WHAT IS PALM SUNDAY:::::::?
Palm Sunday is the day we remember the
"triumphal entry" of Jesus into Jerusalem,
exactly one week before His resurrection (Matthew 21:1-11). Some 450-500 years earlier, the Prophet Zechariah had prophesied, "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” (Zechariah 9:9). Matthew 21:7-9 records the fulfillment of that prophecy: "They brought the donkey and the colt, laid their clothes on them,
and set Him on them. And a very great multitude spread their clothes on the road; others cut down branches from the trees and spread them on the road. Then the multitudes who went before and
those who followed cried out, saying: ‘Hosanna to
the Son of David! Blessed is He who comes in the
name of the LORD!’ Hosanna in the highest!’” This
event took place on the Sunday before Jesus'
crucifixion.
In remembrance of this event, we celebrate Palm
Sunday. It is referred to as Palm Sunday because
of the palm branches that were laid on the road
as Jesus rode the donkey into Jerusalem. Palm
Sunday was the fulfillment of the Prophet Daniel's
"seventy sevens" prophecy: " 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" (Daniel 9:25). John 1:11 tells us, "He
(Jesus) came to His own, and His own did not
receive Him." The same crowds that were crying
out "Hosanna" were crying out "crucify Him" five
days later (Matthew 27:22-23).
Palm Sunday Calendar: 2015 = March 29
HAVE A BLESSED HOLY WEEK.
No comments:
Post a Comment