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Now this morning as we talk about the beginning of Passion Week, we're going to talk about our

Lord's entry into the city of Jerusalem.

We read from Matthew chapter 21 and I'm not going to go back to that chapter

but we're going to back up a little bit and go to the Old Testament and look at

what was being fulfilled on that day and I already pointed out just reading it

and praying with you over that passage that there were at least three or more

prophecies that were fulfilled that Matthew records fulfilled by the entry of our Lord into

Jerusalem.

One having to do with writing on the cold, the other having to do with the praise of children

and another the Hosenas to the son of David.

That tells us that the event itself was the fulfillment of Old Testament prophecy.

And that just looks at some of the very simple factors of that day, the praise of children,

the praise of the people and the animal our Lord wrote on.

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