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Triumphal Entry: Jesus, King Of Kings
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by Elena Watson
echariah 9:9: “Rejoice greatly, O daughter of Zion!
triumph and victory, but the donkey was a symbol of peace
Shout aloud, O daughter of Jerusalem! Behold,
and humility (compared to a horse, which was a symbol of
your king is coming to you; righteous and having
war). He is, after all, our Prince of Peace.
salvation is he, humble and mounted on a donkey, on a colt, the foal of a donkey.” God cares about details. He speaks prophecies so we
The next day, He cleansed the greedy from the temple. He was more concerned with religious corruption than Roman oppression. He told the disciples to pay their taxes
can have irrefutable proof that He keeps His word, and
to Caesar and carry luggage for the soldiers, but for those
no detail is too small for Him to accomplish. A seemingly
using God’s temple and laws for their own gain, He had
simple donkey ride into the temple is a fulfillment of time,
much harsher words and actions. He came bringing news
kingship, and salvation prophecies. We’re just going to focus on Jesus’ kingship here. Let’s set the scene. Multitudes of people were in Jerusalem for the upcoming Passover festival— scholars estimate as many as 3 million. A great number of people had followed Jesus from Bethany, where Lazarus had just been publicly raised. Another great number of people came out of the city to greet Him. The description in the Gospels indicates that the people coming out of the city actually began shouting “Hosanna,” not the crowd following from Bethany. Until this point, Jesus rejected praise and
of God’s Kingdom, not an earthly one that would simply
major attention. He silenced demons, asked healed people
overtake Rome or any other earthly power. The Kingdom of
to tell no one, and said on multiple occasions, “My time has
Heaven is transcendent and eternal. Jesus came and died to
not yet come.” But now, a week before His death, He told
save our souls, not our allegiance. He wants to be the King
the Pharisees in Luke 19:40 that if the people were silent, the
of our hearts, not our countries.
rocks would cry out in praise. A royal processional in those days would have been
What can we offer to lay before our King? What path can we make for Him into the temple of our hearts? Will
opulent and costly, attended firstly by the elite of society. In
we celebrate His reign and salvation or let the rocks do it in
God’s Kingdom, the first shall be last and the last shall be
our silence?
people visiting for a festival who found something in nature to lay before the King. The palm branches were symbols of
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About The Author
first. Here to welcome their King and salvation are normal Elena Watson is a wife and stay at home mom of two. She lived most of her life in Smyrna, Tennessee, but is enjoying getting to know Dalton.
