Sermon Tone Analysis

Empty graves part 2

Rejoice greatly, O daughter of Zion; shout, O daughter of Jerusalem: behold, thy King cometh unto thee: he is just, and having salvation; lowly, and riding upon an ass, and upon a colt the foal of an ass.

INTRODUCTION

His eyes were as a flame of fire, and on his head were many crowns; and he had a name written, that no man knew, but he himself.

And he was clothed with a vesture dipped in blood: and his name is called The Word of God.

And the armies which were in heaven followed him upon white horses, clothed in fine linen, white and clean.

And out of his mouth goeth a sharp sword, that with it he should smite the nations: and he shall rule them with a rod of iron: and he treadeth the winepress of the fierceness and wrath of Almighty God.

And he hath on his vesture and on his thigh a name written, KING OF KINGS, AND LORD OF LORDS.

INTRODUCTION

Good morning Southpointe, Welcome to our Palm Sunday service.

We are excited about Easter service coming up, I hope you are as excite as we are.

We are looking for many prodigal to come home that day.

And we are looking for you to come and invite and bring mom & dad, grandma, grandpa, aunt, uncle, children, grandchildren, your neighbors and friends.

I want to reinforce our Good Friday, this Friday night we will be having communion and just a great time together in kicking off our Easter celebration.

It starts at 7:00 pm, we started doing this last year and it just something that I believe as the Pastor we need to do and what a service we had.

Many people from other churches came and it was just good.

Hope you come this Friday!!

Well let’s get to the sermon:

The Sadducees had a tradition in which they believed the Messiah would show up four days before Passover.

They kept the gates of the Temple open so that He could walk right in to His rightful place.

Because of this, Jewish people excitement was at its peak.

The Romans would have all troops activated and on alert for this day.

They feared the Jews would try another revolt which had happened in the past.

Tensions were very high on that day.

That is the very day Jesus chose to enter Jerusalem on a donkey fulfilling the prophecy!

Rejoice greatly, O daughter of Zion; shout, O daughter of Jerusalem: behold, thy King cometh unto thee: he is just, and having salvation; lowly, and riding upon an ass, and upon a colt the foal of an ass.

I have never been on Hosanna Street in Jerusalem.

But they tell me If you are coming from Bethlehem and then through Bethany, the road climbs over a ridge and as you reach the top, spread out before you on the other side of the Kidron Valley is the beautiful city of Jerusalem.

I have been up and down Hosanna Street in Jerusalem a number of times.

If you are coming from Bethlehem and then through Bethany, the road climbs over a ridge and as you reach the crest, spread out before you on the other side of the Kidron Valley is the beautiful city of Jerusalem.

I wish I had a projector to show you the scene from this road.

The dominant feature in the view of the city is the Dome of the Rock.

The Dome of the Rock now stands where the Temple once stood.

The rock inside that dome has the footings of the Holy of Holies in the dimensions recorded in God’s word.

There is even a carved out area on top of the rock in the dimensions of the Ark of the Covenant.

That ridge was once called the Mount of Olives.

Two-thirds of the way down that hill into the Kidron Valley is the Church of All Nations and the Garden of Gethsemene.

I have been up and down Hosanna Street in Jerusalem a number of times.

If you are coming from Bethlehem and then through Bethany, the road climbs over a ridge and as you reach the crest, spread out before you on the other side of the Kidron Valley is the beautiful city of Jerusalem.

I wish I had a projector to show you the scene from this road.

The dominant feature in the view of the city is the Dome of the Rock.

The Dome of the Rock now stands where the Temple once stood.

The rock inside that dome has the footings of the Holy of Holies in the dimensions recorded in God’s word.

There is even a carved out area on top of the rock in the dimensions of the Ark of the Covenant.

That ridge was once called the Mount of Olives.

Two-thirds of the way down that hill into the Kidron Valley is the Church of All Nations and the Garden of Gethsemene.

The main view of the city is the Dome of the Rock.

The Dome of the Rock now stands where the Temple once stood.

They say that the rock inside that dome has the footings of the Holy of Holies in the dimensions recorded in God’s word.

There is even a carved out area on top of the rock in the dimensions of the Ark of the Covenant.

hat ridge was once called the Mount of Olives.

Two-thirds of the way down that hill into the Kidron Valley is the Church of All Nations and the Garden of Gethsemene.

That ridge was once called the Mount of Olives.

Two-thirds of the way down that hill into the Kidron Valley is the Garden of Gethsemene.

And if you know there was also a empty borrowed grave in this picture.

One that was not bought for Jesus but one that God the Father had ordained for Jesus’ body to lay in.

You see, Jesus was headed for that empty borrowed grave.

His journey begin like this:

Then Mary took a twelve-ounce jar of expensive perfume made from essence of nard, and she anointed Jesus' feet with it, wiping His feet with her hair.

The house was filled with the fragrance.

But Judas Iscariot, the disciple who would soon betray Him, said,

"That perfume was worth a year's wages.

It should have been sold and the money given to the poor."

Not that he cared for the poor—he was a thief, and since he was in charge of the disciples' money, he often stole some for himself.

Jesus replied, "Leave her alone.

She did this in preparation for My burial.

Could you think about this starting on this journey which was label as triumph entrance.

But the outcome was a empty borrowed grave.

I was just thinking about how today we won’t planned our funeral in advance.

many people do but very few>

And if we do planned it is crazy stuff like something like Cody would do>

LIke there’s a funeral home in Altanta that you can have a drive-thru funeral.

There was a funeral were you can have your body standing up or leaning on a motorcycle.

One man married his dead girlfriend at her funeral, He put a ring on her finger and everything.

But I want you to understand that Jesus’s funeral was planned out and it was not weird but ordained.

And all that dwell upon the earth shall worship him, whose names are not written in the book of life of the Lamb slain from the foundation of the world.

This was all prearranged: That before the earth was form that Jesus was to die and be put it a borrow tomb.

Jesus was on the final leg that was label Triumph entrance,

Jesus went down that road on a donkey.

It was a donkey that had never been ridden.

This donkey had yielded its back to its Creator and willingly carried Him down that road.

Jesus went down that road on a donkey.

It was a donkey that had never been ridden.

This donkey had yielded its back to its Creator and willingly carried Him down that road.

Jesus went down that road on a donkey.

It was a donkey that had never been ridden.

This donkey had yielded its back to its Creator and willingly carried Him down that road.

That donkey happens to be a lot like us when we came to Jesus for salvation.

We come, used to having our own way, but knowing we have met our Creator and need to yield our life to Him.

I got to thinking about this and I started wondering what Jesus was thinking as He was walking to His death.

Now I don’t want you put a downer on this service but then I got to think everyone of us are walking on this journey to our death.

And as it is appointed unto men once to die, but after this the judgment:

It is kinda like the green miles, or Heath and his chicken truck.

At the end of the road, wait death.

I wonder if Jesus was thinking like we are right now on this journey?

I wonder how the people who was on the same journey but really, maybe was thinking on that line.

The crowds that had witnessed Lazarus resurrection shouted

The crowds that had witnessed Lazarus resurrection shouted “Hosanna” which means, “Save us now!” Yasha anna in Hebrew.

They are quoting from (NIV)25 O LORD, save us; O LORD, grant us success.

26 Blessed is he who comes in the name of the LORD.