Holy Week Devotional Day 1: The Triumphal Entry | Toni Duty & A.C. Caswell

``As we think about the beginning of the story, for most people, whether you're pulling it from Matthew or Luke, this depiction of a triumphal entry. So we have the Passover, which is this tremendous, like, festival in Jewish culture in ancient Israel where they're celebrating God's really redemption, God's salvation because of the Passover during the time in Egypt where they're enslaved, and he comes and he takes their firstborn son, but with the blood of the lamb Mhmm. They are redeemed or they're rescued. Right? They're spared. [00:05:12] (35 seconds)  #PassoverRedemption

And so for us as Christians, there's all kinds of imagery there that we could talk about, like, on Thursday and Friday with some of the others. But for us today, that story really starts with the triumphal entry. So there's crowds coming into Jerusalem because of the festival that's already there. Right. And then Jesus has been, like, building all of His ministry to this point, and the popularity, the miracles, the teaching with authority, the things that people have heard about and curiosity has brought crowds along the street as He enters into Jerusalem during this massive time. I mean, one commentary I've read in the past was like, a million more people might come, so to speak, to Jerusalem. [00:05:46] (42 seconds)  #TriumphalEntryCrowds

``And so for us as Christians, there's all kinds of imagery there that we could talk about, like, on Thursday and Friday with some of the others. But for us today, that story really starts with the triumphal entry. So there's crowds coming into Jerusalem because of the festival that's already there. Right. And then Jesus has been, like, building all of His ministry to this point, and the popularity, the miracles, the teaching with authority, the things that people have heard about and curiosity has brought crowds along the street as He enters into Jerusalem during this massive time. I mean, one commentary I've read in the past was like, a million more people might come, so to speak, to Jerusalem. [00:05:46] (42 seconds)  #MinistryMomentum

As we think about the beginning of the story, for most people, whether you're pulling it from Matthew or Luke, this depiction of a triumphal entry. So we have the Passover, which is this tremendous, like, festival in Jewish culture in ancient Israel where they're celebrating God's really redemption, God's salvation because of the Passover during the time in Egypt where they're enslaved, and he comes and he takes their firstborn son, but with the blood of the lamb Mhmm. They are redeemed or they're rescued. Right? They're spared. [00:05:12] (35 seconds)  #SavedByTheLamb

the way that you put it as far as Jesus already knows what's coming, and he knows this is just a part of the father's plan if he's just being an obedient son, and at some point it goes to the garden in Gethsemane where he's praying, take this cup away from me. Like, that is an incredible sign of humility, even in the midst of, like, sort of that rock star moment. Like, it's humility that's taking him down the road on this, like, cult, where it isn't really a conquering king. Right? He is, like, a humble servant that's coming in to break peace. Yeah. So [00:08:56] (31 seconds)  #GethsemaneHumility

how many of us might be tempted to be excited about being part of the triumphal entry. Mhmm. You know, it's this rock stars, Beatles. Like, I don't know what the most modern I don't know if there honestly is a modern example as opposed to, like, the Beatle main Taylor Swift. Maybe Taylor Swift. That's a good example. Yeah. Taylor Swift. Like, she comes into town and people are as excited as they could be about anybody else. There would be beads involved. There would be lots of bracelets. Yeah. Like, I think it's really like it it reads like that. Reads like this joy of, like, this is amazing. Let's be a part of this. I think [00:08:22] (35 seconds)  #RockstarWelcomeVibes