1. Jesus had always
publicity of Himself.
2. This would be the
and
public confirmation that Jesus had made so far about Himself.
3. He was always
and
!
John 11:56 CSB
They were looking for Jesus and asking one another as they stood in the temple, “What do you think? He won’t come to the festival, will he?”
>> 2 Sets of People Looking For Jesus:
- The
- The Pharisees &
John 12:13b CSB
“Hosanna! Blessed is He who comes in the name of the Lord - the King of Israel!”
Zechariah 9:9 NLT
“Rejoice, O people of Zion!
Shout in triumph, O people of Jerusalem!
Look, your king is coming to you.
He is righteous and victorious,
yet he is humble, riding on a donkey –
riding on a donkey’s colt.”
“‘Vox populi, vox Dei’ they used to say; but the saying is false: the voice of the people may seem to be the voice of God when they shout ‘Hosanna in the highest’; but whose voice is it when they yell out, ‘Crucify him, crucify him’?”
- Charles Spurgeon
Luke 19:41-42 NLT
But as he came closer to Jerusalem and saw the city ahead, he began to weep.
“How I wish today that you of all people would understand the way to peace. But now it is too late, and peace is hidden from your eyes.”
>> Where do you find yourself in this crowd of people today?
// A week before he was crucified like a
, he rode into the city a
.
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