Hosanna! ...really? ...from what? ...to what?

I was just reading about Jesus entry into Jerusalem immediately prior to His crucifixion in Mark 11. Matthew, Luke, and John all are similar but have some varying language. When it is combined it is pretty clear that they saw Him as a new King coming to "hosanna" them. Hosanna - save/deliver/restore us, we pray. In the highest - their request was being placed on the highest rank or order. In other words, they were saying, "Jesus, we recognize you as a king and we ask with everything we have for you to restore/deliver/save us." But in the next week something strange happens. The multitudes go from recognizing Him as a coming King, shouting at the top of their lungs to save us, to shouting, "crucity Him."? Hosanna us! Deliver/restore/save us! From what? From the bondage of Rome? Into what? The greatness of David's kingdom! And yet David himself understood that his kingdom was only a shadow of what was to come. Many thought the fulfillment of David's kingdom was found in Solomon. But Solomon led them into natural greatness but spiritual darkness. Spiritual darkenss will always be followed by natural darkness. David did usher in a tremendous kingdom. He breached time and momentarily stepped into the eternal. But only for a moment. Davidic worship took all into a measure of the presence of God. Yet only for a moment. He tapped into eternal triumph and victory, He tapped into the heart of God. How? Because David loved God with a form of love that would only be clearly seen in his Son. Not Solomon. But his Son, Jesus. The people shouted it, "Hosanna to the Son of David". David was not permitted to build the temple. Because of war? I don't think so. It was because David could not usher in the kingdom of God. He would have momentary glimples of it, but only for moments, only shadows of what was to come. How did the people go from ushering in Jesus as king, to shouting "crucify Him"? Because they wanted a restoration of David's kingdom. David's kingdom, the kingdom that began with Jacob/Israel, was an earthly kingdom. Based on earthly desires. An eros kingdom that I want so I am blessed. Eros, the selfish kind of love. The "me" as the object of my love. Eros always builds for the moment, desires for the now, wants for "my best". It is the antithesis of God's love. It builds kingdoms that are self-serving and will only stand for a short time. Jesus came to restore the Kingdom of God. A kingdom that is not temporary nor self-serving. A kingdom whose point is not victory, worship, even evangelism, but a kingdom that is about restoring man to what he has been hard-wired. Restoring him to the love relationship with God and out of that relationship with the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit man can love (agape - the God kind of love) each other. It is only then that the true greatness of man is found. It is only then that the Kingdom of God is revealed. For all creation is groaning for something to change. All creation is groaning for the revealing of the sons of God, for the revealing of they whose hearts are restored, for they who love (agape) God. Because they love God, they are now equipped to love each other. This is the kingdom that God refused to David but promised to his Son who would come hundreds of years later. Jesus said, "Repent, for the kingdom of God is at hand." Isaiah prophesied that of the increase of His government, of His kingship, of His kingdom, there shall be no end. From the moment of the resurrection, His kingdom has been increasing. But that is another blog.