How many hundreds of thousands of people have entered Jerusalem riding a donkey? Simply riding an ass into the city is not the fulfillment of Z'charyah / Zechariah 9:9: "Be exceedingly happy, O daughter of Zion; Shout, O daughter of Jerusalem. Behold! Your king shall come to you. He is just and victorious; humble, and riding a donkey and a Tfoal, the offspring of [one of] she-donkeys." To understand the person in the prophecy it is important to read the entire chapter -- what is the topic? The topic is the real messianic era and the real messiah. Yes indeed, this is a messianic prophecy. . . And Jesus does not fit it. Z'charyah / Zechariah speaks of a time when the Jewish people's enemies will be destroyed, when G-d will protect the holy Temple, when all Jewish exiles return to the land of Israel and when the messiah will rule over the nations in peace. Not one of those things happened in the time of Jesus. Jesus was never a ruling king -- judging and ruling. The prophet tells us "his rule shall be from the sea to the west and from the river to the ends of the earth" Z'charyah / Zechariah 9:10. Jesus never ruled anywhere -- let alone to the ends of the earth. Jesus did not destroy the enemies of the Jewish people -- indeed hundreds of thousands of Jews were murdered by the Romans. Far from returning the Jews to Israel the opposite happened -- within a hundred years of Jesus' death the Romans exiled the Jews from Israel. The Temple was desecrated by the Romans with idols, parts of it were destroyed by an earthquake during the lifetime of Jesus (not after his death) -- and the Temple itself was destroyed within 30 or so years of Jesus' death. Jesus did not protect the Temple. No, simply riding a donkey into Jerusalem is not all this person must do to fulfill the prophecy! Speaking of Jesus and the donkeys (plural!) the author of Matthew 21 appears to try to apply Z'charyah / Zechariah 9:9 to Jesus. Jesus tells his followers to go and literally steal a donkey and her colt. “Go to the village ahead of you, and at once you will find a donkey tied there, with her colt by her. Untie them and bring them to me." Matthew 21:1. Just take them. Don't find out who owns them. Don't pay for them. Take them. That is theft.
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Uche B
4/24/2018 03:02:02 pm
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