Triumphant Entry of Christ (25 March, 2018)

The Return Of The King

Now when they drew near to Jerusalem and came to Bethphage, to the Mount of Olives, then Jesus sent two disciples, saying to them, "Go into the village in front of you, and immediately you will find a donkey tied, and a colt with her. Untie them and bring them to me.  If anyone says anything to you, you shall say, 'The Lord needs them,' and he will send them at once."  This took place to fulfill what was spoken by the prophet, saying, "Say to the daughter of Zion, 'Behold, your king is coming to you, humble, and mounted on a donkey, on a colt, the foal of a beast of burden.'"  The disciples went and did as Jesus had directed them.  They brought the donkey and the colt and put on them their cloaks, and He sat on them.  Most of the crowd spread their cloaks on the road, and others cut branches from the trees and spread them on the road.  And the crowds that went before Him and that followed him were shouting, "Hosanna to the Son of David! Blessed is He who comes in the name of the Lord! Hosanna in the highest!"  Matthew 21:1-9

The next day the large crowd that had come to the feast heard that Jesus was coming to Jerusalem.  So they took branches of palm trees and went out to meet him, crying out, "Hosanna! Blessed is He who comes in the name of the Lord, even the King of Israel!"  And Jesus found a young donkey and sat on it, just as it is written, "Fear not, daughter of Zion; behold, your king is coming, sitting on a donkey's colt!"  His disciples did not understand these things at first, but when Jesus was glorified, then they remembered that these things had been written about Him and had been done to Him.  The crowd that had been with Him when he called Lazarus out of the tomb and raised him from the dead continued to bear witness.  The reason why the crowd went to meet Him was that they heard He had done this sign.  So the Pharisees said to one another, "You see that you are gaining nothing. Look, the world has gone after Him."  John 12:12-19

The task of the herald is to run ahead and shout the impending arrival of his master.  They cry aloud about the mighty deeds that have been done, so as to not only announce the entrance of the master, but to excite and prepare those who have been waiting.

The children of God have been waiting a very long time for the King to arrive.

As He entered Jerusalem, the heralds who ran ahead were not His disciples, but children.  They shouted and sang psalms of praise, announcing, finally, the arrival of the Son of David long promised.  That procession was rife with symbolism and history.  So much that everyone knew exactly who Christ was.  If the Pharisees intended on stopping Him, their time had just run out.  They had to act now or be swept away in the upheaval and change that the Messiah would bring.  They had to do something to keep from becoming His pawns, or worse.

Their impromptu plans were part of Christ's Plan that predated time itself.