The crowds that went ahead of him and those that followed shouted,
“Hosanna to the Son of David!”
“Blessed is he who comes in the name of the Lord!”
“Hosanna in the highest heaven!”
Matthew 21:9
Events are beginning to take over all of their own, and this is one of those moments. All of His teachings, all of His challenging, all of His miracles are now squarely backstage as Jesus is escorted into the climactic reason for His coming. In the celebration of it all, the people even praise Him with an appeal - the same appeal of the blind men at the end of chapter 20. For Hosanna literally means "Lord save." Their praises are escorting Jesus the Messiah into answering the very prayer with which they are hailing Him. He is not praised like this before or after this moment; the moment stands by itself.
It's safe to say that they didn't know what they were doing, but it is the unfolding of an ancient psalm (part of the Hallel recited on Jewish holidays) into its fulfillment. And it's all playing out without any intervention from Jesus. His destiny of the saving of our souls has firmly gained impetus, and He is simply riding this wave to its final end - the horns of the altar (Psalm 118:27).
And all we can do is observe, receive and abide in gratefulness.
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