"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!'
His disciples did not understand these things at first, but when Jesus was glorified, then they remembered that these things had been written about him and had been done to him. The crowd that had been with him when he called Lazarus out of the tomb and raised him from the dead continued to bear witness. The reason why the crowd went to meet him was that they heard he had done this sign." (John 12:12-18 ESV)
Today we hold palms and branches in our hands as we sing: “Hosanna in the Highest! Blessed is He Who comes in the Name of the Lord!” But are we crying out “Hosanna” – literally “Save Now” – with our lives? Or are we really standing with the angry mob crying “Crucify Him! Crucify Him!”
