At the beginning of Jesus' ministry, Jesus tried to shush up those who wanted to spill the beans on who He was or even the miracles He so often brought, but now He is taking the wrapper off the gift.
Messianic secret over, Jesus is about to tell them in a coded way that only lovers of God's Word would get. He is about to fulfill the prophecy found in Zechariah 9:9 'Rejoice greatly, O daughter of Zion; shout, O daughter of Jerusalem: behold, thy King cometh unto thee: he is just, and having salvation; lowly, and riding upon an ass, and upon a colt the foal of an ass.'
Just like when all of Jerusalem learned that David had appointed his son Solomon to be king when Solomon rode the king's mule into the city (1 Kings 1:33), so everyone who knew the Scriptures would see that the long-awaited restoration of the Davidic monarchy was unfolding before their eyes when they saw Jesus ride in on the donkey. The Romans, of course, would just see a guy on a little donkey. The people of the Word would see the promised Messiah.
'Hosanna to the Son of David! Blessed is he who comes in the name of the Lord! Hosanna in the highest.' The shout is from Psalm 1:18, and Hosanna means "save now." Save us now, Son of David, save us. Blessed is he who comes in the name of the Lord, save us in the highest.
By the way, Palm Sunday is four days before the Passover. It's the day the lambs were to be taken; were they being driven into the city at the same time as the Lamb of God descended the slope and approached?"
-Pr. Will Weedon
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