Palm Sunday

Sunday April 2, 2023

The day we call Palm Sunday was foretold in the Jewish scriptures hundreds of years before it happened. As Jesus had told them, His followers found a donkey which the owners allowed to be borrowed and taken to Jesus because they were told, “The Lord has need of him.” The disciples threw their clothes on the colt and set Jesus on him. Others spread their clothes on the road as Jesus rode along and, at the Mount of Olives, the people began to praise God for all the mighty works they had seen Jesus do.

Rejoice, rejoice, people of Zion! Shout for joy, you people of Jerusalem! Look, your king is coming to you! He comes triumphant and victorious, but humble and riding on a donkey – on a colt, the foal of a donkey. (Zechariah 9:9 GNT)

Jesus fulfilled many prophecies about His life and death. How could the writers of the scriptures have known things about Jesus hundreds of years before He was even born? Why would the owner of the donkey allow the disciples to take it? Why would a donkey on whom no one has ever sat be calm enough to let Jesus sit on its back? The crowds were full of praise for the things Jesus had done among them. The Jewish religious leaders, who were offended by this display of worship, asked Jesus to stop the people praising God.

He (Jesus) came closer to the city, and when he saw it, he wept over it, saying, “If you only knew today what is needed for peace! But now you cannot see it! (Luke 19:41-42 GNT)

Jesus knew what was needed for peace. His death and resurrection were required for peace for us and for the Jewish leaders even though they didn’t recognize their need. Jesus knew the time of His death was near and He carried through to the end.

As we increase our conscious contact with God, do we praise God for those things that have taken place, and are we able to see and believe for those things God has promised that are yet to come?

Prayer: Lord Jesus, Thank You for restoring me in body, mind and spirit and for giving me Your peace which passes all understanding. You are worthy of my praise and adoration. As You have promised, even so, come Lord Jesus come. Amen

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