It is the start of God's Holy calendar this weekend. 

The Spring feast of Pesach/Passover is coming.

Most churches will celebrate Palm Sunday, but we also celebrate the feasts/fasts of the LORD from Leviticus 23. Yeshua/Jesus did, so we follow Him, too.

Palm Sunday and Passover are on the same days this year. Jesus came riding into Jerusalem at the start of the Passover holy days and the people cheered Him, laying down palm branches as He rode a donkey into town. 

Why a donkey? Well, a horse would be ridden by a conquering warlord, general, Roman army... but a donkey was a visual acknowledgement that the person was coming in peace, not war. 

The God of Peace, Shalom, was coming to the event to become the mandatory sacrifice for the event. The LAMB. The Lamb OF God. The Lamb who IS God. 

The crowds would cheer Him. Then have Him arrested. Then judge Him for blasphemy. Put the death penalty on His head. Use Rome to crucify Him and then kill the Lamb as the priests on the other side of the wall at the Temple were singing the Songs of Ascent as they beseeched Yahweh God for a Messiah/Deliverer/Salvation. The Lamb, God in the Flesh, would shed His blood like the lambs being led to their slaughter in the Temple of God. He would make the sacrifice --- He would BE the sacrifice -- to take away the sins of the world, of me, of you.

To the sounds of bleating lambs, priests singing the soundtrack of His death and the mocking of the crowd, Yeshua would be both High Priest and Sacrifice. The King of Heaven would heal the broken road between a lost humanity and the high praise of angels singing in Heaven. As the crowd mocked Him, angels awaited the opportunity to defend, protect and rescue their King. But no call came. No trumpet was sounded. They waited and probably had to look away with emotions of all kinds.

Then He fulfilled every prophecy about the Messiah from His coming to His death (and soon resurrection to life) and was removed to a borrowed tomb for a few days.

Friday, darkness covered the Temple Mount in a solar eclipse. A strong earthquake rocked the city and graves opened up. Righteous dead were resurrected and seen in the city! Even the Roman guard who was at the crucifixion had to declare, "Surely, this is the Son of God!"

If we had been there, would we have been a criminal who was crucified next to Him? 

Would we have been the holier-than-thou religious group who stood by, watching, approving, satisfied that justice was being done?

Would we have been in the crowd coming for the experience? Mocking Jesus -- "If you really are God, prove it! Come on down from there!"

Or would we have been with the young John and the women. Grieving, mourning, weeping for Him and our loss? Feeling HIs pain and wondering what was going to happen to us when He was gone?

Well, hold on, Beloved.... Friday is about to happen, but SUNDAY is Coming!

Marantha, y'all.

Stay prepared because He is coming back!

Shalom.