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Text: Luke 19:41-44; Luke 19:28-40
Today is Palm Sunday.
It’s the week before the crucifixion of Christ happened.
Palm Sunday marks that Easter is a week away.
It is the beginning of Holy week.
The week where so much happens.
This day signifies such a celebration for Christianity.
Why celebrate Palm Sunday?
It marks a great Christian feast that is celebrated the Sunday before Easter.
It marks Jesus’ triumphal entry into Jerusalem.
There is so much symbolism marked by this great event and this morning we will look at what these symbols mean and the significance.
Prior to entering Jerusalem on Palm Sunday we look at Luke’s account of in
We see Jesus’ humanity in the weeping, knowing what is to come will be painful, difficult, overwhelming.
But then we get another look at how He is fully God in that he sees these things but knows there is no other way to fulfill the will of the Father.
He must proceed with the plan.
As Jesus looks over the city of Jerusalem He weeps because He knows the events that are yet to come.
He knows right know there is triumph but there will be great suffering ahead.
Use your imagination here to try to understand the amount of betrayal in the suffering and pain Christ will endure and knowing this he proceeds with the events of the day despite the knowledge of the future.
He embraces the events and the shouts of Hosanna, the waving palm branches.
Can you think of what a pill that was to take?
As we look into this account of the triumphal entry I want to draw your attention to three symbols that are present:
1.
The Donkey
2. Palm Branches
3. Hosanna!
1.
The Donkey
This was the mode of chosen transportation that Jesus rode in on.
He told the disciples to specifically to get this for him to use to ride on.
Why?
To fulfill the prophecy in
where it talks of the coming Messianic king, who enters the city riding on a donkey.
As Jesus gave the disciples these instructions and as he made the entry this prophecy is fulfilled.
Yet another example of how He is the chosen one and God’s plan is being fulfilled from way back in the Old Testament.
Proving to us that God’s plan goes beyond our thinking.
His plan is ultimate, divine and shows He is in control.
Jesus riding in on a donkey is symbolic because a donkey is an animal of peace.
Some may think that Jesus should have followed the plan of a King and ride in gallantly showing that He is noble.
A horse represents war and some may say that this would be a correct example to portray because God is waging war on sin.
It goes to show God’s way of doing things is not our way of doing things.
Once again Jesus shows His humility even in the use of a donkey.
Jesus rode in on a donkey, who represents peace because He is the prince of peace.
Riding in on the donkey is Jesus’ way of fulfilling the Zech.
Prophecy and declaring that He is the King of Israel.
2. Palm Branches
The waving of Palm branches is a way that the people celebrated Jesus being the King of Zion.
The people waved palm branches and this was a form of honor.
They threw down coats, cloaks and palm branches to show respect.
We throw out the red carpet for royalty in their day this was the equivalent of that.
Palm branches were carried in a Jewish funeral procession which represented eternal life.
How appropriate it, because the one riding on the donkey enabled eternal life through His death!
Such powerful symbolism!
Palm branches are a symbol of triumph and victory.
Foreshadowing the victory that Christ would have in the end.
We have seen over and over throughout scripture that God allows foreshadowing to happen and it is no different in this instance.
They used a symbol of triumph and victory.
This foreshadows victory and triumph showing the people without them even knowing that Jesus is the victor over sin, death and Hell.
Although the people don’t know the events that will unfold in the week ahead the people are yielding the result with these palm branches.
There is an interesting cross reference for us to note here:
After this I saw a vast crowd, too great to count, from every nation and tribe, and people, and language, standing in front of the throne and before the Lamb.
They were clothed in white robes and were shouting with white robes and held palm branches in their hands.
This verse shows the importance of waving those palm branches in triumph and victory.
John used it in his vision in the revelation.
God allows us to see these symbols to speak of His ultimate truth, triumph, and victory revealed to us!
The prayers in
Jesus came in the name of the Lord.
He came to fulfill His Father’s plan, therefore his entry was a time of rejoicing there is triumph and victory because of this what better way to celebrate it than waving those palm branches.
3. Hosanna
The people were shouting “Hosanna, Hosanna in the highest!”
What does this mean?
What does this symbolize?
We sing on Palm Sunday, Hosanna, Hosanna, Hosanna, Hosanna in the highest.
Let’s break this down in the Greek and Hebrew this morning.
The OT is written in the Hebrew and the NT is written in Greek.
The word Hosanna is used in both the OT and NT.
In the NT Hosanna is used in three places:
Our English word “hosanna” comes from the Greek word “hosanna” which comes from a Hebrew phrase “hoshiya na”.
That Hebrew phrase is found in one solitary place in the whole OT.
where it means “Save, please” .
It is a cry to God for help.
Like when someone pushes you off the diving board before you are able to swim and you come up to the surface of the water gasping for air yelling: “Help, save me… Hoshiya na!”
But over the years the meaning of that phrase hoshiya na changed.
In the Psalm it was immediately followed by an exclamation: “Blessed is He who comes in the name of the Lord”.
The cry for help - hoshiya na, was answered.
Hosanna means “Save, Rescue, Savior”
The people recognize Jesus as the Messiah as their Savior only one week to condemn the one they were rejoicing over to death and a cruel, heartless, brutal death.
You see once again Mark is quoting the
Christ came to fulfill His Father’s plan.
The people recognized that Jesus was coming in the name of the Lord, his Father.
Shouting Hosanna is a shout of jubilation – a shout of celebration!
Conclusion:
As I said earlier the word hoshyia na changed over the years.
The cry for help, hoshiya na, was answered almost before it came out of the psalmist's mouth.
And over the centuries the phrase hoshiya na stopped being a cry for help in the ordinary language of the Jews.
Instead it became a shout of hope and exultation.
It used to mean, "Save, please!"
But gradually, it came to mean, "Salvation!
Salvation!
Salvation has come!"
It used to be what you would say when you fell off the diving board.
But it came to be what you would say when you see the lifeguard coming to save you!
It is the bubbling over of a heart that sees hope and joy and salvation on the way and can't keep it in.
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