Matthew 21:1-3
And when they drew nigh unto Jerusalem, and were come to Bethphage, unto the mount of Olives, then sent Jesus two disciples,
2 saying unto them, Go into the village over against you, and straightway ye shall find a donkey tied, and a colt with her: loose them, and bring them unto me.
3 And if any man say ought unto you, ye shall say, The Lord hath need of them; and straightway he will send them.
Matthew 21:4-5
4 All this was done, that it might be fulfilled which was spoken by the prophet, saying,
5 Tell ye the daughter of Sion, Behold, thy King cometh unto thee, meek, and sitting upon
Matthew 21:6-9
6And the disciples went, and did as Jesus commanded them,
7 and brought the donkey, and the colt, and put on them their clothes, and they set him thereon.
8 And a very great multitude spread their garments in the way; others cut down branches from the trees, and strawed them in the way.
9 And the multitudes that went before, and that followed, cried, saying, Hosanna to the Son of David:
Blessed is he that cometh in the name of the Lord; Hosanna in the highest.
Matthew 21:10-11
10 And when he was come into Jerusalem, all the city was moved, saying, Who is this?
11 And the multitude said, This is Jesus the prophet of Nazareth of Galilee
Isaiah 46:9-10
Remember the former things of old: I am God, and there is none else; I am God, there is none like me, declaring the end from the beginning, and from ancient times to the things that are not yet done, saying, My counsel shall stand, and I will do all my pleasure:
Isaiah 46:11
From the east I have summoned a ravenous bird a man to execute my counsel from a far country:
Yea, I have spoken it, I will also bring it to pass;
I have purposed it; I will also do it.
Palm Sunday’s Underlying Lesson
‘God Is Always in Control’
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The MESSAGE OF THE DONKEY.
Zechariah 9:9-10 ESV
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.
James in 3:18
Righteousness is sown in peace by them that make peace.
Zechariaha 9:10
10 I will cut off the chariot from Ephraim
and the war horse from Jerusalem; and the battle bow shall be cut off, and HE SHALL SPEAK PEACE TO THE NATIONS;
his rule shall be from sea to sea, and from the River to the ends of the earth.
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The METICULOUS DETAILS in the text.
Matthew 21 :1b-3
…Jesus sent two disciples,
2 saying unto them, Go into the village over against you, and straightway ye shall find a donkey tied, and a colt with her:
loose them and bring them unto me.
3 And if any man say ought unto you, ye shall say, The Lord hath need of them; and straightway he will send them.
Luke 19:32-34
32 And they that were sent went their way and found even as he had said unto them.
33 And as they were loosening the colt, the owners thereof said unto them, Why loose ye the colt?
34 And they said, The Lord hath need of him.
Matthew 21:6-11
6And the disciples went, and did as Jesus commanded them,
7 and brought the ass, and the colt, and put on them their clothes, and they set him thereon.
8 And a very great multitude spread their garments in the way; others cut down branches from the trees, and strawed them in the way.
9 And the multitudes that went before, and that followed, cried, saying, Hosanna to the Son of David: Blessed is he that cometh in the name of the Lord; Hosanna in the highest.
10 And when he was come into Jerusalem, all the city was moved, saying, Who is this?
11 And the multitude said, This is Jesus the prophet of Nazareth of Galilee.
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The MYSTERIOUS DELAYS of his Earthly Kingdom.
Luke 17:20
20 And when he was demanded of the Pharisees, when the kingdom of God should come…
Luke 17:20b-21
…he answered them and said The kingdom of God cometh not with observation:
21 neither shall they say, Lo here! or, lo there! for, behold, the kingdom of God is within you.
Luke 17:24-25
24 For as the lightning, that lighteneth out of the one part under heaven, shineth unto the
other part under heaven; so shall also the Son of man be in his day.
25 BUT FIRST must he suffer many things, and be rejected of this generation