The mare and the colt

 

Until I was introduced to commentaries, I didn't really understand the bible to be one cohesive book. I honestly thought that each writer wrote their book and at some point, a group of religious leaders chose which ones to include and which ones to omit, all devoid of any grand plan.
     Thankfully, I'm alive during a time of endless biblical resources and can now better understand the truth of scripture. It is one book. Each chapter, every single word was written with divine inspiration from our Heavenly Father.
     Scripture explains and supports scripture. The symbolism and foreshadowing are ever-present throughout and it gives me goosebumps when I realize the words written hundreds of years before the birth of our Lord and Savior are brought to fruition in the New Testament.
     Take, for example, the colt that Jesus rode into Jerusalem.
Mathew 21:1-5 (ESV) says:

Now when they drew near to Jerusalem and came to Bethphage, to the Mount of Olives, then Jesus sent two disciples, saying to them, “Go into the village in front of you, and immediately you will find a donkey tied, and a colt with her. Untie them and bring them to me. If anyone says anything to you, you shall say, ‘The Lord needs them,’ and he will send them at once.” This took place to fulfill what was spoken by the prophet, saying,

“Say to the daughter of Zion,

‘Behold, your king is coming to you,

humble, and mounted on a donkey,

on a colt,

the foal of a beast of burden.’”

Before Jesus got to Jerusalem, He knew where the colt would be and He knew the conversation that would take place.
     In Matthew, he notes the mare as well as the colt. John MacArthur states in his commentary that maybe the mare was brought along to "induce the colt to cooperate." He also writes that Jesus rode only the colt, that the "them" in verse 5 was referring to the coats, not both donkeys (which makes a lot more sense.)
     I have a lot more to share about this, so we'll continue tomorrow.

See last year's post: 

Resurrection Sunday versus Easter

*MacArthur, John (1997). The MacArthur Study Bible, New King James version.
     Thomas Nelson, Inc. Nashville, TN.

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