IT WAS EPIC, IT WAS DONE IN PUBLIC, BUT THEY STILL MISSED IT... MAYBE YOU WILL TOO!

The crowd was huge, people lined the road between the Mount of Olives and Bethpage. They were standing shoulder to shoulder, sitting on their parent's shoulders. Everyone was hoping to catch a glimpse of the parade its pomp and circumstance. The media people were all in place vying to be the first to record any significant occurrence. The whole nation had gathered together over 1.2 million people crammed like sardines into Jerusalem. The shepherds would be leading their sacrificial lambs, to the ancient city and into the Sheep gate of the Temple on the north side. in that flock was the one lamb which would ultimately be chosen to cover the nation's sins, as the National Pesach Lamb.

Quietly, undetected at first, they saw a man riding on the foal of a donkey, This had never happened before! Immediately they recognized the man as, the prophet, the teacher, Jesus of Nazareth!  The news spread like a wildfire in high winds igniting the crowd. People began to pick up the cloaks and the blankets they were seated on and laid them in the roadway as a carpet for Jesus to ride over... The ancient version of the Red carpet treatment. They also laid the palm fronds down as pavement. Shouting even louder than before, "Hosanna! Blessed is He who comes in the Name of the Lord." 

So loud the shout was, that the sound of it rushed forward, like a tidal wave and overtook the Solomon's Porch. The Levites turned first to see what was happening behind them. When the sound reached the priests, They stopped in their tracks, they had to know what the furor was all about. What could have prompted this outburst? 

The religious leaders began to tell the people to quiet down, they were disrupting the religious procedures, that had not changed since antiquity. The leaders made it to where Jesus was and said to Him, "make the people stop." Jesus answered them, "if these keep quiet even the rocks will cry out." 

This day in history is called the Day of the Selection of the Lamb. We would call it Palm Sunday, 

When they shouted "Hosanna blessed is He who comes in the name of the Lord" they were declaring Jesus as the Chosen One, Jesus as the One (Messiah) who had come in the 'Name of the Lord'. 

This past Thursday was the commemoration of that great day for our year 2017, this would be the day when every family would choose a lamb to cover their sins, for the upcoming year, a temporary fix until the Messiah came.  What got them so excited this particular day in 30 A.D. was that Jesus was not only following the lambs in effect saying I am the CHOSEN LAMB come down out of HEAVEN for the remission of sins...
By coming on the foal of a donkey He was also saying, I am also your coming King.
HIS PROPHETIC ACT COVERED BOTH, HIS FIRST COMING (AS THE LAMB) 

AND HIS SECOND COMING (AS KING OF THE WHOLE EARTH.) 

I am challenging you. Today, you need to select your Passover lamb. Who will be your Chosen One (Messiah), who is it you are counting on to cover your sins?  Is it your priest? your pastor? your bible teacher on the radio? Is it your youth leader? your parents? your praying grandmother? Who is being led to the slaughter (as the lamb) in your place not only to cover your sins but to nail them to the cross, with all the accusations written against you? 

For the last 10 days, Hebrews around the world have been removing leaven from their houses in preparation for the Passover, but it all comes down to this; have your sins been covered? 

We read in Scripture that His blood speaks a better word than the blood of goats and sheep. Because His sacrifice has put away all sin for all time. 

If you are not trusting in, clinging to, and relying on Jesus as your Messiah you should choose Him today as your Passover Lamb now and you will find that He will become your King as well, in the days to come. 

All of history is centered on this day just four days after the parade of the Pesach lamb. And the man who would be King. 

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Various writings from the past
The Road Not Taken
At Home In MN