SPIRITUAL DIARY FOR 5/27/2023 10:35 AM
My Worship Time Focus:
“Intro to Matthew 21:1-11”
Bible Reading & Meditation Reference:
Matt. 21:1-11
Message of the verses: “1 And when they
had approached Jerusalem and had come to Bethphage, to the Mount of Olives,
then Jesus sent two disciples, 2 saying to them, "Go into the village
opposite you, and immediately you will find a donkey tied there and a
colt with her; untie them, and bring them to Me. 3 "And if
anyone says something to you, you shall say, ‘The Lord has need of them,’ and
immediately he will send them." 4 Now this took place that what was spoken
through the prophet might be fulfilled, saying, 5 “SAY TO THE DAUGHTER OF ZION,
‘BEHOLD YOUR KING IS COMING TO YOU, GENTLE, AND MOUNTED ON A DONKEY, EVEN ON A
COLT, THE FOAL OF A BEAST OF BURDEN.’" 6 And the disciples went and did
just as Jesus had directed them, 7 and brought the donkey and the colt, and
laid on them their garments, on which He sat. 8 And most of the multitude
spread their garments in the road, and others were cutting branches from the
trees, and spreading them in the road. 9 And the multitudes going before Him, and
those who followed after were crying out, saying, "Hosanna to the Son of
David; BLESSED IS HE WHO COMES IN THE NAME OF THE LORD; Hosanna in the
highest!" 10 And when He had entered Jerusalem, all the city was stirred,
saying, "Who is this?" 11 And the multitudes were saying, "This
is the prophet Jesus, from Nazareth in Galilee.’”
It was November 17, 2019 that I began this study of
the gospel of Matthew, and in today’s SD we come to what is the last week of
the life of the Lord Jesus Christ on earth.
I suppose that it will take another year to get through these last eight
chapters of Matthew. The preaching is
done with the crowds, and the moving around Israel is done, and now we begin to
look at this last week of the Saviors life, and I promise that it will be
exciting and worthwhile to study what goes on to the Lord, as in this last week
one could say that it is the most important week in the history of the world,
as in it we will see the Lord Jesus Christ paying for the sins of the world,
and then be buried, and then be raised from the dead in order to make it
possible for anyone who will come to Him will be saved. I know that one also has to understand that
they are a sinner, and in and of themselves cannot ever enter heaven, but by
realizing that you are a sinner, confessing that you are a sinner, and
believing in your heart that Jesus paid for your sins, and excepting this
truth, inviting Christ to come into your life in order to save you, then you
will be saved and become a new person.
In
this section that we are looking at this morning John MacArthur entitles it “The
Humble Coronation of Christ.” It was not
long ago that the queen of England died and then her son took over as the new
king, and all of this was plastered all over the world on TV. This coronation that we will be looking at
over the next week or so is very different, but much more important. Revelation chapter five gives another
coronation of Jesus Christ, and this one takes place in heaven, and will be
much different than this one.
John
MacArthur writes “Matthew 21:1-11 portrays the most significant coronation the
world has yet seen. It was a true coronation of a true King. He was affirmed as King and was, in a sense,
inaugurated into His kingship. But there
was no pomp, no splendor, and a nondescript sort of pageantry.
“Traditionally,
this coronation has been called Jesus’ triumphal entry. It was His last major public appearance
before His crucifixion and was an extremely important event in His divine
ministry on earth, an event that is frequently dramatized but seldom studied
carefully or understood for is true significance.”
That
will be our undertaking as we move through these eleven verses, learning things
that perhaps some of us have not known before.
5/27/2023 11:03 AM
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