Matthew – the
Gospel of Fulfillment Chapter 21 Receive or Reject?
Jesus fulfills the OT passage from Zechariah 9 indicating
how the Messiah / King would come into Jerusalem, His throne city. Jesus rode on a small donkey that had never been
ridden before and the people shouted, Hosanna, meaning “God Saves.” The King enters triumphantly, but unlike
their expectation of Him beginning to reign, getting rid of the Roman
occupation and restoring the glory of the nation of Israel, back to the days of
King David and Solomon, He causes a scene at the temple, and then leaves
Jerusalem for the night.
The next day He tells two parables to the Jewish
religious leaders who had rejected His ways.
In the second He indicates another fulfillment of the OT passage from Psalm
118:22-24, “The Stone which the builders rejected, this became the chief corner
stone.” Jesus didn’t stay in Jerusalem
because it wasn’t His time to reign; it was His time to be rejected. And their rejection of Him would result in the
one perfect sacrifice for the sins of the world. Will you let Jesus reign as the Lord of your
life or are you still rejecting Him?
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