• to set up the throne of Jesus in Jerusalem from which the rule and reign of righteousness would be executed • to establish Israel as the leading nation of the earth “And as they heard these things, he added and spake a parable, because he was nigh to Jerusalem, and because they thought that the kingdom of God should immediately appear” (Lu. 19:11). c. The people failed to see several things. 1) They failed to see that Jesus was riding a colt, coming as the King of Peace. “Through the tender mercy