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Today we celebrate the triumphant entry of Jesus into Jerusalem. Jesus had an appointment with history. God had been leading up to this event from the very beginning. God’s Son, whom He sent to seek and save that which was lost, had come to fulfill that purpose by entering Jerusalem on the very day appointed by His Father.

Jesus had been teaching, healing the sick and preparing His disciples to go to Jerusalem. Many times Jesus told His disciples that He must go to Jerusalem where He would suffer many things from the elders and chief priests and scribes, that He would be crucified, and that He would be raised up on the third day. This was His appointment with history. But this was not what they wanted to hear; this was not what they expected to hear.

Peter even got into trouble with the Lord over this. Peter had different ideas, He wanted Jesus to confront the Roman legions and usher in the kingdom that would bring peace to the world. When he heard Jesus say that He would suffer and be crucified, Peter thought he should rebuke the Lord saying, “God forbid it, Lord! This shall never happen to You.” But Peter was the one who was rebuked, “Get behind Me, Satan!” Jesus said, “You are a stumbling block to Me; for you are not setting your mind on God's interests, but man's.”

In other words, His course had been set by God. Jesus’s entry into the city of Jerusalem that day and the events that followed during that week were ordained and set by God before the foundation of the world. He came to set captives free from the bondage and condemnation of sin. God so loved the world that He sent His Son that everyone who believes in Him would have eternal life!

From the earliest chapters of Genesis God was pointing toward Jesus whose blood would be shed as a covering for our sins as well.

Throughout the entire Old Testament God was pointing toward this very day that we are studying here in Matthew 21. Over and over, chapter by chapter, prophecy by prophecy, it's all there to see and understand.

Isaiah 61:1, The Spirit of the Lord God is upon me, the Lord has anointed me to bring good news to the afflicted; He has sent me to bind up the brokenhearted, to proclaim liberty to captives, and freedom to prisoners; to proclaim the favorable year the Lord…

Isaiah 53:5, He was pierced through for our transgressions, he was crushed for our iniquities; the chastening for our well-being fell upon Him, and by his scourging we are healed…

But the Jews missed it; they didn’t recognize the signs of the times that were right before their eyes. “The stone which the builders rejected has become the chief cornerstone.”

Illus – When Matthew and I were in Israel we had the privilege of having sabbath dinner at the home of a Jewish rabbi and his family. We had an opportunity to talk about why he rejected Jesus as the Messiah…

God had sent His Son, but they would not receive their king. Their king lived among them; the blind received sight, the deaf could hear, the lame could walk. He even raised Lazarus from the dead! These were the signs of the times and they missed it. Their eyes were blind, and their hearts were hard.

But don't miss it! Each one must decide for himself. Let earth receive her King! Behold, the King of Glory! The Jews are still waiting for their Messiah, but there can be no one else that fulfills the scriptures. Daniel the prophet gave the exact number of years from “the decree to restore and rebuild Jerusalem until Messiah the Prince.” No one can fulfill that prophecy except the one who already fulfilled it.

The purposes of God will be accomplished; as promised, Jesus entered Jerusalem on the exact day appointed by God. Nothing can stop Him, nothing can hinder Him. Today, the Eastern Gate into Jerusalem, also called the Mercy Gate, has been sealed by ancient Muslim leaders hoping to stop the Messiah from fulfilling the prophecy of His return.

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