5 centuries before the event, Daniel prophesied that the Messiah would appear exactly 173,880 days after the command to rebuild and restore Jerusalem was given.
Nehemiah was alive when that command was given by Artaxerxes. Nehemiah calculated the day the Messiah would enter Jerusalem. April 6, 32 AD.
Zechariah prophesied the visual:
Every time Christ's followers proclaimed Him as the Messiah, Jesus would tell them His day had not yet come. But then, on April 6th, 32 AD -- 173,880 days to the day, for the first time, Jesus presented Himself as the Messiah as crowds threw palm leaves in front of His path, and shouted Hosanna, Hosanna! Blessed is He who comes in the name of the Lord".
Jesus knew prophesy. He may have arranged to make sure He entered the east gate as it was written,or even calculated the days, but He then would have also had to arrange being here on earth exactly 173,880 days after the command to rebuild Jerusalem was given.
But it's that colt prophesy that sticks in my mind. No one rides a young strong male donkey that has never been broken. The very best you could hope for is to wrap your arms around it's neck and hold on for dear life while it runs a muck trying to remove you from it's back. And yet on that day there was one colt who must have known that he was destined for fame. He was the perfect mount.
The Donkey
by G. K. Chesterton
When fishes flew and forests walked
And figs grew upon thorn,
Some moment when the moon was blood
Then surely I was born.
With monstrous head and sickening cry
And ears like errant wings,
The devil’s walking parody
On all four-footed things.
The tattered outlaw of the earth,
Of ancient crooked will;
Starve, scourge, deride me:
I am dumb, I keep my secret still.
Fools! For I also had my hour;
One far fierce hour and sweet:
There was a shout about my ears,
And palms before my feet.
Nehemiah was alive when that command was given by Artaxerxes. Nehemiah calculated the day the Messiah would enter Jerusalem. April 6, 32 AD.
Zechariah prophesied the visual:
Every time Christ's followers proclaimed Him as the Messiah, Jesus would tell them His day had not yet come. But then, on April 6th, 32 AD -- 173,880 days to the day, for the first time, Jesus presented Himself as the Messiah as crowds threw palm leaves in front of His path, and shouted Hosanna, Hosanna! Blessed is He who comes in the name of the Lord".
Jesus knew prophesy. He may have arranged to make sure He entered the east gate as it was written,or even calculated the days, but He then would have also had to arrange being here on earth exactly 173,880 days after the command to rebuild Jerusalem was given.
But it's that colt prophesy that sticks in my mind. No one rides a young strong male donkey that has never been broken. The very best you could hope for is to wrap your arms around it's neck and hold on for dear life while it runs a muck trying to remove you from it's back. And yet on that day there was one colt who must have known that he was destined for fame. He was the perfect mount.
The Donkey
by G. K. Chesterton
When fishes flew and forests walked
And figs grew upon thorn,
Some moment when the moon was blood
Then surely I was born.
With monstrous head and sickening cry
And ears like errant wings,
The devil’s walking parody
On all four-footed things.
The tattered outlaw of the earth,
Of ancient crooked will;
Starve, scourge, deride me:
I am dumb, I keep my secret still.
Fools! For I also had my hour;
One far fierce hour and sweet:
There was a shout about my ears,
And palms before my feet.
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