A Look at Palm Sunday

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A Look at Palm Sunday

• Mark 11 1 11
• Palm Sunday, March 16, 2008

Rev. Matthew Harbison
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NikeWithA PalmFrond
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Date Palms
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Fan Palms
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Palms Used in Palm Sunday ?
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A Roman Road
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II Kings 9 13

• They hurried and took their cloaks and spread
  them under him on the bare steps. Then they blew
  the trumpet and shouted, "Jehu is king!"

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Interpretation

• How Did The People See This Event ?

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Roll Out the Welcome Mat

• The Red Carpet

W E L C O M E
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Map Of Jerusalem
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Was Jesus Seen As the Liberating King ?
?
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? ? ?
? ? ?
Jesus Palm Sunday Route
Jesus
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• Jerusalem
• Population Inside 2nd Wall (Shaded and Lower
  City)
• 55,000
• 95,000
• 180,000 /
• (_at_ Passover)

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Maps

• Lawndale
• 31,733 /
• 1.98 sq mi
• Jerusalem
• (_at_ Passover)
• 180,000 /
• 0.8 sq mi

U S
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Triumphal Entries

• Was Jesus Seen As the King
• Or
• The Son Of God
• ? ? ?

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What Was Said ?

• Matthew 21 9 11
• The crowds that went ahead of him and those that
  followed shouted,    "Hosanna to the Son of
  David!"    "Blessed is he who comes in the name
  of the Lord!"   "Hosanna in the highest!"
•  When Jesus entered Jerusalem, the whole city was
  stirred and asked, "Who is this?"
•  The crowds answered, "This is Jesus, the prophet
  from Nazareth in Galilee."

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What Was Said ?

• Mark 11 9 10
• Those who went ahead and those who followed
  shouted,    "Hosanna!"    "Blessed is he who
  comes in the name of the Lord!"
• "Blessed is the coming kingdom of our father
  David!"    "Hosanna in the highest!

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What Was Said ?

• Luke 19 38
• "Blessed is the king who comes in the name of the
  Lord!"      "Peace in heaven and glory in the
  highest!"

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What Was Said ?

• John 12 13
• They took palm branches and went out to meet him,
  shouting,    "Hosanna!"    "Blessed is he who
  comes in the name of the Lord!"   "Blessed is
  the King of Israel!"

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On A Stallion ?
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Rosa Parks

• Did She Start The Civil Rights Move-ment?

• If She Did,
• Did She Try To ?

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Lifes Tough Decisions

• What If ?
• If Only
• I Wish

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War Or Peace ?
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Words Changed For Some

• From
• Hosanna !
• To
• Crucify !

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Matthew 20 28

• just as the Son of Man did not come to be
  served, but to serve, and to give his life as a
  ransom for many.

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Liberation

• Temporal Enemies
• All Our Enemies
• Sin
• Evil
• Death