SPIRITUAL DIARY FOR 5/31/2023 9:18 AM
My Worship Time Focus:
PT-2 “The Exactness of Prophecy”
Bible Reading & Meditation Reference: Matthew
21:1b-7
Message of the verses: “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.”
I want to pick this up with verse four “Now this
took place that what was spoken through the prophet might be fulfilled,” Matthew
explains. As we look at the life of our
Lord we can see two overriding purposes, and the first one is doing the will of
the Father which can be seen in Matt. 26:39, 42; John 4:34; 5:30, and then the
second overriding principle is to fulfill the Old Testament prophecies of the
Messiah’s first coming as seen in Matthew 5:17; Luke 13:33; 24:25-27; and Acts
3:21).
I
have written about how the NASB uses capital letters when things come from the
Old Testament, and I have also said that I am not really found of it. In verse 5 we see “Say to the daughter of
Zion,” and this refers to the inhabitants of Jerusalem, which was sometimes
referred to as Zion, and the reason is because Mount Zion is the city’s highest
and most prominent hill. As we look at
this prophecy in verse five it comes from the OT prophet Zachariah, who 500
years earlier had predicted that the people of Jerusalem would hail the Messiah
as their King as He was coming into the city and that He would be gentle or we
could say humble, and mounted on a donkey, even on a colt, the foal of a beast
of burden. “Rejoice greatly, O daughter
of Zion! Shout in triumph, O daughter of Jerusalem! Behold, your king is
coming to you; He is just and endowed with salvation, Humble, and mounted on a
donkey, Even on a colt, the foal of a donkey” (Zech. 9:9).
I have mentioned that John MacArthur entitles this
chapter from Matthew 21:1-11 “The Humble Coronation of Christ,” and this
certainly can be seen from the OT prophecy from Zechariah. When one thinks of a coronation it certainly
is not like this one, but that is how Matthew explains it, along with the other
gospel writers. Jesus came in humility in
His first coming to planet earth in order to pay for the sins of the world, but
that will not be what happens when He comes in the second time to planet
earth. He will come in the clouds to
take His bride to heaven, before He sets His foot on the Mount of Olives the
second time He comes to planet earth.
Revelation 19 talks about His second coming. “11 And I saw heaven opened, and behold, a
white horse, and He who sat on it is called Faithful and True, and in righteousness He judges
and wages war. 12 His eyes are a flame of fire, and on His head are
many diadems; and He has a name written on Him which no one knows except
Himself. 13 He is clothed with a robe dipped in blood, and His name is
called The Word of God. 14
And the armies which are in heaven, clothed in fine linen, white and
clean, were following Him on white horses. 15 From His mouth comes a sharp
sword, so that with it He may strike down the nations, and He will rule them
with a rod of iron; and He treads the wine press of the fierce wrath of
God, the Almighty. 16 And on His robe and on His thigh He has a name
written, "KING OF KINGS, AND LORD OF LORDS’” (Rev. 19:11-16).
I
mentioned earlier in another SD that His actual coronation is seen in
Revelation chapter five. The thing that
I want to say here is that Jesus first came as a humble servant in order to die
in our place, and for those who do not accept this they will see the wrath of
God, the fierce wrath of God, the Almighty as seen in Revelation 19:15. There
is a huge difference, and so it is best to receive the Lord Jesus Christ as
your Savior and Lord so that you don’t have to face the fierce wrath of God.
Lord
willing we will continue looking at these verses in our next SD.
5/31/2023 9:50 AM
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