The were preparing for the ritual and ceremony.yet before them stood the Savior, their Messiah and they would not accept Him. Passover, was a picture of Christ's atonement for sin and salvation. The whole city was about to celebrate the Passover in five days. They were rejecting Him, and thus rejecting salvation. You see, salvation is in the person of Jesus Himself, not a religious system!Ĥ. You see, He wept for those who were rejecting the salvation, and eternal life that He was offering.ģ. But all their reasons were nothing compared to the result of their actions.Ģ. He wept because they would not accept the grace of God. He saw the coming destruction that occurred in 70 AD. Luke 19:41 He saw their rejection of salvation. Jesus, seeing the response to His entry, wept openly. Luke records the compassion of God for man.ġ. He then left Jerusalem and went back to Bethany. Luke adds, that Jesus, told them that if these were to be silenced, that the stones would immediately cry out. 8:2, which says, "out of the mouth of babies and sucklings thou hast perfected praise" Jesus said, "Yes, Have you never read Psa. Luke records, (Luke 19:28-44), that the some of the Pharisees also, has he entered had ask the same question, why don't you rebuke the people for showing you such adoration reserved for a king or the Messiah. They approached Jesus, and "Don't you hear what this crowd is saying!?ī. This greatly upset and made the chief priests mad. Jesus then went to the temple and cast out of it the merchants who were mechanizing the temple.ħ. Those in the shops and homes in Jerusalem heard the sings and came out and asked "Who is this?" The answer, "This is Jesus, the prophet of Nazareth of Galilee."Ħ. Hosanna is a word to express the highest adoration.ĥ. They shouted, "Hosanna to the Son of David, Blessed is he the coming in the name of the Lord Hosanna in the highest"! A great number joined the procession, going ahead of Jesus, who was followed by Lazarus, Mary, Martha and the disciples. Others cut branches from trees and laid them in his path.Ĥ. As He entered through the gate of Jerusalem the people gathered in great numbers and spread their garments in His path. "Rejoice greatly, O daughter of Zion shout, O daughter of Jerusalem: Behold, thy King cometh unto thee: he is just and having salvation lowly, and riding upon an ass, and upon a colt the foal of an ass."ģ.
of Olives Jesus sent His disciple to get a colt to ride on when he entered the city itself.Ģ. His last trip ended with them trying to kill Him. His disciples were concerned as the traveled to Jerusalem. Yet, the religious leaders had rejected Him, and sought to kill Him. In the history of the world no one had done these things. They witnessed Him raising Lazarus from the grave. They saw Him give sight to the man born blind. They had seen Him raise, heal the man who was born lamb. He said, to the Pharisees, that if they had known the Father, they would know who he was!īut only a very few believed! They were sure He was the Messiah! Like Nicodemus in John 3, they knew that one could do the miracles He did, if He were not the Messiah. How they longed, for the coming of the Messiah! The Old Testament Scriptures said it was the time of his coming. They had loved God, and were seeking the Messiah. Yet there were some in whose ears and hearts still sounded the message He had preached. Leaders said he was not the Messiah, - well they should know! John 12:37ĭ. He did miracles, He had great power, yet if the religious Most of the people sided, as the world's way is, with their religious leaders. They claimed He was a deceiver and sought to kill Him.Ĭ. All his claims were disavowed by the religious authorities. He claimed to be the Messiah! John 12:42-49ī. For three years Jesus had been traveling all over Palestine, preaching, and doing miracles with his disciples.Ī. Many had heard that Jesus was coming to Jerusalem for the Passover. It was the home of Mary and Martha, Lazarus's sisters.Ģ. Jesus had six days earlier arrived at Bethany, and the home of Lazarus, whom he raised from the dead.
My English teacher once told the girls on our High School class if they found a boy who would shed tears at a movie.he as a good candidate for marriage.ġ. Women are more openly emotional than men are and they cry more. As a child gets older it cries less as it matures and learns to talk. Crying for them is health and a sign of life. With an infant it is a way to communicate. INTRODUCTION: We are told that woman cries five times a month. When Jesus Wept Palm Sunday - Palm Sunday - John 12:12-13
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