Luke 19:28-48 - The Triumphal Entry

Well, good morning. Everyone it is. It's good to be back after a week in Montana with my brother taking care of my dad's estate and some of his things and then two weeks quarantine. It feels good to be back. It felt like a a long time away like a lot's happened since then and it's good to be back in good to be hearing from God's word with you this morning. We're continuing on our sermon series to the Gospel of Luke looking today at the triumphal entry in the Christian calendar. This would normally be preached on on Palm Sunday. We would have the kids come up and sing their song waving their branches and I but what's interesting is Luke doesn't mention anything about palm branches. And there's a reason for that is he the triumphal entry is Luke portrays it to us and if we encounter many ideas and images and Illusions, in fact as I've studied as you could build an entire sermon series just on the triumphal entry it is deep and wide with revelation. It also makes it somewhat difficult to produce a 30-minute sermon for but there is a unifying main idea here what became clear as I studied is that Luke wanted to use this triumphal entry of Jesus into Jerusalem to speak about the kingship of Jesus. Jesus is presented in the triumphal entry. Even as we sang this morning as a king and Luke wants to present to the readers the nature of that kingship. What does it look like? And in doing so through all of the ideas in the images in the Old Testament Illusions Luke portrays the kingship of Jesus as Messianic and prophetic Luke is declaring. This is King Jesus God's Messiah and prophet. Until the main idea this morning, I would articulate this way the nature of Jesus's kingship is Messianic and prophetic. He is the Hope for messiah and the prophet of God. We should receive the Messiah and he'd the prophet. With that in mind, let's read from God's word this morning open up your Bibles or turn on your device's we're going to read Luke chapter 19.

verses 28 through 48

and when he said these things he went on ahead going up to Jerusalem. When he drew Drew near to Buffet G and Bethany at the mount that is called all of that. He sent two of the disciple saying go into the village in front of you wear on entering you will find a Colt tied on which no one has ever yet. Sat untied and bring it here. If anyone asks you why are you in tying it you shall say this the Lord has need of it. So those who are sent it went away and found it just as he had told them. And as they were untying to call its owner said to them why you untying the call and they said the Lord has need of it and they brought it to Jesus and throwing their cloaks on the call called they said Jesus on it. And as he rode along they spread their cloaks on the road and I do is Drawing Near already on the way down the Mount of Olives the whole multitude of his disciples began to rejoice and praise God with a loud voice for all the mighty works that they had seen saying blessed is the king who comes in the name of the Lord. He's in heaven and glory in the highest and some of the Pharisees in the crowd said them teacher rebuke your disciples. He answered I tell you if these were silent the very Stones would cry out and when he drew near he saw and saw the city he wept over it saying would that you even use had known on this day the things that make for peace But now they are hidden from your eyes for the days will come upon you when your enemies will set up a barricade around you and Surround you and hem you in on every side and tear you down to the ground you and your children within you and they will not leave one stone upon another in you because you did not know the time of your visitation any enter the temple and began to drive out those who sold saying to them. It is written my house shall be a House of Prayer but you have made it a den of robbers and he was teaching daily in the temple the chief priests in the scribes and the principal man of the people were seeking to destroy him, but they did not find anything they could do for all the people were hanging on his words. Let's pray. Father God we thank you for your words, and we come to you this morning Father and ask that you would help us this morning. We are needy in regards to your words. Help us to understand it. Help us to embrace help us to see clearly. Jesus as king your Messiah and your Prophet help us to heed his words this morning. And help us to receive him as the anointed savior of God. I pray father God for each one this morning. By your spirit use your word to conform to the image of Christ. Help me this morning by your spirit father God to communicate your word helpfully accurately and Faithfully. I pray this in Christ's name. Are you mad? Now we are going to see the Messianic and prophetic nature of Jesus his kingship by considering this passage in for clearly connected segments the first segment Jesus acquiring transportation to Jerusalem nuts 28 through 34. Jesus entering Jerusalem vs. 35 through 40 Jesus weeping over Jerusalem versus 41 through 44 and Jesus establishing his identity in Jerusalem versus 45 through 48. Let's start with verses 28 to 34 acquiring Transportation Jesus. We see acquires his Transportation into Jerusalem. In in how that plays out. We see the Messianic and prophetic nature of his kingship on full display. We see that Jesus is a prophetic King who has Divine knowledge. But he's also a Messianic King with Divine sovereignty.

Let's start with the prophetic knowledge. Jesus has knowledge of specifics in regards to this event, which only Divinity would allow him to have access to Keno's the Beast location. It's in the village in front of you. He knows the state of the animal. It's tied up. She knows the history of the animal. It's an animal on which no one has ever sat and he knows the means of procuring this Transportation. This call say this to its owners if they ask the Lord has need of it. So we see here that Jesus has future current and historical knowledge which allows him to predict the situation and how the event will unfold in which he will procure his Transportation Unwritten Colt into Jerusalem. This is a clear portrayal of Jesus as a king who is a prophet is well. He has prophetic knowledge, but he also has Messianic sovereignty as the anointed one of God as God strong right arm as God savior. He is God himself and has sovereignty over the situation Luke displays the Divine messiahship of Jesus as if you recall he has done throughout the entire Gospel of Luke. He demonstrated it's in in Jesus is divine control of this event. Which I'll remind you is leading up to his death on his cross. Don't forget as we look at the triumphal entry why he's entering Jerusalem. He has set his face as Flint to go to Jerusalem. But he might suffer and die for his people. now he had access to the facts of the situation as a profit would but he demonstrates his sovereignty over the situation as only a Divine Messiah could They progressed the situation progressed exactly as Jesus said it would the Colt was where he said it was it was tied up the way he said it was he was they were questioned by the owners the way he said it would in the their response to them allow them to take the animal. Jesus demonstrates that even unaffiliated villagers free choices were under his Sovereign control. He is not just a king is not just a prophetic King. He's the Messianic and he's the one who miserable had hoped for that's what Luke is betraying here in this entry into Jerusalem. So let's look at verses 35 to 40 where Jesus actually enters into Jerusalem Jesus enters into Jerusalem as a king. This is implied in so many of the details very few of which I'm going to be able to touch upon its implied, but it's even stated explicitly. But what kind of Kingwood this Jesus V is Luke portrays a king entering the city of Jerusalem. What kind of king would he be and as we see him entering Jerusalem Luke focuses on this being the Messianic king of David's line God's chosen one who would save his people we read and they brought it that is the cult of Jesus throwing a quotes on the called they set Jesus on it. And as he rode along they spread their cloaks on the road and as he was drawing near already on the way down the Mount of Olives the whole multitude of his disciples began rejoice and praise God with a loud voice for all the mighty Works. They had seen saying blessed is the king who comes in the name of the Lord. Now there are numerous Old Testament allusions in this section, which reinforce this portrayal of Jesus as the Messianic King and we can't touch them all the fascinating stages see how many different things from the Old Testament are alluded to in this action will let us look at just one one that makes it very clear that Jesus is a king and he's the Messianic King the one who was hoped for and we could see that and Zachariah chapter 9 verse 9.

Zechariah Chapter 9 verse 9 will reread Rejoice greatly o Daughter of Zion show too loud or daughter of Jerusalem. Behold. Your king is coming to you right chest and having salvation. Is he humble and mounted on a donkey on a coal the full of a donkey that illusion is Zachariah and actually more than just an illusion that fulfillment of the prophecy of Zachariah makes it clear that Jesus was the long-awaited king the Messiah and Lucas portraying this to those who would read his gospel. Now a second for trail of the kingship of Jesus being Messianic is seen in the fact very early on in this story that his Reign and his kingship in his messiahship in his being a prophet is contested. I'm going to touch more of that alone, but I want you to remember to our series at Easter time and Isaiah 53. Where Isaiah is clear the suffering servant that he talks about in Isaiah 53 is the Messiah the chosen one of God. They're the same person. And that one of the Hallmarks of the Messiah is that he would be rejected by his own people and we see this. As the Pharisee say teacher rebuke your disciples in regards to the words. They were speaking.

So we're seeing that Lucas portraying Jesus as King as a Messianic King The Chosen anointed one who is coming that was Israel is waiting for and also a prophetic King and so as he enters into Jerusalem, I think the emphasis is on him being the Messiah the emphasis on his missed Messianic kingship, but as he weeps over Jerusalem, the prophetic aspect of his kingship is emphasized we read and when he drew near and saw the city he wept over it. Imagine that picture for a moment to try and imagine it Jesus getting on a colt. His disciples praising and worshipping him. We learn from other accounts that there was more than just his disciples a crowd formed praising God. Jesus looks at Zion at the city of God's at the dwelling place of God. Any Weeps?

Are the Old Testament prophets?

Though they spoke often difficult and hard words were compassionate towards God's people even if they pronounce God's judgment on them. And in these verses we see Jesus prophesied the Judgment of God on Jerusalem, and in fact all of Israel, but as he does, so he Mourns he Mourns at their rejection of God's salvation at their lack of understanding and awareness that their time of visitation has come. We can see this compassionate morning over the Judgment of God and the prophets of the Old Testament none more so than the Prophet Jeremiah.

Several times in Jeremiah who is known as the weeping prophet.

We're told mourned over the Judgment that he pronounced upon God's people Jeremiah was chosen by God before his birth to be a prophet to the nation of Judah and he grieved over the wickedness of his people in the impending judgment that their sins had provoked his prophecies mostly went on here. And he mourned that fact. Well Jesus here is portrayed as as the prophet of God Who Weeps for God's people And he prophesize they're coming judgment. Your enemies will set up a barricade around you and Surround you and hem you in on every side and tear you down to the ground you and your children within you and they will not leave one stone upon another in you because you did not know the time of your visitation like a profit. He proclaimed the Judgment of God. But equally like a profit he weeps over the city of Jerusalem in the Judgment that they are going to phase Jesus is the Messianic King, but he's also the prophetic. That's when we get to the last segment vs. 45 through 48 where Jesus establishes his identity. As the Messianic and prophetic King that Luke has portrayed him as on this entry into Jerusalem in this final segment of this passage. Luke confirms that Jesus is the Messianic prophetic King and he gives two examples of Jesus establishing his identity as such. He provides examples in which Jesus is seen as God's kingly Messiah and kingly prophet.

The first example is Jesus's Ellis. defense of God's honor in regards to the temple the Old Testament prophets were known to zealously defend God's on or in Jesus identifies himself with them. He shows himself to be of their rank when he clears the temple as he's clearing the temple. He's quoting Isaiah and Jeremiah. Indicating his role as God's Prophet Heath enters into the temple view of the court of Gentiles where sellers brought sacrificial animals for the worshippers the purchase and where moneychangers provided the proper currency so that the worship worshippers could pay the temple tax. These were normal and acceptable A cavities in regards to Temple worship. The problem wasn't that there was sacrificial animals being sold or that there was money being exchanged because they needed to have the shackle in order to pay the temple tax. The problem was the motivation of those sellers in regards to what they were doing. They were not doing what they were doing in reference in reverence to God and for his glory. They were doing it for their own gain. So is the commentator block notes with prophetic authority Jesus declares his moral indignation over the Nations worship and then he takes actions and he clears the temple.

In the clearing of the temple, as I said Jesus again links arms with the Old Testament prophets by quoting Isaiah and Jeremiah, Isaiah 56:7 these I will bring to my Holy Mountain and make them. Joyful In My House of Prayer their burn offerings in their sacrifices will be accepted on my Altar for my house shall be called a house of prayer for All Peoples and Jeremiah 7-Eleven has this house which has been called by my name become a den of robbers in your eyes behold. I've seen it myself declares the Lord Jesus identifies himself now that he's in Jerusalem is the prophetic King that Luke portrayed in the entry. We also see again. As I said earlier. The Jesus is the Messianic King as Luke points now to that rejection that we spoke about earlier. Luke further indicates that Jesus is kingship is a Messianic Rain by returning to this idea of rejection as I mentioned in Isaiah 53 a prophecy which connects God the Messiah and the suffering servant has the rejection of the Messiah as a prominent singing. We see it Isaiah 53 verse 3, he was despised and rejected by Men A Man of Sorrows and acquainted with grief and is one from whom men hide their faces. He was despised and we esteemed him not Those lining up themselves against Jesus are growing. What was the Pharisees it was described and now it's the chief priests and the principal men of the people. They are looking to destroy Jesus. And Luke's repeated mentioning of this opposition is a pointer that he is the messiah.

Jesus continued his Teaching Ministry even in the face of this opposition, even with the knowledge of where this opposition would lead to and is he did to he began to experience more and more the rejection which identifies him with the Messiah?

Luke has given us a picture in this triumphal entry of a king. A king whose rain would be marked by certain things. It would be a Messianic kingship. This was God's chosen Savior for his people who have long been hope for this was a prophetic King. Who spoke the words of God and had Divine knowledge in regards to fax?

Until we look at that now being well aware of the story. Maybe perhaps Having learned some nuances of that story this morning in regards to a King who is Messiah and prophet. Can we ask ourselves? How can we apply it? I suggest that we start where we left off in regards to the application and that is in regards to this idea does prominence theme of Jesus being rejected. Luke goes to Great Lengths to show Jesus to be God's Messianic and prophetic King who speaks for God as you Proclaim God's salvation which God will work through him. There are those like the disciples who received Jesus as king and praise God's work through him. There are others who resist and reject Jesus. We cannot read this passage and ignore the fact that how we respond to King Jesus. Is an unavoidable application in regards to our own lives? To reject God's savior is two-faced God's judgment to receive God's savior is to receive God's salvation. there for receiving God savior the Messianic and prophetic King Jesus as opposed to rejecting him is Paramount. What what does it mean to receive as opposed to reject God Stephen King Jesus? Well to receive Christ in a way that results in Salvation and not reject him and face judgment is to receive him as the Bible declares him to be. In the Bible Even In this passage declares. Jesus to be the Son of God the Messiah of God the prophet of God and the king of God. The Bible declares Jesus to be the one who saves us is we talked about in the catechism who saves us from our sins through his sacrificial death on the cross. We receive Jesus as the Bible declares him to be when we repent of those things. Then we call sins that are contrary to who God is and what God has instructed us. We received the king when we repent of those things and believe that Jesus is who the Bible says. He is God's Saviour King. It's our first point of application this morning. Do not reject God's King. Do not reject Jesus Christ apart from him. We Face God's Eternal judgment rather than rejecting and resisting him receive him by believing in him believing that he is for the Bible says he is and he did with the Bible said he did. And thereby experienced salvation through him. Second point of application as we finish this morning is in regards to thankfulness. As I read this story and studied this passage. So many things jumped up in regards to things we can be thankful for That's why I want to give you just one thing for each segment to be thankful.for. But I want to encourage you to study this passage and see what else you can find. From it in which you can thank God for there's a multitude of things. I'm sure but let me suggest for to you. First of all in regards to him acquiring Transportation. Let us be thankful this day that Jesus did not use his divinity his prophetic knowledge in his Sovereign control to avoid his suffering but rather pursue it. Do we often say that nobody ever existed was more suited to accomplish salvation in Jesus Christ. That's true. Nobody is more suited to accomplish salvation in Jesus Christ, but you realize that nobody was more suited to avoid suffering than Jesus Christ. He knew it was coming. He knew it was going to happen. He had the ability were told to call God's angels down to earth to prevent it. There was no one more suited than Jesus to avoid suffering. We need to be thankful. That that's not the route he took. He took the road of facing the suffering that he might redeem his people and though he had perhaps the power to avoid it.

He issued all of that power rather to pursue his suffering that he might save his people we should be thankful for that this morning in regards to entering Jerusalem. Let us be grateful this morning that God has saved us that we might be part of Jesus's disciples who praised him rather than his rejectors who faced certain judgment. As soon as I look around the room, I recognize this morning that most of you are believers. Most of you have entrusted your life to Christ. You repent of your sins and availed yourself of his work on the cross. Never cease to be thankful for that because there was nothing in you that made that happened that is by grace alone. It is by grace alone that you are one of the disciples and not one of the rejectors.

Let's be thankful this morning for the grace of God in regards to our Salvation. In regards to his weeping. Let us thank God that through Christ he had compassion on us while we were still sinners.

His compassion towards us was honest while we were Sinners. He didn't all of a sudden start loving us when we came to faith in him. No, when we were his enemies when we were the rejectors in the resistors in the revengers, he had compassion on his Bishop J C. Ryle says we are greatly if we suppose that Christ cares for none but his own believing people he cares for all his heart is wide enough to take an interest in all mankind is compassion extends to every man woman and child on Earth. He has a love of General pity for the man who is going on still in his wickedness as well as the love of special affection for the sheep hear his voice and follow him. He is not willing that any should perish but that all should come to repentance hard and sinners are fond of making excuses for the condom, but they will never be able to say that Christ was not merciful and ready to save them. That's something we can be thankful for this morning and it extends even beyond our thankfulness for our own salvation. Yes, we ought to be thankful that Christ while we were still Sinners had compassion on us, but this has brought great comfort to me and something I'm incredibly thankful for in the past couple of weeks. As many of you know, my father passed away in August. That's why I was down in Montana to the best of our knowledge. My father was not a believer. We have hope that he came to Faith and his dying days and we have no evidence that that occurred nevertheless. It's of great comfort to me that when he stands before the judge on Judgement Day at the end of all time. He will not be able to say to God you are not loving and you were not merciful and you were not kind and compassionate to me regardless of where he ends up.

For each human being regardless of where they're at Eternal Destiny lies. All of us will see that God was loving and compassionate and merciful to every human being that's a great comfort to me and it's something we can be thankful for and I finish with this in regards to establishing his identity. Let us walk and humble gratitude that are currents in the sins. We committed this morning on the way here the things we since we committed while we gathered with God's people let us be thankful that our current sins in our current sitting Are not morphing into an outright rejection of Jesus. You see that in the Pharisees at first, they were sort of resisting his teaching. They didn't like some of the things he was saying I didn't like some of the things you was acting and we get to the triumphal entry and they want to destroy him. Their sins LED them down a path from not just rejecting his teaching and resisting him, but rather wanting to see him dead and destroy. Brothers and sisters were still sitting but by God's preserving Grace our sins don't lead us down that path the outright rejection of Jesus and wanting to destroy him. He's gracious to us. He's giving us his Spirit to sanctify as he's giving us a word to teach us any helps us understand if let's be thankful for his grace and that that our current sitting in current sins don't lead us to that place where it led the chief priests and Pharisees and scribes and Leading Men that Luke talks about but for the grace of God there go I let's pray. Father we thank you for your word. We thank you for the Gospel of Luke. We thank you for this passage in which we see Jesus entering into Jerusalem as a king. Who is your Messiah and your profit? We thank you for the deep and Rich Revelation In this passage. I pray that you would help each one of us and in the coming week to study this further and to go deeper. Our father God in regards to this Thanksgiving weekend in the idea of being thankful. Would you help us father God? Would you help us to be thankful to a Messianic prophetic Divine King who didn't use all his faculties to avoid suffering. But rather to pursue it that you make save us would you help us to be thankful this morning Father God. But by the grace of God most of us here are listed among the disciples who praised you as opposed to those who resist and reject you.

Father God help us to be thankful for your infinite compassion.

Arrested on us while we were still your enemies. Help us to be thankful for the fact that at the end of days know what man or woman will stand before you and say that you were unfair or unjust or unloving or unmerciful. but rather to be clear to each

That the opposite is true. You are fair and you are just and loving and merciful. Let us be thankful for that father. God help us to be thankful. That even in our current stumbling Even in our current sending Even in our current risk transgressing you pour out your grace in us that those things don't lead us down a path to Perdition, but rather down a path to praise and everlasting life that too is your grace help us to be thankful for these things. Finally. I pray for each and every one. Father God that you would help them by your spirit through your grace to not be one who resist and resents and rejects the Messianic a prophetic King, but rather one who receives and he needs Jesus Christ. It's in his name. I pray amen.