Palm Sunday, Passover & Resurrection Day

Palm Sunday, Jesus entered Jerusalem riding on a donkey.  The crowds cheered for him and praised him, laying palm branches at his feet for he had done many great miracles in the region. He healed the sick, cast out devils, thus delivering many from torment and affliction and preached salvation.

It is beleived, between Wednesday and Thursday at sundown Jesus sat down to celebrate Passover with his disciples.

Passover was a live and vibrant time of year.  Spring was in the air. All things became new and Passover commemorated glorious, miraculous events when God the Father The Great "I AM" defeated the Egyptians and their armies who'd enslaved and oppressed the children of Israel for hundreds of years in the past. As a sign that they believed God and as a symbol of what would be, God commanded the Israelis to slay a lamb and paint the doorpost of their homes with the lambs blood. Obeying Gods command provided protection during the final plague of death that came to the Egyptians who despised God and oppressed his people. The Lord God promised, when I see the blood, I will pass over you so the plague will not destroy you. It was during the dreadful, frightful night of the plague that God instituted the Feast of the Passover.  It would be a reminder for years to come of Gods awesome love, forgiveness, power and ability to restore. Just as the lamb was slain during that first pass over night, the Lamb of God was about to be slain.

During the Lords celebration of Passover, he revealed to those present, the time had come for him to be betrayed, for him to fulfill his mission, that he would be killed so others may live. As they struggled with this news, he let them know, through his death, they would live, others would live, have relationship with the Father again and that he would return from the dead, thus he would conquer death,Hell and the grave. Within hours he was betrayed by one of his own disciples. He was arrested and tortured. By Friday morning he was brutally slain as foretold by him and other prophets before him.

Once slain, Jesus left his natural body,descended into Hell, lead captivity captive, took the keys of Hell and the grave and freed all those that had died before him who belived in God. Oh death, where is your sting? Oh grave, where is your victory?

On the third day, Jesus re-entered his body and was Resurrected.  He miraculously came back to life. He revealed his self to many people, including his disciples and let them know he'd completed his mission.

What a conqueror, what a victory! There's nobody like him! In one weeks time he was celebrated, betrayed and was slain, Yet he CONQUERED ALL.

Palm Sunday 4/13/14.....Passover began 4/14/14.....Resurrection Day 4/20/14.....Passover ends 4/22/14