The crowds pressed in upon Him. The little donkey, never before ridden, plodded obediently along in submission to the King of Kings. His heart swelled with grief as every “Hosanna” brought Him one step nearer to the Cross. In days, he knew, the crowds would betray Him to the Evil One. The full wrath of His Father would come sweeping down upon Him, for you and for me, for our sins. Yet He set His face toward Jerusalem.
Why? Because He saw beyond the Cross, the spittle, the nails, the agony, the tomb, to me and you, His beautiful Bride. He would give it all, even His life’s blood, to redeem us unto Himself, to make us forever His. Paul tells us in Ephesians 5 that Christ loved the Church and gave Himself up for her. “What wondrous love is this, O My Soul!”