Fw: humble entrance

Zechariah 9:

9 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.

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Mark 11:7 And they brought the colt to Jesus and threw their cloaks on it, and he sat on it. 8 And many spread their cloaks on the road, and others spread leafy branches that they had cut from the fields. 9 And those who went before and those who followed were shouting, "Hosanna! Blessed is he who comes in the name of the Lord!10 Blessed is the coming kingdom of our father David! Hosanna in the highest!"

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When Jesus entered Jerusalem, the holy city where the temple was located and the great feasts were celebrated, he came riding on the humblest of creatures, a young donkey.  His entrance was foretold in the book of Zechariah (written several hundred years earlier).  It's interesting that the people recognized him as Messiah, the one who would bring in the eternal kingdom.

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The Hebrew word "hoshi'a na," is translated as 'hosanna' in Greek and kept there for the English as well.  This word means "Save us...please!".  And "Hosanna in the highest" means 'Save us for the Kingdom of Heaven'.

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It is interesting that every time the crowds have gathered around Jesus before this they have clamored for healing and for food.  But now He is truly recognized as the One who can deliver...who can save.  And He comes humbly into their city to do just that.

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Have you experienced the Jesus who feeds you and, perhaps, heals you?  Have you come to recognize Him as the one who rides humbly into your life to save you?  Will you cry out, "Lord, save me...please" as He comes to you?  His very presence prompts the question.

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blessings!

Rob Smith

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"Death is inevitable.  Life is a choice!"

John 11:25

Jesus said to her, "I am the resurrection and the life. Whoever believes in me, though he die, yet shall he live."