andrew paul cannon

Tag: Palm Sunday

  • What and Why is Palm Sunday?

    What and Why is Palm Sunday?

    Palm Sunday is the day on which Christ entered triumphant into Jerusalem as the rightful king ascending to David’s throne forever. In many ways, Palm Sunday is as significant as Resurrection Sunday because, on Palm Sunday, Jesus announced the work that would be accomplished in the resurrection. God created the earth in one week and…

  • It’s All About the Temple

    It’s All About the Temple

    Jesus rode into Jerusalem on a donkey and her colt. He rides up to the temple and enters. The crowds called Him the son of David, the rightful heir to David’s throne. David is known for reforming the nation of Israel concerning her religious practices (cf. 1 Chronicles 15ff). Jesus, who fulfilled David’s typological reign,…

  • The Triumph of Christ

    The Triumph of Christ

    To introduce Holy Week, Matthew made sure we saw Jesus’s loving compassion. Just like he saw and condescended to to two blind beggars (cf. 20:29-34), he condescended to all humanity in order to give Himself as a ransom for many (cf. 20:28). It turns out that Jesus’s interaction with the blind men was a picture…

  • The Triumphant Entry

    On this day around two-thousand years ago, my Savior led a parade of people into the city of Jerusalem. Whereas the Roman tradition called for dominant soldiers to follow their emperor into each city on glorious horseback, Jesus Christ entered on the back of a dirty mule. Less than spectacular in sight and notion, but…