Matthew 21:12-17 ~ Prepared

 

Why a donkey and a colt?

Jesus is the Way, the Truth and The Life.

The Holy Spirit is Comfort.

Matthew 21:12-17

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12 And Jesus entered the temple and drove out all who sold and bought in the temple, and he overturned the tables of the money-changers and the seats of those who sold pigeons. 

13 He said to them,

 “It is written, 

‘My house shall be called a house of prayer,’ but you make it a den of robbers.”

14 And the blind and the lame came to him in the temple, and he healed them. 

15 But when the chief priests and the scribes saw the wonderful things that he did, and the children crying out in the temple, “Hosanna to the Son of David!” they were indignant, 16 and they said to him, “Do you hear what these are saying?” 

And Jesus said to them, “Yes; have you never read,

“‘Out of the mouth of infants and nursing babies

    You have prepared praise’?”

17 And leaving them, he went out of the city to Bethany and lodged there.

 Christ Pantocrator, 6th century

The Greek word Pantocrator is “he who has authority over everything.” Two Hebrew expressions in the Old Testament describe God, the “God of Hosts” (Sabaot) and “Almighty” (El Shaddai).

Perhaps the different eyes of Jesus represent the Divine and Jesus the man.

God is God.  Our God, The Almighty, is fully the architect of His Living Word, and teaches us to know images of Jesus as a living man walking and healing us all, being Grace upon Grace.  David was ruddy. And handsome and very young. Solomon was clothed beautifully.  Saul was extremely tall. 

 A man of Sorrows, Isaiah 53:3 describing Jesus of Good Friday. Jesus describes Himself in John 14, 15, 16 and 17 as a man who has lived a Joyful Life. 

We do not know if Jesus was Ruddy, tall, short, blonde, light or dark eyes. 

God wants us to recognize: Our Heavenly Father, the Exact Nature of Jesus. 

Thy Kingdom Come, Thy Will Be Done on earth as in Heaven. Give us this day. Our Daily Bread. Forgive us our Trespasses.  Lead us not into Temptation. Deliver us from evil. For His is The Kingdom, The Power and The Glory.

We recognize Father God in these Verses 

Being Glorified on earth, as people are not. Julius Caesar didn't have impromptu be our king parades. Complete with blankets and coats lost to the crowd for Jesus to walk upon. The fringe of the Robe of Jesus was known to heal. Acts 5 tells us the family and friends of the ill and dying were placed in the shadow of the Disciples of Jesus to heal.    

God addresses injustice forthrightly. Without fear of mankind. Jesus is in the Beautiful Gate of the Temple, so rarely opened.

Jesus Christ is the Light of the world

Jesus Christ is the Light of mankind

Light has no borders or boundaries. 

† One of the most important images Jesus  is giving us.  

Jesus wants us to see in His Message Eternally is His Nature.  Jesus doesn't just ride on a donkey like David did.  David explained himself by riding his donkey to his coronation, David knew he was a man of the people. David fully explains his roots.

Jesus is Teaching as He rides in on a Donkey and brings a colt. 

Horses sent a rare message. In the Roman Empire, few men can be Tribunes. Senatorial Rank in the equestrian portion of the army. Horses were very elite. To be equestrian rank, the man brings his own horse.

Jesus is Light of mankind. Jesus is not poverty creeping into a criminal death. Jesus is a Carpenter's Son. Jesus is the Son of the Most High God.  Jesus is the Messiah of God. Both God and man.

Jesus is Light of the world

Palm Sunday is Jesus enters through the Beautiful Gate

Amos 5: 14-24

Seek good, and not evil,

    that you may live;

and so the Lord, the God of hosts, will be with you,

    as you have said.

15 Hate evil, and love good,

    and establish justice in the gate

It may be that the Lord, the God of hosts,

    will be gracious to the remnant of Joseph.

16 Therefore thus says the Lord, the God of hosts, the Lord:

“In all the squares there shall be wailing,

    and in all the streets they shall say, ‘Alas! Alas!’

They shall call the farmers to mourning

    and to wailing those who are skilled in lamentation,

17 and in all vineyards there shall be wailing,

    for I will pass through your midst,”

says the Lord.

18 Woe to you who desire the day of the Lord!

    Why would you have the day of the Lord?

It is darkness, and not light,

as if a man fled from a lion,

    and a bear met him,

or went into the house and leaned his hand against the wall,

    and a serpent bit him.

20 Is not the day of the Lord darkness, and not light,

    and gloom with no brightness in it?

21 “I hate, I despise your feasts,

    and I take no delight in your solemn assemblies.

22 Even though you offer me your burnt offerings and grain offerings,

    I will not accept them;

and the peace offerings of your fattened animals,

    I will not look upon them.

23 Take away from me the noise of your songs;

    to the melody of your harps I will not listen.

24 But let justice roll down like waters,

    and righteousness like an ever-flowing stream.

Holy Week and Easter 

Uniquely tell us of God's Plans

and 

The Joy of God is our Strength.

When we say

Jesus is the Way, Truth and Life

we recognize

The Holy Spirit is Comfort.

God intends us to Love Jesus and find Him our Comfort.

We sometimes wonder in the news and the daily disaster report, if Jesus has fallen asleep in the boat. Maybe, we should wake Him. 

The Way, The Truth, The Life. Jesus Christ.

When we see Jesus healed them 'all', we find some are indignant. 

The Sacrifice, then the Comfortless. Jesus discourages the Money Machine. Jesus isn't about the bank Herod adored for Rome, Jesus is for the joy of His Righteousness and His Boldness in His Righteousness.

Today's Verse says: Even God's Praises were being discouraged.

When Jesus heals the deaf man so beautifully and carefully, Jesus is with a deaf man.

When Jesus heals the ten lepers, Jesus acknowledges life has lepers. 

Verse 17, Jesus takes refuge in Bethany. Zechariah said around its northern side,  would be the road to Bethany and the Jordan

Zechariah 14:4

On that day his feet shall stand on the Mount of Olives that lies before Jerusalem on the east, and the Mount of Olives shall be split in two from east to west by a very wide valley, so that one half of the Mount shall move northward, and the other half southward.

Jesus Christ.

The Time of His Sacrifice He is not discussing the end of the world. Not talking about the unrepentant cities. Jesus acknowledges in all His Way, His Truth and His Life, life is not Heaven. Jesus is taking refuge in the city He calls unrepentant.

Jesus knew the hassles and frustrations of Life. He found Joy because of His Faith in God's Plan. His Joy in seeing the Centurion's Faith in the Word Spoken by God's Son. 

Jesus the clear vision of God's Plan sees The Way of Life, The Truth of Life, and finds Life Joy. Finding the Holy Spirit is Comfort.

It's so difficult to see Jesus

killed, when He Healed them ALL.

So very difficult.

God's Mercies Renew.

As Holy Week, Good Friday and Easter Sunday are here,

we realize we are not dust in Jesus Christ.

We Begin Again as His Mercies Renew.

Psalm 24

A Psalm of David

The earth is the Lord's 
and 
the fullness thereof
the world 
and those
 who dwell therein

He has founded it upon the seas
and established it upon the rivers.

Who shall ascend the hill of the Lord?

And who shall stand in his holy place?

4 He who has clean hands and a pure heart,
who does not lift up his soul to what is false
and does not swear deceitfully.

5 He will receive blessing from the Lord
and righteousness from the God of his salvation.

6 Such is the generation of those who seek him,
who seek the face of the God of Jacob. 
Selah!

 Lift up your heads, O gates!

And be lifted up, O ancient doors!

The King of glory may come in.

8 Who is this King of glory?

The Lord, strong and mighty,
the Lord, mighty in battle!

9 Lift up your heads, O gates!
And lift them up, O ancient doors,
that the King of glory may come in.

10 Who is this King of glory?

The Lord of hosts,
He is the King of glory! 
Selah!

Abba, Father,

Help us to go before the Lord to prepare His ways

To give knowledge of salvation to his people in the forgiveness of their sins

Because of the tender mercy of our God

 His sunrise shall visit us from on high 

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

Guiding our feet into the way of peace.

Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ

He has blessed us in Christ with every spiritual blessing in the heavenly realms

By grace you have been saved through faith

 and that not of yourselves

 The gift of God

not as a result of works, so that no one may boast

Faith is a gift of God

by the righteousness of our God and Savior Jesus Christ

May grace and peace be multiplied to you

 in the knowledge of God and of Jesus our Lord

We pray for all facing injustice

and those who face the injustice

in a system called Justice.

We pray this Land

is Home of the Free

the Brave

and 

the Honest.

FREEDOM!

1 John 3:1

See what kind of love the Father has given to us,

 that we should be called children of God

Dwell in us, Father

Dwell in those we Love

Help us to seek You first

and in Jesus Christ,

we will finish well.

Blessed be the Name of the Lord

Jesus Christ, Savior of God.

Blessed are the Churches with 

Shepherds

FEEDING

their Flock!!! Blessings Blessings

Blessings Blessings

All the Generations of Heaven. 

Yesterday, Today and Tomorrow 

the Children of God.

Amen in Jesus Christ 

The Holy Spirit

Comfort

Help

Helper

♔ Lord Jesus Saves †