Jesus is the promised Messiah. He is from the line of David, and here he enters Jerusalem as Israel’s true King. Here he would also die King of the Jews—this is something that he not been unaware of but had set his face towards. But he would also be raised and return as their King. The triumphal entry is Luke’s way of informing his readers that Jesus is the fulfillment of all Old Testament promises. This Jesus, in whom they believed, is truly the Son of God.

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