This glorious yet fatal event is recorded in all four Gospels: Matthew

21, Mark 11:1-11, Luke 19:28-44, and John 12:12-19. Although Passion Sunday is the day we celebrate His triumphal entry as described in this Holy Gospel, our Jesus planned this entry into Jerusalem as a king, although He knew that this Holy Week would bring suffering. He knew it was important to give His life to a four day-dead man, Lazarus, and this event became a viral sensation in the city of Jerusalem, which was packed with thousands who wanted to see the Son of David. He knew His death was imminent when entering Jerusalem, yet instead of mourning, thousands of men and women welcomed Him, laying palm branches and cloaks, shouting “Hosanna! Hosanna to the Son of David!” He promised them the King and Messiah.

He promised that the time is near and wanted a work which could draw the attention of multitudes, as when Jesus came from Bethany. That the nest witness of this was Lazarus, whom He had predicted in prophecy. Therefore, Martha and Lazarus sent Him invitations to come, and Hosanna their brother; one of the sisters was Miriam, John 11:2 (the Miriam who used the ne perfume on the feet of Jesus in Simon the Pharisee’s house). Other people also were there. John 11:4, when Jesus heard of His sickness, He said, “This sickness is not unto death.” (Greek text actually says: “He shall not fall prey to death.”) That is, the story of God that the Son of God shall not get glory from sin or sickness, but when He overcomes over them, through God’s forgiveness and redemption and sickness over healing. John 11:6, when Jesus heard of the sickness of His friend, He stayed there two more days. John 11:25, because He knew that He would give him life, that He is the Resurrection and Life. And when He wept, everyone knew that Martha’s brother had been dead for three days and was lying in a grave. He went to see. John 11:38 says there was a cave with a stone covering the mouth.

Yes, Lord, “I am the Resurrection and Life. He who believes in me, though he were dead, yet shall he live.” John 11:25. Martha said to Jesus, “Lord, if You would believe, You should see the glory of God.” John 11:40. And the Lord said, “Lazarus, come out!” Come forth. In the world, when Jesus said “Lazarus,” Martha and her sister Mary knew, and Martha said to Jesus, “You are having a bad smell of the body,” and they saw. John 11:27: She said, “Yes, Lord, I believe that You are the Christ, the Son of God, which should come into the world.”

Trouble arose when John says Jesus came to Bethany six days before the Passover and asked, “Where have you laid him?” They said, “Lord, come and see,” and that was the grave. John 11:35: In all the earth, I believe Jesus’ tears of sorrow for death for the human race caused a cry. People raised concern over the stone. And Martha said, “Lord, He stinks, because He is dead for four days.” John 11:40, Jesus said, “When I pray unto you, that if you would believe, you should see the Glory of God!” Four days, John 11:44 displays.

Miracles at the Grave:

John 11:41: And Jesus lifted up His eyes and said, “Father God, I

thank You that You have heard Me.”

John 11:42: “And I know that You hear Me always, but because of the people which stand by, I said it, that they may believe that

You have sent Me.”

Lazarus got life after four days.

John 11:43: And when He prayed, He cried with a loud voice,

“Lazarus, come out!”

John 11:44: And he who was dead came forth, bound hand and foot with grave clothes, and his face was bound with a napkin.

Jesus asked His disciples to go to a place (Matthew 21:1-11; Jesus sends disciples for the colt to enter the cities). “There you will nd a colt in a troop; open and bring it to me. If anyone asks, tell him ‘The Master Teacher needs it.’ Then come back to us.” They brought the colt and led it to Jesus, as it was hidden. So Jesus entered Jerusalem on a colt of a donkey; this prophecy of Zechariah 9:9 was fulfilled regarding the humble King: “Do not fear, Daughter of Zion: Behold, your Messiah King comes on a colt.”

Jesus: Humble but Dashing Elegance

He asked one of His disciples to bring a colt on which no one had ever ridden. One thing: He was King—rather, King of Kings—and He wants to teach us that when we come to Him, we should be humble and lowly, and desire such humility that He would carry in our hearts, which is not proud.

Triumphal Entry

Crowds spread branches and cloaks on the road, treating Jesus with royal esteem. People spread palm branches, welcoming Jesus by laying branches or clothes on the way (Matthew 21:8-11).

Jerusalem: Knowing What to Come

People took palm branches to meet Jesus (John 12:12-13). “Hosanna!” they praised. People shouted, “Hosanna! The Son of David is coming!”

That means “the one who comes in the name of the Lord!” (Psalm

118:25-26)

Authorities and the Response

Scribes, Pharisees, Sadducees, and Herod, along with their crowd, gave praise and glorified Him. They were thinking He is a political king, a separate power threatening their authority. But Jesus, eagerly knowing He was destined to save people, was sacrificing Himself in His sacrifice.

Significance

This event marks the beginning of the Passion of the Week, or Holy Week, from Palm Sunday to Maundy Thursday, Good Friday, and Resurrection on Easter Day.

Remember God’s Plan

Remember that Holy God was rejected by the Jewish people because the Jews asked the Prophet Samuel to ask God for a king as a mascot for their nation, although the Prophet Samuel also told them it was a foolish thing. God said to Prophet Samuel: “Give them and choose a man as king for them. It will be punishment to them.” (First, God said He was their king, but then when they chose Saul as a king, but God— when they would not nourish their king, fight for their king, make for him mention, provide him transportation, horses, bullet/sword, cars, chariots, aeroplanes, mansions—Jesus comes as His king.)

And a second time, a true powerful and Divine King of Kings, they have told that, “Caesar is their king, not Jesus.” My brothers and sisters and dear reader, while celebrating Palm Sunday, let us wholeheartedly accept Lord Jesus Christ as our final King of Kings and Savior.