Being it Palm Sunday I started reading John chapter 12 again . I got to verse 10 where the chief priest made plans to kill Lazarus as well as Jesus. Because of what Jesus had done, raising Lazarus from the dead, more and more people were putting their faith in Jesus. I really never noticed that before. They wanted to kill Lazarus too, WOW! Talk about jealousy and control! Sin just piling up over control. They wanted Lazarus dead simply because he was a living witness to Jesus's power. Unreal! Then the beautiful next versus..13 Hosanna! Blessed is he who comes in the name of the Lord! Blessed is the king of Israel! .. On Palm Sunday we celebrate Jesus Triumphal entry into Jerusalem on a donkey. Jesus came to disarm death. Lazarus is proof of that. Jesus didn't come to kill, but to die. Jesus had to die before his kingdom could come. Palm Sunday is good news. Because Jesus has come to disarm and dethrone empires. Death is defeated. Praise God, and thank you Jesus.
May you forever be glorified through our lives.
Kim D
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