Most of us don't know when we're going to die, barring those tortured souls who commit suicide. If we did,
odds are, we would do all we could to prevent it. Jesus not only knew He was days away from being crucified as He entered Jerusalem, but allowed the crowd of followers to put Him upon a donkey and parade Him into town throwing palm branches and cloaks in the path in His honor!
odds are, we would do all we could to prevent it. Jesus not only knew He was days away from being crucified as He entered Jerusalem, but allowed the crowd of followers to put Him upon a donkey and parade Him into town throwing palm branches and cloaks in the path in His honor!
" When He came near the place where the road goes down the Mount of Olives, the whole crowd of disciples
began joyfully praising God in loud voices for all the miracles they had seen: 'Blessed is He who comes in the name of the Lord! Peace in Heaven and glory in the highest! Some of the Pharisees in the crowd said to Jesus, Teacher, rebuke your disciples! I tell you, He replied, if they keep quiet, the stones will cry out.' "
Luke 19: 37-40.
As we celebrate Palm Sunday, let us contemplate on the courage Christ had to go directly into the face of His tremendous suffering that was to come later that week. and, to think He did it all for you and I!
"For God so loved the world, that He gave His only begotten Son, that whosoever believes in Him shall not perish but have everlasting Life." John 3:16.
