Welcome to this Palm Sunday edition of Our Daily Bread.

Our reading titled A King on a Donkey was written by K.T. Sim.

It was Sunday, the day we now call Palm Sunday. Without a doubt, this wasn't Jesus' first visit to

Jerusalem. As a devout Jew, he would have gone to the city every year for the three great

feasts. In the past three years, Christ had also ministered and taught in Jerusalem. But this

Sunday, his coming into the city was radically different. By riding a young donkey into

Jerusalem at a time when thousands of worshippers were coming into the city, Jesus was the center

of attention. Why would he take the place of prominence before thousands of people when for the past

three years he deliberately kept a low profile.

Why would he accept the people's proclamation that he was king just five days before his death?

Matthew says that this took place to fulfill a 500-year-old prophecy, that God's chosen king would come into Jerusalem,

righteous and victorious, yet lowly and riding on a donkey.

This was a truly unusual way for a triumphant king to enter a city.

Conquering kings normally rode on mighty stallions, but Jesus didn't come riding a warhorse.

This reveals what kind of king Jesus is.

He came in meekness and lowliness.

Jesus came not for war, but for peace, establishing peace between God and us.

Today's Our Daily Bread devotional scripture reading is from Matthew chapter 21, verses 1 through 11.

As they approached Jerusalem and came to Beth Vigia on the Mount of Olives,

Jesus sent two disciples, saying to them,

Go to the village ahead of you, and at once you will find a donkey tied there,

with her colt by her, untie them, and bring them to me.

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