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Triumphal Entry (Matthew 21:1-11)
John Low, 13 April 2014
Part of the Once for All (Easter) 2014 series, Sunday Morning service
We come again to Palm Sunday, that day in the year when we see everyday details entwined with positivity and hope. But not far below the surface is misunderstanding, misplaced aspirations and tragedy looming. And through it all we see Jesus, clear minded and intentional in all his actions, not shrinking from the terror and brutality of what lay ahead, while all around there was intolerance, personal desires and misunderstood hope. Yet Jesus' Triumphal Entry in Jerusalem so many years ago continues to speak afresh in our situation today. Matt 21 : 1-11
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Matthew 21:1–11 (Listen)
21:1 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.”
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