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Brad Sullivan Proper 25, Year B October 25, 2015 Saint Mark's Episcopal Church, Bay City, TX Mark 10:46-52 “Wrong Kingdom,” Jesus Said. We heard in Mark’s Gospel this morning, that Jesus was on his way to Jerusalem by way of Jericho. Y’all remember a rather famous story involving Jericho and a young man named Joshua who led the Israelites to glorious victory against the people of Jericho. Joshua fought the battle of Jericho, and the walls came tumbling down. That was the beginning of Israel’s conquest of the land of Canaan, the land which God had promised to Israel through Abraham. Eventually, Israel conquered all of the land of Canaan and set up their capital in Jerusalem where David reigned as king. Now, we have Jesus, the son of David, going to Jerusalem by way of Jericho. Interestingly enough, Jesus’ name in Hebrew is Joshua: Jeshua, Iesus, Jesus. So we have Jesus, who is the new Joshua and the new Davidi