We are now approaching the final fateful week that was to change everything.
Two disciples were sent ahead to get a donkey. Everything was prepared in advance. The events of the cross were not a matter of things going out of control, but of God's plan coming to fruition. It was an event long prepared for, indeed prepared for before the beginning of time.
Matthew quotes from Zechariah 9:9. Israel's king was coming, but He was not coming as a mighty warrior, but gently. Jesus often does not come into our lives in the ways that we expect.
Having got the donkey and the colt, the disciples placed their cloaks upon the beasts for Jesus. The crowds spread their cloaks upon the ground for Jesus. They waved palm branches and hailed Him as king.
It is amazing that on this day they were welcoming Jesus as king, a short while later they would be crying out for Him to be crucified.
When were they right? When they hailed Him as king, or when they went along with the rest of the crowds crying out "crucify Him"? Clearly when they declared Him king. We can have mixed feelings towards God. There can be times when we are full of praise and expectation, there can be others when we feel He has abandoned us, or is against us. It is the times when we are full of praise that are the reliable times.
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