God on a Donkey – Gary Thomas

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“Say to the Daughter of Zion, ‘See, your king involves you, light and using on a donkey.” Zechariah 9:9; Matthew 21:5

God sat on a donkey.

Those that would drive a wedge between the God of the Outdated Testomony and the God of the New Testomony overlook that it was the God of the Outdated Testomony who foretold coming within the flesh and getting into Jerusalem on a donkey, in a state of astonishing gentleness.

This was not an unintended incidence. Warriors rode horses, not donkeys. Donkeys had been used to hold burdens, or maybe—within the case of Mary—a really pregnant lady. However by no means a conquering king! Simply attempt to think about a large-scale film the place the attacking military descends a hill into the valley, bumping up and down on donkeys as they brandish their swords! The motion film would turn out to be a comedic farce.

But within the final week of his life on earth, Jesus particularly instructed his disciples to discover a donkey for him to journey on. Jesus was keen to meet the Outdated Testomony prophecies and to proclaim his gentleness to the world, simply earlier than ardour week. He comes as a buddy, a Savior, and never as a warlord.

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