Jesus exited Martha's courtyard into Bethany's public to smattering, then rippling, then vigorous applause as recognition of him increased. These blogs explore the single difference that turned his journey to Jerusalem into a national triumph and himself into an international figure a week later. Factors that don't explain the difference include: geography, agriculture, villages, holidays or, even, the very presence of Jesus of Nazareth.
Galatians 4:4 by application offered the scriptural reason: Jesus came to earth in the Fulness of Time and came to this Sunday at just the Right Time—as the following reasons prove. First, he walked every other time up the grade to Olivet's summit. This time occurred the initial difference that served as catalyst for all supervening results—Peter and John both felt inspired to remove their outer cloaks and throw them over the donkey's back as a saddle—and JESUS PERMITTED IT. Second, when one of them formed a stirrup from his clasped hands, JESUS ACCEPTED being hoisted aboard. Those simple acts stimulated similar actions in many standing by, watching. From all over the assembled throng men's coats flew off, women's headbands flew off, children's neckerchiefs flew off:
A vast crowd assembled as many more pilgrims came up from Jericho through the village. Someone among them began singing a Psalm of hope, of praise, of deliverance. And soon more psalms were spontaneously sung:
For 3 ½ years Galileans had seen Jesus perform miracles on miracle. And every time he:
But here, on the mountain leading to the fabled City of David, he heard the joyous delirium filling to overflowing the Jewish psyche that his previous prohibitions blasted into adulation turned ballistic. He had been appreciated! He:
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