The empire is out to teach donkey riders a lesson. All it takes is the bigger weaponry of chariots and horses. But the God who hates war rode a donkey anyway. Jesus came to “take away the war-horses from Jerusalem,” i.e., city of Shalom. The world says, “You see where it got Him — crucified!” What they do not see is that with love, He conquered and won; with love, He still does. What they do not see is that His peaceable Kingdom is desperately needed in this world from sea to sea, even to the ends of the earth.
“Rejoice greatly, O Daughter of Zion! Shout, Daughter of Jerusalem! See, your king comes to you, righteous and having salvation, gentle and riding on a donkey, on a colt, the foal of a donkey. I will take away the chariots from Ephraim and the war-horses from Jerusalem, and the battle bow will be broken. He will proclaim peace to the nations. His rule will extend from sea to sea and from the River to the ends of the earth.” Zechariah 9:9-10 (NIV)
(From “The Master’s Table”, by H. Lamar Smith.)
