["Pomp and Circumstance"]
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Good evening and welcome to Verity Baptist Church. Let's go ahead and find our seats this evening
Find the seats and find a hymnal close to you and turn the page number
223
Song number two two three
I'm gonna open the service with springs of living water
I thirst it in the barren land of sin and shame
Song number two hundred and twenty three and sing it out on the first
I thirst it in the barren land of sin and shame
And nothing satisfying there I've found
But to the blessed cross of Christ one day I came
Where springs of living water did abound
Drinking at the springs of living water
Happy thou am I, my soul is satisfied
Drinking at the streams of living water
O wonderful and bountiful supply
Song number two two three on the second
How sweet the living water from the hills of God
It makes me glad and happy all the way
Now glow me grace and blessing forth the path I trod
I'm shouting hallelujah every day
Drinking at the springs of living water
Happy thou am I, my soul is satisfied
Drinking at the springs of living water
O wonderful and bountiful supply
Sing it out on the last
O sinner won't you come today to Calvary
How fountain there is flowing deep and wide
The seer now invites you to the water free
For a first experience can be satisfied
Drinking at the springs of living water
My soul is satisfied
Drinking at the springs of living water
O wonderful and bountiful supply
Amen, great singing, welcome to Verity Baptist Church
here on our Sunday evening service
We're glad to see everyone here this evening
Let's bow our heads for a word of prayer
Dear Heavenly Father and Lord, we thank you for the opportunity to come
on a Sunday evening here to church this evening
and we thank you for everything that you've done today
Thank you for a wonderful day
Thank you for the sermon this morning
I pray that you bless the service tonight
I pray that you would prepare our hearts, Lord
to the music and the preaching to come
and we love you and Jesus and I pray, Amen
All right, it's now time for favorites
where if you're selected, we will sing a stanza
from the song that you picked
Let's start over here, Miss Midori, go ahead
Two hundred and thirty-five
Song number two hundred and thirty-five
Let me know this song
Do we have another one?
We can learn this and then we can sing it
for the next week, if you don't mind
Two hundred and thirty-six, yeah, we know this one
Song number two hundred and thirty-six
Sing it out on the first
There's not a friend like the lowly Jesus
No, not one, no, not one
None else can fear all our souls' diseases
No, not one, no, not one
Jesus knows all about our struggles
He will guide till the day is done
There's not a friend like the lowly Jesus
No, not one, no, not one
Uh, Lexi, go ahead
One hundred and ninety-one
One, nine, one
Song number one hundred and ninety-one
In my heart there rings a melody
I have a song that Jesus gave me
Let's sing it out on the first
I have a song that Jesus gave me
It was sent from heaven above
There never was a sweet melody
There's a melody of love
In my heart there rings a melody
There runs a melody of love
There's harmony in my heart
There is a melody
There runs a melody of life
Justice, go ahead
Two, one, six, amen
Song number two, one, six
A pilgrim was I, let's sing it out on the first
A pilgrim was I, and I would drink
In the cold night of sleep I'd eat food
And Jesus the mind said, look at me
Yeah, now I am on the way home
Surely goodness and mercy
Shall follow me
All the days, all the days of my life
Surely goodness and mercy
Shall follow me
All the days, all the days of my life
Sing it out
And I shall dwell in the house of the Lord
Forever and ever
And the tables will be
Surely goodness and mercy
Shall follow me
All the days, all the days of my life
Two hundred and sixteen on the second
We're not going to do the last part of this, we already did it, alright? Sing it out on the second
So am I, so am I
May things be given me strength
And I will be
You'll leave me beside the snow waters
Leave us be terrorism away
Surely goodness and mercy
Shall follow me
All the days, all the days of my life
Surely goodness and mercy shall follow thee.
Through the gates of the gates of my life.
All right, I guess we'll do it.
Soft I look, forever, and I should
please have you change yours for me.
Surely goodness and mercy shall follow me.
All the days, all the days of my life.
One more song, Brother Edgar, go ahead.
164.
That's the last song for favorites.
Song number 164.
We've got to sing it out with some passion.
All right, praise Him.
Praise Him on the first.
Praise Him, praise Him, Jesus our blessed Redeemer.
King on earth, His wonderful love proclaim.
Hail Him, hail Him, high as archangels in glory.
Strength and honor, gates of His holy name.
Like a shepherd, Jesus will guard His children.
In His work, He carries them all day long.
Praise Him, praise Him, tell of His excellent greatness.
Praise Him, praise Him, heaven a joyful song.
Amen.
Let's sing it.
Amen.
All right, well, let's take our bulletins tonight.
We'll look at some announcements.
We do not have a bulletin raise your hand.
And one of our ushers can get one for you.
If you need a bulletin, just put your hand up
and we'll get one for you.
The verse this week, Luke 16 10, he
that is faithful in that which is least
is faithful also in much.
And he that is unjust in the least is unjust also in much.
And if you open up your bulletin there,
you'll see our service time Sunday morning,
service 10 30 AM.
We had a wonderful service this morning.
We're glad you're back out for the evening service tonight.
And we do invite you to be with us on Wednesday night
for the Wednesday evening Bible study.
If you look at our soul winning times,
our main soul winning times on Saturday mornings at 10 AM.
And then we have additional soul winning times
on Thursdays, Fridays, and Sundays at 2 PM.
If you are a soul winner, we want to remind you
to make sure you add your salvations
on your communication card
so that we can update the bulletin.
Don't forget to turn in your maps.
If your maps finished, you can just discard it
and we'll count it as done.
But if there was something wrong with your map,
or if you didn't finish it, clearly,
you can just go ahead and mark what was done,
what was not done and put it in the bin in the foyer
and we will get it recycled through
and make sure that it gets finished up.
And then of course, if you are running late,
please call us or text us at the number there,
916-868-9080.
Let us know you're planning on being there,
but you're running late.
That way our team captains can have a map
and a partner and everything that you need.
If you're a first time guest,
if it's your first time here at Brady Baptist Church,
we're glad you're with us.
We have a gift we'd like to give you
as you walk out of the church building tonight.
If you go through the main foyer or the secondary foyer,
you'll see a little table set up and on that table,
you'll see these little gift bags.
Please grab one on your way out as a gift from us to you
for being our guest tonight.
There are several resources in this bag
that we'd like you to have.
The one I'd like to highlight is this documentary
called Being Baptist.
It's a documentary that our church made.
It's very well made, very interesting.
We think you'll like it.
We wanna give this to you as a gift.
So please make sure you do not leave here tonight
without grabbing one of these gift bags on your way out.
And if you are a guest, we'd ask that you please take
a moment and fill out the communication card,
which is inserted in your bulletin.
If you need a pen, just raise your hand
and one of our ushers can bring you by
a very Baptist church pen as well.
And we're not gonna do anything odd with your info.
We would just like a record of your attendance.
We actually would like to send you a little gift,
but we need your information to do that.
So please take a moment to fill the card out.
When we're done with the announcements,
we're gonna sing a song.
When we're done singing, we're gonna receive the offering.
And as the offering plate goes by,
you can drop this card in the offering plate.
If you look at the announcements there,
we of course are a family integrated church.
What that means is that children and infants
are always welcomed in the church service.
We don't separate children from their parents
for any reason.
We do have mother-baby rooms and daddy rooms
available for your convenience.
So if you have a child that's been distracting
during the service or if you need some privacy,
we'd encourage you to use those rooms as needed.
If you need to be baptized, please let us know.
We'd love to baptize you.
You can let us know on your communication card.
If you look at the announcements and upcoming events,
we'll continue our Journey with Jesus series tonight,
our verse-by-verse study through the Gospel of Luke.
Next Sunday, November 20th,
is our Worker Appreciation Sunday.
We'll be acknowledging and appreciating all the volunteers,
so we encourage you to be here of course for that.
And then on Wednesday, November 23rd,
is our annual Pie Social.
So that's the Wednesday before Thanksgiving.
After the midweek service in our fellowship hall,
we'll have a time of fellowship with pie.
So we wanna encourage you to bring a pie to share.
If you can, you can bake a pie or buy a pie.
And then of course the Turkey Bowl for the Men
is on Thursday, November 24th at 7 a.m.
If you'd like to play football on Thanksgiving morning,
you can sign up in the fellowship hall.
There's a clipboard there.
Music ministry, dinner, and training
for all of the VVC song leaders,
orchestra members, and pianists.
We are inviting you to a dinner and training
on Friday, December 2nd at 6 p.m.
So please make sure to make plans to attend choir,
children's choir and adult choir.
They have practices, homeschool group.
They have PE class on Thursday, December 1st.
Upcoming cleaning crew, you can check for your name there.
There's other things there for you to look at.
Please don't forget to turn your cell phones off,
replace them on silent during the service
so that they're not a distraction to anybody.
If you look at the back of the bulletin,
birthdays and anniversaries for the month of November.
Today is Brother Shah's birthday, November 13th.
And on November 15th is Jude and Isaiah's birthday.
On November 16th is Amelia's birthday.
November 17th is Everly's birthday.
And also on the 17th is Brother Jose
and Miss Michelle Cruz's anniversary.
Weston's birthday is on the 17th as well.
And Faith has a birthday on the 18th.
Praise Report, Money Matters,
all those things are there for you to look at.
And I do have one birth announcement to give out real quick.
And this is the birth announcement for Benjamin Bakulczyk,
who was born today at 1.09 p.m. weighing eight pounds
and 19.2 inches long.
So of course, congratulations to Brother Vladi
and Miss Antonina on the birth of their baby.
And my wife will have the sign of sheep
for the meals on Wednesday night.
So if you'd like to sign up to bring meals
to the Bakulczyk family,
you can do that on Wednesday night at the midweek service.
My wife will have the sign of sheep for that.
I think that's it for all of the announcements.
So we're gonna go ahead and sing the chorus of the week.
And we'll sing Until Then
as we prepare to receive the offering tonight.
And let's go ahead and sing it out on the first.
You gotta sing it out, sing it with some passion
on the first.
My heart can sing
when I pause to remember
Our money here
is but a stepping stone
Along the trail
that's winding always upward
This troubled world
is not my final home
But until then
my hearts will go on singing
Until then
with joy I'll carry on
Until the day
my dying home
The city
Until the day
I'm coming home
Good, sing it out on the second.
The things of earth
will live and lose their value
If we do not
their borrow for a while
And things of earth
that cause no heart to tremble
Remember them
till the world will be as one
Sing it out on the chorus.
But until then
my heart will go on singing
Until then
with joy I'll carry on
Until the day
my life's beyond the city
Until the day
God calls me home
Let's sing it out on the third.
Let's slow it down just a second
and sing it with some purpose.
I want you to think about these words
as we sing them out on the third.
This weary world
with all its toil and struggle
Made me into a world
of misery and strife
The soul of man
is like a waiting falcon
When it's released
it's destined for us
Good, let's sing it out.
But until then
my heart will go on singing
Until then
with joy I'll carry on
Until the day
my life's beyond the city
Until the day
God calls me home
Amen, good singing.
We'll have the guys come up
and help us with the offering at this time
and let's go ahead and bow our heads
and have a word of prayer.
Heavenly Father, Lord, we do come to you tonight
asking that you bless the offering,
the gift, and the giver.
Lord, we ask that you'd meet with us
as we take time to open up your word
and study the Bible together.
We thank you for the opportunity
to gather together together
as a church on a Sunday night,
to fellowship together, to sing,
and then of course to be ministered
through your word.
In Jesus' name we pray.
Amen.
Luke 19 verses 28 through 48.
Luke 19 beginning in verse number 28.
Why do ye loose him?
Thus shall ye say unto him,
Because the Lord hath need of him.
And they that were sent went their way,
and found even as he had said unto them.
And as they were loosing the colt,
the owners thereof said unto them,
Why loose ye the colt?
And they said,
The Lord hath need of him.
And they brought him to Jesus,
and they cast their garments upon the colt,
and they set Jesus thereon.
And as he went,
they spread their clothes in the way.
When he was come nigh,
even now at 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
that they had seen,
saying, Blessed be the King that cometh
in the name of the Lord,
peace in heaven and glory in the highest.
And some of the Pharisees from among the multitude
said unto him,
Master rebuke thy disciples.
And he answered and said unto them,
I tell you that if they should hold their peace,
the stones would immediately cry out.
And when he was come near,
he beheld the city and wept over it,
saying, If thou is known even now,
at least in this thy day,
the things which belong unto thy peace,
for now they are hid from thine eyes.
For the day shall come upon thee,
that thine enemies shall cast a trench about thee,
and compass thee around,
and keep thee in on every side,
and shall lay thee even with the ground,
and thy children within thee,
and they shall not leave in thee
one stone upon another,
because thou knewest not the time of thy visitation.
And he went to the temple,
and began to cast out them that sold therein,
and them that bought,
saying unto them,
It is written,
My house is a house of prayer,
but ye have made it a den of thieves.
And he taught daily in the temple,
but the chief priests and the scribes
and the chief of the people sought to destroy him,
and could not find what they might do,
for all the people were very attentive to hear him.
Let's pray.
Heavenly Father, thank you for this evening.
God, I thank you for your word,
for our church, for everyone that's here.
I say please meet with us tonight, God,
and I say please be the pastor to strengthen him,
and from the Holy Spirit we love you.
In Jesus' name I pray, amen.
Amen.
We're there in Luke chapter number 19,
and we've been making our way through the Gospel of Luke,
verse by verse, chapter by chapter,
and this morning we saw Luke chapter 19 verses 1 through 10.
We of course saw the story of Zacchaeus,
and if you don't remember,
or if you weren't here,
on Wednesday night we actually looked at Luke 19,
verses 11 through 27,
which is the parable of the 10 pounds.
So we've been doing chapter 19 a little bit out of order.
We did the middle section, verses 11 through 27,
on Wednesday night, verses 1 through 10 this morning,
and tonight we're going to finish Luke chapter 19,
verses 28 through 48,
which deal with the triumphant entry
of the Lord Jesus Christ into Jerusalem.
And in verse 28, if you'll notice there the Bible says,
and when he, and of course that's Jesus,
had thus spoken,
he went before ascending up to Jerusalem.
And this is the Lord Jesus Christ entering into Jerusalem.
He has been on the road,
and you and I have been on the road,
we have been on the road with the Lord Jesus Christ
as he's been making his way into Jerusalem.
The passage of Scripture that we're going to look at tonight
has to do with his triumphant entry into Jerusalem.
It's usually celebrated as what's known today as Palm Sunday.
The text that is before us takes place the Sunday
before the crucifixion and resurrection of the Lord Jesus Christ.
It happens one week before his resurrection,
and that's where we're at in this portion of Scripture.
We're there in Luke chapter 19,
but just by way of introduction,
let me remind you of a few things.
If you can flip back to Luke chapter 9,
you're in Luke 19,
but if you can flip back to Luke chapter 9,
you may not be aware of this,
but as you study the Gospels,
you'll notice that the amount of details and chapters
that are given to the life of the Lord Jesus Christ
are not in proportion.
For example, there's very little in comparison to the Gospels.
We talk about the Gospels,
the book of Matthew and Mark and Luke and John.
We're talking about big books with 16, almost 30 chapters in them
in different sizes, but good sized books.
And in those chapters,
there's very little given to us about the birth of Christ.
We've got some major passages on the birth of Christ,
but we have just a handful of chapters that deal with the birth of Christ.
Almost nothing that deals with the childhood of Christ,
except a small portion of Scripture.
Absolutely nothing is said about the Lord Jesus Christ
from the ages of 12 to 30 years old,
and then we delve into his ministry.
But what's interesting is that the majority of the Gospels,
a good portion of the Gospels deals with really just the last few weeks
and the last week of the life of the Lord of Jesus Christ,
and of course dealing with his resurrection afterwards.
There's a lot of details that are given about that last week,
and I want you to just understand this so you can kind of get the context.
In Luke chapter 9, if you look down at verse number 51,
Luke 9 51, the Bible says,
and it came to pass when the time was come that he should be received up.
I want you to notice this in Luke 9 51.
He steadfastly set his face to go to Jerusalem.
In Luke chapter 9 in verse 51 is where Jesus Christ began to journey towards Jerusalem
for the purpose of his crucifixion and of course his burial and resurrection.
Now this statement here in Luke chapter 9 51,
when it says that he, Jesus, steadfastly set his face to go to Jerusalem,
was of course 10 chapters ago in the Gospel of Luke.
We find ourselves tonight in Luke chapter 19.
This is found in Luke chapter 9.
What I want you to understand is that for the disciples and for Jesus during their lifetime,
this would have happened about six months earlier.
So what we read about in Luke chapter 19, Jesus entering into Jerusalem,
when he began to journey into Jerusalem in Luke chapter 9,
the information that is covered between Luke 9 and Luke 19
covers about six months of the ministry of the Lord Jesus Christ.
So for the disciples, the statement would have been made about six months ago.
For you and I, the statement was made about three months ago
because it was about three months ago that we were in Luke chapter 9.
So I just want you to understand that context.
You have the Gospel of Luke, this big chapter,
but from chapter 9 and on we're really just in the last six months.
Of the ministry of the Lord Jesus Christ and from Luke 19,
we're in the last week of his ministry and we have been on this journey
with Jesus towards Jerusalem making our way, making his way to Jerusalem.
And of course along the ways we've had all sorts of encounters and parables
and teachings and things that he has given the disciples.
Go back to Luke chapter 19 if you would.
So we're going to look at this passage of scripture
dealing with what we normally refer to as Palm Sunday
or the triumphant entry of Jesus into Jerusalem.
And if you're taking notes tonight, and I always encourage you to take notes,
let me just give you some thoughts or some headings
that you could maybe jot down in your notes.
First of all, tonight I'd like for us to consider how Jesus enters Jerusalem.
I want you to notice the Bible emphasizes how it is that Jesus enters Jerusalem.
In Luke 19 and verse 29 the Bible says this,
And it came to pass when he was come nigh to Bethphage and Bethany,
and I want you to notice this little phrase here in verse 29,
at the mount called the mount of olives.
At the mount called the mount of olives.
Nothing is in the Bible for fluff.
Nothing is in there just incidentally or by coincidence.
Everything is in there for a reason.
And the Bible emphasizes to us that when Jesus enters into Jerusalem,
right before he enters in, he enters in through the mount of olives
or at the mount called the mount of olives.
The Bible says when he was there, when he was come nigh to Bethphage and Bethany,
at the mount called the mount of olives, he sent two of his disciples
and he sends them on an errand.
But I want you to notice that when Jesus enters Jerusalem,
he comes in through the mount of olives.
And this has some significance and there is some,
a little bit of typology in his entrance here that I'd like you to notice.
Now you're there in Luke chapter 19.
Go with me if you would to the Old Testament book of Zechariah.
Zechariah chapter 14.
It's one of the minor prophets right at the end of the Old Testament.
In fact, if you can find the last book of the Old Testament, Malachi,
right before Malachi, you have the book of Zechariah.
So if you can just get right to the end of the Old Testament,
the book of Malachi, right before Malachi, you have the book of Zechariah.
Do me a favor, put a ribbon or a bookmark or something there in Zechariah
because we're going to leave it and we're going to come back to it.
And I'd like you to be able to get there quickly.
Zechariah chapter 14.
You say, what is the significance to Jesus entering Jerusalem
through the mount of olives?
Now the mount of olives, of course, you know, has a lot of significance
and it has a lot of end times significance.
In fact, when Jesus taught his famous teaching on the end times,
he taught it on the mount of olives, often referred to as the Olivet Discourse.
We're actually going to see that in Luke chapter 21.
We're going to spend two services or two different sermon times
going through that passage dealing with end times prophecy
as taught by the Lord Jesus Christ.
The reason that Jesus teaches about end times on the mount of olives
is because the mount of olives has significance due to events coming in the future.
In Zechariah 14 and verse 4, the Bible says this,
and his feet, and the his feet there or the word his is really referring to the Messiah
and as we know, the Lord Jesus Christ, and it is a reference to the second coming
of the Lord Jesus Christ and the second coming of the Messiah.
The Bible says his feet shall stand in that day upon the mount of olives
which is before Jerusalem on the east and the mount of olives.
Notice what the Bible says.
This is what's going to happen when Jesus comes for the second time,
the second advent of Christ as he comes on a white horse
with the saints falling behind him.
Of course, we know he comes from heaven on a white horse,
but when he dismounts the horse and he sets his foot on earth for the second time,
when he comes the second time, he will enter in through the mount of olives.
The Bible says that his feet shall stand in that day upon the mount of olives
which is before Jerusalem on the east and on the mount,
and I want you to notice there verse 4,
and the mount of olives shall cleave in the midst thereof toward the east and toward the west.
The Bible says that when Jesus comes back,
he's going to place his feet upon the mount of olives
and when he does that, the mount of olives is going to split in half.
The Bible says that it shall cleave in the midst thereof toward the east and toward the west,
and there shall be a very great valley,
and half of the mountain shall move toward the north and half of it toward the south.
When Jesus returns, we have this famous,
probably the most famous, one of the most famous mountains in the Bible,
the mount of olives.
But when Jesus returns, the mountain is going to turn into a valley
because when he steps on it, it's going to split in half.
Now you say, what is the significance of that?
The significance of that is this.
We talked about it on Wednesday night.
When Jesus comes back on that white horse,
he will be riding upon a horse and upon his thigh will be written the titles,
King of Kings and Lord of Lords.
When he comes back the second time, it will be to set up his kingdom.
It will be as a king.
He is not coming back as a lamb.
The first coming, he came as a lamb.
John the Baptist saw the Lord Jesus Christ and said,
Behold, the lamb of God, which taketh away the sins of the world.
But the second time he comes, the Bible says he's coming as the lion of the tribe of Judah.
He's coming in his role as a king.
Now the significance is this,
that Jesus in Luke chapter 19 is about to be recognized as a king.
So there's significance to him coming through the mount and in the Mount of Olives
because when he comes back the second time,
that's how he's coming and he's going to split the mount in half.
He's coming through the Mount of Olives to show that he is the Messiah,
that he is the king, that he is the one.
And here's what's interesting is when Jesus enters Jerusalem,
he has been in Jerusalem before.
The Bible tells us and different gospels tell us
that he has been there for different events at different times.
The reason that Luke emphasizes this coming or this journey from Jesus to Jerusalem
all the way from Luke chapter number 9,
the reason that that's emphasized is because this is the last time that Jesus comes to Jerusalem.
When he comes to Jerusalem this time, he dies there.
He's buried there.
He resurrects there.
This is the end of the ministry of Christ.
Obviously there's lots of chapters still to study and look at,
but this is we're in the final days of his ministry.
And what's interesting is that when he comes in,
he comes in through the Mount of Olives and the next time that Jesus comes to Jerusalem,
he'll be splitting the Mount of Olives.
So there's end times significance there.
How is it that Jesus enters Jerusalem?
He's coming from and through the Mount of Olives.
Now keep your place there in Zechariah.
We're going to come right back to it.
Go back to Luke chapter 19.
Not only do we see significance in how he comes,
but we see prophetic fulfillment in how he comes.
We see prophetic significance and we see prophetic fulfillment.
Luke 19 and verse 30, the Bible says,
remember he's coming through the Mount and we saw there in verse 29 that he sent his disciples.
Have you noticed there the last part of verse 29?
He sent two of his disciples.
He sends them on an errand.
What are they to do?
Luke 19 30 saying,
Go ye into the village over against you in the which at your entering ye shall find a colt.
What's a colt?
A colt is a young male horse or a related animal.
It's a young male horse or a young male donkey or an animal of that related family.
And here Jesus tells them to go into the village.
Ye shall find a colt tied.
Notice what the Bible says.
Whereon yet never man sat.
This was a colt that had never been ridden.
It was tied.
And Jesus tells him, I want you to go find this colt.
Lose him and bring him hither.
Notice verse 31.
And if any man ask you, why do you lose him?
Thus shall ye say unto him, because the Lord hath need of him.
Here we have Jesus giving the disciples instructions and he tells them,
I want you to go and I want you to find this colt that's tied up.
And I want you to, it's a colt that never man sat.
And I want you to lose him and bring him hither.
Bring him to me.
And if anybody asks you, what are you doing?
Just tell them the Lord hath need of him.
Now some people believe and I don't have a position either way.
The Bible doesn't really tell us.
But some people have a position that this was some sort of a miraculous thing
where the disciples did some sort of a Jedi mind trick or something on this person.
And they were able to take the colt and they were able to take this animal
from the owner by simply saying that the Lord hath need of him.
And that's totally possible that it was just a miracle and God worked that out.
It's also possible that Jesus just already prearranged this.
That he'd already sent the message in advance
and made the arrangements for the colt to be where it needed to be.
And these individuals when they ask the question, why do you lose him?
They simply give the answer the Lord hath need of him.
The point is this, that it was very important to Jesus
how he entered into Jerusalem.
He had to enter in on a colt.
He had to enter in on this colt whereon yet never man sat.
And if it was a miracle then that's great.
I mean wouldn't that be nice if you could go onto a car lot
and start driving the vehicle away.
And if anybody said anything to you say the Lord hath need of him
and they just let you go.
I don't know if you try that let me know how it works.
You can call me on your one phone call you get from prison.
Verse 32, and they that were sent went their way and found even as he said.
Aren't you thankful that you will always find that everything is always even as he said?
Whenever Jesus says anything it's always the way he says it is.
And found even as he said unto them and as they were losing the colt
the owners thereof said unto them why lose ye the colt
and they said the Lord have need of him.
Now what's the significance here?
We saw that there was significance in the mount
but what about significance in the colt of an ass?
Go back to Zechariah if you would.
Zechariah chapter number nine.
Zechariah chapter nine.
This was actually fulfillment of prophecy.
It was important that it happened this way because it was prophesied this way
and Jesus is actually fulfilling prophecy by making these arrangements
getting this colt and coming into Jerusalem this way.
Zechariah nine, look at verse nine.
Here's a prophecy from the prophet Zechariah written hundreds of years before
the coming of the Lord Jesus Christ, the first coming.
Zechariah nine nine, the Bible says rejoice greatly
oh daughter of Zion shout oh daughter of Jerusalem
behold thy king cometh unto thee he is just and having salvation
lowly meaning he he's coming
notice this is a this was to let them know who their king was
thy king cometh unto thee but he's not coming like the average king
he's not coming high and lifted up no he's coming lowly
remember we talked about that this morning
he's coming lowly and riding upon an ass
an ass of course referring to a donkey
notice riding upon an ass and upon a colt
a colt is a young male horse or donkey or an animal of that family
he's riding upon an ass and upon a colt the full of an ass
so in Zechariah it was prophesied that Jesus would come
and again I want you to notice not on a white horse
like maybe the average king would coming in to a parade
no that happens later that happens in revelation 19
but the first time he enters Jerusalem he comes in lowly
riding upon an ass and in the ancient world we're told
that horses were often a symbol of war and we know the Bible agrees with that
because the Bible says that the horse is prepared for the day of battle
but a an ass or a donkey would have been a picture or symbolism of peace
and Jesus is coming here lowly into Jerusalem
riding upon an ass and upon a colt this was a prophecy
that they would know that when their king their messiah
their anointed one when thy king cometh unto thee
he is just and having salvation he's going to come
lowly and riding upon an ass and upon a colt the fall of an ass
this was prophetic go back to Luke chapter 19
so Jesus works it out to make sure that he's riding upon this colt
that he's riding upon this ass this donkey
and the Bible tells us that he sat just to emphasize this Luke 1930
he he took a colt whereon yet never man sat we're going to notice
that in this passage of scripture Jesus is revealing himself and proclaiming
himself as the messiah as the christ as the priest
as the prophet as the king we'll notice that in this passage of
scripture there's an emphasis on his deity
the emphasis on his deity is his sovereignty
over nature see the Bible tells us that he took
a colt tied whereon yet never man sat he took a donkey
into Jerusalem in the middle of a parade is what you and I would call it
with hundreds and thousands of people cheering him on
as he enters in and he rides on a donkey that no one's ever written
no one's ever trained hasn't been broken now I don't know about you but if you're
going to ride into a parade where thousands of people
are going to be watching you and cheering you on
you think you would have written upon a horse that's been trained to do that
a donkey that's been trained to do that a donkey has been trained to
to follow orders and to sit with donkeys by nature are known
as being stubborn but Jesus takes this donkey whereon never man
sat and had absolutely no problem with this donkey
giving him any problems why because Jesus is sovereign over nature
because Jesus is the Lord not just the Lord in the sense of
over man but he is the Lord over nature itself
he had no problem with writing on a colt where
never man sat in fact writing a colt where never man sat shows us
the sovereignty of the Lord Jesus Christ but I want you to notice there's another
thought here and it's this writing on the colt that
never man sat not only shows us the sovereignty of
Christ but it also shows us the preeminence of Christ
you'll notice that Jesus has this habit in his life
of not wanting to share things he wants to use things that have never
been used he wants to use things that are only
for him here we see him he doesn't want any
cold he doesn't want any donkey he doesn't
want any horse he doesn't want an animal that's already
been been written no he wants an animal that has been set aside for his use
where on yet never man sat and you'll notice that this is
there's a theme of this in the life of the Lord Jesus Christ think about this
he was born of a virgin he was developed his body developed in a
womb you could say that had never been used
a womb that had never carried any other child now we know that Mary
had children after the birth of Christ but when he was born
of the virgin Mary he was born into a womb
where on yet never man sat if i could say it that way
when you consider the womb that was chosen for Christ
we see the preeminence that he comes first
he doesn't want the leftovers he doesn't want what's already been used
he comes first how about this not only the womb but what about the tomb
think about the tomb that was used for the death of the Lord Jesus Christ
to have his body it was donated by a man by the name
of Joseph of Arimathea he was a rich man who had a tomb
carved in from into rock in a cave into stone and it was a tomb that man had
never used it was a brand new tomb had never housed
a body had never had a body and that was the
tomb that was used by the Lord Jesus Christ and i'm just here
to tell you something there there's an image here or a picture here
that God does not want the leftovers he doesn't want you you say well you know
can can God use me yes he wants you but he wants you first
and he wants you only to himself he wants a cult
where on yet never man sat he wants to have you all to himself
so we see the fulfillment of the Lord Jesus Christ we see
the importance of how Jesus entered Jerusalem
he came in from the mount of olives he came in
on the cult of and asked but then i want to answer this question
and this is where we'll spend a little bit of time tonight and it is not only
how Jesus enters Jerusalem but why Jesus enters Jerusalem why does
Jesus enter Jerusalem at all what was the point of this whole big
celebration this this uh poem sunday
you'll notice and i've talked about this on sunday morning and and wednesday
night i told you we'd be dealing with this issue
you're there in luke chapter 19 flip back to luke chapter 5 if you would
luke chapter 5 you may have noticed as we've been traveling through the gospel
of luke that jesus does something that could be
a little confusing
to us and it is this that throughout his ministry
before this moment where we're at right now in luke chapter 19
before this jesus was trying to conceal who he was now there's lots of passages
i could take you to to prove this i'm not going to spend a lot of time on
this but i'll show you enough to make the point
look at luke chapter 5 and verse 12 let's just look at some examples
of how jesus was trying to conceal who he was luke 512
and it came to pass when he that's jesus was in a certain city
behold a man full of leprosy who seeing jesus fell on his face
and besought him saying lord if thou wilt thou can make me clean
and he put forth his hand and touched him saying i will
be thou clean and immediately the leprosy departed from him
this is just an example of a standard uh uh miracle of the lord jesus christ
where jesus heals somebody here in this example it's a man of leprosy
he says i will be thou clean and immediately the leprosy departed from
him but i want you to notice verse 14 and he
jesus charged him the man that just got healed
notice notice what jesus says to him he's he charged him
to tell no man he said don't tell anybody about this
but go and show thyself to the priest and offer thy for thy cleansing according
as moses commanded for a testimony unto them he heals this man of leprosy
and then he tells him don't tell anybody and if you read the gospels you'll find
this a lot where jesus heals somebody he performs a
miracle and he says don't tell anybody and a lot oftentimes these people go off
and they proclaim what jesus has done and they they tell people anyway
which is why the fame of jesus was abroad and why he had
the crowds uh pressing upon him and why there were so many people
coming to see him but you'll notice that jesus was often
trying to tell people hey let's not announce this
let's not make a big deal about this remember when jesus resurrected
the little daughter we saw the 12 year old girl
he goes in and he resurrects us from the dead what does he say to his parents
don't tell anybody don't tell anybody about this let me
give you another example go to luke chapter 9
luke chapter 9 and verse 20 luke chapter 9 and verse 20
the bible says he said unto them this is jesus speaking to his disciples
he said unto them but whom say ye that i am
he just got done asking them who do the people say that i am
and they said some some say that you're jeremiah some say
that you're uh elijah some say that you're john
some say that you're a great prophet so he asked them
but whom say ye that i am peter answering said
the christ of god and the word christ means messiah and and the word messiah
means the anointed one the chosen one the one
that was to come he said you're the christ of god and matthew
it's recorded this way peter said thou art the christ
the son of the living god but notice what jesus says to them in luke 9 21
and he straightly charged them and commanded them
to tell no man that thing and that is often confusing to us because we're like
why is jesus downplaying who he is why is he trying to conceal who he is
and to add even more confusion to that
as you read the gospels you might be more confused by the fact
that there are other instances where jesus tells people
go and spread this abroad now you say well well
when is that and here's what i want you to understand and i won't have you turn
to all these places go to john chapter 6 if you're there in
luke just flip over to john john chapter 6
here's an example of when he told someone to go tell everyone
remember when he cast out legion out of the possessed man
he told him remember that guy said hey i want to come with you
and jesus said go go back home go back to your homeland and spread
abroad what what great things have been done he tells him go tell everybody
about me so sometimes people get confused they're like jesus telling some
people don't tell people who i am he's telling other people go tell them
who i am what is the reason for this and and i want you to understand the bible
tells us why it is that jesus does this and there's
primarily two reasons as to why jesus was telling people hey keep this on the
down low you know i don't want you to tell a lot
of people this don't make a big deal about it
don't call the news cameras don't call the newspaper
don't i just just go tell the priest do the things you got to do
but don't go around saying this you say why is it that jesus was doing that
are you there in john chapter 6 john chapter 6 verse 15
two main reasons why jesus was doing that the first one
is found in john 6 15 and when jesus the bible says john 6 15
when jesus therefore perceived notice what the bible says that they
would come and take him by force what does that mean
that means they were going to make him they're going to force him
say what are they going to force him to do it's a good thing it's a nice thing
they were going to come and take him by force
notice to make him a king when jesus perceived that they would
come and take him by force to make him a king
notice what he does he departed again into a mountain himself alone
see the reason that jesus told people hey don't make a big deal about this
is because he was trying to avoid his followers
making him king you you asked why was he trying was he trying to avoid people
from acknowledging him as king please understand this he was trying
to avoid his followers acknowledging him praising him and uh and giving him
the the acknowledgement of king too prematurely
he needed it to be done in his timetable the problem was not that they were
acknowledging him as king the problem is that they were going to
try to make him king before he was ready so he departed again
into a mountain himself alone that's the good guys let's look at the
bad guys go to john chapter seven john chapter seven not only was he
trying to avoid his followers making him a king prematurely
he was also trying to avoid his enemies putting him to death you say he was
trying to avoid being put to death oh no no he knew that he was going to
be put to death by the way just know this no man took his life he
laid down his life but what he was trying to avoid is
his enemies putting him to death prematurely
are you there in john 7 look at verse 1 after these things jesus walked in
galley galley is the northern part of israel
if you've looked at a map or you can look at the map in the back of your
bible maybe of the nation of israel you have the
northern part which is where the sea of galley is then
you have a river that comes down from the sea of galley
known as the as as the jordan river and then it comes down into the southern
part of israel which is judia jesus his primary
focus of his ministry took part in that northern part of
israel known as galley after these things jesus walked in galley
notice for he would not walk in jewelry jewelry is referring to judah
and and by the way let me just say this in the bible
the nation of israel the hebrews the israelites were not called
jews the entire time it was only after the kingdom divided
into the northern kingdom and southern kingdom and really only after the
northern kingdom went into captivity that those who were in judia were called
jews here the bible says it refers to it as
jewelry so he would not walk in jewelry this is
the southern part of israel the southern kingdom of
judah where jerusalem is why would he not
walk in jewelry here's why because the jews
sought to kill him now the jews feast of zapernacles was at hand
his brethren i just want you to i know i'm showing you a lot of stuff but i
want you to understand this this is before his brothers believed on
christ the brothers of jesus did not believe on him until after the
resurrection his brethren therefore said unto him
and go into judia they're telling them why don't you go into judia
that thy disciples also may see the works that thou doest they're not
they're not disciples of jesus yet they will become disciples of jesus
but not yet and at this point they're kind of antagonizing
or being hostile towards jesus say why don't you go down to jerusalem
that your disciples may see uh uh the works that thou doest
notice the response of jesus john chapter 7 and verse 6
then jesus said unto them my time is not yet come
but your time is always ready you say why did jesus say my time
is not yet come because he's explained to them look i
am going to go down to judia and i am going to be put to death
but i'm going to lay down my life it'll be done on my timetable
and i'm not ready to do that yet it's interesting because when jesus gets
arrested in the garden of gethsemane what does he say
he say he says to the the soldiers that are arrested him
he says this is your hour and the power of darkness
but here in john 7 he says my time has not yet come
so if you want to know why it is that jesus would often tell people
to not make a big deal about the miracle not go around telling people about the
resurrection don't make a big deal about this
it's because he was trying to avoid two things one is that his followers
would try to make him a king prematurely the other is that his enemies
will try to put him to death prematurely then you have the question
of well what about legion why do you tell legion go back home and
spread the news here's why because legion was the man that had the
legion cast out was from the capitalist which is a gentile
nation so there was no issue with he with him
going back and proclaiming jesus because the
gentile nation wasn't going to make jesus the king of the jews
and they weren't going to put him to death the issue was
with the timing and the control of the timing
the proclamation of himself as king and the proclamation that would put him
to death now with that said go back to luke
chapter 19 and i said all that to help you understand this the
emphasis that we read when jesus enters jerusalem on this
palm sunday
is because before jesus was trying to conceal
who he was now jesus is ready to proclaim who he is jesus is now
ready to put into motion the events that will end up with him
being the sacrificial lamb the one that is
put to death at the cross and the way that jesus
does this is in this triumphant entry into jerusalem this along with
several other things but this is really the thing that kicks off the pharisees
to say we got to put this guy to death so why
does jesus enter jerusalem he enters jerusalem because he's ready
he's ready for what first to be acknowledged as king notice
luke 19 verse 35 luke 1935 and they brought him to jesus
that's referring to the donkey and they cast their garments upon the
colt and they set jesus there on and as he
went they spread their clothes in the way
and when when he was come nigh even now 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 that they have seen
saying blessed be the king that cometh in the name of the lord peace
in heaven and glory in the highest notice now jesus is not saying
be quiet don't tell anybody no now he is accepting their praise
he is accepting their glory he is accepting
their rejoicing why because he really was the king
he really was the king that cometh in the name of the lord
by the way if you're interested this is for your notes you can jot this down
that phrase when they shouted blessed be the king that cometh in the name of the
lord that is a quote from psalm 118 and verse 26
psalm 118 and verse 26 the bible says blessed be he
that cometh in the name of the lord we have blessed you out of the house
of the lord why why did jesus enter jerusalem this way
it was because he was now before he was trying to conceal who he was
now jesus is ready to proclaim who he was and he is proclaiming
that he is king and he is ready to set into motion the events
that will end in his death look at verse 39
and some of the pharisees from among the multitudes said unto him master
rebuke thy disciples jesus coming in on this donkey
where on never man sat they're throwing clothes
before him they're throwing palm leaves before him
they're saying hosanna blessed is he that cometh in the name of the lord
the the pharisees say said to jesus master rebuke their disciples
they're saying hey shut them up don't let them say that tell them they're not
allowed to say that notice jesus respond in the past jesus
would say no no be quiet don't go proclaiming this don't go around saying
this i don't need you to say this i i still
need some time i've got things i need to do
but now jesus says luke 1940 and and he answered and said unto them
i tell you that if these should hold their peace
the stones would immediately cry out you said do you believe that literally i
do because this again is the moment
in which jesus is proclaiming himself king of kings
lord of lords deity on earth the anointed one
the christ he says if these is that this has been already
set in motion this has been prophesied since zechariah the prophet
and if i would tell these to hold their peace the stones themselves
would cry out why because he's sovereign over nature too
even the stones acknowledge him as king i want you to notice this go to john
chapter 12 john chapter 12 in john chapter 12
we're in the context of this palm sunday
john chapter 12
look at verse number uh let me see i was going to have you look at verse 19 but
let me just
look at verse 12 just so you can see the context
john 12 12 on the next day much people that were come
to the feast when they heard that jesus was coming to jerusalem
took branches of palm trees that's why it's called palm sunday
and went forth to meet him and cried hosanna
blessed is the king of israel that cometh in the name of the lord
and jesus when he had found in a young ass sat there on
as it is written fear not here's a quote from zechariah
daughter of psion behold thy king cometh sitting on
an ass is cold that's the context palm sunday right
look at verse 19 john 12 and verse 19 the pharisees therefore said among
themselves perceive ye how ye prevail nothing behold
the world is gone after him they said we have a problem here jesus
was look here's what they're saying he was
when he was trying to keep it hush hush he was more popular than we were
comfortable with now he's just openly proclaiming himself
now he's coming in on an ass's call they they knew that zechariah
had prophesied that the messiah the king would come on
on on the cult of an ass into jerusalem
they said now he's doing it openly now he won't tell them to be quiet
now he's allowing them to praise them and this is what
initially gets the uh plan going they say we got to put
him to death and i want you to send that this was the plan of jesus
this is why he entered in this way he entered in this way
to be acknowledged as king and he entered in this way
to be put to death
but there's another reason let me just quickly explain this to you and then
we'll move on to the last point go to exodus if you would
exodus chapter 12 second book in the bible exodus chapter 12
remember that this event is known as palm sunday it happens on the first day
of the week which would be a sunday it's one week before the resurrection
of christ some people believe that jesus died on
friday we don't believe that we believe he died on wednesdays
others argue that he died on thursday and either way no matter what your
position is we know that he died several days after palm
sunday the events we're reading of are just a
few days before the crucifixion of christ and
three days later he will resurrect one week from this
event on sunday he enters jerusalem on palm sunday
and one week later is resurrection sunday or what we refer to as easter
sunday the bible tells us remember i quoted
this to you already john acknowledged jesus as the lamb of
god which taketh away the sins of the world
first corindia tells us that jesus is our passover
the passover lamb was a sacrifice that was done during passover and it
was a picture of the coming sacrifice of the coming
messiah i don't have a lot of time to spend on this
but let me just quickly explain this to you when moses
was in egypt doing the work of god to get the children of israel out of the
land of egypt out of slavery you're familiar with the
10 plagues that he brought upon the nation of israel
he brought these nine wonderful plagues and
amazing plagues and things that he did to show the power of god
but the last plague the one that actually got the children of israel
out of egypt was when the angel of death came to egypt and put to death the
first born child does that sound familiar
of of in every household the children of israel were instructed
that they were to take a lamb and sacrifice the lamb
and they were to take the blood and and put it upon the doorpost
of each house and when the angel of death would come
if he saw the blood upon the doorpost he would pass
over that house he would not take the life
the judgment of god would not come upon that house which is why he's referred to
as passover in exodus 12 we have moses giving the
instructions for passover and why don't you notice
what he says exodus chapter 12 verse 1 and the lord
spoke unto moses and aaron in the land of egypt saying this
month shall be unto you the beginning of months it shall be the
first month of the year speaking unto the congregation of israel
saying notice the instructions they're beginning a new nation here
right so god god tells moses and moses tells the children of israel
this is going to be our january it's going to be the first day
the first month of our year and here's what i want you to do verse 3
speaking unto all the congregation of israel saying
in the 10th day of this month they shall take to them
every man a lamb according to the house of their fathers a lamb for an house
and if the house will be too little for the lamb let him and his neighbor
next unto his house take it according to the number of the souls
every man according to his eating shall make your count for the lamb
notice verse 5 your lamb shall be without blemish
a male of the first year ye shall take it out
from the sheep or from the goats and he shall keep it up
until the 14th day of the same month and the whole assembly of the
congregation of israel shall kill it in the evening here we have moses giving
instructions to the children of israel he says on the 10th day of this month i
want you to choose a lamb i want you to choose a lamb he says that
is a firstborn lamb a male lamb and that it has no
blemish that it has no problems that it's not
crippled that it's not weak that it's not sick that it has no
issues i want it to be as perfect as possible
and he says when you choose the lamb then i just to make sure that it's the
right lamb he said you're going to choose the lamb
on the 10th day of the month but you're going to hold it until the
14th day of the month and during those those days in between
your job is to look at that lamp examine that lamp make sure that's the right
lamp and then on the 14th day of the month
verse 6 ye shall keep it until the 14th day of the month
and the whole assembly of the congregation of israel
shall kill it in the evening now remember that this
passover lamb is a type or a foreshadow or a picture of the lord jesus christ
the lamb of god which taketh away the sins of the world
you say what is palm sunday about palm sunday and when jesus entered into
jerusalem on this day was the day that the lamb
was chosen and he enters in on the 10th day of the
first month on palm sunday and presents himself
as the lamb as the chosen one as the messiah as the christ
as the only begotten son of god without blemish
without sin and what did they do for the next three days
they examined him they take him before the religious elite
and they judge him they take him before harrod and they judge him
they take him before pilot and they judgment and what
is the outcome what is the result of their examination
pilot famously says i find no fault in him
he was blemish he had no blemish he had no sin
and then what happens verse 6 the whole assembly of the congregation of israel
put him to death we have no king but caesar they said
we will not have this man to reign over us they said
his blood be upon us and upon our children they said
and they put the lamb of god to death you say what is it that's happening here
in this passover this palm sunday event what's happening is that jesus is
pretending himself as the lamb the spotless lamb of god who came
to take away the sins of the world go back to luke chapter 19
look at verse 41 we saw how jesus enters jerusalem
he comes in from the mount of olives he comes in on a cult of an ass
we saw why jesus entered jerusalem
he enters jerusalem because before this he was trying to conceal who he was
now he's ready to proclaim who he is and then i want you to notice thirdly
tonight we see when jesus enters jerusalem
when is it that jesus enters jerusalem when jesus enters jerusalem luke 19
verse 41 the bible says this and when he was come near he beheld the
city and wept over it it's interesting to me
that the bible never records for us that jesus laughed
and i'm sure he laughed but the bible records for us a couple of times that
jesus wept we know that he wept for lazarus and
here we see him beholding the city jerusalem and the
bible says he wept over it notice what he says in verse 42 saying
this is jesus speaking about the city jerusalem
he says if thou hadst known he said if you would have known
even now notice what he says at least in this thy day
you would think since they know that passover is just a few days away
since they know that today is the day that the lamb has to be chosen
that then for the next several days the lamb has to be examined
that later on this week the lamb has to be put to death
and you've got jesus here who's the messiah who's fulfilling prophecy
writing in on a cult and writing in as king
being proclaimed king you would think they'd put it together and say
i think this might be the lamb of god but they didn't see it he says
if thou hadst known even now at least in this thy day
the things which belong unto peace he says but now they are hid from mine
eyes he says if you would have known but you
don't see it you know what's interesting to me is
that people will come to a church like this even people will come to a church
like this and you're preaching just like this and
walk out those doors unsaved unregenerated
and i wonder don't you see it jesus says if thou hadst known but now
they are hid from thine eyes and then jesus begins to talk about
another event that would happen in the future for him
it's already happened for us he begins to talk about the destruction of
jerusalem in verses 41 and 42 he talks about the
death of jesus death of himself in verses 43 and 44 he talks about
the destruction of jerusalem notice what he says verse 43
for the day shall come upon thee that thine enemies shall cast a trench about
thee and compass thee round and keep thee in
on every side and shall lay thee even with the
ground and thy children within thee and they shall not leave in thee one
stone upon another because thou knew is not the time of
thy visitation jesus says there's coming
a day when this city is going to be destroyed
in fact what jesus is explaining and i'd like you to see this go go to daniel
just real quickly daniel in the old testament daniel chapter 9
if you can find those major prophetic books towards the end of the bible
isaiah jeremiah lamentatious ezekah those big books right after ezekah you
have the book of daniel daniel chapter 9 see why does jesus connect his death and
the destruction of jerusalem the death of jesus and the destruction of
jerusalem here's why because those two events
are perfectically connected
jesus is telling them this city is going to be destroyed
jerusalem is going to be destroyed the temple is going to be destroyed
and they're not going to leave one stone upon another
because you rejected me as messiah both of these events are perfectically
connected they're predicted if the jews would have seen or realized
who jesus was they could have had salvation but because they
failed to see it because they would not see it
jesus says not only will you be destroyed but the city is going to be
destroyed let me just show it to you in prophecy
real quickly daniel 9 26 what is it that jesus is referring to
daniel 9 26 i'm not going to get deep into this because this is a whole other
sermon but in daniel chapter 9 we have daniel
explaining daniel's 70 weeks and of course daniel's 70th week
is a very well-known phrase or week or terminology used
to describe end times prophecy it is a week that literally happened during the
time in which daniel spoke but it's also a week that that
will prophetically one day happen what happened in the days of daniel were
simply a type or a foreshadow of the big daniel's
70th week that is yet to come in daniel 9 26 he's been talking about
those 70 weeks and he first refers to
for those of you that care about daniel's 70 weeks
you need to understand that the weeks are divided into three different parts
the first part is the first seven weeks these parts
are disconnected they are not chronological
meaning that they just go in order there are gaps between the parts
there's the first seven weeks which if you look at daniel 9 26
you'll notice that that is a reference to when the temple
gets rebuilt when daniel is writing the temple the second temple
excuse me the temple of solomon the first temple has been destroyed
and daniel is referring to the prophecies
of the of that temple being rebuilt we of course read about that in nehemiah
and ezra when ezra goes back and rebuilds the
temple the seven weeks that daniel refers to
are the 49 years that it took to rebuild that second temple then he has a second
part here in verse 26 because when daniel talks about weeks
he's not talking about weeks like you and i talk about weeks of days
he's referring to weeks of years so when he talks about seven weeks
it's 49 days and if you remember the pharisees
they said to jesus remember jesus said that
in that that they're going to destroy the temple and in three days he will
build it up referring to his body but they thought
he was referring to the temple and they said 49 years was this building
this temple and building that's what they're referring to the
first seven weeks of daniel's 70 weeks then you have a
second part daniel 9 26 and after three score and two weeks
what is that 62 weeks shall messiah be cut off
this is a second portion of this pair of of this of this prophecy
and it is referring to the day that the messiah
will be cut off what does that mean it means the messiahs will be put to death
notice what it says and after three score in two weeks shall messiah be cut
off but not for himself he didn't die for
himself he died for us and the people of the
prince who's that referring to we know now
that that is a reference to the roman empire
the people of the prince shall come excuse me that shall come notice what
notice what daniel says shall destroy the city what city Jerusalem
and the sanctuary what sanctuary the temple
notice that daniel connects these two thoughts
after three score and two weeks messiah shall be cut off the messiah
dies and then he says the people of the prince
that shall come shall destroy the city and Jerusalem
and the uh the end thereof shall be with a flood and until the end of the war
desolations are determined here we're told that when the city is destroyed
and when the sanctuary is destroyed daniel tells us it happens as a
result of the war here's what daniel says
daniel says the messiah is coming and he's going to be cut off
he's going to get put to death he's not going to die for himself but he will die
uh for us and he shall not uh be cut off for himself and then daniel says as a
result of that the city will be destroyed and the
sanctuary will be destroyed in a war the interesting thing is that
that's exactly what jesus is referring to go back to luke 19
when he enters jerusalem and he's getting ready to be put to death he
says hey jews hey southern
kingdom of juda he says
if thou hadst known if you would have known the prophecy of
daniel if you would have known the prophecy of
zechariah if you would have known he says if thou
hadst known luke 1942 even now at least in this night day
he said you didn't realize that daniel was writing about this day
this is the day the things would belong into thy peace
but now they are hid from thine eyes for the day shall come upon thee that thy
enemy shall cast a trench about thee and compass thee
round and keep thee in on every side see jesus is referring
to a coming war the same war that daniel was referring to
what is that war that's historically known as the first jewish roman war
happened in 66 a.d ended in 73 a.d and right in the midst of that seven year
war the temple was destroyed 70 a.d
exactly how jesus predicted and jesus said you missed it
it was right there you missed it the prophecies were there you missed
it he said it was your day he said in this
light day verse 42 look at verse 44
and shall lay thee even with the ground and thy children with it within thee and
they shall not leave in thee one stone upon another
by the way let me just say this i don't believe that that wall over there
that wailing wall is the wall of of the temple
because jesus said that they were not that they would not leave one stone upon
another because thou knewest not notice what he
says the time of thy visitation
here's what jesus said jesus said i personally came to you
i came and i boldly proclaimed myself your king
i boldly proclaimed myself your christ i boldly proclaimed myself
deity i told you that the stones would cry out
because i'm not lord just over man i'm lord over nature itself
he said i came and i visited you this is the day of your visitation and you
rejected it and he says as a result you're gonna die and go to hell and the
city will be destroyed you say what's the application here's
the application the bible says about salvation today is
the day of salvation the bible says that today is the day the
day that he has revealed himself the day of your visitation
and yet unfortunately there are many who will
reject him not accept him not believe him you say what will happen
to them same thing that happened to that temple
they will be destroyed look at verse 45
it's funny to me that jesus predicts the destruction of the temple
and then in verse 45 he goes to see the temple
luke 1945 we're almost done we'll go to verse 48 and we'll finish
and he went into the temple and began to cast
out them that sold therein and then that bought
this is what's often referred to as the cleansing of the temple
don't let this confuse you jesus did this two different times in his
ministry he did it at the beginning of his ministry
he went in there and threw out all the money changers and the people that sold
and bought in the temple and then right before his death he goes
in a second time for the second cleansing of the temple
and he cast out them that sold therein and then that bought why
because they had turned the house of god into a house of merchandise
and i'm not preaching on this but let me just say this don't come to church
to push your business don't come to church
to to get sales you know i'm not against church people doing business with each
other and you guys get to know each other want to do business with each
other that that's that's between you and god and as long as you have a
good attitude about it i don't care but if you're if you think i'm gonna come to
church and i'm just gonna get all these clients and try to sell all this stuff
to all these people you need to get right with god or you
need to get out because jesus cast out them that sold
therein and then that bought and look i believe this so much my wife
and i have a little business where we have children's books that we produce or
whatever and i i just will not even i will not
sell a book and just in this building and i know that the building's not the
church and all that but you know we will just ship
ship the build the you know people want to oh let me give you money it's like
you can buy them on the website you say why
because i don't want to turn the house of god into a house of merchandise
i'm not here to promote myself and you shouldn't be promoting your business and
your stuff you should be talking to church people about your business
you say what is it appropriate when they come to you when they come to you and
say hey can you help me with xyz then yeah
you know well let's talk on monday she shouldn't be doing business in the
house of god jesus had upset him so bad that two different times he went in
and threw out all the business people trying to make money in the house of god
look at verse 46 saying unto them it is written my house
is the house of prayer but she have made it a den of thieves
this is a place to do spiritual work to pray
to praise to preach not a place to make money and have business
and then we see the end of the chapter and this is the point
luke 1947 and he taught daily in the temple
but the chief priests and the scribes and the chief of the people sought to
destroy him and could not find what they might do
for all the people were very attentive to hear him i don't know about you maybe
it's just because i'm a preacher but i just love that little phrase at the end
of verse 48 for all the people were very
attentive to hear him to hear who jesus who's jesus the word of god
say pastor why are you always telling people hey why don't you come back
sunday night why don't you come back wednesday night
why are you always trying to get a crowd in here and get people
into the building uh so so they can hear you pray you know i'm not really
that interested in you hearing me preach but i'd love for you
to be very attentive to hear him to hear his word preach
and i'll tell you this i do i do the best i can to
not give you a lot of my own philosophies and stuff if i'm giving you
an opinion i try to tell you this is my opinion
but we're pretty hot and heavy on the word of god around here
you get the word of god in heavy doses you say why because we want all the
people to be very attentive to hear him
because that will change your life let's bow our heads and have a word of prayer
heavenly father lord we thank you for this passage of
scripture we thank you for the story what it means
what it signifies the prophecies that were fulfilled and
the prophecies that were predicted and lord i pray that you would always
help us to acknowledge you as king and sovereign over nature itself
and lord if there's anybody here tonight who's not saved
i pray that they would realize that today is the accepted day
today is the day of salvation today is the day of their visitation
that they would be saved that they would not leave here rejecting jesus
as king as lord as deity we love you
in the matchless name of christ we pray amen we're gonna have brother rj come
up and lead us in a final song just want to
remind you that we'd love for you to come back to church on wednesday night
and you say what are we going to do we're going to sit quietly and be very
attentive to the words of the lord jesus christ
and we'd love for you to join us of course for the midweek service and then
of course i just want to ask you if you could look around your area there
where you were sitting and make sure that everything is back
where it's supposed to be and the hymn book's back and pick up
uh your trash we would appreciate that it'll help the cleaning crew in the
morning to be able to get this building cleaned up if there's
anything we can do for you please let us know
we'll have brother rj come up and lead us in a final song
man let's grab our sound books and turn to page number 325
this is song number 325
we'll end the service with trust and obey when we walk with the lord sing it
out on the first
way
but
guys
not a sign
right
trust
oh there's no other way
happy
but
not a song
which we
not a
but it's
just
me
the
until
are for them
there's no
jesus
see it out on the last
we will sit at his feet
or we'll walk by this side
what he says we will do
where he sends me
trust
oh there's no other way
happy
brother joe would you dismiss us with a word of prayer
thank you very much for church today
thank you very much for the word of the church
pastor
god