Jesus says in Luke 19:30, “Go ye into the village over against you; in the which at your entering ye shall find a colt tied, whereon yet never man sat: loose him, and bring him hither.”
The question was asked why did Jesus request a donkey, and why did He insist that it was never ridden by any other man before Him?
The reality is that this colt was a young mule or donkey as many call it today and not only is this a prophecy being fulfilled in Zechariah 9:9-10 regarding Messiah and what He did that day; what many miss is that in ancient times, for a king to ride on a donkey was to be seen as a symbol of peace by the king; like when David had Solomon ride to confirm his peaceful ordination as king in 1Kings 1:33-35 when Adonijah sought to steal the throne from Solomon as David lay dying in 1Kings 1:16-27.
Had Solomon rode upon the king’s horse, it would have been a symbol of war, and David knew that would threaten the city. Therefore, he did as the Lord directed him to do so as to cause Solomon to start his reign in peace.
The fact Adonijah “prepared him chariots and horsemen, and fifty men to run before him” (1Kings 1:5) shows he was planning to take the throne by force due to the fact he knew Solomon was already chosen to sit as king when David died. Another fact is that David could have easily taken him by force even from his death bed as he had the hand of God upon him. For even if Joab, who lent his political support to Adonijah, chose to use the entire military at his disposal, he would have failed. Because it was promised by God that Solomon was to be king!
Being a prophet, David knew by allowing God’s true power that cuts hearts to be displayed in a meek and peaceful way would be much more effective. He knew the people would be easily moved by the God of love and peace, rather than by the dying god of this world who prefers to use hate and war.
I wonder if that act with the colt was a prophetic whisper unto Solomon’s entire reign that was bathed in peace as 1Kings 4:24-25 confirms. After all, was it not prophesied in 1Chronicles 22:9 that Solomon’s reign would be all about peace in the promise our God made to David?
And just as Solomon’s reign was solidified by the power of peace, Christ’s coming as Messiah was done so in a meek and peaceful manner as well further confirming yet another prophetic whisper being fulfilled. Christ could have easily taken Rome down using military power just as David could have taken Adonijah. After all, did not Jesus say in Matthew 26:53 the night He was arrested that He could have asked His Father to send Him “more than twelve legions of angels” that night? But as David was moved by God to use the real power of godly peace from his death bed, so did Christ do the same before He died for all of us.
6 prophetic points to ponder:
1, Adonijah sought to steal the throne just as Satan did in Heaven before the fall.
2, God moved David to use the power of peace via a mule to supersede Adonijah’s destructive desires via the horse; just as He used Jesus to defeat Satan in Heaven 6000 years ago and then later Rome on earth as we will all soon see when Revelation 18:10-24 is fulfilled.
3, God could have moved David to destroy Adonijah by military force, just as He could have moved Jesus to do the same to Rome 2000 years ago. But the power of peace is always more effective.
4, This was all done to prevent Adonijah’s wicked reign to flourish as David is about to die. This is seen as an echo in the way Satan’s reign was perfectly set up to fail directly before Jesus died for all of us on Calvary.
5, Israel experienced perfect peace all during the reign of David’s son Solomon, as the true Israel of God will experience eternal peace when Jesus the Son of God reigns in eternity.
6, Many Christians miss this one thing that is obvious unto the obedient students of prophecy today. For Christ to give such detailed instructions regarding the colt confirms Him being God; for it’s not always about the major prophetic events that He speaks of wherein we come to understand after the fact as stated in John 14:29 says happens quite often. It’s also the little things of life that He sees before we can even contemplate that show His love for us and how His peaceful power to guide us day by day works. I recall 1Samuel 10:1-9 wherein the Lord also spoke through Samuel to instruct Saul in great detail on his day of ordination. Yet, unlike David, and like thr apostates of today, Saul bowed to the flesh instead of the Creator as David did.
But to bluntly answer the question as to why did the Lord make it a point that this colt was one that was never sat upon by man?
As is so obvious even today, most men prefer to sit upon the steed as a symbol of pride and power to ride upon; but a colt is the symbol of meekness and peace and sadly, most men behind church pulpits prefer prideful positions before the people so as to gain worship and compliance.
Could it be no man sat on that colt because no man wanted to? I believe this to be the case; for in so doing displayed what the world calls weakness but the Lord calls godly meekness. No man sat on that colt because no man could in a way that shows both power and meekness. The following words from the year 1882 CONFIRM this as fact!
“Let us follow Jesus as He so meekly rode into Jerusalem, when “the whole multitude of the disciples began to rejoice and praise God with a loud voice, . . . saying, Blessed be the King that cometh in the name of the Lord: peace in heaven, and glory in the highest. And some of the Pharisees from among the multitude said unto Him, Master, rebuke Thy disciples.
NOTE: The way the SDA leaders or any other apostate pastors that kick their brethren to the curb the very moment they come to realize the apostasy in the church who literally try to help them see their error, is nothing more than a prophetic whisper being fulfilled by these SDA pastors who are now openly echoing the Pharisee of old by saying “rebuke Thy disciples” (Luke 19:39) when the truth they proclaim threatens their power over the people. Many in the SDR Movement today know of this awful and hateful slur via their ex-pastors.
And He answered and said unto them, I tell you that if these should hold their peace, the stones would immediately cry out.” A large portion of those who profess to be looking for Christ would be as forward as the Pharisees were to have the disciples silenced, and they would doubtless raise the cry, “Fanaticism! Mesmerism! Mesmerism!” And the disciples, spreading their garments and branches of palm trees in the way, would be thought extravagant and wild. But God will have a people on the earth who will not be so cold and dead but that they can praise and glorify Him. He will receive glory from some people, and if those of His choice, those who keep His commandments, should hold their peace, the very stones would cry out.”
Jesus is coming, but not as at His first advent, a babe in Bethlehem; not as He rode into Jerusalem, when the disciples praised God with a loud voice and cried, “Hosanna”; but in the glory of the Father and with all the retinue of holy angels to escort Him on His way to earth. All heaven will be emptied of the angels, while the waiting saints will be looking for Him and gazing into heaven, as were the men of Galilee when He ascended from the Mount of Olivet. Then only those who are holy, those who have followed fully the meek Pattern, will with rapturous joy exclaim as they behold Him, “Lo, this is our God; we have waited for Him, and He will save us.” And they will be changed “in a moment, in the twinkling of an eye, at the last trump”–that trump which wakes the sleeping saints, and calls them forth from their dusty beds, clothed with glorious immortality, and shouting, “Victory! Victory over death and the grave!” The changed saints are then caught up together with the angels to meet the Lord in the air, never more to be separated from the object of their love.
With such a prospect as this before us, such a glorious hope, such a redemption that Christ has purchased for us by His own blood, shall we hold our peace? Shall we not praise God even with a loud voice, as did the disciples when Jesus rode into Jerusalem? Is not our prospect far more glorious than was theirs? Who dare then forbid us glorifying God, even with a loud voice, when we have such a hope, big with immortality, and full of glory? We have tasted of the powers of the world to come, and long for more. My whole being cries out after the living God, and I shall not be satisfied until I am filled with all His fullness.” -Early Writings pp 109.1-110.2 1882
Do you believe we are close to the return of Christ but you need more bible facts to better warn those you love? If so,