The next day the
great crowd that had come for the festival heard that Jesus was on his way to
Jerusalem. They took palm branches and went out to meet him, shouting,
“Hosanna!”
“Blessed is he who
comes in the name of the Lord!”
“Blessed is the
king of Israel!”
John 12:12-13, New
International Version
A king’s welcome. The humble teacher who had been traveling
the countryside arrives in Jerusalem riding on a donkey. The crowd goes crazy!
They are so happy to see this man, so willing to greet him with all the
accolades they can.
But as we know, this week those accolades are going to spiral downward.
In just five days those cheers turn to jeers. And much worse. And Jesus knows
what’s coming.
How do you think he reacted to all that attention on that
first Palm Sunday? Waving and smiling to the crowd, basking in the limelight?
Or with head turned down, studying his hands as they grasped the donkey’s mane?
Maybe he shook his head ever so slightly, thinking, “people, you have no clue”.
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| From my own PALM tree collection. |
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