“They brought the donkey and the colt and placed their cloaks on them for Jesus to sit on. A very large crowd spread their cloaks on the road, while others cut branches from the trees and spread them on the road. The crowds that went ahead of him and those that followed shouted, “Hosanna to the Son of David!” “Blessed is he who comes in the name of the Lord!” “Hosanna in the highest heaven!” (Matthew 21 v 7-9)
So Jesus is riding the donkey on a pathway of garments and clothing. A picture of both cultural and prophetic honour.
When the Israelites are aware that Jehu has been made king in 2 Kings 9: 13, this is what happened, “They quickly took their cloaks and spread them under him on the bare steps. Then they blew the trumpet and shouted, “Jehu is king!”
It seems that from the Messianic statements they were shouting, they were believing the good times were about to come. We can all honour someone if we think we are getting something from them.
You can be holy if you want something.
You can lay your life and garments down if you know you will be exalted.
Jesus was going to liberate them from the Romans.
The taxation system was going to end.
Their land would no longer be occupied.
So the crowd went wild in honour of Jesus.
However, they were honouring Jesus in line with their own preconceived ideas of who they thought he was and who they so desperately wanted him to be.
They got the right person. Jesus was indeed their Messiah. But they were wrong in what their Messiah was going to do.
There is always a time when Jesus doesn’t come and do what we expected and hoped He would do. Our agenda is a limited perspective.
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