Jesus Is Our Savior And King A Biblical Examination of The Triumphal Entry

Prophecy of Jesus’ First Coming Zechariah 9:9 Rejoice greatly, O daughter of Zion! Shout in triumph, O daughter of Jerusalem! Behold, your king is coming to you; He is just and endowed with salvation, humble, and mounted on a donkey, even on a colt, the foal of a donkey. 2

Triumphal Entry? Luke 19:37-39 As soon as He was approaching, near the descent of the Mount of Olives, the whole crowd of the disciples began to praise God joyfully with a loud voice for all the miracles which they had seen, shouting: “BLESSED IS THE KING WHO COMES IN THE NAME OF THE LORD; Peace in heaven and glory in the highest!” Some of the Pharisees in the crowd said to Him, “Teacher, rebuke Your disciples.” 3

Triumphal Entry? Luke 19:40-42, 44b But Jesus answered, “I tell you, if these become silent, the stones will cry out!” When He approached Jerusalem, He saw the city and wept over it, saying, “If you had known in this day, even you, the things which make for peace! But now they have been hidden from your eyes…they will not leave in you one stone upon another, because you did not recognize the time of your visitation.” 4

Lesson: Is Jesus Your Savior? John 13:8 Peter said to Him, “Never shall You wash my feet!” Jesus answered him, “If I do not wash you, you have no part with Me.” Revelation 20:6 Blessed and holy is the one who has a part in the first resurrection; over these the second death has no power, but they will be priests of God and of Christ and will reign with Him for a thousand years. 5

What Significant Day Did They Miss? Luke 19:42 “If you had known in this day, even you, the things which make for peace! Isaiah 49:8 LXX For the Lord says, “I heard you at the acceptable time, and in the day of salvation I helped you.” 6

483 Years Until Messiah Is “Cut Off” Daniel 9:25-26a “So you are to know and discern that from the issuing of a decree to restore and rebuild Jerusalem until Messiah the Prince there will be seven weeks and sixty-two weeks…Then after the sixty-two weeks the Messiah will be cut off and have nothing… 62+7 = 69 weeks of years 69 x 7 = 483 years = 173,880 days Dan. 7:24-25; 12:7

When Was The Decree? Nehemiah 2:1, 8 And it came about in the month Nisan, in the twentieth year of King Artaxerxes, that wine was before him… and a letter to Asaph the keeper of the king’s forest, that he may give me timber to make beams for the gates of the fortress which is by the temple, for the wall of the city and for the house to which I will go… March 5th, 444 B.C.

Doing The Math 1st Nisan, 444 B.C. + 173,880 = 10th Nisan, 33 A.D. Exodus 12:3, 6 Speak to all the congregation of Israel, saying, ‘On the tenth of this month they are each one to take a lamb for themselves, according to their fathers’ households, a lamb for each household…You shall keep it until the fourteenth day of the same month, then the whole assembly of the congregation of Israel is to kill it at twilight.

Jesus: Our Passover Lamb First Exodus 10th Nisan – Lamb selection 14th Nisan – Passover 15th Unleavened Bread 16th First Fruits Jesus’ Passion Week Monday – Selection Friday – Crucifixion Saturday – in the tomb Sunday - resurrection 10

Lesson: Jesus Will Have A Triumphant Entry! Revelation 19:11 And I saw heaven opened, and behold, a white horse, and He who sat on it is called Faithful and True, and in righteousness He judges and wages war. 11