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Welcome to Day 2156 of Wisdom-Trek, and thank you for joining me.\nThis is Guthrie Chamberlain, Your Guide to Wisdom\nThe Gospel of John \u2013 24 \u2013 Seeking Before Hiding\xa0\u2013 Daily Wisdom\nThe Gospel of John \u2013 Part 3 Authentication of the Word \u2013 Seeking Before Hiding\nToday we continue our series, the Good News according to John the Apostle. Last, we saw the religious leaders in Jerusalem come to a breaking point. They were losing control over the Jews, and their important positions with Rome. In Chapter 11:47-48, \u201cThen the chief priests and the Pharisees\xa0called a meeting\xa0of the Sanhedrin. \u2018What are we accomplishing?\u2019 they asked. \u2018Here is this man performing many signs.\xa0If we let him go on like this, everyone will believe in him, and then the Romans will come and take away both our temple and our nation.\u2019\u201d\n\nWe also saw that one of Jesus\u2019s 12 disciples broke down with his greed. After seeing Mary anoint Jesus with $50k of perfume, he was ready to betray his Rabbi, who he had followed for at least three years.\n\nToday the tide is turning as we see Jesus entering Jerusalem as King. Our scripture for today is John 12:12-50, starting on page 1671 in the pew Bible. I will read it in sections throughout the message as we have done in other lengthy passages.\n\n\xa012:12\u201319\n\nThe next day the great crowd that had come for the festival heard that Jesus was on his way to Jerusalem. They took palm branches\xa0and went out to meet him, shouting,\n\n\u201cHosanna!\u201d\n\n\u201cBlessed is he who comes in the name of the Lord!"\n\n"Blessed is the king of Israel!"\n\n\xa0Jesus found a young donkey and sat on it, as it is written:\n\n\u201cDo not be afraid, Daughter Zion;\nsee, your king is coming,\nseated on a donkey\u2019s colt.\u201d\n\nAt first his disciples did not understand all this.\xa0Only after Jesus was glorified\xa0did they realize that these things had been written about him and that these things had been done to him.\n\nNow the crowd, that was with him\xa0when he called Lazarus from the tomb and raised him from the dead, He continued to spread the word.\xa0Many people, because they had heard that he had performed this sign,\xa0went out to meet him.\xa0So the Pharisees said to one another, \u201cSee, this is getting us nowhere. Look how the whole world has gone after him!\u201d\n\nJohn\u2019s narrative suddenly shifts from the fragrant banquet room in Bethany to a bustling street leading into Jerusalem, where thronging worshipers had come in anticipation of the Passover feast. As with other feasts, worshipers wondered if Jesus would attend and eagerly watched for His arrival (John 7:11; 11:56). Upon His arrival, they lined His path to the city with palm branches and clothes, shouting \u201cHosanna!\u201d which means, \u201cSave us.\u201d Their shouts included words from a messianic psalm (Ps. 118:26).\n\nJesus had entered the city of Jerusalem many times during His ministry, but this \u201ctriumphal entry\u201d to the capital of the Hebrew nation differed in one primary respect. He no longer visited as a worshiper; on this day, He claimed it as King. However, unlike a conquering warrior king, He entered the city on a symbol of peace. He rode on a humble donkey rather than sitting...