KING ON A DONKEY??

Whoah!!  Just what is happening here?... (Matt 21)

Jesus the Messiah is entering His city Jerusalem – on a donkey mind you, and...it’s colt too!  Is this just to fulfil Zechariah’s prophecy?...                                            

“Tell ye the daughter of Zion, Behold, thy King cometh unto thee, meek and sitting upon an ass, and a colt the foal of an ass.”

Try doing that sometime...                                     
Enter a city, help yourself to a donkey just waiting there for you, then ride it AND its colt thru a tumultuous crowd, as they shout:                                          

“Hosanna to the Son of David: Blessed is he that cometh in the name of the Lord; Hosanna in the highest”

They recognise Jesus as ‘Son of David’ but straightaway call on Him to: ‘Hosanna: Save we pray!’                         
Is that ‘save us from our sins’ or ‘save us from the Romans’?

What a challenge! The rightful King of the Jews enters Jerusalem, now under the iron fist of the Roman Empire. Heavily armed soldiers loyal to Caesar are ready to put down any threat.

Does this King on His donkey start attacking the garrison?                         

No, He goes straight to the temple to take on the Jewish thieves then gets back to healing!