They'd seen God conquer enemies in their past. Even though the Babylonians took them captive, when the Babylonians fell to the Persian empire, the Israelites returned back home to Jerusalem and rebuilt their city. Jesus did come to defeat an enemy, but not quite the one they had in mind.
He knew the ultimate enemy, sin, enslaved far more than the Roman occupation in Israel. Rome would fall a few centuries later, but Jesus needed to face the ultimate enemy: sin. We, at times, may be like the Israelites. We may cry Hosanna because we want obstacles or difficulties removed from our path, like the Romans.
But Hosanna in worship reminds us that Christ defeated the ultimate enemy: sin. In Palm Sunday Celebrations. Many churches will either use palm branches as decorations, will have children wave palm branches and sing down the aisles, or various other traditions.
Some even use the palm branches from previous years as ashes for Ash Wednesday, to place on the foreheads of the congregation. In the Jewish faith, Hosanna is an expression often used during the holiday of Sukkot, which many people call the Feast of Tabernacles described in Leviticus John Chapter Parallel Compare. Mark Matthew Nothing will be impossible for you.
Acts And you will receive the gift of the Holy Spirit. And the Lord added to their number daily those who were being saved. Hebrews Isaiah Their burnt offerings and sacrifices will be accepted on my altar; for my house will be called a house of prayer for all nations. Zechariah They were only interested in a temporary, worldly fulfillment of the messianic prophecies. His oppression and death were clearly predicted in Isaiah But the political conquest and final fulfillment of the David Covenant must await the second coming Acts ; Zechariah ; Matthew ; Titus Before Jesus could take care of the political problems of His people, He had to take care of the sin problem.
Jesus had come to save Luke , but not in the manner they desired. God provided a spiritual salvation from the bondage of sin, bought at great cost to the Lord Jesus. But the blessed results of that salvation extend into eternity and far outweigh any temporary benefits we could experience in this world.
These Bible verses about Palm Sunday — both prophecy and actual event, will encourage you and inspire you to live with Jesus as the King of your life! They quickly took their cloaks and spread them under him on the bare steps. Rejoice greatly, Daughter Zion!
Shout, Daughter Jerusalem!
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