The Triumphal Entry

Mark 11:1-11
I've decided to read this section of Mark 11 by itself. I know it's a familiar passage, but since it's Saturday I thought something "light" might be nice. Jesus makes His triumphal entry into Jerusalem on a donkey. I have always found this an interesting way to enter. It seems as though Jesus planned this in advance - setting up a signal for someone in the village ahead when He would need the colt.

The people cry out "Hosanna" which means "save." They are quoting from Psalm 118:25-26 and verse 27 talks about joining the festal procession with boughs in our hands. What a site that must have been!

Luke tells us that the Pharisees rebuked Jesus and told Him to make the people stop. His response: "If they keep quiet, the rocks will cry out."

Here's my thought for today. This response of Jesus makes me think of Bono from U2. Here is a "Rock" star who is crying out on behalf of Jesus for justice and the end of oppression and poverty. Why is it that we have reached a point where the rocks have to cry out because the people of God are not? Why is it that the loudest voices for the things God cries out for are usually NOT churches?

I say it's time for churches to give the rocks a break. Let's stand up for "salvation" and the Kingdom of God with all that it brings with it.

Under the Mercy,
Jason