Palm Sunday

We must always remember that Jesus’ kingdom comes through suffering and the cross. And this is what people don’t like. People want a man of action. The people want a man who leads an army into Jerusalem and defeats the Romans, chasing them all the way back to Rome. When the people realize that their King is not the king they were expecting, they turn on him. He was just another disappointment. Just another unfulfilled promise. This is what Holy Week was about to the people who lived it first hand. It was unbridled expectation met with staggering defeat and disappointment.

But the events of this week established a New Kingdom. The events of this week shatter bondage, liberates captives, gives sight to the blind, hearing to the deaf, heals the afflicted, and gives good news to the poor. It is this week that a King executes himself for the crimes of his murderous subjects. It is this week that Jerusalem will get a descendant of David, who is wiser than Solomon, to rule from David’s throne. It is this week that Jerusalem will get a new High Priest. And it is this week that all of us will be set free from the oppression of the Enemy, who hates God’s people.

It is a new covenant, established by blood, offered in humility by a High Priest and King who liberates the captives and establishes peace.

“Hosanna! Blessed is the one who comes in the name of the Lord! Blessed is the coming of our father David’s kingdom! Hosanna highest heaven!”