The Triumphal Entry
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We are in this series Journey to the cross. Today begins the last week of Jesus life.
It has been forty days since we started this journey on Ash Wednesday.
We have been following Jesus through key events in his life and ministry.
We have seen the struggle the disciples had in misunderstanding Jesus as the Messiah.
He was the expected Messiah but not the Messiah they expected.
Today Jesus makes his way to the temple in preparation for the Passover.
1 And as they approached Jerusalem, at Bethphage and Bethany, near the Mount of Olives, He sent two of His disciples,
2 and said to them, “Go into the village opposite you, and immediately as you enter it you will find a colt tied there, on which no one has ever sat; untie it and bring it here.
3 And if anyone says to you, ‘Why are you doing this?’ say, ‘The Lord has need of it’; and immediately he will send it back here.”
4 They went away and found a colt tied at the door, outside in the street; and they untied it.
5 And some of the bystanders were saying to them, “What are you doing, untying the colt?”
6 And they told them just as Jesus had said, and they gave them permission.
7 They brought the colt to Jesus and put their cloaks on it; and He sat on it.
8 And many people spread their cloaks on the road, and others spread leafy branches which they had cut from the fields.
9 And those who went in front and those who followed were shouting: “Hosanna! Blessed is he who comes in the name of the Lord;
10 Blessed is the coming kingdom of our father David; Hosanna in the highest!”
11 And Jesus entered Jerusalem and came into the temple area; and after looking around at everything, He left for Bethany with the twelve, since it was already late.
Are you ready for the message God has for us today?
Cool let’s dig in!
The Location
The Location
I thought it was interesting that last week we look at the healing of Bartimaeus and today we move right into the next event in the book of Mark.
I love it when God does things like that!
Which means the context we have established is still in play when we get to verse 1 of chapter 11.
A great crowd of people gathered around Jesus following Him to Jerusalem.
Galileans, beggars, the marginalized, maybe even some of the teachers of the law.
Mark gives us the general location.
Bethpage — is a village near Jerusalem
Bethany — a familiar town
Home to Lazarus, Mary, and Martha
This has been a prominent village for most of Jesus ministry
Bethany is about 2 miles East of Jerusalem
Mount of Olives — This was a mountain also East of Jerusalem.
Had many olive groves
A significant mountain in the final events of Jesus life
Mt. of Olives is about 2,600 ft. above sea level
So Jesus is quite close to Jerusalem.
It also should come then as no surprise that when asking the disciples to get the colt, He may have arranged with the owner during one of His visits to the village.
Jesus Son of David
Jesus Son of David
Have you ever considered that for the first time in all the Gospels Jesus is ridding?
Normally from town to town Jesus walks, yet this time from Bethany to Jerusalem Jesus rides.
Why? Why now?
By ridding Jesus may have for the first time desired to be noticed.
How many times have we read Jesus saying my time is not yet come?
Or telling people he healed to tell no one?
Remember Bartimaeus declared Jesus to be “Son of David!”
Did you catch that Jesus did not correct Him?
It could be because of our passage today.
The Triumphal Entry is Jesus declaring Himself to be Messiah, serving as an end to all the secrecy on this subject save the formal sense of a verbal declaration.
This is the importance of this event in life of Jesus!
Jesus is Messiah!
Jesus is Messiah!
9 And those who went in front and those who followed were shouting: “Hosanna! Blessed is he who comes in the name of the Lord;
10 Blessed is the coming kingdom of our father David; Hosanna in the highest!”
The crowd openly declaring Jesus to be the fulfillment of all the promises of the house of David and the future King of Israel, who would save the people!
Again, Jesus is the expected Messiah, but not the Messiah they expected!
Hosanna! — Save now!, Save we pray!
Hosanna is a liturgical word used in Judaism and Christianity that means, save we pray!
The cry to save or help is primary whether addressed to a mortal, king, or deity!
Here it is all three!
The crowd is saying, “Save please, you who are in the highest heavens!”
Mark is silent, but the other accounts make it clear that Jesus is fulfilling two passages from the Old Testament:
25 Please, O Lord, do save us; Please, O Lord, do send prosperity!
26 Blessed is the one who comes in the name of the Lord; We have blessed you from the house of the Lord.
9 Rejoice greatly, daughter of Zion! Shout in triumph, daughter of Jerusalem! Behold, your king is coming to you; He is righteous and endowed with salvation, Humble, and mounted on a donkey, Even on a colt, the foal of a donkey.
There is also a connection to the blessing of Israel, before he died — Genesis 49:10
10 “The scepter will not depart from Judah, Nor the ruler’s staff from between his feet, Until Shiloh comes, And to him shall be the obedience of the peoples.
Thus by the time Mark wrote the cry of Hosanna was a cry of jubilation.
What the people were saying is Jesus is the Son of David, our long expected Messiah!
They celebrated this fact! Just imagine what this must have looked like!
Think of the parades we have for victors or war heroes and the ticker tape parades!
10 Blessed is the coming kingdom of our father David; Hosanna in the highest!”
By speaking these words, spreading the branches and their cloaks on the road these pilgrims were identifying Jesus as the Son of David, the one who will save them from Roman oppression!
Conclusion:
We will see that this will not go as the people had planned.
Working behind the scenes to end this are the Jewish leaders and teachers.
The prophecy is not going to be fulfilled the way the Rabbi’s have taught for over a millennium.
Jesus is their king, but He did not come to purge Israel from Roman domination.
He has come to purge Israel and all mankind from their sin!
They were expecting a physical, political, and military savior.
That is not the kingdom Jesus brought!
He brought and still brings salvation not just for the Jews, but for the whole world!
12 But as many as received Him, to them He gave the right to become children of God, to those who believe in His name,
I read in one commentary: “All things considered, the jubilant scene is more a vast misunderstanding or tragedy than a celebration, though it must always be remembered that God ordained it is a cause for joy, because Christ humbled Himself to save His people!” (Douglas Mangum)
The triumph of this event is found in Jesus Christ the Son of David!
Pray
walk to back Saying Blessing!