THE CROWD SHOUTED LONG LIVE KING JESUS!

Luke 19, Jesus went on toward Jerusalem, walking along ahead of his disciples. As they came to the towns of Bethphage and Bethany, on the Mount of Olives, he sent two disciples ahead, with instructions to go to the next village, and as they entered they were to look for a donkey tied beside the road. It would be a colt, not yet broken for riding. “Untie him,” Jesus said, “and bring him here. And if anyone asks you what you are doing, just say, ‘The Lord needs him.’” They found the colt as Jesus said, and sure enough, as they were untying it, the owners demanded an explanation. “What are you doing?” they asked. “Why are you untying our colt?” And the disciples simply replied, “The Lord needs him!” So they brought the colt to Jesus and threw some of their clothing across its back for Jesus to sit on. Then the crowds spread out their robes along the road ahead of him, and as they reached the place where the road started down from the Mount of Olives, the whole procession began to shout and sing as they walked along, praising God for all the wonderful miracles Jesus had done. “God has given us a King!” they exulted. “Long live the King! Let all heaven rejoice! Glory to God in the highest heavens!” FRIENDS, JESUS LOVED JERUSALEM AND HIS PEOPLE. JESUS CAME AT FIRST AS A LAMB TO BE SLAIN FOR THE SINS OF MANY, BUT HE WILL SOON RETURN AS A LION AND REIGN KING OF THE WHOLE EARTH FOREVER! Revelation 1:7-8. See! He is arriving, surrounded by clouds; and every eye shall see him—yes, and those who pierced him.[a] And the nations will weep in sorrow and in terror when he comes. Yes! Amen! Let it be so! “I am the A and the Z, the Beginning and the Ending of all things,” says God, who is the Lord, the All Powerful One who is, and was, and is coming again!