The Lesson
•    The Sunday before Holy week, or Passion Week is known as Palm Sunday or Hosanna.
•    It is known as Palm Sunday because, on this day, Children and many people received Jesus Christ into Jerusalem holding palm leaves and laying their clothes on the ground, when He came into Jerusalem sitting on a colt of a donkey.
•    It is also known as Hosanna, because they received Him singing, “Hosanna to the Son of David! Blessed is He who comes in the name of the Lord! Hosanna in the highest.” /Matt. 21:9/
•     The Prophet Zachariah, hundreds of years before this day, prophesied about the Lord’s entry into Jerusalem: “Rejoice greatly, O daughter of Zion, behold your king is coming to you, lowly and sitting on a donkey, a colt, the foal of a donkey.” /Matt 21:5; Zechariah 9:9/
•    The Pharisees were not happy that everyone was praising Him, and following Him. They came to Him and told Him to make them stop shouting praises for Him, but the Lord Jesus Christ told them that if these don’t speak, even the stones would shout praise.
•    He also reminded them that this was happening according to the prophecy: “Have you not read, ‘Out of the mouth of babes and nursing infants, You have perfected praise’?” /Matt 21:16/ But they did not pay attention to the prophecy and to what He was telling them.
•    Even though many followed Him, and laid down their clothes on the ground when He came into Jerusalem, He knew that this was the beginning of the final week of His crucifixion. Before He came into Jerusalem, He told His disciples that He would go into Jerusalem, and the chief priests and the scribes would condemn Him to death.
•    Indeed, from the moment He came into Jerusalem, the chief priests and the scribes have always looked for ways to condemn Him to death. They brought false witnesses against Him, accused Him of breaking the Sabbath, and of claiming to be a king.
•    They brought Him before the Roman governor Pontius Pilate, who found no fault with Him. But they were maliciously intent on crucifying Him. So, Pontius Pilate gave them the Lord Jesus to do as they wish with Him.
•    The Lord, who was received in glory on a Sunday, was condemned to death and crucified on Friday on a Cross. But in His death, He was even more glorified, for by His death, He defeated death, by suffering on our behalf, He set us from bondage and the scourge of death.

Conclusion: The Lord Jesus Christ came into Jerusalem, sitting on a donkey to proclaim peace. Many received Him, holding palm leaves, and laying their garments on the floor. They sang, “Hosanna in the highest, blessed is He who comes in the name of the Lord…” The chief priests and the scribes were jealous and conspired to condemn Him to death from the moment He came into Jerusalem. Because of their hatred and jealousy, they couldn’t notice that what was happening was what many of their own prophets spoke of. The Lord Jesus even reminded them of a prophecy about children singing praises. But they failed to listen to the prophets and crucified Him on a cross on the Friday after His glorious entry into Jerusalem.
•    The Lord Jesus came into Jerusalem knowing that He would be condemned to death, but He did suffer and die willingly for us so that we may be healed and alive. He paid the ultimate sacrifice of love for our salvation, and through love He defeated hatred, through His death, He defeated the power of death.

Reference: Matt. 20:17-19, 21:1-11; Mark 11:1-10; Luke 19:28-44; John 12:12-19