The Lion and The Lamb

The Lion and The Lamb
Then the multitudes 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!" Matthew 21:9

Why such a large crowd?

• Passover celebration
  • Upwards to 100,000 to 250,000 people in and around Jerusalem
• Waiting for the High Priest
  • Lulav’s prepared and waiting

The Beginning of the End
Matthew 21:1-17

Preparing for Passion Week

• This event reveals at two-fold fulfillment of Scripture
  • The humble King
    • Zechariah 9:9
    • Psalm 24:10 “Who is this King of glory? The LORD of hosts, He is the King of glory.”
  • The selected Lamb
    • John 1:29, 36 The “Lamb of God”

7 Feasts – 3 Seasons

• Three Spring Feasts:
  • Passover - Unleavened Bread - First fruits
  • Prophetic of the redemption accomplished in Christ
  • Salvation - Sanctification - New Life in Christ
• Time between times – Pentecost - Harvest
  • Prophetic of the present time of the Church
• Three Fall Feasts:
  • Trumpets – Day of Atonement – Tabernacles
  • Prophetic of the Rapture – Salvation of the nation of Israel – Return of Christ

God’s Great Gatherings

• Leviticus 23:1-2
• The three purposes of the feasts:
  • To define Israel’s covenant ID with God.
  • To strengthen devotion and renewal.
  • To give a prophetic revelation of God’s redemptive plan for the ages.

So what?

• Knowing that God’s “Big Picture” is being fulfilled.
  • Provides meaning
• We have a responsibility to respond to God’s provision, His lamb!

Lordship is defined in four words:

• Admit
  • sin and need of a Savior
• Submit
  • forsake sin and submit your life to God
• Commit
  • yourself and your way to the Lord each day
• Transmit
  • share His love and goodness with others
    ---Samual Wilburforce

There Was and There Will Be
—Roy Lessin

• There was a time when Jesus entered the city of Jerusalem in a most unusual way.
  • John 12
• There will be a time when Jesus returns to this earth in a most unusual way.
  • I Thessalonians 4:16
• There was a time when He rode upon a young donkey.
  • John 12:14
• There will be a time when He rides upon a white horse.
  • Revelation 19:11
• There was a time when He came as the Sacrificial Lamb.
  • John 1:36
• There will be a time when He comes as the Righteous Judge.
  • Revelation 19:11
• There was a time when He came humbly and lowly.
  • Zechariah 9:9
• There will be a time when He comes to conquer and make war.
  • Revelation 19:11
• There was a time when palm branches were cast before Him.
  • John 12:13
• There will be a time when crowns will be cast before His throne.
  • Revelation 4:10
• There was a time when people proclaimed, “Hosanna.”
  • John 12:13
• There will be a time when people proclaim, “Blessing, and honor, and glory, and power, be unto Him.”
  • Revelation 5:13
• There was a time when the local crowds cried out His praises.
  • John 12:13
• There will be a time when people from every kindred, tongue, people, and nation will worship at His feet.
  • Revelation 5:9
• There was a time when a multitude saw His triumphal entry.
  • John 12:12
• There will be a time when everyone on earth will see His triumphal return.
  • Revelation 1:7