Royal events attract the attention of millions around the world. It is estimated some 4 billion people watched the funeral of her late Majesty, Queen Elizabeth II – more than twice the population of the world when she was born.
How different was another royal occasion, when Jesus rode into Jerusalem to the acclamation of the crowds calling on him as God’s kingdom?
Riding into the city of Jerusalem on the back of the foal of a donkey, he was fulfilling a prophecy about the Messiah made by Zechariah some 500 years before (Zechariah 9:9).
The disciples rejoiced and praised God with a loud voice:
'Hosanna! Blessed is the King who comes in the name of the Lord!’
Luk 19:38 / John 12:13 NKJV
The crowds were singing one of the festival psalms for the Passover Feast (Psalm 118:26). It’s a song of victory, a hymn of praise to the one God who never loses his battles and establishes his kingdom.
This King, however, was not riding a warrior horse, there was no royal or presidential motorcade with armed security.
And Jerusalem failed to recognize the One who had visited it.
Will you recognize Jesus on the day He visits you?
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