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See, Your King is Coming

Date: May. 11, 2024

Passage

John 12:12-19 (ESV)

12 The next day the large crowd that had come to the feast heard that Jesus was coming to Jerusalem. 13 So they took branches of palm trees and went out to meet him, crying out, “Hosanna! Blessed is he who comes in the name of the Lord, even the King of Israel!” 14 And Jesus found a young donkey and sat on it, just as it is written,

15   “Fear not, daughter of Zion;
  behold, your king is coming,
    sitting on a donkey’s colt!”

16 His disciples did not understand these things at first, but when Jesus was glorified, then they remembered that these things had been written about him and had been done to him. 17 The crowd that had been with him when he called Lazarus out of the tomb and raised him from the dead continued to bear witness. 18 The reason why the crowd went to meet him was that they heard he had done this sign. 19 So the Pharisees said to one another, “You see that you are gaining nothing. Look, the world has gone after him.”

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Key Verse: 12:15

  “Fear not, daughter of Zion;
  behold, your king is coming,
    sitting on a donkey’s colt!”

The tension was growing between Jesus and the religious authority, who were determined to put Jesus to death. Still, Jesus unwaveringly entered Jerusalem with a great crowd coming to welcome him and acknowledge his coming as the Messiah and King.

Jesus came on a young donkey, approachable to all. He didn't appeal to lobbyists or the powerful elite but to the least of those among the nation. People came to him because he could feed the hungry, make the blind see, and raise the dead to life.

Jesus comes to us today, too, in ways and places we may not expect. He comes to us in our time of need and in our failures. He comes in mercy and empowering love. Jesus feeds us with words of life, opens our eyes to see beyond our limited views of God and each other, and gives new birth to lives dead in sin and shame. Welcome him in faith.

Prayer: Lord, you come to me gentle and approachable. I welcome you.

One Word: Jesus has come.

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Joseph Before Pharaoh

Genesis 41:1-36

Key Verse: 41:28

It is as I told Pharaoh; God has shown to Pharaoh what he is about to do.

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