Part 1: The Coming of the King John 12:12-19

1. Part 1: The Coming of the King John 12:12-19

2. Matthew 16:21-24 21 From that time on Jesus began to explain to his disciples that he must go to Jerusalem and suffer many things at the hands of the elders, chief priests and teachers of the law, and that he must be killed and on the third day be raised to life.   22 Peter took him aside and began to rebuke him. “Never, Lord!” he said. “This shall never happen to you!”

3. Matthew 16:21-24 23 Jesus turned and said to Peter, “Get behind me, Satan! You are a stumbling block to me; you do not have in mind the things of God, but the things of men.” 24 Then Jesus said to his disciples, “If anyone would come after me, he must deny himself and take up his cross and follow me.

5. Luke 9:51 “As the time approached for him to be taken up to heaven, Jesus resolutely set out for Jerusalem.”

7. John 12:12-19 • 2 Different Agendas • Donkey instead of War Horse • Responses to King Jesus

8. John 12:12-19 12 The next day the great crowd that had come for the Feast heard that Jesus was on his way to Jerusalem. 13 They took palm branches and went out to meet him, shouting,    “Hosanna!”    “Blessed is he who comes in the name of the Lord!”    “Blessed is the King of Israel!”

9. John 12:12-19 14 Jesus found a young donkey and sat upon it, as it is written, 15 “Do not be afraid, O Daughter of Zion;    see, your king is coming,    seated on a donkey’s colt.”

10. John 12:12-19 16 At first his disciples did not understand all this. Only after Jesus was glorified did they realize that these things had been written about him and that they had done these things to him.

11. John 12:12-19 17 Now the crowd that was with him when he called Lazarus from the tomb and raised him from the dead continued to spread the word. 18 Many people, because they had heard that he had given this miraculous sign, went out to meet him. 19 So the Pharisees said to one another, “See, this is getting us nowhere. Look how the whole world has gone after him!”

13. John 12:12-19 12 The next day the great crowd that had come for the Feast heard that Jesus was on his way to Jerusalem. 13 They took palm branches and went out to meet him, shouting,    “Hosanna!”    “Blessed is he who comes in the name of the Lord!”    “Blessed is the King of Israel!”

14. John 12:12-19 12 The next day the great crowd that had come for the Feast heard that Jesus was on his way to Jerusalem. 13 They took palm branches and went out to meet him, shouting,    “Hosanna!”    “Blessed is he who comes in the name of the Lord!”    “Blessed is the King of Israel!”

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16. John 12:12-19 12 The next day the great crowd that had come for the Feast heard that Jesus was on his way to Jerusalem. 13 They took palm branches and went out to meet him, shouting,    “Hosanna!”    “Blessed is he who comes in the name of the Lord!”    “Blessed is the King of Israel!”

17. Revelation 7:9-10 I looked and behold, a great multitude which no man could number, from every nation, from all tribes and peoples and tongues, standing before the throne and before the Lamb, clothed in white robes, with palm branches in their hands, and crying out with a loud voice, “Salvation belongs to our God who sits upon the throne, and to the Lamb!”

18. John 12:12-19 14 Jesus found a young donkey and sat upon it, as it is written, 15 “Do not be afraid, O Daughter of Zion;    see, your king is coming,    seated on a donkey’s colt.”

19. Zechariah 9:9 9 Rejoice greatly, O Daughter of Zion!    Shout, Daughter of Jerusalem! See, your king comes to you,    righteous and having salvation,    gentle and riding on a donkey,    on a colt, the foal of a donkey.

20. Isaiah 40:9 “You who bring good tidings to Zion, go up on a high mountain. You who bring good tidings to Jerusalem, lift up your voice with a shout, lift it up, do not be afraid; say to the towns of Judah, “Here is your God!”

21. 6 Who, being in very natureGod,    did not consider equality with God something to be grasped, 7 but made himself nothing,    taking the very nature of a servant,    being made in human likeness. 8 And being found in appearance as a man,    he humbled himself    and became obedient to death—       even death on a cross! - Philipians 2:7-8

22. Revelation 19:11-15 11 I saw heaven standing open and there before me was a white horse, whose rider is called Faithful and True. With justice he judges and makes war. 12 His eyes are like blazing fire, and on his head are many crowns. He has a name written on him that no one knows but he himself.

23. Revelation 19:11-15 13 He is dressed in a robe dipped in blood, and his name is the Word of God. 14 The armies of heaven were following him, riding on white horses and dressed in fine linen, white and clean. 15 Out of his mouth comes a sharp sword with which to strike down the nations. “He will rule them with an iron scepter.”

24. John 12:16 At first his disciples did not understand all this.

25. John 12:17-18 17 Now the crowd that was with him when he called Lazarus from the tomb and raised him from the dead continued to spread the word. 18 Many people, because they had heard that he had given this miraculous sign, went out to meet him.

26. John 12:19 19 So the Pharisees said to one another, “See, this is getting us nowhere. Look how the whole world has gone after him!”

27. “Don’t be like the crowds who give him lip service on one day and then got rid of him the next day.”

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