I tell you that if these should keep silent, the stones would immediately cry out. Luke 19:40
Jesus has ridden into Jerusalem on a donkey, not a war horse. The beginning of the end has come, or for every believer, the beginning of an end that will never come.
The disciples were spreading their cloaks across the dusty road and shouting “Blessed is the king who comes in the name of the LORD! Peace in heaven and glory in the highest” (verse 38) The church leaders told Jesus to rebuke His followers for saying such things and above is Jesus’ response. The next verse tells that Jesus looked out over Jerusalem and wept for the future He knew was imminent, not His own impending death, but the spiritual death of the population and the consequences that would follow.
Jesus has dominion over all the earth and for those that recognize, believe and worship, praise cannot be contained or silenced. It is a residual response of gratitude. Jesus’ words are not about the power to make rocks sing, but rather the inappropriateness of anyone attempting to quiet praise or minimize God’s glory.
Up until this day Jesus down played celebrity, but now He is giving way to the celebration of things to come. Victory over death is about to become the new order of the universe. It was time to shout for joy then, and it still is today.
Singing Louder Than the Rocks,
Gretchen