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Episode 50: Hosanna
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In the name of the Glorious Trinity.
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Father and Son and Holy Spirit forever.
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Amen. Glory be to the Everlasting
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mercies which sent you to us. Oh, Christ the light of the
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world and the life of all give us wisdom by a law and Enlighten
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our impulses, by your knowledge, sanctify, ourselves by your
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truth, and Grant that we may be obedient to your words and may
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fulfill your Commandments at every hour.
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Oh, you who enlightens the rationale with the knowledge of
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your greatness? Do in light?
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Oh my Lord are thoughts that we made.
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Meditate upon your holy and divine scriptures at all times
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O, Lord of all Father and Son and Holy Spirit forever.
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Hosanna Hosanna, hosanna in the highest not bad with a fluid
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voice. Yesterday, we packed the
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churches, the CEOs. As we say, the Christmas Easter
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and I'll Shana faithful or all present glorifying God, thank
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God for that. It was great to see you all even
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though it was that one of Those days of the acronyms that we
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have praising, our Lord Jesus Christ.
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Celebrating his triumphant entrance, as the Lord of lords.
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The King of Kings into a Jerusalem and we have entered
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the the Holy Week. Also, known as the week of the
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passion of Jesus Christ. The passion week as we Embrace
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ourselves prepare ourselves in particular, during this time of
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Lent fasting to commemorate and the passion, the sorrow, the
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suffering of Our Lord for you. And I and to celebrate the
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victory, over Satan sin and death, praise be to his name.
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What I'd like to talk about today is I'd like to backtrack.
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Let's go back to yesterday as Sunday, the Sunday of the
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hosannas or Palm Sunday horse Sheba, Excuse me, while she, but
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all Shauna, you're going to hear that.
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So, you know, as I've I said, there's no editing will continue
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and I'd like to have a talk about the triumphant entrance of
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Jesus Christ and like to share with you the commentary of one
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of the church fathers and I've quoted him a few times Model, D
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shoe or sorry my tissue that of Merv in classic Syriac is Mari
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issue. Dad Marzia romanized is Mari
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issue. Dad Marussia.
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Circa 8850. So mid 18th century.
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He was a bishop of Hadith which was a town, close to the mouth
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of the other Mount of the great, Zab in Arabic.
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It's called and zap al-kabir. And in Kurdish is z budino, no
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Zane machine. And it was during the Abbasid
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caliphate, which was near the current day mosul, Iraq and a
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prominent Theologian. He was of the Assyrian Church of
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the He's and best known for his commentaries on the Syriac a
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Bible. And he quotes amazingly.
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He you, he gives us 10 /. I'm sorry if seven points of why
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Jesus did what he did. The, the type and the images
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that he was portraying, excuse me.
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And he begins by saying, why a beast of burden.
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He says our Lord uses a beast of burden which was not his Mm.
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Not on account on fatigue. He wasn't tired.
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He wasn't exhausted on the way to Jerusalem because he walked
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by foot for 17 miles from Jericho to the house of olives.
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And he then requests a beast or a creature, or an animal, a
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little for a little less than two miles from the house of
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Olives to Jerusalem. Why the first thing Mary should
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add Comments, is that he went on foot from Jericho to Bethpage
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that? He might, if typify the laborers
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and displeasures of human nature.
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That is our nature, which our nature bears in this cursed
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Earth from transgression of the Commandment to this point, the
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breaking of the Commandment to this point.
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So, when Christ was walking, From Jericho to the house of
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Olives. Or from Jericho de Bethpage, he
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was typifying. Our displeasure, our fallen
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nature, because which we had borne the guilt and the burden
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of the Fallen nature, the Fallen State because of the breaking of
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the commandant until that point. And today, even today, beloved,
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we continue to carry that burden because we are still a broken
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sinful people. That is why we continue to sin.
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That is why we continue to disobey God, but what Jesus did
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gives us hope. And he goes on to say about
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from, Bethpage the beast of burden and what preceded it Tiff
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of typify, sufficiently the retraction, or the abolition of
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the abolishment of the Fatigue of our nature and its Liberation
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from harm to the rest. That is in heaven.
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So from Jericho to Bethpage, he was typifying.
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Our burden from Bethpage to Jerusalem, which is the city
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above ways? Sure.
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Today our Jerusalem is the heaven that we away.
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Await Christ is typifying, the that he sufficiently retracted
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that burden and that he took. Took away that burden in his
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nature. So that we may from this point
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until the second coming into entrance into the kingdom of
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heaven, we will be liberated with him.
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As secondly, he goes on to say, the Beast of Burden.
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That is the the donkey or the ass typifies, the riding on the
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Flaming clouds. He's owned at once and hours
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when he was taken up into the clouds.
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We read in the Holy scriptures and the angel says, to the
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disciples, why do you gaze in heaven?
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This Jesus Christ, who was taken up.
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So the same way he will return one more time.
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But when we read 1 Thessalonians, 4:17, Paul writes
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on the day when the Lord returns he writes then we who are alive
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and remain shall Be caught up together with them in the
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clouds, to meet our Lord in the air so that we can meet him and
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greet him. And that we may come in Praise
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before him. So that we may meet our Lord in
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the air. And so shall we ever be with our
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Lord therefore take comfort one another, or give come or Comfort
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one another with these words. So the Beast the writing of the
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Beast into Jerusalem typifies signifies he's taken up in the
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cloud into heaven and when he returns we the same way,
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according to 1 Thessalonians 4:17 will be taken up with him
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into heaven. Ian marechal that goes on and
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says about an ass and not another animal.
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This is to say a balusters, a white donkey We're going to read
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some scripture about this white donkey, why, why was it a white
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donkey and not another animal? Number one to destroy pride.
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And this is so common Jesus rode into Jerusalem on a donkey to
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teach us. Humility, I mean to that but he
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goes on to say to tease destroy Pride which is The Offspring of
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Satan and typify. Humility The Fountain and cause
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of all our good things which is humility.
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Why a blaster the balusters, which signifies he's He listened
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to this, his lordship and his kingdom for it was the custom of
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satraps, that is Governors and kings of that time in the Old
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Testament to parade about in honor upon such animals, that
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means a white donkey, or a white ass, a molester and evidence of.
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This is Deborah. The prophetess and wise woman
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saying you that are Wished among the peoples bless the Lord, and
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you that right on white asses. That is a donkey's Jude.
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Uh, sorry, I'm sorry, Judges, chapter 5 and I think it's about
Judges 5 chapter mention
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first 10. So what would happen Kings and
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governors returning from from wars being Victorious on these
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white donkeys? And and the crowd would shout
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save save, meaning you saved us from our enemies.
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That's what I was. Earning means, Hosanna is a
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praise but Hosanna means save because Jesus Christ is going to
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save us from the burden of sin, and he will ride and we to with
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him when he returns into the Kingdom of Heaven.
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Those who have or will be saved on that day when he returns,
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that is why it was not an ordinary donkey.
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It was a white donkey. It was a balusters.
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And he goes on to say also that he might establish a law for the
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Shepherds and rulers of the church.
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Let me say it again, let me read it again that Jesus sitting on a
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donkey being a white donkey because of his lordship and his
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kingdom because Kings would ride on those.
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Our King of Kings is riding on the donkey.
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You know, after we've it's ascertained that it was
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humility. Now he's showing his, the
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depicting, his confirming, his lordship and his kingdom.
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He is the king but he does. This also that, He might
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establish according to Marie. Shoe that a law.
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A precedent for the Shepherds and rulers of the church that as
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much as possible. They may bear laborers and
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hardships for the sake of the deposits.
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That means those who have been entrusted to them the deposits
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with which they are interesting. That are the souls, the flock
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and that if there happened to be a necessary reason, they may use
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rest and a Chuckle is this 8th Century beloved but only what is
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of little value and such like and leaving what might puff up?
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That means avoiding what might puff up that they may strengthen
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themselves in humility of Mind. Wow, a lot more just Divine and
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us. I'm sorry a lot more than just
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our human. Jesus showed us humility.
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He was also, obviously, he was fulfilling prophecy, SEC.
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Araya, he was fulfilling fulfilling the prophecy.
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He goes on to say number four by the donkey.
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He signifies how stupid and ruthless our nature.
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Is of all that is divine as Isaiah.
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Testifies in Zion, Isaiah chapter 1, verse 3, the ox knows
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his owner and the donkey he's Master Master's crib so he wants
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to show that we are so ruthless and so foolish because today too
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Dearly beloved not only two thousand and twenty three years
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ago today, eight people don't know, their lord, people don't
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know. The people don't accept Jesus to
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be the Lord. Maybe not them.
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Don't accept them to be their Lord, but admit accept and
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confess that Jesus is, the Lord is the Christ, is the savior is
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the only path. And the only way the truth, the
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life to God, the Father, maybe you don't want to accept it,
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that's fine. But admit and accept that he is,
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but I don't want to accept that's your choice.
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You have the Liberty that is being granted, gifted graciously
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gifted to you, by God. By and but the donkey the ass
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you know that word is we used to to downgrade people to insult
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people u.s. right. But ask me is a donkey okay yeah
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I'm not gonna go into the other definitions.
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Let's let's leave that for the world.
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He goes on. Marie shoe that but two were
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brought as we read in Mark. Two animals were brought Ashy
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donkey. And her cult, which is a young
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male horse and he rode upon them both.
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As The Interpreter and others testify.
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Do you see how the church fathers are also referring to
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the writings of the ad interpreters are the church
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fathers who were gifted who were permitted, who had the Holy
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Spirit back in the eighth, the the seventh, the sixth, the
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fourth Century to comment on the holy scriptures.
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Let me read that again, but to abroad.
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As she donkey. Which is called a Jeanette or a
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Jenny and her cult that is young male horse and he wrote upon
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them both as The Interpreter and others testify.
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Sometimes on one and sometimes on the other to show that he
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conquered both beneath his power, the nation and the
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Nations together, that means the Jewish nation and the Gentiles
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and praise and glory be to his name.
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He is Conquering, both the Christians and the
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non-christians, the Christians being the Israel of God, the
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nation of God, and a non Christians being the, the end,
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the Gentiles being the non-christians today.
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Those who haven't received the law, the Covenant, the New
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Covenant, the spiritual Covenant, of the Lord Jesus
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Christ. And by the she donkey, the
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Jenny, he signifies the conversion of the nation which
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before was toiling and laboring in the burden of the legal
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things, which means the law, they were labeled by the law,
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they were labeled by the man-made law.
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They were labeled by God's law. Why were they labored?
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Because the law as st. Paul says was weak.
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Not that the law was weak, but the law was weak in human nature
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because human flesh was weak and he could not make anything of
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the law. Hence Jesus Christ, fulfills not
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abolishes. Jesus didn't abolish, he
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fulfilled the law in his Humanity on our behalf.
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And he gave us the new low. And he goes on to say, by the
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hot-headed, cold hot-headed cold, he signifies the nation's
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as not subjugated and not learned in the law, which is the
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cult The six-point he says is that that he might signify by
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them both the male or the mother donkey and the Colt, her cult
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that the first and the last, and the fathers and the children,
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and obedient, and the disobedient and physical bodies,
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and peaceful Souls would we would be brought under obedience
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to him. Remember when he reinstated,
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Simon in the Gospel of John, And by the way, it was by the
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fireplace, wasn't it when they had caught nothing and then they
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dragged the net, 153 fish, they came and saw that the call was
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burning and there was fish on the coal food, ready, prepared.
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So that he could eat, he could eat to prove the confirm that I
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have resurrected with the body, the flesh.
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Let's read them versus it's John chapter 21.
John 21 chapter mention
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Now, let's pick it up from verse 15 when they had broken their
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fast. Those who oppose fasting.
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There's the word in the scriptures when they had broken
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their fast. Jesus said to Simon, Peter
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Simon, son of Jonah, do you love me more than these things?
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He said to him? Yes my Lord.
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You know that I love you. Jesus said to him, feed my
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Lambs. That is the children who don't
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understand anything children don't have faith.
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Well, Christ, is telling the church to feed the children.
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The Lambs. He said to him again.
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The second time, Simon, son of Jonah, do you love me?
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He said to him. Yes, my Lord.
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You know that I love you. Jesus said to him, feed my
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sheep. That is the mail.
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The father's the husbands. He said to him again, the third
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time Simon, son of Jonah, do you love me?
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It grieved Peter because he said to him the third time.
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Do you love me? So he said to him, my Lord, you
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understand. Well, everything, you know that,
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I love you. Jesus said to him, feed my use.
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That is the female. That is the mothers, the wives,
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So according to Maori, should add so true, the fathers and the
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children and the beading and the disobedient and physical bodies.
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And peaceful Souls would be brought unto him under obedience
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to him and they are in the church those who are being
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administered by the church are under the obedience Are obedient
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should be obedient, should practice a medians to him.
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Our Lord and our Savior Jesus Christ.
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Praise between his name, .7 by the called, he signifies about
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his power that though, it was a cult, not broken in that means,
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no man had ridden it. No man had sat on it and we read
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this in Mark chapter 11 verse 2, and he said to them, go to the
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Village ahead of us. And as soon as you enter it,
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you'll find a Colt tied up on which no man of the sons of men
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have ever ridden, untie it and bring it.
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No one had ridden without a saddle, or a Packsaddle with
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nothing on his neck. No rope no halter.
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No brittle. And he went up and down, those
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difficult, and rugged lanes. And by those Tangles of branches
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of and clothes that were in the way and leaping off snares, the
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cult was not made wild and did not kick.
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But it was very nearly humanized rights.
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Money should add and reproved, the pride of the scribes and
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Pharisees who completed the beasts and animals and resembled
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them. The cult did not kick, did not
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jerk but accepted the authority except that the carrying of
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Jesus Christ. And yet the He's did not what I
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wouldn't. Say, couldn't did not want to
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accept. So who was the animal, like
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their beloved? Muddy shoe that goes on to write
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and just as the sea bore him and did not drown him.
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Thus, also the cult bore him and did not get Restless for the
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creatures. Felt that he was their lord.
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Even the creatures knew that he is their lord.
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The ox knows his owner and the donkey he's Master script Isaiah
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13 and today man does not know the Lord.
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Jesus Christ, the see submitted to him and became calm.
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The wind, seized Legion went away.
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The fish gave up the money. The fig tree dried up and the
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cult became quiet, but today man does not accept and does not
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want to accept the Lord, Jesus Christ.
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And those who claim that, if they have accepted him as their
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lord want, To accept him, according to what they feel.
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And what they like. What part of Christ you want to
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accept our. You cannot judge me.
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Only God, Can Judge Me. Amen, to that.
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Praise and glory be to his name. Why?
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Because Jesus says, you cannot judge a mean.
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But Jesus says flee from immorality flee from sexual
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immorality, Briefly from drunkenness, flee from the
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patterns of this world. What about that?
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The animals that Jesus used accepted and received and will
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obediently tomb in every circumstance.
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And he goes on to write, but the crowds were divided into four
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parts. Those who are accompanying,
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Jesus before him, and behind him, and on his right hand and
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on his left, the mystery of the Splendor of the last day.
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When he returns for just as in the last day, the wicked shall
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remain in the caves below, meaning on Earth.
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Their eyes, darkened and shall weep, and well, and gnash their
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teeth and striped start calling out to those who during their
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term of Life. On this world were trying to
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speak to them and and you know and and witnessing to them and
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and trying to wake them up and bring them to repentance.
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They will start crying out or Robbie.
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Oh Stephen oh help me Omar pollen.
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All st. Plan.
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Help me. But the Lord will say, I did not
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know you because you chose not to know me, but the good shall
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be arranged in four orders the Angels before him the righteous.
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Who have not seen at his, right? The repentant in his left at his
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left, and the children behind him.
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Singing Hosanna Hosanna. That means save save.
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You have saved. When we Accompany our Lord
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riding on the cloud, but we will not be walking beside him.
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We will also be riding on the clouds into Eternal Bliss,
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Eternal Kingdom into the Kingdom of Heaven.
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Plus also congregations here are arranged with the prayer of
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hosanna. Their cry.
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Signified about the victory, which they possessed by his
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means over Satan and sin. And death twoot to 2023 years
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ago, when Jesus was entering Jerusalem.
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Little did they know that a are crying out Hosanna?
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Because Jesus Christ will grant them the victory over Satan and
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sin and death when we enter the Kingdom of Heaven as we proceed
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at last or yesterday. As we took part in the
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procession, our cry out for hosannas was don't because Jesus
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entered into Jerusalem as a king, that's been fulfilled.
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That's been confirmed. He is our King.
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He is our Lord, our cries yesterday.
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Were that? Lord, may we cry out the same.
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Praise the same voice as you. Take us up into the same cloud
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with you into Eternal Kingdom. And yes, beloved, we have
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entered the Holy Week, the week of the passion of Our Lord, we
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will grieve. We will have remorse.
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We will sorrow commemorating. He's passion.
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He suffering. Why, you know, we call it.
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We call it good. Good Friday or we call it the
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passion Friday, or do we call it the sorrow Friday?
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Well, we can use all three terms.
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It is good because Jesus died for us and we gained the victory
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over Satan sin and death at the same time.
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Beloved, let us not remain alone.
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Us let us not forget that. He died because of my sin and
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each time I sin each time. I disobey I have that bird.
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And I am that Beast of Burden. I am that Beast carrying the
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burden, but it is good because he has taken away the burden and
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it is good to mourn with Jesus Christ because of my sin.
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Not because of his victory. But on the day of the
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Resurrection Sunday, April 9, we glorify actually during the
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vigil Saturday evening. The custom was that the vigil
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would be done outside of the church in the Homeland.
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This is how they would celebrate the vigil or they would say, you
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know, fulfill a complete, the visual they would be outside of
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the church and there comes one specific part.
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During the this vigil we Proclaim Give Peace one to
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another in the love of Christ and the lights will be
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illuminated and switched on. And we would enter the the
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church, the house of the Lord. Praising and glorifying and
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blessing and reminding, one, another encouraging one,
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another, that Christ has risen and the reply would we indeed?
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He has risen All this beloved, we do remember one, see, we
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should remember every moment of our lives, but that one precious
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time of year is because Jesus is resurrected and has promised us
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that same Resurrection. So, I know yesterday, we pack
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the churches and it, it's Sorrows me that people attend
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Palm Sunday to receive a branch. Yes, it is blessed as a token of
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a blessing, but All this that Jesus has done is is only valued
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in a branch, which we burn the week after the Resurrection, the
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new Sunday. So, you just come to church to
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receive the branch. But don't come to church for
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Easter to celebrate the resurrection and to give thanks
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to Jesus Christ for his victory, over sin, Satan death and sin.
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That that is not the proper way to celebrate the resurrection of
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Our Lord balarama. David.
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So looking forward to seeing all of you.
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Those were at the mate Parish looking forward to seeing all
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the pictures posted on Facebook. After the resurrection
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celebrating this triumphant, this Victory beloved, it's ours.
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It's for every mankind who is living on this Earth to have a
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part of that Victory by means of Jesus Victory, to believe in him
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to accept him as Lord. And Savior, Jesus Christ to be
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baptized in his name, in the name of the father and of the
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son and of the Holy Spirit. That we may all celebrate
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together and the tradition for breaking fast.
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Is this beloved not hair? Isa is that porridge Stephen who
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he said Harry sipar each year. Not.
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Hi. Lisa, you know, people say, oh,
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I'm going to break my fast with the Harry said the ladies
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committee. God bless the ladies committee
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for their for their tireless efforts.
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No, no, grab yourself an egg that is colored in red, which
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symbolizes blood salvation, and the Egg the show, Well, is the
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tomb when we break it, it means that Jesus has resurrected
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because their yoke is life, and the white asari, the yellow is
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life, the white, the yolk is the shroud of Jesus Christ, and when
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you break it, and you break your fast, that is then completing
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your celebration. I pray that the blessing of the
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Holy blessed triumphant, Feast of the resurrection of our Lord
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and our Savior. Jesus Christ will be bestowed
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upon you. And your families.
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I pray that this Easter, this resurrection that you were
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moved, beloved that you are touched that you don't leave the
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altar until the next until Christmastime know that you
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attend that altar every Sunday and continue to celebrate this.
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Resurrection of Our Lord May he's peace be upon the hearts of
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those who do not know him. Make his peace change and touch.
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Try and instill in the heart of those that do not hold.
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No him the desire to return to our Lord and our Savior Jesus
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Christ. Do not be reluctant to mention
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to cry out to use the name of the Lord Jesus, regardless of,
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if we're imprisoned for one year, or two years, no, no, I
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will mention the name of my Lord and Savior.
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Jesus Christ, at any time, the spirit moves me to do.
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Bless you all and I pray that you enjoy your either, your
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celebration of the feast amongst your family, and your friends,
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and let us alone out at all times ascribe, praise Gloriana
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to the father and to the son and to the Holy Spirit.
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