Rejoice! The King is Coming!

Monday   11-2-15  Home in Modesto

Scripture reading:    Job 23 – 24      Mark 11-12

S=Scripture O=Observation A=Application P=Prayer  SOAP for the soul.

S. Zech 9:9 Rejoice greatly, O Daughter of Zion!  Shout, Daughter of Jerusalem!  See, your king comes to you, righteous and having salvation, gentle and riding on a donkey, on a colt, the foal of a donkey. 

Vs 10 His rule will extend from sea to sea and from the River to the ends of the earth. NIV

Mark 11:9 He was in the center of the procession, and the crowds all around him were shouting, "Praise God!  Bless the one who comes in the name of the Lord!” NLT

O.  The long awaited day had finally arrived.  Jesus would publically accept the role of the prophetic words of Zechariah written almost 500 years earlier.  These people were well acquainted with the prophet’s words.  It is only logical that they should rejoice, for they saw Jesus as their long awaited Messiah King.  He would bring peace and His reign would have no borders. 

A.  But these sincere worshippers could not understand that the peace He would bring would be an inner peace and His borderless Kingdom would be established in believing hearts of men and women of all nations.  Yes, His Kingdom came!  But their political hopes were placed on hold... for it proved to be a spiritual Kingdom. 

P.  Lord, today I am enjoying the peace of Your borderless Kingdom.  While the whole world rocks and reels with political upheaval, Your peace reigns in my heart.  I am secure in Your protection.  This fleeting life is only the gateway into another life, where we shall enjoy Your Kingdom and time will have lost its meaning.  What a day that will be!  Amen.

Ralph