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Luke 19. I am going to begin reading in verse 28.

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And after he had said these things, he was going on ahead, ascending to Jerusalem. And

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it came about that when he approached Bethphage and Bethany, near the mount that is called

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Olivet, he sent two of his disciples, saying, Go into the village opposite you, in which

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as you enter you will find a colt tied, on which no one has ever yet sat. Untie it and

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bring it here. And if anyone asks you, why are you untying it? Thus shall you speak,

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the Lord has need of it.

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And those who were sent away and found it, just as he had told them, and as they were

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untying the colt, its owners said to them, Why are you untying the colt? And they said,

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The Lord has need of it. And they brought it to Jesus, and they threw their garments

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on the colt and put Jesus on it. And as he was going, they were spreading their garments

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in the road. And as he was now approaching, near the descent of the mount of Olives, the

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whole multitude of the disciples began to praise God joyfully, with a loud voice for

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all the miracles which they had seen, saying, Blessed is the King who comes in the name

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of the Lord, peace in heaven, and glory in the highest. And some of the Pharisees in

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the multitude said to him, Teacher, rebuke your disciples. And he answered and said,

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I tell you, if these become silent, the stones will cry out.

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And when he approached, he saw the city and wept over it, saying, If you had known in

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this day even you the things which make for peace, but now they have been hidden from

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your eyes, and the day shall come upon you when your enemies will throw up a bank before

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you and surround you and hem you in on every side, and will level you to the ground and

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your children within you. And they will not leave in you one stone upon another, because

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you did not recognize the time of your visitation.

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As you read through the four gospels in the New Testament, it's interesting to note that

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approximately one half of all the material in the four gospels deals with the final week

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of Jesus' life. In other words, 33 years or so of the rest of his life are found in

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the other half. One half of the gospels is dedicated to the final week of Jesus' life.

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It gives you the idea, doesn't it, that they intended to focus upon that part of his

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earthly ministry. Each gospel, Matthew, Mark, Luke, and John, contains this event. They

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are not exactly identical in all of their details, nor would we expect them to be, because

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each of the writers is writing from his own perspective. And yet the accounts of the four

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writers are easily combined into a coherent and harmonious record of what happened on

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that first Palm Sunday. There is obviously a contrast of emotion that we see in Luke's

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account of what occurred. There is the ecstasy of the crowd and the agony of the Christ.

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The first song that we began with this morning with the worship team may have best caught

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the spirit of the crowd on that Palm Sunday in its ecstasy in the triumphal entry. You

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will recall that previously Jesus had avoided being identified as the Messiah. Not that

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he was denying that he was the Messiah, but he did not want it publicly identified early

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in his ministry. But now it's different. Now Jesus goes out of his way to present himself

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as the Messiah King of Israel. He chose this occasion to draw attention to that claim.

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And what happened on that Palm Sunday was not in the slightest happenstance. It was

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not merely coincidence. It was in fact the plan of God. The timing of this event was

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determined. Earlier in the Gospel of Luke in the ninth chapter, the 51st verse, you

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read that Jesus set his face to go to Jerusalem. It says there the days were approaching for

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his ascension, writes Luke. That is when he would return to his father. And therefore

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he determined to go to Jerusalem knowing exactly what awaited him when he arrived in the city.

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And so from the time that he made that statement, probably in Caesarea Philippi, which is the

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very north of Galilee, Jesus pressed on with his disciples to the south, accomplishing

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ministry, into the city of Jericho where there were a couple of blind men, you will recall,

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who were healed. Zacchaeus was saved. And then up the 15 or 20 miles through the mountains

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to the city of Jerusalem. He had to be in Jerusalem for this Passover in order for the

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Old Testament to be fulfilled. This Sunday, as you probably know, occurred exactly seven

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days before his resurrection. Before another week would come to pass, our Lord would have

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offered himself on the cross and then be raised from the dead. He had to be in Jerusalem on

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this Sunday, this first day of the week. This time was determined by God the Father even

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before the world began. But it was spoken of several hundred years before its occurrence

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by the prophet Daniel. You will recall in our study of Daniel a couple of years ago,

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we looked at the ninth chapter where Daniel received the prophecy from God that there

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were decreed for the people of Israel 70 weeks or 70 years of seven for the people of Israel.

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A period of 490 years. Daniel was told that the clock would begin to tick on those 490

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years when the decree went forth to rebuild Jerusalem. And if you go back and calculate

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the lunar years as they figured it in those days, from the time that that decree went

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forth you find that it comes to this very week in the city of Jerusalem that 469 of

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those years were completed. Leaving one week yet to be fulfilled as a matter of fact for

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the nation of Israel. The clock stopped at 469 years with this week that is inaugurated

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with Jesus' triumphal entry into Jerusalem. He had to be there on this Sunday in order

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to enter the city of Jerusalem and to begin the week of his passion as he would suffer

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and die for the sins of mankind. You notice the mood of the crowd. On the horizon were

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storm clouds brewing in that multitude. They had seen the miracles. They had heard what

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had taken place. They had listened to the teachings of Jesus. And now many in the crowd

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were wondering if this would not be the time for Jesus to declare himself to be king and

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to throw off the yoke of Rome and its oppression. That was their desire. They saw on the horizon

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storm clouds of warfare against Rome with Jesus leading them as the Jewish king. There

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were also in that crowd those who were closer to Jesus. The twelve disciples and those who

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had followed him through much of his teaching. They had more advantage perhaps than the rest

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of the multitude. They understood some other teachings of Jesus that were somehow to be

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fitted into all of this. Jesus had began to tell them how he must suffer at the hands

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of the Jewish leaders and die and be raised again from the dead. They heard him say those

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words but they could not put those words into context with the thinking in their minds that

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he was the Jewish Messiah and king. They were confused by them. Some of them even despaired

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as Thomas reveals his own heart in John chapter 11. For he says to the disciples, well let's

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go up to Jerusalem with him that we may die there too. They did not know how to understand

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Jesus' words on that Palm Sunday. Jesus of course knew exactly what was ahead. We can

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only try to imagine the thoughts of his heart as he mounted that colt and rode across the

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crest of the Mount of Olives and began the descent down into the Kidron Valley, the city

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of Jerusalem being laid out before him to the west, the temple there on the Temple Mount.

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We can only imagine the thoughts in his mind as he realized that he was entering into the

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city of Jerusalem as the king being offered to them whom they would in the end reject.

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Then we have in the crowd as is recorded in Luke some of his enemies. The Pharisees who

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had already prior to this issued an arrest warrant for Jesus. But they wanted to wait

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to execute the warrant until after the Passover because Jerusalem swelled in population at

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the Passover. There are some accounts that say that Jerusalem on this occasion and the

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normal Passover would have swelled to perhaps two or two and a half million people the size

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of the twin cities in population. People were camped out everywhere along the hillsides

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around Jerusalem. Every inn was filled. It was required that Jewish males come to the

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Passover at least once in their lives and those who lived within 20 miles were to come

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every year. So often they would bring their families and this would be the highlight of

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their lives as they would come from all over the world of that day to the city of Jerusalem.

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The Pharisees were clever men and knew that they would not dare try to arrest Jesus while

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the multitude was there. So they desired to wait until after the Passover. From a human

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perspective that was a good reason for Jesus to take the action that he did because what

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he did provoked them into acting sooner than they had planned. Because you see they were

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in the crowd and heard the cries, here is the king of Israel, Hosanna to God in the

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highest. And they tried to quiet the crowd down and told Jesus to even quiet them down.

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And Jesus said if they do not cry out the stones, the inanimate creation itself will

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have to speak to the truth. And so you can see the kind of a crowd that this was. The

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mixture in this crowd. A crowd that was thronging and brewing with many different feelings and

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understandings about Jesus. Expectations were high but they were confused. What took place

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on this Palm Sunday fulfilled prophecy. Matthew reminds us that Zechariah had announced that

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the king would come exactly as was fulfilled in the text. There are those who believe that

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Jesus riding upon a colt was a very humble thing to do. That he was presenting himself

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as the humble king of Israel. But in fact that is not the case. We should not look at

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this through our eyes of understanding but go back to understand how the people of that

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day would have understood it. It was common for kings to preserve a colt to ride upon.

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In fact that he used a colt to ride into the city was an overt claim on his part to be

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a king. To be the Messiah. Because that was the way that royalty would be expected to

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ride into the city. And then the palm branches were broken off the palm trees. And waved

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in the air. Psalm 118 was cried out, was spoken as Jesus rode through the crowds and down

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the path. Psalm 118, one of the Hallel Psalms, the praise Psalms that were spoken as people

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would ascend to Jerusalem. They would quote these Psalms. Blessed is he who comes in the

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name of the Lord and Jesus is there now coming and the crowd is excited. There is ecstasy

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in the crowd but there is agony in the heart of Christ. And Luke seems to indicate that

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somewhere along this journey as they broke over the top of the Mount of Olives and the

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city was laid before him, Jesus burst into tears. It's a very strong word. It doesn't

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simply mean that tears forced their way into his eyes and came down his cheeks. The word

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actually refers to a loud lament as one would weep at a funeral. It involved the heaving

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of the chest and the crying out literally of groans in agony. Jesus burst into this

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kind of a display of emotion over the city of Jerusalem. What was it that created the

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agony in his heart as the crowd experienced ecstasy? The answer is that he understood

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that although the crowds were shouting acceptance of him as king, the nation as a whole was

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rejecting him as king. And so he announces judgment upon them. He gives them the cause

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of the judgment. He says, if you had known, you notice, if you had known in this day even

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you the things which make for peace, he is speaking to the city of Jerusalem. The name

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Jerusalem means what? City of what? Peace. Jerusalem, shalom, the Jewish word for peace.

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The very name of the city was peace, the city of peace. And Jesus said, if you had only

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known the things that make for true peace, could they not have known? Oh, they could

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have, but they chose not to know. It was a willful ignorance and rejection of him on

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the part of the controlling powers in that city. Because of the rejection of their hearts

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toward him, he speaks of the inevitability of judgment. He says, now these things that

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make for peace have been hidden from your eyes. The hardness of their hearts had caused

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God to judicially harden their heart. Until now, the things that were to make for peace,

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the truth about him was hidden from their eyes judicially by God because of the hardness

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of their own hearts. And then he describes the judgment that would come upon them. The

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words in verses 43 and 44 were literally fulfilled. Every word was fulfilled within a generation.

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As the city of Jerusalem was surrounded by the armies of Rome, besieged and overthrown.

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And in that overthrow, 600,000 Jews were killed. A tenth as many as Hitler killed in World

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War II and those years preceding. Were killed by Titus and the armies of Rome. And thousands

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of others were carried away as slaves and dispersed throughout the land, the empire

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of Rome. And then the city itself was pulled down. Ropes were put on the stones of the

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city wall and pulled out of place. The temple was burned and torn down. Although yet today

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you can travel to Jerusalem and in areas of excavation see some of the foundation stones

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of that temple still piled one upon the other. The very base of the current walls. The city

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was destroyed. And why? Because of the rejection of Jesus. And Jesus, in the midst of the ecstasy

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of the multitude, was broken hearted and filled with agony because of the rejection of those

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who should have known. Jesus Christ is still presenting himself to people today. And yet

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there are many who like those people of ancient Jerusalem who reject him and turn. Jesus still

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weeps today for those who turn from faith in him for salvation to trust in themselves

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or in some religious work or affiliation. Or to trust in their ancestry, their parentage,

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or their culture. To trust in something else besides him. You say, why does he weep? Because

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he knows the inevitability of the judgment that will come upon those who reject him.

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You may be on this Palm Sunday as you've come to celebrate the meaning of this event

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in the history of Christianity. That in your heart, although you are a religious person,

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you have never openly received Jesus Christ as your Lord and Savior. Make no mistake about

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it, he claims to be the only Savior of the world. Within a few days of this event, he

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himself would say, I am the way, the truth, and the life. No one comes to the Father but

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through me. The words of an arrogant prophet? Not at all. The words of one who said, I am

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the truth. He claims today to be the one and only Savior for you, my friend. Oh, that today

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you would open your heart to receive him and to understand that the reason he went to Jerusalem

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was to go to the cross to die for your sins. To suffer in your place. To rise again from

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the dead. That he might live for you and enter your heart. To cleanse you of your sin and

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to give you his own eternal life and one day to take you to heaven so that you might share

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his glory. What a wonderful king we worship and bless and serve. There are many of us

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today who have entered into this worship time and we have some blessed. Be the name of the

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Lord. But oh, that all of us, that you perhaps, here without the Savior, would today receive

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him as an act of faith in your life. And then that you could come to this table of the Lord

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with us and not merely go through the motions of it as some kind of a ritual, but go through

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the motions understanding the meaning of this broken bread and this cup representing his

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body, his sacrifice on your behalf too. Let's pray together. Before I go any further, I

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want to give an opportunity to some friend who may be here to receive Jesus Christ right

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now. You say, what do I have to do? It's actually quite simple. All you need to do is to place

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your faith in him. You say, well I've always believed in Jesus. The question is, my friend,

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has there been a time when you've turned your life to him, when you have trusted him in

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that way, in yielding yourself to him, recognizing your sinfulness and receiving him to forgive

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you of your sins, recognizing your death in sins, and receiving him to give you life?

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If not, would you do that right now, where you're seated and in the quietness of your

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own heart, ask Jesus Christ to come into your heart and receive him and believe on him?

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Father, this morning I pray that the Lord Jesus will be truly honored in our lives.

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That as we partake of these elements and we reflect on his entrance into Jerusalem, that

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we as his disciples today may cry out as did those who believed on him and received him

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in that day, blessed be the name of the Lord, Hosanna to God in the highest. May our hearts

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lift up to you in worship and praise for all that you have done on our behalf.

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Thank you for meeting with us this morning. Lord, we prepare our hearts. We ask you to

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cleanse our hearts. We ask that in these moments as we partake, there may be humility in receiving

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these elements. Let's just quietly wait upon the Lord for a moment, and you speak with

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him yourself.

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Someone has written these words, why I come to the Lord's table. I come not because I

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am worthy, but because I have sinned and fallen short of what by God's help I might have

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been. I come not that there is any magic in partaking of the symbols of Christ's body

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of blood, but because of the Lord's command, do this in remembrance of me. I come because

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Christ bids me come. It is his table, and he invites me. I come because here is portrayed

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the sacrifice of my Lord who gave himself for me. I come because I find myself drawn

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closer to God, the Christ of Calvary, and to those who kneel with me in communion. Yes,

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I am made to feel my kinship to all those everywhere who proclaim Christ as Savior and

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Lord. I come because I rise from the Lord's table with new strength, courage, and power

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to live for him who died for me.

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Let's give thanks for the bread representing our Lord's body. Lord Jesus, as we partake

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of the bread today, we remind our hearts that this bread represents the brokenness of your

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body as you hung upon the cross for us. And in our mind's eye, as we behold you there,

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and as we understand the depth of your suffering, we partake of this bread with deepest gratitude.

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Amen.