Jonah 1:7 ESV “Come, let us cast lots, that we may know on whose account this evil has come upon us.” So they cast lots, and the lot fell on Jonah. Acts 1:23-26 ESV And they put forward two, Joseph ... and Matthias. And they prayed and said, “You, Lord, who know the hearts of all, show which one of these two you have chosen….And they cast lots for them, and the lot fell on Matthias, and he was numbered with the eleven apostles. Matthew 20:30-31 NIV Lord, Son of David, have mercy on us!” Matthew purposely places the story here like an announcement over a Loud Speaker to His Readers about Who is entering Jerusalem. The Blind See and The Seeing are Blind Matthew 21:1-17 NIV As they approached Jerusalem and came to Bethphage on the Mount of Olives, Jesus sent two disciples, saying to them, “Go to the village ahead of you, and at once you will find a donkey tied there, with her colt by her. Untie them and bring them to me. If anyone says anything to you, say that the Lord needs them, and he will send them right away.” This took place to fulfill what was spoken through the prophet: “Say to Daughter Zion, ‘See, your king comes to you, gentle and riding on a donkey, and on a colt, the foal of a donkey.’” The disciples went and did as Jesus had instructed them. They brought the donkey and the colt and placed their cloaks on them for Jesus to sit on. A very large crowd spread their cloaks on the road, while others cut branches from the trees and spread them on the road. The crowds that went ahead of him and those that followed shouted, “Hosanna to the Son of David!” “Blessed is he who comes in the name of the Lord!” “Hosanna in the highest heaven!” When Jesus entered Jerusalem, the whole city was stirred and asked, “Who is this?” The crowds answered, “This is Jesus, the prophet from Nazareth in Galilee.” Jesus entered the temple courts and drove out all who were buying and selling there. He overturned the tables of the money changers and the benches of those selling doves. “It is written,” he said to them, “‘My house will be called a house of prayer,’ but you are making it ‘a den of robbers.’” The blind and the lame came to him at the temple, and he healed them. But when the chief priests and the teachers of the law saw the wonderful things he did and the children shouting in the temple courts, “Hosanna to the Son of David,” they were indignant. “Do you hear what these children are saying?” they asked him. “Yes,” replied Jesus, “have you never read, “‘From the lips of children and infants you, Lord, have called forth your praise’?” And he left them and went out of the city to Bethany, where he spent the night. 2 Samuel 15:1-16:1-19 1 Kings 1:38-39 ESV So Zadok the priest, Nathan the prophet, ... went down and had Solomon ride on King David's mule and brought him to Gihon. There Zadok the priest took the horn of oil from the tent and anointed Solomon. Then they blew the trumpet, and all the people said, “Long live King Solomon!” The Paper Zechariah 9:9 ESV Rejoice greatly, O daughter of Zion! Shout aloud, O daughter of Jerusalem! Behold, your king is coming to you; righteous and having salvation is he, humble and mounted on a donkey, on a colt, the foal of a donkey. Matthew 21:9 ESV Hosanna to the Son of David! Blessed is he who comes in the name of the Lord! Hosanna ~ ‘Save us’ ~ Matthew 21:10 ESV And when he (being Jesus) entered Jerusalem, the whole city was stirred up, saying, “Who is this?” Who is Jesus? Matthew 21:11 ESV And the crowds said, “This is the prophet Jesus, from Nazareth of Galilee.” Matthew 21:13 ESV “It is written, ‘My house shall be called a house of prayer,(Isaiah 56)’ but you make it a den of robbers. (Jeremiah 7)” Matthew 21:19 ESV And he said to it, “May no fruit ever come from you again!” And the fig tree withered at once. Matthew 21:21-22 ESV “Truly, I say to you, if you have faith and do not doubt, you will not only do what has been done to the fig tree, but even if you say to this mountain, ‘Be taken up and thrown into the sea,’ it will happen. And whatever you ask in prayer, you will receive, if you have faith.” Jeremiah 8:13 ESV “‘When I would gather them, declares the Lord, there are no grapes on the vine, nor figs on the fig tree; even the leaves are withered, and what I gave them has passed away from them’” Jeremiah 7:11 NIV Has this house, which bears my Name, become a den of robbers to you? But I have been watching! declares the Lord. Jeremiah 7:3-4 NIV the God of Israel, says: Reform your ways and your actions, and I will let you live in this place. Do not trust in deceptive words and say, “This is the temple of the Lord, the temple of the Lord, the temple of the Lord!” Isaiah 56:6-7 NIV And foreigners who bind themselves to the Lord to minister to him, to love the name of the Lord, and to be his servants, all who keep the Sabbath without desecrating it and who hold fast to my covenant— these I will bring to my holy mountain and give them joy in my house of prayer. Their burnt offerings and sacrifices will be accepted on my altar; for my house will be called a house of prayer for all nations.” Jeremiah 31:6 ESV '"… Arise, and let us go up to Zion, to the Lord our God.’” Isaiah 40:9 ESV Go on up to a high mountain, O Zion, herald of good news; lift up your voice with strength, O Jerusalem, herald of good news; …. “Behold your God!” Matthew 21:12 ESV And Jesus entered the temple and drove out all who sold and bought in the temple, and he overturned the tables of the money-changers and the seats of those who sold pigeons.