It is normal for us to wonder:  “What is He waiting for?” “Why doesn’t He just show up?”  “Why is He late?” But just because it is normal—it does not make us right.  The reality is simple: God isn’t ON TIME, God IS TIME.

 

Let me prove it to you:

 

Mark 11  1 As they approached Jerusalem and came to Bethphage and Bethany at the Mount of Olives, Jesus sent two of his disciples, 2 saying to them, “Go to the village ahead of you, and just as you enter it, you will find a colt tied there, which no one has ever ridden. Untie it and bring it here. 

3 If anyone asks you, ‘Why are you doing this?’ tell him, ‘The Lord needs it and will send it back here shortly.’ “

4 They went and found a colt outside in the street, tied at a doorway. As they untied it, 5 some people standing there asked, “What are you doing, untying that colt?” 6 They answered as Jesus had told them to, and the people let them go. 7 When they brought the colt to Jesus and threw their cloaks over it, he sat on it. 8 Many people spread their cloaks on the road, while others spread branches they had cut in the fields. 9 Those who went ahead and those who followed shouted,

   “Hosanna!”

   “Blessed is he who comes in the name of the Lord!”

   10 “Blessed is the coming kingdom of our father David!”

   “Hosanna in the highest!”

11 Jesus entered Jerusalem and went to the temple. He looked around at everything, but since it was already late, he went out to Bethany with the Twelve.

 

This might be the perfect time to mention Zechariah 9:9 (Your King comes riding a donkey), and it is, but that is not where I am going with this.

 

Where I am going is to the book of Daniel:

Daniel 9 25 “Know and understand this: From the issuing of the decree to restore and rebuild Jerusalem until the Anointed One, the ruler, comes, there will be seven ‘sevens,’ and sixty-two ‘sevens.’ It will be rebuilt with streets and a trench, but in times of trouble.

 

This is astounding!  And I am going to borrow from Chuck Missler on this one (If you want to reference, go to Youtube and type:  Chuck Missler Daniel Triumphal Entry–a great teaching!):

From:  The Decree of Artaxerxes Longimanus, March 14, 445 BC

To:  The Triumphal Entry April 6, 32 AD

There is:  173,880 “days” (69x7x360=173,880)

 

It is also worth mentioning that many times in scripture Jesus says something along the lines of:  ”My time has not yet come”.

 

Then, on the day referenced in Mark 10, April 6—Jesus apparently knows that the time HAS come.  And He enters Jerusalem on a Donkey—setting in motion the events leading up to His crucifixion.

 

The point is this:

God had the day picked out.  He ordained it and lived it out.

And He did so knowing that He would soon give His life.

 

This is a staggering concept that we must all come face to face with.

His time is perfect.  It isn’t scattered or random or cruel.  It is PERFECT.

 

I encourage you not to take this in the wrong way.  Many people are hurting. Many things happen that are not of His will.  And there is no depth to the evil that can live in a man’s heart. We have seen it and many have experienced it.

 

But that should not be our reason for pinning the world on God.

 

Just the opposite.

 

After all—He did die to begin His cause.  And His disciples ran and hid and when they did come out—gave their lives to advance His Kingdom.

 

The bottom line is this.

 

  • In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word WAS God.  (John 1)
  • The Word became flesh.  (John 1)
  • He would be crushed for our inequities, but by His wounds we ARE HEALED.  (Isaiah 53)
  • He would be pierced on His hands and feet and men would gamble over His clothes.  (Psalm 22)
  • His last words on the cross would be “it is paid in full” (John 19).
  • He would return in glory to set us free and put us on a course for eternal life.

 

There is no escape from the harsh realities of the world.

But what would it look like if Jesus escaped them and left us to deal with hardship without a model?

 

For as much as God coming to die does not make sense—-think of how He drew us in by doing just that?

 

We can say to Him:  “I reject you.”

 

But we won’t be able to say:  “You have no idea what it’s like to live this life.  Why don’t you come down and feel what this feels like!?  Come and rescue me from this!”

 

He Does.

He Did.

He Will.

 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RwYuKlbk6BQ

 

In The Name of the Father and the 

Son and the Holy Spirit.  Amen.

 

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Coach J