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Marks Gospel has been about the kingship of Christ.
And how king Jesus shows is authority and lordship over all the earth.
The gospel started off by announcing that Jesus is the true son of God, thus the true king they had been waiting for.
(as kings were often considered sons of god)
Jesus was than baptized by the prophet John and commissioned by God himself
Jesus then goes to battle with the great enemy Satan.
Where Adam before fell to Satans schemes, Jesus was victorious.
Jesus then shows his authority over the demonic realm by casting demons out of people
Jesus shows his kingly authority over humanity healing people’s illnesses
He shows his kingship over creation by calming the storm and walking on water
He shows his kingly authority over death by raising Jairus’ daughter from the dead
He demonstrates his glory on the mount of transfiguration and starts his journey toward Jerusalem to take his throne as king.
on this journey he heals two blind men, he teaches his disciples three times about his coming death and resurrection, and he casts our demons
Jesus talks about who belongs in his kingdom to which he says that even the little children are to be part of his kingdom, part of his people.
As he gets closer to Jerusalem we hear blind Bartimaeus cry out, “Jesus, Son of David, have mercy on me!”
Bartimaeus knew that Jesus was the king, he knew that he was the son of David, the one who would take his throne.
So now that we come back to the gospel of mark, we are picking up in chapter 11 where we left off before Christmas.
We have seen the anticipation for the coming King, and we have seen Jesus present himself as that king.
And now, the king is about to go into Jerusalem and after a week there he will be lifted up as king.
So we will be in looking at Jesus’ triumphal Entry and his actions in cleansing the temple.
Triumphal Entry
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What the big deal about Jesus wanting to ride into Jerusalem on a donkey?
Why go through all the trouble?
What we find in the OT is that royal authority and the obedience of the nations
Royal authority and the obedience of the nations
Riding a donkey or mule was a sign of royalty worthy for a king.
A mule = the cross between a mare (female horse) and a jack (male donkey).
This hybrid is usually sterile, but rarely a mare mule may be fertile.
The mule was the parade animal that was used to represent that the king was riding in his own kingdom
A horse was a war animal not to be used in the same way as a mule
Riding a donkey means you are the legitimate king
If you are the rightful successor of David you ride one a mule!
We see kings and kingdom connect to riding mules or donkeys throughout the OT
the promises of judah include riding a mule and drinking wine (both kingly activities in the bible)
In 1 sam 10 right after Saul is anointed king he is sent off to ride a donkey (a story that is very similar language to this story in fact)
And perhaps the greatest connection between kingship and riding a donkey is in Zech 9:9
Thus as the true king, Jesus enter Jerusalem riding on a donkey.
So the disciples bring the donkey back to Jesus they put their cloaks on the donkeys back and Jesus rides into Jerusalem as their king.
Triumphal Entry
These few verses are amazing.
Its amazing how people can be so right and so wrong at the same time.
As Jesus rides into Jerusalem, the Jewish people gave Jesus a red-carpet welcome
First of all, as Jesus rides into Jerusalem, the Jewish people gave Jesus a red-carpet welcome
The laid down their cloaks on the road for him along with leafy branches.
They treat him as their king
They cry out Hosanna - transliterated from Hebrew meaning “save us, we pray” its a shout of honor and praise asking God to save them, while recognizing that Jesus is the one who will save them.
Hosanna - transliterated from Hebrew meaning help, save us, I pray
They confess and proclaim Jesus’ kingship when they say, “blessed is the coming kingdom of our father David!”
These are all true statements,
Jesus is the king.
Jesus is worthy of honor.
Jesus did come to save us
and Jesus is the fulfillment of the Davidic promises - his throne will be an everlasting throne.
Yet, how often are true statements pronounced by unfaithful people?
We have to understand the danger in this, how many of these people understood Jesus kingship?
- None
How many of these people actually honored Jesus? - none
How many of these people understood how massive Jesus’ salvific work actually would be?
None
How many of these people understood the Davidic promise?
none of them.
You see, we know this because within a week these same people, instead of crying out Hosanna will cry out crucify him.
These same people instead of honoring him, will mock him.
You see, the nation of Israel was very similar to the way we are today.
They want Jesus on their own terms.
They want to use Jesus for their own gain.
and what we will find when Jesus goes into the temple, is that Israel wants to use God for their own gain.
Right now it benefits them to see Jesus as their king - the one who will free them from Rome.
Their idea of what the king should be is whats causing them to embrace Jesus - They think Jesus is for them.
And we do this same thing.
We think Jesus has come to fulfill our political agenda
We think Jesus works for us by blessing our endeavors
we think Jesus is on our team and is opposed to the things we oppose
We drape Jesus in our tribalistic flags thinking that he approves of our ambitions
We use Jesus as our chief representative of morality and values without really questioning the source of our morality and values.
You see, Jesus is not republican, democrat or libertarian - Jesus is King over all
Jesus does not side with one party over another, he calls all those in politics to side with him.
Jesus is not on our team, we are to be on his team
Jesus doesn’t represent our tribes or teams, we are to represent his
Jesus doesn’t represent our morality, values, we are to adopt and represent his morality and values.
So the king has come into his kingdom - what happens next seems very anticlimactic
So after riding in to Jerusalem he goes straight to the Temple.
So after walking in to Jerusalem he goes straight to the Temple.
We use Jesus for self justification all the time
Jesus goes into the temple, looks around, and leave for Bethany.
This is a verse we can so quickly move pass.
But I want to note Jesus’ action here.
Yet, the Jesus of the bible cannot be used for self justification
He goes into the temple, into god’s house, and he looked around at everything.
What was he looking at? what was he looking for?
We will come back to this in a little while, but I believe Jesus who was just honored as a king, walks in the the temple and acts like a priest.
But we will come back to this.
This verse prepares us for the coming story Mark is about to tell.
so when we think of
You have the context that Jesus is being treated like a king.
He comes into Jerusalem riding on a donkey thus fulfilling OT prophecy that this is truly the king.
He then goes into the temple, looks around, he sees whats going, and, because it was late, leaves for Bethany.
which was about 2 miles away.
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