Many of you are here today and you've made that decision 585 00:40:17,100 --> 00:40:19,000 for Jesus Christ. But you know what? 586 00:40:19,000 --> 00:40:23,400 All the noise of this world and all of the urgent things have 587 00:40:25,000 --> 00:40:27,200 Completely drowned out. What is important? 588 00:40:29,600 --> 00:40:37,600 That Jesus Christ is born born to live, Born to Die, born to 589 00:40:37,600 --> 00:40:41,000 rise. Again, born to go back to his 590 00:40:41,000 --> 00:40:46,400 father, born to come back for all of the father's, lost 591 00:40:46,400 --> 00:40:50,800 children to take them home. And maybe today is the day you 592 00:40:50,800 --> 00:40:55,100 come up here to these steps. And you say, Lord Help me to get 593 00:40:55,100 --> 00:40:59,800 past all the noise of the season and instead remember it's all 594 00:40:59,800 --> 00:41:03,500 about you. And that'll get you through the 595 00:41:03,500 --> 00:41:09,100 hardest times. Would you think about that as we 596 00:41:09,100 --> 00:41:11,500 stand? Let's pray together. 597 00:41:11,500 --> 00:41:14,000 Heavenly father in Jesus name, take this moment. 598 00:41:14,000 --> 00:41:17,300 It's your moment. They're all your moments. 599 00:41:17,300 --> 00:41:19,000 Help us. Father to agree with you and 600 00:41:19,000 --> 00:41:22,800 recognize it. Just recognize it right now and 601 00:41:22,800 --> 00:41:24,600 let you have your way in it for some of us. 602 00:41:24,600 --> 00:41:29,800 Father, that is coming to you and saying I need a savior. 603 00:41:30,800 --> 00:41:34,700 You're saying, Hosanna. You're saying save us, not just 604 00:41:34,700 --> 00:41:43,200 us me me. To the son of David. 605 00:41:45,400 --> 00:41:53,500 Hosanna in the highest. Help us to recognize you to see 606 00:41:53,500 --> 00:41:56,700 what is obvious in Jesus name. Amen. 607 00:41:49,600 --> 00:41:55,600 Help us to recognize you to see what is obvious in Jesus name. 608 00:41:56,200 --> 00:41:56,700 Amen.