The Triumphal Entry of Jesus into Jerusalem MATTHEW 21 (NLT) 1 As Jesus and the disciples approached Jerusalem, they came to the town of Bethpage on the Mount of Olives. Jesus sent two of them on ahead. 2 “Go into the village over there,” he said. “As soon as you enter it, you will see a donkey tied there, with its colt beside it. Untie them and bring them to me.

The Triumphal Entry of Jesus into Jerusalem MATTHEW 21 (NLT)  3 If anyone asks what you are doing, just say, ‘The Lord needs them,’ and he will immediately let you take them.” 4 This took place to fulfill the prophecy that said,

The Triumphal Entry of Jesus into Jerusalem MATTHEW 21 (NLT) 5 “Tell the people of Jerusalem, 'Look, your King is coming to you. He is humble, riding on a donkey —  riding on a donkey’s colt.’” 6 The two disciples did as Jesus commanded. 

The Triumphal Entry of Jesus into Jerusalem MATTHEW 21 (NLT) 7 They brought the donkey and the colt to him and threw their garments over the colt, and he sat on it. 8 Most of the crowd spread their garments on the road ahead of him, and others cut branches from the trees and spread them on the road. 

The Triumphal Entry of Jesus into Jerusalem MATTHEW 21 (NLT) 9 Jesus was in the center of the procession, and the people all around him were shouting, “Praise God (Hosanna) for the Son of David! Blessings on the one who comes in the name of the Lord! Praise God in highest heaven!”

Romans 1:16 (NASB) For I am not ashamed of the gospel, for it is the power of God for salvation to everyone who believes, to the Jew first and also to the Greek.

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A Covenant Relationship With God

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PASSOVER

Passover Lamb John 1:29 The next day he saw Jesus coming to him and said, "Behold, the Lamb of God who takes away the sin of the world 1 Corinthians 5:7 Clean out the old leaven so that you may be a new lump, just as you are in fact unleavened. For Christ our Passover also has been sacrificed.

The Promised Messiah/ God Man Almost a millennium and a half prior to the birth of Jesus, God began to give His people an enormous amount of specific information about Jesus’ life and ministry.

The Promised Messiah/ God Man In his Encyclopedia of Biblical Prophecy, J. Barton Payne itemized 127 Messianic predictions involving more than 3,000 Bible verses, with a remarkable 574 verses referring directly to a personal Messiah! My book The Messiah in the Old Testament examined 65 direct prophecies about the Messiah. These incredible promises formed one of the most central themes of the Old Testament: the coming Messiah.

The Passion Week (Feasts) PASSOVER - a commemoration of their liberation by God from slavery in Egypt and their freedom as a nation under the leadership of Moses (One day during Feast of Unleaven Bread)

The Passion Week (Feasts) UNLEAVEN BREAD - removal of the yeast that represents sin First Fruits - The day after the Sabbath we are told to bring the “first fruits” of the harvest (the first ripe barley in the field) and raise it as a wave offering; this is the Feast (or Day) of First Fruits.

The Passion Week (Feasts) 1 Corinthians 15:23 But each in his own turn: Christ the firstfruits; then at His coming, those who belong to Him.

The Passion Week (Feasts) Let’s set up this event: Time of great celebration a time when Jews would have traveled from all over to be a part of this feast Larger than usual crowds

The Passion Week (Feasts) The news of Jesus and his 3-and-a-half-year ministry was a buzz The news of Lazarus being raised from the dead Jesus knowing He had one week remaining Messianic Prophecies to be fulfilled

Humble King riding a Donkey Zechariah 9:9 “Rejoice greatly… O daughter of Jerusalem! Behold, your King is coming to you; He is just and having salvation, lowly and riding on a donkey…

Humble King riding a Donkey Matthew 21:5 ”Tell the people of Jerusalem, 'Look, your King is coming to you. He is humble, riding on a donkey — riding on a donkey’s colt.’”

Zechariah 9 Zechariah 9:8 I will camp around My house because of the army, because of him who passes by… No more shall an oppressor pass through them, for now I have seen with My eyes.

Zechariah 9 The Lord will camp around Israel with angels, especially in the end-time conflicts. This prophecy will not be completely fulfilled until Jesus returns, when “no more” shall an oppressor pass through Israel. The Lord will watch over Israel even as “the army” of the Antichrist passes by.

Zechariah 9 10 I will cut off the chariot from Ephraim and the horse from Jerusalem; the battle bow shall be cut off. He shall speak peace to the nations; His dominion shall be… from the River to the ends of the earth.

Zechariah 9 Your King is coming: Israel’s Messiah was to come first on a donkey in humility (9:9). Daniel spoke of the Messiah as the Son of Man coming with the clouds to rule all nations

Zechariah 9 Daniel 7:13-14 13 One like the Son of Man coming with the clouds of heaven… 14 to Him was given dominion… Verse 9 was fulfilled at Jesus’ first coming by Jesus’ triumphal entry into Jerusalem on Palm Sunday (Mt. 25:5; Jn. 12:15). Verse 10 will be fulfilled at Jesus’ second coming.

Christ on a White Horse, not a donkey next time Revelation 19:11-12 (NKJV) 11 Now I saw heaven opened, and behold, a white horse. And He who sat on him was called Faithful and True, and in righteousness He judges and makes war. 12 His eyes were like a flame of fire, and on His head were many crowns. He had a name written that no one knew except Himself

Jesus Triumphant Entry into Jerusalem at His First Coming Jesus entering Jerusalem to be the Lamb of God Humbling himself as a man , obedient to death (Phil.) People with revelation worshipped Him threw out their coats and cut down palm branches and spread them out before Him symbolizing a conquering King (our Messiah has come)

Jesus Triumphant Entry into Jerusalem at His First Coming Philippians 2:7-8  7 but emptied Himself, taking the form of a bond- servant, and being made in the likeness of men. 8 Being found in appearance as a man, He humbled Himself by becoming obedient to the point of death, even death on a cross. (NAS)

Jesus Triumphant Entry into Jerusalem at His First Coming People with revelation worshipped Him, threw out their coats, and cut down palm branches and spread them out before Him, symbolizing a conquering King (our Messiah has come).

HE ANSWERED THE CRY OF HOSANNA Matthew 21:9 (NAS) Hosanna to the Son of David; Blessed is He who comes in the name of the Lord; Hosanna in the highest!”

HE ANSWERED THE CRY OF HOSANNA Psalm 118:24-26 (NASB) 24 This is the day which the Lord has made; Let us rejoice and be glad in it. 25 O Lord, do save, we beseech You ; O Lord, we beseech You, do send prosperity! 26 Blessed is the one who comes in the name of the Lord;

HE ANSWERED THE CRY OF HOSANNA The word hosanna (Greek ὡσαννά, hōsanná) is from Hebrew הושיעה־נא, הושיעה נא hôshia-nā' which is short for hôšî'â-nā' from Aramaic הושע נא, meaning "save, rescue, savior". In the Hebrew Bible it is used only in verses such as "help" or "save, I pray“, Psalms 118:25.

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Jesus Triumphant Entry into Jerusalem at His Second Coming Zechariah 14:1-3 1 Behold, the day of the LORD is coming, and your spoil will be divided in your midst. 2 For I will gather all the nations to battle against Jerusalem; the city shall be taken, the houses rifled, and the women ravished. Half of the city shall go into captivity, but the remnant of the people shall not be cut off from the city.

Jesus Triumphant Entry into Jerusalem at His Second Coming Zechariah 14:1-3 3 Then the LORD will go forth and fight against those nations, as He fights in the day of battle…

Matthew 23:37-39 37 “Jerusalem, Jerusalem, who kills the prophets and stones those who are sent to her! How often I wanted to gather your children together, the way a hen gathers her chicks under her wings, and you were unwilling. 38  Behold, your house is being left to you desolate! 39  For I say to you, from now on you will not see Me until you say, ‘Blessed is He who comes in the name of the Lord!’” (after palm Sunday)

JESUS RETURNS AS KING: JERUSALEM IS HIS CAPITAL CITY (14:3-21) Zechariah 14:9 The LORD shall be King over all the earth. In that day it shall be—“The LORD is one,” and His name one. Jeremiah 3:17 At that time Jerusalem shall be called The Throne of the LORD, and all the nations shall be gathered to it, to the name of the LORD, to Jerusalem.

Jesus Triumphant Entry into Jerusalem at His Second Coming The high point of the Second Coming procession is Jesus’ re-entry into the city of Jerusalem as the Messianic Kingdom received by the leaders of Israel (Mt. 23:39) He will be received with worship and cries of Hosanna and Blessed is He who comes in the name of the LORD! Jesus’ procession into Jerusalem: to the Mount of Olives

THE MOUNT OF OLIVES the weeping over Jerusalem the teaching of the Lord's Prayer the weeping over Jerusalem the prayer in the garden of Gethsemane followed by his capture his Ascension into Heaven

Jesus Triumphant Entry into Jerusalem at His Second Coming  Acts 1:9-11 (NAS) 9 And after He had said these things, He was lifted up while they were looking on, and a cloud received Him out of their sight. 10 And as they were gazing intently into the sky while He was going, behold, two men in white clothing stood beside them. 

Jesus Triumphant Entry into Jerusalem at His Second Coming  Acts 1:9-11 (NAS)  11 They also said, “Men of Galilee, why do you stand looking into the sky? This Jesus, who has been taken up from you into heaven, will come in just the same way as you have watched Him go into heaven.”

Jesus Triumphant Entry into Jerusalem at His Second Coming Zechariah 14:4a  (NAS) In that day His feet will stand on the Mount of Olives, which is in front of Jerusalem on the east

Jesus Triumphant Entry into Jerusalem at His Second Coming Philippians 2:9 9 For this reason also, God highly exalted Him, and bestowed on Him the name which is above every name, 

Jesus Triumphant Entry into Jerusalem at His Second Coming Philippians 2:9 10 so that at the name of Jesus every knee will bow, of those who are in heaven and on earth and under the earth, 11 and that every tongue will confess that Jesus Christ is Lord, to the glory of God the Father.