Victor or Victim?

by Pastor Darryl K. Fields |  April 11, 2014

Beloved, This Sunday is Palm Sunday.  Palm Sunday is a Christian moveable feast that falls on the Sunday before Easter. The feast commemorates Jesus' triumphal entry into Jerusalem, an event mentioned in all four canonical Gospels.  In the accounts of the four canonical Gospels, Jesus' triumphal entry into Jerusalem takes place about a week before his Resurrection.    The palm branch was a symbol of triumph and victory in the Greco-Roman culture of the Roman Empire, and became the most common attribute of the goddess Nike or Victory.

John 12:13 tells us, “Took branches of palm trees, and went forth to meet him, and cried, Hosanna: Blessed is the King of Israel that cometh in the name of the Lord.”  They called Jesus their King.  They cried out, “Hosanna,” which means save now.  They waived Palm Branches to indicate there was Victory in the air.  But, the same folks, who called Jesus victor, would make Him a victim of the cross in less than a week.
The lesson to be learned from this Trinitarian Triumph is not to get too excited over those who declare your victory because those same folks can make you a victim. 
 It is better to trust in the LORD than to put confidence in man. (Psalm 118:8)
 

Sincerely yours and Securely His, Pastor Darryl K. Fields