Palm Sunday

When Jesus came to Jerusalem we see three towns there related to his triumphal entry: Jericho, Bethphage and Bethany.

He actually came from Jericho. (Matt. 20:29).
First he reached Bethphage. (Matt. 21:1).
That night he spent in Bethany. (Matt. 21:17).

In Bethphage donkey was tied. (Matt. 21:2)
In Jericho a man was beaten. (Lk. 10:30)
In Bethany Lazarus was dead. (Jn. 11:14)

"Tied, beaten and was killed." This is the fate of a man. This is the strategy of the devil for the man whom he caught into his net. When Adam sinned the whole humanity came before the judgment seat of the Lord. They are sentenced to death. But the Judge now wanted to take human form to pay the price to deliver him.

They sung a song. "Blessed be he that cometh in the name of the LORD..." (Ps 118:26). It sounds good but the very next verse says to tie the victim to the horns of the altar. "...bind the sacrifice with cords, even unto the horns of the altar.(Ps. 118:27). Who is that sacrifice? The same One who comes in the name of the LORD. Now it is his last visit to Jerusalem. He is going to be TIED, BEATEN and then will DIE. This is the payment. 

He is taking the place of the man to pay the price. In resurrection the devil will pay the price for all the things he has done.

In Bethphage donkey was delivered. (Matt. 21:3)
In Jericho a man was healed. (Lk. 10:34)
In Bethany Lazarus was resurrected. (Jn. 11:44)

Talented Car

A young man bought a car. It runs 250 km per an hour. Actually he went to the city with his friends to buy it. After taking car he took them to the restaurant. Every one ate whatever they liked. They celebrated. When they got into the car to go back to their village, he found one of his friends, who was a lazy, wasn't happy.

"what happen"

"nothing" replied lazy friend

"you are not looking happy like others"

Lazy friend replied, "did you throw party for this ugly car?"

"hey, dont scold my car. its highly TALENTED car. whats wrong with my car?"

"you said that it is a car that goes 250km per an hour. Until now it could not reach maximum 70. I thought of going faster and enjoy but... its a lazy car" replied lazy

This young man controlled himself and said, "look the road. this is a market. people are all around. PEOPLE ARE BLOCKING MY TALENTED CAR. you cannot go faster even if you wanted to go faster. I will show you how fast it goes right after we got on to the highway."

An another friend said, "DO WE REALLY NEED ALL THOSE PEOPLE on our road? why dont you blow the horn and get rid of them?"

Now, when the car came on to the road, the car took high speed. there are some trucks going slow. Yet there is no problem because its highway, BROAD ROAD. if something blocks its way, car just takes left or right and goes faster. Easy driving.

There was a tollgate and car stopped there to PAY. highway is broad road but you have to stop often because you got to pay.

"what happen? why did the car stopped?" the lazy friend asked

"every one know why the car stopped. how come you dont know"

lazy replied, "oh, i was sleeping".

One of his friend said, "There are some people in the world who thinks that our talents are a lullaby for them."

Another one said, "sometimes you can find them even in your own house."

They paid the price and then they headed up to their village. Some time later the car stopped again. This lazy friend opened his eyes and asked, "what happen?"

His friend said, "there is a big stone on the road"

Lazy said, "why dont you take left or right"

"Hey, we are in our village. This is not highway. This is NARROW ROAD. you cannot take left or right. we cannot move until we remove that block. This stone has to go left or right, not the car" his friend replied.

And he GOT DOWN from his talented car. He BOWED DOWN and took stone and threw it to the side of the road. Now his talented car moved to go to his destiny.