and said to them, “Go into the village ahead of you, and as soon as you enter it, you will find a colt tied there, on which no one has ever sat. Untie it and bring it here.and said to them, “Go your way into the village that is opposite you. Immediately as you enter into it, you will find a young donkey tied, on which no one has sat. Untie him and bring him.And saith unto them, Go your way into the village over against you: and as soon as ye be entered into it, ye shall find a colt tied, whereon never man sat; loose him, and bring him.and saith unto them, Go your way into the village that is over against you: and straightway as ye enter into it, ye shall find a colt tied, whereon no man ever yet sat; loose him, and bring him.
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… he sent two of his disciples, saying to them, go to the village ahead of you, and as you enter it, you will find a colt tied there, which no one has ever ridden. Untie it, bring it here to me. If anybody asks you, why are you untying this colt? Just tell them the Lord needs it. Those who were sent ahead went, and they found it just as he told them. And as they were untying the colt, the owner of the colt said, hey man, why are you untying my colt? And they replied, well, because the Lord needs it. And then they brought it to Jesus, threw their cloaks on the colt, and put Jesus on it. And as he went along, people spread their cloaks on the road. When he came near the place where the road goes down the Mount of Olives, the whole crowd of disciples began joyfully to praise God in loud voices for all the miracles they had seen. Blessed is the King who comes in the name of the Lord. …
… other stuff for you that isn't quite as spiritual. Watch what Jesus told them to do, verse 2, saying to them, go to the village ahead of you, and just as you enter it, you will find a colt that's a baby donkey tied there, which no one has ever ridden. Untie it and bring it here. If anyone asks you, why are you doing this? Say, the Lord needs it and we'll send it back here shortly. Skinner, I can't skip over this and talk about the donkey being borrowed because I'm thinking about the fact that Jesus borrowed two things around Easter. One was a donkey and one was a tomb. But see, it wasn't exactly borrowed the appropriate way. This is not technically how you should borrow something. That's why I think Jesus needed Peter to do something that was so dumb that it would take a dumb disciple to do it. Do I have any dumb disciples in the room today who aren't the smartest, who aren't exactly the sharpest tools in the drawer. …
… Matthew covers this from his eyes, Matthew. And then Mark's gospel, Mark 11, verses 1 through 11. Mark sees it and records it through his eyes. And then Dr. Luke, medical doctor, the gospel of Luke. Luke from chapter 19, verses 29 onward, he records it. 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. …
… I believe it's going to bless you today. I want to use one verse of Scripture, Mark chapter 11, verse 2. And Jesus said unto them, go your way into the village over against you. It's an interesting little line. And I know I'm doing a play on words, but that's exactly what the King James version of the Bible says. The oldest translation would be the King James. Go into English. Go your way into the village over against you. And as soon as you're entered into it, you'll find a colt tied wherein never a man set. Loosen and bring him. I want you to notice that verse. It was the instruction of Jesus to his disciples. They were moving up from the southern part of Israel, leaving Galilee, leaving Capernaum, going straight up to Jerusalem. It was time for the feast of Passover. They were headed to Jerusalem. And this village was so small, we're not told anything about it. We're not given its specific geographical location. …
… Look at verse 2. Jesus sent two of His disciples and said to them, Go into the village opposite you, and And immediately as you enter it, you will find a colt tied there, on which no one yet has ever sat. Untie it and bring it here. If anyone says to you, what are you doing, or why are you doing this, you say, the Lord has need of it, and immediately He will send it back here. Now it's Monday, and it's time for Him to come into the city. Also Mosaic law required that sacrificial animals for the Passover be selected on the tenth day of Nisan, the first month, kept in the house until the fourteenth, which was the day of sacrifice. And so in perfect harmony with that, the Lord comes as the sacrifice on Monday the 10th to be the sacrifice on the 14th on Friday. He is the Lamb on Monday who is slaughtered on Friday. Now as we look at this a little more closely, we just need to think of three things, the arrival, the approval, and the appraisal. The arrival, as I said, very simple. He comes to Bethany near the Mount of Olives, and as he moves in the direction of the city, there needs to be the fulfillment of the Zechariah prophecy. That's exactly what you have. Now, omniscience is in play here, obviously. You remember back in John 1 that He knew Nathanael before He ever saw Nathanael. …
… he sent two of his disciples saying to them, Go to the village, go ahead of you, and as you enter it you will find a colt tied there, which no one has ever ridden. Untie it and bring it here. If anyone asks you why you are untying it, say the Lord needs it. Those who were sent ahead went and found it just as Jesus had told them. And as they were untying the coat, its owners asked them, why are you untying the coat? They replied, the Lord needs it. They brought it to Jesus, threw their coats on the coat and put Jesus on it. And as he went along, people spread their cloaks on the road. When he came near the place where the road goes down, the Mount of Olives, the whole crowd of disciples began joyfully to praise God in loud voices for all the miracles they had seen. Blessed is the king who comes in the name of the Lord. Peace in heaven and glory in the highest. …