The King's Coming (2)
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Welcome & Opening Prayer
Welcome & Opening Prayer
Turn to Matt. Ch. 21...
👉 THANK for CHECK-INS & GIFTS
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!! Open in Prayer !!
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Introduction 🎤
Introduction 🎤
Opener: It’s not fun to wait… is it?
**MET LOTS of PEOPLE—NO ONE LIKES to WAIT**
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WAITING = NECESSARY PART of HUMAN EXISTENCE…
(Q) EVER WAITED— SOMETHING DIDN’T FULFILL EXPECTATIONS?
NEW CAR— RECALL/UNFULFILLING
JOB—NOT as GOOD as ANTICIPATED…
PRODUCT—GETS ONE STAR REVIEW
Conclusion: SOME SAY “the KEY to HAPPINESS is LOW EXPECTATIONS. “
EXPECT LITTLE—DISAPPOINTED LITTLE…
SAD WAY to LIVE,, BUT TRUE...
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(Q) EVER WAIT—SOMETHING = BETTER THAN ANTICIPATED?
HIGH or LOW EXPECTATIONS—REGARDLESS,, EXCEEDED??
EXCEEDING EXPECTATIONS = AWESOME…
Focus: 📸BOTH SEEN TODAY…
PALM SUNDAY—DAY of UNMET & EXCEEDED EXPECTATIONS… 📸
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Transition ➡ PRAY THIS TEXT GREATLY ENCOURAGES YOU…
READ PASSAGE: V1-11
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Passage Reading 📖
Passage Reading 📖
1 Now when they drew near to Jerusalem and came to Bethphage, to the Mount of Olives, then Jesus sent two disciples,
2 saying to them, “Go into the village in front of you, and immediately you will find a donkey tied, and a colt with her. Untie them and bring them to me.
3 If anyone says anything to you, you shall say, ‘The Lord needs them,’ and he will send them at once.”
4 This took place to fulfill what was spoken by the prophet, saying,
5 “Say to the daughter of Zion, ‘Behold, your king is coming to you, humble, and mounted on a donkey, on a colt, the foal of a beast of burden.’ ”
6 The disciples went and did as Jesus had directed them.
7 They brought the donkey and the colt and put on them their cloaks, and he sat on them.
8 Most of the crowd spread their cloaks on the road, and others cut branches from the trees and spread them on the road.
9 And the crowds that went before him and that followed him were shouting, “Hosanna to the Son of David! Blessed is he who comes in the name of the Lord! Hosanna in the highest!”
10 And when he entered Jerusalem, the whole city was stirred up, saying, “Who is this?”
11 And the crowds said, “This is the prophet Jesus, from Nazareth of Galilee.
CHURCH, THIS is GOD’S WORD FOR US THIS MORNING.
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Context/Setting: The Final Journey 📍
Context/Setting: The Final Journey 📍
Text = BEGINS “HOLY/PASSION WEEK”
=>SYNOPTIC GOSPELS (MATT., MK., LK.,) — JESUS GOES to JERUSALEM 1X
WHOLE NARRATIVE BUILDS TOWARDS THIS…
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=> MUCH of GOSPELS = FOCUSED on FINAL WEEK:
Matthew 21-28 = ONE WEEK
Mark 11-16 = ONE WEEK
Luke 19-24 = ONE WEEK
John 12-21 = ONE WEEK
WHOLE STORY BUILDS TOWARDS CLIMACTIC ARRIVAL in JERUSALEM...
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Immediate Setting:⏳
Immediate Setting:⏳
MATTHEW’S GOSPEL:
JESUS PREDICTED HIS DEATH & RESURRECTION…
HEALED BLIND MEN in JERICHO
TRAVELED to BETHPHAGE—EAST of JERUSALEM…
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Transition ➡ THIS = WHERE OUR TEXT PICKS UP…
LOOK W/ ME @ VS 1-2
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Passage Exposition 🔍
Passage Exposition 🔍
Thought 1: The Sovereign Command (v1-2) 🏛️
Thought 1: The Sovereign Command (v1-2) 🏛️
1 Now when they drew near to Jerusalem and came to Bethphage, to the Mount of Olives, then Jesus sent two disciples,
2 saying to them, “Go into the village in front of you, and immediately you will find a donkey tied, and a colt with her. Untie them and bring them to me.
Setting: CLIMACTIC JOURNEY — BEGINS W/ SMALLER PLACES…
BETHANY & BETHPHAGE — 2 VILLAGES EAST of JERUSALEM
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Rising Action: JESUS SENDS TWO DISCIPLES for a DONKEY and a COLT.
** SOME PEOPLE CONCLUDE—PREARRANGED MEETING**
=> CERTAINLY POSSIBLE. <=
Exhort: 📢WE MUST BE CAREFUL NOT to QUICKLY DISMISS SUPERNATURAL from BIBLE...📢
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CONSIDER — JESUS KNOWS FUTURE
=> REMEMBER the TAX-PAYING FISH from MATT. 17...?
**DO YOU THINK JESUS PREARRANGED MEETING W/ FISH?**
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Illustration: 🖼️I’VE CAUGHT LOTS of FISH—NOT ONCE DID ONE HAVE MONEY. 🖼️
=> EVEN MORE— I CAN’T PREDICT WHEN I’LL CATCH a FISH.
Relate: HOW MANY MEN—PERFECT CAST—DESERVES FISH? — & THEY DON’T COME!!
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🖼️ I CAN’T PREDICT catching a GENERIC FISH, let alone one with EXACT TAX MONEY. 🐟🪙
=> EVEN MORE— PETER DIDN’T EVEN BRING IT UP.
Order of Events:
Order of Events:
COLLECTORS COMPLAINED to PETER
PETER GOES to SEE JESUS
B4 PETER SAYS a WORD— JESUS ASKS ABOUT TAXES
TELLS HIM to GO FISHING
FISH WILL HAVE SHEKEL
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DIVINELY ORCHESTRATED TAX-PAYING FISH.
Conclusion: MOST ASSUREDLY—COULD HAVE a DIVINELY ORCHESTRATED DONKEY
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Transition ➡ IMAGINE...TAKING RANDOM DONKEY MIGHT BE AWKWARD??
LOOK W/ ME @ VS. 3…
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Thought 2: The Divine Prerogative (v3) 👑
Thought 2: The Divine Prerogative (v3) 👑
3 If anyone says anything to you, you shall say, ‘The Lord needs them,’ and he will send them at once.”
INTERESTING SITUATION— JESUS STEALING RANDOM GUY’S DONKEY?
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**SOME BELIEVE PREARRANGED PASSWORD**
**OTHERS NOTE: RIGHT of “REQUISITIONING”
=> Background: ROYALTY & RABBIS ENTITLED to BORROW THINGS for SERVICE
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THAT SAID: JESUS SAYS “LORD” HAS NEED — APPEAL to DIVINE STATUS…
Greek: COULD ALSO MEAN, “THEIR LORD”
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Exhort📢: REMEMBER— GOD = RIGHTFUL OWNER of ALL THINGS…
HIGHEST MOUNTAINS
DEEPEST SEAS
&& EVERYTHING in BETWEEN!
Takeaway: GOD, as the RIGHTFUL OWNER of ALL THINGS, doesn't NEED to BORROW.
Stewardship:
Stewardship:
WE are MERELY STEWARDS of GOD’S BLESSINGS…
IF JESUS WANTS a DONKEY, HE is ENTITLED to it. HE IS LORD. 🗝️
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Transition ➡ BUT WHY a DONKEY?
LOOK W/ ME @ VS. 4-5
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Thought 3: The Humble King (v4-5) 🏺
Thought 3: The Humble King (v4-5) 🏺
4 This took place to fulfill what was spoken by the prophet, saying,
5 “Say to the daughter of Zion, ‘Behold, your king is coming to you, humble, and mounted on a donkey, on a colt, the foal of a beast of burden.’ ”
Focus: THIS PROPHECY— from ZECHARIAH 9… = the WHOLE REASON for PALM SUNDAY.
=> JESUS DIDN’T “NEED” a RIDE
Background: 12/14 MILES from JERICHO to JERUSALEM,, NOT SUDDENLY TIRED
DONKEY’S COLT = TAKEN to SHOWCASE: JESUS = MESSIANIC KING.
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**Note: KEEP TRACK of TITLES for JESUS in TODAY’S PASSAGE**
CALLS HIMSELF “LORD”
PROPHECY CALLS HIM “KING”
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Prophetic Background & Nature of God:
Prophetic Background & Nature of God:
OVER 400 YEARS EARLIER— ZECHARIAH PREDICTED THIS EVENT
=> AGAIN,, DOESN’T HAVE to BE PREARRANGED W/ MAN… WHEN GOD = in CONTROL.
**GOD = OUTSIDE of TIME (SPACE & MATTER)
BEGINNING & END
EVERYWHERE in BETWEEN
GOD SPEAKS of FUTURE EVENTS—KNOWING THEIR SURE FULFILLMENT
GOD SPEAKS of CONDITIONAL THINGS—KNOWING WHICH THING WILL ACTUALLY TAKE PLACE
GOD KNOWS ALL—HE KNEW EVERYTHING ABOUT THIS DONKEY & ITS PLACE B4 IT EVER EXISTED!
**HOW’S THAT WORK? NO IDEA!
TRUST GOD = GOD… ACCURATELY REVEALS HIMSELF VIA WORD**
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DONKEY = REQUISITIONED — PROPHECY FULFILLED…
Focus: 📸 SHOWCASED—JESUS = HUMBLE KING. 📸
NORMALLY: KINGS = WAR-HORSE
ELEPHANT?
CAMEL?
Jesus = Humble… Ref. Last Chapter:
28 even as the Son of Man came not to be served but to serve, and to give his life as a ransom for many.”
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Transition ➡ THINGS GO ACCORDING to PLAN
—WE’LL SEE JESUS’ ARRIVAL
LOOK W/ ME @ VS. 6-8
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Thought 4: The Crowd’s Submission (v6-8) 🌿
Thought 4: The Crowd’s Submission (v6-8) 🌿
6 The disciples went and did as Jesus had directed them.
7 They brought the donkey and the colt and put on them their cloaks, and he sat on them.
8 Most of the crowd spread their cloaks on the road, and others cut branches from the trees and spread them on the road.
THINGS GO ACCORDING to PLAN
Focus: 📸NOT KINGLY STEED— BUT a KINGLY WELCOME 📸
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Spreading Cloaks = SUBMISSION…
Spreading Palm Branches = SYMBOL of JEWISH VICTORY, NATIONALISM, & PRAISE
=> HISTORIC PRECEDENT
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Transition ➡ KINGLY WELCOME CONTINUES
LOOK W/ ME @ VS. 9
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Thought 5: The "Save Us" Cry (v9) 📣
Thought 5: The "Save Us" Cry (v9) 📣
9 And the crowds that went before him and that followed him were shouting, “Hosanna to the Son of David! Blessed is he who comes in the name of the Lord! Hosanna in the highest!”
WILD SCENE— PEOPLE EVERYWHERE CELEBRATING…
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“Hosanna to the Son of David”
“Hosanna to the Son of David”
Background: CRYING HOSANNA— EXCERPT from the PSALMS…
Background: SPECIFICALLY the EGYPTIAN HALLEL (PS. 113-118) = SUNG @ PASSOVER TIME…
25 Save us, we pray, O Lord! O Lord, we pray, give us success!
HOSANNA—ORIGINALLY MEANT, “SAVE US, WE PRAY!”
Poss. 1ST CENTURY WAS JUST SHOUT of PRAISE
SON of DAVID = EXPLICIT MESSIANIC TERM
Recapping Names of Jesus:
Recapping Names of Jesus:
JESUS—CALLED HIMSELF LORD
PROPHECY CALLED HIM KING
SOME CALLED HIM “SON of DAVID” = MESSIAH…
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Focus: 📸CROWDS WERE LOOKING for MESSIAH to BRING,, NATIONAL DELIVERANCE & REESTBALISHMENT as FREE STATE📸
Background: MOST RECENT FRAMEWORK for
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End of OT History Recap:
End of OT History Recap:
A LOT HAPPENING in LAND of JUDEA,, ESP. BETWEEN 2 TESTAMENTS… (400 SILENT YRS)
Babylon Conquered Jerusalem — 586 BC
PERSIA CONQUERED BABYLON — !! OT LEAVES OFF HERE !!
ZECHARIAH
HAGGAI
MALACHI
EZRA
NEHEMIAH
ESTHER…
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OT CLOSES… INTERTESTAMENTAL PERIOD BACKGROUND:
OT CLOSES… INTERTESTAMENTAL PERIOD BACKGROUND:
⚔️PERSIANS = CONQUERED BY GREEKS (ALEXANDER)
⚔️EMPIRE DIVIDES
⚔️RULED BY PTOLEMIES
⚔️RULED BY SELEUCIDS
ANTIOCHUS EPIPHANES — SACRIFICES PIG to ZEUS…
=> MACCABEAN REVOLT
BY MIRACLE— JUDAS MACCABEUS DEFEATS SELEUCIDS…
HASMONEAN DYNASTY ESTABLISHED
63 BC—ROME CONQUERS.
THIS = SETTING for N.T.!
👉GREEK in CULTURE
👉ROMAN in OWNERSHIP
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Land of Judea = PERPETUAL TUG of WAR
PEOPLE = READY for DELIVERANCE!
“KING” COMES,, FULFILLMENT of PROPHECY — WHAT DO YOU EXPECT??
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Transition ➡ NOT EVERYONE RECONGIZED WHO HE WAS...
LOOK W/ ME @ CLOSE,, V. 10-11
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Thought 6: The Stirred City (v10-11) 🏙️
Thought 6: The Stirred City (v10-11) 🏙️
10 And when he entered Jerusalem, the whole city was stirred up, saying, “Who is this?”
11 And the crowds said, “This is the prophet Jesus, from Nazareth of Galilee.”
NO ELEPHANT or WARHORSE—BUT WHOLE CITY STIRRED INTO COMMOTION…
SHOUTING
PALM BRANCHES LYING ABOUT
**PASSOVER TIME WAS NUTS AS-IS!**
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CITY CRIED OUT: “WHO IS THIS?”
Answer: 📢 THE CROWDS SAID: "THE PROPHET JESUS."
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Gospel Invitation: The Ultimate Question 📣
Gospel Invitation: The Ultimate Question 📣
Exhort 📢 THE MOST IMPORTANT QUESTION YOU WILL EVER ANSWER IS: ❓
"WHO IS THIS?" ❓REGARDING JESUS CHRIST
HE CALLED HIMSELF LORD
PROPHECY CALLED HIM “KING”
SOME CALLED HIM “SON of DAVID/MESSIAH”
SOME SAID: “PROPHET”
WHO is JESUS to YOU?🤔🤔
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Background: JESUS ONCE ASKED HIS DISCIPLES THIS QUESTION
13 Now when Jesus came into the district of Caesarea Philippi, he asked his disciples, “Who do people say that the Son of Man is?”
JOHN the BAPTIST
ELIJAH
JEREMIAH
ONE of PROPHETS??
JESUS ASKED THEM: WHO DO YOU SAY THAT I AM??
PETER: YOU ARE the CHRIST/MESSIAH—THE SON of the LIVING GOD…
WHO IS JESUS?
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SOME BELIEVE — GOOD MORAL TEACHER.
Recently (2 yr ago): Elon Musk— “not religious” but agrees w/ teachings of Jesus/WISDOM of IT…
**Not sure where he’s at now**
GOOD to BELIEVE JESUS = “GOOD MORAL TEACHER” — to SOME EXTENT HE WAS…
… BUT HE WAS SO MUCH MORE.
SOME BELIEVE: PROPHET—MUSLIMS DO...
.… BUT HE WAS SO MUCH MORE…
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SCRIPTURE TEACHES: GOD-INCARNATE,, SINLESS SON of GOD—WHO CAME to DIE as an ATONING SACRIFICE FOR SIN
=> NOW EXALTED as LORD— ALL POWER & AUTHORITY GIVEN to HIM…
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NOT ENOUGH to BELIEVE in JESUS as TEACHER/PROPHET
NOT ENOUGH to BELIEVE in GOD GENERICALLY…
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PERSONAL TRUST in JESUS CHRIST — MEANS of YOUR RECONCILIATION W/ CREATOR
— HE = EXALTED LORD—COMING AGAIN.
Gospel: ✝️HE LIVED SINLESS LIFE— DIED for YOUR SINS—RAISED to LIFE AGAIN— TRUSTING in HIM— WE ARE SAVED. ✝️
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=>🎒 ETERNITY HINGES UPON WHAT YOU DO W/ JESUS.🎒
10 Whoever believes in the Son of God has the testimony in himself. Whoever does not believe God has made him a liar, because he has not believed in the testimony that God has borne concerning his Son.
11 And this is the testimony, that God gave us eternal life, and this life is in his Son.
IF GOD TESTIFIED CONCERNING HIS SON:
BAPTISM
TRANSFIGURATION
CRUCIFIXION
RESURRECTION
=> IF WE DENY CHRIST WE CALL the FATHER a LIAR…
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JESUS CHRIST = ONLY WAY to GOD, ETERNAL LIFE…
Invitation: IF YOU ARE HERE WITHOUT JESUS CHRIST—I’D LOVE to SPEAK W/ YOU AFTER the SERVICE…
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Transition ➡ NOW,, WHAT’S PASSAGE TEACHING?
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Application 🛠️
Application 🛠️
Passage Idea:
Passage Idea:
Jesus Christ was and is the long-awaited Messianic King.
PROVEN on PALM SUNDAY—JESUS FULFILLED PROPHECY
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HE DIDN’T COME to REIGN, BUT HE CAME to DIE.
DIDN’T COME to CONQUER—BUT to YIELD HIS LIFE in SUBMISSION
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Closing: ASK 2 QUESTIONS
Closing: ASK 2 QUESTIONS
WHO is JESUS TO YOU?
GOOD TEACHER?
PROPHET?
KING?
LORD.
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HE WAS & IS KING—BUT NOT the KIND the PEOPLE WANTED…
Unpopular: PEOPLE WANTED NATIONAL DELIVERANCE
Backwards??: IS NOT… ETERNAL DELIVERANCE from SIN = GREATER THAN DELIVERANCE from ROME
HE DIDN’T MEET THEIR EXPECTATIONS—TRUTHFULLY HE EXCEEDED THEM...THEY JUST DIDNT’ SEE IT…
**CERTAINLY SOME SHOUTED “HOSANNA” on SUNDAY—
— SHOUTED “CRUCIFY HIM!” on FRIDAY.**
JESUS’ WORTH = TIED to THEIR EXPECTATIONS…
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Charge: WHAT ABOUT FOR US?
2. IS JESUS WORTH YOUR DEVOTION… ONLY IF HE MEETS OUR EXPECTATIONS?*
OR DO YOU SEE THAT HE’S WORTHY BECAUSE OF WHO HE IS?
Song: “YOU’RE NEVER GOING to LET ME DOWN… YOU ARE GOOD… ”
WHAT IF HE DOES?
Takeaway: 🎒IF OUR EXPECTATIONS ARE WRONG—CERTAINLY HE WILL LET US DOWN A LOT… 🎒
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Conclusion:
AS LORD of HEAVEN & EARTH—HE is WORTH OUR DEVOTION,
EVEN IF HE DOESN’T MEET OUR EXPECTATIONS...AMEN?
🙏!! Close in Prayer !! 🙏
