My children drew the triumphal entry of Jesus into Jerusalem on the week ending with His crucifixion. The people were hailing Him as king and saying, “Hosanna! Blessed is He who comes in the name of the Lord!”
The Pharisees wanted Jesus to rebuke the people for glorifying Him, but He told the Pharisees that if He quieted the people, even the very rocks would cry out in praise to Him!
Of course, the Pharisees hadn’t realized that Jesus was God because they were too busy being jealous of His popularity with the people and of His wisdom in disarming all their cunning traps to catch Him in what He said. He always had supernatural wisdom which surprised and silenced them.
Jesus rode on a donkey. This donkey was pre-chosen by God. When the disciples untied the donkey, the owner asked what they were doing. “The Master has need of it,” was what the disciples said, and the owner let them borrow his donkey for the day.
The triumphal entry fulfilled the prophecy that Jesus would come into Jerusalem seated on a donkey (Zechariah 9:9). The people waved palm branches and laid out clothes for a path for Him to ride through the city. They were rejoicing in the Lord.
I find it ironic and poignant that these very people who were shouting hosanna’s right now will be shouting “Crucify Him!” near the end of this week.
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Tags: Bible, Bible class, drawing, Jesus, New Testament
Those drawings were amazing! I will definitely need to check out the Drawing through the Bible series.
I thought my kids did a great job internalizing this story!
I notice some neon in there. What kind of colored pencils are your kids using?
We like using Prismacolor pencils because they’re nicer and blend better than regular Crayola pencils.
This is great Susan!! I’m definitely going to check out your drawing through the bible series. We’ve done too much coloring this year, and need to get back to drawing. This is the motivation I needed!!
Thanks! My kids really enjoyed drawing through the Bible this year.