why did jesus do this?

#1 08-06-2021, 07:27 AM

The messiah was supposed to be a King here on earth according to Judaism. A King like David. So a threatening thing for the rulers of the day and Jesus had no interest in such a thing. But he had to know the rulers were thinking this guy, if he is claiming to be the messiah, will amass an army or something and try to be King.

So why did Jesus tell his followers to get him a donkey so he could ride into town on it like Kings did? That was a provocation and why do such thing?

Mark 11:
7 The followers brought the donkey to Jesus. They put their coats on it, and Jesus sat on it. 8 Many people spread their coats on the road for Jesus. Others cut branches in the fields and spread the branches on the road. 9 Some of them were walking ahead of Jesus. Others were walking behind him. Everyone shouted,

10 “God bless the kingdom of our father David.
That kingdom is coming!

Miss Hepburn · #2 08-06-2021, 08:40 AM

Was it so he could fulfill Zechariah 9:9 and no other reason?:
"... your king is coming to you; righteous and having salvation is he,
humble and mounted on a donkey, on a colt, the foal of a donkey."

I dunno. Except that he wanted to provoke the 'powers that be'.

sky · #3 08-06-2021, 09:27 AM

He was a Holy Rebel

Amilius777 · #4 21-06-2021, 03:31 PM

Well for one thing,

The parallels between Jesus and King David are pretty apparent.

If you want a different explanations beyond the confines of religions

Jesus had been King David in a previous incarnation. He was correcting the royal presentation and correcting the acts of lordship from before. He was saying he was David as a soul, a person born into time and space, but as the Divinity he incarnated with, he was also God and Perfection, thus giving his People a new and more perfect pattern of what the King of Israel was meant to demonstrate.

Miss Hepburn · #5 21-06-2021, 04:45 PM

I have read some on Jesus and his incarnations - (not all that much out there, tho).
I don't recall anyone saying he was David...what makes you say that, curious. And thanks.

Molearner · #6 21-06-2021, 06:49 PM

The source of much confusion is when conjecture is presented as fact.

ThatMan · #7 21-06-2021, 07:03 PM

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The source of much confusion is when conjecture is presented as fact.

Not really ( and yes ), there have been a few theories about a certain man from the old testament, that this man was Jesus, the Christ but appeared as having another name, Melchizedek, if I remember correctly, there are other writtings about the order of Melchizedek, which was a very high order and from these other writtings, if I still remember, they were doing God's work at a cosmic level, not just here on Earth.

Molearner · #8 21-06-2021, 07:43 PM

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Originally Posted by ThatMan

Not really ( and yes ), there have been a few theories about a certain man from the old testament, that this man was Jesus, the Christ but appeared as having another name, Melchizedek, if I remember correctly, there are other writtings about the order of Melchizedek, which was a very high order and from these other writtings, if I still remember, they were doing God's work at a cosmic level, not just here on Earth.

ThatMan,

It is true that Melchizedek was working at a cosmic level….see Hebrews 7:3….you will notice that in that sense he was described as being “LIKE the Son of God” that seems to substantiate scripturally that Melchizedek was a distinct being from Christ……

ThatMan · #9 21-06-2021, 08:38 PM

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Originally Posted by Molearner

ThatMan,

It is true that Melchizedek was working at a cosmic level….see Hebrews 7:3….you will notice that in that sense he was described as being “LIKE the Son of God” that seems to substantiate scripturally that Melchizedek was a distinct being from Christ……

Well, not really, that still could be Christ preparing His way, taking the form of the Melchizedek, he had no genealogy, no mother and no father, no beginning and no end ( eternal ) ( Hebrew 7:3 )

What Melchizedek brought to Abraham, bread and wine? What did Jesus do at the last supper using bread and wine?

From the very first moment I heard this name Melchizedek, I had this inner feeling that it was Christ all along, having no idea about the theory that it was Christ.

Molearner · #10 22-06-2021, 12:44 AM

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Originally Posted by ThatMan

Well, not really, that still could be Christ preparing His way, taking the form of the Melchizedek, he had no genealogy, no mother and no father, no beginning and no end ( eternal ) ( Hebrew 7:3 )

What Melchizedek brought to Abraham, bread and wine? What did Jesus do at the last supper using bread and wine?

From the very first moment I heard this name Melchizedek, I had this inner feeling that it was Christ all along, having no idea about the theory that it was Christ.

ThatMan,

Everyone that believes in reincarnation wants to speculate who Jesus was in previous lives. We have already had David named as a predecessor and Matthew 16:13-17 gives guesses from the contemporaries of Jesus. Only Simon Peter was correct and with that revelation by Jesus it should have squelched any similar speculations. Pursuit of this always seems to me a desperate attempt to give the most valid indication of the reality of reincarnation. It is either that or a determination to reduce Jesus to our level and deny his uniqueness.