Entry of the Triumphant King
John 12:12-19
Have you ever thought about the triumphal entry recorded in John 12:12-19? I imagine what it must have looked like from the perspective of the Jews who have gathered in Jerusalem for the Feast of the Passover.
As you and your family are preparing for the feast, you hear a commotion outside the city. You look out at the flock of sacrificial lambs being brought into the city and riding on a donkey in the midst of the flock is Jesus. Your mind immediately turns to the prophecy in Psalm 118:25-29:
The next thing you know is you are running out to meet Him on the way with the words of Zechariah 9:9 on your mind and heart: “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.”
This is the moment that your people have waited on for so many centuries. You lift up your voice and shout and praise Him as He rides into the city of Zion as a conquering and triumphant King. This is a moment of rapture for the people of God.
Are you longing for this triumphant King to come again? Do you look for the day of His coming? This Holy Week should be a time for all of us to reflect on Christ’s first coming and look forward to His second coming.
I want us all to join in the chorus of the ultimate triumphal entry as recorded in Revelation 7:9-12:
“After this I looked, and behold, a great multitude that no one could number, from every nation, from all tribes and peoples and languages, standing before the throne and before the Lamb, clothed in white robes, with palm branches in their hands, and crying out with a loud voice, 'Salvation belongs to our God who sits on the throne, and to the Lamb!' And all the angels were standing around the throne and around the elders and the four living creatures, and they fell on their faces before the throne and worshiped God, saying, 'Amen! Blessing and glory and wisdom and thanksgiving and honor and power and might be to our God forever and ever! Amen.'”
As you and your family are preparing for the feast, you hear a commotion outside the city. You look out at the flock of sacrificial lambs being brought into the city and riding on a donkey in the midst of the flock is Jesus. Your mind immediately turns to the prophecy in Psalm 118:25-29:
“Save us, we pray, O LORD! O LORD, we pray, give us success! Blessed is He who comes in the name of the Lord! We bless You from the house of the LORD. The LORD is God, and He has made His light shine upon us. Bind the festal sacrifice with cords, up to the horns of the altar! You are my God, and I will give thanks to You; You are my God; I will extol You. Oh give thanks to the LORD, for He is good; for His steadfast love endures forever!”
The next thing you know is you are running out to meet Him on the way with the words of Zechariah 9:9 on your mind and heart: “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.”
This is the moment that your people have waited on for so many centuries. You lift up your voice and shout and praise Him as He rides into the city of Zion as a conquering and triumphant King. This is a moment of rapture for the people of God.
Are you longing for this triumphant King to come again? Do you look for the day of His coming? This Holy Week should be a time for all of us to reflect on Christ’s first coming and look forward to His second coming.
I want us all to join in the chorus of the ultimate triumphal entry as recorded in Revelation 7:9-12:
“After this I looked, and behold, a great multitude that no one could number, from every nation, from all tribes and peoples and languages, standing before the throne and before the Lamb, clothed in white robes, with palm branches in their hands, and crying out with a loud voice, 'Salvation belongs to our God who sits on the throne, and to the Lamb!' And all the angels were standing around the throne and around the elders and the four living creatures, and they fell on their faces before the throne and worshiped God, saying, 'Amen! Blessing and glory and wisdom and thanksgiving and honor and power and might be to our God forever and ever! Amen.'”
Prayer: Ask the Lord to cause your heart to rejoice in his first coming which saved you and his second coming that will fully deliver you into his eternal Kingdom.
Song: “O Worship the King” Hymns of Grace #135