Old Testament Scripture Reading: Psalms 34:1 – 22 (KJV)
Psa 34:1 I will bless the LORD at all times: his praise shall continually be in my mouth.
Psa 34:2 My soul shall make her boast in the LORD: the humble shall hear thereof, and be glad.
Psa 34:3 O magnify the LORD with me, and let us exalt his name together.
Psa 34:4 I sought the LORD, and he heard me, and delivered me from all my fears.
Psa 34:5 They looked unto him, and were lightened: and their faces were not ashamed.
Psa 34:6 This poor man cried, and the LORD heard him, and saved him out of all his troubles.
Psa 34:7 The angel of the LORD encampeth round about them that fear him, and delivereth them.
Psa 34:8 O taste and see that the LORD is good: blessed is the man that trusteth in him.
Psa 34:9 O fear the LORD, ye his saints: for there is no want to them that fear him.
Psa 34:10 The young lions do lack, and suffer hunger: but they that seek the LORD shall not want any good thing.
Psa 34:11 Come, ye children, hearken unto me: I will teach you the fear of the LORD.
Psa 34:12 What man is he that desireth life, and loveth many days, that he may see good?
Psa 34:13 Keep thy tongue from evil, and thy lips from speaking guile.
Psa 34:14 Depart from evil, and do good; seek peace, and pursue it.
Psa 34:15 The eyes of the LORD are upon the righteous, and his ears are open unto their cry.
Psa 34:16 The face of the LORD is against them that do evil, to cut off the remembrance of them from the earth.
Psa 34:17 The righteous cry, and the LORD heareth, and delivereth them out of all their troubles.
Psa 34:18 The LORD is nigh unto them that are of a broken heart; and saveth such as be of a contrite spirit.
Psa 34:19 Many are the afflictions of the righteous: but the LORD delivereth him out of them all.
Psa 34:20 He keepeth all his bones: not one of them is broken.
Psa 34:21 Evil shall slay the wicked: and they that hate the righteous shall be desolate.
Psa 34:22 The LORD redeemeth the soul of his servants: and none of them that trust in him shall be desolate.
New Testament Scripture Reading: Matthew 21:4 – 11 (MKJV)
Mat 21:4 All this was done so that it might be fulfilled which was spoken by the prophet, saying,
Mat 21:5 “Tell the daughter of Zion, Behold, your King comes to you, meek, and sitting on an ass, even a colt the foal of an ass.”
Mat 21:6 And the disciples went and did as Jesus commanded them.
Mat 21:7 And they brought the ass, even the colt, and put their clothes on them, and He sat on them.
Mat 21:8 And a very great crowd spread their garments in the way. Others cut down branches from the trees and spread them in the way.
Mat 21:9 And the crowds who went before, and those who followed, cried out, saying, Hosanna to the Son of David! Blessed is He who comes in the name of the Lord! Hosanna in the highest!
Mat 21:10 And when He had come into Jerusalem, all the city was moved, saying, Who is this?
Mat 21:11 And the crowd said, This is Jesus the prophet, from Nazareth of Galilee.
Transforming Power Statements:
1) The Jews celebrated a feast each year known as the “Hallel” (which is the root of the word meaning “Highest Praise” or “Hallelujah”) which was in anticipation of the fulfillment of a long awaited promise from God to send His Messiah, Who was to be the “Seed of Abraham”, “The Mighty One of Jacob”, The “Son of David”, “The Prince of Peace”, “The King of Kings”, “The LORD of Lords”, “The Seed of the woman”, ” The Holy One Of Israel”, “Messiah The Prince”, and many others which had been written from Moses to Malachi; This feast is a session of praise to God for the fulfillment of His promises to send His MESSIAH, Who is “The Anointed One”.
2) Matthew gives the account of what has been known as the “Triumphal Entry” when at The “First Advent of “Jesus the Christ” He came riding into Jerusalem in the manner that had been described by the prophet Zechariah in Chapter 9:9 riding upon a colt of a donkey the foal of a Colt, just as God had written during this feast of Hallel as the people shouted out “Hosanna to the Son of David”; “Hosanna in the highest!” “Blessed in He Who comes in the Name of the LORD”!
3) Today, Palm Sunday 2020AD I need to preach to you that the First Advent of Jesus the Messiah is the MOST IMPORTANT event that has taken place since the creation of the heavens and the earth! and that if you really understand and believe this it will also be to you the MOST IMPORTANT event that ever happened to you in your lifetime, because there is nothing else more important than being SAVED which is the result of believing in Jesus the Messiah, God’s Eternal Son, Whom God has declared to be the KING of ALL THE EARTH!