Embracing the King of Glory This Palm Sunday
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"And in Psalm 24, it's very clear who the psalmist is talking about, right? It doesn't take a lot of questions, it doesn't take a lot of detective work to figure out who Psalm 24 is about. Because in Psalm 24, in verses 8 and 10 of Psalm 24, the psalmist asks, who is this king of glory, right? He asks this twice. And both times he answers, it's the Lord, right? And it's the Lord with the all caps Lord, right? The Lord strong and mighty, the Lord mighty in battle, the Lord almighty. And when you see that Lord in all caps, that means it's the word there, the Hebrew word there is Yahweh, right? It's the one true God." [00:23:15] (39 seconds)
"So there's no possible way that the king of glory in Psalm 24 could be anyone else other than God, right? Other than Yahweh, God, right? Psalm 24 is speaking about God. But this morning, as we celebrate Palm Sunday, and we look, we're going to look also at Jesus' triumphant entry into Jerusalem. We're going to see how this psalm, which is about God, the king of glory, also points us to Jesus. And so if you have your Bible, if you turn with me first to Luke 19. So we're going to kind of be going back and forth from Luke 19 and Psalm 24. You can follow along up here on the screen, in your Bible, in the app, wherever you want to do it. Luke 19, starting in verse 37." [00:24:33] (41 seconds)
"Peace in heaven and glory in the highest, right? And they're praising God, it says, for all the miracles they had seen, right? They have seen Jesus turn water into wine. They have seen Jesus feed multitudes with just five loaves of bread and two fish. They have seen Jesus heal people from things like blindness and leprosy and other physical ailments. Guys who could not walk and got up and started running around and dancing, right? They've seen Jesus raise Lazarus from the dead. And so they are loud and they're rejoicing, they're praising God because they have seen Jesus do all these crazy things. And they recognize that Jesus is the king who comes in the name of the Lord. Blessed is the king who comes in the name of the Lord." [00:25:39] (46 seconds)
"Lift up your heads, O you gates, be lifted up, you ancient doors, that the king of glory may come in. Who is this king of glory? The Lord, strong and mighty. The Lord, mighty in battle. Lift up your heads, O you gates. Lift them up, you ancient doors, that the king of glory may come in. Who is he, this king of glory? The Lord Almighty, he is the king of glory. He says, lift up the gates. Open the doors, let the king of glory enter. Again, they're approaching the temple. He says, this is a call to worship. As they're approaching the temple, get ready. The king is here." [00:26:20] (36 seconds)
"Something great is going to happen. There is hope, there is joy, there is excitement. Why? Because the king of glory has come. And it's believed that this psalm was written and kind of about the arrival of the Ark of the Covenant coming to the temple, right? The Ark of the Covenant, the symbol of God's presence. And so there's reason for joy and hope because God's presence was now coming near, right? The presence of God was there. And so they're saying, get ready, get excited, start worshiping. God's presence is here. The Ark is here. The king of glory, right? Again, we don't have to guess who the psalmist is talking about because he clearly states it twice. It is the Lord. It's Yahweh, right? Strong and mighty, mighty in battle." [00:28:08] (42 seconds)
"Really, the Lord Almighty really says the Lord of hosts, meaning the Lord who's over all the armies and forces, both spiritual and physical, right? This is the king of glory. Glory, the word glory, to me, you know, it's always hard to find when you say, well, God's glory, what does that mean, right? God's glory. The word glory really means like heavy, heaviness, right? Heavy in weight. So when it speaks about glory in terms of God, it's heavy in importance or value, of highest honor, right? The king of glory is the king of just great, tremendous value and honor, the king of glory, a term of high honor. And so just as the disciples and the other people started to worship and sing praises as Jesus made his approach to Jerusalem, Psalm 24 is calling all to worship the king of glory, saying the king is here, God's presence is here. Lift up your heads, get ready in anticipation and hope. The king is here. Get ready, worship him, right?" [00:28:16] (56 seconds)
"So the Pharisees, the religious leaders, who don't recognize Jesus as the Messiah, they hear the disciples being loud. They hear him praising God, and they tell Jesus, Hey, shut your disciples up, rebuke them, because they think what the disciples are saying. It's not because they're loud. It's because what they're saying in the minds of the Pharisees is blasphemy. He says, stop them from praising God, because they think that what Jesus has done is not from God. So they're accusing the disciples of blasphemy. So they tell Jesus, Hey, rebuke your disciples. What they're saying is false." [00:29:31] (35 seconds)
"And I love Jesus' response. This is probably one of my favorite verses in all of Scripture, verse 40. I tell you, he replied, if they keep quiet, the stones will cry out. Even if you stop their voices, he says the stones will cry out in praise, in truth. Shutting the disciples' mouth doesn't make it not true. You can silence them, but even the stones would cry out saying the very same thing. Nothing can stop all of creation from worshiping the Lord, from recognizing who the true king is. Jesus says, even nature recognizes that I am the king." [00:30:14] (39 seconds)
"The earth is the Lord's and everything in it, the world and all who live in it. For he founded it upon the seas and established it upon the waters. In the Bible, we often see the words world and earth often paired together. The earth is the Lord's and everything in it, the world and all who live in it. You say, well, why do that? It's kind of the same thing, right? But we see this often in scripture. 1 Samuel 2, 8. For the foundations of the earth are the Lord's. Upon them he has set the world. 1 Chronicles, chapter 16." [00:31:06] (32 seconds)
"Tremble before him all the earth. The world is firmly established. It cannot be moved. Psalm 89. The heavens are yours and yours also the earth. You founded the world and all that is in it. The earth is the Lord's and everything in it, the world and all who live in it. The psalmist is saying that everything belongs to God, the earth and the world. God is the creator and sustainer of all creation. He founded it. He established it. He created it. He sustains it. And so a lot of times when they put those words together, the earth and the world, it's talking about how God as the creator of it also has the authority and not only the authority, but also he kind of upholds it. He sustains it, right? He created all this and he sustains it. He takes care of it, right?" [00:31:48] (48 seconds)
"Psalm 24 is showing us that it's bigger than that, that everything is the Lord, that God is not just the God of Israel, right? He is the creator and sustainer of all creation. He is king over all of creation, not just for the Jewish people in Jerusalem. And because he has created all this, sustains all this, he has authority over all of this, right? Not just over the earth, the physical earth, but everything in the earth. God has authority. All of creation, all are dependent on him for life and existence." [00:34:29] (34 seconds)
"See, God is creator and all of creation belongs to him. Even if people don't recognize his authority and worship him, he says, even the stones will cry out, right? Back to Luke 19, verse 41. As he approached Jerusalem and saw the city, it says, he wept over it and said, if you, even you, had only known on this day what would bring you peace, but now it is hidden from your eyes. And so as Jesus gets closer to Jerusalem, he sees the city as he starts to weep, right? He knows the impending destruction that's coming and that awaits them because of their refusal to accept him as the Messiah. He says, if only you knew what would bring you peace." [00:35:04] (42 seconds)
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"So there's no possible way that the king of glory in Psalm 24 could be anyone else other than God, right? Other than Yahweh, God, right? Psalm 24 is speaking about God. But this morning, as we celebrate Palm Sunday, and we look, we're going to look also at Jesus' triumphant entry into Jerusalem. We're going to see how this psalm, which is about God, the king of glory, also points us to Jesus. And so if you have your Bible, if you turn with me first to Luke 19. So we're going to kind of be going back and forth from Luke 19 and Psalm 24. You can follow along up here on the screen, in your Bible, in the app, wherever you want to do it. Luke 19, starting in verse 37." [00:24:33] (41 seconds)
"Peace in heaven and glory in the highest, right? And they're praising God, it says, for all the miracles they had seen, right? They have seen Jesus turn water into wine. They have seen Jesus feed multitudes with just five loaves of bread and two fish. They have seen Jesus heal people from things like blindness and leprosy and other physical ailments. Guys who could not walk and got up and started running around and dancing, right? They've seen Jesus raise Lazarus from the dead. And so they are loud and they're rejoicing, they're praising God because they have seen Jesus do all these crazy things. And they recognize that Jesus is the king who comes in the name of the Lord. Blessed is the king who comes in the name of the Lord." [00:25:39] (46 seconds)
"Lift up your heads, O you gates, be lifted up, you ancient doors, that the king of glory may come in. Who is this king of glory? The Lord, strong and mighty. The Lord, mighty in battle. Lift up your heads, O you gates. Lift them up, you ancient doors, that the king of glory may come in. Who is he, this king of glory? The Lord Almighty, he is the king of glory. He says, lift up the gates. Open the doors, let the king of glory enter. Again, they're approaching the temple. He says, this is a call to worship. As they're approaching the temple, get ready. The king is here." [00:26:20] (36 seconds)
"Something great is going to happen. There is hope, there is joy, there is excitement. Why? Because the king of glory has come. And it's believed that this psalm was written and kind of about the arrival of the Ark of the Covenant coming to the temple, right? The Ark of the Covenant, the symbol of God's presence. And so there's reason for joy and hope because God's presence was now coming near, right? The presence of God was there. And so they're saying, get ready, get excited, start worshiping. God's presence is here. The Ark is here. The king of glory, right? Again, we don't have to guess who the psalmist is talking about because he clearly states it twice. It is the Lord. It's Yahweh, right? Strong and mighty, mighty in battle." [00:28:08] (42 seconds)
"Really, the Lord Almighty really says the Lord of hosts, meaning the Lord who's over all the armies and forces, both spiritual and physical, right? This is the king of glory. Glory, the word glory, to me, you know, it's always hard to find when you say, well, God's glory, what does that mean, right? God's glory. The word glory really means like heavy, heaviness, right? Heavy in weight. So when it speaks about glory in terms of God, it's heavy in importance or value, of highest honor, right? The king of glory is the king of just great, tremendous value and honor, the king of glory, a term of high honor. And so just as the disciples and the other people started to worship and sing praises as Jesus made his approach to Jerusalem, Psalm 24 is calling all to worship the king of glory, saying the king is here, God's presence is here. Lift up your heads, get ready in anticipation and hope. The king is here. Get ready, worship him, right?" [00:28:16] (56 seconds)
"So the Pharisees, the religious leaders, who don't recognize Jesus as the Messiah, they hear the disciples being loud. They hear him praising God, and they tell Jesus, Hey, shut your disciples up, rebuke them, because they think what the disciples are saying. It's not because they're loud. It's because what they're saying in the minds of the Pharisees is blasphemy. He says, stop them from praising God, because they think that what Jesus has done is not from God. So they're accusing the disciples of blasphemy. So they tell Jesus, Hey, rebuke your disciples. What they're saying is false." [00:29:31] (35 seconds)
"And I love Jesus' response. This is probably one of my favorite verses in all of Scripture, verse 40. I tell you, he replied, if they keep quiet, the stones will cry out. Even if you stop their voices, he says the stones will cry out in praise, in truth. Shutting the disciples' mouth doesn't make it not true. You can silence them, but even the stones would cry out saying the very same thing. Nothing can stop all of creation from worshiping the Lord, from recognizing who the true king is. Jesus says, even nature recognizes that I am the king." [00:30:14] (39 seconds)
"The earth is the Lord's and everything in it, the world and all who live in it. For he founded it upon the seas and established it upon the waters. In the Bible, we often see the words world and earth often paired together. The earth is the Lord's and everything in it, the world and all who live in it. You say, well, why do that? It's kind of the same thing, right? But we see this often in scripture. 1 Samuel 2, 8. For the foundations of the earth are the Lord's. Upon them he has set the world. 1 Chronicles, chapter 16." [00:31:06] (32 seconds)
"Tremble before him all the earth. The world is firmly established. It cannot be moved. Psalm 89. The heavens are yours and yours also the earth. You founded the world and all that is in it. The earth is the Lord's and everything in it, the world and all who live in it. The psalmist is saying that everything belongs to God, the earth and the world. God is the creator and sustainer of all creation. He founded it. He established it. He created it. He sustains it. And so a lot of times when they put those words together, the earth and the world, it's talking about how God as the creator of it also has the authority and not only the authority, but also he kind of upholds it. He sustains it, right? He created all this and he sustains it. He takes care of it, right?" [00:31:48] (48 seconds)
"Psalm 24 is showing us that it's bigger than that, that everything is the Lord, that God is not just the God of Israel, right? He is the creator and sustainer of all creation. He is king over all of creation, not just for the Jewish people in Jerusalem. And because he has created all this, sustains all this, he has authority over all of this, right? Not just over the earth, the physical earth, but everything in the earth. God has authority. All of creation, all are dependent on him for life and existence." [00:34:29] (34 seconds)
"See, God is creator and all of creation belongs to him. Even if people don't recognize his authority and worship him, he says, even the stones will cry out, right? Back to Luke 19, verse 41. As he approached Jerusalem and saw the city, it says, he wept over it and said, if you, even you, had only known on this day what would bring you peace, but now it is hidden from your eyes. And so as Jesus gets closer to Jerusalem, he sees the city as he starts to weep, right? He knows the impending destruction that's coming and that awaits them because of their refusal to accept him as the Messiah. He says, if only you knew what would bring you peace." [00:35:04] (42 seconds)
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