In the Christian calendar, this week has one rival for the heart of every Jesus-devotee, the other being the incarnation of our Lord. “The Word became flesh and dwelt (“tabernacled”) among us… (John 1:14).” While the first celebrates the gift of a child who will become the “King of Kings,” this week brings us to a second stunning reality, totally unique in many ways for royalty. As in the birth of our Lord, this one met with extreme hostility, yet proved unpreventable. In this instance, it brought hostility and death once again, but also proved unpreventable. By His death, resurrection, and ascension (enthronement), He establish His right to rule over a people that He has and will gather, the only true king ruling in an eternal monarchy. At the end of this unusual week, this king departed and we celebrate His triumph over death and destruction, yet He left us with a promise of a return and the accomplishment of having gathered a people over whom He will reign forever and ever.
To prepare us for this amazing week, I want to reflect on it through the lens of a promise revealed four centuries before “Palm Sunday” and yet to be ultimately fulfilled in a day to come.
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