Speaking of hosanna!
A WEEK BEFORE HE RESURRECTED
March 29, 2015
Mat 21:1-12 KJV And when they drew nigh unto Jerusalem, and were come to Bethphage, unto the mount of Olives, then sent Jesus two disciples, (2) Saying unto them, Go into the village over against you, and straightway ye shall find an ass tied, and a colt with her: loose them, and bring them unto me. (3) And if any man say ought unto you, ye shall say, The Lord hath need of them; and straightway he will send them. (4) All this was done, that it might be fulfilled which was spoken by the prophet, saying, (5) Tell ye the daughter of Sion, Behold, thy King cometh unto thee, meek, and sitting upon an ass, and a colt the foal of an ass. (6) And the disciples went, and did as Jesus commanded them, (7) And brought the ass, and the colt, and put on them their clothes, and they set him thereon. (8) And a very great multitude spread their garments in the way; others cut down branches from the trees, and strawed them in the way. (9) And the multitudes that went before, and that followed, cried, saying, Hosanna to the Son of David: Blessed is he that cometh in the name of the Lord; Hosanna in the highest. (10) And when he was come into Jerusalem, all the city was moved, saying, Who is this? (11) And the multitude said, This is Jesus the prophet of Nazareth of Galilee. (12) And Jesus went into the temple of God, and cast out all them that sold and bought in the temple, and overthrew the tables of the moneychangers, and the seats of them that sold doves,
This passage shows the events that happened a week before Jesus resurrcted.
They call it Palm Sunday because the poeple recognized Jesus as the king prophesied by Zechariah because of the way Jesus rode into Jerusalem on an ass and the colt foal of an ass, and threw palm leaves on the ground for him to march in upon.
Victory!
Palm trees and leaves symbolize victory.
And they cried HOSANNA. Blessed is he who comes in the name of heh Lord (verse 9.)
Hosanna means, Save us, we beseech thee, o king.
They were crying the words that are found in
Psalm 118.
Psa 118:25-26 KJV Save now, I beseech thee, O LORD: O LORD, I beseech thee, (HOSANNA) send now prosperity. (26) Blessed be he that cometh in the name of the LORD: we have blessed you out of the house of the LORD.
Matt 21:9 And the multitudes that went before, and that followed, cried, saying, Hosanna to the Son of David: Blessed is he that cometh in the name of the Lord; Hosanna in the highest.
They believed the kingdom was coming!
But they misunderstood and did not know it was a spiritual kingdom.
Zec 9:9 KJV 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.
They knew he had salvation when He came.
Notice
Psalm 118 says WE HAVE BLESSED YOU OUT OF THE HOUSE OF THE LORD.
When Jesus goes to the temple, the house of the Lord, He does not see them blessing Him!
Mat 21:10-13 KJV And when he was come into Jerusalem, all the city was moved, saying, Who is this? (11) And the multitude said, This is Jesus the prophet of Nazareth of Galilee. (12) And Jesus went into the temple of God, and cast out all them that sold and bought in the temple, and overthrew the tables of the moneychangers, and the seats of them that sold doves, (13) And said unto them, It is written, My house shall be called the house of prayer; but ye have made it a den of thieves.
They were changing money in the temple when the religious leaders should have been CHANGING LIVES and worshiping Jesus when He came in!
And before the week was out, they crucified Him!
What a difference a week makes!
And the next time Sunday rolled around HE RESURRECTED AS KING OF KINGS and CONQUERED DEATH AND THE GRAVE!
And the wonderful thing is that in the
Psalm 118 where they cried the same words HOSANNA, BLESSED IS HE THAT COMES IN THE NAME OF THE LORD, we read these words JUST BEFORE THEM!
Psa 118:22-26 KJV The stone which the builders refused is become the head stone of the corner. (23) This is the LORD'S doing; it is marvellous in our eyes. (24) This is the day which the LORD hath made; we will rejoice and be glad in it. (25) Save now, I beseech thee, O LORD: O LORD, I beseech thee, send now prosperity. (26) Blessed be he that cometh in the name of the LORD: we have blessed you out of the house of the LORD.
What DAY was it that the stone the builders rejected was made the head of the corner? What day do we rejoice in?
Jesus was made head of the corner ON THE DAY OF HIS RESURRECTION.
It occurred one week later!
The very next Sunday
In the same chapter where they initially accepted Him as King and cried Hosanna from
Psalm 118, we read they rejected Him.
Then He said these words.
Mat 21:42 KJV Jesus saith unto them, Did ye never read in the scriptures,
The stone which the builders rejected, the same is become the head of the corner: this is the Lord's doing, and it is marvellous in our eyes?
That was from the SAME PSALM at HOSANNA and BLESSED IS HE THAT COMETH IN THE NAME OF THE LORD is from!
They read about Hosanna, and blessing the name of the Lord.
But what about a few verses before!
They knew verse 25 and 26.
What about verse 22?
They weren't in the house of the Lord blessing Him!
Look what happened after he entered the temple and flipped their money tables:
Mat 21:23 KJV And when he was come into the temple, the chief priests and the elders of the people came unto him as he was teaching, and said, By what authority doest thou these things? and who gave thee this authority?
They were in the temple, but they weren't blessing him out of it.
They were "blessing him out!"
But after that Sunday, the last week before the cross took place.
His unpopular days.
He called them hypocrites.
Cried for Jerusalem from the mount of Olives and said her house would be left desolate.
He said that generation would not pass before every stone of the temple was toppled over.
Judgment would come as unexpectedly on them like the flood hit the sinners who ate and drank and got married as though nothing would ever change.
And Jesus always said He had to leave and go to the father so that they would do His things and greater things than those.
Joh 14:12 KJV Verily, verily, I say unto you, He that believeth on me, the works that I do shall he do also; and greater works than these shall he do; because I go unto my Father.
Joh 14:12 KJV Verily, verily, I say unto you, He that believeth on me, the works that I do shall he do also; and greater works than these shall he do; because I go unto my Father.
He had to go to the Father who was ON THE THRONE IN GLORY.
He was high priest going to the HOLIEST where the throne of the true mercyseat pictured on the ark of the covenant was.
Lev 16:14-16 KJV And he shall take of the blood of the bullock, and sprinkle it with his finger upon the mercy seat eastward; and before the mercy seat shall he sprinkle of the blood with his finger seven times. (15) Then shall he kill the goat of the sin offering, that is for the people, and bring his blood within the vail, and do with that blood as he did with the blood of the bullock, and sprinkle it upon the mercy seat, and before the mercy seat: (16) And he shall make an atonement for the holy place, because of the uncleanness of the children of Israel, and because of their transgressions in all their sins: and so shall he do for the tabernacle of the congregation, that remaineth among them in the midst of their uncleanness.
Heb 4:14 KJV Seeing then that we have a great high priest, that is passed into the heavens, Jesus the Son of God, let us hold fast our profession.
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