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ENTERING JERUSALEM.
LESSON Xl, INTERNATIONAL SUNDAY
SCHOOL SERIES MARCH, H..

Text, Ps cxviii, ?S-Mcmorizc
Verses 12-13-CGmmcnt by Rev Will
liam Newton. d.. u.
from Lesson Helper Quarterly, By permission
Of II. 5. Hoffman, Philadelphia. publsherl
Notes -Bethphage or house of figs, near to
Bethany. Over against opposite. Straight
way, at once without seeking Loose them,
or unite them Aught, anything. That it
might, in order that, etc Daughter of Zion,
Jerusalem The foal the young one Clothes,
or outer garments, Strcwed, spread or
scattered. Hosanna, Heb. save now for
merly a word of prayer, but now of praise
Son OF David. one of the titles Of .Io,.l, a.
Messiah. Moved aroused or excited The
multitude i.c., the people that camr with
him. or formed the great procession. House
of prayer, i. e, in which prayer shall be offer
cd. Wonderful things, g., the great works,
miracles o. signs. Crying singing or call
ing ont. Sore displeased, very angf,
'. II. The incidents of thi, lc,-o.. and
alone in its imprcssvcncss or rather l., the
character of its imprcssiyencs> Its ,ngu-
lar blending Of Gods foreordainel purposes,
with mans perfect freedom of action-by
which those purpose, were t. be carried out
Jesus, as the true Messiah hhd come to the
people to whom he was promised III the
great works ascribcd to the Messiah 10y their
prophets, had been wrought by him Even
the soldiers were constrained to say, Never
man spalc as this man" And now as he
drew nigh to Jerusalem and kncw that he
was nearing the cross at every step thither,
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the city mus; then hc made; even Us it was
forctohl "All thing, were ready" The APP
pointed time had come The people were
throngng in great inultitu les about him
Not knowing why they did it, the owners of
the ass had tied her before his door, and
there she stood, awaiting the messengers
of the master, coming to claim her for his
service And SD he paused at Bethphagc to
make the needed preparations And so he
sent forward two Of his disciples to the vii
lage over against ITEM. 1t does not seem
that he told thom for what purpose the ass
and her colt wcrc to I've brought He did so
in the case of the fish to be caught for the
tribute money. Matt xvii -. He did so in
the &C Of tn two disciples sent to prepare
for thn Passover. Mark xiv, Il. But no did
no5 do 50 in this case He seems to
have sent for the ass without telling them
why the animal was needed There was
TO be no preparation for their playing part
No limiting to them what the prophet had
said. No telling them what they would be
expected to do. The time had come The
occasion would be silently brought
before them, and the rest would be as
the spirit moved them TO act. And in this
direction these things are very 81 III. lie:
!. The Lords knowledge Of co....ng events
- Some lntinatiOnS OF his DDWrr
V. 4. This, nanifesty, referS to the
Saviour knowledge of what was to be done.
and his purpose in doing it, and not at all 20
the disciples! They did what he told them
to do without, at that time, having anything
except that he told them to do it. The pur-
pose of it all lay in his own mind alone lie
knew what was written. He knew why it
was written. He knew that the tine was
come, and that this proof of his Messiaship
was to be furnished against themselves by
the people to whom he came And there
FORE all this was done.
V. ;, o This prophecy is in Zach tx, Q.
Nothing could be palmer The time Of the
coming kingdom had come Their king him
self had come, and the shouts of the multi
tude, as they proclaimed his coming, rent the
air Would they receive their king? 1t was
the crisis of Jerusalem's destiny. Who can
say that this was not a real thing: That this
triumphal entry into Jerusalem did not mean
the setting up Of the kingdom then and there
if the nation had received its king.
V. 80. AMI here commences the disciples
part, with that of the multitude Thus ia.
Jesus had acted alone, ami now the time for
their action had come We can see The act
ing Of the process. Every line of the recor1
adds some new feature to the picture Sec
The disciples have returned with the ass and