Jesus was traveling through and people were getting excited that he was building momentum to establish the Kingdom and finally they would be freed from the oppression of the Romans - and the taxes!
But, what on earth is Jesus doing? What is that hated foreigner doing up in the tree right where Jesus is about to pass? And why is Jesus stopping to look up at him and talking to him? And now, Jesus is going to his house. I can't believe Jesus would do that. I hope my kids weren't watching. That is no example to my kids on how to get rid of our oppressors!
A life was changed that day. Jesus came to bring salvation.
I love how Tom Wright stated it:
“Then Jesus says it. We thought he was on pilgrimage to Jerusalem, but this was his real mission. ‘This is what I came for – to look for the lost and to rescue them.’ Well, he’s made a lot of people happy in Jericho.
But now, as we look back from a few weeks later, we realize that something else was going on as well. Zacchaeus climbed a tree to see Jesus – and he discovered the meaning of salvation. Jesus was on his way to hang on a very different tree. And that was how salvation happened."
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