This week is Palm Sunday. One amazing thing about this day is that Jesus came to Jerusalem riding on a colt, not just a donkey, but a colt, a child donkey. The crowd wanted Jesus to come in triumphantly to defeat the Romans and usher in His Kingdom. They threw down garments and waved palm branches. We will do something similar this Sunday as our GCI kids will be waving their palm branches. It will be fun!
One thing to note how Jesus, a grown man, entered on a colt, must have looked very odd, and even silly? But this fulfilled the prophecies written about Him in the Book of Zechariah: “Behold, your king is coming to you, humble and mounted on a donkey.” Contrast this with how our Lord will come back riding, not on a donkey, but a horse triumphantly to usher in the Kingdom of Heaven.
We live in the Kingdom now, everywhere we walk, every time we talk, as the Holy Spirit leads us. But it’s also the “not yet”, we all look forward to the time when Jesus will return on a horse to take over the world with His Kingdom Rule!
See you this Palm Sunday for worship at 10:30am, followed by coffee in the fireside room.