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For a Flickering Moment
It was Sunday and He rode an unbroken colt in procession through the gates of Jerusalem, heir to the Davidic line and the doer of signs and wonders prophesied to mark the Anointed One, the Messiah, of the Lord who would free the children of Israel. Sweet hosannas were sung by the crowds and palm branches were gathered and waved in celebration as Jesus passed. In this brief moment, it appeared that Heaven and Earth were reconciled and the enemies of Israel would be routed, heralding a golden age like none before it. David had also ridden a donkey, signifying to his people that he came to work, not on a horse that would signify a conqueror.
Of course, the optics were deceptive. I won’t share any spoilers, but that mundane golden age thing did not shape up to the expectations of Judah. For today, Jesus is the triumphant Messiah come to free His people and they celebrate. For a flickering moment.
Blessings to you all this beautiful Palm Sunday.
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Thank you. This is the one and only story I’ve seen – this being the third site that I’ve checked that mentions Palm Sunday.
Thank you, it is my honor. I have always been taken by the thought that Palm Sunday was the day when the Zealots and the Remnant saw it all coming together, all of their dreams and struggles come to fruition. And, of course, it was. Just not at all in any way they had hoped. This is apogee. Apostles locked hiding in the upper room, the nadir.
Happy Palm Sunday.
When I hear Jessye Norman sing Gounod’s Sanctus from Notre Dame de Paris, I can imagine what it must have felt like to be in Jerusalem on that wonderful day. Gloria!
This would also be the day that the Passover lambs were brought into the holy city.
From where they were raised. In Bethlehem.
It never is. Our ways are not G-d’s ways.
It is very difficult to Be Still and know that HE is G-d.
One of these I knew. One is new! Thank you Living High!
In the Orthodox church, the day before Palm Sunday (April 25 this year; Saturday is April 24 [duh]) is the Saturday of Lazarus. We commemorate Jesus raising Lazarus, who had been in the tomb for four days, from the dead. On Palm Sunday, every priest I’ve ever heard has made the point that the crowd crying “Hosanna! Blessed is He that comes in the name of the Lord!” knew about the miracle Jesus performed in Bethany the day before. Yet a few days later, this same crowd cried, “Crucify Him!”
How quickly we turn from the Lord. And how merciful is He when we repent!
Blessings to you as well. I’m praying that this Easter comes with a loud and beautiful operatic voice that impacts the unimpactable .