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In David's supplication to God to preserve him, he demonstrates where his trust and hope is found. David's plea is not in vain, and it is a trust that looks forward to the promises of God to deliver him. Christ sits at the right hand of the father where there are pleasures forevermore. So with that, the charge is this: Entrust yourself to the Lord, Take delight in him and in his instruction. Be content in the one who holds your lot, knowing that our eternal joy, treasure and inheritance is found in Christ.

By inspecting the house of God at both the beginning and now at the end of His public ministry, Jesus reenacts the priestly duties of Leviticus. Jesus has measured the temple worship and found it wanting. The priests have neglected their duties. They have made compromises with the state and with the spirit of their age. Glory and gravitas have been replaced with convenience and commerce. The unfaithful priests are so intrigued by ease and innovation that God's design has been largely eclipsed. By coming to the temple in the manner He does, Jesus picks up many storylines from the Old Testament. He has come to this moment to destroy the false religion of the priests and scribes, and to raise up a new priestly class made up of the blind, the lame, and the young. Jesus is making it clear that while many people are too great for the kingdom of God, none are too small. Our charge is to be small enough to put our own ideas aside, that we may be happy to give Christ the kind of heartfelt praise that He desires.

In the Triumphal Entry, the greater Jeshua makes His way from Jericho to Jerusalem in victory. The Great High Priest has assumed the glory that was waiting for Him on the Mount of Olives, and He is coming to inspect His household. He comes riding a donkey, standing in an ancient line of judges and kings who ruled from this city many years ago. Like Jehu before Him, Christ's donkey rides on the cloaks of the people, foreshadowing the coming destruction of false religion and idolatry. And in all of this, Christ is demonstrating a remarkable humility and lowliness. He can relate to the everyday labourer, fisherman, and farmer who is joining Him on His way to Jerusalem. The prophet from Nazareth is entering the final week of His life, about to take the blow of all the curses that the covenant threatens so that you and I may enjoy all the blessing that it promises. So, the charge is this – see how your union with Christ was made possible during Holy Week.

The natural state of affairs is for us to be blind to the things of the Lord. The blindness leaves us idle, unproductive, and unable to help ourselves. While we are all brought into the world in this condition, many never see their need, and end up moving into deeper and deeper levels of self-deception and self-destruction. To come to terms with the reality is itself a gift from God. The Church Father Augustine once noted that "man does not obtain grace by freedom, but obtains freedom by grace". Like the blind men, we must come to the Son of David for mercy; to seek what only He can offer. Elsewhere He has told us that apart from the rebirth, we can't even see the kingdom of God (John 3:3); yet when He gives sight, we are not only given the kingdom, but many other gifts added to it (Matt. 6:33). Consider your blindness apart from the Lord – from what has He all saved you? If you have received the gift of sight, persevere in thankfulness. If you have not received this gift, then cry out, for He denies no one who comes to Him for mercy.

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