Palm Sunday to Easter Sunday

 *When Is Palm Sunday This Year?* 

Palm Sunday Was  on *March 28, 2021* .

Many churches celebrate Palm Sunday, which is always the Sunday before Easter (April 4). Maybe your church has children waving palm branches to help them connect to the story. But while this is a triumphal entry, it is Jesus’ first step toward His death.

Matthew 21:4 tells us:

“This took place to fulfill what was spoken by the prophet, saying, "Say to the daughter of Zion, 'Behold, your king is coming to you, humble, and mounted on a donkey, and on a colt, the foal of a beast of burden.'"  *The prophecy is cited from Zechariah 9:9 and Isaiah 62:11.

Jesus had become somewhat of a celebrity among people who had heard of the miraculous raising of Lazarus from the dead, and they wanted to see Him and treat Him like a king. But Jesus wasn’t arriving to be their king on account of Lazarus; the story of Lazarus would have had the religious leaders in even more of an uproar and determined to put an end to His life, which He knew . . .  Jesus’ glory would be greater than that of a local king.

Palm Sunday is the start of the Holy Week which contains:

Palm Sunday, March 28

Maundy Thursday, April 1

Good Friday, April 2

Holy Saturday, April 3

Easter Sunday, April 4

 *What Is Palm Sunday?* 

Palm Sunday is the Sunday before Easter that begins the Holy Week. It is the day that we remember and celebrate the day Jesus entered into Jerusalem as Savior and King. As Jesus rode a donkey into the town of Jerusalem a large crowd gathered and laid palm branches and their cloaks across the road, giving Jesus royal treatment. The hundreds of people shouted ‘Hosanna to the Son of David! Blessed is he who comes in the name of the Lord! Hosanna in the highest heaven!’ -

 *Zechariah 9:9* Rejoice greatly, O Daughter of Zion! Shout in triumph, O Daughter of Jerusalem! See, your King comes to you, righteous and victorious, humble and riding on a donkey, on a colt, the foal of a donkey. 

 *Isaiah 62:11* King James Version (KJV)  Behold, the Lord hath proclaimed unto the end of the world, Say ye to the daughter of Zion, Behold, thy salvation cometh; behold, his reward is with him, and his work before him.

 *John 20:29* , Jesus said to him, "Thomas, because you have seen Me, you have believed. *Blessed are those who have not seen and yet have believed* ."

I believe Jesus Christ is the Son of God who came and died for the sins of the world and resurrected from the death to live forever more. Amen. Hosanna!