Theology bites:
"The next day the large crowd that had come to the feast heard that Jesus was coming to Jerusalem. So they took branches of palm trees and went out to meet him, crying out, 'Hosanna! Blessed is he who comes in the name of the Lord, even the King of Israel!' And Jesus found a young donkey and sat on it, just as it is written, 'Fear not, daughter of Zion; behold, your king is coming, sitting on a donkey's colt!' (John 12:12-15)"
The above prophecy about the donkey's colt is from Zechariah 9:9 in the Old Testament scriptures written over 500 years before Jesus! It was fulfilled on this first palm Sunday!
“The term ‘Hosanna’ is not another name for God; it is a plea to God to save us!” (Jackie Hill Perry) The people who welcomed him into Jerusalem that day were singing this as they knew it by heart from the ancient Psalms.
Happy Palm Sunday and Happy Passover week!