Fri.'s Devo - Hosanna!

Read John 12:9-26
Lazareth caused no small commotion and many believed because of this one miracle. The chief priests want to try to kill Lazareth...again. The feast of Passover is approaching so all Jewish men are coming to Jerusalem to celebrate. Jesus rides in on a donkey and the people spread palm branches on the ground and cry out Hosanna: "Blessed is the King of Israel that comes in the name of the Lord." This was the fulfillment of prophecy in Zec. 9:9 "Rejoice greatly, O daughter of Zion; shout, O daughter of Jerusalem: behold, that King comes to you: he is just, and having salvation; lowly, and riding upon an ass, and upon a colt the foal of an ass." It says that he would have salvation. Hosannah means "Oh, save!"
Jesus walked the same path that the temple lamb had taken that was to be sacrificed for the people. When it passed by the people did the same thing to it: they praised with palm trees and cried out, "Hosanna". The lamb was the picture of Jesus the Passover lamb that came to save the world.
Note there were Greeks that traveled to attend the feast. There has always been a remnant of non-Jews that have been grafted in to God's family. God's plan has always been for the whole world, he just used the Jewish nation to reveal his nature through. These Greeks found some of the disciples and told them they wanted to see Jesus. When Jesus found out he went deeper. He told them the only way they could really see him was to die. And only by dying could they serve him.
We like Jesus bring God's salvation. We carry the presence of God with us everywhere we go. May we hear the cry of the people around us crying "Hosanna, Save us!"