A Contrast Between Two Parades (Mark 11:1-11)

Pilate represents a king who rules the masses through fear and intimidation, a king who’s quick to unleash violence upon those who might question his reign. Surrounded by the engines of war, this king demonstrates his weak hold on power, knowing that if he lets down his guard for even a moment, if he lets any slight go unanswered, the oppressed will rise up against.

But Jesus, he’s a ruler 'who will cut off the chariot from Ephraim and the war-horse from Jerusalem.' Jesus, riding on the back of a donkey, promises a political alternative to the blood and cruelty of Caesar—a promise of peace to the nations—a release from governments that oppress and destroy the weak and the vulnerable.

Two different parades going on simultaneously—one that sought to maintain the power of the state to crush the powerless, and another that gathered the voices of the powerless to challenge the oppressive power of the state.

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