Palm Sunday amplifies the anticipation of the cross. This week is Holy Week, and everything now leads to the cross. In five days we will gather again in darkness to remember the death of the Son of God. This week Jesus will
• wrap up His public teaching
• He will pronounce His final curse on unbelieving Israel
• He will teach His disciples a flurry a final things
• He will institute the Sacrament of Holy Communion for the Holy Christian Church in the New Testament era
• He will pray in the garden of Gethsemane
• He will be betrayed by Judas
• He will be denied by Peter
• He will be arrested, falsely accused, and tried by the Jews
• He will be cruelly beaten, unjustly convicted, and sentenced to death on the cross by the Gentiles.

But along the way
• He will heal a man’s ear
• He will forgive a repentant thief
• He will be tender and kind to His mother
• He will plead for forgiveness for His oppressors, and
• He will cry out in a loud voice IT IS FINISHED!

We Thank God that He has recorded the events of Holy Week for us in the Gospels, so that we can journey with Jesus to the cross, and remember His great love and tremendous sacrifice for us and for our salvation.

Find a way to make that journey this week, let the anticipation of the cross fill your heart; knowing that the Son of God died on a cross for you and for your salvation.

Amen!