We rejoice. For it is written in Zechariah
9:9, "Rejoice O daughter of Zion." We rejoice indeed for Jesus our Lord and
King is making His triumphal entry into the city of Jerusalem. It is a
remarkable event recorded in all four Gospels. It is quite unlike anything else
recorded about the Lord Jesus in the New Testament. Up until this time Jesus
had been withdrawing himself as much as possible from public notice. He had
retired to the wilderness. He did not court attention. He avoided anything
that hinted of public display.
It is written In Matthew 12, ''He did not cry, nor strive, nor cause his voice to be heard in the streets.'' In Matthew 16 He charged His disciples that they should, ''tell no man that he was Jesus the Christ.'' When He raised the daughter of Jairus, it says in Mark 5 that ''He straightly charged them that no man should know of it.''
When Jesus came down from the mount of transfiguration, He gave orders to His disciples that ''they should tell no man what things they had seen till the Son of man was risen from the dead'' (Mark 9:9).
In John 6 the Bible says that after feeding the five thousand, ''When Jesus therefore perceived that they (the multitude) would come and take him by force, to make him a king, he departed again into a mountain himself alone.'' And when his half-brothers urged him to disclose himself ''to the world,'' He answered, ''My time is not yet come.''
On Palm Sunday, however, here we see Jesus making a public entry into Jerusalem. There is a huge crowd of people who have come out to welcome Jesus. And the Pharisees say, ''Behold the world is gone after him'' (John 12:19).
This time Jesus is in completely in charge, taking the initiative at every point. He is the Christ of every situation, and He knows that His time has come and He enters the city of Jerusalem to face the issue of His death. He is the King of kings and the Lord of lords. He desires to enter our hearts, our homes, and our lives to be fully in charge. His kingdom shall never end.
It is written In Matthew 12, ''He did not cry, nor strive, nor cause his voice to be heard in the streets.'' In Matthew 16 He charged His disciples that they should, ''tell no man that he was Jesus the Christ.'' When He raised the daughter of Jairus, it says in Mark 5 that ''He straightly charged them that no man should know of it.''
When Jesus came down from the mount of transfiguration, He gave orders to His disciples that ''they should tell no man what things they had seen till the Son of man was risen from the dead'' (Mark 9:9).
In John 6 the Bible says that after feeding the five thousand, ''When Jesus therefore perceived that they (the multitude) would come and take him by force, to make him a king, he departed again into a mountain himself alone.'' And when his half-brothers urged him to disclose himself ''to the world,'' He answered, ''My time is not yet come.''
On Palm Sunday, however, here we see Jesus making a public entry into Jerusalem. There is a huge crowd of people who have come out to welcome Jesus. And the Pharisees say, ''Behold the world is gone after him'' (John 12:19).
This time Jesus is in completely in charge, taking the initiative at every point. He is the Christ of every situation, and He knows that His time has come and He enters the city of Jerusalem to face the issue of His death. He is the King of kings and the Lord of lords. He desires to enter our hearts, our homes, and our lives to be fully in charge. His kingdom shall never end.
In Christ,
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