When they were approaching Jerusalem, at Bethphage and Bethany, near the Mount of Olives, he sent two of his disciples and said to them, “Go into the village ahead of you, and immediately as you enter it, you will find tied there a colt that has never been ridden; untie it and bring it. If anyone says to you, ‘Why are you doing this?’ just say this, ‘The Lord needs it and will send it back here immediately.’” They went away and found a colt tied near a door, outside in the street. As they were untying it, some of the bystanders said to them, “What are you doing, untying the colt?” They told them what Jesus had said; and they allowed them to take it. Then they brought the colt to Jesus and threw their cloaks on it; and he sat on it. Many people spread their cloaks on the road, and others spread leafy branches that they had cut in the fields. Then those who went ahead and those who followed were shouting, “Hosanna! Blessed is the one who comes in the name of the Lord! Blessed is the coming kingdom of our ancestor David! Hosanna in the highest heaven!” Then he entered Jerusalem and went into the temple; and when he had looked around at everything, as it was already late, he went out to Bethany with the twelve. (Mark 11:1-11, NRSV)
Palm Sunday, the day the people herald Jesus’ entry into Jerusalem. And they did it by shouting Hosanna and throwing palm branches in the ground for His donkey to walk across…
But here in Mark we see “Many people spread their cloaks on the road, and others spread leafy branches that they had cut in the fields.” There are not palm branches.
It is cloaks and leafy branches. Which could be palms, but they could be something else also…
So what is so important about Palm Sunday?
It starts our week with Jesus, and the last days He has with the disciples. Thursday will be the last supper, and Friday is the dark day when the curtain of the temple is ripped. And that all leads us to Sunday!
But before we can use the A word again… We have to go to the tomb…
So enter with Jesus, knowing where it is going, but knowing the cross and the tomb don’t hold the final word!
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