John 12:12-16 The next day the great crowd that had come for the festival heard that Jesus was on his way to Jerusalem. They took palm branches and went out to meet him, shouting,“Hosanna!”“Blessed is he who comes in the name of the Lord!”“Blessed is the king of Israel!” Jesus found a young donkey and sat on it, as it is written: “Do not be afraid, Daughter Zion;see, your king is coming,seated on a donkey’s colt.” At first his disciples did not understand all this. Only after Jesus was glorified did they realize that these things had been written about him and that these things had been done to him.
The Triumphal Entry of Jesus into Jerusalem is one of those few events recorded by all four Gospel writers. Each one adds a detail or two to the picture only he records. Such is the last statement of John's accounts. The disciples and those who joined them in this great worship celebration did not fully understand what they were doing at the time. They were in a sense "caught up in the moment." It was only as they reflected back that they realized what they had done, and it was the right thing: they had acknowledged Jesus as the Messiah, the King, the One sent by God to save. They were being the kind of worshippers God was looking for - grateful for what He had done; trusting in what He said He would do, even when we cannot see the big picture at the time. May our lives be ones of responsive worship today.
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