SCRIPTURE: Mark (NIV) 11:7 When they brought the colt to Jesus and threw their cloaks over it, he sat on it. 8 Many people spread their cloaks on the road, while others spread branches they had cut in the fields. 9 Those who went ahead and those who followed shouted, “Hosanna!” “Blessed is he who comes in the name of the Lord!” 10 “Blessed is the coming kingdom of our father David!” “Hosanna in the highest!” 11 Jesus entered Jerusalem and went to the temple.
OBSERVATION: The road was covered with coats and branches. It was a great celebration! Jesus was entering Jerusalem, riding on a colt. The people who were at the head of the parade shouted, “Hosanna!” Those who brought up the end shouted, “Hosanna!” Their focus was Jesus!
APPLICATION: The parade that entered Jerusalem that day is still going. It has stretched through the years to where I am today. The parade route has changed. It is not going through the gates of the city of Jerusalem in Israel; it is going through the “death gate” and entering the New Jerusalem in heaven! Those who preceded us in death have already entered the gates of heaven and are now enjoying the presence of God from heaven’s point of view. Last night I was privileged to join 20-25 others still in this life. We joined in the presence of God as we worshipped the same God from our limited earthly point of view.
We are near the end of the parade. we join with those who have gone ahead in shouting, “Hosanna!” “Blessed is he who comes in the name of the Lord!” Jesus is the center of our world too!
PRAYER: Jesus, all of earth and heaven is centered on you! May those who are standing along my part of the parade route see you exalted and be welcomed to join the celebration! What a day that will be when we are all together in the courts of heaven! But until then we will continue singing your praise worshipping you! Amen
Pastor Leon
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