The King Comes!
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Hosanna, means, “save now, help now, or save we pray thee.” It’s roots are in Psalm 118:25
Lord, save us! Lord, grant us success!
This Psalm was one of the psalms sung by the Jews as they approached Jerusalem for the feast of Passover. It is a Psalm which looks forward to the Davidic King, the descendent of David whom the Lord has promised to Israel through the prophets; the king who would establish the eternal kingdom.
Hosanna, Visit, Redeem, Kingdom
Hosanna, Visit, Redeem, Kingdom
Lord, save us! It was the recognition of a people that knew things were not as they should be. It was the cry and hopeful expectation that God would act, that He would again, visit his people and fulfill His promise to redeem them, and establish his kingdom.
These are the themes of that day when Christ entered into Jerusalem before His death and resurrection. They are themes found throughout the scripture, and themes we still hold in our hearts today.
Let’s read the account of Jesus’ coming to Jerusalem from the gospels.
As they approached Jerusalem and came to Bethphage and Bethany at the Mount of Olives, Jesus sent two of his disciples,
saying to them, “Go to the village ahead of you, and just 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 doing this?’ say, ‘The Lord needs it and will send it back here shortly.’ ”
I was afraid of you, because you are a hard man. You take out what you did not put in and reap what you did not sow.’
“His master replied, ‘I will judge you by your own words, you wicked servant! You knew, did you, that I am a hard man, taking out what I did not put in, and reaping what I did not sow?
Why then didn’t you put my money on deposit, so that when I came back, I could have collected it with interest?’
“Then he said to those standing by, ‘Take his mina away from him and give it to the one who has ten minas.’
“ ‘Sir,’ they said, ‘he already has ten!’
“He replied, ‘I tell you that to everyone who has, more will be given, but as for the one who has nothing, even what they have will be taken away.
But those enemies of mine who did not want me to be king over them—bring them here and kill them in front of me.’ ”
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?’ say, ‘The Lord needs it.’ ”
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.”
They brought it to Jesus, threw their cloaks on the colt and put Jesus on it.
The crowds that went ahead of him and those that followed shouted, “Hosanna to the Son of David!” “Blessed is he who comes in the name of the Lord!” “Hosanna in the highest heaven!”
“Blessed is the coming kingdom of our father David!” “Hosanna in the highest heaven!”
This took place to fulfill what was spoken through the prophet:
“Say to Daughter Zion, ‘See, your king comes to you, gentle and riding on a donkey, and on a colt, the foal of a donkey.’ ”
At first his disciples did not understand all this. Only after Jesus was glorified did they realize that these things had been written about him and that these things had been done to him.
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.”
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.”
When Jesus entered Jerusalem, the whole city was stirred and asked, “Who is this?”
The crowds answered, “This is Jesus, the prophet from Nazareth in Galilee.”
Jesus entered Jerusalem and went into the temple courts. He looked around at everything, but since it was already late, he went out to Bethany with the Twelve.
The next day as they were leaving Bethany, Jesus was hungry.
Seeing in the distance a fig tree in leaf, he went to find out if it had any fruit. When he reached it, he found nothing but leaves, because it was not the season for figs.
Then he said to the tree, “May no one ever eat fruit from you again.” And his disciples heard him say it.
On reaching Jerusalem, Jesus entered the temple courts and began driving out those who were buying and selling there. He overturned the tables of the money changers and the benches of those selling doves,
and would not allow anyone to carry merchandise through the temple courts.
And as he taught them, he said, “Is it not written: ‘My house will be called a house of prayer for all nations’? But you have made it ‘a den of robbers.’”
The blind and the lame came to him at the temple, and he healed them.
But when the chief priests and the teachers of the law saw the wonderful things he did and the children shouting in the temple courts, “Hosanna to the Son of David,” they were indignant.
“Do you hear what these children are saying?” they asked him. “Yes,” replied Jesus, “have you never read, “ ‘From the lips of children and infants you, Lord, have called forth your praise’?”
And he left them and went out of the city to Bethany, where he spent the night.
The Kingdom Focus
The Kingdom Focus
Much of what we see happening as Jesus comes to Jerusalem, and on that first day in Jerusalem when Jesus cleared the temple courtyard has to do with the Kingdom of God, and Jesus coming as the King.
What is really interested is that in the four accounts of Jesus’ life, the four gospels, only a few aspects of his ministry are found in all four of the gospels.
Those four aspects found in all four of the gospels are:
The beginning - “The Kingdom is near”
The beginning - “The Kingdom is near”
The beginning of Jesus’ ministry in Galilee, and Jesus’ emphasis of teaching about the kingdom. Matthew 4.12-17; Mark 1:14-15; Luke 4.16-21, 43; John 1:43, 3:3.
Jesus’ overall message was,
“The time has come,” he said. “The kingdom of God has come near. Repent and believe the good news!”
Jesus replied, “Very truly I tell you, no one can see the kingdom of God unless they are born again.”
The feeding of the 5000
The feeding of the 5000
The next aspect of Jesus’ ministry found in all four gospel accounts, is the feeding of the 5000.
As John records it for us,
After the people saw the sign Jesus performed, they began to say, “Surely this is the Prophet who is to come into the world.”
Jesus, knowing that they intended to come and make him king by force, withdrew again to a mountain by himself.
The Triumphal Entry and Cleansing of the Temple
The Triumphal Entry and Cleansing of the Temple
The next aspects found in all four gospels are the triumphal entry and cleansing of the temple.
Hosanna
Hosanna
at both the triumphal entry and the at the cleansing we see the cry, “Hosanna.”
The crowds that went ahead of him and those that followed shouted, “Hosanna to the Son of David!” “Blessed is he who comes in the name of the Lord!” “Hosanna in the highest heaven!”
The blind and the lame came to him at the temple, and he healed them.
But when the chief priests and the teachers of the law saw the wonderful things he did and the children shouting in the temple courts, “Hosanna to the Son of David,” they were indignant.
The Death and Resurrection
The Death and Resurrection
The final aspect found in all four gospels is Jesus death and resurrection.
Jesus replied, “Very truly I tell you, no one can see the kingdom of God unless they are born again.”
Visitation and Redemption
Visitation and Redemption
The concept of God visiting His people is closely tied with Redemption throughout the scriptures.
Go and gather the elders of Israel together, and say to them, ‘The Lord God of your fathers, the God of Abraham, of Isaac, and of Jacob, appeared to me, saying, “I have surely visited you and seen what is done to you in Egypt;
Then she arose with her daughters-in-law that she might return from the country of Moab, for she had heard in the country of Moab that the Lord had visited His people by giving them bread.
And the Lord visited Hannah, so that she conceived and bore three sons and two daughters. Meanwhile the child Samuel grew before the Lord.
“Blessed is the Lord God of Israel, For He has visited and redeemed His people,
Then fear came upon all, and they glorified God, saying, “A great prophet has risen up among us”; and, “God has visited His people.”
Now as He drew near, He saw the city and wept over it,
saying, “If you had known, even you, especially in this your day, the things that make for your peace! But now they are hidden from your eyes.
For days will come upon you when your enemies will build an embankment around you, surround you and close you in on every side,
and level you, and your children within you, to the ground; and they will not leave in you one stone upon another, because you did not know the time of your visitation.”
What about me?
What about me?
Do I recognize God’s visitation? His coming to my aid to redeem me?
Do I praise Him as I ought? Hosanna! God Save!
Do I look forward to the coming Kingdom as I should?
The kingdom is coming. We will be gathered around the throne and worshipping our King!
After this I looked, and there before me was a great multitude that no one could count, from every nation, tribe, people and language, standing before the throne and before the Lamb. They were wearing white robes and were holding palm branches in their hands.
And they cried out in a loud voice: “Salvation belongs to our God, who sits on the throne, and to the Lamb.”
All the angels were standing around the throne and around the elders and the four living creatures. They fell down on their faces before the throne and worshiped God,