Good Palm Sunday morning to you! We have another new coating of snow out here as it would appear that winter will last until May this year. Just kidding, I have no idea how long it will last. Today is a celebration of the day Jesus fulfilled the prophecy in Isaiah by riding into Jerusalem on a donkey's colt. The people were ready to celebrate an earthly king, ignoring other prophecies in Isaiah, and they lined the road into Jerusalem waving palm branches and celebrating their new king... or so they thought. However, Jesus fulfills every prophecy and the time for His new kingdom in the new Jerusalem had not yet arrived. The spiritual kingdom had to come first and that required one final blood sacrifice on the cross. As we know from the gospels, a fickle and unbelieving people turned on Jesus less than a week later and demanded his execution. Pilate gave in to public pressure and allowed the execution of a man he had found innocent to take place. The world committed a murder and we were saved. In this world murdered people cannot save others. However, we do not live by what the world thinks and sees, we live and are saved in Christ Jesus!
Praise God for eternal life in Jesus!
Bucky
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