Devotional Song: … GO TO THIS LINK … Please take the time to take in a YouTube video with images and lyrics from Chris Rice singing the old Hymn … How Great Thou Art … poignantly singing of the greatness of our God, Who created even the birds who sing to His glory.
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Highlight Verse[s]: Matthew 21:9 [NLT] … 9 Jesus was in the center of the procession, and the people all around him were shouting, “Praise God for the Son of David! Blessings on the one who comes in the name of the Lord! Praise God in highest heaven!”
… As Jesus entered the City of David, He was proclaimed to be the “Son of David” by the people.
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Highlight Passage [context]: Matthew 21:1-16 [NLT] … USE THIS LINK … … Jesus lauded as the “Son of David” … the Messiah Who had come to save them from their captivity; but the Pharisees couldn’t see Him that way.
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Reference Passage : … Matthew 9:27, 20:30-31 [NLT] … USE THIS LINK …
… If two blind men could recognize Jesus as the “Son of David,” Who was their King, why couldn’t the Pharisees see Him for Whom He was (and is)? The question is … DO WE?!
My Devotional Journal: Today's ODB author, Mart DeHaan, uses an interesting comparison of a famous statue of David by Michelangelo to have us see Whom Jesus really is. The ODB author wrote: When an advertiser altered a photo of Michelangelo’s famous marble sculpture of the biblical hero David, Italy’s government and gallery officials objected. Picturing David with a military rifle slung over his shoulder (instead of his slingshot) would be a violation—“like taking a hammer to it or worse,” a cultural official said.
In other words, depicting a picture of the famous statue by Michelangelo in any other way than the original (see photo) was seen by some as defacing the genuine work of art. And this is much like the Pharisees during Jesus’ walk on earth who were trying to deface the image of the Messiah, Who had come as prophesied in the Old Testament and by their Prophet, John the Baptist, but these religious leaders couldn’t, or wouldn’t, see as the “Son of David” as many of his followers were claiming they had found in this Jesus of Nazareth.
Jesus was “the King” they had been looking for; but many in his day, especially the religious leaders were unwilling, or unable, to see Him as their Messiah. But the important question for us is … WHOM DO WE SAY HE IS? Fellow reader, do we see Jesus as “KING,” … KING of kings and LORD of lords … as Matthew was claiming for his fellow Jews in his Gospel account? … I pray we do! … Because if we don’t we’re going to spend eternity in hell.
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My THANKFULNESS: … Oh Lord, Jesus, thank You for coming as our King to show Yourself as our Messiah.
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My Prayer Today: Abba Father, … King Jesus, … Precious Spirit … Today may I show any and all that Jesus is my King! … Amen
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