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The name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit. Amen,

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1,000 years before Christ before King Josiah, or Manasseh, or

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Hezekiah.

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Before Jeroboam or Rehoboam, before Solomon or David or Saul.

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The Elders of Israel

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came to Samuel and said, we want a king.

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We want a king like all the other nations.

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And God said to Samuel, give them their King.

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For they have not rejected you

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but they have rejected me from being King over them.

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The king thing didn't go very well.

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Most of them were evil and all of them were sinful.

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Oh, there was King David

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the warrior king. Under his rule was land and food and prosperity and

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military victories.

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But there was also adultery and lies and murder.

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King, David wanted to build a temple for God

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but God said, you will not build a house for me, but I will build a

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house for you.

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As a matter of fact, I will raise up your offspring, after you, who

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shall come from your body.

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And I will establish his kingdom, your house and your kingdom shall be

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made sure before me forever and your throne shall be established

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forever.

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And so, Israel prayed.

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And they waited.

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And they longed, for,

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this Son of David to come.

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500 years before Christ

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Judah returns from captivity in Babylon.

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There's no Temple.

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There's no King.

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Things are in chaos impenitence abounds.

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Jerusalem is a mess.

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Where is the Son of David

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that was promised.

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Where is God's King from

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David's line

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that was promised?

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Zechariah the prophet preaches

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these words of God.

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Rejoice greatly o Daughter of Zion.

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Shout aloud o daughter of Jerusalem behold.

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Our King is Coming righteous and having salvation is he humble and

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mounted on a donkey.

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Zechariah plainly states.

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What this humble

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donkey riding King will accomplish.

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He says through the blood of his Covenant, I will set your prisoners

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free from the waterless pit.

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Malachi was the last of the prophets.

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Then the prophets went silent.

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Still no, son of David.

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Still no King.

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Then in the obscure village of Nazareth

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there was a virgin girl named Mary.

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An ancestor of King David.

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The angel Gabriel appeared to her behold

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you will conceive in your womb and bear a son and you shall call his

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name Jesus.

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He will be great and will be called the Son of the most high and the

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Lord God will give him the Throne of his father David, and his kingdom

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will have no end.

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The ancient promise was fulfilled.

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The Shepherds were told for unto

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you is born this day in the city of David, a savior who is Christ the

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Lord.

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The wise men asked Herod, where is he

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who is to be born

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King of the Jews?

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John the Baptist makes it known.

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Repent

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for the Kingdom of Heaven is at hand.

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And just before, Jesus entered Jerusalem on Palm Sunday, two blind

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men

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cried out, Lord, have mercy on us, Son of David.

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And yet, with all this Old Testament history, with all this prophecy,

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with all this promise of a king with all this fulfillment right before

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their eyes,

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when Jesus entered Jerusalem, the whole city was stirred up and what

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did they say?

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Who is this?

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Who is this?

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They said, others said, this is the prophet Jesus

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from Nazareth of Galilee.

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Yes, from Nazareth where Jesus was conceived in Mary's womb, by the

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Holy Spirit.

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Where God came to Earth in the temple of Mary's womb. Where the Son of

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David made his humble beginnings

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born in a barn.

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Who is this?

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He is the prophet of prophets the fulfillment of the prophets. Who is

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yet proclaimed by prophets this very day the called and ordained

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servants of the word.

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He is the Salvation of the world, the King Jesus.

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The crowds that went before him and that followed him, were shouting

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Hosanna to the Son of David. Blessed

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is he who comes in the name of the Lord. Hosanna in the highest.

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But were they ignoring the obvious?

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Zechariah's prophecy that the king would be humble that he would be

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riding on a donkey.

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They shout praises of Salvation and yet their hopes are dashed

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when they see the same King arrested, sentenced, bloodied, dead.

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They're the even the ones who cried crucify him.

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And yet, we know that this King gives eternal salvation through the

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pouring out of his blood, just like Zechariah said, in payment for

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your sins and mine.

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And we recognize him even today on our altars Sunday, after Sunday,

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the king of Salvation who comes in the name of the Lord in his body

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and in his blood, giving us the crown of everlasting life.

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Who is this?

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He is clothed in a robe dipped in blood.

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And the name by which He is called, is the word of God. And on his

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robe

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and on his thigh, he has a name written king of kings and Lord of

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lords.

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Jesus instructed his disciples to go and get the donkey.

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Saint, Matthew tells us this took place to fulfill, what was spoken by

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the prophet, say to the daughter Zion behold, your king is coming to

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you, humble and mounted on a donkey on a colt, the full of the beast

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of burden.

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Our King

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is the king of love.

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Humbling himself to the point of death, even death on a cross,

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for you.

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Our King is crowned with thorns pierced

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for our transgressions.

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Our King becomes the servant and we become the Kings.

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Through his humiliation death and Resurrection

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we are those who now live under him in his kingdom and serve him in

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everlasting, righteousness, innocence, and blessedness.

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Who is this?

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You know.

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He is eternal King, coming to you.

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To give you salvation.

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To forgive your sins and to give you eternal life.

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Hosanna to the Son of David blessed is the king who comes in the name

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of the Lord.

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Amen.