Jesus Enters

Summary

“Hosanna to the Son of David! Blessed is he who comes in the name of the Lord! Hosanna in the highest.” V.9

Jesus had spent His entire ministry in the rural areas, teaching about what He had come to do; now He was coming to do it. He enters Jerusalem to the reception of a king. Riding in on a donkey, He fulfills the prophecy and reflects the victory processional of a leader returning from battle. The people of Israel had been waiting for this moment, when their king would arrive. They celebrated. They cried out. They laid their coats on the road. In all of this they are declaring Him their Messiah. But their excitement was matched with an expectation. In Jesus they expected salvation, but it was an earthly rescue. They hoped for the destruction of the Romans and for power to be returned to the nation of Israel. How quickly things would change when Jesus did not meet their anticipation.

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