THE KING’S BUSINESS 359 as the disciples and multitude paved the pave the way before Him with acts of kind way before Him on that day with their ness to those who need them (Matt, palm branches and their garments, we can 25:35-40).
LESSON OUTLINE
( 1 ) T h e K ing a n d H is P eople, vs. 12, 13. What feast was near? v. 1. How many days intervened?, vs. 1, 12. Whence came the people? 11:55; Acts 2:9, 10. Were feast, assemblage, royal entry, providentially co-ordinated? Ps. 102:13. Why make this public entry? 18:33; 19:36 (f> c.). What led the crowd to meet Him? vs. 12 , 18. What does “Hosanna” mean? Ps. 118:25 (f. c.). When, will it and the palms, have reality ? Rev. 7 :9-14. ' Was Jesus in triumphant mood? Luke 19:14. Did He expect the crown now? Luke 18:31. Did the disciples understand the event? v. 16. Did the crowd know their King? Luke 24:16. What only was He to them? Matt. 21 : 10 , 11 . Did they, then, welcome Jesus as King? 1 : 11 . ( 2 ) T h e K ing an d H is P roofs, vs. 14-18. Had He the King’s credentials? 3:1, 2; 9:33; "Matt. 11:3-6; Luke 4:17-21. How did present circumstances accredit Him? Isa. 62:11; Zech. 9:9; Ps. 118:25, 26. What crowning miracle had just occurred? ' 11:43, 44. How is “miracle” rendered in the R.V. ? v. 18. Were there many such signs? 20:30, 31. Were they widely known? 11:47; 12:9. Were these credentials acknowledged? v. 37. What sign of theocratic zeal closed that day? Mark 11:11, 15, 17.
( 3 ) T h e K ing an d th e P rin ces, v. 19. How did the signs affect the rulers ? 11:47-49. Had “the world” gone after Him? 1:10; 7:7. Is the modernized Jesus of “Christen dom” real? 1:1, 2,*29; 3:3; 19:37; 20:28; Heb. 13:8. How was the King welcomed? 1:11; Dan. 9:26 (r.v.). Will Jesus yet be “welcomed as King?” Ps. 2:6; Luke 1:32, 33; Ps. 24:7-10. What will be His credentials then?- Zech. 12:10. “Meek and sitting upon an ass?” Rev. 19:11. > Have you welcomed the scarred Christ? 1 Cor. 2:2. PRACTICAL POINTS (1) The common people heard Him gladly, and the common people her alded Him grandly. (2) The meek received Him, but the mighty rejected Him. £3) “Behold He cometh,” saith Zechariah, and He came. “Behold, He cometh with clouds,” says John, and He will come. (4) Scripture must be fulfilled to the very letter. (5) Had the people failed to acclaim Him, the rocks would have accorded Him praise. ( 6 ) There were clothes for carpets and palm branches for banners. (7) ’ He rode but once, but it was on the road to the Cross. ( 8 ) When He comes again, he will ride upon the clouds with pomp and great glory.
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