1 00:00:00,500 --> 00:00:04,520 This morning I'm going to depart from my 2 00:00:04,520 --> 00:00:09,680 messages in the Epistle to Jude next few 3 00:00:09,680 --> 00:00:11,600 Sundays, today on Easter Sunday. 4 00:00:12,080 --> 00:00:14,800 I would like to talk about some of 5 00:00:14,800 --> 00:00:18,080 the things in connection with the season, and 6 00:00:18,080 --> 00:00:22,540 especially today in reference to the triumphal entry 7 00:00:22,540 --> 00:00:25,600 of Christ into Jerusalem. 8 00:00:27,160 --> 00:00:31,960 Now, beloved, we have termed it a triumphal 9 00:00:31,960 --> 00:00:32,420 entry. 10 00:00:33,880 --> 00:00:37,020 Actually, there was no triumph in it. 11 00:00:37,800 --> 00:00:39,720 Within the week, he would die on the 12 00:00:39,720 --> 00:00:45,280 cross, crucified by the same people who shouted 13 00:00:45,280 --> 00:00:45,820 Hosanna. 14 00:00:45,820 --> 00:00:50,960 And it really was a triumph of tears, 15 00:00:51,220 --> 00:00:56,160 because just before he had been coming down 16 00:00:56,160 --> 00:00:57,740 the Mount of Olives, and when he had 17 00:00:57,740 --> 00:01:02,700 seen Jerusalem, he had looked at Jerusalem, and 18 00:01:02,700 --> 00:01:04,480 it said, and he looked upon the city 19 00:01:04,480 --> 00:01:08,560 and he wept, for Christ knew what was 20 00:01:08,560 --> 00:01:08,880 coming. 21 00:01:09,880 --> 00:01:12,780 And so, the triumphal entry of Christ into 22 00:01:12,780 --> 00:01:18,760 Jerusalem was rather a macabre thing, in that 23 00:01:18,760 --> 00:01:21,260 it was just before his death. 24 00:01:21,660 --> 00:01:23,120 He knew his death was coming. 25 00:01:24,260 --> 00:01:28,960 He knew all that was to proceed at 26 00:01:28,960 --> 00:01:29,780 this point. 27 00:01:31,180 --> 00:01:33,960 He had spoken to his disciples about it. 28 00:01:35,460 --> 00:01:38,640 And so this, I call it a triumph 29 00:01:38,640 --> 00:01:43,220 of tragedy, really, because it was a tragic 30 00:01:43,220 --> 00:01:49,520 triumph, something that had to be, because of 31 00:01:49,520 --> 00:01:50,000 prophecy. 32 00:01:50,920 --> 00:01:53,000 It was a necessary thing. 33 00:01:54,240 --> 00:01:56,800 It was a necessary thing that Christ be 34 00:01:56,800 --> 00:01:58,940 recognized as King before he died. 35 00:02:00,580 --> 00:02:04,520 And so, all of the prophetic utterances of 36 00:02:04,520 --> 00:02:09,460 the Old Testament had to be fulfilled before 37 00:02:09,460 --> 00:02:11,960 his time came to pay the penalty for 38 00:02:11,960 --> 00:02:12,480 man's sin. 39 00:02:13,840 --> 00:02:17,460 And so, this morning, I would like to 40 00:02:17,460 --> 00:02:20,360 deal with that side of it somewhat, the 41 00:02:20,360 --> 00:02:24,600 prophetic utterances, in reference to, if you turn 42 00:02:24,600 --> 00:02:25,500 with me to Luke. 43 00:02:26,880 --> 00:02:30,780 As I said before, each gospel records the 44 00:02:30,780 --> 00:02:32,980 entry of Christ into Jerusalem. 45 00:02:36,000 --> 00:02:37,700 This is unusual in itself. 46 00:02:37,980 --> 00:02:40,320 Not all the Gospels record everything, but it 47 00:02:40,320 --> 00:02:43,780 does record the entrance of Christ into Jerusalem 48 00:02:43,780 --> 00:02:46,340 in each of the Gospels. 49 00:02:48,820 --> 00:02:51,520 It is the only time that he ever 50 00:02:51,520 --> 00:02:53,000 rode on anything. 51 00:02:57,480 --> 00:02:59,100 He always walked. 52 00:03:02,740 --> 00:03:05,200 I guess if we were to look at 53 00:03:05,200 --> 00:03:11,980 Christ's ministry, his weariness, the depth of that 54 00:03:11,980 --> 00:03:17,920 weariness at times, his weariness in Gethsemane, when 55 00:03:17,920 --> 00:03:20,080 his disciples slept, and he said, could you 56 00:03:20,080 --> 00:03:22,620 not just watch with me for one hour? 57 00:03:24,280 --> 00:03:27,300 I've often associated that with worship on Sunday, 58 00:03:27,340 --> 00:03:27,700 you know. 59 00:03:32,030 --> 00:03:33,170 Not here, of course. 60 00:03:33,290 --> 00:03:39,670 I realize you never fall asleep, but his 61 00:03:39,670 --> 00:03:44,810 disciples fell asleep, and his question to them 62 00:03:44,810 --> 00:03:48,810 was, could ye not watch with me even 63 00:03:48,810 --> 00:03:50,790 one hour? 64 00:03:53,320 --> 00:03:55,480 How they should prick our hearts, isn't it? 65 00:03:55,480 --> 00:03:57,420 To make sure that as the Word of 66 00:03:57,420 --> 00:04:00,240 God, as we speak from it, as we 67 00:04:00,240 --> 00:04:02,860 delve into it, that our hearts are keen. 68 00:04:03,520 --> 00:04:05,900 You know, some people wonder, these are just 69 00:04:05,900 --> 00:04:08,560 asides, not part of my message, you know. 70 00:04:09,320 --> 00:04:11,500 But some people wonder why I don't go 71 00:04:11,500 --> 00:04:13,200 out on Saturday night, you know. 72 00:04:13,940 --> 00:04:15,980 But the reason I don't go out, unless 73 00:04:15,980 --> 00:04:18,320 it's some very special thing, like I had 74 00:04:18,320 --> 00:04:21,520 to speak the other week at the Belrose 75 00:04:21,520 --> 00:04:22,180 anniversary. 76 00:04:22,460 --> 00:04:25,280 But I never go out on Saturday night 77 00:04:25,280 --> 00:04:28,300 because I feel that the preacher of God's 78 00:04:28,300 --> 00:04:30,220 Word must be fresh on Sunday morning. 79 00:04:31,640 --> 00:04:34,600 I feel he has to be in that 80 00:04:34,600 --> 00:04:36,520 place that God wants him to be, both 81 00:04:36,520 --> 00:04:39,420 mentally and physically, that he may speak for 82 00:04:39,420 --> 00:04:40,180 Jesus Christ. 83 00:04:41,780 --> 00:04:46,180 But to get back, Jesus never rode, and 84 00:04:46,180 --> 00:04:48,780 yet this time it tells us that he 85 00:04:48,780 --> 00:04:51,360 had in the record in each of the 86 00:04:51,360 --> 00:04:54,540 Gospels, he had called upon certain things. 87 00:04:54,660 --> 00:04:57,800 If you'd look in Luke 19, beginning of 88 00:04:57,800 --> 00:05:03,160 the 28th verse, it records here to the 89 00:05:03,160 --> 00:05:06,720 38th verse, the similar portion that we read 90 00:05:06,720 --> 00:05:09,940 in Mark, just slightly different, but I'll read 91 00:05:09,940 --> 00:05:10,520 it to you. 92 00:05:12,460 --> 00:05:14,400 And when he had thus spoken, he went 93 00:05:14,400 --> 00:05:16,540 before, ascending up to Jerusalem. 94 00:05:17,820 --> 00:05:19,500 And it came to pass, when he was 95 00:05:19,500 --> 00:05:22,200 come nigh to Bethpage and Bethany, at the 96 00:05:22,200 --> 00:05:24,800 Mount called the Mount of Olives, he sent 97 00:05:24,800 --> 00:05:26,720 two of his disciples. 98 00:05:28,640 --> 00:05:32,600 Bethpage and Bethany were about a mile from 99 00:05:32,600 --> 00:05:35,640 Jerusalem, to give you some idea of distances. 100 00:05:37,180 --> 00:05:39,620 Saying, Go ye into the village over against 101 00:05:39,620 --> 00:05:41,840 you, in the which at your entering you 102 00:05:41,840 --> 00:05:43,200 shall find a coat tied. 103 00:05:44,360 --> 00:05:47,560 How tremendous to see the foreknowledge of God, 104 00:05:47,960 --> 00:05:50,820 his knowledge of all things. 105 00:05:52,520 --> 00:05:53,400 He knew beforehand. 106 00:05:54,340 --> 00:05:55,960 He knew where the coat would be. 107 00:05:56,080 --> 00:05:57,460 He knows all about you, you know. 108 00:05:59,060 --> 00:06:00,960 He knew the moment you'd come to Christ 109 00:06:00,960 --> 00:06:04,500 as your personal Savior, or whether you would 110 00:06:04,500 --> 00:06:04,880 not. 111 00:06:06,480 --> 00:06:08,460 But this has nothing to do with fatalism. 112 00:06:08,580 --> 00:06:09,820 God being God must know. 113 00:06:11,840 --> 00:06:13,840 He must know the eventual destiny of everybody 114 00:06:13,840 --> 00:06:14,400 in this room. 115 00:06:14,500 --> 00:06:16,080 He knows whether you're lost or saved, and 116 00:06:16,080 --> 00:06:17,380 whether you're going to stay lost or saved. 117 00:06:18,200 --> 00:06:19,960 He must know, that's not fatalism. 118 00:06:21,160 --> 00:06:23,220 Merely God looking upon the heart of man. 119 00:06:23,280 --> 00:06:24,880 He says man looks on the outward things. 120 00:06:25,560 --> 00:06:27,720 Man looks upon the Franklin Avenue Baptist Church, 121 00:06:27,860 --> 00:06:29,280 and sees everybody in the church, and says 122 00:06:29,280 --> 00:06:30,220 everybody's going to heaven. 123 00:06:30,960 --> 00:06:32,620 God says it doesn't work that way. 124 00:06:33,740 --> 00:06:35,480 He looks upon the heart, you see. 125 00:06:36,280 --> 00:06:37,160 He knew. 126 00:06:37,920 --> 00:06:39,860 He told two of his disciples, I want 127 00:06:39,860 --> 00:06:40,820 you to go into the city. 128 00:06:41,180 --> 00:06:42,920 I'll tell you exactly what you'll find. 129 00:06:43,160 --> 00:06:44,540 He's way outside the city. 130 00:06:45,540 --> 00:06:48,120 He says, go into the city, in which 131 00:06:48,120 --> 00:06:50,380 at your entering you shall find a coat 132 00:06:50,380 --> 00:06:50,800 tied. 133 00:06:51,700 --> 00:06:54,480 Imagine, whereon yet never man sat. 134 00:06:56,280 --> 00:06:58,300 And loose him, and bring him hither. 135 00:06:59,480 --> 00:07:01,140 And if any man ask you, why do 136 00:07:01,140 --> 00:07:01,700 you loose him? 137 00:07:01,860 --> 00:07:04,060 Thus shall you say unto him, because the 138 00:07:04,060 --> 00:07:05,300 Lord hath need of him. 139 00:07:06,820 --> 00:07:08,480 And they that were sent went their way, 140 00:07:08,540 --> 00:07:10,120 and found even as he had said unto 141 00:07:10,120 --> 00:07:10,400 them. 142 00:07:10,800 --> 00:07:12,700 And as they were loosing the coat, the 143 00:07:12,700 --> 00:07:15,160 owners thereof said unto them, why loose ye 144 00:07:15,160 --> 00:07:15,600 the coat? 145 00:07:17,390 --> 00:07:19,930 And they said, the Lord hath need of 146 00:07:19,930 --> 00:07:20,170 him. 147 00:07:21,590 --> 00:07:23,010 Notice no questions were asked. 148 00:07:23,490 --> 00:07:25,110 And they brought him to Jesus. 149 00:07:25,630 --> 00:07:27,650 And they cast their garments upon the coat, 150 00:07:27,750 --> 00:07:29,150 and they set Jesus thereon. 151 00:07:29,150 --> 00:07:31,570 And as he went, they spread their clothes 152 00:07:31,570 --> 00:07:32,070 in the way. 153 00:07:32,690 --> 00:07:34,650 And when he was come nigh, even now 154 00:07:34,650 --> 00:07:36,170 at the descent of the Mount of Olives, 155 00:07:36,410 --> 00:07:39,130 the whole multitude of the disciples began to 156 00:07:39,130 --> 00:07:41,670 rejoice and praise God with a loud voice, 157 00:07:41,810 --> 00:07:43,670 for all the mighty works that they had 158 00:07:43,670 --> 00:07:47,870 seen, saying, Blessed be the King that cometh 159 00:07:47,870 --> 00:07:49,070 in the name of the Lord. 160 00:07:49,810 --> 00:07:54,970 Peace in heaven, and glory in the heights. 161 00:07:55,810 --> 00:07:58,210 May God bless this portion of his work. 162 00:08:00,520 --> 00:08:02,720 Now, it's recorded in all the four Gospels, 163 00:08:02,840 --> 00:08:06,400 as I said, and it's very unique in 164 00:08:06,400 --> 00:08:11,780 character, because for the first time, Jesus thrusts 165 00:08:11,780 --> 00:08:15,500 himself publicly before all men. 166 00:08:16,580 --> 00:08:18,000 Prior to this, he has not. 167 00:08:19,260 --> 00:08:22,840 Prior to this, Jesus has hidden himself away 168 00:08:22,840 --> 00:08:23,540 from the public. 169 00:08:24,100 --> 00:08:28,560 He has preached, he has healed, but continually 170 00:08:28,560 --> 00:08:30,980 he says, Mine hour is not yet come. 171 00:08:31,900 --> 00:08:33,260 Matthew 16, 20. 172 00:08:33,400 --> 00:08:35,039 Go and tell no man. 173 00:08:37,210 --> 00:08:41,250 Matthew 12, 19. 174 00:08:41,630 --> 00:08:45,790 He did not cry or stress or strive, 175 00:08:46,170 --> 00:08:49,150 nor cause his voice to be heard in 176 00:08:49,150 --> 00:08:49,790 the streets. 177 00:08:50,890 --> 00:08:51,970 John 6, 15. 178 00:08:52,350 --> 00:08:56,170 When Jesus perceived that they, the multitude which 179 00:08:56,170 --> 00:08:58,430 he had just fed, would take him by 180 00:08:58,430 --> 00:09:00,990 force and make him a king, he departed 181 00:09:00,990 --> 00:09:03,850 unto a mount all by himself. 182 00:09:06,890 --> 00:09:10,810 He wanted no public manifestation of who he 183 00:09:10,810 --> 00:09:11,170 was. 184 00:09:12,590 --> 00:09:16,290 And so now, the whole scene changes, and 185 00:09:16,290 --> 00:09:20,650 Christ wants to be known as king. 186 00:09:23,890 --> 00:09:26,430 Before, he didn't want him to know. 187 00:09:26,610 --> 00:09:28,810 If he healed, he would say, Go into 188 00:09:28,810 --> 00:09:31,310 the city and tell no man. 189 00:09:32,930 --> 00:09:33,370 Why? 190 00:09:33,370 --> 00:09:34,870 Why did he do it when he fed 191 00:09:34,870 --> 00:09:35,370 them here? 192 00:09:35,530 --> 00:09:38,510 Because he knew, all you have to do 193 00:09:38,510 --> 00:09:40,090 is to go into the populace. 194 00:09:40,390 --> 00:09:41,870 Mark my words, if a man were to 195 00:09:41,870 --> 00:09:45,030 come now, upon the earth, if Antichrist were 196 00:09:45,030 --> 00:09:47,450 to come and offer mankind all sorts of 197 00:09:47,450 --> 00:09:50,290 great benefits, food for all and bread for 198 00:09:50,290 --> 00:09:53,410 all and no starvation, and you don't have 199 00:09:53,410 --> 00:09:57,120 to work, what a following he'd get. 200 00:09:58,300 --> 00:09:58,860 Why? 201 00:09:59,000 --> 00:10:00,860 They'd all walk with him. 202 00:10:01,960 --> 00:10:05,000 And Jesus has just fed them, taken the 203 00:10:05,000 --> 00:10:06,860 loaves and the fishes and multiplied them. 204 00:10:07,140 --> 00:10:08,180 They saw the miracle. 205 00:10:08,560 --> 00:10:11,480 The crowd, sure, why not follow him? 206 00:10:11,540 --> 00:10:13,540 He can turn anything into bread. 207 00:10:14,800 --> 00:10:16,800 Follow him for the physical blessing. 208 00:10:18,260 --> 00:10:19,260 He'll sustain us. 209 00:10:19,300 --> 00:10:20,080 He'll feed us. 210 00:10:20,360 --> 00:10:22,140 We won't have to worry about starvation. 211 00:10:22,300 --> 00:10:23,280 We won't have to worry about food. 212 00:10:23,480 --> 00:10:24,940 We don't have to work. 213 00:10:26,420 --> 00:10:28,380 I think that really hits man the hardest. 214 00:10:28,540 --> 00:10:29,360 We don't have to work. 215 00:10:35,000 --> 00:10:36,520 I'm not going to be critical of the 216 00:10:36,520 --> 00:10:38,800 social welfare problem, but I have to tell 217 00:10:38,800 --> 00:10:42,580 you that, what are there, 890,000 people 218 00:10:42,580 --> 00:10:44,140 in New York now on relief? 219 00:10:46,620 --> 00:10:48,340 One-tenth of the population? 220 00:10:50,740 --> 00:10:51,220 Unbelievable. 221 00:10:52,180 --> 00:10:52,660 Unbelievable. 222 00:10:54,600 --> 00:10:54,960 Many? 223 00:10:55,420 --> 00:10:56,240 It's necessary. 224 00:10:56,480 --> 00:10:58,240 But you can rest assured, there are many 225 00:10:58,240 --> 00:11:00,500 who just don't want to work. 226 00:11:01,060 --> 00:11:04,080 Thank God that it helps those who cannot 227 00:11:04,080 --> 00:11:04,720 work. 228 00:11:05,060 --> 00:11:08,660 But, beloved, there'll always be the crowd who 229 00:11:08,660 --> 00:11:11,700 can go along and not work and be 230 00:11:11,700 --> 00:11:11,980 fed. 231 00:11:12,300 --> 00:11:13,860 And Jesus says, now, I don't want you 232 00:11:13,860 --> 00:11:14,520 to say anything. 233 00:11:14,740 --> 00:11:15,500 Don't go in. 234 00:11:15,640 --> 00:11:17,340 I don't want you to take me and 235 00:11:17,340 --> 00:11:18,220 make me a king. 236 00:11:18,520 --> 00:11:20,300 I know why they're following me. 237 00:11:20,380 --> 00:11:22,720 They're following me, not because of who I 238 00:11:22,720 --> 00:11:24,640 am, not because I'm the son of God, 239 00:11:24,920 --> 00:11:26,760 not because I'm the king of kings, not 240 00:11:26,760 --> 00:11:28,060 because I'm the Lord of lords. 241 00:11:28,060 --> 00:11:31,480 They're following me because I will feed them 242 00:11:31,480 --> 00:11:31,760 bread. 243 00:11:32,160 --> 00:11:32,980 And that's all. 244 00:11:34,040 --> 00:11:35,340 Now, if you came to Christ as your 245 00:11:35,340 --> 00:11:37,320 personal Savior, and that's all you were looking 246 00:11:37,320 --> 00:11:38,980 for, you had an idea, when I come 247 00:11:38,980 --> 00:11:41,420 to Christ as personal Savior, everything's going to 248 00:11:41,420 --> 00:11:41,860 clear up. 249 00:11:41,900 --> 00:11:43,180 I'll never have a problem again. 250 00:11:43,460 --> 00:11:44,280 I'll have money. 251 00:11:44,420 --> 00:11:46,180 I'll have everything I need. 252 00:11:46,380 --> 00:11:48,260 It'll be a rosy bed right down to 253 00:11:48,260 --> 00:11:48,580 the grave. 254 00:11:48,680 --> 00:11:49,640 God help you. 255 00:11:49,720 --> 00:11:51,440 You haven't understood the gospel of Jesus. 256 00:11:51,440 --> 00:11:53,660 Because he calls us to tribulation. 257 00:11:53,860 --> 00:11:56,500 He says, in this world, my beloved ones, 258 00:11:56,580 --> 00:11:59,100 you shall have tribulation, but be of good 259 00:11:59,100 --> 00:11:59,640 cheer. 260 00:11:59,720 --> 00:12:00,900 I've overcome the world. 261 00:12:01,300 --> 00:12:04,300 Paul says, if we suffer with Christ, we 262 00:12:04,300 --> 00:12:06,520 shall be glorified with him. 263 00:12:06,820 --> 00:12:10,040 This is not a life of glib joy 264 00:12:10,040 --> 00:12:11,720 down to the grave. 265 00:12:11,820 --> 00:12:13,560 It's a life of inner joy because you 266 00:12:13,560 --> 00:12:15,240 have Christ as your personal Savior. 267 00:12:15,440 --> 00:12:16,900 But it's a life of inner joy and 268 00:12:16,900 --> 00:12:19,580 all the trials and the problems of life. 269 00:12:19,580 --> 00:12:21,360 And if you think that this is some 270 00:12:21,360 --> 00:12:24,180 rosy, huge journey to heaven, then you haven't 271 00:12:24,180 --> 00:12:26,200 understood the call of Christ at all. 272 00:12:27,280 --> 00:12:29,520 Christ calls us to suffering with him. 273 00:12:30,600 --> 00:12:32,780 Paul says that I might fill up behind 274 00:12:32,780 --> 00:12:33,380 what? 275 00:12:33,840 --> 00:12:35,280 The pleasures of Christ. 276 00:12:36,140 --> 00:12:39,080 No, that I might fill up behind the 277 00:12:39,080 --> 00:12:41,740 sufferings of Jesus Christ. 278 00:12:42,700 --> 00:12:45,360 And so, Christ has called us to suffering. 279 00:12:46,300 --> 00:12:50,420 And so, beloved, when we think of these 280 00:12:50,420 --> 00:12:54,660 here, these men going out and the taking 281 00:12:54,660 --> 00:12:58,740 of this, this prophetic utterance of finding just 282 00:12:58,740 --> 00:13:00,680 what God says, we may have an idea 283 00:13:00,680 --> 00:13:02,440 that, you know, we're in the plan of 284 00:13:02,440 --> 00:13:02,700 God. 285 00:13:02,760 --> 00:13:05,180 And therefore, since we're in the plan of 286 00:13:05,180 --> 00:13:07,720 God, everything is going to be just perfect. 287 00:13:07,720 --> 00:13:09,120 Well, I want to tell you, in this 288 00:13:09,120 --> 00:13:11,380 case where they went to pick these two, 289 00:13:11,660 --> 00:13:14,220 to pick the ass here and to bring 290 00:13:14,220 --> 00:13:16,680 this one back to Jesus, it was because 291 00:13:16,680 --> 00:13:18,560 God had planned it perfectly. 292 00:13:18,960 --> 00:13:21,860 Jesus knew beforehand and he sent his disciples 293 00:13:21,860 --> 00:13:23,520 and said, you go get them. 294 00:13:23,740 --> 00:13:25,320 And if someone says to you, why do 295 00:13:25,320 --> 00:13:25,780 you lose him? 296 00:13:25,940 --> 00:13:27,460 Just say the Lord has need of him. 297 00:13:27,680 --> 00:13:28,620 You don't have to worry. 298 00:13:28,700 --> 00:13:29,740 They won't say another thing. 299 00:13:29,920 --> 00:13:31,440 And I want to tell you, when God's 300 00:13:31,440 --> 00:13:33,000 hands upon your life, you don't have to 301 00:13:33,000 --> 00:13:34,700 worry about a thing when you're in the 302 00:13:34,700 --> 00:13:35,580 center of God's will. 303 00:13:39,780 --> 00:13:44,600 I believe a man's life is immortal until 304 00:13:44,600 --> 00:13:46,960 his work is done if he's in the 305 00:13:46,960 --> 00:13:47,780 center of God's will. 306 00:13:51,480 --> 00:13:52,760 Now, if you get out of God's will, 307 00:13:52,800 --> 00:13:53,640 I can't say anything. 308 00:13:54,960 --> 00:13:56,440 I don't know what'll happen to you. 309 00:13:57,340 --> 00:13:59,040 God may have to take you home by 310 00:13:59,040 --> 00:14:00,360 death if you're out of his will. 311 00:14:00,500 --> 00:14:02,260 Let me be frank with you, because he 312 00:14:02,260 --> 00:14:03,580 did that and he tells us in the 313 00:14:03,580 --> 00:14:05,780 Lord's Supper, the reason some of you sleep 314 00:14:05,780 --> 00:14:07,020 and some of you are weak and some 315 00:14:07,020 --> 00:14:09,560 of you are sickly is because you've come 316 00:14:09,560 --> 00:14:11,800 to the Lord's table unworthily and it's been 317 00:14:11,800 --> 00:14:12,160 necessary. 318 00:14:12,180 --> 00:14:13,540 It's been necessary that I take you out 319 00:14:13,540 --> 00:14:14,880 of the world and take you to myself, 320 00:14:15,080 --> 00:14:16,900 because your life's not fit to be called 321 00:14:16,900 --> 00:14:17,440 a Christian. 322 00:14:19,080 --> 00:14:21,080 You go to church on Sunday and you 323 00:14:21,080 --> 00:14:23,180 go through all of the observances, but your 324 00:14:23,180 --> 00:14:26,200 life is not fit to be called Christian. 325 00:14:27,000 --> 00:14:28,560 And I'm going to take you home to 326 00:14:28,560 --> 00:14:28,920 myself. 327 00:14:30,240 --> 00:14:31,700 But if you're in the center of God's 328 00:14:31,700 --> 00:14:34,480 will, these men went forth, they were told 329 00:14:34,480 --> 00:14:36,080 what to do, he'd be there. 330 00:14:36,500 --> 00:14:38,640 And so they go and they take him. 331 00:14:38,640 --> 00:14:42,280 Now, may I say this, the whole scene 332 00:14:42,280 --> 00:14:47,320 is changed here by this tremendous fact that 333 00:14:47,320 --> 00:14:50,600 Jesus now presents himself as King. 334 00:14:51,460 --> 00:14:52,020 Why? 335 00:14:52,980 --> 00:14:54,680 Why must he do this? 336 00:14:55,480 --> 00:14:59,360 Because the prophetic scriptures said he had to 337 00:14:59,360 --> 00:14:59,900 do it. 338 00:15:00,740 --> 00:15:02,980 It was an absolute necessity. 339 00:15:03,640 --> 00:15:05,740 Now, if I can take you just quickly 340 00:15:05,740 --> 00:15:08,500 to some of the scriptures that are very, 341 00:15:08,760 --> 00:15:10,220 very important. 342 00:15:11,000 --> 00:15:14,600 If you would turn with me, first of 343 00:15:14,600 --> 00:15:18,500 all, over to Genesis, the 49th chapter. 344 00:15:19,460 --> 00:15:21,820 Genesis 49. 345 00:15:34,480 --> 00:15:36,840 You know, the prophecies of God are tremendous. 346 00:15:39,110 --> 00:15:41,810 Oh, I hope you feed upon the tremendous 347 00:15:41,810 --> 00:15:43,890 thing that God has to say in his 348 00:15:43,890 --> 00:15:44,290 word. 349 00:15:44,290 --> 00:15:47,650 Now, these are the prophecies. 350 00:15:48,590 --> 00:15:50,290 Twice prophecies are used. 351 00:15:50,410 --> 00:15:54,850 Number one, by Jacob as he dies. 352 00:15:56,130 --> 00:15:59,970 Jacob, his name is changed to Israel. 353 00:16:01,710 --> 00:16:04,810 Jacob's name means supplanter. 354 00:16:07,530 --> 00:16:09,450 Jacob was always trying to work things out 355 00:16:09,450 --> 00:16:10,770 his own way, like some Christians. 356 00:16:11,890 --> 00:16:13,830 They pray and then go about doing it 357 00:16:13,830 --> 00:16:14,490 the way they want. 358 00:16:17,930 --> 00:16:20,230 They may come for counseling to the pastor. 359 00:16:22,590 --> 00:16:24,090 The only reason they come is they hope 360 00:16:24,090 --> 00:16:24,650 he may agree. 361 00:16:28,210 --> 00:16:30,070 If the pastor did not agree, they still 362 00:16:30,070 --> 00:16:31,470 have to determine what they're going to do. 363 00:16:33,370 --> 00:16:33,770 Predetermination. 364 00:16:36,530 --> 00:16:39,720 And so it is as we look at 365 00:16:39,720 --> 00:16:41,680 these prophecies of God. 366 00:16:42,820 --> 00:16:46,580 That it is setting before us the very 367 00:16:46,580 --> 00:16:49,920 thing that God wants us to see concerning 368 00:16:49,920 --> 00:16:54,340 his son, Jesus Christ, and everything is placed 369 00:16:54,340 --> 00:16:56,440 in perfect order by these prophecies. 370 00:16:56,640 --> 00:16:57,980 Jacob was a supplanter. 371 00:16:58,380 --> 00:17:01,620 His name was changed to Israel because he 372 00:17:01,620 --> 00:17:04,000 did what he wanted and God changed it 373 00:17:04,000 --> 00:17:05,900 to Israel, which meant a prince with God. 374 00:17:06,560 --> 00:17:08,280 This was the great change. 375 00:17:09,440 --> 00:17:13,339 Change from this man who always was trying 376 00:17:13,339 --> 00:17:15,339 to work things out his own way and 377 00:17:15,339 --> 00:17:17,040 then made Israel. 378 00:17:17,220 --> 00:17:18,920 And he becomes the father of the twelve 379 00:17:18,920 --> 00:17:20,619 tribes of Israel. 380 00:17:22,319 --> 00:17:28,360 Now, he makes certain prophecies concerning Christ and 381 00:17:28,360 --> 00:17:29,560 the types of Christ. 382 00:17:30,060 --> 00:17:32,760 And Moses also makes prophecies later on which 383 00:17:32,760 --> 00:17:35,240 are rather wonderful in the book of Deuteronomy. 384 00:17:35,240 --> 00:17:37,000 But I want you to notice the prophecy 385 00:17:37,000 --> 00:17:41,340 here in the 49th chapter of Genesis, the 386 00:17:41,340 --> 00:17:42,960 10th and 11th verses. 387 00:17:44,140 --> 00:17:45,500 Here's what he says. 388 00:17:46,080 --> 00:17:47,180 The scepter. 389 00:17:47,360 --> 00:17:50,600 Now, the scepter means the tribal rod in 390 00:17:50,600 --> 00:17:50,960 the Hebrew. 391 00:17:51,580 --> 00:17:54,780 The tribal rod shall not depart from Judah, 392 00:17:55,260 --> 00:17:58,180 nor a lawgiver from between his feet until 393 00:17:58,180 --> 00:17:59,520 Shiloh come. 394 00:18:00,000 --> 00:18:02,720 And Shiloh is peacemaker or prince of peace. 395 00:18:04,350 --> 00:18:08,810 It shall not depart until Shiloh come. 396 00:18:09,050 --> 00:18:10,990 Remember now, we're way back in Genesis and 397 00:18:10,990 --> 00:18:12,730 we're already speaking about Christ. 398 00:18:12,850 --> 00:18:14,630 But we spoke about Christ before this in 399 00:18:14,630 --> 00:18:14,910 Genesis. 400 00:18:15,530 --> 00:18:17,630 We spoke about Christ back in Genesis 3 401 00:18:17,630 --> 00:18:21,490 .15, where it tells us that Satan should 402 00:18:21,490 --> 00:18:23,470 bruise his heel. 403 00:18:23,750 --> 00:18:25,810 But Christ would crush the head of Satan 404 00:18:25,810 --> 00:18:26,330 one day. 405 00:18:26,730 --> 00:18:29,750 The seed of the woman should crush the 406 00:18:29,750 --> 00:18:30,410 head of Satan. 407 00:18:30,890 --> 00:18:32,150 So, it's not new. 408 00:18:33,330 --> 00:18:37,310 And so, here he's telling us that he's 409 00:18:37,310 --> 00:18:39,610 the one, the scepter shall not depart from 410 00:18:39,610 --> 00:18:42,430 Judah, nor a lawgiver from between his feet 411 00:18:42,430 --> 00:18:44,110 until Shiloh come. 412 00:18:44,710 --> 00:18:48,510 And unto him shall the gathering of the 413 00:18:48,510 --> 00:18:48,990 people be. 414 00:18:49,210 --> 00:18:49,430 Who? 415 00:18:49,590 --> 00:18:50,050 What people? 416 00:18:50,070 --> 00:18:50,810 The people of Israel. 417 00:18:50,870 --> 00:18:52,130 This is what we're talking about now. 418 00:18:52,750 --> 00:18:53,410 This is Judah. 419 00:18:54,050 --> 00:18:54,890 Judah, Jews. 420 00:18:56,150 --> 00:18:58,170 This is what it's telling us. 421 00:18:59,600 --> 00:19:03,420 Binding his foal unto the vine, and his 422 00:19:03,420 --> 00:19:06,620 ass's coat unto the choice vine, he washed 423 00:19:06,620 --> 00:19:09,080 his garments in wine, and his clothes in 424 00:19:09,080 --> 00:19:09,960 the blood of grapes. 425 00:19:09,980 --> 00:19:11,680 And you remember in the book of Revelation, 426 00:19:11,820 --> 00:19:14,280 it speaks about the Lamb of God with 427 00:19:14,280 --> 00:19:19,780 his robes, his clothes dipped in blood, speaking 428 00:19:19,780 --> 00:19:21,800 of the glorious blood of Christ that cleanses 429 00:19:21,800 --> 00:19:22,760 us from all sin. 430 00:19:22,760 --> 00:19:26,040 Now, number one, notice this, that it tells 431 00:19:26,040 --> 00:19:29,960 us that the lawgiver shall not depart from 432 00:19:29,960 --> 00:19:31,240 between his feet. 433 00:19:31,340 --> 00:19:33,320 The tribe of Rod shall not depart from 434 00:19:33,320 --> 00:19:36,660 Judah, nor a lawgiver from between his feet. 435 00:19:36,800 --> 00:19:38,180 This is the law of Moses. 436 00:19:41,220 --> 00:19:43,160 The law of Moses is to remain. 437 00:19:45,570 --> 00:19:49,090 For the law came by Moses, but grace 438 00:19:49,090 --> 00:19:51,010 and truth came by Jesus Christ. 439 00:19:53,180 --> 00:19:55,700 Christ is the end of the law. 440 00:19:56,900 --> 00:20:00,900 The law shall not depart from between his 441 00:20:00,900 --> 00:20:08,240 feet until Shiloh, the prince of peace, come. 442 00:20:10,890 --> 00:20:13,130 The law came by Moses, but grace and 443 00:20:13,130 --> 00:20:14,790 truth came by who? 444 00:20:15,050 --> 00:20:16,790 By Jesus Christ. 445 00:20:17,950 --> 00:20:21,910 And so we see this glorious prophecy that 446 00:20:21,910 --> 00:20:26,250 tells us that when Christ comes, the law 447 00:20:26,250 --> 00:20:26,970 shall depart. 448 00:20:27,190 --> 00:20:28,890 But it says more than that. 449 00:20:29,130 --> 00:20:33,230 It says, and unto him shall the gathering 450 00:20:33,230 --> 00:20:36,650 of the people Israel be. 451 00:20:37,910 --> 00:20:39,290 And thus it was. 452 00:20:40,790 --> 00:20:45,730 For the ten tribes were dispersed into Assyrian 453 00:20:45,730 --> 00:20:49,050 captivity, and only two tribes were left for 454 00:20:49,050 --> 00:20:51,210 Babylonian captivity, and these are the two. 455 00:20:51,310 --> 00:20:54,890 Listen, don't let anybody tell you that England 456 00:20:54,890 --> 00:20:59,090 or Britain are the lost ten tribes of 457 00:20:59,090 --> 00:20:59,390 Israel. 458 00:21:00,990 --> 00:21:02,310 I don't know how many of you listen 459 00:21:02,310 --> 00:21:04,030 to Mr. Armstrong, but this is what Mr. 460 00:21:04,130 --> 00:21:04,990 Armstrong believes. 461 00:21:08,420 --> 00:21:11,640 Mr. Armstrong believes that Britain is called British 462 00:21:11,640 --> 00:21:12,280 Israelism. 463 00:21:12,740 --> 00:21:18,320 That Britain is the ten lost tribes of 464 00:21:18,320 --> 00:21:18,640 Israel. 465 00:21:21,690 --> 00:21:23,030 Some people listen to him, you know, and 466 00:21:23,030 --> 00:21:24,290 he's got good messages. 467 00:21:25,410 --> 00:21:27,570 It's like listening to several of the different 468 00:21:27,570 --> 00:21:28,830 sectarian groups you can listen. 469 00:21:29,770 --> 00:21:31,630 There are twenty lessons they send you. 470 00:21:32,070 --> 00:21:35,550 Nineteen are good, and the twentieth, God help 471 00:21:35,550 --> 00:21:38,910 you, they've got you hook, line, and sinker 472 00:21:38,910 --> 00:21:41,390 by the nineteenth, and on the twentieth they 473 00:21:41,390 --> 00:21:44,610 give it to the whole business, because they 474 00:21:44,610 --> 00:21:45,990 know on the first nineteen they got you. 475 00:21:47,880 --> 00:21:49,160 How do I know this? 476 00:21:49,280 --> 00:21:51,300 Listen, I walked into one of your homes 477 00:21:51,300 --> 00:21:53,280 one day, and there was a man in 478 00:21:53,280 --> 00:21:55,740 there, and that woman is here today, and 479 00:21:55,740 --> 00:21:58,980 I just walked in, and there, for a 480 00:21:58,980 --> 00:22:01,260 half hour, he's given a long spiel on 481 00:22:01,260 --> 00:22:02,880 the most beautiful set of books you ever 482 00:22:02,880 --> 00:22:03,320 want to see. 483 00:22:03,320 --> 00:22:08,240 A dozen books, gloriously printed, wonderfully imprinted with 484 00:22:08,240 --> 00:22:10,440 colored pictures of Christ and all the rest, 485 00:22:10,880 --> 00:22:15,000 and all going down, all through it, and 486 00:22:15,000 --> 00:22:16,040 when I came in she was just ready 487 00:22:16,040 --> 00:22:16,780 to sign the contract. 488 00:22:17,640 --> 00:22:19,280 She said, past the most beautiful bunch of 489 00:22:19,280 --> 00:22:21,500 books I've ever seen, look at these glorious 490 00:22:21,500 --> 00:22:24,100 pictures, and I said, could I see it? 491 00:22:25,720 --> 00:22:28,680 I saw him trying to, you know, go 492 00:22:28,680 --> 00:22:31,220 like this in his collar, so I took 493 00:22:31,220 --> 00:22:32,460 one look at it. 494 00:22:35,560 --> 00:22:36,660 Watchtower Society. 495 00:22:39,360 --> 00:22:39,780 Publishers. 496 00:22:41,500 --> 00:22:42,540 Jehovah's Witnesses. 497 00:22:44,460 --> 00:22:46,220 I didn't say anything, I looked at him 498 00:22:46,220 --> 00:22:47,260 and I said, let me ask you a 499 00:22:47,260 --> 00:22:49,520 question, did you tell her that you're Jehovah's 500 00:22:49,520 --> 00:22:50,040 Witnesses? 501 00:22:50,320 --> 00:22:51,660 He said, what difference does it make? 502 00:22:51,660 --> 00:22:54,080 Picked up his book angrily and walked out 503 00:22:54,080 --> 00:22:54,600 the door. 504 00:22:56,800 --> 00:23:01,440 But you see, the deceit, beloved, the deceit. 505 00:23:02,520 --> 00:23:08,840 Oh, beloved, when we think of Christ in 506 00:23:08,840 --> 00:23:13,900 this portion, him, beloved, notice, it speaks of 507 00:23:13,900 --> 00:23:17,800 him here, the Prince of Peace, the gathering 508 00:23:17,800 --> 00:23:19,460 of the people unto Israel. 509 00:23:19,460 --> 00:23:22,420 Here, now, it speaks of a gathering of 510 00:23:22,420 --> 00:23:24,680 people unto Jesus Christ. 511 00:23:25,120 --> 00:23:27,880 But, beloved, they were not true followers of 512 00:23:27,880 --> 00:23:28,300 Jesus. 513 00:23:28,760 --> 00:23:31,100 This is speaking of that day when Israel 514 00:23:31,100 --> 00:23:33,440 should be gathered to him, on that day 515 00:23:33,440 --> 00:23:37,880 when he would walk triumphantly into Jerusalem as 516 00:23:37,880 --> 00:23:38,560 the King. 517 00:23:40,060 --> 00:23:43,720 The Lord giver will not depart from between 518 00:23:43,720 --> 00:23:48,920 Judah's feet, and then unto him the gathering 519 00:23:48,920 --> 00:23:49,940 of the people will be. 520 00:23:51,460 --> 00:23:52,940 Prophecy must be fulfilled. 521 00:23:54,580 --> 00:23:57,540 There will be a final great culmination, but 522 00:23:57,540 --> 00:23:58,420 this is not here. 523 00:23:59,980 --> 00:24:02,920 This is that of which he speaks when 524 00:24:02,920 --> 00:24:06,180 he says that the Lord giver shall not 525 00:24:06,180 --> 00:24:06,580 depart. 526 00:24:06,580 --> 00:24:08,380 The law came by Moses, but grace and 527 00:24:08,380 --> 00:24:09,920 truth by Jesus Christ. 528 00:24:10,840 --> 00:24:12,980 And the Lord giver would depart, and then 529 00:24:12,980 --> 00:24:16,620 the people, beloved, would gather unto this Christ. 530 00:24:17,140 --> 00:24:19,700 And they would shout, Hosanna in the highest. 531 00:24:19,900 --> 00:24:21,480 Do you know what the word Hosanna means? 532 00:24:23,940 --> 00:24:24,860 Save now! 533 00:24:26,400 --> 00:24:28,400 It's the meaning of the word Hosanna. 534 00:24:29,100 --> 00:24:30,060 Save now! 535 00:24:31,580 --> 00:24:36,100 These very people who are singing Hosanna to 536 00:24:36,100 --> 00:24:39,600 the Lord, Hosanna to the King, are the 537 00:24:39,600 --> 00:24:42,800 people who within one week will crucify the 538 00:24:42,800 --> 00:24:43,160 Savior. 539 00:24:44,120 --> 00:24:45,560 Do you know the prophecies? 540 00:24:46,400 --> 00:24:49,660 Only two tribes were left out, and that 541 00:24:49,660 --> 00:24:50,860 was Judah and Benjamin. 542 00:24:51,420 --> 00:24:52,440 That's the only two tribes. 543 00:24:52,620 --> 00:24:55,300 All the other tribes went into captivity, Assyrian 544 00:24:55,300 --> 00:24:55,820 captivity. 545 00:24:56,300 --> 00:24:58,500 But Judah and Benjamin were left out. 546 00:24:59,240 --> 00:25:00,640 Now here it speaks of Judah. 547 00:25:02,040 --> 00:25:03,640 What an amazing thing. 548 00:25:03,920 --> 00:25:05,000 I want you to notice what it has 549 00:25:05,000 --> 00:25:06,060 to say about Benjamin. 550 00:25:06,320 --> 00:25:08,200 Would you turn over just one page there, 551 00:25:08,340 --> 00:25:11,420 maybe in your own Bible, over to Benjamin. 552 00:25:15,210 --> 00:25:16,030 27th verse. 553 00:25:17,050 --> 00:25:21,770 Benjamin shall raven as a wolf, in the 554 00:25:21,770 --> 00:25:25,350 morning he shall devour the prey, and at 555 00:25:25,350 --> 00:25:28,730 night he shall divide the spoil. 556 00:25:30,820 --> 00:25:33,460 In the morning he shall devour the prey, 557 00:25:34,800 --> 00:25:37,800 in the night he shall divide the spoil. 558 00:25:39,940 --> 00:25:43,440 Beloved, may I remind you that when Paul 559 00:25:43,440 --> 00:25:47,160 comes into his claiming his distinction as a 560 00:25:47,160 --> 00:25:50,200 Jew, he has one thing to say. 561 00:25:51,080 --> 00:25:55,800 I am of the tribe of Benjamin. 562 00:25:57,700 --> 00:25:58,580 Why? 563 00:25:59,460 --> 00:26:00,820 Let me show you. 564 00:26:02,400 --> 00:26:05,040 Because he went and he sought a prey 565 00:26:05,040 --> 00:26:09,260 of Christians, he slew them. 566 00:26:10,800 --> 00:26:16,340 But at the night, oh beloved, notice what 567 00:26:16,340 --> 00:26:17,020 it says. 568 00:26:17,520 --> 00:26:24,160 At the night, it says that he, I'm 569 00:26:24,160 --> 00:26:26,980 just looking for the verse here, oh I 570 00:26:26,980 --> 00:26:28,260 turned my page back, I'm sorry. 571 00:26:28,260 --> 00:26:31,120 In the morning he shall devour the prey, 572 00:26:31,500 --> 00:26:33,880 and at night he shall divide the spoil. 573 00:26:34,700 --> 00:26:37,900 In other words, during that time, that great 574 00:26:37,900 --> 00:26:40,600 light struck him down on Damascus road, and 575 00:26:40,600 --> 00:26:43,820 then he began to divide amongst all the 576 00:26:43,820 --> 00:26:46,520 people that which God gave him. 577 00:26:46,800 --> 00:26:50,020 He killed in the morning, but then when 578 00:26:50,020 --> 00:26:52,320 he found Christ, he began to divide out 579 00:26:52,320 --> 00:26:55,520 all that which came into his hands, the 580 00:26:55,520 --> 00:26:56,220 spoil. 581 00:26:57,580 --> 00:27:00,200 He gave out and came to God for 582 00:27:00,200 --> 00:27:02,920 forgiveness for all those sins which he had 583 00:27:02,920 --> 00:27:05,980 committed when he was a Jew and slew 584 00:27:05,980 --> 00:27:06,740 the Christians. 585 00:27:07,040 --> 00:27:07,760 How do I know that? 586 00:27:07,940 --> 00:27:10,140 Turn over to Deuteronomy 33 with me. 587 00:27:10,700 --> 00:27:13,760 Deuteronomy 33, and here you see the glorious 588 00:27:13,760 --> 00:27:17,880 prophecy of Moses as he speaks about this 589 00:27:17,880 --> 00:27:18,660 same tribe. 590 00:27:19,420 --> 00:27:21,320 Marvelously so, 33. 591 00:27:23,000 --> 00:27:27,060 Notice the twelfth verse, here's Moses speaking, and 592 00:27:27,060 --> 00:27:31,460 of Benjamin he said, the beloved of the 593 00:27:31,460 --> 00:27:35,020 Lord shall dwell in safety by him. 594 00:27:35,440 --> 00:27:36,280 Think of Paul. 595 00:27:38,800 --> 00:27:40,320 How do you think the beloved of the 596 00:27:40,320 --> 00:27:42,400 Lord is dwelling safely in Jesus Christ? 597 00:27:42,400 --> 00:27:45,120 The words of Paul the Apostle. 598 00:27:50,000 --> 00:27:51,300 Paul wrote half the New Testament. 599 00:27:54,340 --> 00:27:56,840 There is therefore now no condemnation to them 600 00:27:56,840 --> 00:27:59,640 which are in Christ Jesus, who walk not 601 00:27:59,640 --> 00:28:01,580 after the flesh but after the Spirit. 602 00:28:02,260 --> 00:28:08,590 Paul, the beloved of the Lord shall watch. 603 00:28:08,970 --> 00:28:10,130 Notice it, read it. 604 00:28:10,130 --> 00:28:12,930 The beloved of the Lord shall dwell in 605 00:28:12,930 --> 00:28:15,870 safety by him, and the Lord shall cover 606 00:28:15,870 --> 00:28:19,030 his beloved all the day long, and he 607 00:28:19,030 --> 00:28:21,750 shall dwell between his shoulders. 608 00:28:25,050 --> 00:28:26,910 Why do you think when Paul speaks to 609 00:28:26,910 --> 00:28:28,230 himself, he says, I am of the tribe 610 00:28:28,230 --> 00:28:29,030 of Benjamin? 611 00:28:30,250 --> 00:28:33,630 The prophecies of Moses and the prophecies of 612 00:28:33,630 --> 00:28:35,210 Jacob are fulfilled in me. 613 00:28:36,550 --> 00:28:39,090 Because the beloved of the Lord are dwelling 614 00:28:39,090 --> 00:28:42,630 in safety only by the epistle of Paul 615 00:28:42,630 --> 00:28:44,530 to the Romans and Galatians, I would remind 616 00:28:44,530 --> 00:28:46,170 you, that's your whole life. 617 00:28:47,290 --> 00:28:50,890 And without it, you would hardly know the 618 00:28:50,890 --> 00:28:54,950 safety, since Paul's epistles are just as much 619 00:28:54,950 --> 00:28:57,930 God's words as the words that Jesus Christ 620 00:28:57,930 --> 00:28:58,690 spoke himself. 621 00:29:02,060 --> 00:29:03,620 So the prophecies are clear. 622 00:29:06,650 --> 00:29:08,590 There's so much else here I could speak 623 00:29:08,590 --> 00:29:08,890 about. 624 00:29:09,270 --> 00:29:12,170 Damn that they think he may be the 625 00:29:12,170 --> 00:29:13,750 one that will be the Antichrist. 626 00:29:13,870 --> 00:29:16,810 But so much for these prophecies that concern 627 00:29:16,810 --> 00:29:19,150 the passing of the Lord. 628 00:29:19,230 --> 00:29:20,970 The Lord shall be between Judah's feet. 629 00:29:21,330 --> 00:29:24,750 And then he would gather himself unto his 630 00:29:24,750 --> 00:29:25,170 people. 631 00:29:25,670 --> 00:29:27,390 They must recognize him as king. 632 00:29:27,690 --> 00:29:30,570 If Moses is passed away, then Christ must 633 00:29:30,570 --> 00:29:31,210 be established. 634 00:29:32,790 --> 00:29:33,830 Listen to Hebrews. 635 00:29:34,330 --> 00:29:36,830 There is barely a disannulling of the commandments 636 00:29:36,830 --> 00:29:40,470 whence went before, because of the unprofitableness thereof. 637 00:29:40,850 --> 00:29:42,770 For the law could make no one perfect, 638 00:29:43,110 --> 00:29:44,470 but the coming in of a better hope 639 00:29:44,470 --> 00:29:44,790 did. 640 00:29:46,090 --> 00:29:47,490 Listen to Colossians. 641 00:29:47,730 --> 00:29:51,630 He hath blotted out the writing of handwriting 642 00:29:51,630 --> 00:29:54,030 of ordinances which was against us. 643 00:29:55,110 --> 00:29:55,870 Notice that. 644 00:29:56,150 --> 00:29:57,690 Which was against us. 645 00:29:58,530 --> 00:30:02,790 He hath blotted them out completely, because he 646 00:30:02,790 --> 00:30:04,930 hath cleansed us in the precious blood of 647 00:30:04,930 --> 00:30:05,730 Jesus Christ. 648 00:30:07,170 --> 00:30:09,430 So if the law is to be done 649 00:30:09,430 --> 00:30:11,310 away with, it must be replaced by something 650 00:30:11,310 --> 00:30:11,570 else. 651 00:30:11,950 --> 00:30:14,750 And the law is between Judah's feet until 652 00:30:14,750 --> 00:30:17,590 Shiloh shall come, and then the gathering of 653 00:30:17,590 --> 00:30:20,170 the people shall be unto him. 654 00:30:21,110 --> 00:30:22,050 So it's changed. 655 00:30:25,540 --> 00:30:27,360 Now may I say this. 656 00:30:28,260 --> 00:30:32,260 Daniel 9 gives further prophetic utterance concerning the 657 00:30:32,260 --> 00:30:32,860 same thing. 658 00:30:36,580 --> 00:30:40,820 Daniel 9 tells us that 70 weeks shall 659 00:30:40,820 --> 00:30:42,960 be determined upon Israel. 660 00:30:44,100 --> 00:30:48,420 70 weeks, 7 years of peace, 490 years. 661 00:30:51,590 --> 00:30:55,830 7 weeks shall be spent, Daniel says, in 662 00:30:55,830 --> 00:30:56,850 rebuilding Jerusalem. 663 00:30:59,330 --> 00:31:03,050 60 and 2 weeks there shall be until 664 00:31:03,050 --> 00:31:05,330 Messiah is cut off. 665 00:31:05,910 --> 00:31:07,970 Daniel 9, 25-27. 666 00:31:10,770 --> 00:31:12,230 69 weeks total. 667 00:31:12,730 --> 00:31:15,610 7 weeks, 60 and 2 weeks. 668 00:31:15,990 --> 00:31:19,410 69 weeks and 70 weeks are determined upon 669 00:31:19,410 --> 00:31:20,630 the whole history of Israel. 670 00:31:20,630 --> 00:31:23,070 The 70th week has not occurred yet. 671 00:31:23,790 --> 00:31:27,090 69 weeks, Messiah is cut off. 672 00:31:28,590 --> 00:31:29,030 Crucified. 673 00:31:32,250 --> 00:31:34,010 Now better men than I, if I can 674 00:31:34,010 --> 00:31:35,410 say this, so I don't have to go 675 00:31:35,410 --> 00:31:37,150 through the mathematical computation. 676 00:31:37,150 --> 00:31:41,710 But Sir Robert Anderson, the greatest expositor of 677 00:31:41,710 --> 00:31:44,010 the Prince which is to come, has written 678 00:31:44,010 --> 00:31:45,610 a book, if you want to read it, 679 00:31:45,890 --> 00:31:50,210 which shows that on Palm Sunday, when Jesus 680 00:31:50,210 --> 00:31:55,350 entered Jerusalem, was the absolute day and time 681 00:31:55,350 --> 00:31:57,930 when he must enter as King. 682 00:32:00,090 --> 00:32:02,720 Because he figured the days right up to 683 00:32:02,720 --> 00:32:05,620 his being cut off and the week previous 684 00:32:05,620 --> 00:32:09,900 was the day upon which Christ must enter 685 00:32:09,900 --> 00:32:13,040 into Jerusalem and be cut off one week 686 00:32:13,040 --> 00:32:13,300 later. 687 00:32:15,790 --> 00:32:17,110 The book may be in our library. 688 00:32:17,510 --> 00:32:18,550 Tremendous book. 689 00:32:19,330 --> 00:32:21,590 Recognized by all the theologians as the greatest 690 00:32:21,590 --> 00:32:22,950 treatise on the Prince of Peace. 691 00:32:23,210 --> 00:32:24,450 Sir Robert Anderson. 692 00:32:24,450 --> 00:32:27,730 But mathematically he pulls it right down to 693 00:32:27,730 --> 00:32:30,590 show that Palm Sunday is the precise day 694 00:32:30,590 --> 00:32:33,250 when he must gather himself to his people, 695 00:32:33,570 --> 00:32:36,750 when he must enter Jerusalem, for one week 696 00:32:36,750 --> 00:32:39,270 later Messiah shall be cut off. 697 00:32:39,270 --> 00:32:42,490 And the 70th week of Daniel is yet 698 00:32:42,490 --> 00:32:44,730 to come in the great tribulation of Israel 699 00:32:44,730 --> 00:32:47,050 which we see so close at this moment 700 00:32:47,050 --> 00:32:51,070 as we see all of the East shuddering, 701 00:32:51,230 --> 00:32:54,510 wondering what's going to happen next, not recognizing 702 00:32:54,510 --> 00:32:58,770 the battle, somehow determining politically whether it's Nixon 703 00:32:58,770 --> 00:33:01,730 or Russia or France or England that we're 704 00:33:01,730 --> 00:33:03,110 going to set up the plan. 705 00:33:03,110 --> 00:33:05,910 Four great nations will set it up and 706 00:33:05,910 --> 00:33:07,870 say, Israel, here's what you've got to do. 707 00:33:08,010 --> 00:33:09,430 Pull all your lines back. 708 00:33:15,180 --> 00:33:16,440 Give back everything you've taken. 709 00:33:17,500 --> 00:33:19,340 And this will settle the problems. 710 00:33:20,060 --> 00:33:21,700 Beloved, I would remind you that the scripture 711 00:33:21,700 --> 00:33:22,800 is most clear. 712 00:33:23,560 --> 00:33:25,940 That what you're seeing in Israel today is 713 00:33:25,940 --> 00:33:27,400 the beginning of sorrows. 714 00:33:29,020 --> 00:33:30,180 It's not the end of it. 715 00:33:30,440 --> 00:33:32,100 It's the beginning of sorrows. 716 00:33:32,100 --> 00:33:34,440 When you see these things beginning to come 717 00:33:34,440 --> 00:33:36,080 to pass, Jesus says, look up for your 718 00:33:36,080 --> 00:33:37,280 redemption draws nigh. 719 00:33:38,700 --> 00:33:41,240 Israel is in that position today where all 720 00:33:41,240 --> 00:33:43,900 the politicians in the world will never settle 721 00:33:43,900 --> 00:33:47,020 their problems because it's a family problem that 722 00:33:47,020 --> 00:33:49,460 has to do with Abraham and his children 723 00:33:49,460 --> 00:33:53,420 and whether the children of Abraham through Sarah 724 00:33:53,420 --> 00:33:56,300 or the children of Abraham through Hagar shall 725 00:33:56,300 --> 00:33:57,220 possess the land. 726 00:33:57,220 --> 00:34:00,820 Both saying, Abraham is our father, therefore we 727 00:34:00,820 --> 00:34:01,260 own it. 728 00:34:01,640 --> 00:34:03,660 And where there's a family fight, I want 729 00:34:03,660 --> 00:34:06,000 to tell you something, politicians don't settle it. 730 00:34:42,989 --> 00:34:48,030 Secondly, Daniel makes known the very day and 731 00:34:48,030 --> 00:34:51,550 the year when Messiah would present himself as 732 00:34:51,550 --> 00:34:56,310 their king right to the day. 733 00:34:58,070 --> 00:35:00,490 You know, prophecy is tremendous. 734 00:35:02,450 --> 00:35:06,150 Then Zechariah sets before us the manner of 735 00:35:06,150 --> 00:35:08,050 his entrance into Jerusalem, which we just read 736 00:35:08,050 --> 00:35:08,310 about. 737 00:35:08,690 --> 00:35:09,990 Zechariah 9, 9. 738 00:35:10,050 --> 00:35:12,670 Rejoice greatly, O daughter of Zion. 739 00:35:13,090 --> 00:35:15,410 Shout, O daughter of Jerusalem. 740 00:35:15,870 --> 00:35:18,330 Behold, thy king cometh unto thee. 741 00:35:19,250 --> 00:35:23,590 Notice, he is just the Holy One of 742 00:35:23,590 --> 00:35:23,930 Israel. 743 00:35:25,030 --> 00:35:32,850 And having salvation, behold the Lamb of God 744 00:35:32,850 --> 00:35:34,370 that taketh away the sin of the world. 745 00:35:37,600 --> 00:35:39,160 Without the shedding of blood there is no 746 00:35:39,160 --> 00:35:39,960 remission of sin. 747 00:35:39,960 --> 00:35:45,520 He has salvation in his hands, lowly and 748 00:35:45,520 --> 00:35:50,800 riding upon an ass, hundreds of years before, 749 00:35:54,450 --> 00:35:59,690 and upon a coat, the full of an 750 00:35:59,690 --> 00:36:00,090 ass. 751 00:36:03,640 --> 00:36:11,450 Number one, he prophesied that the law would 752 00:36:11,450 --> 00:36:17,670 pass from Judah, remember, only when Shiloh came. 753 00:36:18,970 --> 00:36:20,150 Praise the Lord. 754 00:36:21,030 --> 00:36:22,350 The law is not the means of our 755 00:36:22,350 --> 00:36:22,890 salvation. 756 00:36:23,430 --> 00:36:25,550 For by grace he is saved through faith, 757 00:36:25,670 --> 00:36:26,870 and that not of yourselves, it is a 758 00:36:26,870 --> 00:36:29,170 gift of God not of works, lest any 759 00:36:29,170 --> 00:36:29,810 man should boast. 760 00:36:31,430 --> 00:36:33,370 Paul says the law was a ministry of 761 00:36:33,370 --> 00:36:34,910 condemnation and death. 762 00:36:35,830 --> 00:36:37,690 Romans 8, 3 and 4 says, for what 763 00:36:37,690 --> 00:36:39,590 the law could not do, in that it 764 00:36:39,590 --> 00:36:40,810 was weak through your flesh. 765 00:36:40,810 --> 00:36:43,110 God sending his own Son in the likeness 766 00:36:43,110 --> 00:36:45,650 of sinful flesh and forced him, condemned sin 767 00:36:45,650 --> 00:36:47,610 in the flesh, that the righteousness which is 768 00:36:47,610 --> 00:36:49,550 of the law might be fulfilled in us 769 00:36:49,550 --> 00:36:51,250 who walk not after the flesh but after 770 00:36:51,250 --> 00:36:52,050 the Spirit of God. 771 00:37:02,450 --> 00:37:04,590 Now Matthew records this too. 772 00:37:05,030 --> 00:37:07,210 Matthew records the whole thing and says, he 773 00:37:07,210 --> 00:37:09,370 came in lowly and riding upon an ass, 774 00:37:09,550 --> 00:37:12,090 and also upon a coat, the full of 775 00:37:12,090 --> 00:37:12,470 an ass. 776 00:37:12,470 --> 00:37:14,730 Now may I say this, and I say 777 00:37:14,730 --> 00:37:17,750 this carefully, most theologians believe that it was 778 00:37:17,750 --> 00:37:22,650 possible that in the prophecies that Jesus coming 779 00:37:22,650 --> 00:37:25,050 down the steep incline of the Mount of 780 00:37:25,050 --> 00:37:26,270 Olives was on the ass. 781 00:37:26,290 --> 00:37:27,790 This was the older one. 782 00:37:29,210 --> 00:37:33,210 This was the old beast of burden, if 783 00:37:33,210 --> 00:37:33,710 I might say. 784 00:37:33,870 --> 00:37:35,850 May I say this, Israel never rode horses. 785 00:37:35,990 --> 00:37:37,330 They were denied to ride horses. 786 00:37:38,290 --> 00:37:39,410 I don't know if you realize that. 787 00:37:39,430 --> 00:37:40,530 It was a sin to take horses. 788 00:37:41,530 --> 00:37:43,090 Israel could never use horses. 789 00:37:44,390 --> 00:37:46,770 Israel could only use oxen as beasts of 790 00:37:46,770 --> 00:37:47,430 burden, that's all. 791 00:37:49,350 --> 00:37:51,090 Any king must ride on an ass. 792 00:37:52,490 --> 00:37:55,930 This was the height of royalty, to ride 793 00:37:55,930 --> 00:37:56,750 in on an ass. 794 00:37:58,250 --> 00:38:00,950 You'll notice here that it says, the coat, 795 00:38:01,250 --> 00:38:02,090 the full. 796 00:38:03,330 --> 00:38:05,390 And the theologians believe that he undoubtedly came 797 00:38:05,390 --> 00:38:08,110 down the Mount with the old one, the 798 00:38:08,110 --> 00:38:11,150 solid one, the sturdy one, taking him down 799 00:38:11,150 --> 00:38:13,910 the Mount, and then before he entered Jerusalem, 800 00:38:14,650 --> 00:38:16,930 he got upon the coat which had never 801 00:38:16,930 --> 00:38:19,490 been sat upon by any other man. 802 00:38:20,530 --> 00:38:22,130 There was a reason for this. 803 00:38:24,750 --> 00:38:27,770 It was going to carry God's great sacrifice 804 00:38:27,770 --> 00:38:28,350 for sin. 805 00:38:30,230 --> 00:38:32,210 And so like Jesus in so many other 806 00:38:32,210 --> 00:38:35,030 places, it says he was placed into a 807 00:38:35,030 --> 00:38:37,290 tomb where never man was laid. 808 00:38:38,490 --> 00:38:40,410 He was always individual. 809 00:38:41,790 --> 00:38:45,790 And in the sacrificial system, the beast that 810 00:38:45,790 --> 00:38:49,370 was slain must be perfect and never a 811 00:38:49,370 --> 00:38:51,330 beast of burden, and no one must ever 812 00:38:51,330 --> 00:38:52,690 have sat upon him. 813 00:38:52,870 --> 00:38:55,170 And so the perfect sacrifice of God, the 814 00:38:55,170 --> 00:38:56,510 Lamb of God that takes away the sin 815 00:38:56,510 --> 00:39:00,510 of the world, says, I fall a coat 816 00:39:00,510 --> 00:39:05,870 upon whom no man sat, and he came 817 00:39:05,870 --> 00:39:06,150 in. 818 00:39:06,150 --> 00:39:12,170 And so the glorious prophecy hundreds of years 819 00:39:12,170 --> 00:39:15,990 before is speaking in its completeness that the 820 00:39:15,990 --> 00:39:19,650 law must go from Judah, that he would 821 00:39:19,650 --> 00:39:21,570 gather himself to his people, that they would 822 00:39:21,570 --> 00:39:22,450 declare him as king. 823 00:39:22,730 --> 00:39:25,050 Therefore Jesus thrust himself out. 824 00:39:25,430 --> 00:39:27,690 He says, I must be recognized as a 825 00:39:27,690 --> 00:39:28,090 king. 826 00:39:31,030 --> 00:39:32,910 And so it's all prepared beforehand. 827 00:39:33,770 --> 00:39:34,910 The ass will be there. 828 00:39:35,650 --> 00:39:37,770 The foal, the colt will be there. 829 00:39:38,190 --> 00:39:39,410 You don't have to be concerned. 830 00:39:39,730 --> 00:39:41,170 Just go and tell them the Lord hath 831 00:39:41,170 --> 00:39:41,470 need. 832 00:39:41,590 --> 00:39:42,470 There'll be no question. 833 00:39:42,910 --> 00:39:43,930 You'll bring it to me. 834 00:39:43,930 --> 00:39:48,830 And so here we see gloriously set before 835 00:39:48,830 --> 00:39:53,670 us these wonderful prophecies upon which no man 836 00:39:53,670 --> 00:39:54,290 sat. 837 00:39:55,210 --> 00:40:03,130 Having salvation, lowly, he humbled himself and was 838 00:40:03,130 --> 00:40:08,170 obedient even unto death, the death of the 839 00:40:08,170 --> 00:40:12,300 cross, the humble Savior. 840 00:40:13,940 --> 00:40:14,960 Do you know him? 841 00:40:20,660 --> 00:40:22,880 You know, I have a lot more I'd 842 00:40:22,880 --> 00:40:25,000 like to say to you about some practical 843 00:40:25,000 --> 00:40:25,520 things. 844 00:40:30,930 --> 00:40:32,190 Well, let me just say this. 845 00:40:34,240 --> 00:40:36,100 If we were to take, let's say here 846 00:40:36,100 --> 00:40:36,980 we take Christ. 847 00:40:39,260 --> 00:40:40,740 He sends two of his disciples. 848 00:40:40,900 --> 00:40:42,020 We go two by two and we go 849 00:40:42,020 --> 00:40:42,700 on visitation. 850 00:40:44,080 --> 00:40:46,420 He sends two of his disciples out. 851 00:40:47,580 --> 00:40:49,720 Here it tells us there was an ass 852 00:40:49,720 --> 00:40:51,020 and the colt of an ass. 853 00:40:53,000 --> 00:40:55,080 And if I might use this sort of 854 00:40:55,080 --> 00:40:59,000 as characteristic typology of mankind. 855 00:41:00,100 --> 00:41:01,160 Here are the witnesses. 856 00:41:02,100 --> 00:41:03,920 We go in, we meet two types of 857 00:41:03,920 --> 00:41:04,180 people. 858 00:41:06,130 --> 00:41:07,810 We go and we meet the old. 859 00:41:08,810 --> 00:41:15,310 You know the stolid ones, the sluggish ones, 860 00:41:15,770 --> 00:41:24,470 the hard of heart, the staid ones were 861 00:41:24,470 --> 00:41:28,970 such creatures of prejudice and tradition and habit, 862 00:41:29,750 --> 00:41:34,810 dullness and yet beloved, well satisfied with our 863 00:41:34,810 --> 00:41:35,730 present condition. 864 00:41:36,930 --> 00:41:39,330 Mark the visitation, you go into this type, 865 00:41:39,630 --> 00:41:43,410 they're hard and they're stolid like that old 866 00:41:43,410 --> 00:41:46,870 ass by himself, the stolid one. 867 00:41:47,270 --> 00:41:49,990 Take him first, he's the hard one, the 868 00:41:49,990 --> 00:41:50,710 rough one. 869 00:41:51,810 --> 00:41:54,590 To deal with, you know, you go in, 870 00:41:55,150 --> 00:41:56,510 well, I don't know. 871 00:41:57,130 --> 00:41:59,170 I've been going to church for 40 years 872 00:41:59,170 --> 00:41:59,590 now. 873 00:42:00,510 --> 00:42:01,870 Don't intend to change. 874 00:42:05,420 --> 00:42:07,660 I'm perfectly content with what I have. 875 00:42:09,180 --> 00:42:10,720 You can't fudge me. 876 00:42:12,400 --> 00:42:13,900 You know how they put the little fire 877 00:42:13,900 --> 00:42:15,140 under, you know, when you see those pictures 878 00:42:15,140 --> 00:42:17,300 putting fires under donkeys, you know, to get 879 00:42:17,300 --> 00:42:17,740 them to move. 880 00:42:18,400 --> 00:42:19,580 You can't fudge me. 881 00:42:22,360 --> 00:42:23,920 Christ sent out two of his disciples. 882 00:42:24,120 --> 00:42:24,980 What does he say? 883 00:42:26,300 --> 00:42:30,660 He says, tell them, untie them and loose 884 00:42:30,660 --> 00:42:32,320 them and bring them to me. 885 00:42:33,780 --> 00:42:35,780 And that's exactly what we do when we 886 00:42:35,780 --> 00:42:36,720 go out to see people. 887 00:42:37,320 --> 00:42:40,880 We untie them, loose them from their sins 888 00:42:40,880 --> 00:42:42,640 and bring them to Jesus. 889 00:42:42,640 --> 00:42:46,660 On the other hand, take the coat. 890 00:42:49,370 --> 00:42:50,790 Ah, what is the coat picture? 891 00:42:51,410 --> 00:42:57,270 He pictures, you know, the unbroken and undisciplined 892 00:42:57,270 --> 00:43:02,990 one, the one that's rebellious, nature unbridled, lustful, 893 00:43:03,130 --> 00:43:06,030 full of desires, youth on fire. 894 00:43:10,050 --> 00:43:12,870 I don't see where any change is made 895 00:43:12,870 --> 00:43:15,150 in the way you approach him. 896 00:43:17,870 --> 00:43:19,150 It's still the same. 897 00:43:20,490 --> 00:43:24,030 You untie them, loose them from their sins 898 00:43:24,030 --> 00:43:24,930 and what? 899 00:43:25,030 --> 00:43:26,670 Jesus says, bring them to me. 900 00:43:28,970 --> 00:43:31,330 So if there's any typology that shows what 901 00:43:31,330 --> 00:43:34,070 visitation work faces when it goes out, it's 902 00:43:34,070 --> 00:43:36,630 to see the ass and the coat and 903 00:43:36,630 --> 00:43:41,070 to realize one is the solid, staid, hard 904 00:43:41,070 --> 00:43:42,890 one that says, I live a good life. 905 00:43:42,970 --> 00:43:44,470 I've lived it for 25 years. 906 00:43:44,690 --> 00:43:46,290 I've been doing my best. 907 00:43:46,630 --> 00:43:48,090 I don't intend to change. 908 00:43:48,090 --> 00:43:49,450 If you want to talk to me, you 909 00:43:49,450 --> 00:43:50,210 can talk to me. 910 00:43:50,370 --> 00:43:52,670 I don't mind, but you won't change my 911 00:43:52,670 --> 00:43:53,170 mind. 912 00:43:53,390 --> 00:43:54,930 Don't even worry about it. 913 00:43:54,950 --> 00:43:56,250 You can't convert me. 914 00:43:56,770 --> 00:43:58,730 I belong to so-and-so. 915 00:43:59,210 --> 00:44:00,730 And we got the inner road. 916 00:44:00,730 --> 00:44:05,440 On the other hand, you go in sometimes 917 00:44:05,440 --> 00:44:06,700 and it's the other thing. 918 00:44:06,920 --> 00:44:08,020 Listen, you've got to live. 919 00:44:09,700 --> 00:44:11,220 Why, this kind of a thing you give 920 00:44:11,220 --> 00:44:13,540 us, it's going to hold us down. 921 00:44:14,140 --> 00:44:15,960 We're part of a rebellious group. 922 00:44:17,140 --> 00:44:20,120 We're broken loose from the establishment. 923 00:44:24,810 --> 00:44:26,170 We're on a journey. 924 00:44:27,950 --> 00:44:29,390 Nothing you can say to us. 925 00:44:29,810 --> 00:44:30,790 What does Jesus say? 926 00:44:30,930 --> 00:44:34,850 Listen, untie him and loose him and bring 927 00:44:34,850 --> 00:44:35,870 him to me. 928 00:44:39,020 --> 00:44:40,680 Because I want to tell you that anybody 929 00:44:40,680 --> 00:44:42,680 that's brought to Jesus, whether they be the 930 00:44:42,680 --> 00:44:45,020 hard and the rough and the rebellious and 931 00:44:45,020 --> 00:44:48,040 those who claim self-righteousness and all of 932 00:44:48,040 --> 00:44:52,560 their ideas of stolidness and they've been moral 933 00:44:52,560 --> 00:44:55,360 and they've been good, can't possibly understand the 934 00:44:55,360 --> 00:44:56,220 grace of God. 935 00:44:56,220 --> 00:44:58,600 For it's not by works of righteousness which 936 00:44:58,600 --> 00:45:00,240 we have done, but according to his mercy 937 00:45:00,240 --> 00:45:00,920 he saved us. 938 00:45:01,160 --> 00:45:04,340 And then to the rebellious, to those who 939 00:45:04,340 --> 00:45:08,120 are filled with lusts and desires and passions 940 00:45:08,120 --> 00:45:10,820 which we so often associate with you, but 941 00:45:10,820 --> 00:45:13,460 which can be part of older age also. 942 00:45:13,460 --> 00:45:16,480 All these who want to have a good 943 00:45:16,480 --> 00:45:19,640 time, who want to rebel against the established 944 00:45:19,640 --> 00:45:22,940 way that God has set in his plans, 945 00:45:23,460 --> 00:45:24,580 they come to the same end. 946 00:45:26,850 --> 00:45:32,710 They must be loose, untied and brought to 947 00:45:32,710 --> 00:45:33,030 Jesus. 948 00:45:35,040 --> 00:45:40,140 Now lest you think that that typology is 949 00:45:41,580 --> 00:45:43,980 not the kind of typology that God uses, 950 00:45:44,880 --> 00:45:47,260 may I tell you the greatest theologians in 951 00:45:47,260 --> 00:45:53,080 the world claim that typology is perfect for 952 00:45:53,080 --> 00:45:54,560 man's rebellious nature. 953 00:45:55,660 --> 00:45:59,420 And book after book brings it to light. 954 00:46:03,270 --> 00:46:06,550 Glorious what Christ can do for the human 955 00:46:06,550 --> 00:46:07,070 heart. 956 00:46:07,790 --> 00:46:11,030 Oh yes, it was the entrance into Jerusalem. 957 00:46:11,370 --> 00:46:13,690 It looked like such a great triumph, didn't 958 00:46:13,690 --> 00:46:13,850 it? 959 00:46:14,170 --> 00:46:18,210 They were moved by God, it says, to 960 00:46:18,210 --> 00:46:19,850 surround Jesus. 961 00:46:19,850 --> 00:46:22,350 God, what did Jesus say? 962 00:46:23,030 --> 00:46:25,250 The Pharisees and the scribes said, stop these 963 00:46:25,250 --> 00:46:26,870 people from coming to you and call you 964 00:46:26,870 --> 00:46:27,250 a king. 965 00:46:27,350 --> 00:46:28,590 Do you know what his answer was? 966 00:46:29,090 --> 00:46:34,030 If I should stop them, the stone would 967 00:46:34,030 --> 00:46:37,050 cry out, I am king. 968 00:46:37,050 --> 00:46:46,890 So beloved God moved 969 00:46:46,890 --> 00:46:50,030 upon the people and those who were going 970 00:46:50,030 --> 00:46:54,710 to crucify him came and cast palms in 971 00:46:54,710 --> 00:46:55,890 front of his pathway. 972 00:46:57,030 --> 00:47:00,750 One week later, watched him and sneered at 973 00:47:00,750 --> 00:47:04,930 him and spat upon him when God's restraining 974 00:47:04,930 --> 00:47:09,090 hand was removed from them and they fulfilled 975 00:47:09,090 --> 00:47:13,190 the most heinous moment in all history. 976 00:47:14,750 --> 00:47:17,350 Yet, to their salvation. 977 00:47:19,090 --> 00:47:24,950 For it was no accident, but God's consummate 978 00:47:24,950 --> 00:47:29,710 plan, as Peter says, ye have taken and 979 00:47:29,710 --> 00:47:33,390 by wicked hands have slain him whom God 980 00:47:33,390 --> 00:47:36,370 from the foundations of the world hath determined 981 00:47:36,370 --> 00:47:38,690 should be your savior. 982 00:47:42,240 --> 00:47:44,880 I have often thought if the Jews hadn't 983 00:47:44,880 --> 00:47:51,410 slain him, the Romans would have, because he 984 00:47:51,410 --> 00:47:56,720 called himself a king and Pontius Pilate got 985 00:47:56,720 --> 00:47:59,500 it off his dirty hands by throwing it 986 00:47:59,500 --> 00:48:00,520 at the Jews. 987 00:48:01,620 --> 00:48:04,440 But the fulfillment of prophecy was that the 988 00:48:04,440 --> 00:48:07,360 Jews should fulfill that which they did. 989 00:48:08,230 --> 00:48:15,160 O beloved, may we recognize the great prophecies 990 00:48:15,160 --> 00:48:18,240 of God, right to the moment on the 991 00:48:18,240 --> 00:48:20,540 great day when he should enter Jerusalem. 992 00:48:20,960 --> 00:48:23,640 But oh, then may we see ourselves typed 993 00:48:23,640 --> 00:48:27,140 so gloriously by God when he says, untie 994 00:48:27,140 --> 00:48:29,340 them and loose them and bring them to 995 00:48:29,340 --> 00:48:29,800 me. 996 00:48:30,840 --> 00:48:32,160 And what does he say? 997 00:48:32,620 --> 00:48:34,540 For the Lord hath what? 998 00:48:35,060 --> 00:48:37,240 Needs of them. 999 00:48:39,380 --> 00:48:40,560 The Lord has need of you. 1000 00:48:42,750 --> 00:48:43,490 You don't think so? 1001 00:48:45,570 --> 00:48:48,550 Let me tell you, his whole plan involves 1002 00:48:48,550 --> 00:48:50,730 you and you and you and you. 1003 00:48:51,550 --> 00:48:52,570 He has need of you. 1004 00:48:53,410 --> 00:48:55,470 If this nation is to be swept of 1005 00:48:55,470 --> 00:48:56,750 this neighborhood, if there is to be a 1006 00:48:56,750 --> 00:48:58,470 change in this great nation we love, he 1007 00:48:58,470 --> 00:48:59,510 needs you, young people. 1008 00:48:59,850 --> 00:49:00,950 He needs you, older folks. 1009 00:49:01,250 --> 00:49:02,830 He needs you dedicated to Christ. 1010 00:49:02,950 --> 00:49:04,390 He needs you on fire for himself. 1011 00:49:04,770 --> 00:49:06,710 He needs you conscious of the prophetic word. 1012 00:49:06,990 --> 00:49:08,950 He needs you conscious of the divine word. 1013 00:49:09,290 --> 00:49:11,490 He needs you conscious of the consecrating and 1014 00:49:11,490 --> 00:49:12,330 dedicating word. 1015 00:49:12,330 --> 00:49:17,210 He needs you to live out Christ's life 1016 00:49:18,590 --> 00:49:19,990 upon this earth. 1017 00:49:23,650 --> 00:49:27,210 For it says, I am crucified with Christ 1018 00:49:27,210 --> 00:49:32,370 nevertheless I live, yet not I, but Christ 1019 00:49:32,370 --> 00:49:34,650 lives in me. 1020 00:49:36,430 --> 00:49:37,130 To do what? 1021 00:49:37,310 --> 00:49:40,410 To will and to do of his good 1022 00:49:40,410 --> 00:49:40,710 pleasure. 1023 00:49:42,270 --> 00:49:43,350 Is that so with you? 1024 00:49:45,070 --> 00:49:46,050 Let us pray. 1025 00:49:46,730 --> 00:49:49,190 Now Father, we thank thee for thy blessed 1026 00:49:49,190 --> 00:49:50,010 word, Lord. 1027 00:49:51,230 --> 00:49:57,370 How blessed are thy prophecies, that thou didst 1028 00:49:57,370 --> 00:50:01,660 pinpoint the day, so that none could ever 1029 00:50:01,660 --> 00:50:04,840 say, the prophecy is too general. 1030 00:50:05,620 --> 00:50:07,140 Anybody could have said that. 1031 00:50:07,340 --> 00:50:09,180 We say that about some of the present 1032 00:50:09,180 --> 00:50:09,820 day prophets. 1033 00:50:10,760 --> 00:50:12,860 They have a 50% chance of being 1034 00:50:12,860 --> 00:50:13,220 right. 1035 00:50:14,140 --> 00:50:16,620 We see that about the woman by the 1036 00:50:16,620 --> 00:50:17,400 name of Dixon. 1037 00:50:20,630 --> 00:50:23,210 But Father, we're so thankful your prophecies are 1038 00:50:23,210 --> 00:50:24,090 not like that. 1039 00:50:28,010 --> 00:50:30,430 Hundreds and hundreds of years before, you've told 1040 00:50:30,430 --> 00:50:31,910 us exactly what would happen. 1041 00:50:32,510 --> 00:50:32,990 Why? 1042 00:50:33,350 --> 00:50:35,410 So that there'd never be any doubt in 1043 00:50:35,410 --> 00:50:37,430 our hearts about who Jesus was. 1044 00:50:37,810 --> 00:50:39,130 That he was the one who came. 1045 00:50:39,270 --> 00:50:40,690 That he was the one of whom Isaiah 1046 00:50:40,690 --> 00:50:41,190 spoke. 1047 00:50:41,330 --> 00:50:42,870 Unto us a child is born. 1048 00:50:43,410 --> 00:50:44,690 Unto us a son is given. 1049 00:50:44,810 --> 00:50:46,930 And the government shall be upon his shoulder. 1050 00:50:47,510 --> 00:50:50,510 And his name shall be called Wonderful, Counselor, 1051 00:50:50,970 --> 00:50:55,290 Almighty God, the Prince of Peace, the Everlasting 1052 00:50:55,290 --> 00:50:55,830 Father. 1053 00:50:57,410 --> 00:50:59,050 Now Father, we thank thee. 1054 00:50:59,530 --> 00:51:01,910 We pray this morning that our hearts will 1055 00:51:01,910 --> 00:51:09,050 rejoice in the Christ, who came triumphantly into 1056 00:51:09,050 --> 00:51:09,510 Jerusalem. 1057 00:51:10,730 --> 00:51:13,950 But more than that, he paid the penalty 1058 00:51:13,950 --> 00:51:15,610 for our sins on Calvary. 1059 00:51:16,390 --> 00:51:18,570 And we thank thee for it, in Christ's 1060 00:51:18,570 --> 00:51:18,770 name. 1061 00:51:19,010 --> 00:51:19,290 Amen.