Open your Bibles to Zechariah. I've just read an incident, a
very important incident, the life of our Lord Jesus. Everything he did on this earth
is a fulfillment of what was written of him in the Old Testament. And this writing The Isis cult
into Jerusalem is a fulfillment of scripture, of the prophecy
of Zechariah, chapter 9, verse 9. You remember that. The Old Testament is the New
Testament concealed. Everything in the New Testament
is in the Old Testament, in type, in prophecy, in promise, in picture. And the New Testament is a revelation,
fulfillment of the Old Testament. And Christ died for our sins
according to the scriptures. He was buried and rose again
according to the scriptures. In Zechariah 9, verse 9, it says,
Rejoice greatly, O daughter of Zion! Shout, O daughter of Jerusalem! Behold thy King coming unto thee. He is just. He is holy. He's God. And he has salvation. He is just
and having salvation. Lowly, humble, riding upon an
ass and upon a coat, the fold of an ass. I just read about
that. the fulfillment of it in Luke
19. So if you'll turn to Luke 19,
we'll see what is written there. Now this
incident in the life of our Lord is recorded by Matthew, chapter
21, in Mark, chapter 11. Because our Lord said, by the
mouth of two or three witnesses, let every word be established.
Now Zechariah mentions an ass and a coat of the ass. So does
Matthew, so does Mark, but Luke doesn't. Luke only mentions the
coat. But many times one apostle in recording an experience or
an incident, he'll record something that the other one did not record.
And this is not a discrepancy. People are foolish to think that
because Matthew, Mark, Luke, and John do not describe everything
identically as the other, that it's a discrepancy, but that's
foolishness. It's not a discrepancy, it's a different emphasis. If you'll listen to me a moment,
don't turn to this, I have it here already. But here in John
chapter 21, verse 24, it says, John's speaking about himself,
he said, this is the disciple. which testifies of these things,
and wrote these things. And we know his testimony is
true, but there are many other things that our Lord Jesus did,
that which if they should be written, every one, I suppose
even the world wouldn't contain the books that have to be written.
You see what I'm saying? If everything the master did
and said was written, the world wouldn't contain the books. He's
been the master for millions and millions and millions of
eons. So let's take what he's written for us by Matthew, Mark,
and Luke. Now look, verse 28. And when
he had thus spoken, he went before, ascending up to Jerusalem. These
were the days preceding the last Passover. These are critical
days. The last Passover. Our Lord and his disciples are
going to Jerusalem. And there our Lord will be betrayed
and crucified. I would ask you to turn to Mark
10, and let's read about Mark's account about part of this journey
to Jerusalem at this particular time. This is the Passover, the
last one. Christ our Passover will be sacrificed
for us. Mark 10, verse 32. And they were
in the way going up to Jerusalem. And Jesus went before them. That's
what Luke said. And they were amazed. And as
they followed, they were afraid. And he took again the twelve
and began to tell them what things had happened to him at Jerusalem,
saying, Behold, we go up to Jerusalem, and the Son of Man shall be delivered
unto the chief priests. and unto the scribes. They shall
condemn him to death, and shall deliver him to the Gentiles,
the soldiers, the Romans. And they'll mock him, and they'll
scourge him, and they'll spit upon him, and they'll kill him.
And the third day he arrives again. Now that's where they're
going. And verse 29 says, And it came
to pass, when he was come now to Bethphagia, That's a suburb,
and Bethany, you're familiar with Bethany, it's about two
miles from Jerusalem. That's the home of Lazarus, Mary,
and Martha. A place where our Lord spent
much time in the company of those people in Bethany. They'll come
now to Bethany at the mount called the Mount of Olives, and he sent
two of his disciples saying to them, Go into the village over
against you into which at your entering you'll find a coat tied."
Now, Zechariah mentions an ass and a coat. John Gill has always
got a type. He's always very effective in
giving us a type. He says Luke only mentions a
coat, a coat where old man had never sat. Mark and Matthew mentioned the
ash and the coat. The ash was probably the coat's
mother. Probably been ridden many times because that was the
poor man's transportation, riding on a donkey and ash. But the
coat, probably a year or two old, never been ridden, whereupon
man never sat. Gil says perhaps the ash represents
the Jewish nation, long time under a burden bearer. bearing
the burden of the law, long time ridden by many, especially false
teachers. But the coat, wild and untamed,
may represent the Gentile nations yet to be tamed and ridden by
Christ. But nevertheless, he said, go
into a village, and in which at your entering you'll find
a coat tied, whereupon man never yet sat," now remember that, and bring him hither. And verse
31, if any man ask you, why do you loose the coat? Why do you
do it? Verse shall you say unto him,
Because the Lord hath need of him. And they went their way. And it was sent, and they found,
even as he said it. Of course they did. Our Lord
knows all things. He declares the end from the
beginning. Things aren't ordained because
they happen, they happen because they're ordained. And as they
were loosing the coat, the owners were upset with them. Why loose
ye the coat? I see several things here. Number
one, our Lord is sovereign in all things. That coat is his. The earth is the Lord's and the
fullness thereof, the world and they that dwell therein. It all
belongs to him. It's his by creation. Let's read
some of these. Turn to Revelation 4. You know, he made this statement,
he said, can I not do with my own what I will? That's the Lord's
code. In Revelation 4, verse 11, it
says, Thou art worthy, O Lord, to receive glory and honor and
power. Revelation 4, 11. For Thou hast
created all things, and for Thy pleasure they are and were created.
It's His by creation. That code belongs to Him. I belong
to Him. He prayed, Father, you have given
me authority over all flesh, all power, all things of mine
in heaven and earth, seas and all deep places. By him all things
are held together. But they're his by divine right.
John 3 says, The Lord, the Father, loveth the Son, and hath given
all things into his hand. He sends these men to go get
this coat. It's his coat. These men might
be using it for a while, but it's his goal. It's his by creation,
it's his by divine right, it's his by death. Turn to Romans
14. Romans 14, verse 8. Listen to this. Romans
14, 8. But whether we live, we live
under the Lord. Whether we die, we die unto the Lord. Whether
we live, therefore, or die, we are the Lord's. We are the Lord's.
We're his property. We're his people. Like I read a while ago in Isaiah,
we're all his people. But to this end, Christ, listen,
to this end, for this purpose, Christ both died and rose and
revived that he might be Lord of the dead and the living. It's
his. It's his by creation. Everything
is his. It's his by divine right, it's
his by death, it's his. Let's look back at the text.
The Lord hath need of him. Here's the second thing I see.
Did they say twice, the Lord hath need of him, the Lord hath
need of him? What does this mean? In Acts 17, verse 25, Paul said
the Lord needeth nothing. He doesn't need anything. Listen
to Acts 17, 25. If we're going to find the meaning
of this, we're going to have to look into some scripture.
He said in verse 24 of Acts 17, God that made the world and all
things therein, seeing he's Lord of heaven and earth, he dwells
not in temples made with hands, he's not worshiped with men's
hands, as though he needed anything. He doesn't need anything, seeing
he give it to all life and breath and all things. He said in the
book of Psalms, you've got to read this. Turn to Psalm 50.
You've just got to see this with your own eyes and read it. Our
Lord doesn't need anything. In Psalm chapter 50 verse 9,
listen to this. Psalm 50 verse 9, I'll take no
bullock out of your house. Now he goats out of your foals,
every beast of the forest is mine. That donkey is my donkey. Every beast of the forest is
mine. And the cattle upon a thousand hills. I know all the fowls of
the mountains and the wild beasts of the field, they're mine. If
I were hungry I wouldn't tell you. The world is mine and the
fullness thereof, it belongs to me. Well what does this mean?
He sends his disciples into this village. He's going to fulfill
a prophecy in Zechariah 9. He sends them in there and says,
you'll find a colt, loose him. Somebody says to you, what are
you doing? You tell him the Lord has needed
him. The Lord has needed him. Here's
what he means. to accomplish his divine purposes
and will is pleased to use people, rulers, empires, even animals
to accomplish his purpose. John said in John 1, there was
a man sent from God whose name was John. God sent him. He said, I'm not that light.
I've come to bear witness of that light. But the Lord had
need of him to bear witness of that light and was pleased to
use him. There was a man named Pharaoh who was a king over Egypt
and kept God's children in captivity. And the Lord said to him, Pharaoh,
I've raised you up for one purpose. I have need of you to show my
glory and my power." There was a widow in a certain
little village where there was a great famine. She had one child,
and she was out picking up sticks to make a fire to bake one last
cake. She had a little bit of meal
left, a little bit of oil, and she was going to bake one more
cake for her and her son. before they died of starvation.
Here comes the prophet of God, Elijah, and told her to go in there and
bake a cake for him first. The Lord had need of that woman,
and he used her to sustain his prophet. A woman named Rahab,
a harlot down in Jericho. If he was going to pick anybody
the Lord had need of, it wouldn't have been her, surely. Surely,
but it was. He didn't use anybody else in
Jericho, not a living soul, but one woman who ran a house in
the walls of the city of Jericho and fed people and wined them
and dined them and entertained them, Rahab the Harder. And God
chose her to hide his two sons. The Lord had need of her, back
then, for one purpose. And the Lord had mercy upon her
and saved her and saved her house and saved his people and tore
down the walls of Jericho except for one house. Turn to Acts 18,
Acts chapter 18. Listen to this. The Lord has
need of him. What does he need him for? To
accomplish his will, his purpose, his purpose. In Acts 18, listen
to this, verse 1. After these things, Paul departed
from Athens and came to Corinth, and he found a certain Jew named
Aquila, born in Pontus, lately come from Italy with his wife
Priscilla, because Claudius had commanded all Jews to get out
of Rome, and he came to them. And because he was of the same
craft, that is, a tentmaker, he abode with them and wrought,
for by their occupation they were tentmakers. God had need
of Paul to preach the gospel to this place. And he had need
of a woman and her husband, Priscilla and Aquila, to feed his servant
and take care of him. And they were tent makers, and
Paul moved in their house and worked with his own hands and
made tents to support himself and the people. But God had need
of them at that time. When he sent them to get that
coat, it's simple. This is the direction. Loose
him and bring him here. I have need of him. Our God uses people. Our God
even used wicked men. Turn to Acts chapter 11. Pilate,
Herod, the Jews, the Gentiles. Listen to Acts 4. The Lord has
determined and decreed that Christ should suffer on a cross, please
God to bruise him, but how is he going to get him on that cross?
He's going to use Judas to betray him, to set him, use Peter to
deny him, he's going to use Herod to condemn him, and Pilate to
deliver him into the hands of the soldiers, and the soldiers
to nail him to the cross, to do what God determined before
to be done. Look at Acts 4. Verse 26. The kings of the earth stood
up, and the rulers were gathered together against the Lord and
against his Christ. For the truth against thy holy
child Jesus, whom thou hast anointed, both Herod and Pontius Pilate,
with the Gentiles and the people of Israel, were gathered together.
To do what? Whatsoever God's hand and God's
counsel determined before to be done. The Lord has made of
him. What an honor to be used of God. to be a blessing to somebody.
What a judgment to be used of God to harm people and hurt them,
discredit the gospel. What a judgment. What a judgment
on Pharaoh and Herod and Pontius Pilate, these Jews. What a blessing
to Rahab. What a blessing to Aquila and
Posella. What a blessing to be used of God. He said to Isaiah,
whom shall I send? Who will go for me? Isaiah said,
here am I, send me. If it's just for, that little
coat, that little coat used one time, but what an honor, what
an honor. Think about it, that little Isis
coat is going to carry the king and the Jerusalem. I wish this
little Isis coat here could be used in some way, don't you? some way he determines for his
glory, to bless his people, to be a blessing to somebody, somebody. Well, look at verse 35, the Lord
hath need of him, verse 34, the Lord hath need of him. So verse
35, they brought him to Jesus, they brought him to Jesus. And
they cast their garments upon the coat And the Lord Jesus sat
there on. Can you see a miracle here? You
know anything about horses? Especially wild ass's coats.
Especially those that have never been ridden. Never been ridden. They brought this coat, and I'm
sure they pulled and tugged and brought him to Jesus. And our
Lord just sat right on him. You see the power of the Lord,
you see the ownership, you see the submission. This coach is
his coach. And he's going to ride him. And
he's going to ride him, and the coach is going to be perfectly
with him. He knew his master. He knew his master. Turn to Isaiah
and see what this says over here. In Isaiah chapter 1. I know this is talking about
The ass and the ox knowing their earthly owner, and when he walks
to the stall, they all come up there to be fed. This is in Isaiah
1-3. The ox knows his owner. The ass
knows his master's crib. But Israel, they do not know,
my people do not consider. The Lord's condemning Israel
because they're so rebellious. And he said the ox, the dumb
ox knows his owner. The ass knows his master. And
this ass knew his master. And when the Lord Jesus was pleased
to get on his back, though he had never been ridden, though
no man had ever sat there on, though he was wild by nature,
he was tamed by his master and submissive. But the animals,
we can learn from them. A fish brought him money to pay
taxes one time. The ravens fed Elijah because
God told them to. One time his disciples were fishing
all night and caught nothing. And he told them to cast their
nets on the right side of the boat and 153 fish swam into the
nets. Our sovereign Lord. Can you imagine
preachers talking about the Lord wants to do this and wants to
do that? Would you let God have a chance? Would you just let
him have a chance? But I'll tell you this. If God
Almighty, if the Lord Jesus Christ has determined to ride you, he'll
ride you, and you'll ride him willingly. And he's not going
to fool with you until you are willing. That's right. He'll ride you. And though you've
never been conquered, he conquered you. Though you've never been
broken, he'll break you. And he'll do it by his will,
not yours. Not mine. All right, let's look
at verse 36. And as they went, here he is
sitting on that passage coat, riding into the city of Jerusalem.
Here he comes. Your king comes. Your king comes. King. And as he went, they spread
their clothes in the way. These are all a bunch of poor
people. Bunch of poor people. Disciples of our Lord. The Lord
chosen the foolish, the poor, the things that are not. And
they began to take off their coats and robes and throw them
out in front of him, and our Lord rode into Jerusalem. And when he was come now, even
now at the descent of the Mount of Olives, a whole multitude
of disciples began to rejoice and praise God with a loud voice
for all the mighty works that they had seen, saying, Blessed
be the King who cometh in the name of the Lord, peace in heaven
and glory on the earth. I'll tell you what I see here. First of all, Jesus of Nazareth
is the King. King Messiah of the Old Testament. The King Messiah. And he's revealed here, according
to the prophecy of the Old Testament, as God's King Messiah. He's revealed. Now, the TV people have a special
program they're putting on now, starring Peter Jennings. They're
searching for Jesus. They're trying to discover who
this man, they say, was. What this man did and why this
man did it, they're searching for Jesus, trying to find Jesus.
They're going to search forever and they'll never find him until
they turn to the scriptures. They'll search forever and never
find him. They're not going to find any
answers, any correct answers at all. You're wasting your time,
paying any attention to anything they're doing because they're
looking in the wrong places. It's like the angel when the
women came to the tomb. These fellas are going to the
holy land and visiting all these different places and trying to
find Jesus. And the angel says, He's not
here! He's not here. Why do you seek the living among
the dead? He's not here. He's not here. Job said this, let me just turn
and read this to you. Job said this, I've got it right
here, listen. Can you by searching find God? Can you find out the
Almighty unto perfection by searching? Relics and ruins and places and
people? Well that's high as the heaven,
what can you know? Deeper than hell, what can you
do? The measure of God, thereof, is longer than the earth and
broader than the sea. This is the way Paul describes
it. Listen to this. Romans 11. Listen. All the depths, both of the wisdom
and knowledge of God, Christ, how unsearchable are his judgments.
His ways, past finding out. These men are going to find out
about Jesus. And they're looking among ruins
and relics. He's not the God of the dead, he's the God of
the living. Who hath known the mind of the Lord? Who hath been
his counselor? Who hath given to him that it
might be recompensed again? Of him, through him, to him are
all things, to him be glory forever. These men are going to have to
go, if they're going to find Jesus of Nazareth, Jesus Christ,
they're going to have to go to the scriptures. They're going
to have to go to Zechariah and Malachi and Isaiah. Got to go to the Word. Got to
go to Genesis. There he is, the seed of woman. There he is, Melchizedek. Go to Exodus. There he is, the
Passover lamb. Go to Leviticus. There he is,
the tabernacle, the priesthood, the atonement. Go to Numbers. There he is, the blazing serpent
lifted up. the cities of refuge. Go to Deuteronomy,
there he is, the prophet from among the people. Go to Joshua,
there he is, God my Savior, leading his people triumphantly, conquering
the enemy, inhabiting the promised land. Go to Ruth, there he is,
the kinsman redeemer. Go to Psalm, there he is, poor
fools. Pity the poor fools. that are
transgressing and trespassing where they've got no business,
making fools of themselves and everybody that looks at them
and listens to them. Search the scriptures. There
they which testify of me. The only witness God left on
this earth of the person and work of Christ is the scriptures. And if they speak not according
to the scriptures, it's because there's no light in them. He's the king. Here's something
else I see about him riding this donkey into Jerusalem. First,
he's the king, he's the promised Messiah. But secondly, his kingdom
is not of this world. Nelson is not of this world.
And anybody who thinks he is, is sadly mistaken. This is the
only public demonstration our Lord ever allowed during his
entire ministry. Every other time when they would
take him and do something, he'd slip between them. He'd slip
among them, slip from them. But here, get the coat. And he
got there on. They put a coat over that coat's
back and he sat on it. And then he rode into Jerusalem. He allowed himself this procession, this demonstration,
and all these people yelling and screaming and shouting. Blessed
is he that cometh in the name of the Lord. Everybody's gathering,
coming from their houses and all around the hills, and here
goes this poor carpenter, riding a donkey without even a saddle,
sitting on somebody's old dirty coat, and a bunch of people yelling
and screaming. He's the king of kings, but nothing
here speaks of that. He's the sovereign lord of heaven
and earth, but nothing here speaks of that because his kingdom is
not an earthly kingdom. And he's showing disdain and
rejection of everything that the kingdoms of this world stand
for. He rides a donkey, not an Arabian steed. Not even a saddle. He sits on
somebody's old coat. Not a person there of any influence,
wealth, office, or standing. And no swords, no spears, no
army, no weapons, no strong support from politicians. Only a bunch
of Jews who were servants of Rome. And even them, in a little
while, will be crying away with him. We'll not have this man reign
over us, crucified. Think about it. Behold, your
king cometh. Just. There's not a just man
on the earth, the scripture said. There's not a just man on the
earth that doeth good and sinneth not. But this one is. Just. Having salvation. and lowly,
because my kingdom is not of this world. Now you can get out
and organize all these movements you want to, you can get out
and talk about the Lord's going to sit on a throne in Jerusalem,
that's just a bunch of tommyrot, we're going to rebuild the temple,
that's not so. Heaven and earth are going to
pass away and burn with a fervent heat and there will not be one
thing left. And this is what he's showing right here. My kingdom
is not of this world. Or my servants would fight. But I'm sure the Romans weren't
worried, I'm just sure they were laughing. King Blessed, blessed
is he, listen, listen to verse 38. These people, listen to what
they're saying. Blessed be the king that cometh in the name
of God. Oh my goodness. Peace in heaven
and glory, peace in heaven and glory in the highest. This is
the king. And those Romans standing on the balcony, it's unbelievable,
those people are crazy. They're not worried, they're
not disturbed. This Galilean and his motley crew will fade
like all the rest of them have faded. Our kingdom is not of
this world. Only one group of people were
upset, verse 39, the Pharisees. the preachers of that generation.
They were upset. Verse 39, and some of the Pharisees
from among the multitude, they said to the man on the donkey,
Master, that was a title of derision. They didn't mean that. Rebuke
your disciples. These men were ignorant of scriptures.
You know something? That text in Zacharias was read
in the synagogue every Sabbath day. It's a messianic prophecy
just like Isaiah 61. But let me show you something
in Acts 13 about these fellas. And you say the preachers of
today, they've got Bibles? Sure they do. So did the Pharisees. Well, they can read scripture,
can't they? Sure they can. So did the Pharisees. Our Lord
said to the Pharisees, you search the scriptures. In them you think
you have life. But, but, they are they which testify of
me. And they were searching the scriptures,
the historical, and the poetical, and the social, and the religious,
and the ceremonial, and all these things, and trying to do these
things, and missing the key that opens the scriptures, the pearl
of great price, Christ. and preachers today, they are
finding the Baptist denomination, the Catholic and the Jews and
the kingdoms and the millenniums and the prophecies and the healings
and the oil and all these things, and the gifts and the tongues,
but they are missing him. And it says here in Acts chapter
13, listen to this, verse 27. For they that dwell in Jerusalem
are their rulers because they knew him not. Now, yet the voices
of the prophets which are read every Sabbath day, they have
fulfilled these prophecies in condemning him. And though they found no cause
of death in him, yet they desired Pilate that he should be slain.
And when they had fulfilled all that was written of him, they
fulfilled God's judgments by their own hands. They took him
down from the tree and laid him in a tomb. Let's read verse 39 and Luke
19 again. Some of the Pharisees from among
the multitude said unto him, Master, rebuke your disciples.
Stop them from saying these things. Behold, our King cometh. Blessed
is he that cometh in the name of the Lord. Stop them. And our Lord answered and said.
That is the main reason. Do you want to know the main
reason for hating Christ and his gospel? Because he was influencing
the people away from their control and their rule. He was drawing
the people away from their traditions and rule and control. He was
hurting their pocketbooks. The people were following Christ.
They didn't need these traditions and all of these things. They
lived off the people. as so many today live off religion,
covetous men. What did our Lord say to these
men? He answered and said unto them, I tell you that if these
should hold their peace, the stones would immediately cry
out. You see, this is a public fulfillment
of an Old Testament prophecy of the Messiah. God said, I have
set my King. on my holy hill of Zion." This
is a public acknowledgment of him, of God's appointment, of
God's approval. And it said over there in Zechariah,
O Zion, daughters of Zion, rejoice. O daughters of Jerusalem, shout.
This scripture has got to be fulfilled. Somebody has got to
rejoice. When the King comes, when the King is revealed, when
the demonstration and the fulfillment of scripture, somebody's got
to rejoice, somebody's got to shout, the scriptures will be
fulfilled. And Christ said if they don't
shout, the stones are going to shout. The rocks are going to shout.
But this King is going to be crowned. This King is going to
be exalted. This King is going to be loved. This King is going to be magnified. He told the Pharisees one day,
they said, we've got Abraham, our father. He said, God is able
of these rocks to raise up sons to Abraham. You don't amount
to anything. God's able of these stones to
raise up children to Abraham. The virgin shall conceive and
bring forth a son. The dove shall descend from heaven
when he's baptized. He shall be lifted up. He shall
be declared king. And if you don't praise him,
the stones will praise him. You don't believe him, that'd
be perfectly alright. The stones will. The birds will. The trees will. The stars will. He's going to be exalted. And whosoever shall fall upon
this stone will be broken, but upon whom this stone falls, he
will be ground to powder." That's what this is saying. If
they don't shout, the rocks will. Then our Lord stood and wept
over Jerusalem. Verse 41, he came near and beheld
the city and wept over it. He said, O if you had just known!
Even thou, at least in this thy day, the things which belong
to your peace, but now they are hid from your eyes. Eye hath
not seen, ear hath not heard. I read that a while ago. Then
he prophesied the destruction of Jerusalem. You know about
About 37 years later, Titus, the Roman emperor, Titus encircled
the city, encircled it, built fortresses and walls and towers
and starved them. And then he came in and destroyed
them, laid the city down to the ground. This is what our Lord
said, days are coming when your enemies will cast a trench about
you. encompass thee round about, keep
thee in on every side, starve you, and shall lay thee even
to the ground, and your children within you, and they'll not leave
in you one stone upon another, not a one, because you knew not
the time of your visitation." The Lord always saw was a man
riding a donkey. Yeah, but you saw the fulfillment
of But all we saw was a bunch of unlearned, ignorant fishermen
pacing him. I know, but you saw the full
film description. But we didn't know he was king.
No, if they'd known that, they wouldn't have crucified him.
But they could have known. It wasn't what you know, it's
what you could know. If you just study the Word. If you just find
somebody that's telling the truth about God and the truth about
man. But you didn't know, he said. Now it's hid from your
eyes, and you didn't know the time of your visitation. There
was a prophet among us, and we didn't know it. That's what he
said in Ezekiel. We didn't know it. We didn't know it. Then he went into the temple,
and he began to cast them out that sold therein and them that
bought. These fellows had turned the
temple into a flea market. They had money changers there.
See, folks came to the Passover and to the Feast from all countries.
And they had money from Greece and money from Galatia and they
had to change their money into the money being used there. So
these money changers set up in the temple to change their money
so they could buy doves from the fellows that sold doves,
and lambs from the fellows that sold lambs, and goats from the
fellows that sold goats. These fellows were making money
off the temple, off the Passover, off the people. They had to buy
all these different things to do the sacrifice, and they had
to sacrifice turtledoves, and lambs, and goats, and bulls,
and heifers, and all, and they just had a regular farm in that
place, a flea market. Money changers and folks coming
from all over buying these things, and Christ planted a whip and
drove them out. He said to them, it's written,
my house is a house of prayer. My house is a house of preaching. what we turned it into in this
generation. Buying and selling, cash and
carry, gyms and ball teams, dinners and programs, cantatas. My house
is a house where people meet to pray, where people meet to
hear from God, where people meet to preach and search the scriptures. You've made it a den of thieves. He taught daily in the temple,
verse 47, but it didn't stop those fellows from opposing him.
They were out to destroy him. Verse 47, the chief priest and
the scribes and the chief of the people sought to destroy
him. But the only thing that kept them from it was that God
had some sheep. and they were tainted to him.
And God wouldn't let them destroy him until the time came, until
God's time came. And then God let him have him.
For some heard him, and some were blessed by his message. I hope the Lord will use that
for his glory. It's a tremendous scripture,
isn't it?