The drama of our salvation begins as we peer into the past and make present Jesus' entrance into Jerusalem. A triumphal gathering blossoms as the donkey bears the weight of the one who was to bear the weight of the world upon his shoulders.
The branches sway in the wind as Jesus makes his ascent to Jerusalem, to the temple, the place where God makes his name dwell a midst the hallowed cheers, "Hosanna in the highest".
Then the triumph gives way to pain and suffering and the cheers of rejoicing give way to the cries of persecution, "crucify him." The victory of humility begins to unfold. No longer will the temple be the place that God will make is name dwell but now at the foot of the cross, upon calvary.
This is the mount in which God reveals himself, at the place they called Golgotha, "the skull" here God's name will be forever known as "Savior."
To better understand the unfolding of these events, from the triumphant ride to the forsaken cry, "My God, My God, why have you forsaken me" I leave you with the Hymn:
"What wondrous love is this, O my soul, O my soul? What wondrous love is this, O my soul? What wondrous love is this that caused the Lord of bliss to bear the dreadful curse for my soul, for my soul, to bear the dreadful curse for my soul?
To God and to the Lamb I will sing, I will sing; to God and to the Lamb I will sing. To God and to the Lamb, who is the great I AM, while millions join the theme, I will sing, I will sing; While millions join the theme, I will sing."
May we enter fully into this week we call Holy and come out the other side fully alive in faith bearing love that is crucified for the transformation of the world.
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