Blessed is the coming kingdom of our father David! Hosanna in the highest!”
We have here the story of the public entry Christ made into Jerusalem, four or five days before his death. And he came into town thus remarkably, 1. To show that he was not afraid of the power and malice of his enemies in Jerusalem.
Commenting on Mark 11:1-11
Blessed be the kingdom of our father David,.... It was more usual with the Jews to call Abraham their father; but, because the Messiah was David's son, therefore, with respect to him, they here call him their father: and their meaning is, let the kingdom promised to our father David, and to his seed for ever, that cometh in the name of the Lord; which...
Blessed [be] the kingdom of our father David, that cometh in the name of the Lord: Hosanna in the highest. (b) Happy and prosperous.