People of the King & His Kingdom
12 The next day the great crowd that had come for the festival heard that Jesus was on his way to Jerusalem. 13 They took palm branches and went out to meet him, shouting,
“Hosanna!”
“Blessed is he who comes in the name of the Lord!”
“Blessed is the king of Israel!”
14 Jesus found a young donkey and sat on it, as it is written:
15 “Do not be afraid, Daughter Zion;
see, your king is coming,
seated on a donkey’s colt.”
16 At first his disciples did not understand all this. Only after Jesus was glorified did they realize that these things had been written about him and that these things had been done to him. —John 12:12-16 (NIV)
• Jesus was Israel’s King
Rejoice greatly, Daughter Zion!
Shout, Daughter Jerusalem!
See, your king comes to you,
righteous and victorious,
lowly and riding on a donkey,
on a colt, the foal of a donkey. —Zechariah 9:9 (NIV)“I will send my messenger, who will prepare the way before me. Then suddenly the Lord you are seeking will come to his temple; the messenger of the covenant, whom you desire, will come,” says the Lord Almighty. —Malachi 3:1 (NIV)
• What Jesus knows that the crowd doesn’t is that He’s not headed to a
Jesus said, “Father, forgive them, for they do not know what they are doing.” —Luke 22:34 (NIV)
• What kind of king do you
• Jesus is not only the Comforter of my soul. He is also the great
Jesus said, “My kingdom is not of this world. If it were, my servants would fight to prevent my arrest by the Jewish leaders. But now my kingdom is from another place.” —John 18:36 (NIV)
• We follow a
• It’s about surrendering to Jesus our King and