Two key reasons include fulfillment of prophecy and Jesus’ worthiness of worship. Jesus initiated this episode by telling His disciples to retrieve a donkey and its colt for His entrance into Jerusalem (Matthew 21:1-5). This was a specific fulfillment of Zechariah 9:9, allowing Jesus to openly declare that He was the promised Messiah. The public adoration (Matthew 21:9 quoting Psalm 118:26) was clearly linked with their anticipation of a king to restore David’s Kingdom. When that expectation was not immediately realized (though it will one day be fulfilled), the crowd turned against Jesus. Jesus deserves worship. The fickleness of the crowd does not diminish His worthiness.
I was always taught that salvation's plan was due to the fall of man in the Garden of Eden, not planned before creation. Was the plan of salvation established before man ever sinned?
God is omniscient, knowing all things past, present and future. The Bible teaches that Jesus died by the “predetermined plan and foreknowledge of God” (Acts 2:23a NASB) and that we are redeemed “with precious blood, as of a lamb unblemished and spotless, the blood of Christ” and that He was foreknown before the foundation of the world (1 Peter 1:18-20 NASB). Paul declares that the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ “chose us in Him before the foundation of the world” (Ephesians 1:3-4 NASB). These passages point toward an awe-inspiring reality…God’s plan for our salvation was established before creation and our sin.
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