What does it mean for the king to ride on a donkey? Why not a war horse?!!
Wouldn’t it be a more powerful symbol for Jesus to ride a war horse into Jerusalem?
No, if Jesus had ridden a war horse into Jerusalem, he would have been saying, “I am not the Son of David!â€
Because back in 1 Kings 1, when David wanted to have Solomon crowned king, David had said to Bathsheba and Zadok and Nathan, "Have Solomon my son ride on my own mule..."
Zechariah 9 sees the day coming when the King will again come to Jerusalem riding on a donkey. And notice that the prophet says the war horse will be cut off from Jerusalem.
Zechariah 9 speaks of the coming of the King as the coming of salvation – as the restoration of the glory of Jerusalem.
When the King rides into Jerusalem on a donkey, that will be the day that peace is restored to God’s people!
Their enemies will be defeated – and the King will rule “from sea to sea, and from the River to the ends of the earth.â€
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