Palm Sunday Sermon
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Jesus Makes his entrance into Jerusalem
Jesus Makes his entrance into Jerusalem
Crowds of people are entering Jerusalem for the Passover festival.
1 Now when they drew near to Jerusalem and came to Bethphage, to the Mount of Olives, then Jesus sent two disciples,
Matthew 21:
Matthew 21
Matthew calls the our attention to messianic undertones of the passage.
Matthew calls the our attention to messianic undertones of the passage.
Bethphage, on the slopes of the mount of Olives
The Mount of Olives is mentioned in Zechariah referring to the Messiah.
4 On that day his feet shall stand on the Mount of Olives that lies before Jerusalem on the east, and the Mount of Olives shall be split in two from east to west by a very wide valley, so that one half of the Mount shall move northward, and the other half southward.
Isaiah also calls our attention as well to the Mt of Olives.
Isaiah
11 Behold, the Lord has proclaimed
to the end of the earth:
Say to the daughter of Zion,
“Behold, your salvation comes;
behold, his reward is with him,
and his recompense before him.”
2 saying to them, “Go into the village in front of you, and immediately you will find a donkey tied, and a colt with her. Untie them and bring them to me.
Matthew also reminds us that Jesus is the Lord of all with the double entendre of the “Lord” reference.
Matthew also reminds us that Jesus is the Lord of all with the double entendre of the “Lord” reference.
Mat
2 saying to them, “Go into the village in front of you, and immediately you will find a donkey tied, and a colt with her. Untie them and bring them to me.
2 saying to them, “Go into the village in front of you, and immediately you will find a donkey tied, and a colt with her. Untie them and bring them to me.
The crowds miss the big picture.
The crowds miss the big picture.
Jesus wasn’t a knight on a horse.
Jesus was a Messiah on a donkey
Jesus didn’t come to dominate.
Jesus came to save through sacrifice.