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Hello everyone and welcome back to the
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Today we're redelving into one of the
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most significant and pivotal moments in
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human history, the crucifixion of Jesus
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Christ. To truly understand its weight,
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we need to look at the events that led
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to this profound moment. It's a story of
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faith, betrayal, and ultimate sacrifice
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that is echoed through millennia. Our
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story begins in the final week of
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Jesus's earthly ministry. He enters
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Jerusalem, not as a conquering king on a
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waror, but humbly riding a donkey.
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Crowds gathered, laying palm branches in
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his path and shouting, "Hosana, blessed
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is he who comes in the name of the
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Lord." This triumphal entry was a public
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declaration of his messianic identity.
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But it also stirred the tensions that
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had been simmering between Jesus and the
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religious authorities. Throughout that
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week, Jesus taught openly in the temple
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courts. His parables and teachings
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challenged the established religious
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leaders, exposing their hypocrisy and
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emphasizing a message of love,
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repentance, and a direct relationship
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He spoke of a new covenant, one not
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based on rigid law, but on grace. This
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radical message was seen as a direct
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threat to the power structure of the
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Sanhedrin, the Jewish high council.
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Their concern grew, and they began to
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actively plot against him. The emotional
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heart of this week unfolds at the last
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supper. Jesus gathers his 12 disciples
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for the Passover meal. It's here that he
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institutes a new tradition. He breaks
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bread saying, "This is my body which is
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given for you." And shares a cup of
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wine, saying, "This cup is the new
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covenant in my blood which is poured out
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for you." This moment, now known as
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communion or the Eucharist, was a
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powerful foreshadowing of the sacrifice
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he was about to make. But the meal was
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also shadowed by sorrow as Jesus
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revealed that one of his own who thus is
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karate would betray him. After the
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supper, Jesus leads his closest
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disciples Peter James and Jonta the
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garden of Gethsemane to pray. This is
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one of the most human and vulnerable
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moments in the gospels. Overwhelmed by
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the agony of what was to come, he prays,
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"Father, if you are willing, take this
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cup from me. Yet not my will, but yours
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be done. It's a moment of profound
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anguish and complete submission to God's
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plan. While he prayed, his disciples,
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exhausted, fell asleep. It's in this
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garden that the betrayal takes place.
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Hudas arrives. Leading a crowd of
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soldiers and officials from the chief
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priests and elders. He identifies Jesus
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with a kiss, a sign of friendship
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twisted into an act of treachery. Jesus
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is arrested and his disciples scatter in
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fear. He is then led away to a series of
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trials. First before the former high
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priest Anen Kayapas, the current high
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priest and the entire Sanhed under the
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cover of night. They held a sham trial
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accusing Jesus of blasphemy because he
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claimed to be the son of God. They were
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determined to see him condemned. But
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they lacked the legal authority under
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Roman rule to carry out a death
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sentence. So in the early morning they
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brought him before Ponteus Pilate, the
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Roman governor. They changed their
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accusation from a religious one to a
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political one, claiming Jesus was an
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insurrectionist who called himself a
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king. A direct challenge to Caesar.
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Pilate questioned Jesus and found no
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basis for a charge. He tried to release
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him, even offering the crowd a choice
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between Jesus and a notorious prisoner
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named Barabus. But the crowd incited by
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the chief priests cried out for Barabus
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to be released and they demanded for
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Jesus to be crucified. Pilate fearing a
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riot and washing his hands of the matter
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gave in to their demands. Jesus was
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flogged mocked by the Roman soldiers who
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placed a crown of thorns on his head.
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Then he was forced to carry his own
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cross along the path known as the
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viodolar roa. These events filled with
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human drama and divine purpose. Thank
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