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I'm going to invite you to open 
your Bibles to Matthew chapter 

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20. 
This is Palm Sunday. 

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Some of you may remember as kids
in your own church, running 

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around with Palms on Palm 
Sunday. 

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I don't know if that was part of
your experience of just 

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registering the day, we 
celebrate that Jesus comes to 

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Jerusalem on the way in Journey 
To The Cross and there's some 

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things happening behind the 
scenes. 

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Yes. 
And then there's also a 

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backstory to the day. 
Jesus went into Jerusalem. 

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That's maybe really important 
for us in this season of our own

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lives in, as Christians, for us 
to consider the unique ways. 

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Jesus. 
Made choices on that day to show

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us what his kingdom is, all 
about, the kingdom of his 

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heavenly father and to show us 
what he is all about. 

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And the Triumph of the Palms in 
some ways, may not tell the full

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story. 
For us. 

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In fact, this was the symbol the
people chose. 

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But Jesus chose a different 
symbol. 

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For his entry into Jerusalem. 
So, let's pick up in Matthew 

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Chapter 20. 
The text will be here above me 

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if you need it, and we're going 
to start in verse 17. 

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Now, Jesus was going up to 
Jerusalem. 

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In fact, it wasn't just Jesus 
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Thousands of people were on 
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thousands. 
It's been estimated on the 

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high-end 300,000 people made 
their way to Jerusalem for 

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Passover. 
How many of you love crowds? 

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It's just a few of you. 
I know you're all introverts 

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like me, you know. 
Like I don't want to crowd you 

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would have you would have said 
yet go to the Passover without 

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me, you know, like you're you're
not going to night market with 

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the extroverts, but Jesus is 
headed to Jerusalem and on the 

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way he took the twelve aside and
he said to them, we are going up

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to Jerusalem and the son of man 
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the chief priests and the 
teachers. 

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Is of the law. 
They will condemn him to death 

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and we'll hand him over to the 
Gentiles to be, mocked and 

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flogged and crucified on the 
third day, he will be raised to 

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life. 
It's really important for us to 

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note at the beginning of passion
week on the Sunday, the first 

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day of the week that Jesus has 
told his disciples. 

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This was the second time he 
reminded them, I'm going to 

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Jerusalem and I'm going to die 
there, but I will be raised to 

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life. 
They couldn't grasp it or 

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comprehend it. 
It was one of the strangest 

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things Jesus was telling them 
but Jesus is telling them ahead 

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of time. 
What is going to happen to him? 

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It was at this time, it says in 
verse 20, that the mother of 

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zebedee's sons came to Jesus, 
with her son's and kneeling down

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asked a favor of him. 
I love that line. 

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Jesus going to ask you a favor. 
Have you ever asked someone a 

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favor? 
Would you do me a favor? 

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Did you kneel down and ask? 
Maybe you knelt down and ask 

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what you do me a favor? 
Like, would you marry me? 

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You know it's a solemn moment 
right? 

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This is this is a moment and the
mother has come and knelt down 

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in front of Jesus asking would 
you do a favor for me and my two

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boys? 
She's got her two boys with or 

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James and John the sons of 
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Now I'm thinking they probably 
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it at that moment but she's 
pulling them along. 

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Come on Sons. 
I'm telling you Jesus is going 

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to get his kingdom and to we'd 
better get there with them and 

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you need to have your place and 
so sheepishly perhaps they came 

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with her. 
And she kneels. 

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An ass. 
He says, what do you want? 

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She said, grant that one of 
these two sons of mine, may sit 

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at your right and the other at 
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You don't know what you're 
asking. 

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Jesus said to them. 
Can you drink the cup? 

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I am going to drink. we can, 
they answered, Jesus said to 

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them, you will indeed drink from
my cup but to sit at my right or

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left is not for me to Grant 
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whom they have been prepared by 
my father, This should have set 

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off alarm bells for them. 
What Jesus has been talking from

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the beginning, about seeking 
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kingdom of his heavenly father 
and his righteousness his way. 

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And so, here they are kneeling 
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we are seeking your kingdom. 
We want a seat in your kingdom. 

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In fact, we want to sit at your 
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Jesus, we love you. 
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That we will be right there with
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And Jesus goes right away to 
suffering. 

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Can you drink this cup? 
Will you suffer with me? 

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And they boldly say yes, we 
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In their enthusiasm. 
Yes, we will. 

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We're with. 
You will drink the cup. 

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I've been Jesus agrees with him.
Yeah, you're going to drink that

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cup. 
But I can't give you those 

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seats. 
Because those seats in My 

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Kingdom have been prepared by my
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Oh, That should have been a 
little Sigh. 

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No. 
Maybe Jesus has got a different 

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Kingdom in mind. 
In fact, in Jesus Calls, the 

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other disciples together, 
because word got out about what 

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the mother had done. 
Verse 24. 

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When the ten heard about this, 
they were indignant with the two

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brothers, Jesus called them 
together and said, you know, You

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know, that the rulers of the 
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their High officials exercise 
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Not so with you instead, whoever
wants to become great, among you

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must be your servant and whoever
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slave. 
Just as the son of man did not 

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come to be served but to serve 
and to Give his life as a ransom

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for many. 
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man they should have been paying
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This was one of Jesus references
for himself that was actually a 

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claim to Divinity, son of man, a
claim to Divinity, reaching back

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into the scripture where the son
of man had appeared in his glory

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and had been promised a throne. 
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is come, and is here to give his
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people. 
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after actually, Jesus had 
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he was going to Jerusalem and 
that he would be killed there. 

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Crucified, but raised from the 
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that the son of man is coming 
and many of you here will see 

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him coming in his glory and 
immediately Jesus, took three of

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Disciples up on a mountain to 
pray and while they were praying

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Jesus was transfigured before 
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glory. 
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The son of man coming in his 
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to see it. 
The son of man coming in his 

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kingdom. 
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It's the cross. 
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Heaven and Earth between life 
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In order to accomplish the work 
of his Kingdom Gathering up a 

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people ransoming a people right 
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So that they might be the people
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Jesus coming into his kingdom. 
Was it about to be the parade 

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and procession that they were to
see it was going to be the agony

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of the cross. 
A cup of suffering. 

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And yet the disciples couldn't 
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It was so hard to get getting. 
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vision. 
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Jesus because Jesus died on the 
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again from the dead. 
It's his resurrection that has 

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caused the church to come and 
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In the fact we are having 
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God. 
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and Matthew wanted in that 
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desperately blind we are. 
Because look at what happens 

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next. 
Verse 29. 

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As Jesus and his disciples were 
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followed him, two blind men were
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they heard that Jesus was going 
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David have mercy on us. 
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us and I kept going and going 
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verse 31 rebuked them. 
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Wow. 
For that's a generous crowd of 

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disciples, right? 
Be quiet. 

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But they shouted, louder, Lord 
son of David have mercy on us. 

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So, Jesus stopped and called 
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What do you want me to do for 
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He asked Lord. 
We want our sight. 

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And Jesus had compassion on them
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immediately they were healed. 
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It should remind you of the very
moment when Jesus spoke of the 

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Kingdom of Heaven, in The 
Sermon, on the Mount, in The 

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Sermon, on the Mount. 
Jesus, spoke of the kingdom of 

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heaven and he said seek first, 
his kingdom and his 

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righteousness, and all these 
things will be given to you, as 

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well. 
But what else had Jesus? 

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Spoken of? 
He had spoken of the greater 

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treasure, but he had also spoken
faulty eyes, that could. 

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See, the treasure couldn't see 
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And he says all how dark it is 
in your life, if your eyes are 

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bad. 
If you cannot rightly focus and 

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see the kingdom of heaven. 
How awful it is for you. 

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Look, Jesus could heal these 
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He can heal us to rightly see 
the kingdom of God as it is, not

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as we would have it. 
Jesus could rightly heal his 

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disciples so that they could see
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not as they would want it. 
He had already taught them to 

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pray. 
Your kingdom, come your will be 

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done on Earth as it is in, but 
how can I know while it is in 

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heaven? 
I haven't seen Heaven yet. 

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It's like Jesus is saying, watch
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Watch what he does next. 
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21:1. 
And came to bethphage on the 

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Mount of Olives. 
Jesus sent two disciples saying 

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to them, go to the Village ahead
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You will find a donkey tied 
there with her cult by her untie

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them, and bring them to me. 
If anyone says anything to you 

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say that the Lord needs them and
he will send them right away. 

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Jesus is aware. 
He's going with the throngs in A

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procession into Jerusalem. 
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preparation for the Passover, 
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That's a calendar, we are 
unfamiliar with but on this 

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first day of the Passover, the 
throngs of disciples were headed

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into Jerusalem. 
But on the other side of 

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Jerusalem, there was also 
another procession. 

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It's the Unseen but historical 
procession that happened every 

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Passover during the reign of 
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Pilot made his way either a 
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ninan or on that. 
Very day, pilot, who was in 

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charge of Jerusalem, who was in 
charge of that region, but 

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didn't like Jerusalem, had to 
make his way all the way from 

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the coast into Jerusalem. 
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Because the Passover was a flash
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Of nationalistic identity for 
Israel. 

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And they hated the oppression of
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They hated it. 
They hated. 

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The soldiers that Rome recruited
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And from the Phoenicians that 
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who just came from Rome. 
These might have been soldiers 

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that were recruited from their 
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They hated it. 
About as much as they hated the 

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tax collectors. 
They hated the violence and 

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oppression that accompanied the 
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And, so pilate could not risk, 
that Caesar would be displaced 

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in the rule of Jerusalem. 
And he had made it his Habit to 

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bring his own parade and 
procession of the empire into 

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Jerusalem on or by the 10th of 
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There's two parades this day. 
One parade as pilot and his 

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loyalists are those who wanted 
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The other procession was the 
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Jerusalem going in as the 
shepherd's, herded, all of the 

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sheep and the Lambs so that each
family could choose their lamb 

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for the Passover meal. 
Which would be 4 days later, 

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they would choose it on this 
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And then by the fourth day, they
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their Passover meal. 
And this is the day that Jesus 

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chooses. 
To parade in with them, but he's

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very conscientious of the 
prophetic drama. 

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He's about to be a part of So he
tells two disciples, go and get 

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me a donkey. 
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say a cult, others of your 
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ass. 
It's a donkey. 

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It's not the military triumphs 
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It's a donkey. 
Jesus chose a donkey. 

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Because he knew something about 
the crowds. 

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They had always been intending 
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Earthly King but his Heavenly 
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The kingdom of his heavenly 
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and a different way. 
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on the benefit of the Empire, 
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or the Kingdom of Heaven. 
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of chapter 21, this took place 
to fulfill, what was spoken 

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through the prophet. 
Say to daughter Zion. 

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See your king comes to you, 
Gentle and riding on a donkey on

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a Colt, the foal of a donkey the
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Jesus instructed them they 
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and placed their cloaks on them.
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crowd spread their cloaks on the
road while others cut branches 

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from the trees and spread them 
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The crowds that followed went 
ahead of him and those that 

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followed shouted Hosanna to the 
son of David blessed. 

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Is he who comes in the name of 
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heaven? 
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the whole city was stirred and 
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The crowds answered. 
This is Jesus. 

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The prophet from Nazareth in 
Galilee. 

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So is Jesus is going in the 
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Jesus chooses, the donkey, why 
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Why was it significant? 
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history of Israel for almost 200
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It was a nationalistic, symbol 
the poem. 

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It was the symbol of military 
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For Antiochus, epiphanes. 
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He had been ruling over Israel 
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the history of Israel because 
when he took over the temple, he

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brought in pigs to be 
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he had found a way to offend all
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Jewish people. 
He brought in a pig and then 

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spread the blood all around. 
He mingled, the blood of people 

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that he had killed Jewish people
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Blood and said, oh, here is your
sacrifice. 

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Sacrifice to my gods, he had 
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That in every town, someone make
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And so, until Antiochus sent, A 
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To go to each town. 
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One man, stood up to him to the 
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And killed him. 
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Family, The Maccabees. 
Began to create, an Insurrection

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in Israel to re-establish 
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As this older man was dying. 
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sure that you avenge the wrong 
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the Gentiles in full. 
And Judas became relatively 

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successful as a military leader.
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Jerusalem by throngs, raising 
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out to him Judas. 
The Hammer Hammer Time. 

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He's making his way into Israel 
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Palm began to be a symbol of 
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in Israel. 
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So who did the crowds and even 
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He was going to be their 
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Gentiles. 
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He chosen ass. 
You chose a donkey? 

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Why did he choose a donkey? 
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Prophetic symbolism here. 
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it says Rejoice greatly o 
Daughter of Zion. 

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Shout Daughter of Zion. 
See, your king comes to you 

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righteous and Victorious. 
Lowly and riding on a donkey on 

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a Colt, the foul, the foal of a 
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Peaceable Kingdom, not the palm.
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Verse 10 of Zachariah chapter 9 
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he says, I will take away the 
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war horses from Jerusalem and 
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He will Proclaim peace to the 
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His rule will extend from sea to
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the Earth. 
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Nations. 
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Judas. 
The hammer did when he marched 

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into Jerusalem. 
He went all the way to the 

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temple and he took the Palms 
that they had, and they use the 

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Palms to clean the temple to 
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temple out as a symbol of 
cleaning away. 

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The defilement of that Gentile 
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What does Jesus do next? 
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Verse 12. 
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Jesus, entered the temple 
courts, and drove out all who 

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were buying and selling. 
He overturned the tables and the

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money changers and the benches 
of those selling doves, it is 

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written. 
He said my house will be called 

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a House of Prayer but you are 
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Oh, do you know the passages is?
Calling out there prophetically,

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is that my house will be a house
of prayer for who for the, for 

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the Nations. but you, he says, 
have made it a den of robbers 

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and the word there he's using, 
is insurrectionist You have made

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it a house for insurrectionist. 
You have made it a house for 

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your national identity, but I 
have made this house to be a 

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house of prayer for the Nations 
who Jesus could preach. 

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He could preach and the Blind 
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temple, and he healed them, 
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He's letting the Blind and lame 
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But when the chief priests and 
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wonderful things he did and the 
children shouting in the temple 

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Hosanna to the son of David. 
They were indignant. 

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Do you hear what these children 
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They asked him. 
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Jesus said, have you never read 
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infants? 
You Lord have called forth your 

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praise. 
And you left them and went out 

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of the city to Bethany, where he
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Wow. 
Hosanna. 

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It was so Peaceable in the 
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children play and the children 
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Gentiles caught on to the word 
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David Hosanna to the son of 
David. 

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Do you know what who's Anna 
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It means help us. 
Help us now. 

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Save us, save us. 
Now Hosanna, save us Hosanna, 

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save us. 
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they're in the mouths of the 
children, it became a word of 

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praise. 
You might not feel like you've 

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got a Hallelujah today. 
But do you have a Hosanna? 

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Do you have a Hosanna? 
Save me now. 

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Help me now. 
Lord, I feel the pressure. 

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I feel excluded. 
I don't feel like I've got an in

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with you. 
I feel like others are against 

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me that maybe the people that 
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against me. 
Jesus knows what that's like 

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he's about to experience it. 
Radically as the crowd turns on 

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him Friday in fear of what pilot
might do. 

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It's better for one to perish 
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But Jesus is going to allow 
himself to be the chosen 

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Passover Lamb. 
So that he might save the lame 

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and the Blind and those scarred 
by sin. 

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I'll Santa save me. 
I'm going to invite the worship 

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team to come and we're going to 
enter into a time of prayer and 

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worship a mix. as we still our 
hearts before, God wait on him 

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as it says in chapter 46 of 
Psalms, Wait on him and know 

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that he is. 
God. 

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We're going to invite you into 
prayer our prayer team. 

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Now, if you'll stand and move to
the sides and in the back, you 

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could see who our prayer team is
today, we would like for you to 

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have somebody pray for you. 
And the next bit, we believe in 

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Incarnation and impartation the 
god incarnates us as his people 

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and his ministers. 
And that by physical presence 

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and work somehow, the spirit of 
God, also works to impart his 

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healing and his opening of life 
for his help. 

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And so, whether you have a 
hallelujah or a Hosanna, we'd 

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like to invite you to let others
pray for you today. 

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So we're going to stand. 
We're going to enter into 

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extended worship prayer. 
Feel free to move towards those 

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who will pray for you.