“Rejoice, O people of Zion! Shout in triumph, O people of Jerusalem! Look, your king is coming to you. He is righteous and victorious, yet He is humble, riding on a donkey—riding -on a donkey’s colt, the foal of a donkey.”
Zechariah 9:9:
He was their King, but not a military king, arrayed in royal robes of silk and satin, purple or gold. Rather, He wore the common clothes of humility. His birthplace was a stable, and His bed a feeding trough. His triumphant entry wasn’t mounted on a prancing steed of pride or a spectacular show horse, but rather He approached His palm branch waving, crowd of fans, on a borrowed donkey, as a lowly servant of God, coming only to seek, to save, and to serve. This journey would end in death but the ultimate irony— victory over it! That’s always God’s way— good out of bad!
Christ didn’t come to make war with gunfire and bloodshed or to take by force as earthly kings do, but to win hearts by unconditional love, awesome mercy, amazing grace, and His own shed blood and ‘self’ sacrifice for a world lost in wretched sin. He didn’t come to take people captive but to set them free, those bound tightly in their sin and on death row. He doesn’t rule a kingdom of mighty armies, but His Kingdom is of Heavenly angels and weakened blood-washed saints who have been refined in the fires of adversity and come forth as gold.
Powerful prayer warriors who’ve been washed in the blood of the Lamb, cleansed, forgiven, and set free from the chains that bound them. They are those who’ve been purged in the fires of struggle and trial and who have tasted the results of bad choices in the fast lane and on the downside, yet strengthened, quickened, and renewed by them all at the same time. His saints and warriors know how to fight the good fight of faith by putting on the full armour of God in order to stand against the wiles and deceits of the enemy, and in all faith, they know how to pray mighty prayers that move the hand of God upon our sin-sick earth to see results for the glory of God’s Kingdom.
He came not to take nations down but to heal their land through forgiveness and changed lives. He takes minds and renews. He takes lives and cleanses, setting them on the path of healing to new life in Christ. His message is not one of anger but of peace with God, a peace that’s not of this world:
“I am leaving you with a gift: peace of mind and heart. And the peace I give is a peace the world can not give. So don’t be troubled or afraid.” John 14: 27:
Only a week after His triumphal entry, Christ carried His own cross to that Gethsemane Hill where He willingly laid down His life for the good of the world.
He offered peace, but the majority didn’t get it, and the cross ruled as they nailed Him there, as we nailed Him there in those moments, when God turned His back, allowing the sin of the world to be laid on Him. It was there on that horrific yet beautiful cross that Christ took the sins of mankind upon Himself.
Let your mind wander to that hill, to the mercy cross. Let your heart follow to that place where justice and mercy meet, to that scandalous place of bloodshed, horror, torture, humility, and sacrificial servanthood to the ultimate degree. Yet against all odds, three days later, He rose again, defeating death, according to and fulfilling His Father’s will.
Meet Him there at the cross for forgiveness and then look to His victory over death and the empty grave for hope and everlasting life beyond death.
One day He will rule the world in peace, but until then, He still desires to make His triumphal entry into the individual hearts and souls of those that will receive Him. to set up His Kingdom of peace in the lives of humankind one by one and in so doing, heal the nations of the world one heart at a time, through cleansing and forgiveness, saving it and it’s people from their own sinful, self-destruction.
His motive is salvation! His driving force is forgiveness and healing, His message is unconditional love, and His rule is peace! It’s simple, yet many don’t get it! Do you?
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