10.11.2023 - By holylanguage.com
Teaching on Matthew 21, the King who rode a donkey instead of a horse. Prediction of King Messiah in Zecharyah. Quotes from Midrash Kohelet and Bavli Sanhedrin. Yeshua bucked the status quo and did things differently. Difference between horse and donkey. Story from the early Quaker movement, George Fox's journal on their refusal to doff hats and 'thee' and 'thou'. Contrast between what people highly esteem and God detests. Abuse of titles and degrees is the tip of an iceberg of human pride and worldy ways. Meditation on Aleximenos Graffito on Palatine Hill, Roman soldier worshipping Yeshua. Slander against Jews and Christians of onolatry, worshipping donkeys. Let's saddle up our donkeys and ride.