August 29th

August 29th -- Matthew 21:1-17

Read the passage, please!

Two quick things I wanna' focus on:

1) Why a donkey? And why did people seem to react so well to that? Well, the donkey was the symbol of King David. It was a sign of his family line. So, the fact that Jesus rode in on a donkey and its colt was actually fulfilling a prophecy and confirming his messianic royalty.

2) Jesus got angry in the temple, right? People always go "Oh, but isn't anger wrong? Isn't it the same as murder?" in an attempt to make it look like Jesus was sinning. However, in Jesus' case it was justified because it was righteous anger. It was not anger that was selfish, but it was righteous anger because those in the temple were sinning against God by turning his temple, where He was meant to be worshipped, into a market, where money was worshipped. God gets angry, too. His is right and justified. Not all anger is wrong. Some is right, when it is righteous. However, the borderline between right and wrong anger is slim. Additionally, for all I know, only anger shown by the 3 parts of the Trinity are acceptable, as God is completely right, and therefore He cannot feel wrong anger...

Sorry, hope that made SOME sense... God bless! Shalom!