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Luke 19:37–38 NKJV

37 Then, as He was now drawing near the descent of the Mount of Olives, the whole multitude of the disciples began to rejoice and praise God with a loud voice for all the mighty works they had seen, 38 saying: “ ‘Blessed is the King who comes in the name of the Lord!’ Peace in heaven and glory in the highest!”

Luke 19:41–44 NKJV

41 Now as He drew near, He saw the city and wept over it, 42 saying, “If you had known, even you, especially in this your day, the things that make for your peace! But now they are hidden from your eyes. 43 For days will come upon you when your enemies will build an embankment around you, surround you and close you in on every side, 44 and level you, and your children within you, to the ground; and they will not leave in you one stone upon another, because you did not know the time of your visitation.”

Jesus’s Triumphant Entry

It was

++The Happiest Day Every

++A Day of Celebration

This day would publicly declare Jesus

++Blessed

++The one who comes in the name of the Lord

Psalm 118:27–28 NKJV

27 God is the Lord, And He has given us light; Bind the sacrifice with cords to the horns of the altar. 28 You are my God, and I will praise You; You are my God, I will exalt You.

Not everyone saw Him

He was

++Visible but not seen

++Physically present but not known

This is an account about true vision

Luke 18:31 NKJV

31 Then He took the twelve aside and said to them, “Behold, we are going up to Jerusalem, and all things that are written by the prophets concerning the Son of Man will be accomplished.

Jesus Prepares the Disciples

The Journey to Jerusalem

++Reveal who He was

++Accomplish all that was written about Him

Jesus understood the scriptures

Isaiah 52:13–15 NKJV

13 Behold, My Servant shall deal prudently; He shall be exalted and extolled and be very high. 14 Just as many were astonished at you, So His visage was marred more than any man, And His form more than the sons of men; 15 So shall He sprinkle many nations. Kings shall shut their mouths at Him; For what had not been told them they shall see, And what they had not heard they shall consider.

There He would be

++Exalted

++Extolled

++Celebrated

There He would

++Be marred like no other

++Shut the mouth of Kings

All this was done

++So that they could see

++So that the could understand

Luke 18:32–33 NKJV

32 For He will be delivered to the Gentiles and will be mocked and insulted and spit upon. 33 They will scourge Him and kill Him. And the third day He will rise again.”

Jesus tells them what will happen there

Jesus will be

++Mocked

++Insulted

++Spit upon

++Scourged and killed

Jesus gives hope

My death

++Is not final

++It is necessary

John 3:16 NKJV

16 For God so loved the world that He gave His only begotten Son, that whoever believes in Him should not perish but have everlasting life.

Romans 5:8–9 NKJV

8 But God demonstrates His own love toward us, in that while we were still sinners, Christ died for us. 9 Much more then, having now been justified by His blood, we shall be saved from wrath through Him.

Romans 5:17 NKJV

17 For if by the one man’s offense death reigned through the one, much more those who receive abundance of grace and of the gift of righteousness will reign in life through the One, Jesus Christ.)

Jerusalem would be a place

++A Fulfilled Promise

++A Price Paid

On the Third Day _I will rise again_

Luke 18:34 NKJV

34 But they understood none of these things; this saying was hidden from them, and they did not know the things which were spoken.

His Disciples

++Did not understand

++Could not see

It was hidden from them

Luke 18:35 NKJV

35 Then it happened, as He was coming near Jericho, that a certain blind man sat by the road begging.

Then it happened

Jesus brings true vision

Jesus is drew near

++To Jericho

Luke 18:38 NKJV

38 And he cried out, saying, “Jesus, Son of David, have mercy on me!”

A man that couldn’t see

++Saw what others couldn’t see

++Saw the source of God’s mercy

And He cried out Jesus, Son of David, have mercy on me!

Luke 18:42–43 NKJV

42 Then Jesus said to him, “Receive your sight; your faith has made you well.” 43 And immediately he received his sight, and followed Him, glorifying God. And all the people, when they saw it, gave praise to God.

The man recieved his sight

The People

++Saw it

++Gave Praise to God

Look what the Lord has done

Luke 19:2–3 NKJV

2 Now behold, there was a man named Zacchaeus who was a chief tax collector, and he was rich. 3 And he sought to see who Jesus was, but could not because of the crowd, for he was of short stature.

Jesus is drew near

To Jericho

++To those that seek Him

Luke 19:4 NKJV

4 So he ran ahead and climbed up into a sycamore tree to see Him, for He was going to pass that way.

Luke 19:5 NKJV

5 And when Jesus came to the place, He looked up and saw him, and said to him, “Zacchaeus, make haste and come down, for today I must stay at your house.”

Jesus is drew near

To Jericho

To those that seek Him

++To the place were Zacchaeus was

Jesus

++Looked up

++Saw him

++Spoke to him

Luke 19:9–10 NKJV

9 And Jesus said to him, “Today salvation has come to this house, because he also is a son of Abraham; 10 for the Son of Man has come to seek and to save that which was lost.”

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Luke 19:37 NKJV

37 Then, as He was now drawing near the descent of the Mount of Olives, the whole multitude of the disciples began to rejoice and praise God with a loud voice for all the mighty works they had seen,

The Crowd

++Is rejoicing

++Is praising God

++Had seen what God had done

Luke 19:38 NKJV

38 saying: “ ‘Blessed is the King who comes in the name of the Lord!’ Peace in heaven and glory in the highest!”

Jesus is drawing near

Luke 19:41 NKJV

41 Now as He drew near, He saw the city and wept over it,

Luke 19:44 NKJV

44 and level you, and your children within you, to the ground; and they will not leave in you one stone upon another, because you did not know the time of your visitation.”