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The King Promised UNIT 17: GOD IN THE RESTORATION Session 3 18 JAN 26
ZECH 9:9-10 (Zec 9:9 RSV) "Rejoice greatly, O daughter of Zion! Shout aloud, O daughter of Jerusalem! Lo, your king comes to you; triumphant and victorious is he, humble and riding on an ass, on a colt the foal of an ass. I will cut off the chariot from Ephraim and the war horse from Jerusalem; and the battle bow shall be cut off, and he shall command peace to the nations; his dominion shall be from sea to sea, and from the River to the ends of the earth."
Obviously this great prophecy was fulfilled completely when Jesus presented Himself to Israel as her Savior during His so-called Triumphal Entry into Jerusalem on Palm Sunday’
MATT 21:1-7 Having thrown down the gauntlet to his enemies, Jesus headed to Jerusalem for the final showdown. . Dr. Herschel H. Hobbs in his book an exposition of the gospel of Matthew, Baker Book House, 1970, page 283 wrote, "Now the King will challenge them and the nation in their capital city itself. He will officially present Himself as their King to be either received or rejected. For this occasion the King chose the Passover (cf. John 12:1). And it was fitting that He should do so. For it was the most important of all the Jewish feasts…Every adult male Jew living within twenty miles of Jerusalem was required to attend the Passover. But every Jew, no matter where he lived, hoped to attend this feast at least once in his lifetime." Dr. Hobbs noted that at the feast in 60 AD, Rome took a count and about two and one-half million Jews were involved.
Most people call Jesus' entry into Jerusalem on Palm Sunday as a "Triumphal Entry." IT WAS ANYTHING BUT THAT. Dr. Hobbs called it Jesus' "Royal Entry." Dr. Hobbs, page 284, "In that day a triumphal entry was the occasion when some King or general returned from a victorious war, usually riding upon a white horse as a symbol of victory, and bring with him his trophies of victory…When Jesus rode into Jerusalem He came as one "meek, and sitting on an ass," which suggests a King of peace. He came not after the victory but before the battle. He was the King-Messiah presenting Himself to His capital city and to His people. So His entrance was a "triumphal entry" but "the royal entry" of one who came as the Prince of peace. Everything about the royal entry shows careful and deliberate planning on the part of the King." Dr. Hobbs, page 285, "The incident is highly suggestive of secrecy. For apparently the Twelve themselves knew nothing about it beforehand. It seems that Jesus Himself made arrangements to borrow these animals, probably from one of His followers, without even letting him know the purpose for which they were to be used. It was only that "the Lord hath need of them" Why this secrecy? Because the King was moving according to a divine timetable. His hour was approaching, but it had not yet arrived. In the economy of God certain things were necessary before that hour…. Evidently the multitude which had gathered caught the significance of the occasion. For they knew their prophecy. However, not all of them joined in the event…Luke records that the Pharisees called on Jesus to rebuke His disciples (19:39). They saw the significance of the event, and sought to prevent it."
Actually Israel proclaimed Him as King and NOT Messiah. This was a distressing day for Jesus.
ZECH 9:11-13 The blood of your covenant: the covenant between the Lord and Israel sealed with sacrificial blood (Ex 24:8). That blood is Jesus’ blood on the Cross.
Fortress: the Hebrew word for “fortress” (bissaron) plays upon the Hebrew word for Zion (siyyon). Those who return to Zion will be protected by the Lord. O prisoners of hope: imagery of exile, conveying a sense that the future in Israel will be better. This is the future after the Cross Event.
Your sons, O Yavan: the reference is to the Greeks and their struggle with the Persians for control of Syria-Palestine and the eastern Mediterranean in the mid-fifth century B.C.
ZECH 9:14-17 Like gemstones of a crown: imagery reminiscent of Zechariah (3:9; 4:7, 10; 6:11, 14) and evocative of the Temple and the priestly headgear (cf. Ex 29:6 and Lev 8:9).
Jesus is the only Spiritual King of Israel, i.e. all saved people.
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