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Mummers Parade. Exotic costumes. Jesus enters Jerusalem officially. WHAT IS A KING ? Franz Joseph Emperor of Austria and Hungary 1848-1916 68 years. WHO SAID JESUS IS KING ?. PERSIAN MAGI SAID HE WAS KING Matt. 2:2 “Where is He who has been born King of the Jews?.
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WHAT IS A KING ?Franz JosephEmperor of Austria and Hungary1848-1916 68 years
PERSIAN MAGI SAID HE WAS KING Matt. 2:2 “Where is He who has been born King of the Jews? ...
DISCIPLESSAID HE WAS KINGLuke 19:38 saying, “Blessed is the King who comes in the name of the Lord; John 1:49 Nathanael answered Him, “Rabbi, You are the Son of God; You are the King of Israel.”
John 19:15 They therefore cried out, “Away with Him, away with Him, crucify Him!” Pilate said to them, “Shall I crucify your King?”19 And Pilate wrote an inscription also, and put it on the cross. And it was written, “JESUS THE NAZARENE, THE KING OF THE JEWS.”
ON PALM SUNDAYMatt. 21:5 “Say to the daughter of Zion, ‘Behold your King is coming to you,...”
BEFORE PILATEJohn 18:37 Pilate therefore said to Him, “So You are a king?” Jesus answered, “You say correctly that I am a king.....
PAUL SAID MORE THAN KING1Tim. 6:15...... — He who is the blessed and only Sovereign, the King of kings and Lord of lords;
JOHN SAID MORE THAN KINGRev. 17:14 .... and the Lamb will overcome them, because He is Lord of lords and King of kings,...
AN ANTICIPATED KINGDOM1. Literal, on this earth NOW2. Literal on this earth LATER3. Heavenly, apart from earth
A MYSTICAL KINGDOMLuke 17:20 Now having been questioned by the Pharisees as to when the kingdom of God was coming, He answered them and said, “The kingdom of God is not coming with signs to be observed; 21 nor will they say, ‘Look, here it is!’ or, ‘There it is!’ For behold, the kingdom of God is in your midst.”
A SPIRITUAL KINGDOM WITH A SPIRITUAL ENTRANCEAND A DYNAMIC CONCLUSION
SOME SAID ABSOLUTELY “NO”Matt. 21:15 But when the chief priests and the scribes saw the wonderful things that He had done, and the children who were crying out in the temple and saying, “Hosanna to the Son of David,” they became indignant,
Luke 19:41 And when He approached, He saw the city and wept over it,
Luke 19:2 And behold, there was a man called by the name of Zaccheus; and he was a chief tax-gatherer, and he was rich. 3 And he was trying to see who Jesus was
A FEW WOULD FOLLOW THE KINGMatt. 16:24 Then Jesus said to His disciples, “If anyone wishes to come after Me, let him deny himself, andtake up his cross, and follow Me.
THESE FOLLOWED AND IT COST THEM THEIR LIFE STEPHEN: 35 ADPHILIP : 54 ADSIMON: 74 ADPOLYCARP: 160 ADORIGEN: 250 ADLUDMILA OF BOHEMIA: 921THOMAS BECKET: 1170 JOHN HUSS: 1415FELIX MANZ: 1527 WILLIAM TYNDALE: 1536HUGH LATIMER: 1555THOMAS CRANMER: 1556OLIVER PLUNKET: 1681
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