Spiritually interpreted as relevant to man in every age, Jesus’ triumphant entry into the city of Jerusalem inspires a beautiful symbology. Man’s consciousness is that city of Jerusalem; his thoughts and feelings are its inhabitants; Jesus’ coming into Jerusalem evokes the opening of the gates of man’s devotion to receive the Christ Consciousness, in its omniscient power, into the bodily kingdom with all its citizens rejoicing: “Blessed be the king that cometh in the name of the Lord: peace in heaven, and glory in the highest.”...
The Prince of Peace, whose only battle cry would be Victory to the meek! rode no fiery charger amidst a panoplied army, but sat a gentle steed, small and serviceable to the daily ways of peace. His “warriors” no ostentatious stalwarts, were only an unimposing band of selfless disciples. Verily, this King, before whom the multitudes spread their branches of palm, demonstrated once again that a son of God celebrates his dominion in meekness and lowliness of pride…
Thus, as Zechariah had long ago foreseen, Christ on this occasion spoke “peace to the heathen,” proclaiming that not cruelty but goodwill arms the universal sinews. He who, is “just and having salvation; lowly, and riding upon an ass” will know the endless fruits of victory, sweeter to the taste than any nurtured on the soil of blood.
Paramahansa Yogananda, The Second Coming of Christ
