PALM SUNDAY -- 2020
PALM SUNDAY, THE TRIUMPHAL ENTRY MARKING THE FIRST DAY OF THE LAST AND HOLY WEEK -- And the blind and the lame came to Him [Jesus] in the temple, and He healed them. {Mat 21:14}
The Jewish of the day had a completely different mind-set about the coming of the Messiah. It certainly did not match up with that which they were about to witness as the Lord entered Jerusalem. A David type of visual was expected, well muscled, strikingly handsome, riding a magnificent stallion and a well used and polished sword hanging from the belt. For most, this was the expectation.
For those who would believe and who had already, in their hearts, received the wondrous ability to see the TRUTH with their own eyes, no disappointment would be had as the humble Savior entered the Holy City. The scales of unbelief would be removed from their gaze;
Mat 21:1-13 When they had approached Jerusalem and had come to Bethphage, at the Mount of Olives, then Jesus sent two disciples, (2) saying to them, "Go into the village opposite you, and immediately you will find a donkey tied there and a colt with her; untie them and bring them to Me. (3) "If anyone says anything to you, you shall say, 'The Lord has need of them,' and immediately he will send them." (4) This took place to fulfill what was spoken through the prophet: (5) "SAY TO THE DAUGHTER OF ZION, 'BEHOLD YOUR KING IS COMING TO YOU, GENTLE, AND MOUNTED ON A DONKEY, EVEN ON A COLT, THE FOAL OF A BEAST OF BURDEN.'"
(6) The disciples went and did just as Jesus had instructed them, (7) and brought the donkey and the colt, and laid their coats on them; and He sat on the coats.
(8) Most of the crowd spread their coats in the road, and others were cutting [Palm] branches from the trees and spreading them in the road.
We read in Psalm 92:12-15 The righteous man will flourish like the palm tree, He will grow like a cedar in Lebanon. (13) Planted in the house of the LORD, They will flourish in the courts of our God. (14) They will still yield fruit in old age; They shall be full of sap and very green, (15) To declare that the LORD is upright; He is my rock, and there is no unrighteousness in Him.
(9) The crowds going ahead of Him, and those who followed, were shouting, "Hosanna to the Son of David; BLESSED IS HE WHO COMES IN THE NAME OF THE LORD; Hosanna in the highest!"
(10) When He had entered Jerusalem, all the city was stirred, saying, "Who is this?" (11) And the crowds were saying, "This is the prophet Jesus, from Nazareth in Galilee."
(12) And Jesus entered the temple and drove out all those who were buying and selling in the temple, and overturned the tables of the money changers and the seats of those who were selling doves. (13) And He *said to them, "It is written, 'MY HOUSE SHALL BE CALLED A HOUSE OF PRAYER'; but you are making it a ROBBERS' DEN."
The priests and temple operators could plainly see that this whole JESUS thing was now well out of hand. This was now the second time Jesus had sacked the circus environment hucksters selling their wares to the poor worshipers. The crowds were enormous, and the religious rulers knew full well that the comfortable life style the Romans afforded them to keep the peace was about to have a most unfavorable outcome for them, and all the money they were making in the name of God. (sound familiar?)
As the Holy Week progresses please find the time to open Your Bible and read from John, Chapter 12 and Verse 12 straight through to the end of Chapter 17. You will be so very blessed.
Lord Jesus, we know through scripture the horror and suffering that awaits you in this Holy History. Our voice gets stuck in our throats with emotion as we attempt to imagine the events unfolding. Lord, know that we who believe and have received do share in Your suffering and death on that old cross to the degree that we are forever redeemed through this selfless and most Godly propitiation resulting in our very lives. Praise You Lord Jesus, Praise You for all eternity, AMEN.
HAVE YOU READ YOUR BIBLE TODAY?
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