August 17, 2024 • 16 mins
What if you could witness the pivotal moments of Jesus' ministry through a lens of personal reflection and prayer? Join me, Charles Vance, as we step into Week 20 of the "In His Footsteps" devotional series. This week, we focus on the triumphal entry of Jesus into Jerusalem, exploring the rich symbolism and prophetic fulfillment captured in John 12:12-19. Drawing from my own spiritual journey, from a Baptist upbringing to a deeper understanding of biblical feasts, I'll share unique insights and reflections. Using the New King James Version for its clarity and accessibility, we embark on an exploration of Jesus' entry during the Passover festival and its significance for believers.
In the second half of our time together, we open our hearts to prayers for humble leadership and understanding. I'll guide you through various prayers to the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit, each designed to deepen your spiritual walk and connection with God. Seeking Yeshua's example of servitude, we'll pray for the strength to embody His humility in our daily lives and communities. We'll also ask the Father for a deeper understanding of His sovereignty and the Holy Spirit for discernment and faithfulness. This episode is a heartfelt invitation to enrich your faith and embrace personal revelations from scripture.
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Speaker 1 (00:00):
Good morning and happy Sabbath.
I'm Charles Vance, your hostfor Living Words podcast, and
we're currently doing thedevotional series in his
footsteps.
It's 52 weeks in the Gospel ofJohn.
If you're interested in a copy,you can find the link to it in
the show notes.
I'm going to do something alittle bit different this week
(00:25):
Now.
I always do these from the NewKing James Version just because
I want to have a lot moreclarity and have a book that
everybody's comfortable with andfamiliar with.
Most people understand and knowthe King James Bible, although
(00:48):
there are a lot of differentversions out there.
Please feel free to usewhatever version you want.
Again, I just I like the KingJames, but the New King James is
a little less stilted in thelanguage, so I want to talk
about this week we're going thisis week 20, the triumphal entry
(01:08):
into Jerusalem.
Before I actually get into thereading of the devotional and
going through the questions andthe prayers and so forth, we're
going to open with prayer.
So, father, god, we thank youfor this day, for this day.
We thank you for this Sabbathand your mercy and compassion,
that you do not see our sin orour selfishness and our own
(01:28):
internal things that block usfrom knowing you better.
You don't see those things.
You see us through the cleareyes of Yeshua HaMashiach.
Jesus Christ, and we thank youthat you have given us the power
to be priests and kings in yourkingdom and that we have been
empowered with the rock, thespirit of the living God, and
(01:52):
that you have given us victoryover demons, victory over hell,
victory over sin, and that wehave but to claim it in courage.
I thank you for that and I praythat you would open our ears,
our spiritual ears, ourspiritual eyes, open up our
heart to perceive and tounderstand the word that you
(02:13):
give us, because every readingof the living word is a
revelation of a new moment inthe spirit, because everything
is divinely inspired and givenanointedness, and so this the
triumphal entry.
You know this book.
When I did a devotional, I wascurated from a viewpoint of
(02:36):
fairly generic Christianity.
Okay, because I want to be ableto reach the broadest audience.
I don't want to offendanybody's specific doctrinal
viewpoints.
You know your particularreligion.
Whether you're a Methodist or aBaptist or Nazarene or a
Catholic, it doesn't.
(02:57):
That really doesn't have anysignificance.
We're all believers in Christ,and I personally came to a
different understanding.
I was raised a Baptist, goodChristian theology, and I
believed all the right things,and then, in 2015, I had a
(03:19):
question about Passover andEaster, and so that question led
me on a discovery journey to myfaith.
It rocked me to the core in alot of areas.
I realized that things I hadheld on to and things I had
believed fully were not correct.
(03:40):
They were, in some cases,outright deceptions.
But each person has to come tothat realization on their own,
and that's why you reallyshouldn't just go by what the
preacher tells you out of thepulpit.
You shouldn't really just go bysome commentary or what some
theologian has said.
You really need to ask God foran understanding, for your truth
(04:01):
, and I mean that's not to say awokeness truth, where it's just
whatever you want it to be.
You don't get an individualtruth.
There's only one truth.
But ask the Holy Spirit to showyou his truth, because really
that's the only truth thatmatters is the truth of God, the
truth of Yeshua HaMashiach,yahweh Zavaot, commander of the
hosts of the armies of heaven,the king of kings.
(04:23):
It's his opinion that matters.
It's what he thinks thatmatters.
Nothing else matters ultimately, and this triumphal entry leads
up to a time we're talkingabout Passover, because that was
his last entry into the citybefore his death and his
(04:45):
resurrection and it's importantto understand.
So the devotional itself isgoing to go through a fairly
generic common understanding.
But as I'm inspired, if I'minspired, I may deviate from the
text and speak from my heart.
Inspired, I may deviate fromthe text and speak from my heart
(05:09):
and I hope that you can usethis in your own devotional and
even though it's brief, it canset the tone for the day and for
the week.
So John 12, 12 through 19recounts the triumphal entry of
Jesus into Jerusalem.
It's an event celebrated byChristians around the world as
Palm Sunday.
Jesus into Jerusalem.
It's an event celebrated byChristians around the world as
Palm Sunday.
This passage captures a pivotalmoment in his ministry,
signaling the beginning of hisjourney towards crucifixion,
(05:33):
rich with symbolism andprophetic fulfillment.
Keep in mind, in the Jewish andI want to say not even Jewish
in the Hebrew feast cycle, theJewish people, the true Jewish
people, are descendants ofAbraham and Abraham had 12
(05:59):
children that are named as thetribes of God, and Judah, from
which the Jewish family comes,was one of the 12.
So in the heart in the mind ofElohim.
There are 12 tribes on theearth, though today they are
(06:24):
mostly in dispersion, whichmeans we don't really know who
they are or where they are,certainly the 10 northern tribes
.
They were taken into captivity,into Assyrian captivity,
captivity into Assyriancaptivity, never to be seen
again, but only known as theLost Tribes.
(06:44):
So as Jesus enters Jerusalem,he's greeted by a large crowd
that's come out for the Passoverfestival.
So this is the 10th day of Aviv.
As he's entering the city, thelamb is being selected.
They lay palm branches on theroad and shout Hosanna, blessed
is he who comes in the name ofthe Lord, blessed is the king of
Israel.
He rides on a young donkey,fulfilling a promise from
(07:05):
Zechariah 9-9, which speaks of aking who comes in humility and
peace.
And there are some other thingsthat are significant about him
being on the young foal of adonkey.
Significant about him being onthe young foal of a donkey.
There are some Passoversignificances that the donkey
basically represented the beastswhen the beasts were also
(07:30):
covered in the death of thefirstborn, when the death angel
passed over in Egypt before theycame out, the donkey had to be
shed In Egypt.
Before they came out.
The donkey had to be shed.
It had to do with the salvationof the animals.
A lamb had to be sacrificed forthe donkey, which was
(07:54):
representing the beasts.
Okay, there we go, donkey,which was representing the
beasts.
Okay, there we go.
So I just wanted to say that,to say this, that there is other
prophetic significance just inthe fact that he's coming in
humility and peace.
So the key themes andtheological significance of this
passage is fulfillment ofprophecy.
His choice of a donkey for entryinto Jerusalem fulfilled an
(08:15):
ancient prophecy whichunderscored his identity as the
Messiah and his mission.
His act contrasts sharply withthe expectations of a military
leader who would overthrow theRoman rule and come and bring
his kingdom.
That way, he didn't come as aconquering king.
He came as a humble servant.
It was the declaration of hiskingship.
(08:35):
The crowd's exclamation blessedis the king of Israel
acknowledges his royal status.
However, this form of kingshipchallenges the prevailing
notions of power.
Again, it's his kingdom, hisrule that was one of servanthood
and humility.
So, while the crowd, there wasthis misunderstanding of his
(08:55):
mission.
So while the crowd celebratedhim as the anticipated political
liberator, there was afundamental understanding about
his nature, of his kingdom andhis mission.
At that moment, his triumphlooked like weak suffering and
sacrifice, but it illustratedthe paradoxical nature of his
kingship.
So the sovereignty of hismission.
(09:17):
The event underscores God'ssovereignty.
In the unfolding of redemptivehistory, and despite the crowd's
limited understanding, everyaction of Jesus during the week
was part of a divine plan.
The lessons we can learn fromthis passage is the nature of
his kingship His entry intoJerusalem on a donkey, the
(09:39):
symbol of peace and humility, socontrasted with the expectation
of conquering a politicalMessiah, that it revealed his
kingship as one characterized byhumility, peace and service,
rather than power and dominance.
It invites us to redefine ourunderstanding of leadership and
authority in the light of hisexample.
Begin to think about kings,rulers, managers, these people
(10:05):
in the perspective of God.
They should be serving others,not trying to dominate.
And it's the fulfillment ofprophecy and divine sovereignty.
His deliberate fulfillment ofZechariah's prophecy about the
Messiah's entry into Jerusalemon a donkey underscores the
(10:26):
divine sovereignty at work inhis ministry.
It reaffirms his actions andthe events leading up to his
crucifixion and that they're allin alignment with God's
redemptive plan, highlightingthe importance of Scripture in
understanding His mission.
There is a misunderstanding ofHis mission.
The crowd's enthusiasticreception of Jesus, shouting
Hosanna and hailing Him as theKing of Israel, reflects the
(10:49):
misunderstanding of this naturethat he was going to come in as
a conquering king.
He was not.
The situation illustrates thechallenge of discerning and
embracing spiritual, eternalkingdom he came to inaugurate,
which often contradicts withworld's expectations and desires
.
So reflect on the symbolism ofJesus riding into Jerusalem on a
(11:12):
donkey, and how does thiscontrast with the worldly
expectation of leadership andpower?
Well, what is the worldlyexpectation of leadership and
power?
Well, what is the worldlyexpectation of leadership and
power?
It is that a man, he would becoming in on a stallion, on a
charger, with a sword and as aking, you know, with a crown and
a robe and in full authority,and expecting people to bow down
(11:35):
before him as he enteredauthority, and expecting people
to bow down before him as heentered.
This was not what he did,though.
This was the opposite.
So it was that he came in on adonkey, humble, and he came in
as the lamb of God to besacrificed on the 14th day, just
four days from here.
(11:55):
So discuss the significance ofthe crowd's response.
What does that reaction revealabout the hopes and
understandings?
Well, for starters, this wasthe triumphant entry is a feast.
So you have thousands, hundredsof thousands of Jewish
believers in the city as part ofa feast that they have been
(12:16):
celebrating for a thousand years.
Everything was always rehearsed.
It came the same way.
At this point, the lambs on the10th day of Aviv, the lambs are
selected.
So the high priest is goingdown to the Bethlehem Bethlehem,
the house of bread in Hebrew.
He's going down to the house ofbread to get the bread of life.
(12:38):
He's going down there, but hedoesn't know that's what he's
doing.
He's going down, he's doing thesame thing he did last year and
the year before and his fathersand his grandfathers before him
.
He's going, they go down, theyselect the best spotless lamb
and they bring it back to thecity.
And as they bring it back,there's the Hosanna, the Hosanna
(13:00):
and the palm leaves and it'sall there for the lamb and the
priest.
But this year you have Jesus ona donkey instead of the high
priest coming up, and that's whythey were telling him to shut
up.
They were telling the people toshut up because the people
begin to shout Hosanna inanticipation of Jesus, yeshua
coming in on donkey and the highpriest is obviously probably
(13:20):
right behind him with the lamb,and they're supposed to be doing
it for him, and so they're.
They're telling the people toshut up, and that's when they.
That's when you get the versesaid well, if the people, jesus
said, if the people shut up, thestones will cry out.
So you have this picture, youknow, of the Lamb of God this
year.
So this thing they've beenrehearsing for a thousand years
was all leading up to one momentthe moment when the Lamb of God
(13:43):
, yeshua HaMashiach, rides in onthe city, into the city, on the
foal of a donkey on the 10thday of Aviv.
Now consider the fulfillment ofprophecy in the triumphant entry
.
And how does it affirm hismessianic identity?
(14:04):
I mean, that's a silly question, I know, but it's there.
He's the Lamb of God.
That's his identity and thefact that he's the one that's
being recognized by the peopleas the Lamb of God, the King of
Israel, the sacrificial Lamb.
That's enough.
(14:26):
So I'm going to here's somesuggested prayers, and if you
have the book, you know there'smore of these questions, and and
feel free to go through thatand use these to examine your
own heart, to prompt thoughtthat maybe ideas and things you
weren't thinking of.
As with the suggested prayers,these prayers are just models to
help with the.
(14:50):
You know, sometimes we don'tknow how to articulate what we
want to say to God, so this isjust.
These prayers are just there toeach of the persons you know
the Father, the Son and the HolySpirit.
We're going to speak to allthree of them, and here's a
(15:10):
prayer for humble leadership toYeshua himself.
Lord Jesus, our humble king, ina world that often equates
greatness with power anddominance, teach us the way of
humility and servitude youdisplayed as you entered
Jerusalem.
Help us to embody your exampleof leadership in our lives,
communities and wherever we holdinfluence.
May our actions reflect yourlove, serving others selflessly
(15:34):
and pointing them to the truenature of your kingdom.
Amen.
And here's a prayer forunderstanding God's sovereignty
in scripture to the Father.
Heavenly Father, we stand inawe of your sovereignty and the
fulfillment of your word throughthe life of Jesus.
Open our hearts and minds as westudy the scriptures, that we
may see your redemptive planwoven through every page.
(15:57):
Grant us the wisdom tounderstand the depth of your
love and the breadth of yourgrace as revealed in Jesus, our
Messiah and King.
Amen.
And a prayer for discernment andfaithfulness to the Spirit.
Holy Spirit, in moments ofconfusion and the clamor of
worldly expectations, guide usto discern the true mission and
(16:18):
message of Jesus.
Strengthen our faith to followHim, even when the path diverges
from what we anticipated ordesired.
Help us to remain faithful toHis call, embracing the
spiritual and eternal kingdom hecame to establish.
May our lives bear witness tohis transformative power and
love.
Amen.
I hope this devotional has beenenlightening, you know, give
(16:42):
you some insight into how youcan better access the throne of
grace for your own life andliving and to connect with God
through the spirit and truth andlove.
And I pray that for you andpray for your week as you go
forward.
And we ask all these things inthe name of Yeshua HaMashiach,
amen.
Good morning and happy Sabbath.
I'm Charles Vance, your hostfor Living Words podcast, and
we're currently doing thedevotional series in his
footsteps.
It's 52 weeks in the Gospel ofJohn.
If you're interested in a copy,you can find the link to it in
the show notes.
I'm going to do something alittle bit different this week
(00:25):
Now.
I always do these from the NewKing James Version just because
I want to have a lot moreclarity and have a book that
everybody's comfortable with andfamiliar with.
Most people understand and knowthe King James Bible, although
(00:48):
there are a lot of differentversions out there.
Please feel free to usewhatever version you want.
Again, I just I like the KingJames, but the New King James is
a little less stilted in thelanguage, so I want to talk
about this week we're going thisis week 20, the triumphal entry
(01:08):
into Jerusalem.
Before I actually get into thereading of the devotional and
going through the questions andthe prayers and so forth, we're
going to open with prayer.
So, father, god, we thank youfor this day, for this day.
We thank you for this Sabbathand your mercy and compassion,
that you do not see our sin orour selfishness and our own
(01:28):
internal things that block usfrom knowing you better.
You don't see those things.
You see us through the cleareyes of Yeshua HaMashiach.
Jesus Christ, and we thank youthat you have given us the power
to be priests and kings in yourkingdom and that we have been
empowered with the rock, thespirit of the living God, and
(01:52):
that you have given us victoryover demons, victory over hell,
victory over sin, and that wehave but to claim it in courage.
I thank you for that and I praythat you would open our ears,
our spiritual ears, ourspiritual eyes, open up our
heart to perceive and tounderstand the word that you
(02:13):
give us, because every readingof the living word is a
revelation of a new moment inthe spirit, because everything
is divinely inspired and givenanointedness, and so this the
triumphal entry.
You know this book.
When I did a devotional, I wascurated from a viewpoint of
(02:36):
fairly generic Christianity.
Okay, because I want to be ableto reach the broadest audience.
I don't want to offendanybody's specific doctrinal
viewpoints.
You know your particularreligion.
Whether you're a Methodist or aBaptist or Nazarene or a
Catholic, it doesn't.
(02:57):
That really doesn't have anysignificance.
We're all believers in Christ,and I personally came to a
different understanding.
I was raised a Baptist, goodChristian theology, and I
believed all the right things,and then, in 2015, I had a
(03:19):
question about Passover andEaster, and so that question led
me on a discovery journey to myfaith.
It rocked me to the core in alot of areas.
I realized that things I hadheld on to and things I had
believed fully were not correct.
(03:40):
They were, in some cases,outright deceptions.
But each person has to come tothat realization on their own,
and that's why you reallyshouldn't just go by what the
preacher tells you out of thepulpit.
You shouldn't really just go bysome commentary or what some
theologian has said.
You really need to ask God foran understanding, for your truth
(04:01):
, and I mean that's not to say awokeness truth, where it's just
whatever you want it to be.
You don't get an individualtruth.
There's only one truth.
But ask the Holy Spirit to showyou his truth, because really
that's the only truth thatmatters is the truth of God, the
truth of Yeshua HaMashiach,yahweh Zavaot, commander of the
hosts of the armies of heaven,the king of kings.
(04:23):
It's his opinion that matters.
It's what he thinks thatmatters.
Nothing else matters ultimately, and this triumphal entry leads
up to a time we're talkingabout Passover, because that was
his last entry into the citybefore his death and his
(04:45):
resurrection and it's importantto understand.
So the devotional itself isgoing to go through a fairly
generic common understanding.
But as I'm inspired, if I'minspired, I may deviate from the
text and speak from my heart.
Inspired, I may deviate fromthe text and speak from my heart
(05:09):
and I hope that you can usethis in your own devotional and
even though it's brief, it canset the tone for the day and for
the week.
So John 12, 12 through 19recounts the triumphal entry of
Jesus into Jerusalem.
It's an event celebrated byChristians around the world as
Palm Sunday.
Jesus into Jerusalem.
It's an event celebrated byChristians around the world as
Palm Sunday.
This passage captures a pivotalmoment in his ministry,
signaling the beginning of hisjourney towards crucifixion,
(05:33):
rich with symbolism andprophetic fulfillment.
Keep in mind, in the Jewish andI want to say not even Jewish
in the Hebrew feast cycle, theJewish people, the true Jewish
people, are descendants ofAbraham and Abraham had 12
(05:59):
children that are named as thetribes of God, and Judah, from
which the Jewish family comes,was one of the 12.
So in the heart in the mind ofElohim.
There are 12 tribes on theearth, though today they are
(06:24):
mostly in dispersion, whichmeans we don't really know who
they are or where they are,certainly the 10 northern tribes
.
They were taken into captivity,into Assyrian captivity,
captivity into Assyriancaptivity, never to be seen
again, but only known as theLost Tribes.
(06:44):
So as Jesus enters Jerusalem,he's greeted by a large crowd
that's come out for the Passoverfestival.
So this is the 10th day of Aviv.
As he's entering the city, thelamb is being selected.
They lay palm branches on theroad and shout Hosanna, blessed
is he who comes in the name ofthe Lord, blessed is the king of
Israel.
He rides on a young donkey,fulfilling a promise from
(07:05):
Zechariah 9-9, which speaks of aking who comes in humility and
peace.
And there are some other thingsthat are significant about him
being on the young foal of adonkey.
Significant about him being onthe young foal of a donkey.
There are some Passoversignificances that the donkey
basically represented the beastswhen the beasts were also
(07:30):
covered in the death of thefirstborn, when the death angel
passed over in Egypt before theycame out, the donkey had to be
shed In Egypt.
Before they came out.
The donkey had to be shed.
It had to do with the salvationof the animals.
A lamb had to be sacrificed forthe donkey, which was
(07:54):
representing the beasts.
Okay, there we go, donkey,which was representing the
beasts.
Okay, there we go.
So I just wanted to say that,to say this, that there is other
prophetic significance just inthe fact that he's coming in
humility and peace.
So the key themes andtheological significance of this
passage is fulfillment ofprophecy.
His choice of a donkey for entryinto Jerusalem fulfilled an
(08:15):
ancient prophecy whichunderscored his identity as the
Messiah and his mission.
His act contrasts sharply withthe expectations of a military
leader who would overthrow theRoman rule and come and bring
his kingdom.
That way, he didn't come as aconquering king.
He came as a humble servant.
It was the declaration of hiskingship.
(08:35):
The crowd's exclamation blessedis the king of Israel
acknowledges his royal status.
However, this form of kingshipchallenges the prevailing
notions of power.
Again, it's his kingdom, hisrule that was one of servanthood
and humility.
So, while the crowd, there wasthis misunderstanding of his
(08:55):
mission.
So while the crowd celebratedhim as the anticipated political
liberator, there was afundamental understanding about
his nature, of his kingdom andhis mission.
At that moment, his triumphlooked like weak suffering and
sacrifice, but it illustratedthe paradoxical nature of his
kingship.
So the sovereignty of hismission.
(09:17):
The event underscores God'ssovereignty.
In the unfolding of redemptivehistory, and despite the crowd's
limited understanding, everyaction of Jesus during the week
was part of a divine plan.
The lessons we can learn fromthis passage is the nature of
his kingship His entry intoJerusalem on a donkey, the
(09:39):
symbol of peace and humility, socontrasted with the expectation
of conquering a politicalMessiah, that it revealed his
kingship as one characterized byhumility, peace and service,
rather than power and dominance.
It invites us to redefine ourunderstanding of leadership and
authority in the light of hisexample.
Begin to think about kings,rulers, managers, these people
(10:05):
in the perspective of God.
They should be serving others,not trying to dominate.
And it's the fulfillment ofprophecy and divine sovereignty.
His deliberate fulfillment ofZechariah's prophecy about the
Messiah's entry into Jerusalemon a donkey underscores the
(10:26):
divine sovereignty at work inhis ministry.
It reaffirms his actions andthe events leading up to his
crucifixion and that they're allin alignment with God's
redemptive plan, highlightingthe importance of Scripture in
understanding His mission.
There is a misunderstanding ofHis mission.
The crowd's enthusiasticreception of Jesus, shouting
Hosanna and hailing Him as theKing of Israel, reflects the
(10:49):
misunderstanding of this naturethat he was going to come in as
a conquering king.
He was not.
The situation illustrates thechallenge of discerning and
embracing spiritual, eternalkingdom he came to inaugurate,
which often contradicts withworld's expectations and desires
.
So reflect on the symbolism ofJesus riding into Jerusalem on a
(11:12):
donkey, and how does thiscontrast with the worldly
expectation of leadership andpower?
Well, what is the worldlyexpectation of leadership and
power?
Well, what is the worldlyexpectation of leadership and
power?
It is that a man, he would becoming in on a stallion, on a
charger, with a sword and as aking, you know, with a crown and
a robe and in full authority,and expecting people to bow down
(11:35):
before him as he enteredauthority, and expecting people
to bow down before him as heentered.
This was not what he did,though.
This was the opposite.
So it was that he came in on adonkey, humble, and he came in
as the lamb of God to besacrificed on the 14th day, just
four days from here.
(11:55):
So discuss the significance ofthe crowd's response.
What does that reaction revealabout the hopes and
understandings?
Well, for starters, this wasthe triumphant entry is a feast.
So you have thousands, hundredsof thousands of Jewish
believers in the city as part ofa feast that they have been
(12:16):
celebrating for a thousand years.
Everything was always rehearsed.
It came the same way.
At this point, the lambs on the10th day of Aviv, the lambs are
selected.
So the high priest is goingdown to the Bethlehem Bethlehem,
the house of bread in Hebrew.
He's going down to the house ofbread to get the bread of life.
(12:38):
He's going down there, but hedoesn't know that's what he's
doing.
He's going down, he's doing thesame thing he did last year and
the year before and his fathersand his grandfathers before him
.
He's going, they go down, theyselect the best spotless lamb
and they bring it back to thecity.
And as they bring it back,there's the Hosanna, the Hosanna
(13:00):
and the palm leaves and it'sall there for the lamb and the
priest.
But this year you have Jesus ona donkey instead of the high
priest coming up, and that's whythey were telling him to shut
up.
They were telling the people toshut up because the people
begin to shout Hosanna inanticipation of Jesus, yeshua
coming in on donkey and the highpriest is obviously probably
(13:20):
right behind him with the lamb,and they're supposed to be doing
it for him, and so they're.
They're telling the people toshut up, and that's when they.
That's when you get the versesaid well, if the people, jesus
said, if the people shut up, thestones will cry out.
So you have this picture, youknow, of the Lamb of God this
year.
So this thing they've beenrehearsing for a thousand years
was all leading up to one momentthe moment when the Lamb of God
(13:43):
, yeshua HaMashiach, rides in onthe city, into the city, on the
foal of a donkey on the 10thday of Aviv.
Now consider the fulfillment ofprophecy in the triumphant entry
.
And how does it affirm hismessianic identity?
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I mean, that's a silly question, I know, but it's there.
He's the Lamb of God.
That's his identity and thefact that he's the one that's
being recognized by the peopleas the Lamb of God, the King of
Israel, the sacrificial Lamb.
That's enough.
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So I'm going to here's somesuggested prayers, and if you
have the book, you know there'smore of these questions, and and
feel free to go through thatand use these to examine your
own heart, to prompt thoughtthat maybe ideas and things you
weren't thinking of.
As with the suggested prayers,these prayers are just models to
help with the.
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You know, sometimes we don'tknow how to articulate what we
want to say to God, so this isjust.
These prayers are just there toeach of the persons you know
the Father, the Son and the HolySpirit.
We're going to speak to allthree of them, and here's a
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prayer for humble leadership toYeshua himself.
Lord Jesus, our humble king, ina world that often equates
greatness with power anddominance, teach us the way of
humility and servitude youdisplayed as you entered
Jerusalem.
Help us to embody your exampleof leadership in our lives,
communities and wherever we holdinfluence.
May our actions reflect yourlove, serving others selflessly
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and pointing them to the truenature of your kingdom.
Amen.
And here's a prayer forunderstanding God's sovereignty
in scripture to the Father.
Heavenly Father, we stand inawe of your sovereignty and the
fulfillment of your word throughthe life of Jesus.
Open our hearts and minds as westudy the scriptures, that we
may see your redemptive planwoven through every page.
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Grant us the wisdom tounderstand the depth of your
love and the breadth of yourgrace as revealed in Jesus, our
Messiah and King.
Amen.
And a prayer for discernment andfaithfulness to the Spirit.
Holy Spirit, in moments ofconfusion and the clamor of
worldly expectations, guide usto discern the true mission and
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message of Jesus.
Strengthen our faith to followHim, even when the path diverges
from what we anticipated ordesired.
Help us to remain faithful toHis call, embracing the
spiritual and eternal kingdom hecame to establish.
May our lives bear witness tohis transformative power and
love.
Amen.
I hope this devotional has beenenlightening, you know, give
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you some insight into how youcan better access the throne of
grace for your own life andliving and to connect with God
through the spirit and truth andlove.
And I pray that for you andpray for your week as you go
forward.
And we ask all these things inthe name of Yeshua HaMashiach,
amen.
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