Don't Fret Because of Evildoers
…10Yet a little while and the wicked man will be no more; And you will look carefully for his place and he will not be there. 11But the humble will inherit the land And will delight themselves in abundant prosperity. 12The wicked plots against the righteous And gnashes at him with his teeth.…
Bible Verses
Mark 11:7 And they brought the colt to Jesus and threw their
garments on it, and He sat on it. 8 And many spread their
garments in the road, and others spread layers of branches
full of tender leaves, having cut them out of the fields.
9 And those who went before and those who followed cried out,
Hosanna! Blessed is He who comes in the name of the Lord!
10 Blessed is the coming kingdom of our father David!
Hosanna in the highest!
…10Yet a little while and the wicked man will be no more; And you will look carefully for his place and he will not be there. 11But the humble will inherit the land And will delight themselves in abundant prosperity. 12The wicked plots against the righteous And gnashes at him with his teeth.…
Bible Verses
Mark 11:7 And they brought the colt to Jesus and threw their
garments on it, and He sat on it. 8 And many spread their
garments in the road, and others spread layers of branches
full of tender leaves, having cut them out of the fields.
9 And those who went before and those who followed cried out,
Hosanna! Blessed is He who comes in the name of the Lord!
10 Blessed is the coming kingdom of our father David!
Hosanna in the highest!
Words of Ministry
In Zechariah 9:9, and Psalm 118:26 we have the prophecy
concerning Christ as the meek King mounting a donkey’s colt
and entering Jerusalem triumphantly, to whom the crowds cried,
“Blessed be He that cometh in the name of the Lord.” This
prophecy is actually related to Christ’s death. The Lord
purposely went back to Jerusalem not to minister but to
present Himself as the Lamb of God to be crucified. Therefore,
His mounting a donkey’s colt and entering Jerusalem
triumphantly was for His wonderful, all-inclusive death.
Garments [in v. 8] signify the human virtues of people’s
conduct. The disciples honored the lowly King by putting their
garments on the donkey and colt for Him to ride on, and the
crowd honored Him by spreading their garments in the road for
Him to pass through. In verse 8 we are told that others cut
branches from the trees and spread them in the road. These
were branches of the palm tree (John 12:13), signifying the
victorious life (Rev. 7:9) and the satisfaction of enjoying
the rich produce of this life as typified by the feast of
tabernacles (Lev. 23:40; Neh. 8:15). A palm tree is rooted
deeply in hidden springs and grows prevailingly upward into
the air. This signifies the victorious life. In honoring the
meek King with whatever they were, the people recognized that
He was the One with the victorious life.
The Hebrew word hosanna means “save now” (Psa. 118:25). In the
warm welcome of the King, the people shouted out a quotation
from Psalm 118:26: “Blessed is He who comes in the name of the
Lord.” According to Psalm 118, only the One who came in the
name of the Lord was qualified to be praised in such a way.
Thus, the spontaneous praise of the people sovereignly
indicated that this meek King came not in His own name but in
the name of Jehovah. Those who welcomed the King indicated
through their praise that He was the One sent by the Lord,
thus the One who came in the name of the Lord.
