In Matthew 21:1-10, we read about what is traditionally called the Triumphal Entry into Jerusalem, which set the stage for the events that rapidly developed over the final week of Jesus’ life on earth, because this event holds a key to understanding the events that unfolded after it. In fact, Jesus’ entry into Jerusalem was the event that set the other ones in motion.
The opposite results of David’s and Saul’s desperate measures hold lessons about how to live in the world while not being of the world.
Jesus’ sayings reveal the meaning of his death on the cross, and some who witnessed it got the message.
Because God had fulfilled one of his promises to Abraham by making his descendants a great nation, the next announcement of the Covenant of...