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Palm Sunday marks the end of Lent and the beginning of Holy Week. It begins with the ride of Jesus on a donkey, from the Mount of Olives into Jerusalem. There were other revolutionary leaders who were hailed as Messiahs, who also rode from the Mount into Jerusalem. In their revolts, however, they died, and their band of guerrillas disbanded. Who was going to oust the Roman from Jerusalem? this was the expected role of the Messiah. But while Jesus preached of a coming kingdom, he preached about it with love and forgiveness; not necessarily the kind of warrior we think about. And, although he preached a message of peace, his followers expected an overthrow. It was not until after Jesus' death and resurrection, that they came to know, through faith, about the kingdom that belonged to Christ. While we might say it was "spiritual" we seem to think of a kingdom that is not visible. This is far from true. Christ's kingdom is visible; He established it in real time and real history through His death and resurrection. All believers are members of this kingdom of grace and forgiveness and away His return, when for all time, He alone will rule unchallenged by Satan and his armies. Today we interview Simon, the Zealot, a guerrilla who was apart of Jesus' disciples.
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Palm Sunday marks the end of Lent and the beginning of Holy Week. It begins with the ride of Jesus on a donkey, from the Mount of Olives into Jerusalem. There were other revolutionary leaders who were hailed as Messiahs, who also rode from the Mount into Jerusalem. In their revolts, however, they died, and their band of guerrillas disbanded. Who was going to oust the Roman from Jerusalem? this was the expected role of the Messiah. But while Jesus preached of a coming kingdom, he preached about it with love and forgiveness; not necessarily the kind of warrior we think about. And, although he preached a message of peace, his followers expected an overthrow. It was not until after Jesus' death and resurrection, that they came to know, through faith, about the kingdom that belonged to Christ. While we might say it was "spiritual" we seem to think of a kingdom that is not visible. This is far from true. Christ's kingdom is visible; He established it in real time and real history through His death and resurrection. All believers are members of this kingdom of grace and forgiveness and away His return, when for all time, He alone will rule unchallenged by Satan and his armies. Today we interview Simon, the Zealot, a guerrilla who was apart of Jesus' disciples.