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As we’re closing in on the middle of chapter 12 of this Gospel of John...
…we’ve been reading about, sensing and feeling this BUILD UP of momentum...
SO far in this book - Jesus had SAID and DONE enough things to - FORCE people to have to DEAL WITH HIM...
Healing the lame
Raising the dead
Preaching His own Supremacy / Divinity
And AS this continues to go on…MOMENTUM continues to rise....BUILDING UP...
· And it was doing the same for the Jewish leaders…
· They saw their INFLUENCE – decreasing – moment by moment – as the people began to FOLLOW Jesus…
· And BECAUSE they viewed this all as an ATTACK on their power…
· They decided it was best if Jesus die…
o And not only Jesus, but LAZARUS as well…why?
o Because Lazarus, being alive…after having been dead…
o Was now EVIDENCE of the TRUTH of Jesus Christ
· And so in our text today – we’ll come to the Triumphal Entry of Christ into Jerusalem…
· The beginning of the week – leading up to the crucifixion…
Let’s get to our text…
· As a whole, it’s pretty easy to comprehend what’s happening here…
o The people had heard that Jesus – the guy that rose Lazarus from the dead – was coming to town…
o OF COURSE the people wanted to come check him out...
o SO they come…
o The Jews were EXCITED…and you could HEAR their excitement as Jesus made His way into the city…
The people were excited!
In THEIR MINDS - it was finally happening!
They would have at least heard of the prophecies of the coming Messiah...
NOT FULLY understanding all of them, clearly....but they would have looked forward to His coming!
The Messiah Would Be a Prophet Like Moses
The Messiah Would Be Greater Than David
The Messiah Would Be Preceded By a Messenger
The Messiah Would Do Life-Affirming Redemptive Deeds
So in the minds of the people - The Messiah was going to come - SHAKE things up...
TAKE OVER - and rule in power!
And so the PEOPLE WERE READY!!
And so HERE COMES JESUS - riding into Jerusalem on a donkey...
Which was one of the prophecies we see in Zechariah 9 - WHICH - is also quoted in our text today!
· AND IT’S THIS OT prophecy in Zechariah that discusses the Entry into Jerusalem…that i want to FOCUS ON today!
Let’s look at the prophecy in Zechariah
· It’s this prophecy that I want to focus in on today…
· It’s this prophecy that is quoted in our passage today in John…
And what I’d like to do is look at each prophecy at the same time…
SLIDE: Prophecy and Quote
· Do you see a difference?
· Yes – some of the prophecy wasn’t written in John…
· But is there something that WAS COPIED over – but DIFFERENTLY?
Yes – the first line…
· In the prophecy… we read [read 9]
· But in the QUOTE of it….we read [read 15]
*If I have something set up for my kids and they DON’T KNOW what it is…
- but I preface it by saying – OKAY….GET EXCITED!!
- How will they respond?
- They will – GET EXCITED!!
But what if I preface it by saying – ok, now don’t be afraid
- Different response?
- Absolutely!!
**How many of you are REALLY good at – you having things planned for the day…but then SOMETHING happens that WIPES out ALL of those plans
- How good are you at – going with the flow?
- And NOT getting upset, or frustrated, or anxious!?
· I WANT to get better at that!
· I would think a LOT OF US struggle with this…
· Do you think it would be helpful if – BEFORE those things happen that DERAIL your day, your plans…
· …you LITERALLY heard an audible voice from heaven that said – “Don’t Be Afraid!” (and then it happened)
· Would that help?
I think it would!
· But as you know – that doesn’t happen…
But in this case – in our text - it did!
Why do you think John 12:15, in quoting a prophecy that HAD said- REJOICE…your KING is COMING…
· Instead said – Fear NOT…Your King is coming!...??
Could it have to do with WHAT WAS ABOUT TO HAPPEN – TO THAT KING…
Could it be pointing to the reality that King Jesus was going to come - and CHOOSE to DIE
· And could it have to do with the EXPECTATIONS the people had FOR THAT KING?
**Jewish Expectations of the Messiah (all the things we just read)
· They were expecting Physical freedom…
· A new Kingdom…
· Regained STATUS…prominence
· HOSANNA!! Save us now!!
· FREE us NOW!!
The people were REJOICING...
These people welcomed Him out of a desire for a deliverer...
...someone who would lead them in a revolt against Rome.
BUT - Their actions later that week would prove that they weren't "rejoicing" in their Savior....
..they were "rejoicing" in what they thought might happen.
THEY were rejoicing in what they THOUGHT was to come...
but Christ Himself wept at the reality of what was to come...
Christ looks at the city, knowing within a generation, the city would be destroyed.
They couldn't see Jesus for who He really was.
All they could think of was how Christ would come and bring them glory.
But as John MacArthur said:
"But there couldn't be any glory until there was a cross.
There couldn't be a Kingdom until there was a sacrifice for sin."
SO - EXPECTATIONS didn’t line up!
Jesus wasn’t interested in the people’s AGENDA!
He had HIS OWN agenda!
AND BECAUSE of the REALITY of what was to come....
what was ABOUT to happen to the PEOPLE’S EXPECTATIONS...
Because their EXPECTATIONS were about to get CRUSHED...
God says...
In GREAT MERCY…tenderness - and ABSOLUTE SOVEREIGNTY - God looks down and says - FEAR NOT...
Don’t let the circumstances that are about to play themselves out - cause you to LOSE HEART!!
This FEAR NOT - is directed to - who...
to BELIEVERS…to children of God...
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