Many people spread their cloaks on the road, while others spread branches they had cut in the fields. (Mark 11:8)
Jesus’ entry to Jerusalem was beginning in earnest. Many people spread their cloaks on the road, while others spread branches they had cut in the fields. (8) According to the scholars of the New Testament, those who did such activity were not Jerusalem’s resident but the followers from Galilee. I don’t know in what bases they insist like that but assume as following. Jesus entered into Jerusalem and returned to Bethany in the dusk of evening at the same day. It signifies Jesus wasn’t welcomed by the people of Jerusalem. Then it might be difficult to say that the cheering people were Jerusalem’s resident.
However, people spread their cloaks and branches on the road and it symbolized Jesus was the real king of Jews. There was a nameplate written as ‘the king of Jews’ on the cross where Jesus hanged. A king is a ruler of all the people. However, the king of Jews was executed on the cross which was fitted to a traitor. The author of gospel hinted this fact through cloaks and branches that belonged to the ceremony of an emperor.
This world didn’t recognize Jesus was a real king as a lyric in ‘Messiah’ of Handel, “King of kings”. It was because the level of Jesus’ kingly rule was different from its rule of the world. The kings of the world rule over this world as the way of revealing their ability. They want to show their great achievement. Of course, though there are the kings who serve his people with pure heart but its numbers are few and even their purity also is not perfect. Furthermore, they don’t have such ability. Generally, the kings of this world are hostile to a real king. So there are repeated crucifixions in the worldly history.
Jesus’ entry to Jerusalem was beginning in earnest. Many people spread their cloaks on the road, while others spread branches they had cut in the fields. (8) According to the scholars of the New Testament, those who did such activity were not Jerusalem’s resident but the followers from Galilee. I don’t know in what bases they insist like that but assume as following. Jesus entered into Jerusalem and returned to Bethany in the dusk of evening at the same day. It signifies Jesus wasn’t welcomed by the people of Jerusalem. Then it might be difficult to say that the cheering people were Jerusalem’s resident.
However, people spread their cloaks and branches on the road and it symbolized Jesus was the real king of Jews. There was a nameplate written as ‘the king of Jews’ on the cross where Jesus hanged. A king is a ruler of all the people. However, the king of Jews was executed on the cross which was fitted to a traitor. The author of gospel hinted this fact through cloaks and branches that belonged to the ceremony of an emperor.
This world didn’t recognize Jesus was a real king as a lyric in ‘Messiah’ of Handel, “King of kings”. It was because the level of Jesus’ kingly rule was different from its rule of the world. The kings of the world rule over this world as the way of revealing their ability. They want to show their great achievement. Of course, though there are the kings who serve his people with pure heart but its numbers are few and even their purity also is not perfect. Furthermore, they don’t have such ability. Generally, the kings of this world are hostile to a real king. So there are repeated crucifixions in the worldly history.
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