The King Is Coming

A Mountain Top Experience

Luke 19:28–31 NIV84

After Jesus had said this, he went on ahead, going up to Jerusalem. As he approached Bethphage and Bethany at the hill called the Mount of Olives, he sent two of his disciples, saying to them, “Go to the village ahead of you, and as you enter it, you will find a colt tied there, which no one has ever ridden. Untie it and bring it here. If anyone asks you, ‘Why are you untying it?’ tell him, ‘The Lord needs it.’ ”

2 Samuel 15:30 NIV84

But David continued up the Mount of Olives, weeping as he went; his head was covered and he was barefoot. All the people with him covered their heads too and were weeping as they went up.

Zechariah 14:4 NIV84

On that day his feet will stand on the Mount of Olives, east of Jerusalem, and the Mount of Olives will be split in two from east to west, forming a great valley, with half of the mountain moving north and half moving south.

Matthew 24:3 NIV84

As Jesus was sitting on the Mount of Olives, the disciples came to him privately. “Tell us,” they said, “when will this happen, and what will be the sign of your coming and of the end of the age?”

Mark 13:3 NIV84

As Jesus was sitting on the Mount of Olives opposite the temple, Peter, James, John and Andrew asked him privately,

The forgotten servant

Luke 19:32–34 NIV84

Those who were sent ahead went and found it just as he had told them. As they were untying the colt, its owners asked them, “Why are you untying the colt?” They replied, “The Lord needs it.”

word for Lord here is “kurios” which means most powerful one, Master, Owner Lord of.

So they were saying that although he might own the colt the true master of it and indeed him wanted to make use of it.

Who doesn’t like a good parade?

Luke 19:35–38 NIV84

They brought it to Jesus, threw their cloaks on the colt and put Jesus on it. As he went along, people spread their cloaks on the road. When he came near the place where the road goes down the Mount of Olives, the whole crowd of disciples began joyfully to praise God in loud voices for all the miracles they had seen: “Blessed is the king who comes in the name of the Lord!” “Peace in heaven and glory in the highest!”

Luke Jesus Rides into Jerusalem on a Donkey / 19:28–44 / 183

Jesus had walked all the way from Galilee, so this switch to riding a colt the last mile into Jerusalem was a deliberate gesture, filled with meaning for the Jews. The specification that this be a colt that has never been ridden is significant in light of the ancient rule that only animals that had not been used for ordinary purposes were appropriate for sacred purposes (Numbers 19:2; Deuteronomy 21:3; 1 Samuel 6:7

Who was in that parade?

Luke 7: The widow and the ruler whose children were raised from death, the sinful adulteresses who Jesus blessed.Luke 18: The lepers healed from leprosy, The Little children, Blind Bartemaeus,

John 11: Mary, Martha & Lazarus, Jairus, Luke 19: Zacchaeus,

Maybe even Nicodemus and Joseph of Arimathea. etc, etc.

When You have your come to Jesus Moment, embrace it don’t reject it.

Luke 19:39–40 NIV84

Some of the Pharisees in the crowd said to Jesus, “Teacher, rebuke your disciples!” “I tell you,” he replied, “if they keep quiet, the stones will cry out.”

Luke Jesus Rides into Jerusalem on a Donkey / 19:28–44 / 183

THE STONES WILL CRY OUT

Jesus confronted these Pharisees who rejected his authority. They had political interests to protect, so any praising and confessing of Jesus as the Messiah threatened their position. Today, believers still face pressures that make them uncomfortable when they should witness for Jesus. If you truly know who Jesus is and love him as God’s true Messiah, speak out for him.

Open your eyes; Your come to Jesus Moment could be just around the bend.

Luke 19:41–44 NIV84

As he approached Jerusalem and saw the city, he wept over it and said, “If you, even you, had only known on this day what would bring you peace—but now it is hidden from your eyes. The days will come upon you when your enemies will build an embankment against you and encircle you and hem you in on every side. They will dash you to the ground, you and the children within your walls. They will not leave one stone on another, because you did not recognize the time of God’s coming to you.”

D.L. Moody told the story of his conversion this way: “When I was in Boston I used to attend a Sunday school class, and one day I recollect my teacher came around behind the counter of the shop I was at work in, and put his hand upon my shoulder, and talked to me about Christ and my soul. I had not felt that I had a soul till then. I said to myself, ‘This is a very strange thing. Here is a man who never saw me till lately, and he is weeping over my sins, and I never shed a tear about them.’ But I understand it now, and know what it is to have a passion for men’s souls and weep over their sins. I don’t remember what he said, but I can still feel the power of that man’s hand on my shoulder tonight.”

Have your ever heard, “The Eyes are the window to the heart”. It is based on

Luke 11:34–35 NIV84

Your eye is the lamp of your body. When your eyes are good, your whole body also is full of light. But when they are bad, your body also is full of darkness. See to it, then, that the light within you is not darkness.