Weeping at Arrival
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Matthew 21:1-11, Luke 19:39-44
Matthew 21:1-11, Luke 19:39-44
When they had approached Jerusalem and had come to Bethphage, at the Mount of Olives, then Jesus sent two disciples,
saying to them, “Go into the village opposite you, and immediately you will find a donkey tied there and a colt with her; untie them and bring them to Me.
“If anyone says anything to you, you shall say, ‘The Lord has need of them,’ and immediately he will send them.”
This took place to fulfill what was spoken through the prophet:
“Say to the daughter of Zion, ‘Behold your King is coming to you, Gentle, and mounted on a donkey, Even on a colt, the foal of a beast of burden.’ ”
The disciples went and did just as Jesus had instructed them,
and brought the donkey and the colt, and laid their coats on them; and He sat on the coats.
Most of the crowd spread their coats in the road, and others were cutting branches from the trees and spreading them in the road.
The crowds going ahead of Him, and those who followed, were shouting, “Hosanna to the Son of David; Blessed is He who comes in the name of the Lord; Hosanna in the highest!”
Some of the Pharisees in the crowd said to Him, “Teacher, rebuke Your disciples.”
But Jesus answered, “I tell you, if these become silent, the stones will cry out!”
When He approached Jerusalem, He saw the city and wept over it,
saying, “If you had known in this day, even you, the things which make for peace! But now they have been hidden from your eyes.
“For the days will come upon you when your enemies will throw up a barricade against you, and surround you and hem you in on every side,
and they will level you to the ground and your children within you, and they will not leave in you one stone upon another, because you did not recognize the time of your visitation.”
When He had entered Jerusalem, all the city was stirred, saying, “Who is this?”
And the crowds were saying, “This is the prophet Jesus, from Nazareth in Galilee.”
The Mount of Olives
Since the time of David it has also been used as a graveyard, with over 150,000 tombstones since the 15th century, and unknown more 2,500 years before.
2 Samuel 15:27
2 Samuel 15:32 - Where God was Worshipped
Luke 19:37 - The whole crowd praised God
Luke 22:39 - Jesus’ custom was to go to the Garden of Gethsemane
Acts 1 - Jesus ascended for the final time from the Mount of Olives
Zechariah 14:4
Jesus taught of the end and His return here
The Garden of Gethsemane was located at the base of the Mount of Olives
A Humble Donkey
Not Chariots and Horses
Behold, the Lord has proclaimed to the end of the earth, Say to the daughter of Zion, “Lo, your salvation comes; Behold His reward is with Him, and His recompense before Him.
Rejoice greatly, O daughter of Zion! Shout in triumph, O daughter of Jerusalem! Behold, your king is coming to you; He is just and endowed with salvation, Humble, and mounted on a donkey, Even on a colt, the foal of a donkey.
The Carpet
A processional
The King
“Behold, the days are coming,” declares the Lord, “When I will raise up for David a righteous Branch; And He will reign as king and act wisely And do justice and righteousness in the land.
“In His days Judah will be saved, And Israel will dwell securely; And this is His name by which He will be called, ‘The Lord our righteousness.’
The Rocks Will Cry Out
Praise in unavoidable. You can’t stop it. All of creation groans for the One True King.
A crowd publicly celebrating
Religious leaders trying to control it
Jesus Christ refusing to silence it
Why would he say that?
It’s almost like he’s saying—this isn’t hype or noise. This is something so real that even if people stopped, creation itself would speak.
The Culture
“Truth is subjective”
“Belief is just personal preference”
“Religion is a private, optional perspective”
That’s a very different view than the idea that truth is just personal. This sounds more like—truth exists independently of us, and we either recognize it or resist it.
Jesus Weeps
