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A Sermon by R. C. Sproul by Ligonier Ministries (29
min 23 sec)
“So those who were sent went away and found it just as He
had told them. As they were untying the
colt, its owners said to them, ‘Why are you untying the colt?’ They said, ‘The Lord has need of it.’
“They brought it to Jesus, and they threw their coats on
the colt and put Jesus on it. As He was going,
they were spreading their coats on the road.
As soon as He was approaching; near the descent of the Mount of Olives,
the whole crowd of disciples began to praise God joyfully with a loud voice for
all the miracles which they had seen, shouting:
‘Blessed is the King who comes in the name of the Lord; Peace in heaven
and glory in the highest!’
“Some of the Pharisees in the crowd said to Him, ‘Teacher
rebuke Your disciples. But Jesus
answered, I tell you if these become silent, the stones will cry out.” Luke 19:28-40
Jesus had arrived six days earlier to rest at Mary, Martha
and Lazarus home the week before passion week and stayed there for Sabbath,
entering Jerusalem on Sunday.
The Road
The Roman military road from Jericho to Jerusalem was about
17 miles long and climbed three thousand feet. It passed through Bethany and nearby Bethphage
, which lay on the southeast slope of the Mount of Olives, then crossed over
the mount and the Kidron valley and entered Jerusalem.
The Mount of Olives
The Mount Olives had a significant place in prophecy as the
place of the coming Messiah’s appearance.
…
About a mile and a half to two miles from Jerusalem The
Mount of Olives is directly East of the city, rising to an elevation of about
twenty-six hundred feet. Its summit
commands a magnificent view of Jerusalem and especially of the temple
mount.
The mount itself stands about three hundred feet higher than
the temple hill and about one hundred feet higher than the hill of Zion,
affording a spectacular, panoramic view of the city.
The Donkey
By riding a donkey colt…as rulers in times of peace sometime
rode, Jesus was not only proclaiming His Messiahship and His fulfilment of
Scripture, but showing the kind of peace-loving approach He was now making to
the city.
The young male donkey was so young that it had never been
ridden. In the midst, then, of this
excited crowd, an unbroken animal remains calm under the hands of the Messiah who controls
nature.
The donkey was considered to be the beast of the
Messiah. Jesus stipulated the colt must
be an unused one…such animals were regarded as especially suitable for sacred
purposes
The donkey symbolises Jews accustomed to the yoke of the law
and the colt hitherto untamed Gentiles.
The Adoring Crowds
The entry into Jerusalem was Jesus’ announcement that His
hour had come and that He was ready for action, though not according to the
expectation of the people.
He did not come as a conqueror but as a messenger of
peace. He rode on a donkey, not the
steed of royalty, but that of a commoner on a business trip.
Crowds before and behind Him: Crowds coming out of Jerusalem to meet Him
and those crowds that had followed Him for days
Palm branches were spread while He descends from the Mount
of Olives…showing that Jesus was still outside Jerusalem.
If there were palm fronds…they would have been brought from
Jericho for the celebration, as they were not native to Jerusalem. These weren’t little fronds, but branches
that would have been used to build a lean-to.
Hosanna literally means, SAVE NOW! But it had become simply an exclamation of
praise.
This is the only time Jesus allowed Himself to be openly
recognised and worshipped.
Thus, the event points to the peace of the coming,
consummated kingdom.
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