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*Matthew 21:1-11 Palm Sunday*
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Introduction
Why kill Jesus?
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1. Jerusalem was a Roman Province
Jews didn’t have the death penalty available to them.
Only Rome could execute criminals.
· Julius Caesar had conquered the known world.
· Adopted son – Octavian
· Becomes “Caesar Augustus”
o Ruled world from England to India
o Caesar Augustus believed he was from heaven
§ Came from heaven to earth
§ The son of God walking around with us on earth
§ “king of kings, lord of lords”
o “Caesar is Lord”
o “There is no other name under heaven by which people can be saved than that of Caesar”
§ Offer incense to him
Caesar Augustus called for the census that brought Mary & Joseph to Bethlehem for Jesus’ birth.
New Caesar = Caesar Tiberius
· The line of Herod was not doing a good job keeping peace
· Tiberius sent Israel a governor – Pilate
o Ordered to keep peace
o To bring in taxes
o To enforce Roman rule
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2. Jewish Feast Coming = The Passover
!!! A. The Background
Exodus 3
/"//The Lord said, “I have indeed seen the misery of my people in Egypt.
I have heard them crying out because of their slave drivers, and I am concerned about their suffering.
//So I have come down to rescue them from the hand of the Egyptians and to bring them up out of that land into a good and spacious land, a land flowing with milk and honey….
//And now the cry of the Israelites has reached me, and I have seen the way the Egyptians are oppressing them.
//So now, go.
I am sending you to Pharaoh to bring my people the Israelites out of Egypt./”"
(Exodus 3:7-10, NIV)
*Psalm 105*
12-14 /When they were few in number, of little account, and sojourners in it, wandering from nation to nation, from one kingdom to another people, he allowed no one to oppress them; he rebuked kings on their account/,
The Exodus in Detail
43-45 /So he brought his people out with joy, his chosen ones with singing.
And he gave them the lands of the nations, and they took possession of the fruit of the peoples’ toil, that they might keep his statutes and observe his laws.
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/Praise the Lord! /
!!! B. In Jesus’ Day
Historians say 200,000 Jews would pack the Temple during Passover.
· Celebrate Deliverance from foreign oppressors
· Sing Psalms
· Feast
· Remember how God has always freed Israel from the superpowers of the world.
Code throughout the year “*/Next year in Jerusalem”/*
- Looking forward to the Passover celebration
- Also hoping that “next year in Jerusalem” the Messiah would be there.
This was a 2-way feast.
1) Looking back at what God had done and how He had saved Israel
2) Looking forward to what the Lord would do
- Bring Messiah to rescue
- Have the Great Resurrection
§ They knew that the Messiah would come to Jerusalem to become King
§ On that day, they believed he would bring all the dead of Israel back to life to become a mighty army
§ Many people actually put themselves in Tombs along the road on the way to Jerusalem
o Pictures of the road – lots of big rocks closing off burial tombs
· When the Great Resurrection comes, I’ll be right there!
· Front row seats to the end of the world!
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3. Roman’s Response to the Passover
If you are Pilate, how much do you like the Passover?
· 200,000 frustrated Jews singing, shouting and waiting for their “real King” to come
· They are shouting to each other – Remember, our God delivers us from foreign oppressors, He’s done it a couple dozen times already!
If your job is to keep Israel at peace and under Roman rule, you hate the Passover.
Pilate lived in Caesarea
Annual procession from Caesarea to Jerusalem for the Passover
1) Roman Eagle
2) Etchings of Caesar
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He rules the World
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Every nation Caesar had crushed
c. Divine Titles
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The Accomplishments of Rome
Message = Everyone that has ever fought us has been crushed
“Resistance is Futile!”
3) Roman Army
a. Marching
b. Designed to bring fear & terror into the hearts of people
c. Blood red cloaks
d. Iron shod boots
e. Shields with Roman wings on them
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Shields on shield crashing as they marched
80-90% of Israelites were simple people
Tradesmen, crafters, subsistence farmers
Message = Don’t even think about it!
4) Soldiers on Horseback
5) Pilate – either in front or back
Message to Jerusalem at the Passover = Don’t even think about rebelling
Pilate entered from the West
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4. Jesus’ Procession before the Passover
Bethphage is in the mountains, east of Jerusalem
Mountain range ran North / South, east of Jerusalem
Pilate came from the West
Jesus came from the East
Ezekiel 43:1-3 “/Then he led me to the gate, the gate facing east./*/
/*/And behold, the glory of the God of Israel was /*coming from the east*/.
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