Palm Sunday A Necessary Step To Easter, And Two Glairing Messages Christ The KING Presbyterian Rev Paul Wallace APC
Paul Wallace
Ordained Pastor, Both Conventional & Social Media Ministries, Fire Department Chaplain, Maintenance Worker 1, Certified Safety Professional, Proven Governmental Leader, True Team Builder, You will love all of this resume
Palm Sunday A Necessary Step To Easter
And Two Glairing Messages
Video Introduction https://www.instagram.com/reel/Cqg2APNAMRE/?igsh=MXhxbGhscGp1dTN0cQ%3D%3D
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The significance of the use of Palm Branches, and St. John uses them in His Gospel of John, as well as His Revelation Of Jesus Christ Volume, would be like Screaming its meaning in the First Century, and Both Jewish Leadership, and Roman Leadership would Firmly and Quite possibly be Angered to the Extreme by this Symbolism ( We will visit this in the Message below).
I also want to apologize ahead of time, as we have personal business this Holy Week, and All post will be up in the Next two days this includes Easter as we will be needing to attend to this issue. Thank you for understanding, Pastor Paul
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Call To Worship;
Revelation 4:8 ? And the four living creatures, each one of them having six wings, are full of eyes around and within; and day and night they do not cease to say, "HOLY, HOLY, HOLY IS THE LORD GOD, THE ALMIGHTY, WHO WAS AND WHO IS AND WHO IS TO COME."
?9 And when the living creatures give glory and honor and thanks to Him who sits on the throne, to Him who lives forever and ever,
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Processional All Glory Laud & Honor
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Passing of the Peace Of Christ
May The Peace Of Christ Be With You
ALL: And Also With You
Please take a moment to Pass the Peace of Christ
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Hymn The GOD Of Abraham Praise
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First Reading
Isaiah 62:11 Behold, the LORD has proclaimed to the end of the earth, Say to the daughter of Zion, "Lo, your salvation comes; Behold His reward is with Him, and His recompense before Him."
?12 And they will call them, "The holy people, The redeemed of the LORD"; And you will be called, "Sought out, a city not forsaken."
Zechariah 9:8 But I will camp around My house because of an army, Because of him who passes by and returns; And no oppressor will pass over them anymore, For now I have seen with My eyes.
?9 ? Rejoice greatly, O daughter of Zion! Shout in triumph, O daughter of Jerusalem! Behold, your king is coming to you; He is just and endowed with salvation, Humble, and mounted on a donkey, Even on a colt, the foal of a donkey.
This Is The WORD Of The LORD
ALL: Thanks Be To GOD!
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The LORD’S Prayer & Nicene Creed
Matthew 6:9 ? And Jesus said "In this manner, therefore, pray:
Our Father in heaven, Hallowed be Your name.
?10 Your kingdom come. Your will be done On earth as it is in heaven.
?11 Give us this day our daily bread.
?12 And forgive us our debts, As we forgive our debtors.
?13 And do not lead us into temptation, But deliver us from the evil one. For Yours is the kingdom and the power and the glory forever. Amen.
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Christian What Do You Believe?
I believe in one God the Father Almighty,
Maker of heaven and earth,
And of all things visible and invisible:
And in one Lord Jesus Christ, the only-begotten Son of God,
Begotten of his Father before all worlds,
God of God, Light of Light,
Very God of very God,
Begotten, not made,
Being of one substance with the Father,
By whom all things were made;
Who for us men, and for our salvation came down from heaven,
And was incarnate by the Holy Ghost of the Virgin Mary,
And was made man,
And was crucified also for us under Pontius Pilate.
He suffered and was buried,
And the third day he rose again according to the Scriptures,
And ascended into heaven,
And sitteth on the right hand of the Father.
And he shall come again with glory to judge both the quick and the dead:
Whose kingdom shall have no end.
And I believe in the Holy Ghost,
The Lord and giver of life,
Who proceedeth from the Father and the Son,
Who with the Father and the Son together is worshipped and glorified,
Who spake by the Prophets.
And I believe one Catholic and Apostolic Church.
I acknowledge one Baptism for the remission of sins.
And I look for the Resurrection of the dead,
And the life of the world to come.
Amen.
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The Doxology
Praise GOD From Whom All Blessings Flow: Tune All Creatures of Our God and King
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Hymn The Palms
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Second Reading
Matthew 21:1-17 & John 12:12-15 Revelation 7:9
Matthew 21:1 ? When they had approached Jerusalem and had come to Bethphage, at the Mount of Olives, then Jesus sent two disciples,
?2 saying to them, "Go into the village opposite you, and immediately you will find a donkey tied there and a colt with her; untie them and bring them to Me.
?3 "If anyone says anything to you, you shall say, 'The Lord has need of them,' and immediately he will send them."
?4 This took place to fulfill what was spoken through the prophet:
?5 "SAY TO THE DAUGHTER OF ZION, 'BEHOLD YOUR KING IS COMING TO YOU, GENTLE, AND MOUNTED ON A DONKEY, EVEN ON A COLT, THE FOAL OF A BEAST OF BURDEN.'"
?6 The disciples went and did just as Jesus had instructed them,
?7 and brought the donkey and the colt, and laid their coats on them; and He sat on the coats.
?8 Most of the crowd spread their coats in the road, and others were cutting branches from the trees and spreading them in the road.
?9 The crowds going ahead of Him, and those who followed, were shouting, "Hosanna to the Son of David; BLESSED IS HE WHO COMES IN THE NAME OF THE LORD; Hosanna in the highest!"
?10 When He had entered Jerusalem, all the city was stirred, saying, "Who is this?"
?11 And the crowds were saying, "This is the prophet Jesus, from Nazareth in Galilee."
?12 ? And Jesus entered the temple and drove out all those who were buying and selling in the temple, and overturned the tables of the moneychangers and the seats of those who were selling doves.
?13 And He *said to them, "It is written, 'MY HOUSE SHALL BE CALLED A HOUSE OF PRAYER'; but you are making it a ROBBERS' DEN."
?14 And the blind and the lame came to Him in the temple, and He healed them.
?15 But when the chief priests and the scribes saw the wonderful things that He had done, and the children who were shouting in the temple, "Hosanna to the Son of David," they became indignant
?16 and said to Him, "Do You hear what these children are saying?" And Jesus *said to them, "Yes; have you never read, 'OUT OF THE MOUTH OF INFANTS AND NURSING BABIES YOU HAVE PREPARED PRAISE FOR YOURSELF'?"
?17 And He left them and went out of the city to Bethany, and spent the night there.
Where do we get the name Palm Sunday please turn to
John 12:10 But the chief priests planned to put Lazarus to death also;
?11 because on account of him many of the Jews were going away and were believing in Jesus.
?12 ? On the next day the large crowd who had come to the feast, when they heard that Jesus was coming to Jerusalem,
?13 took the branches of the palm trees and went out to meet Him, and began to shout, "Hosanna! BLESSED IS HE WHO COMES IN THE NAME OF THE LORD, even the King of Israel."
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?14 Jesus, finding a young donkey, sat on it; as it is written,
?15 "FEAR NOT, DAUGHTER OF ZION; BEHOLD, YOUR KING IS COMING, SEATED ON A DONKEY'S COLT."
Revelation? 7:9 After these things I looked, and behold, a great multitude which no one could count, from every nation and all tribes and peoples and tongues, standing before the throne and before the Lamb, clothed in white robes, and palm branches were in their hands;
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The Holy Gospel of Our LORD Jesus Christ
ALL: All Glory to you LORD Christ
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Lesson
Palm Sunday A Necessary Step To Easter
And Two Glaring and Blunt Proclamations
Three quick names to cover before we get into the passage;
First Bethphage = house of unripe figs, Second Bethany = House of Affliction though it too can be unripe figs,? Jerusalem = City of Peace
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1st We look at my thoughts Palm Sunday in the past
2nd the background of Palm Sunday
3rd What does it mean for the Church today
1st We look at my thoughts Palm Sunday in the past
As a Kid this, was my thoughts on the Sunday before Easter, and that was about all.
It meant we would get out of School on Good Friday sometimes a half day sometimes a full day, and then we got a week off!
Our Church was not big on having a Good Friday Service as at Noon the Churches in the Town had an ecumenical Service at St. James Episcopal Church, as it is still done today.
It also meant the next week we would be getting up before Sunrise to go to Sunrise Service at First Presbyterian that was always followed by breakfast of Pancakes, eggs, sausage & Bacon.
We would then go to Church there would be no Sunday School that morning.
But that was really all Palm Sunday ever meant to me.
This all changed when I was at St. Andrews Chapel in Stanford, Florida and Dr. R.C. Sproul mention the understanding of the Palm branch during his Sermon.
Though his sermon was not on Palm Sunday it did get me digging and in truth I will never let Palm Sunday pass again as insignificant and I hope following this message you too if you have will not either.
I have been to a variety of Presbyterian Churches over the Last 8 years and only one The Church I Interned at gave proper address to Palm Sunday, though not in the Depth we have exposed.
It seems today’s “Reformed” Pastor are so Stuck on their Series, that they can’t suspend for Lent as it might actually prove they can speak on more than the current Theological Star’s Book they are heavily borrowing from, this use to be plagiarism, but in today’s preaching circles has become the norm and it is prevalent in all Churches.
Palm Sunday hasn’t changed much We still love to Sing Hosanna, Blessed is he who comes In the name of the LORD, and yet within 4 days of the 1st Palm Sunday, Our Lord was arrested and by Friday the Crowd (In Our Sins for real we too) would be shouting CRUCIFY, CRUCIFY!? Pilate would consent to turn him over to be Crucified!
Our hatred for Christ wasn’t satisfied to have him killed, as with Stephen who was stoned, that would not work, we wanted Jesus cursed also!?? Deuteronomy? 21:23 His body shall not remain all night upon the tree, but thou shalt in any wise bury him that day; (for he that is hanged is accursed of God;) that thy land be not defiled, which the LORD thy God giveth thee for an inheritance.NASB95
Paul quotes this fact Galatians 3:13 Christ redeemed us from the curse of the Law, having become a curse for us--for it is written, "CURSED IS EVERYONE WHO HANGS ON A TREE" NASB95
The truest caution of our Palm Sunday joy even today, is how fast we can turn on our King.
As I reflect on my own Treason against God, and how quickly I turn on him each day may, I ask God to guard me from MYSELF, and allow me to serve and Love him with all my heart, soul and mind!
May Passion Week 2016, truly change our lives to serve Jesus Christ, with the Love HE showed us.
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2nd the background of Palm Branch & Palm Sunday
Now let’s look at Palm Branches in the time of Jesus’s Earthly Ministry
and see that it is NOT an unknown as perhaps today.
Rome we will find out is Aware of the Palm Branches and what is signifies and that John is aware writing while writing this that Rome could see this as Treason.
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146 BC Roman Coins and Symbols of Conquest had Palm Branch images all over them, and in the first season there was good reason as this article will attest;
Palm branch (symbol)
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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The palm branch is a symbol of victory, triumph, peace and eternal life originating in the ancient Near East and Mediterranean world . The palm (Phoenix ) was sacred in Mesopotamian religions , and in ancient Egypt represented immortality. In Judaism , a closed frond of the date palm is part of the festival of Sukkot . A palm branch was awarded to victorious athletes in ancient Greece , and a palm frond or the tree itself is one of the most common attributes of Victory personified in ancient Rome .
In Christianity , the palm branch is associated particularly with Palm Sunday , when according to Christian tradition palm branches were waved at the triumphal entry of Jesus into Jerusalem . It was adopted into Christian iconography to represent the victory of martyrs , or the victory of the spirit over the flesh.
Since a victory signals an end to a conflict or competition, the palm developed into a symbol of peace, a meaning it can have in Islam ,[1] where it is often associated with Paradise.
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As Jesus rides into Jerusalem, the Fact that in John 12:13 took the branches of the palm trees and went out to meet Him, and began to shout, "Hosanna! BLESSED IS HE WHO COMES IN THE NAME OF THE LORD, even the King of Israel."
Is not a scene that would be missed by the Priests, Scribes & Pharisees (Nor the Romans) and as we will see they don’t MISS it!!
2nd Maccabees 10:7?Therefore they bare branches, and fair boughs, and palms also, and sang psalms unto him that had given them good success in cleansing his place. 8?They ordained also by a common statute and decree, That every year those days should be kept of the whole nation of the Jews.
John will also write about a picture of Palm Branches another time and again Rome is WELL aware of the image he is using, we will see that later.
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He comes riding of a Donkey
Zechariah? 9:9 ? "Rejoice greatly, O daughter of Zion! Shout, O daughter of Jerusalem! Behold, your King is coming to you; He is just and having salvation, Lowly and riding on a donkey, A colt, the foal of a donkey.
Back to the fact that Roman and the Synagogue officials are aware of this scene and the threat it could mean.
The Children shout in Mt 21:15 But when the chief priests and the scribes saw the wonderful things that He had done, and the children who were shouting in the temple, "Hosanna to the Son of David," they became indignant
?16 and said to Him, "Do You hear what these children are saying?" And Jesus *said to them, "Yes; have you never read, 'OUT OF THE MOUTH OF INFANTS AND NURSING BABIES YOU HAVE PREPARED PRAISE FOR YOURSELF'?"
Or as Luke says it in 19:40 But Jesus answered, "I tell you, if these become silent, the stones will cry out!"
So YES they knew what the Crowd was doing and surely knew what is being said!!
The Children are using What name? "Hosanna to the Son of David," I preached another Message that showed what was so significant in this pronouncement as it was also the name the “blind men in Matthew 9, & 20, and the Canaanite Woman in Matthew used this name.
It is and ONLY can be the Messianic name!!!!
And it’s KIDS saying it!!!
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3rd What does it mean for the Church today
As I said John writes about the Palm Branch imagery It also says John lead by the Holy Spirit is NOT being coy with his use of the symbol in Revelation? 7:9 After these things I looked, and behold, a great multitude which no one could count, from every nation and all tribes and peoples and tongues, standing before the throne and before the Lamb, clothed in white robes, and palm branches were in their hands;
John is telling the readers of this book something and its blunt. Believe me Rome, & the Synagogue leaders should understand it and ANGERED even more as this is TREASON to Rome, and the Religious Leader KNOW what is being said!
To we readers in the 21st Century readers perhaps we don’t grab some of these images, like the Rider on the Great White Horse in Chapter 21 declaring Jesus as Greater than any Caesar.
The picture in Revelation Chapter 5 of the Worthy Slain Lamb 5:5 and one of the elders *said to me, "Stop weeping; behold, the Lion that is from the tribe of Judah, the Root of David, has overcome so as to open the book and its seven seals."
Who were the Children, the Blind and the Unclean calling to?
And now John has the NERVE to use this image in Revelation Chapter 7 connecting to his first writing in John Chapter 12 and this IS BLUNT
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In Christ Jesus alone WE HAVE WON!!!!!
So Church this Holy Week remember Jesus Wins and it was all part of the FATHERS Plan!
This Holy Week we will look Wednesday at the Passover Seder, Maundy Thursday, Good Friday, and Easter Sunday so post and emails will be frequent.
In Christ alone
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Hymn
Ride on Ride on In Majesty
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The LORD’S Feast
1Co 11:23 ? For I received from the Lord that which I also delivered to you, that the Lord Jesus in the night in which He was betrayed took bread;
?24 and when He had given thanks, He broke it and said, "This is My body, which is for you; do this in remembrance of Me."
?25 In the same way He took the cup also after supper, saying, "This cup is the new covenant in My blood; do this, as often as you drink it, in remembrance of Me."
?26 For as often as you eat this bread and drink the cup, you proclaim the Lord's death until He comes.
?27 Therefore whoever eats the bread or drinks the cup of the Lord in an unworthy manner, shall be guilty of the body and the blood of the Lord.
?28 But a man must examine himself, and in so doing he is to eat of the bread and drink of the cup.
?29 For he who eats and drinks, eats and drinks judgment to himself if he does not judge the body rightly.
Guide Me O Thou Our Great Redeemer
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The LORD’S Benediction
Romans 16:25 ? Now to Him who is able to establish you according to my gospel and the preaching of Jesus Christ, according to the revelation of the mystery which has been kept secret for long ages past,
?26 but now is manifested, and by the Scriptures of the prophets, according to the commandment of the eternal God, has been made known to all the nations, leading to obedience of faith;
?27 to the only wise God, through Jesus Christ, be the glory forever. Amen.
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Let Us Go Forth As Those Who Love And Proclaim Risen KING and Savior Our LORD Jesus Christ
ALL: Thanks Be To GOD!, Alleluia, Alleluia, Alleluia, AMEN!
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Recessional A Mighty Fortress Is Our GOD
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