Today we hear the following words of Jesus recorded by Luke:
"And if any man ask you, Why do ye loose him? thus shall ye say unto him, Because the Lord hath need of him." (Luke 19:31)
This, of course, referring to the colt which was tied near the Mount of Olives, awaiting its destiny as the creature that would carry Jesus into Jerusalem. We read throughout this account confusion and misunderstanding in all of those present with the exception of Our Lord. These few hours paint a picture of our human understanding of history. We can't see into the future. We do not understand the meaning of things that are happening right under our noses. We often think we know just what is going on but we learn later, if we are honest, that we did not understand. Even looking back into history, it is hard to understand the subtle connections that make up the past. No one in Luke's account, except Jesus, had a grasp of what was going on. Jesus knew and understood even to the detail of the whereabouts of the colt which would bear him.
What happened to the colt after the "triumphal" entry?
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