Palm Sunday: Dominus Flevit (The Lord Wept)

Everything about Jesus’ Triumphal Entry is the opposite of Pilate’s military parade. Pilate rides a warhorse while Jesus rides a donkey—a donkey’s colt. Pilate’s soldiers are armed with swords; Jesus’ disciples are armed with palm branches. Jesus' scepter is a reed, his crown is made of thorns, his acclaim is a cruel insult. 

And on Coronation Day his throne will be the cross itself. This is how the KoG comes, and it comes no other way. But does Jerusalem understand this? Do we understand this?