Sermon Tone Analysis
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*** MAP: It’s been a long trip, about 80 miles
*** No slide: Jesus has told his disciples again and again what’s going to happen to him, where he’s headed.
*** PETER: El Greco’s image of Peter. 1) He’s asked who people say he is, and Peter has responded, “The Messiah of God”
*** TRANSFIGURATION: Raphael
*** JESUS WEEPS OVER JERUSALEM, modern artist Linda Richardson
***JESUS SPEAKING TO HIS DISCIPLES, James Tissot
*** ANCIENT JERUSALEM
At the edge
*** NO SLIDE.
That’s what Palm Sunday is, at the edge of Holy Week, the beginning of the week in which Jesus does what he’s come to do.
Jesus is situated on the hill right next to the hill of Jerusalem, and he’s prepared to make an entrance
*** DONKEY.
Compared to Caesar, a humble animal.
But in the context of Jewish history, an animal ridden by kings.
And for the person who knew scripture well, this scene would have brought several scriptures to mind
“Blessed is the king who comes in the name of the Lord!
Peace in heaven, and glory in the highest heaven!”
*** NO SLIDE.
We’ve come full circle.
Remember what the angels said to the shepherds in the very beginning of Luke?
*** SHEPHERDS
Blessed is the King
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