Matthew 21:1

DIVISION VI

THE GLORIFICATION OF THE MESSIAH THROUGH SUFFERINGS; DEATH; AND RESURRECTION, "GO MAKE DISCIPLES, etc." (MATT. 21-28)

MATT. 21

THE TRIUMPHAL ENTRY; THE CLEANSING OF THE TEMPLE; THE WITHERED FIG TREE; THE PARABLE OF THE TWO SONS; THE PARABLE OF THE WICKED HUSBANDMAN

THE TRIUMPHAL ENTRY (MATT. 21:1-11)

And when they drew nigh unto Jerusalem, and came unto Bethphage, unto the Mount of Olives, then Jesus sent two disciples. (Matthew 21:1)

The tremendous events of the final days of our Lord's earthly ministry were then to begin. In Matthew 20:18 are recorded Jesus' words, "Behold we go up to Jerusalem." Evidently speaking with deep emotion, Christ coupled those words with the third announcement of the Passion; and, at this point in time, Jesus would begin to do those wonderful and awesome things of which he had so often spoken to the Twelve. Their period of schooling was over. The dramatic accomplishment of man's salvation would begin at once.