It occurs to me that Jesus has no personal interested in riding a donkey into Jerusalem. He would have been perfectly content to walk in as He always had before but knowing the prophecies and intending to be perfectly obedient, He made a point to come with pomp according to the words of the prophets. It must have been a great act of faith on His part to trust that the people would be ready to receive Him so publicly and proclaim His place as Messiah.
The parable of the two sons took on a new meaning for me. The son who said “I go, sir” and then went not represents so many Pharisees. The son who said “I will not” and then repented and went is represented by the likes of Matthew, a publican who repented and devoted His life to following Jesus. (This should have been obvious from Jesus’ own commentary on the parable.)
“Call no man your father upon the earth” is a reference to the body of the church, not the family. It is appropriate to call your early father “father” but in the church there is only one Father and we are all brothers and sisters regardless of any position within the church.
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