John 12:14-16 ~ written about Him

John 12:14-16

14 And Jesus found a young donkey and sat on it, just as it is written,

15 “Fear not, daughter of Zion;

behold, your king is coming,

sitting on a donkey's colt!”

16 His disciples did not understand these things at first, but when Jesus was glorified, then they remembered that these things had been written about him and had been done to him.

If you were King David and Jesus, would you want your inauguration to be on your donkey or a borrowed one? I wouldn't enjoy this, personally. Nor would I personally want to dance naked in the streets. All of this seems a little difficult to relate towards. Probably, most of us shrug and say "Holy, Holy, Holy. His ways are not our ways."

Wouldn't you think being born in a barn to a mother who was not married yet would suffice? Why would Jesus ride a donkey?

What is Jesus telling us about Himself?



Zechariah 9:9-10   written in  587 B.C.

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.

10 I will cut off
 the chariot from Ephraim

and the war horse from Jerusalem;

and the battle bow 
shall be cut off

And he shall speak Peace to the nations

His rule shall be from sea to sea

,

and from the River to the ends of the earth.

Have we really considered how odd it was the people thought they could raise Jesus up or put Jesus away. Remember Jesus and His Beginning.

God, Himself, certainly knew the people of Jerusalem had no idea of Jesus and Genesis 1:1. And Jesus decides to make a statement about the Nature of God, our Father.

Luke 1:77-79

Giving knowledge of salvation to his people

in the forgiveness of their sins

78 Because of the tender mercy of our God,

whereby the sunrise shall visit us  from on high

79 Giving light to those who sit in darkness and in the shadow of death,

to guide our feet 
into the way of peace.

Our God, our Father, and His Son have completed the Universe from God's Word to say - Peace.

Our God takes All He has and tells us He wants to Speak Peace to us.

The Reckless Love God our Father has for us.

The Reckless Love God has for us.

The incredible lengths to tell us of His Glory, Love and the Ability of God.


Every word of the Bible is meant to be lived and believed.  Jesus ties together the obscure promises and the miracles to remind us to have faith.

Numbers 22:22-28  The Donkey of Balaam spoke.


An archaeological tombstone, or pottery shard with the story of the wonderful donkey? We will have to take it on faith. God's glory unseen. Archaeology confirms the Word of God, Balaam was not a child of Israel, & did worship other gods and was a prophet intent on other gods.

In 1967, at Deir Alla, Jordan, archaeologists found 119 pieces of inked plaster containing an unknown prophecy by Balaam written in a previously unattested dialect with Aramaic and South Canaanite characteristics and employing an idiosyncratic script. The inscription is datable to circa 840–760 B.C. . Painted in red and black inks, apparently to emphasize the text, on fragments of a plastered wall. This is not the correct time frame. This would have been during Uzziah's reign. Perhaps it is another Balaam, or Balaam was still being quoted.


Agreeing with the Balaam testimony is:

• God is good, forgiving and gracious in the way He records Balaam in the Book of Numbers. 
• According to Numbers 31:16 Moses
• John, Jesus' beloved disciple  (Revelation 2:14)
• Jude, the Brother of Jesus
• Peter, the Rock who built the Church to do the will of Father God.

This interesting to children Bible Story goes very, very far in the Eternal Life.

Fight for goodness. With the grace of God. God speaks to us in our hearts, we believe and He tells us this in the New Testament.

Jesus said even the stones would cry out to declare Jesus sovereign. And mere babes.

Balaam's donkey has held the interest of people who love the Scriptures for ages. Crying out for mercy. Telling of the abilities of God.

People have spoken of this for about three millenniums. 
The Authority of God.

Jesus made sure when He was triumphant - He rode a donkey. Of course:

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.

1 Kings 1:33-44

And the king said to them, 
“Take with you the servants of your lord and have Solomon my son ride on my own mule, and bring him down to Gihon. 34 And let Zadok the priest and Nathan the prophet there anoint him king over Israel. Then blow the trumpet and say, ‘Long live King Solomon!’

Yet I would have to say, Jesus was taking care of the past and giving Grace.

Matthew 6:26
Look at the birds of the air; they do not sow or reap or store away in barns, and yet your heavenly Father feeds them. Are you not much more valuable than they?

Psalm 148:5-6
Let everything he has made give praise to him. 

For He issues his command, and they came into being; 

he established them forever and forever. His orders will never be revoked.


Proverbs 12:10
A righteous man has regard for the life of his animal,
But even the compassion of the wicked is cruel.


1 Corinthians 9:9, Deuteronomy 25:4

For it is written in the Law of Moses, "You Shall Not Muzzle The Ox While He Is Threshing " God is concerned about oxen, isn't He, He's not too busy.

Abba,

Bless us to stay close beside Jesus.

Bless those we Love to be near Jesus the Lord God Almighty, the Son and Christ of God.

Bless this Nation to Trust in You and have Your Favor.

Bless the Nations of the world coming to Your Brightness.

Bless the Children of God, by His Will, to ask You for more Heaven upon this earth.

And we are blessed indeed, indeed, indeed. Amen Jesus. Amen.

♔ Lord Jesus Saves! †  

Psalm 97~ Jesus, most High over all the earth +

Psalm 97

97 The Lord reigns, let the earth rejoice;
let the many coastlands be glad!
2 Clouds and thick darkness are all around him;
righteousness and justice are the foundation of his throne.

3 Fire goes before him
and burns up his adversaries all around.
4 His lightnings light up the world;
the earth sees and trembles.
5 The mountains melt like wax before the Lord,
before the Lord of all the earth.

6 The heavens proclaim his righteousness,
and all the peoples see his glory.

7 All worshipers of images are put to shame,
who make their boast in worthless idols;
worship him, all you gods!

8 Zion hears and is glad,
and the daughters of Judah rejoice,
because of your judgments, O Lord.
9 For you, O Lord, are most high over all the earth;
you are exalted far above all gods.

10 O you who love the Lord, hate evil!
He preserves the lives of his saints;
he delivers them from the hand of the wicked.

11 Light is sown for the righteous,
and joy for the upright in heart.
12 Rejoice in the Lord, O you righteous,
and give thanks to his holy name!


The Words of God provide Joy.

Rejoice

Be Glad

The Lord of all the earth

His Righteousness
His Glory

Exalted
Preserving Life
Delivering

Joy for the upright in heart

Rejoice

Give Thanks.

There is a woman I know who had a very self-confident mother. And the mother was so busy with friends and things to do she longed for the time they had full-time help. When the woman learned of the Second Law of Thermodynamics (the universe is in decay to death and all things require constant work and attention) she decided her 4 year old daughter would be an excellent full-time maid. And she began to give orders. The child was obstinant and would not. She put her daughter for 3 days into her large closet and told her she better not try to come out. The child was in hysterics and had a fever so she put her to bed the first night without dinner. Telling the family, the child was ill. The third day the husband found out and found the closet had no hangars to clean up the closet. The child was rescued from the closet.

The mother being found out, began to leave the child in her room. The child, being resilient and taken to Church where a sermon was told about always asking for help and telling, began to tell every person the child could find. Eventually, the child told the right person and as the adult came into the house it was discovered the child was in her room, door closed as always, and the mother had gone out shopping. Something the mother loved to do. Life improved for the family. The woman who had discovered the child had many meetings with the family, treating the mother with respect for making a mistake.


Life was so much better, the subject was dismissed from the family discussions. The family got stronger, had more children and the time was lost as things dramatically healed.

And in college, the child, now a woman, was asked to write a journal every day for ten minutes. A subject would be assigned. One day it was asked, "What are children good for?" The woman was astonished to find she had written down that children were good to put into the closet. The memory that time lasted. And about ten years later, the woman was so angry with her child, she found herself dragging the child into the closet. The little child wailed, "No don't do this to me. Don't." The cry touched the mother's heart and she realized this was not the thing to do with what she had written in college. Her child was never treated in this manner.


Scripture can be obscure. Decisions in life can be difficult to find.

Journals - where we write with a timer for ten minutes only on one topic where the words must flow and the hand will not stop writing - help bring out all emotions and memories.

And this is only part one. After the journal has been written for ten minutes - then logical flowcharting helps us to see the other seats at the table.

The Scriptures will bring Joy. But like the Transfiguration, work has to be done to climb the mountain.

Reading the Scriptures every day tell us the joys and hardships in life. Like a treadmill, the incline is beneficial. We live in this world where God is High and Lord of all the earth and know events happen to create us to be the wonderful and unique people God our Father calls us to be. In all Seasons of our lives.


Abba, Father God,

Your ways are straightforward. Your Blessing Endures.

Joy to those who Love You.

Bless those we Love. The Beloved of God ask, plan and give more Heaven on earth.

Covered in the Name of Jesus. Amen.

♔ Lord Jesus Saves! †  

Hebrews 13:8 Abundant Blessing from God the Father

Hebrews 13:8

Jesus Christ is the same yesterday and today and forever.

Genesis 48

8 When Israel saw Joseph's sons, he said, “Who are these?”
 9 Joseph said to his father, “They are my sons, whom God has given me here.” 

And he said, “Bring them to me, please, that I may bless them.”

Abba,

May Your Love aways enfold us, graciously keep us and those we Love.

May Your Mercy sustain the Nations Trusting in You.

In the Highest Name of Jesus Christ. Amen.

♔ Lord Jesus Saves! †