Why did the crowds wave palm branches on Palm Sunday? Were they just grabbing something at hand or is there a much deeper meaning at play here, that stretches back thousands of years into the past and far into the future?

Thanks too to Jesse Baker for his poem: “The Twirling Oak.”

Today’s Word: Besimhah - בְשִׂמְחָ֣ה - “With Joy, In Glee”

Isaiah 55:12 - “You will go out IN JOY and be led forth in peace; the mountains and hills will burst into song before you, and all the trees of the field will clap their hands.” (Isaiah 55:12-NIV)

Links:

Jesse Baker: clayjar.review/authors/jesse-baker

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SDG Morgan’s Substack: sdgmorgan.substack.com

SDG Morgan’s Site: www.sdgmorgan.com

Thanks to:

• Aaron Woodard for Graphic Design

• Dave Allam of Allam House for advanced audio techniques: sound.allamhouse.com

• Bible Hub for Greek / Hebrew hypertext links

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