1 00:00:02,800 --> 00:00:05,200 After healing two, Blind Men in Jericho. 2 00:00:06,400 --> 00:00:09,800 And pronouncing salvation for the household of Zacchaeus. 3 00:00:11,100 --> 00:00:14,300 Jesus continues, his final journey toward Jerusalem. 4 00:00:15,400 --> 00:00:19,800 The road between the two cities of Jericho and Jerusalem was 5 00:00:19,800 --> 00:00:21,900 always rough. And it was always rugged and 6 00:00:21,900 --> 00:00:25,200 very difficult. It was filled with Highwaymen. 7 00:00:25,900 --> 00:00:28,700 In fact, it was extremely dangerous, during less busy 8 00:00:28,700 --> 00:00:31,500 times of the year, you might remember that. 9 00:00:31,500 --> 00:00:35,500 The Jericho Road is the seeing or the setting that Jesus uses 10 00:00:35,800 --> 00:00:40,100 when it gives the parable of the Good Samaritan, and the distance 11 00:00:40,100 --> 00:00:44,200 between Jericho to Jerusalem is about Seventeen or eighteen 12 00:00:44,200 --> 00:00:48,700 hundred miles. It's I'm sorry, a 17 or 18 miles 13 00:00:48,900 --> 00:00:53,700 from Jericho to Jerusalem and it required walking uphill and a 14 00:00:53,708 --> 00:00:58,700 sending some 2,600 feet in altitude before reaching the 15 00:00:58,700 --> 00:01:01,700 Temple Mount. At this time of the year though, 16 00:01:01,700 --> 00:01:05,500 the roads were very crowded and people were headed to Jerusalem 17 00:01:05,500 --> 00:01:09,800 for the Passover. One of the three annual feasts 18 00:01:09,800 --> 00:01:14,200 under Judaism, some Scholars have suggested that the city 19 00:01:14,200 --> 00:01:17,200 swells to me. The two million people during 20 00:01:17,200 --> 00:01:21,300 the time of this feast. And if it is, as John MacArthur 21 00:01:21,300 --> 00:01:25,500 notes that there was one lamb offered for every 10 people, 22 00:01:25,900 --> 00:01:30,100 that would mean, there were more than 200 thousand Lambs that 23 00:01:30,100 --> 00:01:35,200 were killed during this Feast. But on this occasion, the juice 24 00:01:35,200 --> 00:01:38,600 failed to realize that each of these Lambs points to a single 25 00:01:38,600 --> 00:01:42,300 perfect sacrifice. The only one Lambs blood is 26 00:01:42,300 --> 00:01:47,200 going to matter is the blood of Jesus Is that year as John 27 00:01:47,200 --> 00:01:50,900 chapter 1 and verse 29, says, as John, the Baptist sees Jesus 28 00:01:50,900 --> 00:01:55,400 coming and he says, Behold the Lamb of God who takes away the 29 00:01:55,400 --> 00:01:59,400 sin of the world. Well Matthews narrative proceeds 30 00:01:59,400 --> 00:02:03,400 from the events at Jericho and goes directly to the triumphal 31 00:02:03,400 --> 00:02:08,199 entry now, tradition holds that it was on a Sunday. 32 00:02:08,199 --> 00:02:12,800 And I might say every single scholar that I read says that 33 00:02:12,800 --> 00:02:18,000 this day was, in fact, Sunday, one scholar said that it was on 34 00:02:18,000 --> 00:02:22,500 Monday and not Sunday and his rationale was, if we consider 35 00:02:22,500 --> 00:02:26,500 him to make his triumphal entry on Monday, it would eliminate. 36 00:02:26,500 --> 00:02:29,500 What is called today, dead Wednesday. 37 00:02:29,800 --> 00:02:33,700 In other words, we find things that are found on every single 38 00:02:33,700 --> 00:02:37,800 day, except Wednesday. If Jesus made his triumphal 39 00:02:37,800 --> 00:02:40,400 entry on Sunday. You know what I say to that big 40 00:02:40,400 --> 00:02:45,100 deal? Big deal his triumphal entry on 41 00:02:45,100 --> 00:02:48,700 Sunday. No doubt as tradition would 42 00:02:48,700 --> 00:02:52,900 assume, and just because nothing was recorded on Wednesday really 43 00:02:53,100 --> 00:02:57,100 makes no difference at all. All we know is tradition says 44 00:02:57,100 --> 00:03:00,400 that it was on Sunday, you know, it makes perfect sense. 45 00:03:00,400 --> 00:03:04,300 That it would be on Sunday. How many great events that we 46 00:03:04,300 --> 00:03:07,600 find in the Bible in the New Testament that was found on 47 00:03:07,600 --> 00:03:09,600 Sunday. We're going to find out that 48 00:03:09,600 --> 00:03:11,700 later on after Jesus was crucified. 49 00:03:11,800 --> 00:03:16,300 I'd that early on on Sunday morning the Lord's day, he rose 50 00:03:16,300 --> 00:03:19,200 from the dead. So we did that on the first day 51 00:03:19,200 --> 00:03:23,300 of the week or on Sunday, you remember that the very same day, 52 00:03:23,300 --> 00:03:26,500 just a little bit later, he meets with two disciples that 53 00:03:26,500 --> 00:03:30,500 were on there Emmaus Road, and he preaches a sermon to them, 54 00:03:30,700 --> 00:03:34,300 and he begins with Moses and the prophets and he preaches 55 00:03:34,300 --> 00:03:38,300 everything about himself. The first sermon preached after 56 00:03:38,300 --> 00:03:40,600 the resurrection of Jesus Christ. 57 00:03:40,600 --> 00:03:44,000 Do you remember what those men? Said those men said, oh, didn't 58 00:03:44,000 --> 00:03:47,400 our hearts burn within us. When he showed us the scriptures 59 00:03:47,500 --> 00:03:51,300 along the way, that was a very important event that happened on 60 00:03:51,300 --> 00:03:53,800 Sunday. Later on that night, he meets 61 00:03:53,800 --> 00:03:58,100 with those disciples again. His disciples back in Jerusalem 62 00:03:58,300 --> 00:04:01,700 Thomas was not present and he preaches another sermon. 63 00:04:02,700 --> 00:04:06,300 And then what about eight days later, you know, Thomas was not 64 00:04:06,300 --> 00:04:09,100 there with the disciples when Jesus met with them in 65 00:04:09,100 --> 00:04:12,100 Jerusalem. The first time, the Bible says 66 00:04:12,100 --> 00:04:14,600 eight days later and the way that they counted days, they 67 00:04:14,600 --> 00:04:16,899 counted Sunday, they kind of the day you were on. 68 00:04:17,000 --> 00:04:20,200 For example, if I hold an eight-day meeting, it's Sunday 69 00:04:20,200 --> 00:04:23,100 to Sunday, you count the day, you began and the day that you 70 00:04:23,108 --> 00:04:26,400 end eight days. So, when the Bible says, eight 71 00:04:26,400 --> 00:04:30,200 days later, he meets again with his disciples and guess who's 72 00:04:30,200 --> 00:04:32,200 there that time? It wasn't. 73 00:04:32,400 --> 00:04:37,000 It was in fact, Thomas first day of the week on Sunday. 74 00:04:37,200 --> 00:04:39,900 Furthermore, we find that the church was established on the 75 00:04:39,900 --> 00:04:43,400 day of Pentecost, and that was on Sunday. 76 00:04:43,500 --> 00:04:47,200 So, just about every scholar, says that this particular event 77 00:04:47,200 --> 00:04:52,500 happened on, no doubt on Sunday. Also, if you can go to a Hebrew 78 00:04:52,500 --> 00:04:56,500 encyclopedia which I referenced you will also find and really 79 00:04:56,500 --> 00:04:59,600 everybody agreed with this, that this is an event that happened 80 00:04:59,600 --> 00:05:03,000 in the month of April. Now. 81 00:05:04,500 --> 00:05:09,200 Here's the problem. The problem wasn't where the 82 00:05:09,200 --> 00:05:12,600 discrepancy wasn't that day or the month. 83 00:05:13,800 --> 00:05:19,400 The discrepancy between Scholars was what was the year and we 84 00:05:19,400 --> 00:05:23,200 have said our whole life or I have that Jesus was crucified 85 00:05:23,200 --> 00:05:27,700 and AD 33 that the church was established in Jerusalem on the 86 00:05:27,700 --> 00:05:33,800 day of Pentecost and AD 33. I've shown you Church buildings 87 00:05:33,800 --> 00:05:38,200 in the Philippines and it says Church of Christ on the building 88 00:05:38,200 --> 00:05:44,200 and says established a d 33. But you can notice a variety of 89 00:05:44,200 --> 00:05:47,500 Scholars and you will find that some save based on that 90 00:05:47,500 --> 00:05:53,000 calendar, that it was a D30 While others said adye 33. 91 00:05:53,100 --> 00:05:56,300 I'm not going to spend a lot of time on this, but I want to just 92 00:05:56,300 --> 00:05:59,500 say this, I have always believed. 93 00:05:59,500 --> 00:06:06,200 It was a t-33 I still believe that that it was a d 33 but it 94 00:06:06,200 --> 00:06:08,500 just give me a couple of minutes and I'm going to show you why 95 00:06:08,500 --> 00:06:12,400 I'm going to give you a reason why I believe it was a t-33. 96 00:06:12,400 --> 00:06:14,900 So if I'm wrong, I'm wrong. But at least now I have a 97 00:06:14,907 --> 00:06:17,100 reason. Let me notice with you the 98 00:06:17,100 --> 00:06:20,300 following. There are seven Clues regarding 99 00:06:20,300 --> 00:06:25,900 the date of the crucifixion 7. Clues number one clue, it was 100 00:06:25,900 --> 00:06:29,700 during the high priesthood of Caiaphas, we know about that 101 00:06:29,700 --> 00:06:32,000 crumb, we know all about Caiaphas, right? 102 00:06:32,300 --> 00:06:36,700 He reigned from a d-18 to a d-36. 103 00:06:36,700 --> 00:06:39,500 So now we have a starting point. Let's go further. 104 00:06:39,500 --> 00:06:43,600 Let's go even more breaking down during the governorship of 105 00:06:43,600 --> 00:06:47,000 Pontius Pilate. Jesus was crucified. 106 00:06:48,000 --> 00:06:54,700 He served as Governor from 80 7:34 E36, narrowing it down even 107 00:06:54,700 --> 00:06:58,200 more. What else it was after the 15th 108 00:06:58,200 --> 00:07:03,100 year of Tiberius Caesar, which was in ad 29. 109 00:07:03,200 --> 00:07:05,300 Now, we're narrowing it down even more. 110 00:07:05,700 --> 00:07:08,000 What else do we know about the crucifixion? 111 00:07:08,100 --> 00:07:13,300 We know this that Jesus was crucified on Friday, it was the 112 00:07:13,300 --> 00:07:16,000 day of preparation. I'm not going to go deep into 113 00:07:16,000 --> 00:07:17,400 this. You've heard my sermon about 114 00:07:17,400 --> 00:07:20,600 that. At Paris Q&A is the day for 115 00:07:20,600 --> 00:07:22,500 Preparation. That's what the word is. 116 00:07:23,100 --> 00:07:27,900 And that word literally means the day before the Sabbath, it 117 00:07:27,900 --> 00:07:31,700 was such a well-known word, that it actually became a technical 118 00:07:31,700 --> 00:07:35,400 term for Friday. So we know that it was during 119 00:07:35,400 --> 00:07:38,300 the high priesthood of Caiaphas, it was during the governorship 120 00:07:38,300 --> 00:07:41,900 of Pontius Pilate it was after the 15th year of Tiberius Caesar 121 00:07:42,000 --> 00:07:46,700 and it has to be on a Friday. All right, here's the problem. 122 00:07:48,100 --> 00:07:51,700 There's a whole lot of Friday's between 80 2980 36. 123 00:07:52,900 --> 00:07:54,600 So this is a very special Friday. 124 00:07:55,000 --> 00:07:57,200 You know what? It was, it was a Friday at 125 00:07:57,200 --> 00:08:02,300 Passover. I read in a Hebrew encyclopedia 126 00:08:02,300 --> 00:08:08,600 this week that they call this day, Arab Shabbat, Arab Shabbat, 127 00:08:08,600 --> 00:08:11,400 you know what that means, that word actually means that phrase 128 00:08:11,400 --> 00:08:16,500 means the eve of the seventh. So it's on a Friday. 129 00:08:16,500 --> 00:08:17,400 What? Friday? 130 00:08:17,400 --> 00:08:20,400 It has to be on the eve of the Sabbath. 131 00:08:21,100 --> 00:08:23,700 It's Paris q a day. It's that Friday. 132 00:08:23,700 --> 00:08:27,100 Okay. Now, watch this, this is a list 133 00:08:27,100 --> 00:08:31,600 of all eight passover's that happened over the years between 134 00:08:31,600 --> 00:08:35,400 the years, eighty twenty nine and eighty 36, and the night 135 00:08:35,400 --> 00:08:37,299 that they begin. So remember this. 136 00:08:37,400 --> 00:08:40,500 This, if we're talking about when the Lord was crucified, it 137 00:08:40,500 --> 00:08:45,300 is the night that the Passover began, it has to be on Friday. 138 00:08:45,400 --> 00:08:49,700 And that's when it of the Sabbath of these eight years 139 00:08:49,800 --> 00:08:54,000 only to fell on Friday. So here's the two days. 140 00:08:54,400 --> 00:09:00,300 It's either April 7th 8030. Or it's April 3rd, a d 33. 141 00:09:01,900 --> 00:09:03,800 How can we know those are the two? 142 00:09:04,400 --> 00:09:08,700 How can we know? Well, first of all, there are 143 00:09:09,700 --> 00:09:12,300 three passover's of there were three passover's during the 144 00:09:12,300 --> 00:09:16,300 ministry of Jesus. Three of them, one was in the 145 00:09:16,300 --> 00:09:20,800 beginning. One was in the middle and one 146 00:09:20,800 --> 00:09:23,700 was at the end. Now, you know what that means? 147 00:09:23,900 --> 00:09:27,900 That means that the ministry of Jesus is at least 2 years long. 148 00:09:28,000 --> 00:09:31,000 Now we believe it to be about three and a half, but it's at 149 00:09:31,000 --> 00:09:34,800 least two years long now, remember just doing the math and 150 00:09:34,800 --> 00:09:37,500 counting the days. It was in the fifteenth year of 151 00:09:37,500 --> 00:09:41,300 Tiberius Caesar. That is a t29 has to be after 152 00:09:41,300 --> 00:09:43,700 that. Jesus has to be crucified after 153 00:09:43,700 --> 00:09:48,300 that, we find here that it Jesus's Ministry was at. 82 154 00:09:48,300 --> 00:09:51,900 years. 80, 29, 80 30. Guess what? 155 00:09:52,000 --> 00:09:54,800 The math doesn't add up. 80. 30s out. 156 00:09:54,800 --> 00:09:59,200 There's not enough years. What else? 157 00:10:02,100 --> 00:10:09,000 On Friday, April 3rd. 8033. But what about going a little 158 00:10:09,000 --> 00:10:12,900 bit further? The Bible says, a new in Luke's 159 00:10:12,900 --> 00:10:16,500 account that Jesus was crucified. and it was the third 160 00:10:16,500 --> 00:10:19,100 hour of the day that he was nailed to the cross as 9 a.m. 161 00:10:20,000 --> 00:10:22,700 At the sixth hour or noon. The Bible says it was Darkness 162 00:10:22,700 --> 00:10:27,200 over all the Earth. And at 3:00 Jesus said or the 163 00:10:27,200 --> 00:10:32,200 ninth hour, Jesus says to his father, it is finished and he 164 00:10:32,200 --> 00:10:34,500 said, father into thy hands. I commend my spirit. 165 00:10:35,100 --> 00:10:42,000 So Jesus died on Friday, April 3rd, 8033 at 3, p.m. the 166 00:10:42,000 --> 00:10:45,300 crucifixion of Jesus Christ. Now, I will tell you this. 167 00:10:45,300 --> 00:10:50,400 If Scholars are wrong about April about that day, I know 168 00:10:50,400 --> 00:10:52,200 they're not wrong about this because I read it in the Bible. 169 00:10:53,200 --> 00:10:57,900 I deferred to Scholars, I deferred to Jewish scholars in 170 00:10:57,900 --> 00:11:01,000 the Hebrew encyclopedia because that was the day of the 171 00:11:01,000 --> 00:11:03,200 Passover. All right, now that's when 172 00:11:03,200 --> 00:11:06,000 Passover began. But even if that is not the 173 00:11:06,008 --> 00:11:09,300 case, we know for a fact, it's on Paris q a day, it's Friday. 174 00:11:09,500 --> 00:11:11,100 We know it's the eve of the Sabbath. 175 00:11:11,200 --> 00:11:15,000 We know that it was at 3:00 and the years tell us and has to be 176 00:11:15,300 --> 00:11:17,500 a d 33. All right? 177 00:11:17,500 --> 00:11:19,900 Well as my father-in-law would say that's free, no charge on 178 00:11:19,900 --> 00:11:22,200 that, but I thought that was rather interesting. 179 00:11:22,200 --> 00:11:24,200 And if I'm going to keep Saying it's a t-33. 180 00:11:24,200 --> 00:11:26,500 I felt like I'd have a reason. I give you a reason. 181 00:11:26,500 --> 00:11:30,600 This is my reason. Okay, let's go back to 5 days. 182 00:11:31,500 --> 00:11:35,700 Let's go back to 5 days now, and when we do, we find Jesus 183 00:11:35,700 --> 00:11:38,100 triumphantly enters the city of Jerusalem. 184 00:11:38,600 --> 00:11:41,400 And as they came near, the Mount of Olives, Jesus sent two 185 00:11:41,400 --> 00:11:45,400 disciples into a village. And he said these words saying 186 00:11:45,400 --> 00:11:50,400 to them go into the village opposite, you and immediately 187 00:11:50,400 --> 00:11:55,200 you will find a donkey tied and a A Colt with her loose them and 188 00:11:55,200 --> 00:11:59,000 bring them to me. Now it's not certain what 189 00:11:59,000 --> 00:12:00,800 village the Lord's talking about. 190 00:12:01,800 --> 00:12:05,100 For example, it could have been Bethany, it could have been. 191 00:12:05,200 --> 00:12:07,600 And by the way, how you pronounce the word, I'll just 192 00:12:07,600 --> 00:12:10,300 share it with you. The majority of Scholars say 193 00:12:10,300 --> 00:12:13,500 that the way to pronounce the name of this Village is 194 00:12:13,500 --> 00:12:15,900 bethphage. The majority of people say 195 00:12:15,900 --> 00:12:19,600 that's what it was, but I got to tell you, you can Google it and 196 00:12:19,600 --> 00:12:21,100 I'll give you a whole lot of sources. 197 00:12:21,500 --> 00:12:27,200 And I heard all manner of ideas, Beth fidge be Fades Beth pudgy, 198 00:12:27,200 --> 00:12:29,500 whatever it is. I'm going to go with bethphage 199 00:12:29,500 --> 00:12:32,700 because that was the majority of them, it could Have been Bethany 200 00:12:32,800 --> 00:12:37,000 and it could have been bethphage to go in and get a donkey. 201 00:12:37,400 --> 00:12:42,500 Now understand this though really what matters is Bethany 202 00:12:42,500 --> 00:12:48,200 bethphage and Gethsemane were all on the Mount of Olives and 203 00:12:48,200 --> 00:12:54,100 soon as they enter the village Jesus says this There's going to 204 00:12:54,100 --> 00:12:58,800 be a cult there. You're the word cult means comes 205 00:12:58,800 --> 00:13:03,100 from a word Poland and it means the young of any animal. 206 00:13:04,600 --> 00:13:07,800 So we understand that we understand by a cult know, all 207 00:13:07,800 --> 00:13:11,900 about cults. My question is though, have you 208 00:13:11,908 --> 00:13:14,600 ever wondered? Why a donkey? 209 00:13:15,400 --> 00:13:19,900 My donkey JW McGarvey says, numerous scripture references, 210 00:13:19,900 --> 00:13:24,700 show that the donkey was held in high esteem mation in the east. 211 00:13:24,700 --> 00:13:28,600 In fact, the sons of the judges use them David's. 212 00:13:28,600 --> 00:13:32,900 Mule for example, was used at the coronation of Solomon, look 213 00:13:32,900 --> 00:13:35,200 at Judges chapter 10. In verse 4. 214 00:13:36,100 --> 00:13:43,300 Now, he has 30 sons, who rode on 30 donkeys, they also had 30 215 00:13:43,300 --> 00:13:48,700 towns which are called, Hey, Voth Jr to this day, which are 216 00:13:48,700 --> 00:13:53,800 in the land of Gilead. Another Passage. 217 00:13:54,800 --> 00:13:57,900 And there's really a point to this, stay with me on this first 218 00:13:57,900 --> 00:14:03,000 Kings one, and 33. The king also said to them, take 219 00:14:03,000 --> 00:14:05,800 with you the Servants of our Lord and have Solomon. 220 00:14:05,800 --> 00:14:13,500 My son Ride On My Own, mule interesting in the specific case 221 00:14:13,500 --> 00:14:18,100 of Jesus, here it is stated that no man had ever sat on the cult. 222 00:14:18,700 --> 00:14:22,500 If the cold had been used by men as one scholar said, it would 223 00:14:22,500 --> 00:14:25,200 have been unfit for sacred. Purposes. 224 00:14:25,300 --> 00:14:28,900 Let me give you a passage in the Old Testament in Numbers Chapter 225 00:14:28,900 --> 00:14:33,200 19 and verse 2. This is the ordinance of the law 226 00:14:33,200 --> 00:14:36,800 which the Lord has commanded saying speak to the children of 227 00:14:36,800 --> 00:14:41,900 Israel that they bring you a red heifer without blemish in which 228 00:14:41,900 --> 00:14:46,200 there is no defect and on which a yolk has never come. 229 00:14:47,000 --> 00:14:50,700 Now, in other words, if a human had used it, it would have been 230 00:14:50,700 --> 00:14:56,300 unfit for that kind of use. In the same as with Jesus. 231 00:14:57,700 --> 00:15:00,200 But in addition to this theme, though of being unused, it 232 00:15:00,200 --> 00:15:04,800 wasn't foreign with Jesus The theme is echoed elsewhere in his 233 00:15:04,800 --> 00:15:08,100 life. He was obviously born of a 234 00:15:08,100 --> 00:15:11,900 virgin, he was buried in an unused tomb. 235 00:15:12,700 --> 00:15:15,900 So all of those things are certainly a common theme in the 236 00:15:15,900 --> 00:15:19,700 life of Jesus. But the main reason that that a 237 00:15:19,700 --> 00:15:23,600 donkey had to be used, is because it fulfilled Messianic 238 00:15:23,600 --> 00:15:30,500 prophecy in Zechariah Chapter 9 And verse 9, it says Rejoice 239 00:15:30,500 --> 00:15:35,000 greatly o Daughter of Zion. Shout o, daughter of Jerusalem. 240 00:15:35,300 --> 00:15:37,500 Behold your king is coming to you. 241 00:15:37,800 --> 00:15:43,200 He is just and having salvation lowly and riding on a donkey on 242 00:15:43,208 --> 00:15:48,400 a Colt, the foal of a donkey. All right. 243 00:15:49,900 --> 00:15:53,400 The thrust of all this is that the king would come in. 244 00:15:53,400 --> 00:15:55,000 Peace to please. Hold that thought. 245 00:15:55,000 --> 00:15:57,000 Please hear what I just said and hold that thought. 246 00:15:57,200 --> 00:16:03,100 The king would come. In peace Zechariah. 247 00:16:03,100 --> 00:16:05,700 Also predicted that the coming of Zions king would be a 248 00:16:05,708 --> 00:16:10,100 glorious event, the people would rejoice and they would shout 249 00:16:10,200 --> 00:16:12,300 and, you know, that prediction really happened that happened on 250 00:16:12,300 --> 00:16:15,500 that day as Jesus enters Jerusalem. 251 00:16:16,200 --> 00:16:20,000 Unfortunately, the praise of men is short-lived and those voices 252 00:16:20,000 --> 00:16:22,800 that hail Victory are going to in just a few days. 253 00:16:22,800 --> 00:16:26,900 Say crucify him. Crucify him. 254 00:16:28,700 --> 00:16:31,200 Now, most people think about a donkey, as a humble Beast of 255 00:16:31,200 --> 00:16:34,500 Burden, I got to tell you, I have totally missed this point, 256 00:16:34,500 --> 00:16:39,200 all my life. I have totally missed the point 257 00:16:39,200 --> 00:16:44,000 of why Jesus rode a donkey. And if my mind is because of 258 00:16:44,000 --> 00:16:48,400 what most people do, we think about a donkey as a beast of 259 00:16:48,400 --> 00:16:52,500 burden, in other words, what donkeys do is they pull 260 00:16:52,500 --> 00:16:55,200 something? Or they pack something? 261 00:16:56,400 --> 00:16:59,100 No, nobody likes and what nobody wants to ride a donkey. 262 00:16:59,100 --> 00:17:01,000 By the way, I was around horses, my whole life. 263 00:17:01,200 --> 00:17:04,099 And, you know, you can't, we say you can't win the Kentucky Derby 264 00:17:04,099 --> 00:17:06,800 on the back of a donkey, just the way that it is. 265 00:17:07,800 --> 00:17:11,900 But in Palestine, at that time donkeys, I read were different. 266 00:17:11,900 --> 00:17:15,000 They were smaller in stature. They were strong and frame, they 267 00:17:15,000 --> 00:17:18,500 were quick and fast, and you know what else they look, better 268 00:17:18,599 --> 00:17:21,200 than the ugly looking donkeys. That we know today. 269 00:17:22,000 --> 00:17:23,599 There's nothing uglier than a mule. 270 00:17:25,599 --> 00:17:29,400 Quite different back then. And I always thought this to 271 00:17:29,400 --> 00:17:34,900 folks, I always thought this, I always thought that Jesus rode 272 00:17:34,900 --> 00:17:39,300 in on the back of a donkey as part of his humiliation, that's 273 00:17:39,300 --> 00:17:42,200 number one. I also thought that he wrote on 274 00:17:42,200 --> 00:17:46,000 the back of a donkey because he was going to be a king, and his 275 00:17:46,000 --> 00:17:49,200 kingdom is not going to be an Earthly Kingdom. 276 00:17:49,400 --> 00:17:53,600 Therefore, he would not ride in on a horse like an Earthly King, 277 00:17:53,600 --> 00:17:57,100 he would ride in on a donkey and that would distinguish his 278 00:17:57,100 --> 00:17:59,500 kingdom. From the kingdoms of the world, 279 00:17:59,500 --> 00:18:01,400 guess what? That is not true. 280 00:18:03,000 --> 00:18:08,000 That is not true. Do you know when a King Road to 281 00:18:08,000 --> 00:18:10,800 war? You know what he did? 282 00:18:10,800 --> 00:18:12,300 When a king went to war, you know, he did. 283 00:18:14,800 --> 00:18:19,100 He rode a horse. When he came came back and 284 00:18:19,100 --> 00:18:23,800 entered in peace. Amazing. 285 00:18:24,200 --> 00:18:29,900 He wrote a donkey. What the Lord was doing, is he 286 00:18:29,900 --> 00:18:32,700 was coming in? He was going to establish a 287 00:18:32,708 --> 00:18:35,500 kingdom. The Bible says it is a kingdom 288 00:18:35,500 --> 00:18:38,500 of Peace. In fact Jesus is our King we 289 00:18:38,500 --> 00:18:41,500 know that. But what is Jesus also called? 290 00:18:41,500 --> 00:18:47,600 He's called The Prince of Peace. So when Jesus wrote a donkey it 291 00:18:47,600 --> 00:18:51,200 was not part of his humiliation. He was coming and peace to 292 00:18:51,200 --> 00:18:54,700 establish a kingdom of Peace too. 293 00:18:56,400 --> 00:19:02,100 Okay, but here's the problem. In the Lord's poverty and the 294 00:19:02,100 --> 00:19:06,100 poverty of the disciples. He didn't have a donkey. 295 00:19:06,100 --> 00:19:09,500 So now we have to borrow one and so he's going to send them into 296 00:19:09,500 --> 00:19:13,400 a village, as the Bible says and he's going to offer some more 297 00:19:13,600 --> 00:19:19,200 instruction, he says this. And if anyone says anything to 298 00:19:19,200 --> 00:19:25,400 you, you shall say the Lord has need of them and immediately he 299 00:19:25,400 --> 00:19:28,600 will send them. Now, I got to tell you, I read a 300 00:19:28,600 --> 00:19:29,900 number of Scholars. You know what they say? 301 00:19:30,000 --> 00:19:33,700 They said they said we can't really know what he meant when 302 00:19:33,700 --> 00:19:37,900 he said Lord because there are various words in the English 303 00:19:37,900 --> 00:19:41,300 language that are from the original that are translated in 304 00:19:41,300 --> 00:19:43,900 the English language with many different names. 305 00:19:43,900 --> 00:19:48,100 For example, when Jesus was living many people called him, 306 00:19:48,100 --> 00:19:55,300 Lord, d-des Calais and it meant teacher master or Lord. 307 00:19:56,000 --> 00:19:58,600 So many times people call Jesus Lord, but they weren't calling 308 00:19:58,600 --> 00:20:00,500 him Lord, and Savior by saying, That. 309 00:20:01,400 --> 00:20:03,500 I don't think that has anything at all to do with this. 310 00:20:03,500 --> 00:20:05,500 Do you? This is not somebody calling the 311 00:20:05,500 --> 00:20:07,200 Lord. Anything this is the Lord 312 00:20:07,200 --> 00:20:09,900 referring to himself. And I think what he's saying is, 313 00:20:10,100 --> 00:20:13,400 when you go into a village and you untie the Koch and his 314 00:20:13,400 --> 00:20:15,500 mother. If somebody says what are you 315 00:20:15,500 --> 00:20:20,000 doing with him? You just say the Lord has need 316 00:20:20,000 --> 00:20:24,600 of them. Why not Jesus said, you tell me 317 00:20:24,608 --> 00:20:30,600 the Lord said, Further on that some Scholars said, this was a 318 00:20:30,600 --> 00:20:33,900 miracle. It was a miraculous event. 319 00:20:34,700 --> 00:20:38,100 Some Scholars said it was not a miracle but Jesus actually set 320 00:20:38,100 --> 00:20:42,500 it up in advance. some said that he didn't set it up in advance, 321 00:20:42,500 --> 00:20:46,600 it just shows his Supernatural knowledge, Really, it doesn't 322 00:20:46,600 --> 00:20:49,900 matter though and it's amazing. How many pages Scholars have 323 00:20:49,900 --> 00:20:51,600 written about. This very idea. 324 00:20:52,200 --> 00:20:55,600 All we know is, for sure, is whatever it was. 325 00:20:55,700 --> 00:20:58,000 The Lord said, this is what you tell them. 326 00:20:58,000 --> 00:21:01,100 This is the password, whatever you tell them, the Lord needs 327 00:21:01,100 --> 00:21:03,500 them. And by the way, the Lord was 328 00:21:03,500 --> 00:21:06,700 certainly capable of doing any of the three things that I said 329 00:21:06,700 --> 00:21:09,200 could have set it up. Could have been a miracle and 330 00:21:09,200 --> 00:21:14,200 certainly would have shown his Divine knowledge of everything. 331 00:21:14,400 --> 00:21:19,900 So, He says this and immediately, he will send them. 332 00:21:19,900 --> 00:21:23,200 You know what that means? That means that the Lord tells 333 00:21:23,200 --> 00:21:26,700 them, you go get the donkeys, you say the Lord needs him, but 334 00:21:26,700 --> 00:21:29,300 when he's done with them, they will be returned. 335 00:21:29,400 --> 00:21:34,400 That's what that phrase means. All right, let's go to Mark's 336 00:21:34,400 --> 00:21:41,000 account, Mark 11 and 6. And they spoke to them just as 337 00:21:41,000 --> 00:21:44,500 Jesus had commanded so they let them go. 338 00:21:45,400 --> 00:21:49,500 Verse 7. Then they brought the Colt to 339 00:21:49,500 --> 00:21:56,100 Jesus and they threw clothes on it and he sat on it. 340 00:21:56,800 --> 00:21:59,600 Now you're talking about a cult that has never been broken. 341 00:22:00,800 --> 00:22:04,500 You're talking about a cult. No one had ever sat on. 342 00:22:05,300 --> 00:22:09,100 So therefore there was never a saddle on the back of this coat. 343 00:22:10,300 --> 00:22:11,600 See, you know what the disciples do? 344 00:22:11,600 --> 00:22:16,000 The disciples make a makeshift saddle blanket if you will and 345 00:22:16,000 --> 00:22:18,800 they took their no doubt outer garments. 346 00:22:18,900 --> 00:22:21,400 The thin outer garment, the thin cloak. 347 00:22:21,600 --> 00:22:24,200 You've heard me talk about cloaks outer garments. 348 00:22:24,400 --> 00:22:25,800 No doubt. That's what they did. 349 00:22:25,900 --> 00:22:29,200 They took their outer garments like cloaks and they laid it on 350 00:22:29,200 --> 00:22:34,400 the back of this donkey for the Lord to sit on. 351 00:22:35,100 --> 00:22:39,700 Now, But in addition to that, I found it was very interesting. 352 00:22:39,700 --> 00:22:44,000 This is also a form of Royal homage using garments is the 353 00:22:44,000 --> 00:22:48,200 form of Royal almonds, plumber said this and points out, second 354 00:22:48,200 --> 00:22:52,900 Kings, chapter 9, and verse 13 that each man hastened to take 355 00:22:52,900 --> 00:22:57,000 His Garment and put it under him on the top of the steps. 356 00:22:57,200 --> 00:23:03,500 And they blew trumpet saying, Jay who is King So, not only did 357 00:23:03,500 --> 00:23:06,300 it need a saddle and didn't have one. 358 00:23:07,400 --> 00:23:11,900 The garments were used for that purpose, but it also was a way 359 00:23:11,900 --> 00:23:16,300 of Royal homage to Jesus by doing that very thing. 360 00:23:16,800 --> 00:23:18,400 Luke's account says that they helped. 361 00:23:18,400 --> 00:23:22,400 Jesus get on the back of this donkey. 362 00:23:22,500 --> 00:23:24,200 Now, let's stay with marks account. 363 00:23:24,800 --> 00:23:27,700 What else did they do in Mark 11 and verse 8? 364 00:23:29,300 --> 00:23:32,100 And many spread their clothes on the road. 365 00:23:33,200 --> 00:23:36,800 And others cut down leafy branches from the trees and they 366 00:23:36,800 --> 00:23:42,200 spread them on the road picture. If you will, this Royal Caravan, 367 00:23:43,200 --> 00:23:46,700 there are those that left Galilee with Jesus and the 12. 368 00:23:47,600 --> 00:23:51,000 There were those that perhaps followed him after Jesus raised 369 00:23:51,000 --> 00:23:55,300 Lazarus from the dead in Bethany and then all of a sudden they're 370 00:23:55,300 --> 00:23:58,300 going to get there and you're going to have a mass number of 371 00:23:58,300 --> 00:24:02,000 people, a multitude of people Jews if you will, that had 372 00:24:02,000 --> 00:24:04,400 gathered for the purpose of the Passover. 373 00:24:04,400 --> 00:24:09,200 All kinds of people are there. Here's the problem though. 374 00:24:10,200 --> 00:24:15,100 The people expect the Lord to establish an Earthly Kingdom and 375 00:24:15,100 --> 00:24:19,100 to finally, put an end to their oppression and to do something 376 00:24:19,100 --> 00:24:22,600 about Rome. In that amazing. 377 00:24:23,600 --> 00:24:25,200 How many people were following Jesus? 378 00:24:25,200 --> 00:24:27,800 Not because Jesus performed Miracles. 379 00:24:28,500 --> 00:24:31,100 Not because Jesus, preached things, that no man had ever 380 00:24:31,100 --> 00:24:34,300 preached and speaking as one who has Authority, that they said 381 00:24:35,200 --> 00:24:36,800 the greatest man that ever lived. 382 00:24:36,800 --> 00:24:40,800 Jesus Christ, the Lamb of God, the only one that lived his life 383 00:24:40,900 --> 00:24:44,200 in sinless Perfection. There were people that were 384 00:24:44,200 --> 00:24:47,700 following him not because they thought he was the Messiah from 385 00:24:47,700 --> 00:24:50,500 a spiritual standpoint, but they thought he was going to be the 386 00:24:50,500 --> 00:24:53,400 Messiah. From a physical standpoint, a 387 00:24:53,400 --> 00:24:56,700 national standpoint. And they thought that finally, 388 00:24:56,700 --> 00:25:00,000 Jesus was going to put it into their oppression. 389 00:25:00,400 --> 00:25:03,300 So, this is the picture. You got some of the crowd going 390 00:25:03,300 --> 00:25:06,300 in front of Jesus, you got some of the crowd following after 391 00:25:06,300 --> 00:25:09,000 Jesus, you got the great multitude that's already there 392 00:25:09,000 --> 00:25:11,600 at the Passover. And, you know what JW McGarvey 393 00:25:11,600 --> 00:25:15,500 said? He said this, the multitude was 394 00:25:15,500 --> 00:25:20,300 so large that their numbers enable them to spread a carpet 395 00:25:20,300 --> 00:25:23,100 of clothing. All the way from the top of 396 00:25:23,100 --> 00:25:25,700 Mount, Olivet to the gate of the city. 397 00:25:27,500 --> 00:25:31,000 Amazing. Amazing. 398 00:25:32,600 --> 00:25:34,700 Spreading their clothes. By the way, in the road is also 399 00:25:34,700 --> 00:25:39,200 a token of people's homage and respect in essence. 400 00:25:39,200 --> 00:25:43,400 They were saying we bow to your Authority. 401 00:25:43,700 --> 00:25:49,100 Now, this is why the religious World calls it Palm Sunday 402 00:25:49,400 --> 00:25:53,300 because of this. There were also those that took 403 00:25:53,400 --> 00:25:59,700 leafy branches. Now, they took leafy branches in 404 00:25:59,700 --> 00:26:02,500 John's account. It says that those leafy 405 00:26:02,500 --> 00:26:09,200 branches were palm branches. Now, interesting about that they 406 00:26:09,200 --> 00:26:11,700 came out with palm branches in their hands. 407 00:26:11,700 --> 00:26:16,300 As if to salute a king with symbols of Triumph, hence, the 408 00:26:16,300 --> 00:26:20,300 triumphal entry into Jerusalem that Jesus made. 409 00:26:20,400 --> 00:26:25,200 Now what our palm branches symbolic of I looked this up 410 00:26:25,300 --> 00:26:29,300 palm branches Historically were used as a symbol of the 411 00:26:29,300 --> 00:26:33,900 following, a symbol of Salvation, a symbol of national 412 00:26:33,900 --> 00:26:37,700 Victory and a symbol of Joy. So you got all this going on, 413 00:26:37,700 --> 00:26:40,800 people walking in front of Jesus, people following Jesus, 414 00:26:40,900 --> 00:26:44,200 you got all these coats, all this clothing on the on the 415 00:26:44,200 --> 00:26:49,100 ground as the road extended. And then, Here Comes people 416 00:26:49,100 --> 00:26:52,900 waving the branches. They're waving the palm 417 00:26:52,900 --> 00:26:57,100 branches. As a symbol of Salvation, 418 00:26:58,000 --> 00:27:02,400 National victory. And finally, with joy that 419 00:27:02,400 --> 00:27:05,800 someone's going to lead us away from oppression. 420 00:27:06,800 --> 00:27:09,300 The saddest thing is though is they were more interested in 421 00:27:09,300 --> 00:27:11,300 what Jesus could do for them politically. 422 00:27:12,600 --> 00:27:14,400 Then what he could do for them spiritually. 423 00:27:15,400 --> 00:27:17,700 Now when we go back to Matthews account, we find what happens 424 00:27:17,700 --> 00:27:20,300 next. Matthew's account will go to 425 00:27:20,300 --> 00:27:23,800 Matthew 21 and again, we're going back and forth between the 426 00:27:23,800 --> 00:27:27,300 accounts. But in Matthew, 21 and verse 9, 427 00:27:28,200 --> 00:27:31,600 then the multitudes who went before and those who followed 428 00:27:31,700 --> 00:27:37,100 cried out saying, Hosanna to the son of David blessed, is he who 429 00:27:37,100 --> 00:27:40,400 comes in the name of the Lord hosanna in the highest. 430 00:27:40,400 --> 00:27:45,800 Now first of all, the phrase son of David is a Messianic title, 431 00:27:45,900 --> 00:27:48,300 don't you remember in Matthew chapter 12? 432 00:27:48,400 --> 00:27:52,300 And also in Mark chapter 3, Jesus cast out a demon. 433 00:27:52,400 --> 00:27:55,100 Remember what the multitude said as they looked upon. 434 00:27:55,200 --> 00:27:57,000 On it. They said, wait a minute is this 435 00:27:57,000 --> 00:28:01,400 the son of David meaning is this the Messiah? 436 00:28:03,500 --> 00:28:06,000 And we know what happens, we don't happens. 437 00:28:06,100 --> 00:28:07,400 They said, no, it's not the Messiah. 438 00:28:07,400 --> 00:28:11,600 He does this by the power of Beelzebub but the people said, 439 00:28:12,300 --> 00:28:16,100 isn't this the son of David? That's a Messianic title. 440 00:28:16,300 --> 00:28:17,700 All right but what is hosanna me? 441 00:28:18,600 --> 00:28:20,900 What do you think about when you think a Hosanna? 442 00:28:21,500 --> 00:28:24,000 I'm going to tell you what, I used to think I used to think 443 00:28:24,000 --> 00:28:26,900 when they said Hosanna, they were praising the Lord to the 444 00:28:26,900 --> 00:28:34,700 highest Not so. The word Hosanna means this, it 445 00:28:34,700 --> 00:28:40,900 is a Greek form of a Hebrew appeal, to God, for help. 446 00:28:43,200 --> 00:28:47,900 It is a great form of a Hebrew appeal for God, to help. 447 00:28:47,900 --> 00:28:51,800 In fact, it comes from the Hebrew phrase who Shia. 448 00:28:51,900 --> 00:28:54,200 Nah, and you know what that means? 449 00:28:54,400 --> 00:28:58,200 It actually means save. Now we pray or give victory. 450 00:29:00,100 --> 00:29:02,000 They weren't saying, oh, we praise you. 451 00:29:02,000 --> 00:29:05,900 Jesus, they were saying, give Victory. 452 00:29:06,100 --> 00:29:09,800 Jesus. And they were talking about 453 00:29:09,800 --> 00:29:12,300 National. Things. 454 00:29:13,900 --> 00:29:18,700 Now. I love this. because when all 455 00:29:18,700 --> 00:29:25,000 this was going on, when all of it was going on, The Pharisees 456 00:29:25,100 --> 00:29:28,900 were so irritated. That they tried to squelch the 457 00:29:28,900 --> 00:29:32,400 outcry. And in Luke's account, it tells 458 00:29:32,400 --> 00:29:34,300 us what Jesus said. Don't you love that? 459 00:29:35,400 --> 00:29:39,700 Jesus said these words in Luke, 19, and 14. 460 00:29:39,700 --> 00:29:44,200 I tell you. If they shall hold their peace. 461 00:29:45,100 --> 00:29:48,500 In other words, the people that are crying out Hosanna Hosanna 462 00:29:48,500 --> 00:29:54,300 and all that. He said the stones would 463 00:29:54,300 --> 00:29:58,800 immediately cry out. The Lord says, even the stones 464 00:29:58,800 --> 00:30:00,500 would cry out if they kept quiet. 465 00:30:02,300 --> 00:30:04,700 Pharisees were disgusted. They don't want any part of it. 466 00:30:05,300 --> 00:30:08,700 So the first time he says, he, they say hosanna, they say it 467 00:30:08,700 --> 00:30:13,000 like this Hosanna to the son of David, which was a Messianic 468 00:30:13,000 --> 00:30:16,000 title, but they take it a step further. 469 00:30:16,200 --> 00:30:21,900 Then they say, the next time, they say hosanna in the highest. 470 00:30:23,500 --> 00:30:26,400 You've got means in the highest. It means actually literally in 471 00:30:26,408 --> 00:30:29,100 the original Hosea in the heavens. 472 00:30:30,100 --> 00:30:33,200 That's what it means. Hosanna in the heavens. 473 00:30:33,700 --> 00:30:37,800 In other words, this is an appeal to God in heaven, to save 474 00:30:37,800 --> 00:30:40,900 and Bless the people. That's what they were saying. 475 00:30:41,500 --> 00:30:45,200 So I'll summarize it like this. Like I just said, a moment ago 476 00:30:45,500 --> 00:30:49,200 when they cried out Hosanna, that was not an acclamation. 477 00:30:49,300 --> 00:30:52,900 What's an acclamation? An exclamation is allowed and 478 00:30:52,900 --> 00:30:58,300 enthusiastic approval typically welcoming or honoring someone or 479 00:30:58,300 --> 00:31:00,800 something and for my whole life I thought that's what that 480 00:31:00,800 --> 00:31:04,900 meant. It's not an exclamation folks 481 00:31:04,900 --> 00:31:08,600 you know what it is. It's a prayer. 482 00:31:11,000 --> 00:31:15,700 It's a Hebrew prayer. This is what it means, and 483 00:31:15,700 --> 00:31:19,400 Hosanna is a Greek form of a Hebrew appeal for God to help 484 00:31:19,400 --> 00:31:22,700 saying save us. Now, We pray. 485 00:31:23,800 --> 00:31:26,300 But you don't, Lord knew all that the Lord has Supreme 486 00:31:26,300 --> 00:31:31,000 knowledge of everything he knew all about that, but he allows 487 00:31:31,000 --> 00:31:33,500 them to go right ahead and Shout the words that they're shouting 488 00:31:33,500 --> 00:31:37,200 because he is openly affirming his kingship, as the son of 489 00:31:37,200 --> 00:31:40,100 David. That brings us to verse 10 of 490 00:31:40,100 --> 00:31:44,200 Matthew 21. And when you come to Jerusalem, 491 00:31:44,200 --> 00:31:49,600 all the city was moved saying. Who is this? 492 00:31:50,100 --> 00:31:53,100 You know, Matthew takes his reader directly to Jesus grand 493 00:31:53,100 --> 00:31:54,600 entrance. But if you look at the other 494 00:31:54,600 --> 00:31:58,000 gospel accounts, there's more. If you look at the other gospel 495 00:31:58,000 --> 00:32:01,800 accounts, you find that Mark adds that Jesus came into the 496 00:32:01,800 --> 00:32:05,600 temple. Luke adds that just as he sees 497 00:32:05,600 --> 00:32:10,100 the city coming into view. He begins to weep. 498 00:32:11,800 --> 00:32:15,500 Take yourself back in your mind's eye to when Jesus sees 499 00:32:15,500 --> 00:32:18,300 the city. And he Weeps. 500 00:32:19,800 --> 00:32:22,800 As he comes to the top of Mount Olive's, to begin his final 501 00:32:22,800 --> 00:32:25,600 descent. A glorious view. 502 00:32:25,600 --> 00:32:29,900 Obviously meets his eyes. Before him lies the valley of 503 00:32:29,900 --> 00:32:35,300 Jehoshaphat and across the Kidron, a city with its Temple. 504 00:32:35,300 --> 00:32:39,100 Jutting up upward as one man said toward the heavens. 505 00:32:39,900 --> 00:32:44,400 No place on Earth is more holy and no, City more representative 506 00:32:44,400 --> 00:32:49,200 of God's relationship with man. It's a site that causes pilgrims 507 00:32:49,200 --> 00:32:52,600 heart to swell and pray with praise and pride. 508 00:32:53,800 --> 00:32:57,400 But Jesus sees it differently, knowing that in a few short 509 00:32:57,400 --> 00:33:00,200 years every Vestige of Jerusalem's Glory will be 510 00:33:00,200 --> 00:33:04,500 destroyed by Angry Rome and soon the light-hearted Babbling 511 00:33:04,500 --> 00:33:08,400 voices of Praise will be drowned in the blood of Slaughter. 512 00:33:09,300 --> 00:33:12,300 Yes, God's mighty nation, will fall because of her spiritual 513 00:33:12,300 --> 00:33:15,200 Decay. The temples massive stones, will 514 00:33:15,200 --> 00:33:20,100 crumble, and lie in silent ruin. The scene is too much for the 515 00:33:20,100 --> 00:33:24,500 Lord to bear. and so, with Divine love for Israel and the 516 00:33:24,500 --> 00:33:28,800 awful anticipation of things to come, He Weeps. 517 00:33:31,600 --> 00:33:33,700 Don't you see The Human Side of Jesus here? 518 00:33:36,000 --> 00:33:39,300 People in Jerusalem, under the Old Law. 519 00:33:40,600 --> 00:33:46,900 And those that had rejected. Jesus hated Jesus. when Jesus 520 00:33:46,900 --> 00:33:50,700 looks down on the valley of Jehoshaphat across the Kidron 521 00:33:50,700 --> 00:33:57,000 into the city, he looks at this Mighty powerful city, a city 522 00:33:57,000 --> 00:34:02,600 that once represented God's people and he weeps he weeps 523 00:34:02,600 --> 00:34:05,500 because of their spiritual Decay and they will be destroyed and 524 00:34:05,500 --> 00:34:07,600 that happened with the destruction of Jerusalem. 525 00:34:08,199 --> 00:34:11,400 And incidentally, when that happened with the destruction of 526 00:34:11,400 --> 00:34:16,600 Jerusalem Josephus said, 1.1 million Jews were killed, 527 00:34:16,600 --> 00:34:19,699 another hundred and ten thousand were taken captive. 528 00:34:22,800 --> 00:34:27,199 But then Josephus sis. That the soldiers of Rome pulled 529 00:34:27,199 --> 00:34:31,500 back, please get this. The soldiers of Rome pulled back 530 00:34:32,100 --> 00:34:36,699 and when they did every Christian got out Every 531 00:34:36,699 --> 00:34:40,400 Christian. But Jesus looks down upon 532 00:34:40,400 --> 00:34:44,800 Jerusalem and he Weeps. He Weeps. 533 00:34:45,900 --> 00:34:48,199 That's The Human Side of our savior. 534 00:34:49,900 --> 00:34:54,400 Then the Bible says, in verse 21 here that the city was moved. 535 00:34:54,500 --> 00:34:59,900 Interesting phrase here moved One scholar said, Robertson said 536 00:34:59,900 --> 00:35:03,200 it's the word that describes being shaken as by an 537 00:35:03,200 --> 00:35:06,000 earthquake. I'm going to tell you, Jesus was 538 00:35:06,000 --> 00:35:10,000 a boat rocker, he set this whole thing on edge, here he comes. 539 00:35:11,300 --> 00:35:14,000 And they were moved. And then they asked the 540 00:35:14,000 --> 00:35:18,200 question, well, who is this? And, you know, I would imagine 541 00:35:18,200 --> 00:35:20,000 that there's a lot of people that were there that thought 542 00:35:20,000 --> 00:35:23,800 about Jesus in different ways. But when they asked the 543 00:35:23,800 --> 00:35:27,500 question, who is this? The answer is in verse 11 and 544 00:35:27,500 --> 00:35:31,700 that is the multitude said this is Jesus, the prophet of 545 00:35:31,700 --> 00:35:33,600 Nazareth. Now that sounds good. 546 00:35:33,600 --> 00:35:37,600 Doesn't it prophet of Nazareth? What they're saying is they're 547 00:35:37,600 --> 00:35:41,200 saying they're giving him the credit for being a profit of His 548 00:35:41,200 --> 00:35:45,200 Wrath of Galilee but they are stopping short of proclaiming 549 00:35:45,200 --> 00:35:53,000 him as the Messiah, they're just not going to do it. some of the 550 00:35:53,000 --> 00:35:58,700 people there, surely believed he was the Messiah. 551 00:36:00,100 --> 00:36:03,400 Others that were there. Surely hope that he was and 552 00:36:03,400 --> 00:36:07,600 maybe still others didn't know. This is quite a day. 553 00:36:09,000 --> 00:36:12,400 Quite a day. If you look at the chronological 554 00:36:12,400 --> 00:36:14,500 sequence of this day, it's now late. 555 00:36:16,200 --> 00:36:18,500 And you got to go to Mark's account to find out what Jesus 556 00:36:18,500 --> 00:36:20,900 does. The Bible says that at the end 557 00:36:20,900 --> 00:36:25,000 of that long day, what a day it was, they left Bethany triumphal 558 00:36:25,000 --> 00:36:28,400 entry into Jerusalem but now it's the end of the day and 559 00:36:28,400 --> 00:36:30,900 Jesus goes to Bethany for the night. 560 00:36:31,200 --> 00:36:35,700 Goes back to Bethany. The next time we pick up our 561 00:36:35,700 --> 00:36:37,500 narrative though, guess what? It's Monday. 562 00:36:38,400 --> 00:36:43,500 It's 6 a.m. and the Lord is hungry and he's coming toward 563 00:36:43,500 --> 00:36:45,400 Jerusalem again. He's going to head that way to 564 00:36:45,400 --> 00:36:48,100 cleanse the temple. And on the way, he stumbles 565 00:36:48,100 --> 00:36:53,200 across a withered fig tree and he curses the tree, He goes into 566 00:36:53,200 --> 00:36:57,300 the Gates of Jerusalem and cleanses the temple. 567 00:36:57,800 --> 00:37:00,800 And then, he preaches a little sermon about the meaning of the 568 00:37:00,800 --> 00:37:04,500 withered fig tree. That's next, that's next. 569 00:37:04,700 --> 00:37:07,100 But today, this will suffice for our lesson. 570 00:37:07,100 --> 00:37:10,500 This is the triumphal entry into Jerusalem, and we're so 571 00:37:10,500 --> 00:37:13,400 thankful. That Jesus was willing to head 572 00:37:13,400 --> 00:37:15,500 that direction. He knew all along, he knew 573 00:37:15,500 --> 00:37:17,000 everything that was going to happen. 574 00:37:17,100 --> 00:37:20,300 There are many powerful things that happen in a five-day span. 575 00:37:20,400 --> 00:37:23,600 And we want to talk about, Out those things in a series as we 576 00:37:23,600 --> 00:37:26,300 move forward. But today the triumphal entry 577 00:37:26,500 --> 00:37:31,500 into Jerusalem We thank you for listening to our podcast, put on 578 00:37:31,500 --> 00:37:35,100 by the Church of Christ at 22:15 plans. 579 00:37:35,100 --> 00:37:38,600 Road in Bakersfield, if you would like any additional 580 00:37:38,600 --> 00:37:41,900 information or you would like to receive a free Bible 581 00:37:41,900 --> 00:37:47,400 correspondence, course by mail. 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