Mark 11.9,10 - THE Week

Mark 11.9,10 - THE Week

Palm Sunday to Easter frames the time that has fixed the eternal destiny of the whole world. Jesus’ Palm Sunday ride on a borrowed donkey sparked events in Jerusalem that God ordained before time.  Dozens acclaimed Him, waving palm branches (politically significant since Judas Maccabeus drove the Syrians out of the Temple). ‘Hosanna’ - a word freighted with revolutionary expectation - ‘save us’ -  intending ‘save us from the Romans’! Indeed, He was coming into their city to save them – in a way nobody imagined! Sometimes this enthusiastic display is called the ‘Triumphal Entry’ yet that won’t really happen until Jesus comes again in time-stopping Glory. While the crowds exalted in their agenda for Him, Jesus was probably lost in His own thoughts. Why, those near him must have wondered, would He burst into tears amidst their happy shouts? (Luke 19.41) He alone knew what this time meant.