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6/29/2017 Christ’s First “Triumphal Entry” On Palm Sunday, King Jesus rode into Jerusalem on a donkey as the “grand marshal” of a noisy parade! John 12:13, NIV They took palm branches and went out to meet him, shouting, “Hosanna! Blessed is he who comes in the name of the Lord! Blessed is the king of Israel!” Christ’s Ultimate “Triumphal Entry” Someday, King Jesus will return to earth to defeat evil and set up his eternal reign! Revelation 19:11, NLT Then I saw heaven opened, and a white horse was standing there. Its rider was named Faithful and True, for he judges fairly and wages a righteous war. 1

6/29/2017 The Ascension Christ’s Other “Triumphal Entry”! Soon after his resurrection, the Risen King re-entered heaven, as his disciples watched in wonder. Acts 1:9, NIV After he said this, he was taken up before their very eyes, and a cloud hid him from their sight. 1 Peter 3:19 & 22, NIV After being made alive, he went…[he] has gone into heaven and is at God’s right hand. From Palms To Nails! Five days after Christ’s triumphal entry into Jerusalem, the shouts of “Hosanna!” changed to “Crucify him!” 1 Peter 3:18, NIV For Christ also suffered once for sins, the righteous for the unrighteous, to bring you to God. He was put to death in the body but made alive in the Spirit. Christ’s Invisible Triumph! What happened during the ascension—after the clouds hid Jesus from the disciple’s sight? 1 Peter 3:19 & 22, NIV After being made alive, he went and made proclamation to the imprisoned spirits…Jesus Christ, who has gone into heaven and is at God’s right hand—with angels, authorities and powers in submission to him. Jesus declared his victory over the entire rank of evil angels! 2

6/29/2017 Are You On The Winning Side? Make sure you are saved (safe in the Ark) when God’s final judgment “floods” the entire earth! 1 Peter 3:19-21, NIV [Christ] went and made proclamation to the imprisoned spirits—to those who were disobedient long ago when God waited patiently in the days of Noah while the ark was being built. In it only a few people, eight in all, were saved through water, and this water symbolizes baptism that now saves you also—not the removal of dirt from the body but the pledge of a clear conscience toward God. It saves you by the resurrection of Jesus Christ… 3