Palm Sunday

Palm Sunday might feel a bit like an inaugural parade as Jesus is entering into Jerusalem with a grand entrance of sorts. It is true that Jesus is entering into Jerusalem, a "center of gravity" for the region's political and religious elites; but is an inaugural parade, entry into a position of power, the best analogy for what took place that day? Or is Palm Sunday more so about Him entering something else? Let's talk about it.

Mark 11:1-11
11 Now when they drew near to Jerusalem, to Bethphage and Bethany, at the Mount of Olives, Jesus sent two of his disciples 2 and said to them, “Go into the village in front of you, and immediately as you enter it you will find a colt tied, on which no one has ever sat. Untie it and bring it. 3 If anyone says to you, ‘Why are you doing this?’ say, ‘The Lord has need of it and will send it back here immediately.’” 4 And they went away and found a colt tied at a door outside in the street, and they untied it. 5 And some of those standing there said to them, “What are you doing, untying the colt?” 6 And they told them what Jesus had said, and they let them go. 7 And they brought the colt to Jesus and threw their cloaks on it, and he sat on it. 8 And many spread their cloaks on the road, and others spread leafy branches that they had cut from the fields. 9 And those who went before and those who followed were shouting, “Hosanna! Blessed is He who comes in the name of the Lord! 10 Blessed is the coming kingdom of our father David! Hosanna in the highest!” 11 And He entered Jerusalem and went into the temple. And when he had looked around at everything, as it was already late, he went out to Bethany with the twelve.

OUTLINE:
To have a person make a grand entrance you need one of three things to be true:
the person has to be important or famous
the entrance has to be grand or dramatic
the thing into which the person is entering has to be impressive
On Palm Sunday, all three things are true.