Hosanna! “Blessed is he who comes in the name of the Lord!”, “Blessed is the king of Israel

 John 12:12-19

The next day the great crowd that had come for the festival heard that Jesus was on his way to Jerusalem. They took palm branches and went out to meet him, shouting, Hosanna! “Blessed is he who comes in the name of the Lord!”, “Blessed is the king of Israel!”

Jesus found a young donkey and sat on it, as it is written: “Do not be afraid, Daughter Zion; see, your king is coming, seated on a donkey’s colt.”

At first his disciples did not understand all this. Only after Jesus was glorified did they realize that these things had been written about him and that these things had been done to him.

Many people, because they had heard that he had performed this sign, went out to meet him. So the Pharisees said to one another, “See, this is getting us nowhere. Look how the whole world has gone after him!

John's account is the briefest, and the only one to connect the welcoming crowds with the news of Lazarus' resurrection. To the Pharisees opposed to Jesus it seems as if 'the whole world is following him.

Why?

Jesus entered Jerusalem with crowd welcome, Hosanna! Blessed is he who comes in the name of the Lord... This is correctly described the identity of Jesus.

Jesus sat on a young donkey is witness one more thing written about him in the prophet book.

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耶穌以前行事低調，現在卻接受眾人擁護，高調進京。讓人歡呼他是以色列的王！民眾拿棕樹枝表示認耶穌為王，得勝凱旋的進耶路撒冷。

耶穌是為受難而來，代表終極的得勝。雖然受苦，被抓，反而是得榮耀。完全的順服是耶穌的得勝。這是君王凱旋歸來的得勝。表面看似受難，卻是得勝，撒旦完全沒有辦法來控告！君王卻不是騎馬而是騎驢，是謙卑，用愛來征服人心！

法利賽人彼此說：看哪，你們是徒勞無益，世人都隨從他去了。法利賽人彼此在說，沒有用了 ，除了除掉耶穌。真正束手無策的是抗拒耶穌的人，神的計劃必定成就！

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How?

Give glory to the Lord and give thanks to Jesus Christ, I am nothing without Jesus Christ.