Palm Sunday, Love or Idea of?

What is Palm Sunday About?

John 12:12–13 NASB95

12 On the next day the large crowd who had come to the feast, when they heard that Jesus was coming to Jerusalem, 13 took the branches of the palm trees and went out to meet Him, and began to shout, “Hosanna! Blessed is He who comes in the name of the Lord, even the King of Israel.”

The people of the time were accurate in there spirits and hearts to do and say what they did.

We soon found out what their expectations were when what they were hoping for did not happen the way they want it to happen.

Expectations: Idea of

What the people of the time thought Palm Sunday was about?

The Idea of Jesus coming to town to become king was exciting.

This would mean they would no longer have to suffer under Caesars or the Priests rule any longer.

This idea of Jesus is what they were excited about.

If you want to find where you expectations are in life, look for “SHOULD BE’s’.

Or That is not fair.

Should be’s are a sign that you have specific expectations that are not happening.

When expectation are not happening the way you think they should you will be unhappy.

We get a big hint into what Jesus Kingdom is like if we were living in that kingdom.

John 18:36 NASB95

36 Jesus answered, “My kingdom is not of this world. If My kingdom were of this world, then My servants would be fighting so that I would not be handed over to the Jews; but as it is, My kingdom is not of this realm.”

It appears that being in the Jesus kingdom is to love him enough that we would all stand up for Jesus in His time of suffering.

The same crowd that cheered on Jesus entering into the city was either no where to be found or silent.

It was the idea of Jesus coming into the city to save their lives that moved them to the a surface level of love.

Jesus said for the joy set before Him he endured the cross.

Jesus was full of expectancy of what He was showing and bringing to His people by his actions.

Before Jesus was going to die He spoke of a prophecy from Zechariah about them all leaving Him and scattering.

Matthew 26:31 NASB95

31 Then Jesus said to them, “You will all fall away because of Me this night, for it is written, ‘I will strike down the shepherd, and the sheep of the flock shall be scattered.’

John either defied this prophecy or quickly turned around to join Him through His death.

John, (The One Whom Jesus Loved)

If we choose to abide in Christ love for you, you become the one whom Jesus loved.

If we choose to abide in Christ love for you, you become that Kingdom of heaven Jesus told us and showed us.

It is vital we put our expectancy in Christ in us not our expectation in what we think He should do.

Our Hope is in Christ in us.

Closing:

What is Palm Sunday about?

Palm Sunday is about abiding in Jesus love for you, so you can be of His Kingdom He talked so much about.

Palm Sunday is not about this idea of Jesus coming to save us from problems.

Pam Sunday was about Jesus coming to our world to bring His transforming love to us and then through us.

Jesus is inviting us to a deep level of love with Him.

He is not satisfied with a surface level relationship.

Jesus wants to love you in a way that causes you to become His Love manifested in flesh form.

How are you putting trust in Christ in you this Palm Sunday?

How are you going to abide in Christ this week?

This Weeks Challenge:

Jesus, help me to fully know how much you love me.

Let Your love change every part of my being.

Everyday this week until Easter Sunday pray for someone who has been hurt by you or hurt you to experience Jesus love for them.

Other Resources:

John 19:25–27 NASB95

25 Therefore the soldiers did these things. But standing by the cross of Jesus were His mother, and His mother’s sister, Mary the wife of Clopas, and Mary Magdalene. 26 When Jesus then saw His mother, and the disciple whom He loved standing nearby, He said to His mother, “Woman, behold, your son!” 27 Then He said to the disciple, “Behold, your mother!” From that hour the disciple took her into his own household.

Psalm 118:1–9 NASB95

1 Give thanks to the Lord, for He is good; For His lovingkindness is everlasting. 2 Oh let Israel say, “His lovingkindness is everlasting.” 3 Oh let the house of Aaron say, “His lovingkindness is everlasting.” 4 Oh let those who fear the Lord say, “His lovingkindness is everlasting.” 5 From my distress I called upon the Lord; The Lord answered me and set me in a large place. 6 The Lord is for me; I will not fear; What can man do to me? 7 The Lord is for me among those who help me; Therefore I will look with satisfaction on those who hate me. 8 It is better to take refuge in the Lord Than to trust in man. 9 It is better to take refuge in the Lord Than to trust in princes.

Daniel 10:12 NASB95

12 Then he said to me, “Do not be afraid, Daniel, for from the first day that you set your heart on understanding this and on humbling yourself before your God, your words were heard, and I have come in response to your words.

The New Bible Dictionary, Third Edition Hosanna

HOSANNA. The Gk. form of a Heb. term, used at the triumphal entry of Jesus into Jerusalem (Mt. 21:9, 15; Mk. 11:9; Jn. 12:13). The Heb. consists of the hiphil imperative hôša‘, ‘save’, followed by the enclitic particle of entreaty nā’, sometimes translated ‘pray’, ‘we beseech thee’. It does not occur in the OT except in the longer imperative form hôšî‘â nā’ in Ps. 118:25, where it is followed by the words, also quoted at the triumphal entry, ‘Blessed be he who enters in the name of the Lord.’ Ps. 118 was used in connection with the Feast of Tabernacles, and v. 25 had special significance as a cue for the waving of the branches (lûlaḇ); see Mishnah, Sukkah 3:9; 4:5. But similar expressions of religious enthusiasm were not restricted to the Feast of Tabernacles: 2 Macc. 10:6–7 implies that psalm-singing and branch-waving were part of the festivities at the Feast of Dedication also. We may reasonably assume that the waving of palm-branches and the cries of Hosanna which welcomed Jesus were a spontaneous gesture of religious exuberance, without any reference to a particular festival and without the supplicatory meaning of the original phrase in Ps. 118.

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