Palm Sunday 2025
1. The King’s Prophetic Entrance ( Luke 19:28–30 // Daniel 9:24–26 )
• Jesus enters Jerusalem on exactly the day foretold in Daniel’s prophecy.
Daniel 9:25
“25 Know and understand this: From the issuing of the decree to restore and rebuild Jerusalem until an Anointed One, the ruler, will be seven weeks and sixty-two weeks. It will be rebuilt with a plaza and a moat, but in difficult times.”
• That’s 69 weeks of years = 483 years.
• From 445 B.C. (Artaxerxes’ decree) to Palm Sunday, the timeline is exact—Jesus arrives right on time.
• He fulfills Zechariah 9:9
as well: “Behold, your King comes to you, righteous and having salvation, humble and riding on a donkey…”
• The crowd of disciples praised him —but many missed the deeper meaning: their promised King had come.
2. The King Enters with Divine Intent (vv. 28–35)
Christian Standard Bible Chapter 19
Go into the village ahead of you. As you enter it, you will find a colt tied there, on which no one has ever sat.
• Jesus isn’t swept up in events—He’s orchestrating them.
• The colt had never been ridden—a symbol of Divine purpose.
• His entrance isn’t political posturing - It’s sovereign fulfillment.
3. The King Is Welcomed with Joyful Praise (vv. 36–38)
“Blessed is the King who comes in the name of the Lord!”
• The people praise Him: Quoting Psalm 118
—a Psalm of salvation.
• They lay down their cloaks—a royal welcome.
• But many praised for what they wanted Jesus to be, not for who He truly was.
4. The King Challenges Empty Religion (vv. 39–40)
Christian Standard Bible Chapter 19
39 Some of the Pharisees from the crowd told him, “Teacher, rebuke your disciples.”
40 He answered, “I tell you, if they were to keep silent, the stones would cry out.”
• The Pharisees are threatened—not just by Jesus’ popularity, but by His claim to divine authority.
• Jesus silences their objections—this is not a moment to hide glory.
• All of creation Praises The King of Kings
On this first day:
• The prophecies were fulfilled.
• The King took His throne—not in a palace, but on a donkey.
• The crowds praised, the leaders resisted, and Jesus pressed forward toward the cross.