TRIUMPHAL
DONKEY RIDE
Third
of seven in Passion for Redemption
Parallel Bible Series
Zechariah
9:9, Matthew 21:1-10
Zechariah
9:9: “Rejoice greatly, O Daughter of
Zion! Shout, Daughter of Jerusalem! See, our king comes to you, righteous and
having salvation, gentle and riding on a donkey, on a colt, the foul of a
donkey.”
Matthew
21:8-9 “A very large crowd spread their cloaks on the road, while others cut
branches from the trees and spread them on the road. Those that went ahead of Him and those who
followed shouted, ‘Hosanna to the Son of David!
Blessed is he who comes in the name of the Lord! Hosanna in the highest!’”
How do you think you’d act if you knew everything that
will happen in your life? Jesus as the
Word of God (John 1:1), knows the Bible by heart. Now imagine that Jesus knew what Zechariah prophesied
centuries before the scene unfolded before His very eyes that is written in
Matthew 21:8-9. Jesus lived Déjà vu.
Déjà vu is French term that means “already seen”. (Or like when something happens that we swear
we've’ already lived before—but really haven’t). These parallel Bible series devotions are all
like that. Every devotion shows a New
Testament repeat of what’s already been written by different people in the Old
Testament. (Why it’s called a parallel
Bible series).
How do you think
Jesus felt when riding a donkey into Jerusalem the day we call Palm Sunday? What do you think was the expression Jesus
wore on His face? The crowd was cheering
for Him, singing and waving palm branches—even spreading them on the ground
where the donkey walked. Was Jesus
smiling? Was He waving at the crowd?
I think He was. People struggled for centuries trying to
understand God. So, Jesus laid aside His
glory in heaven so He could come to earth as a human being. He was and will always be God. Yet, He lived the life of a human being
because He loves us so much.
We “see” the love of God on Jesus’ face when He chose and
taught His disciples. We “hear” how
Jesus spoke to His disciples and many others.
We try to copy Jesus’ having lived a sinless life. Those action words are in italics because if
we use our imagination, we’re with Jesus as we read the New Testament.
Take
Home Nugget
There’s a reason for
repeating what the prophets said and Jesus living in the New Testament. Again, it’s for God’s love for us. We’re living in the New Covenant of grace
that Jesus ushered in by His death on the cross (Luke 22:20).
Jesus’ triumphal ride so long ago was so
that we can live triumphantly in His grace today.
J.D.
Griffith
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