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… Whoever the Lord is, he's the king of Israel. Verse 14, then Jesus, when he had found a young donkey, sat on it as it is written, fear not, daughter of Zion, behold, your king is coming, sitting on a donkey's colt. So look at this, Hosanna, why? Blessed is he who comes in the name of the Lord, the king of Israel. And Jesus rides on the back of the donkey, representing Zion, representing Jerusalem, of course, but ultimately representing God. Jesus is the king. We also see this in John chapter 18. John 18, verse 33. Then Pilate, this poor guy. You know, I often wonder about Pilate. Whatever became of him. He tried to wash his hands of the whole affair. Right? His wife told him, don't entangle yourself with that man. That man, Jesus. Stay away from him. Don't get involved. He had the pressure between the world. the word of his wife. She had dreams the night before. And then he tried to cover it up, right, by washing his hands as though that fixes things. …
… for you and I. Now, let me read the passage from John chapter 12, verses 12 through 16. Picking up right here, mid-flow, the next day, the great crowd that had come for the festival heard that Jesus was on his way to Jerusalem. They took palm branches and went out to meet him, shouting, Hosanna! Blessed is he who comes in the name of the Lord. Blessed is the King of Israel. Now, watch what Jesus did, a study in contrast. Here are these loud shouts from the crowd. And Jesus, verse 14, found a young donkey and sat on it, as it is written. Do not be afraid, daughter Zion. See your king is coming. Isn't that good news? Your king is coming. Doesn't that bless you to know your king is coming? somebody next to you, the king is coming. See, your king is coming, seated on a donkey's colt. That's unexpected. Last week, we talked about the staying Jesus. Week one, we talked about the seeking Jesus. This week we're going to talk about the seated Jesus, seated on a donkey's colt. Now, one more verse I want to give you, then you can be seated. This is what I want to talk to you about today. At first, his disciples did not understand all this. Only after… See, some things only make sense after. Only after. Don't worry too much right now about what you don't understand. Some things only make sense after. Only after Jesus was glorified did they …
… And that's the chapter or the book I've selected for today. And then, of course, John chapter 12, verses 12 to 19. John records it from his eyes. Why is this important? I don't want to get too much into this, except that the Bible says that before two or three witnesses, the truth shall be established. Which, by the way, if you're an attorney, or maybe you're a judge, or maybe you're involved in law, did you know that our jurisprudence of the United States of America is founded upon the biblical requirement of you not being able to be convicted without multiple witnesses? Did you know our founding fathers got that from the scriptures? and God brings it on the stage and says, here are, watch this, here are three eyewitnesses that are going to record the events of other eyewitnesses and I've added a fourth, John's Gospel, and it's a beautiful thing to look at because we love, for example, quadraphonic sound. Remember those days? Some of us are old enough. …
John chapter 12, verses 12 to 19. Hear the word of the Lord. The next day, the large crowd that had come to the feast heard that Jesus was coming to Jerusalem. So they took branches of palm trees and went out to meet him, crying out, Hosanna! Blessed is he who comes in the name of the Lord, even the King of Israel. And Jesus found a young donkey and sat on it, just as it is written, Fear not, daughter of Zion. Behold, your king is coming, sitting on a donkey's colt. His disciples did not understand these things at first. But when Jesus was glorified, then they remembered that these things had been written about him and had been done to him. The crowd that had been with him when he called Lazarus out of the tomb and raised him from the dead continued to bear witness. The reason why the crowd went to meet him was that they heard he had done this sign. So the Pharisees said to one another, you see that we are gaining nothing. …
… the King of Israel. Jesus found a donkey, a young, Jesus found a young donkey and sat on it just as it is written, do not be afraid, daughter of Zion. Look, your king is coming, sitting on a donkey's colt. Now let's jump over to 2 Corinthians chapter 2, verse 14. It says, but thanks be unto God, who always leads us in Christ's triumphal procession and through us spreads the aroma of the knowledge of him in every place. Thanks be unto God who always leads us in Christ's triumphal procession and through us spread the aroma of the knowledge of him in every place. And I'll stop right there. I want to talk to you from these two texts this morning. And if you're taking notes and if you want to give it a title, it's not a real fancy title. It's simple. I want to call it Triumph in Christ. Triumphant in Christ. Triumphant in Christ. And I want to kind of give you a subheading about points of Palm Sunday that reminds us that we are triumphant in Christ Jesus. …
Jesus found a young donkey and sat on it. As it is written, do not be afraid, daughter of Zion. See, your king is coming, seated on a donkey's colt. At first, his disciples did not understand all this. Only after Jesus was glorified did they realize that these things had been written about him and that these things had been done to him. Now, the crowd that was with him when he called Lazarus from the tomb and raised him from the dead continued to spread the word. And many people, because they had heard that he had performed this sign, went out to meet him. So the Pharisees said to one another, see, this is getting us nowhere. Look how the whole world has gone after him. Massive crowd, big momentum, lots of energy, all focused on this powerful, miracle-working Jesus. But Jesus, he's thinking something else in this moment, far greater than they can understand. He's fulfilling prophecies. Riding on the colt of a donkey is a prophecy that he's fulfilling. …
… Jesus found a young donkey and sat on it. As it is written, Do not be afraid, daughter of Zion. Look, your king is coming, sitting on a donkey's colt. His disciples did not understand these things at first, but when Jesus was glorified, they remembered that these things had been written of him and had been done to him. This is the word of God. For you, the people of God. Thanks be to God. Then they remembered that these things had been written of him and had been done to him. To be human is to know suffering, to experience suffering. To be human is to wrestle with the nature of suffering. For as long as humankind has gathered together in community, we've sat around campfires poking the embers and raising questions about the causes of suffering, the meaning of suffering, the right responses to suffering. A good chunk of humanity's earliest literature can be classified as tragic. These ancient plays and stories explore the causes of human pain and the depths of human anguish. …