Palm Sunday: The Big Reveal

Luke 19:28-44

1999: Movies and TV

January – The Sopranos, Family Guy

March – The Matrix, Futurama

May – Star Wars: Episode 1 – The Phantom Menace, SpongeBob SquarePants

June – Tarzan

July – The Blair Witch Project

August – Who Wants to Be a Millionaire?

September – Law and Order: Special Victims Unit

October – Fight Club

November – Toy Story 2

[Show: The Sixth Sense]

Luke 19:28 – “And when he had said these things, he went on ahead, going up to Jerusalem.”

I. MESSIAH

Luke 19:29-34 – “When he drew near to Bethphage and Bethany, at the mount that is called Olivet, he sent two of the disciples, 30 saying, “Go into the village in front of you, where on entering you will find a colt tied, on which no one has ever yet sat. Untie it and bring it here. 31 If anyone asks you, ‘Why are you untying it?’ you shall say this: ‘The Lord has need of it.’”

Zechariah 9:9 – “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.”

II. LORD

Luke 19:32-34 – “So those who were sent went away and found it just as he had told them. 33 And as they were untying the colt, its owners said to them, ‘Why are you untying the colt?’ 34 And they said, ‘The Lord has need of it.’”

“Lord,” Gk. κύριος (kyrios), “Lord, owner of something”

Luke 19:33-34, lit. – “And as they were untying the colt, its lord said to them, ‘Why are you untying the colt?’ 34 And they said, ‘Its Lord has need of it.’”

III. KING

Luke 19:35-38 – “And they brought it to Jesus, and throwing their cloaks on the colt, they set Jesus on it. 36 And as he rode along, they spread their cloaks on the road. 37 As he was drawing near—already on the way down the Mount of Olives—the whole multitude of his disciples began to rejoice and praise God with a loud voice for all the mighty works that they had seen, 38 saying, ‘Blessed is the King who comes in the name of the Lord! Peace in heaven and glory in the highest!’”

Matt. 21:8 – “branches”

Mk. 11:8 – “leafy branches”

Jn. 12:13 – “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!”

1 Kg. 1:33

2 Kg. 9:13 – “Then in haste every man of them took his garment and put it under him on the bare steps, and they blew the trumpet and proclaimed, ‘Jehu is king.’”

Psalm 118:26 – “Blessed is he who comes in the name of the LORD! We bless you from the house of the LORD.”

Psalm 118:26 – “Blessed is he…”

Luke 19:38 – “Blessed is the King…”

Luke 2:13-14 – “And suddenly there was with the angel a multitude of the heavenly host praising God and saying, 14 ‘Glory to God in the highest, and on earth peace among those with whom he is pleased!’”

At birth, angels: “Glory to God in the highest, and peace on earth!”

On Palm Sunday, disciples: “Glory to God in the highest, and peace in heaven.”

Truth: “The birth of Jesus Christ brought peace to the earth as God came to humanity. The death and resurrection of Jesus Christ brought peace in heaven as humanity was reconciled back to God.”

Charles Spurgeon: “He who was the Son of God became the Son of man, so that we who are the sons of men might become the sons of God.”

IV. GOD

Luke 19:39 – “And some of the Pharisees in the crowd said to him, ‘Teacher, rebuke your disciples.’”

Luke 19:40 – “He answered, ‘I tell you, if these were silent, the very stones would cry out.’”

Gal. 4:6

Heb. 1:3

V. JUDGE

Luke 19:41-44 – “And when he drew near and saw the city, he wept over it, 42 saying, “Would that you, even you, had known on this day the things that make for peace! But now they are hidden from your eyes. 43 For the days will come upon you, when your enemies will set up a barricade around you and surround you and hem you in on every side 44 and tear you down to the ground, you and your children within you. And they will not leave one stone upon another in you, because you did not know the time of your visitation.”