Compelling Love

Zechariah 9:9 (NKJV)
“Rejoice greatly, O daughter of Zion!
Shout, O daughter of Jerusalem!
Behold, your King is coming to you;
He is just and having salvation,
Lowly and riding on a donkey,
A colt, the foal of a donkey.”

Mark 11 (NKJV)
⁷ Then they brought the colt to Jesus and threw their clothes on it, and He sat on it. ⁸ And many spread their clothes on the road, and others cut down leafy branches from the trees and spread them on the road. ⁹ Then those who went before and those who followed cried out, saying:

“Hosanna!
‘Blessed is He who comes in the name of the Lord!’
¹⁰ Blessed is the kingdom of our father David
That comes in the name of the Lord!
Hosanna in the highest!”

Jesus rode into Jerusalem as prophesied,  on the foal of a donkey and in the exact time frame prophesied in Daniel 9:25. God is so faithful!  His promises are good, and He brings them to pass. Palm branches are a symbol of triumph and victory. The Resurrection was a victory for all who believe.  The love of God  changes us, and empowers us to be what we are created to be.  We receive new life in Christ:

“Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation; old things have passed away; behold, all things have become new..”  (2 Cor. 5:17 NKJV)