Devotional Song: ... GO TO THIS LINK ... Please take the time to take in song, images, and lyrics from Majesty, a praise group singing Jeshua Ha Mashiasch … powerfully singing of how Jesus, “Yeshua,” his Hebrew name, was/is The Messiah, the Holy One, … Who came to redeem mankind from our sin.
Hacksaw Ridge Movie Poster
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Highlight Verse[s]: John 12:13 [ESV] ... 13 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!”
… The people, who had heard of this man who raised Lazarus from the dead, proclaimed Him to be “Messiah,” in their desire for this man, Jesus, to be the King they wanted to overthrow Rome.
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Highlight Passage [context]: John 12:12-18 [ESV] ... USE THIS LINK ...
… The Apostle John reflects on Jesus’ triumphal entry into Jerusalem on the week which would show Him to become Yeshua HaMamashiach, Jesus, The Christ and the Redeemer of the world.
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Reference Passage : … Psalm 118:26-29 [ESV] … USE THIS LINK …
… The Psalmist sings what we the crowds would sing on that day when Yeshua Ha Maschiach entered Jerusalem to become King Jesus, the Redeemer of all mankind.
Reference Passage : … Zechariah 9:9 [ESV] … 9 Rejoice greatly, O daughter of Zion! Shout aloud, O daughter of Jerusalem! Behold, your king is coming to you; righteous and having salvation is He, humble and mounted on a donkey, on a colt, the foal of a donkey.
… That day Jesus rode the colt down from the Mt of Olives into the City of David on what we call “PALM SUNDAY” was the fulfillment of this prophecy in God’s word.
Reference Passage : … John 3:16-17 [ESV] … 16 “For God so loved the world, that He gave his only Son, that whoever believes in Him should not perish but have eternal life. 17 For God did not send His Son into the world to condemn the world, but in order that the world might be saved through Him.
… Jesus declares to the Jewish leader and to the world what God sent His Son to save us all from our sin, … because He loved us just that much.
My Devotional Journal: Today's ODB author, James Banks, uses an historical figure from WW2 to illustrate how one, like Jesus, could become so much more than the people of His day could imagine. … The ODB author wrote: He was called “one of the bravest persons alive,” but he wasn’t what others expected. Desmond was a soldier who declined to carry a gun. As a medic, he single-handedly rescued seventy-five injured soldiers in one battle, including some who once called him a coward and ridiculed him for his faith. Running into heavy gunfire, Desmond prayed continually, “Lord, please help me get one more.” He was awarded the Medal of Honor for his heroism.
Hollywood made an Academy Award winning movie of the story of Desmond Doss [see the Hacksaw Ridge poster in the photo], because this young man’s real story became so much more than the Army thought he would become when he was made a medic in World War 2.
And on this Palm Sunday, when we Christians celebrate the day Jesus entered Jerusalem on the first day of His passion week, the people who laid palms before Him as He rode down from the Mount of Olives on a prophesied colt, hoped Jesus would become the King who would liberate the Jews from Rome. But those same people who cried for this “Yeshua” to become their “Messiah” on that day would, a few days later, cry for Jesus to be crucified. Even John, who wrote the highlight passage, reports that the Disciples didn’t really understand Whom Jesus was until after the Resurrection [see John 12:16].
Yet, three days after their royal disappointment, seeing Jesus die on a cross, He rose from the dead Himself and became so much more than these palm throwers on that Sunday could ever imagine. He became “Yeshua HaMashiach,” the prophesied Messiah, … our Redeemer, … King Jesus, … the Holy One … Who would come from God’s love to save us from our sin [see John 3:16-17].
And yet again on this, another, Palm Sunday, let’s all hail our Lord to be exactly Whom He is … our Lord and Savior, Who now lives as King of kings and Lord of lords … FOREVER!!!
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My THANKFULNESS: ... Oh Abba Father, ... thank You, Lord, … for showing the world EXACTLY Whom You are … Yeshua HaMaschiach and King Jesus !!!
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My Prayer Today: Oh Abba Father, ... King Jesus, ... I pray, Lord, that all reading here will join me to declare, “Hosanna and Hallelujah” to recognize King Jesus as our King of kings and Lord of lords!!! Amen
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