Title: Strange Inauguration Ceremony / Text 21:1-11
Contents Strange Inauguration Ceremony 1998.3.1.
Text 21:1-11 Say to the daughter of Zion, Your king is coming to you, humble and riding on a donkey, the foal of a yoke.
Now, my friends, what day was last February 25th? Have you ever seen a celebration that day? How was it? Was it cool? That was cool. By the way, the event was actually prepared to make it even better, but because our economy is struggling, it's a simple deal. If the economy was not difficult, how gorgeous and wonderful would it be? It must have been a huge event.
But in the old days, who wasn't the president and who was the leader of the country? king. Ok. Will the king be more glamorous than the president on the day of his inauguration, or worse than that? It's much more flashy. Have you ever seen a movie called Ben-Hur? That's great, right? There is a huge festival going on. So when a king takes office, he mobilizes as many people as he can to show that he is a great leader, sings famous people, mobilizes the coolest bands, and does everything he can.
By the way, there is an inauguration ceremony in the sermon we read today. All the people gathered in Jerusalem. Everyone was upset. Jerusalem was noisy. Do you know why? Rumors spread. The king of Israel is coming to Jerusalem to take office today. Do you know what the state of Judea was at that time?
What day is today? Independence Movement Day. What day did Samiljeol do? Ok. It was the day when all our people joined forces and held the Taegeukgi in their hands when they invaded Korea by force, made it their own colony, and treated them like their own servants, right? What is our nation's wish at that time? Independent. And what did you say? "Long live Korea's independence! You Japanese should go back to your land. In our land, we will live well on our own." did you cry? When we tried to annihilate our people by taking all of our food and clothing, by having them use Japanese instead of Korean, our people made a promise and got up at one o'clock one day. That time was passed from mouth to mouth. It spread all over the country. And we gathered together at Jangchung Park and cried for our nation's independence.
Perhaps the situation of this nation of Israel is similar to that of the Samil Movement. We suffered from Japanese oppression, but Judea was to the death of Roman oppression. What were the wishes of these people? Jewish independence. At that time, Rome was a more powerful country than the present-day United States + China + Japan + Germany combined. So, can Israel become independent?
However, it began to spread widely throughout the city of Jerusalem and the villages around it, like the March 1st Movement. "Hey, the independence we dreamed of is now in front of our eyes. There are rumors that someone stronger than the Roman emperor is coming to Jerusalem. They even raise the dead and there are no incurable diseases. They just made food for 5,000 people with their bare hands. Typhoon If you say one word from him, you'll become an elated penguin." "Now our hard work is over. Now we can sell and fix it. You won't be hungry anymore." "Come on, let's spread this news so everyone can attend the inauguration tomorrow." The whole town was buzzing, and people began to gather in Jerusalem.
Now, the time has come for Jesus to appear. Wow, what kind of ride did Jesus appear on the inauguration ceremony? Granger? Dynasty? nice white horse? to. What Jesus picked up was a donkey, and it was neither a big donkey nor a powerless colt. Those who were disappointed for a while were still excited. Maybe you were busy and couldn't find a big white horse. "Now you will destroy Rome and make our Jewish people the strongest people in the world." "Come on, what are you? The great king has come. Hosanna. Hosanna. Son of David." He took off all his clothes, spread them on the donkey's path, cut down palm leaves, shook them, and made a fuss.
Now, what was Jesus doing at this time? Did you draw a V? would you wave your hand? Did you hold hands and eat it over your head? I think the disciples did. When Jesus became king, everyone had a dream of becoming a minister or secretary. However, Jesus was not at all pleased with the cheers of the people. On the contrary, Jesus was sad. Jesus did not come to defeat Rome and become the king of Judea and rule the world like a normal king. Those who have no choice but to die because of their sins, that is, not only Jews, but also Romans and the whole world, died on the cross for the sins of the people and died for us. there is no
Can our children understand this heart of Jesus? The heart of Jesus going to be crucified on us. From now on, we will celebrate Lent for 40 days. This period should be spent meditating on Jesus, who is preparing us every day to be crucified.