The majority of those praising Jesus on Sunday were not present in the crowd later in the week. The crowd that later would yell for JesusвЂ™ execution was driven by Jewish leaders and people the leaders had paid off. On Palm Sunday, the crowd was driven by faithful Jewish followers praying for redemption from the enslavement of Rome and sincere disciples of the rabbi from Galilee. Was the crowd so fickle that they are praising the name of Jesus on Sunday and yelling, вЂњCrucify him!вЂќ days later? While some people may have joined into the exuberance of the crowds, the best explanation sees two separate groups of people dictating the direction of the sentiment. The contrasting events of Holy Week perplex many Bible readers.

Save us, we pray, O Lord! O Lord, we pray, give us success! (Psalm 118:25 ESV).

The stone the builders rejected has become the cornerstone (Psalm 118:22 NIV).

Blessed is the King who comes in the name of the Lord! (Luke 19:38).

Early in the eighth century, an early morning procession replaced the evening one, and the Roman Catholic Church had institutionalized the celebration of Palm Sunday. By the sixth and seventh centuries palm leaves were added to the celebration.

It is the Sunday that begins Holy Week, remembering JesusвЂ™ entry into the city as prophet, priest and king. The вЂњTriumphal EntryвЂќ is one of a handful of incidents in the life of Christ that is recorded by all four gospel writers. As the end of the day approached, the people would return home declaring, вЂњBlessed is He who comes in the name of the Lord!вЂќ Early in Jerusalem people would travel through the holy places in the city as they read Scriptures and sang songs. Johnathan Edwards Observances included hymns, prayers and Bible readings.

To pretend to describe the excellence, the greatness or the duration of the happiness of heaven by the most artful composition of words would be but to darken and cloud it to talk of raptures and ecstasies, joy and singing, is but to set forth very low.

Words to i raise a hallelujah