The Triumphal Entry

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Title: The Triumphal Entry
Keywords: “triumphal entry”
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Passage: Mark 11:1-11*

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 yet has ever sat; untie it and bring it [here.]

3. "And if anyone says to you, 'Why are you doing this?' you say, 'The Lord has need of it'; and immediately he will send it back here."

4. And 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 spoke to them just as Jesus had told [them,] and they gave them permission.

7. And they brought the colt to Jesus and put their garments on it; and He sat upon it.

8. And many spread their garments in the road, and others [spread] leafy branches which they had cut from the fields.

9. And those who went before, and those who followed after, were crying out, "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 He entered Jerusalem [and came] into the temple; and after looking all around, He departed for Bethany with the twelve, since it was already late.

Questions

1. Why would this event have angered the leaders in Jerusalem?

 

2. In verse 10, the people are talking about David. What was their hope?

 

Practical help

At the beginning of the gospel of John, the relationship of Jesus to the world is described this way: “He was in the world, and the world was made through Him, and the world did not know Him. He came to His own, and those who were His own did not receive Him. But as many as received Him, to them He gave the right to become children of God, [even] to those who believe in His name, who were born not of blood, nor of the will of the flesh, nor of the will of man, but of God.” [John 1:10-13.]

Knowing that in a few days Jesus would be betrayed by one of his own men and given over to the officials of his own nation to be tried and then executed, he orders two of his disciples to bring him a donkey’s wild colt to ride upon. The riding on this little animal symbolized his connection with King David and identified him clearly as claiming to be the Messiah — the One who would come and deliver the children of Israel from their captivity. What they could not understand was that he came to deliver them (and all of mankind) from the captivity of sin and death, not from the domination of a gentile government.

As you sit before your computer today, with the temptations to visit porn swirling around you, or the shame of past failure sticking you in your gut, see Jesus willingly riding this little animal into the jaws of death — for you. He did it to deliver you from the shackles of sin and death and the bondage of guilt and shame.

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*"Scripture taken from the NEW AMERICAN STANDARD BIBLE®, © Copyright The Lockman Foundation 1960, 1962, 1963, 1968, 1971, 1972, 1973, 1975, 1977, 1995. Used by permission."