Which title do you most often use for Jesus, and what changes if it turns out not to be the most important one? This Palm Sunday sermon returns to the entry on a donkey and the shouts of “Hosanna” (Matthew 21), then shows how the same crowd cried something quite different a few days later, because Jesus did not meet their expectations. The New Testament writers call him Christ, the anointed one, nearly five hundred times, a king, not merely a ticket to heaven. Listen if you want to ask whether your own expectations have caused you to miss life in his kingdom here and now.
The King’s Entry
The Last King, the Last Kingdom
Since the dawn of history, kingdoms have risen and fallen. The old were replaced by the new. Each successive kingdom believed it would be able to avoid the mistakes of its predecessors. Rulers sought to go down in the annals of history, hoping that their descendants would cement their legacy and make their fathers’ names famous for all time. However, time is not a loyal companion to history. It is a ruthless judge who condemns both the great and the small to decay, defeat, and oblivion. Such is the fate of every kingdom. And every king. Except for one…
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