ONE MAN ON A DONKEY

Jerusalem is packed with thousands of Jews in a frenzy of excitement...
Why?...what’s so special about this Passover?          (John 12:12-)                      

Ever since the angel Gabriel promised the coming of the Messiah to Daniel in Babylon they have been waiting for this momentous event - 483 long years without their true King.
(What else did the angel say to Daniel?... “Messiah shall be cut off but not for Himself” )                                                          

Here He comes at last!... He may be a carpenter from Galilee but Jesus has miraculous power... even over death!...so He’ll do as King.  What a humble entry though... on a young donkey, just as Zechariah prophesied 500 years ago.                            

What’s that they’re shouting?                        
"Hosanna”   (from Hebrew: ‘yasha – na’)   
‘Save - I pray’??                                          

One Man on a donkey... greeted with palm branches... to deliver them from the Roman army??   How ridiculous!... He’s so peaceful He even has control over a donkey colt!  He’s hardly a worry for the Roman army - it’s staying in the background. Meanwhile the Pharisees feel frustrated, the Greek visitors are curious...              

Now they're shouting: “Blessed is the King of Israel that cometh in the name of the Lord”                           

Well, He is King but they still don’t realize who this Man really is.                    

Watch how quickly the reception cools as He identifies as the lonely ‘corn of wheat’ that must die...and as the ‘Son of Man’ who must be lifted up.                            

“...lifted up?  Who is this ‘Son of Man’?”

Even though the Father publicly endorses Him from heaven, no longer does Jesus identify as Son of God – He is Son of Man with right of judgment and universal dominion!...but first he must be lifted up.                                                 

That's right...lifted up 

Yes, Jesus has come to die and His heart is set on ‘much fruit’... ‘all men’ – not just Israel!                                                                                                                                       

So who is this Man really?....NEXT
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