The News-Herald. [volume] (Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio) 1886-1973, 1888-03-08
ENTERING JERUsALEM.


Christ's Passage mt ths Asly City--Ths
Publication sf the Tsnpls--A Fur
thor Exasnpls - HanAssnsss
and Pescs.
Especially arranged ffom 3. q ouartsriy.1
LHssoN THxf--Matt 81 :1-10
0oLDxN Tnxr-Blessed be- he that ccmeth
in the name Of the Lord. .-Ps. 1850.
GENITAL TRurH--worthy is the Lord to
receive honor and praise.
TMn-Sunday morning, April ., A. d. 50.
Tenth Of Nissan palm sunday, the day
after their sabbath, Ave days before the
crucifxion. We. 1915 ON Monday.
PLAcs-(D Bethphage tO Main road
from Bethany TO Jerusalem. (O Jeru-
salem.
PARALLEL ACCOUNTS Mark 1l:1-11, 1S17;
Luke 1899 -; John 12,12-16.
INTERVENING EvENrs--After the last
lesson, Christ was entertained in Jericho
By zaccheus Nuke 10:1-10). He leaves
jericho and reaches Bethany Friday eve,
where He spends His last earthly Sabbath
Saturday, the Jewish Sabbath). On the
following day Sunday, the frst secular
DAY OF their week, He enters jerusalem In
triumph.
CrHcuxsrAxczs-Je -Jesus' work il nearly
done, and the time has come for Him TO en-
ter Jerusalem ~ it, King, in accordauco
with the prophecy Of zech. o: O.; to show
the people that He was their long-sxpected
Messiah.
Bethany, He takes the most frequented
road over Mount Olivet to Jerusalem, I. g.,
the one to the south, between the Mount Of
Olives and Hill Of Offence. The distance
travelled over was about two miles.
HELPS OVER HARD PLAoEs-1. Bsthphoge.
small village near Bethany en- the way to
Jerusalem. Mount Of Otisss: Q mountain
east Of Jerusalem, Q mile from the city. 30
called from its olive-trees. O. N ahaR .fl,sd
an ass tied. in the East the ass il in high
esteem. Stately, hvelier, swifter than with
us, 1t vies with the horse in favor. 4.
Spoken by the prophet: Zechariah 20: o.. 3.
Thy king conseta: but . King Of peace. The
horse was mark Of war; the ass, Of
peace. All Christ's triumphs are for peace,
and by peaceful means. 8. Spread fhsir
garmsnts: cloalzs, outer garments. An
Eastern custom, to give the highest honor.
Q. Aad the nsxltitudss: In Nero's time q CEN
sus showed that 2,7oo,0 Jews were pres
emit at . Passover. Went before and fol-
,oosd: t. g., those who had come out from
Jerusalem to meet Him, and those who fol-
lowed Him from Bethany. Hosanna: the
Greek spelling Of the Heprew word for
sdss nos in Ps. 118: Is. IL. Awd Jesus scent:
this took place the next day, according to
Mark. On Sunday Jesus looked into the
temple, and returned to Bethany, and on
Monday returned to the temple. TIE temple
Of God: including the courts. This event
took place in the outer court, the court Of
the Gentiles. Soil and bought. animals,
wine, oil, etc, for sacrifices. Money chang
srs: many came from other countries, and
their money was not current here, and the
temple tax must be paid in the coin Of the
Jewish shekel 13 II e writen: In
Isaiah 30: 2. The last clause was from Jer.
Z: II. ID. Chttdren crying: shouting, sing
ing, with the others. 16. Have ~ msvsr read,
Ps. 8: Q, from 6eptuagint version.
ColMENrs-As Christ drew near to Je-
rusalem, He sent the disciples ahead to
procure an ass upon which to ride In this
humble way He entered the royal city The
multitude, hearing that the Nazarene mi
racle-worlEer was approaching, went out to
meet Him. In token Of welcome some
spread their garments in the road for him
TO ride over. This was In imitation Of the
spreading Of carpets In the way for mon
archs to ride upon. Others In their enthu-
siasm cut down branches Of trees and made
leafy path for him to ride upon. Then,
carried away by the spirit Of the occasion,
they united in shouts Of joy and praise,
crying: "Hosanna to the Son Of David |
Blessed il He that cometh in the name Of
the Lordl Hosanna in the highestp' This
aroused the whole city Of Jerusalem and
led every one to ask why this great demon
stration was being made. The Pharisees
jealousy, were angry at the popularity
OF the man they hated. In the
temple courtyard there were many
who bought and sold and acted as
money-changers. All these Jesus drove
out, as He had done ON previous occasion.
Then the lame and blind began to crowd
around Him once more, and he healed them
all. This led to O new outburst Of popular
enthusiasm In which the children seem to
have taken . prominent part. Again the
ecclesiastics tried to suppress the expires.
sion ofpraise, but without any success.
The actual entrance Of Christ into Jerusa q
lem has been called ssThe Triumphal En-
try" Yet all that usually accompanies
"trtumphal entries'' was lacking on that oc-
casion. There was no military parade, no
blare Of trumpet or roll Of drum, no train
Of captives or rattle Of chariots. Never did
any man enter any city in more humble
fashion than this man. Surrounded by
twelve plain men, all Of them working.
men, riding on very humble beast OF bur
den, this entry Of the Masters was tri-
umphal entry In the sense that the people
gave Him Q hearty welcome. Yet it might
have been Q very different sort Of entry, had
He chosen to make 1t 90. One day He win call
forth all His resources, and win again
march in triumph The great triumphal
procession OF the universe 10 yet to comel
He Himself said that the daywas approach
ing when ssthe Son Of man shall come In His
glory and all the holy angels with Him.
Then shall He sit on the throne Of His glory.''
(Matt. 1881; Mark 8:88; Thess. 4;16; 2
Thess. 1:7) The apostle tells US that OF
His coming there viii be s'all His saints.' -
The apostle John IN his vision says: "And
saw Heaven opened, and behold o white
horse; and he that sat upon him was called
the Faithful and True And the armies
which were In Heaven followed Him upon
white horses. clothed in fine linen, white
andclean. And He had on His vesture and
on His thigh name written, kisg Of kings
esd Lord 81 lords. Rev. 1911, 14 Il, l6)
Prcphecy pointed TO Jesus coming IN humil-
ity, - He came that day to Jerusaism; but
II points also to His coming in glory. Thea
Heaven and earth shall be drained Of their
resources to exalt and praise Him whom
God hath exalted..-Rsv. A. n. Eckas1lSv.
fRACIJCAL sUGoEsTIoNs.
J. Christ though disguised and poor, 4
| yet the n9htful King Of all the earth.
= We shOuld gladly give to Christ what,
| ever can be used IN his service,
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