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It’s not about waving palm leaves

It’s not about waving palm leaves. Palm Sunday 3/28/10. His Triumphal Entry into Jerusalem. We call it Palm Sunday Everyone waves little palm leaves around We have childhood pictures of Jesus riding on a donkey Everyone is yelling Hosanna in the Highest

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It’s not about waving palm leaves

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  1. It’s not about waving palm leaves Palm Sunday 3/28/10

  2. His Triumphal Entry into Jerusalem • We call it Palm Sunday • Everyone waves little palm leaves around • We have childhood pictures of Jesus riding on a donkey • Everyone is yelling Hosanna in the Highest • It is better than any ticker tape parade ever • And they crucified Him 5 days later…..

  3. So what was really going on? • Jerusalem was under Roman control • Julius Caesar was deified • Gaius Julius Octavius, his appointed heir, was referred to as “son of the divine” died around the time Jesus was 14 • Tiberius Claudius Nero reigned until 37 AD, and was horribly insecure, always suspicious of being overthrown

  4. The behavior of the leaders • The Roman Emperors were completely pagan • City wide sex parties, extra marital affairs, unfair taxation to support lavish lifestyles, and constant conflict and war • Jesus was not entering quietly on a donkey trying to lay low and blend in • He was declaring that the real King had arrived

  5. All bullet points from here out • Matthew Chapter 21 through 27 • Mark Chapter 11 through 15 • Luke Chapter 20 through 23 • These accounts will take less than an hour each to read • Strong Suggestion: Take 3 hours to read them sometime throughout this week

  6. Monday • Enters the temple and cleans house • Stands up for His Fathers agenda • Matt 21:13, Mark 11:17, Luke 19:46 • My house shall be called a house of prayer, but you have made it a den of thieves • Curses the unfruitful fig tree • If you’re going to act like you have fruit, you better have some fruit (Matt 21:19)

  7. Tuesday and Wednesday • He defends His testimony to the Pharisees, Saducees, and Lawyers of the day • He declares that they need to honor the government they serve (tribute to Caesar) • He is anointed by Mary at Simon’s feast • He tells His disciples when He will be crucified • He explains how they will know when the Day is coming

  8. Thursday • Sends disciples ahead to prepare the Passover Feast • Washes the feet of His disciples, even the betraying one • He reminds the disciples to stay diligent, warning that all of them will fall away when He is struck • He prays for the disciples and us (Luke 17)

  9. Thursday evening - Friday • Guess you’ll have to come Friday to find that out 

  10. Let’s make this stick! • He was living in, and serving, unjust rulers • He was not coming to blend in, He was coming to stand out • In meekness, not brazenness • He recognized He had 5 days in which to minister, and He used every one of them • He presented the truth, spoke the truth, represented the truth, all in the hopes of saving one more

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