Palm Sunday: Jesus the Beloved Son of David

You catch that? You understand? Whenever that word beloved is used, it's that name David. And so we see God saying, I don't know if the disciples would have caught this at the time or not, how they would have interpreted this. But looking back, we can see how the lord was at work when he said, this is my David. And we know that our lord Jesus is the king of kings, the lord of lords whose dominion and reign shall never end. [01:00:57] (42 seconds)  #SonOfDavidReigns

And so as we return to what those crowds were shouting, hosanna to the son of David. Hosanna to the son of the beloved. Hosanna to the beloved son. Save us, beloved. Save us, beloved son. They would not have understand understood the deep truth of what they were shouting. But that's the way God works, isn't it? Where he layers things so beautifully, so intricately. And I can't wait to to be with him in heaven and to be able to look back on all of my life and all of the people and all of the circumstances that I experienced and to see how he was weaving all of that together so intricately. [01:01:39] (60 seconds)  #HosannaAndGodsPlan

Away with you money changers. Away with you animal sellers. He takes the time in love to heal the blind and the lame. Let's not overlook that. Verse 15. But when the chief priests and the scribes saw the wonderful things that Jesus did and the children crying out in the temple, Hosanna, save us to the son of David. Save us, beloved son. The scribes and the chief priests were indignant. They were upset. They were troubled. They were greatly disturbed. [01:05:28] (44 seconds)  #CleansingTheTemple

And the palm branches, again, another beautiful way to celebrate. They didn't have flags in in the sense that we do and they used palm branches as as flags and as as banners to celebrate and praise and give thanks to the lord. Verse 10. Oh, sorry. Verse nine. And the crowds that went before him and that followed Jesus were shouting, Hosanna to the son of David. Hosanna, which means save us. Save us, son of David. [00:53:13] (36 seconds)  #PalmHosanna

And there were prophecies following David's life that the Lord would raise up an descendant of David whose kingdom would never end, who would rule the people for all eternity. And so David was a much beloved name and and and so when the people thought of king David, they thought of king beloved. Now obviously, was David's parents that called him David when he was born, but he was certainly a beloved king. [00:56:47] (37 seconds)  #DavidicPromise

We know how Jesus adored children, took them in his arms and blessed them, laid his hands upon them, that he took the time for the sick. He took the time for the those who were marginalized and cast out of society, and he took time for children. They sang his praises in the temple courts. Let's make sure that we too sing his praises in the temple courts, out in his world, wherever we may be. [01:06:44] (38 seconds)  #JesusLovesChildren

And so many pilgrims have already arrived from all over the Mediterranean world to be there in Jerusalem in the capital city for this Passover week and they're shouting and they're cheering and some of them have perhaps, seen Jesus before. They've heard him speak before. Some of them maybe had seen him do miracles before and they recognize that Jesus is now arriving in the capital. And so some of them put their cloaks on the road ahead of Jesus. [00:50:25] (30 seconds)  #CloaksForTheKing

David had defeated the giant Goliath. David had led his people, against numerous surrounding nations and adversaries who were coming against them and led them to victory. David had written many of the psalms including the twenty third psalm which is dearly beloved to many of us, the lord is my shepherd. And as I mentioned, there are prophets following David's life who heard from the lord that god in due time would raise up a descendant of David to be king forever. [00:57:24] (42 seconds)  #DavidTheShepherdKing