Topic: colt of a donkey

The story of Jesus’ so-called “Triumphal Entry” into Jerusalem at the beginning of the final week of His earthly ministry, is a familiar one. We are well aware that many of those who celebrated His coming on this day were the same ones who would cry “Crucify Him” a few days later. Why? It was clear to almost everyone in Jerusalem on this day that Jesus is the Messiah who had been promised for whom they had waited anxiously all their lives. Yet Jesus – the humble King – was not the Messiah they had expected – a warrior King who would free them from the oppression of their Roman occupiers.

Jesus’ chose to enter Jerusalem riding on a young donkey rather than on a powerful war horse not only to symbolize His own humility, but to show that He was the fulfillment of the prophecies of Isaiah and Zechariah concerning the Messiah.