Rejoice While Rebuilding

Context

Palm Sunday

To Be Whole Again

2 Timelines

Prophecy in Context

Prophecy Fulfilled

Revelation

Zechariah 9:9 CSB

9 Rejoice greatly, Daughter Zion! Shout in triumph, Daughter Jerusalem! Look, your King is coming to you; he is righteous and victorious, humble and riding on a donkey, on a colt, the foal of a donkey.

1. Rejoice In Frustrations - v.9ab & Series Context

2. Rejoice In Futures - v.9cd & Chapter Context

3. Rejoice In Fulfillments - v.9ef

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Matthew 21:1–11 CSB

1 When they approached Jerusalem and came to Bethphage at the Mount of Olives, Jesus then sent two disciples, 2 telling them, “Go into the village ahead of you. At once you will find a donkey tied there with her colt. Untie them and bring them to me. 3 If anyone says anything to you, say that the Lord needs them, and he will send them at once.” 4 This took place so that what was spoken through the prophet might be fulfilled: 5 Tell Daughter Zion, “See, your King is coming to you, gentle, and mounted on a donkey, and on a colt, the foal of a donkey.” 6 The disciples went and did just as Jesus directed them. 7 They brought the donkey and the colt; then they laid their clothes on them, and he sat on them. 8 A very large crowd spread their clothes on the road; others were cutting branches from the trees and spreading them on the road. 9 Then the crowds who went ahead of him and those who followed shouted: Hosanna to the Son of David! Blessed is he who comes in the name of the Lord! Hosanna in the highest heaven! 10 When he entered Jerusalem, the whole city was in an uproar, saying, “Who is this?” 11 The crowds were saying, “This is the prophet Jesus from Nazareth in Galilee.”

Frustrations -

The coming week would boast the greatest frustrations in all of history when compared with this Sunday (Palm Sunday)

Futures -

The picture of the triumphal entry points us to the coming triumphal reign of Christ!

For as surely as He followed through on the promise of Zechariah to come first to redeem from from sin while riding on a donkey,

then surely He will follow through to return in glory and bring about the final restoration of His people of His people and the end of all things!

Fulfillments -

And that is why we rejoice in fulfillments such as this

Something as small of a difference between a horse and a donkey when compared to the Almighty, All-powerful God -

is why we can trust when He says He will comfort us to such a small details as the Infinite God wiping away all our tears (Revelation).

Small fulfillments are not meaningless.