Last week was Palm Sunday, Jesus’ triumphal entry into Jerusalem and in just a couple of days, Christians all around the world will celebrate Resurrection Sunday!

This is the day that we celebrate the death, burial, and resurrection of the Lord Jesus Christ. In John’s Gospel chapter 12:13, the people, “took palm branches and went out to meet Him,  and cried out: “Hosanna! ‘Blessed is He who comes in the name of the Lord!’ The King of Israel!”

"Hosanna" is a term of praise that also carries with it a cry for salvation or help. The rule of the Romans had made life stifling and oppressive. As the people were shouting Hosanna in John 12:13, they were saying Lord help us, save us. The people looked at Jesus riding into Jerusalem on that Palm Sunday and saw the fulfillment of Psalm 118:24-26.

"This is the day the Lord has made; We will rejoice and be glad in it. Save now, I pray, O Lord; O Lord, I pray, send now prosperity. Blessed is he who comes in the name of the Lord!"

Prosperity in this passage means to succeed, to be profitable, to push forward. As the people were shouting Hosanna on Palm Sunday in Jerusalem that day they were, in essence, saying you have come to help us, save us, and prosper usso Blessings on the king of Israel!”

Because of His great love for us God the Father sent His son Jesus to save us, help us, and to prosper us as his people. Therefore, we can shout for the victory and shout because we have been set free! “He whom the Son has set free, is free indeed” (John 8:32).

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