A TRIUMPHANT ENTRY (4)

Luke 19:28–29 NKJV

When He had said this, He went on ahead, going up to Jerusalem. And it came to pass, when He drew near to Bethphage and Bethany, at the mountain called Olivet, that He sent two of His disciples,

Luke 19:30–31 NKJV

saying, “Go into the village opposite you, where as you enter you will find a colt tied, on which no one has ever sat. Loose it and bring it here. And if anyone asks you, ‘Why are you loosing it?’ thus you shall say to him, ‘Because the Lord has need of it.’ ”

Luke 19:32–33 NKJV

So those who were sent went their way and found it just as He had said to them. But as they were loosing the colt, the owners of it said to them, “Why are you loosing the colt?”

Luke 19:34–35 NKJV

And they said, “The Lord has need of him.” Then they brought him to Jesus. And they threw their own clothes on the colt, and they set Jesus on him.

Luke 19:36–37 (NKJV)

And as He went, many spread their clothes on the road. Then, as He was now drawing near the descent of the Mount of Olives, the whole multitude of the disciples began to rejoice and praise God with a loud voice for all the mighty works they had seen,

Luke 19:38 (NKJV)

saying:

“ ‘Blessed is the King who comes in the name of the Lord!’Peace in heaven and glory in the highest!”

Zechariah 9:9 (NKJV)

“Rejoice greatly, O daughter of Zion! Shout, O daughter of Jerusalem! Behold, your King is coming to you; He is just and having salvation Lowly and riding on a donkey, A colt, the foal of a donkey.

Luke 19:39 NKJV

And some of the Pharisees called to Him from the crowd, “Teacher, rebuke Your disciples.”

Luke 19:40 NKJV

But He answered and said to them, “I tell you that if these should keep silent, the stones would immediately cry out.”

Luke 19:41–42 NKJV

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.

Luke 19:43–44 NKJV

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.”

Daniel 9:26 (NKJV)

“And after the sixty-two weeks Messiah shall be cut off, but not for Himself; And the people of the prince who is to come Shall destroy the city and the sanctuary. The end of it shall be with a flood, And till the end of the war desolations are determined.