Your King is Coming! (Triumphal Entry)

Why is the Triumphal Entry into Jerusalem of such significance?

(1) Jesus uses this entrance to deliberately evoke a demonstration. He knows the resulting enthusiastic reaction will enrage the hostile leaders at Jerusalem so that they will indeed do all they can to kill Him [Hendriksen]. Thus, Jesus' choosing to enter Jerusalem in this way is His beginning of His 'earthly' end--and the necessary suffering and death—and resurrection—for salvation of His people.

(2) Jesus enters Jerusalem in this way to fulfill Messianic prophecies as public proof of His identity as Messiah King. And He will now finally embrace it and not try to restrain those who praise Him as King.

(3) And with Triumphal Entry, He will show what the true Messiah King is—and not what they expected. And with Triumphal Entry we will see at least three facets of what type of King Jesus is.

Matthew 21:1-11 – Your King is Coming! (Triumphal Entry)
I. Sovereign King (vv1-4)
II. Servant King (vv5-8)
III. Saving King (v9)
IV. Who is your King? (vv10-11)