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The resurrection of Jesus Christ is not just the greatest day on the calendar, it’s the greatest day in all human history. Everything before looks forward to that event and everything after looks back to it.

The road to the cross began before the foundation of the world. God sent His Son to reconcile the world to Himself, and the entire plan of God rests on the cross at Calvary and the resurrection of Jesus from the dead.

The road to the cross comes to Jerusalem as Jesus rode into Jerusalem on this day which begins what is famously called the “Passion Week.” He rode into Jerusalem on the foal of a donkey; He taught in the temple, He healed the sick, and He confronted the Jewish leaders. Later that week He was betrayed by Judas Iscariot, arrested and then brought before Pontius Pilate, the Roman governor, who had Him beaten, scourged and crucified.

When Jesus rode into Jerusalem on the foal of a donkey, crowds were casting palm branches on the road in front of Him, shouting from Psalm 118, “Hosanna! Hosanna to the Son of David;” declaring Him to be the long-awaited Messiah, the King of Israel, and the hope of the world.

There was anticipation in the air, something big was about to happen. They had been looking, longing, hoping for someone who could overthrow Rome. It’s very much like today in the sense that there is so much wrong in our nation that people are hoping and looking for someone who can heal our nation and bring this broken world to a better place.

Who better than the man who raised Lazarus from the dead and who confronted and humiliated the Jewish leaders that everyone knew were corrupt.

But Jesus didn’t come to conquer Rome. Jesus came to conquer something much greater than Rome; He came to conquer death; He came to become the Resurrection and the Life; to become the Way for us to be reconciled to God as our Father. He came to pay the penalty for our sin so we could be set free and have a life to live for eternity!

This is a story about God on the move. God is sending His Son. He is on the road to the cross. Some will receive Him as King; some will resist and harden their hearts. But it’s also a story that is personal; how will you respond?

Did you ever step back and ask what God thinks of sinners? Did He look down on this world and say, “Look at all those wonderful people. They’re so adorable I can’t help myself; I must have them with Me in heaven.” Like when my wife sees a puppy or like when many see a baby, they’re just so adorable you must have one.

No, God looks at sinners and sees they’re in trouble. God loves you and He sent His Son to seek and to save that which was lost. God sent His Son because He loves sinners and wants to reconcile sinners to Himself.

The story begins with those who receive Him with joy. The crowds are shouting and celebrating; they have found their King!

But the story is also about those who refuse to receive Him, to open their hearts. There were many that resisted the Holy Spirit, kicking against the goads, stiffening their necks and hardening their hearts. Why? Because they want to be king of their own lives; master of their own destiny, captain of their own soul.

Here’s the problem, people don’t have enough power to become king of their own soul; master of their own destiny. When they stand before God on judgment day, they won’t be able to say, “I don’t recognize the authority of this court.”
There is a day fixed when every knee will bow, and every tongue will confess that Jesus Christ is Lord to the glory of God the Father.

This is a story about God on the move. The road to the cross comes down the Mount of Olives with Jesus riding on the foal of a donkey with the crowds shouting, “Hosanna! Hosanna!” But the road to the cross also brings Jesus in direct confrontation.

This story is about the response. When God sends His Son, that requires a response.


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