- would be the father of many nations! And who does Paul say that Seed is in Galatians?
- g. Now we get to 118 from which the large crowd is quoting. Those speaking in this psalm 'are identified as Israel, then the priests, and finally all 'those who fear God.' Thus, the words apply to the nations as well as Israel. The key is whether the nations fear the Lord or fight against him. If they are on God's side, then they, like Israel, can put their hope in God's deliverance. The righteous of this psalm are those who fear the Lord and call out to him. Their salvation has come about because of the 'stone the builders rejected.' This stone has become the cornerstone. He is the blessed one who comes in the name of the Lord. Though this psalm does not identify who this one is, the psalms make clear it is the Promised Seed of David, the Messiah.' (Sailhamer 342).
- The Large crowd, in Jerusalem that day, is declaring Jesus to be the one spoken of in Ps 118. Isn't that amazing?
- What has John been saying about the one who comes in the name of the Lord?
- 1. 1. (Jn. 1:23-29) [John the Baptist] said, "I am the voice of one crying out in the wilderness, 'Make straight the way of the Lord,' 24 as the prophet Isaiah said." (Now they had been sent from 25 the Pharisees.) They asked him, "Then why are you baptizing, 26 if you are neither the Christ, nor Elijah, nor the Prophet?" John answered them, "I baptize with water, but among you 27 stands one you do not know, even he who comes after me, 28 the strap of whose sandal I am not worthy to untie." These things took place in Bethany across the Jordan, where John was 29 baptizing. The next day he saw Jesus coming toward him, and said, "Behold, the Lamb of God, who takes away the sin of the world!
- 2. Who is the Messiah-King? JESUS!
- Be reminded of this: the LORD had come and clothed himself in flesh and dwelled among his people! He did not come to destroy the world the world but save it!
- The King of Israel, the promised seed of David, the long-awaited Messiah walked into Jerusalem to the chanting of 'Hosanna, Hosanna' deliver us, deliver us!
- But how? How will he loose the bonds of Rome? How will he bring salvation to them from sea to sea?
- b. Since Samuel 's day , Israel has longed for 'a king who would fight our battles for us.' God called King Saul who was to save them from the hand of the Philistines. Build an army that will defeat our foes! Will Jesus be that King? So many kings of Israel have failed to bring lasting salvation. Is this the One? Verse 14 is Jesus' response to the crowd and the cry for deliverance: Jesus found a young donkey and sat on it. He's riding what? A young donkey?
- It's like the verse in Psalm 118 when it describes the one who will save them will be rejected by the builders and then becomes the cornerstone.
- 1. At first glance, you should ask, 'How can the rejected stone bring salvation?' What sort of reversal has happened? The rejected one become the chief cornerstone?
- 2. Th at's why the psalmist responds, 'This is the day the Lord has made, we will rejoice and be glad in it.'
- Similar things happen when Jesus rides into Jerusalem on a young donkey. It says the crowd continued to bear witness. In other words, they did not stop chanting, deliver us, even when