Highland Christian Church

Jesus' intention was to get to Jerusalem as the Scriptures make clear in Luke 9:51 - Jesus is resolute...  something we see in Jesus' telling the disciples that they will find a colt.  We will talk about the significance of the colt - a peace offering, and not coming in on a war horse.  We see so many things about God's desire in this "triumphant" entry... first that it wasn't a throne taken by force or a battle, but a Kingdom arriving because peace is made between God and His people.Jesus' tears in verse 41 show just how much He feels the pain of people NOT receiving the gift of peace that has come to them.  We see how heartbroken Jesus is because people will refuse the salvation presented them.But the last picture we see is Jesus' deep concern for the worship of God.  The clearing of the temple wasn't pointing to Jesus not liking corruption - it points to just how much Jesus is centered on the worship of God.  The problem wasn't that offerings were being pur