Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1921-01-27

! Beach of that day, He called ZaccheuS
down from the tree and invited Him
self to his house that day. Because
there were some who thought the
Kingdom was Immediately to appear,
He told the parable Of the pounds.
AS He passed out of Jericho He heal
ed the two blind men, one of whom
| was Bartimaeus. Mark and Luke
tell only of one, but Matthew tells
of both of them because of His pur-
pose in presenting Jesus as the
king. You will recall that they cried
out, Jesus. thou Son of David etc.
This title referred to His kingshlp;
He needed two witnesses to establish
this, therefore Matthew tells OF the
two, while the others speak of only
one. Only three times before this
had this title been used of Hmm
Galilee the two blind men who had
been healed had addressed Him in the
same way; just outside OF Capel-
naum the multitude had asked if this
was not the Son of David" as they
heard of the wonderful works which
tie had done; then the Syro-Phoeni-
| clan woman had addressed Him in
that way. Only three times after
this is the title used; when the null
titude sang out "Hosanna to the
Son of David" when the children in
the temple said the same thing, and
when in the dispute with the Phari-
| sees they acknowledged that Christ
must be the Son OF David" 1t is
peculiarly appropriate, therefore,
| that blind Bartimaeus and his COM
panlon should have used this title
IN making their request at this time.
| Leaving Jericho He assembled TO
| Jerusalem. Men from all sections
VINO had come up from the Feast were
seeking Him, wondering or not
whether lie would ne thG4 =. No.,
Oh rrlday following. He arrived at
Bethany and stopped wlln his
friends, Mary and Lazarus there;
and on Saturday night they gave Him
a supper, at which Mary Amounted
Him with a box OF pure nard, calling
forth the criticism of Judas and the
commentator of her Lord.
The TRIUMPHANT Entry
| The next day lie sent two OF the
disciples to the neighboring village
of Bethphage, giving them their IN
structions, which they carried out 10
the letter; they We're to go to Ger.
tain mans house, where they Woulc
find an ass and her colt tied, Whlch
they were to bring to Him; when the
owner inquired what they were do
ling, they were to say, 1.-THE Lord had
need of him, and he would let them
go. All of this happened just as lie
said it would.
Starting from Bethany which was
Iabout two miles from Jerusalem,
riding on this colt wheron, man
never sat before, He allowed what
He had never allowed betore-the
people to proclaim Him King and to
give Him the homage which a KING
Ishould expect. Some threw their coats
on the ground in front of Him, oth-
Iers pulled branches from palm trees
land spread them in the way, so tnat
He might ride over them. with
shouts of exaltation and JOY they
IQ1nGSnd
that cometh in the name OF the
Lord; Blessed is the King of Israel!
Thus the procession progressed
they marched through the eastern
gate of the city and up into the tenn.
Die area; there He found corrupt
traffic going on, just as II had Deeh
going on when He entered the tenn
Die three years before, when He pc
gan His public ministry. He had
drove these trattickerS out as He had
done at that time, saying MY house
shall be called the house OF prayer,
but you have made it den Oh
thieves. Then the blind and lame
followed Him into the temple and
He healed them there. Never before
were blind and lame people allowed
to enter the Enclosure. This brought
forth new outburst of praise, this
time, however, with the chlldre5
| taking up the song which the had
heard in the way, shouting "Hosanna
to the Son of David; Blessed is He
that cometh in the name OF the
Lord"
was 1t Triumphantp2
This event was so important that
it was recorded by all four Evangel-
lists 1t is one OF the the high peaks or
writer's recorded His baptism, the
Imprisonment of John and His going
into Galilee. the feeding of the s..
600; and IA details of the last day OF
His life. 1t was therefore, one OF
the important events in His lie; out
was it really a triumph? Let US see;
AS He came over the hill and
caught the view of the city, it was
not with any degree of joy, but in
tense sorrow, for He wept over the
city, saying, ooh, that Thou haost
that belong to the peace-the day OF
the visitation" He was disappoint-
ed that they should not have grasped
the truth, which they might have
known, for Zechariah had said, Be
hold Thou King cOmeth unto thee;
He is just in having salvation, loWly,
riding upon an ass and upon colt,
the foal of an. ass" and Daniel had
told them Go: 1920 the very day
upon which He would come. Some
of the people who had cried Hosanna
that day were the ones who within
|
When He got to the bottom OF the
hill at the entrance of the city. the
city was moved and said, who. is
this? and note the answer, Instead OF
saying, the King Of Israel, the reply
was: This is Jesus the prophet OF
| Nazareth. The pharisees, more
over, had demonstrated with Him for
allowing the Hosannas of the people,
and entering the temple they had
complained that He had allowed the
children to speak as they did. No!
This was no triumphant entry for
Him, at every step of the way He
was rejected as the King of Israel.
He established His title, but he did
not establish His Kingdom, and could
not because of the attitude of the
people towards Him.
And yet. how much of a king He
was! He had no need of spies, He
knew everything before hand. He
had no need of funds, He could COM
mand what He needed and it was
Immediately supplied. He had no
need of soldiers, for He came not to
fight but to be the prince of peace;
and He came in just the way and on
this very day that it had been fore
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