The King is coming

When friends or family come to visit, it can be an occasion. Visiting NFL players, musicians and others have recently graced Fort Greely with announcements and some heralding. The visit of Jesus of Nazareth to Jerusalem has an entirely deeper meaning to us even here, as he enters in humble means, and yet purposed to give his life away...

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John 12:1, 12

John 12:12 ESV

12 The next day the large crowd that had come to the feast heard that Jesus was coming to Jerusalem.

The story of the Triumphal entry of Jesus in all four gospels:

Matthew 21:1-17

Mark 11:1-11

Luke 19:29-40

John 12:12-19

The King who comes in the Name of the LORD - Mark 11:10 , Luke 19:38

Palm Sunday prophecy - Zechariah 9:9 “ Rejoice greatly, O daughter of Zion! Shout aloud, O daughter of Jerusalem! Behold, your king is coming to you; righteous and having salvation is he, humble and mounted on a donkey, on a colt, the foal of a donkey.”

At this event Jesus finally allows the people and His disciples to worship Him openly (thus showing proclamation he is truly the Son of God)

Luke 19:28–40 ESV

28 And when he had said these things, he went on ahead, going up to Jerusalem. 29 When he drew near to Bethphage and Bethany, at the mount that is called Olivet, he sent two of the disciples, 30 saying, “Go into the village in front of you, where on entering you will find a colt tied, on which no one has ever yet sat. Untie it and bring it here. 31 If anyone asks you, ‘Why are you untying it?’ you shall say this: ‘The Lord has need of it.’ ” 32 So those who were sent went away and found it just as he had told them. 33 And as they were untying the colt, its owners said to them, “Why are you untying the colt?” 34 And they said, “The Lord has need of it.” 35 And they brought it to Jesus, and throwing their cloaks on the colt, they set Jesus on it. 36 And as he rode along, they spread their cloaks on the road. 37 As he was drawing near—already on the way down the Mount of Olives—the whole multitude of his disciples began to rejoice and praise God with a loud voice for all the mighty works that they had seen, 38 saying, “Blessed is the King who comes in the name of the Lord! Peace in heaven and glory in the highest!” 39 And some of the Pharisees in the crowd said to him, “Teacher, rebuke your disciples.” 40 He answered, “I tell you, if these were silent, the very stones would cry out.”

No Hosanna in Luke

In Luke’s version of the triumphal entry, after saying “blessed is the King who comes in the name of the Lord” he says “Peace in Heaven and glory in the highest!” Luke is the only one who does not say “Hosanna!”.

Hosanna means “Save us”, or “Save us now!”, which is indicative of the mood of the oppressed and burdened Israelites. Luke however who was transcribing the events includes a familiar theme from the angel nativity visit, asking for peace and God’s glory to come.

Jesus asks first to enter humbly

He is the King of Kings, and yet humbly allows us to accept Him as Saviour first (while there is time before His second coming).

Romans 10:9 “ because, if you confess with your mouth that Jesus is Lord and believe in your heart that God raised him from the dead, you will be saved.”

Romans 3:23-24 “ for all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God, 24 and are justified by his grace as a gift, through the redemption that is in Christ Jesus,”

John 14:5-6 “ Thomas said to him, “Lord, we do not know where you are going. How can we know the way?” 6 Jesus said to him, “I am the way, and the truth, and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me.”

Acts 4:10-12 “ let it be known to all of you and to all the people of Israel that by the name of Jesus Christ of Nazareth, whom you crucified, whom God raised from the dead—by him this man is standing before you well. 11 This Jesus is the stone that was rejected by you, the builders, which has become the cornerstone. 12 And there is salvation in no one else, for there is no other name under heaven given among men by which we must be saved.””

Of the many gates of Jerusalem, the eastern gate, the “Golden gate” or the Beautiful gate (Acts 3:2) is of note where Jesus entered the city. Some quote it may be the prophesied gate where the reigning Messiah is to come again. It is the oldest gate and the one that leads directly to the temple mount.

However, “the “gate facing east” that Ezekiel describes is different from the Eastern Gate visible today in the old wall of Jerusalem. The current (sealed) gate did not exist at the time of Christ, so the Lord never entered it. The location of the earlier Eastern Gate (the one Jesus entered) is below present-day ground level, and it does not agree with the detailed description of the future temple complex as given in Ezekiel chapters 40–42.1 Ezekiel 40

https://www.gotquestions.org/eastern-gate-Jerusalem.html

Faithlife Study Bible Chapter 19

19:29 Bethphage and Bethany Villages on the outskirts of Jerusalem.

Mount of Olives The location has prophetic connotations. In the book of Zechariah, the Mount of Olives (on the east side of Jerusalem) is identified as the place where God will take His stand in battle against those who attack His people (Zech 14:4).

Jesus will come again to reign as King

When Christ comes again he comes in judgement and to reign and call all unto Himself. 1 Thess 4:16 “16 For the Lord himself will descend from heaven with a cry of command, with the voice of an archangel, and with the sound of the trumpet of God. And the dead in Christ will rise first.”

Matthew 16:27 “ For the Son of Man is going to come with his angels in the glory of his Father, and then he will repay each person according to what he has done.”

Revelation 1:7 “ Behold, he is coming with the clouds, and every eye will see him, even those who pierced him, and all tribes of the earth will wail on account of him. Even so. Amen.”

Hebrews 9:28 “so Christ, having been offered once to bear the sins of many, will appear a second time, not to deal with sin but to save those who are eagerly waiting for him.”

John 6:39-40 “ And this is the will of him who sent me, that I should lose nothing of all that he has given me, but raise it up on the last day. 40 For this is the will of my Father, that everyone who looks on the Son and believes in him should have eternal life, and I will raise him up on the last day.””

John 14:1-3 “Let not your hearts be troubled. Believe in God; believe also in me. 2 In my Father’s house are many rooms. If it were not so, would I have told you that I go to prepare a place for you? 3 And if I go and prepare a place for you, I will come again and will take you to myself, that where I am you may be also.”