“The Purifying Power of His Suffering”

On the first Palm Sunday, the Jews hailed Jesus as the King who comes in the name of the Lord, the Deliverer who would ransom captive Israel, the warrior Son of David who was mightier than he, so that if Saul killed thousands of enemies, and David tens of thousands, Jesus would kill hundreds of thousands. But He burst their bubble and entered Jerusalem, not on a war horse, but on a peace donkey, signifying that His kingdom is not of this world, its invasion of nations is not by might nor by power but by God’s Spirit, it wins people not by fear but through kindness, its platform is not enemy-destruction but enemy-love, it's founded on the giving of self for the life of others, it's about the reconciliation, not condemnation, of the world to God. Because He did, every year this week is a week of glory and victory.