Matthew 21:1-17 The Devine king is here? Or is who is he?

Matthew 21:1-17

Jesus and the crowd were walking from Jericho, a long way up… PPT and maps. The commentators said that might have taken most of the day. 1200 + meters and 21 km. We don’t hear Matthew say if they sang the songs of accent from the Palter. Jesus come from the east, because that was also one of the prophesies of the coming king. Matthew will as he has done from the beginning keep pointing to the OT to say that Jesus is the Christ, the anointed the chosen the Messiah, even the everlasting God in flesh.

One of the things that Matthew tells us Jesus can do it predict the future, as he sends 2 disciples in to Bethpage, a small village, to get a donkey. Jesus tells them what to do, and they find it the way Jesus said it would be. Jesus even gives them a word to speak if they are questioned. Matthew is mostly concerned with pointing everyone to all the things Jesus does to for fill prophesy. Even the mode of transportation is important, because Zechariah said that the king would come on a donkey bringing salvation, humble, and Isiah also wrote this.

In verse 7 as Jesus gets the donkey, the disciples put their cloaks on the donkey and Jesus sits gets on it (donkey and the robes), other people spread their cloaks on the road, and others cut branches from trees and spread them on road before Jesus. And the crowds before him and after him were shouting, Hosanna to the son of David, (Save us now, we pray son of David) Blessed is he who comes in the name of the Lord! Pleas save you in the highest. Cries for help and deliverance, for Jesus who is the coming son of David, the king, the blessed one messiah, the one that can bring salvation. The crowed, the shouting, branches and clothes, the man on the donkey, well all of that stir up the whole city, and people are confused what is happening who is this person? (What about you?) – It is estimated that there were about 2 million in the city, and many have never heard about Jesus, most of the people that believe in Jesus are from another region, galilee, many have not heard or seen Jesus, so who is he?

The crowed with Jesus respond: This is the prophet Jesus, from Nazareth of Galilee. Oh okay?

So we see this triumphant entry of Jesus, but most people don’t know him…

How will Jesus explain who he is? He goes to the temple, And said that it is his house, (In other words Jesus said he is God, the temple was the place God dwelled). (In John Jesus makes a whip of cords and) And Jesus starts driving people out of his house, people who sold and bought in the temple, as he overturned tables of the money-changers and the seats of the people that sold pigeons. Jesus is cleansing the house of greed and other kinds of robbery, of the poor and gentile, Jesus quoting Isiah 56:7, a house of prayer for all the nations, and adding the trespasses of the people with a refence to Jeramiah 7:11. This house has become a den of robbers… (Jesus clesens the idolatry of money and exlusion). – In other words, Jesus is not making friends with everyone, saying he is God, upsetting the finical system set up in the temple and calling the people a bunch of robbers.

And Jesus goes on to show with power who he is by healing the blind and the lame, then all will be rejoicing, the king have come… But not all, the people that Jesus cast out, turned over the tables, and the chief priests and scribes, that was supposed to know and be experts in the OT. They saw as Matthew writes the wonderful things that Jesus did, and how the children were also crying out in the temple, Hosanna (save us pleas) to the son of David, the coming king. They were very visible mad, and confront Jesus, Do you hear what they are saying? Jesus as he has done many times (4) asks if they have not read the scripture? Out of the mouth of infants and nursing babies you have prepared praise? Psalm 8, have you not song that? That song is about me… You can sing along… I know you know it… I am God… come to my house… I just opened the eyes of the blind and healed the lame, restored, people to worship you have made in to a marked place and thrown people outside…

Matthew does not record anymore, from the temple, but Jesus leaves them (scribes and cfp) and goes out of the city and loge ant Bethany.

Hmm… Well, it all started as a great celebration, shouting, palms and shouts of the coming king, he comes to the temple and cleans it out, heals the blind and lame, and confront the leaders… not backing down that he is who he is… and the scriptures are being fulfilled. But then Jesus leaves… Well, that does not seem to be so kingly and savior-ish. But we will have to wait and see.

If I was one of the disciples, I think I would be confused, why don’t you set up your kingdom Jesus.

What about you? How do you respond to Matthew’s account to all Jesus clams to be the Messiah, the Lord God the Holy one?

I know there is many things going on, a lot of scripture is being for filled, what is it that Matthew is wanting us to hear?

What was about Jesus were you reminded about? Or even challenged about?

Jesus knew the future, about the donkey, what does that mean for you? Frustration, that he knows but does not tell you, or joy and gladness that he knows, and it is in his hand and not mine. (He is God not me).

Jesus picks a donkey, normally Jesus walks everywhere, as one commentator wrote this is the only thing Jesus ever road. What does that mean about Jesus humble? Peace? But on the other hand, he lets the people cry out that he is the son of David, and that he should save them. What about you did or do you shout save me lord please? And what answer is given? (he in the story it will take time for salvation to come, you may be in the same situation, crying for salvation).

The people ask who is this? Jesus (God saves from) Nazareth? What do you say? And what does that mean for you today?

Jesus then goes to the temple, and turns tables over, drive people out that are profaning the temple, with greed and making it in to a marketplace. Jesus it not happy, it that even okay for Jesus to get mad? Do you know that Jesus does get mad? To get angry and take people things and overturn the tables and run them out of the temple? (Even whip?) Does that change the view of Jesus you have? If it dose on what way?

And after healing the blind and lame, who is this Jesus? Then Jesus said that the Psalm 8 was about the praise God had prepared for him, as the children cried out in the temple,

And then Jesus leaves…

But what about all my expectations? Salvation, kingship, come on Jesus! Act now… But as Luke recount about Jesus as a baby in the temple, Simeon had told Mary a sword will pierce you own soul, and many will fall, and rise… a light of revelation to the Gentiles and for glory to your people Israel, but now 30 years had passed… Ever fell like God is late? Why is this world still broken? Jesus you came, but the pain, suffering, injustice seems to be wining? Why are you not doing anything?

I did and I will, but I am patient, not wanting people to perish, recall I waited for you. It Jesus God?