Because there were religious leaders who wanted to do away with Jesus, He was in danger. He had just raised Lazarus from the dead, and many people followed Him.  There were several occasions when the crowd wanted to make Jesus their militant king, but Jesus would slip away because He didn’t come to be that type of King.

Now, Jesus does something visible to make a grand proclamation. He chooses to ride into Jerusalem and publicly declare Himself King. This was a very bold move from Jesus for several reasons.