Reflections

 5″SAY TO THE DAUGHTER OF ZION,
  ‘BEHOLD YOUR KING IS COMING TO YOU,
  GENTLE, AND MOUNTED ON A DONKEY,
  EVEN ON A COLT, THE FOAL OF A BEAST OF BURDEN.'”

 6The disciples went and did just as Jesus had instructed them,

 7and brought the donkey and the colt, and laid their coats on them; and He sat on the coats.

 8Most of the crowd spread their coats in the road, and others were cutting branches from the trees and spreading them in the road.

 9The crowds going ahead of Him, and those who followed, were shouting,
         “Hosanna to the Son of David;
         BLESSED IS HE WHO COMES IN THE NAME OF THE LORD;
         Hosanna in the highest!”

 10When He had entered Jerusalem, all the city was stirred, saying, “Who is this?”

 11And the crowds were saying, “This is the prophet Jesus, from Nazareth in Galilee.”  Matthew 21:5-11

Today is Palm Sunday, when we celebrate the beginning of Holy Week and Jesus’ triumphant entrance into Jerusalem prior to his death.  It is the time that all churches no matter what denomination focus on Jesus.  Whenever I think of the story of Jesus entering Jerusalem, I think about His second coming and what a day of rejoicing that will be.

In Jesus’ day people did not fully grasp who Jesus was and what was about to take place.  But we know what took place and what significant this week represents.  The death and resurrection of Jesus is what saves us and gives us access to the Father.  Jesus told the disciples to celebrate the fact that there names were written in the Lamb’s book of life.  So let us be thankful for the coming of our Savior and that our names are written in the Lamb’s book of Life.

The day is coming when Jesus will return to the earth.  This time the bible says that every knee will bow and every tongue will confess that Jesus is Lord.  Indeed, Hosanna in the highest.