Easter Sunday…the holiest of holidays for a Believer.
On Easter, we celebrate the resurrection of the Savior, who died for our sins.
This is a gift, given NOT to make our lives on earth easier but to save us from spending an eternity in Hell…due punishment for our sin, which God abhors.
We sang “Hosanna” today at church. Before posting this, I looked up the Greek definition for “hosanna.” Here’s what I found at this site:
The Greek form of the Hebrew phrase hoshana, “hosanna” was the term used by the people to acclaim Jesus on his entry into Jerusalem on Palm Sunday. In Psalm 118:25, it is translated “save now” and, as in the gospels, is followed by the phrase “Blessed is he who comes in the name of the Lord.” Psalm 118 was used liturgically at the Feast of Tabernacles, and verse 25 was the cue for the waving of the palm branches. In the NT and later rabbinic Judaism, the phrase no longer denoted a prayer for safety and success but rather a proclamation of religious enthusiasm coupled with the waving of palm branches. By the end of the 1st century A.D. the term had become merely an utterance of praise and exaltation in the Christian liturgy.
God is SO good! He knew we would choose to disobey His commandments, and He knew the torment of hell, so He provided a substitute to stand in our place. What a merciful God we have! We should be shouting Hosanna at the top of our lungs!!
Every time I sing this song, I have a vision of Jesus returning on a magnificent horse to reclaim His kingdom. It’s a powerful image.
I hope you’ll enjoy the video below. Feel free to sing along as I’ve posted the words below.
Being around the youth, the third verse strikes an emotional cord. I am watching the youth grow up…many with a desire to serve Him. Guy Friend wants to be a youth pastor. Chicky was involved in the Bible Study in the library at school last week (remember my post from that day?).
God is SO good.
Hosanna
I see the king of glory
Coming on the clouds with fire
The whole earth shakes
The whole earth shakes
Yeeeah
I see his love and mercy
Washing over all our sin
The people sing
The people sing
[Chorus]
Hosanna
Hosanna
Hosanna in the highest [x2]
I see a generation
Rising up to take their place
With selfless faith
With selfless faith
I see a near revival
Stirring as we pray and seek
We’re on our knees
We’re on our knees
[Chorus]
Heal my heart and make it clean
Open up my eyes to the things unseen
Show me how to love like you have loved me
Break my heart from what breaks yours
Everything I am for your kingdoms cause
As I go from nothing to
Eternity
[Chorus x2]
Hosanna in the highest
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Many of the same Jews shouting “Hosanna” as Jesus entered Jerusalem were crying out “Crucify him” just a few days later. Some of those same people were still in Jerusalem after the Passover feast on the day of Pentecost and Peter’s sermon. People are fickle things, huh? Some 3,000 people believed on Christ that day, and thus began the New Testament Christian church.
I am so grateful for those faithful few who kept the faith. How fortunate for those who saw the resurrected Jesus and thus spread the good news.
Oh – the words:
Heal my heart and make it clean
Open up my eyes to the things unseen
Show me how to love like you have loved me
Break my heart from what breaks yours
Everything I am for your kingdoms cause
As I go from nothing to
Eternity
Those words kills me every time we sing them… I just want to fall to my knees at the words – BREAK MY HEART FOR WHAT BREAKS YOURS…. oh – that we would scream that out daily!!!!
Yeah…every verse touches me…for different reasons.
We won’t come to God until we are truly broken. It’s not about feeling good about God’s gentle side but about being ashamed for our sinful nature.
Too many people focus on God’s love, but that should not be what draws us to the Cross. Our awareness of the sin in our lives…that should lead us to come humbly before Him and ask forgiveness.
I hate being broken, but I love it too. Only by being broken can God remake us into His image.
I think Love should be what draws us to the cross. I believe in the message of grace. He died for us before we were even convicted of our sins and humbly stood asking forgiveness.
To me, that’s what makes His sacrifice SO overwhelming. While we were yet sinners, He died for us. Who dies for unrepentant, hard-hearted folks? Jesus. Amazing.
I know what you’re saying. There is a place for the law as a mirror, rule, or guide. I still find myself clinging to His grace and trying to show that in my daily living.
I am often reminded, there is a place for both the law and the gospel.