Holy Week Reflections

Sunday

A very large crowd spread their cloaks on the road, while others cut branches from the trees
and spread them on the road. The crowds that went ahead of him and those that followed shouted,
“Hosanna to the Son of David!”
“Blessed is he who comes in the name of the Lord!”
“Hosanna in the highest heaven!”
When Jesus entered Jerusalem, the whole city was stirred and asked, “Who is this?”
                                                                                                                                                                Matthew 21:8-10

As we reflect on what was happening as Jesus made his way into Jerusalem on what has become known as Palm Sunday, we are well served in asking the same question the crowd asked that day, "Who is this?"  We must ponder this question, not merely from an intellectual perspective, but at a much deeper level as we seek to understand not only who He is, but why He made this journey into Jerusalem that day.  The Bible tells us...

They were on their way up to Jerusalem, with Jesus leading the way...
he took the Twelve aside and told them what was going to happen to him.
“We are going up to Jerusalem,” he said, “and the Son of Man will be delivered over to the chief priests and the teachers of the law. They will condemn him to death and will hand him over to the Gentiles, 
who will mock him and spit on him, flog him and kill him. Three days later he will rise.”
                                                                                                                                                                   Mark 10:32-42

Words of exaltation would soon turn to vilification; no longer would the crowd shout, "Hosanna", but rather "Crucify Him!"  (Matthew 27:22)  Be careful not to get lost in the exuberance of the Triumphal Entry and in so doing, lose sight of our Lord's mission for coming to this earth.  For the Son of Man came to seek and to save the lost (Luke 19:10).

He took on our sins in His body when He died on the cross so that we, being dead to sin,
can live for righteousness. As the Scripture says, “Through His wounds, you were healed.”
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​May I never put anything above the cross of our Lord Jesus.
                                                                                                                                                 Galatians 6:14 - The Voice