Palm Sunday Royals

Palm Sunday/Triumphal Entry

INTRO

There are 3 prophecies of Palm Sunday:

Daniel 9:24 Donkey Feast of Tabernacles

DANIEL 9

Daniel 9:24–26 NKJV

24 “Seventy weeks are determined For your people and for your holy city, To finish the transgression, To make an end of sins, To make reconciliation for iniquity, To bring in everlasting righteousness, To seal up vision and prophecy, And to anoint the Most Holy. 25 “Know therefore and understand, That from the going forth of the command To restore and build Jerusalem Until Messiah the Prince, There shall be seven weeks and sixty-two weeks; The street shall be built again, and the wall, Even in troublesome times. 26 “And after the sixty-two weeks Messiah shall be cut off, but not for Himself; And the people of the prince who is to come Shall destroy the city and the sanctuary. The end of it shall be with a flood, And till the end of the war desolations are determined.

This verse is saying “in this time, the Messiah/Savior is coming.

When you do the math it says in 173,880 (or 476 years and 25 days) the Savior is coming.

The starting point is when Israel becomes a nation again

(Nehemiah 2:1-8)

From c. 445 BC, 173,880 days brings us to c. AD 30.

DONKEY

Written 480 BC

Zechariah 9:9 NKJV

9 “Rejoice greatly, O daughter of Zion! Shout, O daughter of Jerusalem! Behold, your King is coming to you; He is just and having salvation, Lowly and riding on a donkey, A colt, the foal of a donkey.

FEAST OF TABERNACLES

We will look at three aspects of the celebration of the Feast of Tabernacles

Sunday The Lullav “Hosanna” Sunday

Many synagogues build a community sukkah to enable all worshipers to experience this greatest symbol of the Feast of Tabernacles

The Sabbath is on first and eighth day of this feast (Leviticus 23:39) so Holy day services are held on the first and eighth days

The Lulav (Lev.23:40

Leviticus 23:40 NKJV

40 And you shall take for yourselves on the first day the fruit of beautiful trees, branches of palm trees, the boughs of leafy trees, and willows of the brook; and you shall rejoice before the Lord your God for seven days.

There are 4 aspects to the Lullav (etrog, lulav, hadassim, aravah)

“The four [aspects] represent the four-letter Name of God, the four must be held together while waving for the Unity of the Name.” (2)

While the 4 aspects represented YHWH it also represented the 4 main body parts for service. (2)

These 4 aspects teach us that Jesus is believed to be YHWH but also that He came to serve by giving His whole heart, staying upright, keeping His eyes on heaven, and speaking the praises of God, and given over to prayer.

For us all four things have to be there in serving the Lord

Representing to us that God came as a man to serve.

***the Psalmists represent in the OT serving the Lord***

The Etrog (“fruit”)

To the Jews

represented the heart

teaching us to give our whole heart in service to God

Psalm 49:3 NKJV

3 My mouth shall speak wisdom, And the meditation of my heart shall give understanding.

we believe it is an apple probably because the ancient Greeks called this fruit the Persian apple, Median apple or golden apple

The Lulav - (“branches of the palm”) - a frond of the palm

To Jews

represented the backbone,

teaching us to be upright in our service.

Psalm 36:10 NKJV

10 Oh, continue Your lovingkindness to those who know You, And Your righteousness to the upright in heart.

To Jews

represents the eyes

teaching us to keep our eyes fixed on Him in our service, or to have our eyes enlightened by God

Psalm 19:8 NKJV

8 The statutes of the Lord are right, rejoicing the heart; The commandment of the Lord is pure, enlightening the eyes;

Isaiah 4:1–2 NKJV

1 And in that day seven women shall take hold of one man, saying, “We will eat our own food and wear our own apparel; Only let us be called by your name, To take away our reproach.” 2 In that day the Branch of the Lord shall be beautiful and glorious; And the fruit of the earth shall be excellent and appealing For those of Israel who have escaped.

The Aravah - ("willows of the brook) - a leafy branch of the willow tree

To Jews

represents lips

teaching us to give praise and prayer in our service to God

Hosea 14:2 NKJV

2 Take words with you, And return to the Lord. Say to Him, “Take away all iniquity; Receive us graciously, For we will offer the sacrifices of our lips.

Isaiah 11:1–2 NKJV

1 There shall come forth a Rod from the stem of Jesse, And a Branch shall grow out of his roots. 2 The Spirit of the Lord shall rest upon Him, The Spirit of wisdom and understanding, The Spirit of counsel and might, The Spirit of knowledge and of the fear of the Lord.

These 4 aspects teach us that Jesus is believed to be YHWH but also that He came to serve by giving His whole heart, staying upright, keeping His eyes on heaven, and speaking the praises of God, and given over to prayer.

For us all four things have to be there in serving the Lord

Isaiah 29:13

Isaiah 29:13 NKJV

13 Therefore the Lord said: “Inasmuch as these people draw near with their mouths And honor Me with their lips, But have removed their hearts far from Me, And their fear toward Me is taught by the commandment of men,

“Hosanna”

Because Tabernacles is a time of joy, there are various processionals in which the congregants march around the aisles, waving lulavs and chanting Psalm 118: Ana Adonai Hoshiana! (Save us Lord!).

That sounds familiar,

in John 12:12–13 it says,“

John 12:12–13 NKJV

12 The next day a great multitude that had come to the feast, when they heard that Jesus was coming to Jerusalem, 13 took branches of palm trees and went out to meet Him, and cried out: “Hosanna! ‘Blessed is He who comes in the name of the Lord!’ The King of Israel!”

I think they were acknowledging that God is dwelling with them through Jesus

SOURCES

(http://www.jewfaq.org/etrog.htm) http://www.myjewishlearning.com/holidays/Jewish_Holidays/Sukkot/In_the_Community/Lulav_and_Etrog/Symbolism.shtml