God is called Good. And in our hearts we want to know if we are so insignificant the Goodness of God passes us by and we are swept by the wake. The Beauty of Christmas - the promise of Salvation - is the culmination of the intersection of mankind - our doubts - and the mighty Promises of God.
God is again giving. He is giving us a rebirth of incredible promise:
Luke 2
13 And suddenly there was with the angel a multitude of the heavenly host praising God and saying,
14 “Glory to God in the highest,
and on earth peace among those with whom he is pleased!”
And in giving - this has an enormous cost to Jesus.
This Sunday is His Glory Day. Where the King of Kings sees the Temple built on earth for Him. Seeing
Matthew lived this day with Jesus.
Matthew 21:1-11
21 Now when they drew near to Jerusalem and came to Bethphage, to the Mount of Olives, then Jesus sent two disciples, 2 saying to them, “Go into the village in front of you, and immediately you will find a donkey tied, and a colt with her. Untie them and bring them to me. 3 If anyone says anything to you, you shall say, ‘The Lord needs them,’ and he will send them at once.” 4 This took place to fulfill what was spoken by the prophet, saying,
5“Say to the daughter of Zion,
‘Behold, your king is coming to you,
humble, and mounted on a donkey,
on a colt, the foal of a beast of burden.’”
6 The disciples went and did as Jesus had directed them. 7 They brought the donkey and the colt and put on them their cloaks, and he sat on them. 8 Most of the crowd spread their cloaks on the road, and others cut branches from the trees and spread them on the road. 9 And the crowds that went before him and that followed him were shouting, “Hosanna to the Son of David! Blessed is he who comes in the name of the Lord! Hosanna in the highest!” 10 And when he entered Jerusalem, the whole city was stirred up, saying, “Who is this?” 11 And the crowds said, “This is the prophet Jesus, from Nazareth of Galilee.”
John lived this day with Jesus.
John 12:12-19
12 The next day the large crowd that had come to the feast heard that Jesus was coming to Jerusalem. 13 So they took branches of palm trees and went out to meet him, crying out, “Hosanna! Blessed is he who comes in the name of the Lord, even the King of Israel!” 14 And Jesus found a young donkey and sat on it, just as it is written,
15“Fear not, daughter of Zion;
behold, your king is coming,
sitting on a donkey's colt!”
16 His disciples did not understand these things at first, but when Jesus was glorified, then they remembered that these things had been written about him and had been done to him. 17 The crowd that had been with him when he called Lazarus out of the tomb and raised him from the dead continued to bear witness. 18 The reason why the crowd went to meet him was that they heard he had done this sign
19 So the Pharisees said to one another, “You see that you are gaining nothing. Look, the world has gone after him.”
2 million people - Times Square
Luke, the Physician to Paul and Peter till their end - their loyal friend - records 3 chapters of Christmas and sees the circle coming to what God has planned. For us. In Jesus Christ, Eternity.
Luke 19:37-38
This ties to Luke 237 As he was drawing near—already on the way down the Mount of Olives
— the whole multitude of his disciples began to rejoice and praise God with a loud voice for all the mighty works that they had seen, 38 saying, “Blessed is the King who comes in the name of the Lord! Peace in heaven and glory in the highest!”
Multitude ...
Josephus records the amount of food and the sacrifices on Holy Days in Jerusalem. The multitude could be as high as 2 million people as the Temple created many services for the pilgrims to attend.
How will we sort out the numbers of the crowd? We want to favor Jesus. Josephus records the logistics of taking care of 2 million people. He was part of the Jewish and Roman Government as a General to both forces. The Gospels record a 'multitude' could be 5 thousand people. Yet... the deciding factor would be the Disciples telling Jesus on the Road to Emmaus - "All of Israel knows this." Weight that in with the 'multitudes' of women who would Grieve Jesus as He carried the cross and died. Women are far less likely to be put to death for witnessing "This". We can surmise the men were at home - probably equally unhappy. Add to this the 300 years of incurring Roman Empire wrath.
The Truth is Jesus has the attention of all of Israel.
What has occurred?
His Love The Love God would show the world and His desire to save in Jesus Christ Lord.
Isaiah records the scattering of miracles. Jesus is a catalyst and a compression of the Power of God the Father. A culmination, a combustion, a cacophony of miracles. John tells us there was so much occurring around Jesus we will never fully understand all that occurred.
Jesus is God.
What Jesus has done in Israel with the blind seeing, the deaf hearing, the lame walking, the lepers healed, the dead of the Jewish Official's daughter being raised. The woman of good works being raised. The Widow of Nain's son being raised. Lazarus being raised. Jesus has created no small stir. And on the Road to Emmaus the disciples ask Jesus if He is the only one who has not heard of God's Son, Jesus.
I've always been swept up with the parade we do for "PALM SUNDAY" and then very depressed for remembering the inevitable. And I have thought and considered if "Palm Sunday" should be gloriously separate from Easter. Jesus let this be so to those celebrating. Another Jesus complete and total gift to the crowd. His Blessing of Joy.
Jesus absolutely knew what was coming. And so it is very meet right and fitting that we should at all times remember in Palm Sunday what Jesus gave His people. The Glory of Calling Jesus King of Kings.
Alleluia, unto us a Son is Given. And He is Christ the Lord. Our Jesus.
REMEMBER
Jesus is God.
What Jesus has done in Israel with the blind seeing, the deaf hearing, the lame walking, the lepers healed, the dead of the Jewish Official's daughter being raised. The woman of good works being raised. The Widow of Nain's son being raised. Lazarus being raised. Jesus has created no small stir. And on the Road to Emmaus the disciples ask Jesus if He is the only one who has not heard of God's Son, Jesus.
There are two millennium letters still in history today - the faithful worried Judaism was at an end. The miracles of Jesus would not cease. And The Sanhedrin Council worried too. These events would begin to concern the Roman Empire in just 16 years and for 300 years.
Our Jesus is God. He has had a magnificent day being given Glory. Knowing the eternal Glory to be gained much, much Higher. And with an incredible Cost.
Father, Our Abba,
Jesus is the Light of the world. Jesus is the Light of mankind. Jesus was with you laughing in delight, being Your delight daily, as creation revealed Your master workmanship.
We will not fully grasp the full Goodness of God in this act - giving the faithful Life.
We do know loss of life in those we have loved in this life and from our small vantage point, recognize the loss. The dearly Beloved Son of God would be counted as Loss to bring us a new Heaven and a new earth.
Without Easter - how would we survive Good Friday? Holy Week is very sad. And we will look forward to Easter with all our heart, mind and soul.
Blessed be the Love, Mercy and Goodness of The King of Kings. Jesus is God. Amen.
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