by Hugh DeLong<\/p>\n
As we come to the ending of Matthew’s telling of the good news about the Messiah – Jesus, we come to the paragraph labeled in most English Bibles as ‘The Triumphant Entry’. In some ways this has always seemed a misnomer, for he enters Jerusalem to end up crucified.<\/p>\nWe back up and reread Matthew 1- 20 and observe all the opposition from the religious leaders. However, the common people heard Him gladly (Mark 12:37 KJV). This gives us the necessary background to understand why the leaders were dead set against Jesus – they were losing their position, power, and influence over the people. Their solution: kill him. What then looked like success turned to failure through the crucifixion ends in total triumph!<\/p>\n Has he conquered your heart? Your allegiance? Your complete trust and hope?<\/p>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" by Hugh DeLong As we come to the ending of Matthew’s telling of the good news about the Messiah – Jesus, we come to the paragraph labeled in most English Bibles as ‘The Triumphant Entry’. In some ways this has always seemed a misnomer, for he enters Jerusalem to end up crucified. We back up…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"advanced_seo_description":"","jetpack_seo_html_title":"","jetpack_seo_noindex":false,"jetpack_seo_schema_type":"","footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[27],"tags":[100,664],"class_list":["post-97298","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-article","tag-gospel","tag-resurrection"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":25195,"url":"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/why-does-god-delay\/","url_meta":{"origin":97298,"position":0},"title":"Why Does God Delay?","author":"Jeffrey Hamilton","date":"August 24, 2020","format":false,"excerpt":"by Matthew W. Bassford At some point in their lives, all Christians have to deal with the disappointment and frustration of God not answering their prayers on their timetable. They want something that is godly and good, they pray for it, and. . . nothing. When we are wrestling with\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "Article"","block_context":{"text":"Article","link":"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/category\/article\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/stopwatch-300x200.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":51192,"url":"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/in-the-breaking-of-the-bread\/","url_meta":{"origin":97298,"position":1},"title":"In the Breaking of the Bread","author":"Jeffrey Hamilton","date":"August 4, 2022","format":false,"excerpt":"by Matthew W. Bassford In the gospel of Luke, the primary resurrection appearance of Jesus is when He reveals Himself to the two disciples on the road to Emmaus. After they explain the events of the past few days to Him, not realizing that He is Jesus, He takes over\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "Article"","block_context":{"text":"Article","link":"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/category\/article\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":8187,"url":"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/the-offensive-christ\/","url_meta":{"origin":97298,"position":2},"title":"The Offensive Christ","author":"Jeffrey Hamilton","date":"August 24, 2006","format":false,"excerpt":"by Johnny Ramsey via\u00a0Gospel Minutes, Vol. 55, No. 24, June 16, 2006 In\u00a0Galatians 5:11, we read of \"the offense of the cross.\" To some in Corinth, nothing was as distasteful as the preaching of the crucified Savior. In Athens, Paul was mocked for preaching the resurrection of Jesus (Acts 17:12).\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "Article"","block_context":{"text":"Article","link":"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/category\/article\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/08\/shocked.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":30511,"url":"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/suppression-of-truth\/","url_meta":{"origin":97298,"position":3},"title":"Suppression of Truth","author":"Jeffrey Hamilton","date":"January 14, 2021","format":false,"excerpt":"by Terry Wane Benton The whole effort by the leaders of the Jews and Romans against Jesus was to turn the tide of public opinion against Jesus. They staged His trials and execution on the cross to humiliate Him and end His influence upon the people. Crowds were shouting \"Hosanna\"\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "Article"","block_context":{"text":"Article","link":"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/category\/article\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/scan0046-2-248x300.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":44430,"url":"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/why-were-the-disciples-so-sure\/","url_meta":{"origin":97298,"position":4},"title":"Why Were the Disciples So Sure?","author":"Jeffrey Hamilton","date":"March 8, 2022","format":false,"excerpt":"by Matthew W. Bassford One of the most significant proofs of Jesus' resurrection is the early disciples' sincere belief that He had risen. They maintained this belief in the face of great hostility from earthly powers, enduring persecution, prison, and death rather than recanting. Whatever else they were, they were\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "Article"","block_context":{"text":"Article","link":"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/category\/article\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/Doubting-Thomas_filtered-300x172.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":57094,"url":"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/the-mystery-of-godliness\/","url_meta":{"origin":97298,"position":5},"title":"The Mystery of Godliness (Moyer)","author":"Jeffrey Hamilton","date":"December 21, 2022","format":false,"excerpt":"by Doy Moyer Paul through the Spirit provides what early Christians confessed, possibly even sang. He calls it the \"mystery of godliness.\" Yet what had been a mystery was revealed and understood through Jesus (Ephesians 3:1-6). \"Great indeed, we confess, is the mystery of godliness: He was manifested in the\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "Article"","block_context":{"text":"Article","link":"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/category\/article\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]}],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/97298","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=97298"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/97298\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":97301,"href":"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/97298\/revisions\/97301"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=97298"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=97298"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=97298"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
\nWe must read to the end of this gospel (and the others, and all the sermons in Acts, and the teaching of the letters from the Apostles!) and see the triumph was through the Resurrection! Yes, the opposition killed him, but He has risen<\/strong>\u00a0and is now King of Kings and Lord of Lords. He didn’t take the shortcut offered by Satan in the temptation (worship me and I will give it all to you), He took the faithful path – the path through the cross!\nJesus is triumphant<\/strong> through the resurrection<\/strong> and ascension to glory<\/h2>\n
\n
He has triumphed over Satan and the spiritual powers<\/h2>\n
\n
The question that remains:<\/h2>\n