The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1934-05-05
Sunday. May 6.
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Golden Text-Wherefore God
also hath highly exalted him, and
given him a name which is above
every name.-Philppians 2:9:
The Acceptance of the hlng
was shown by the multitude who
accompanied him on his triumph
al entry into Jerusalem (Zl:l-
~.
The Authority of the Kirg was
exercised in the cleansing of the
Temple (21:12-17, the wltherlng
of the fig tree (21:18-22), and
the criticism of the elders (2l;
1882.
The Accountability of the King
was pictured in the warning par
able of the Wicked Husbandmen
(21:33-4el.
THE KINGS PRESENTATION
The Entry Into Jerusalem was
significant at the Kings presen-
tation to his people.
(D The disciples prepared for
the triumphal entry. The twelve
were attending Jesus on the way
from Bethany, where they had
spent the night, to Jerusalem two
miles distant over the southern
shoulder of the Mount of Olives.
When they drew nigh the other
wise unknown village of Beth
phage ("house of figs") lying
across q ravine from the high
way, Jesus sent over thither two
of his disciples probably Peter
and john to secure with its mo-
Their an unridden colt on which
he might ride into the city as the
Jews were expecting the Messiah
to do. Two of the great proph-
cts lisa. 62:l1: Zech. 9:9) had
predicted that the Messianic King
should ride forth to receive the
plaudits of his people not on a
fiery steed, animal of display and
of war, but upon an ass, animal
of work and of peace and of the
common people. The ass was not
lightly esteemed then as with US
today. for it was. especially in
the Hebrew mind, associated with
Abraham, Moses. the Judges, Da-
vid, and the promised Messiah.
The two disciples found things in
Bethphage Just as Jesus had said:
the ass and its foal tied by their
owners door; the astonished in
quiry that anybody would dare
to untether the animals; the sat-
isfactory explanation, leaving us
to infer that the owner was a
disciple who was glad to lend the
Lord his colt which would be re-
turned after slight use within a
few hours; and the bringing of
the two beasts across the waddy
to Jesus and the waiting dis
ciples. Then the company piled
their outer garments on the colt,
less to make a saddle for Jesus
than to make their obeisance to
him, and they lifted him astride
as subjects would place a sover-
eign upon a throne. They knew
and shared the meaning of this
procession. He who had revealed
his Messiahship to the Samaritan
woman and to his disciples, both
on the Sea of Galilee and on the
mountains of Caesarea Philippi,
and even to his enemies. was now
making the graphic and final
presentation of himself to his
people as their Messianic King.
(2) The multitude Joined in
the triumphal entry. AS the pro-
cession started the disciples be-
gan carpeting the road with their
loose outer garments as ancient
citizens did their new-crowned
king or as Raleigh flung his
cloak on the muddy path of the
Virgin Queen. 1t gained mo-
mentum, as it moved cityward
numbers joining in from sur
rounding villages and from tents
on the mountain slope where
they had spent the night. Many
plucked twigs and leaves from
fig bushes and olive orchards
along the way and strewed them
IN the path before Jesus as we
strew flowers down a bridal
aisle. Out of the city swarmed
multitude to meet the miracle
worker who had raised Lazarus
from the dead and they gather
ed evergreen palm branches as
they came, which. on meeting
Jesus, they threw down in his
triumphal way. His last visit to
Jerusalem had been secret, but
now he comes with great acclaim.
The disciples in a teeming multi
tude raised a shout which rever-
berated among the mountains
round about. That shout was
the echo of a Messianic Psalm
(118:25, 26) with its rhythmic
word of hosanna go save") and
responsive beatitude magnifying
Jesus as the promised King that
comes in the name and with the
claim of the divine Lord, who
alone can bring peace on earth