Jesus
arrived at the city,
on
the back of a donkey He rode
and
the crowds gathered round and shouted,
Singing
"Here is the King of our kingdom!
Here
is Jesus, the one sent from God!
Peace
in heaven and all of the glory!
He
is blessed!" O, how they did applaud!
Then
the Pharisees mingling among them
called
to Jesus as He rode on past:
"Tell
the mob to stop all their singing;
tell
the rabble to shut up at last!"
From
the back of the colt Jesus answered
as
Jerusalem took all this in,
"If
I made all these people stop shouting
then
the rocks on the ground would begin."
Just
imagine the look on their faces
looking
down at the stones in their hands!
The
whole universe buzzed with excitement
at
this day that had always been planned,
for
if the crowd chose to be silent
how
the heavens and earth would cry out,
singing
"Hosanna! Blessed is the Savior!
The
Messiah is come, let us shout!"
Jesus
knew that His reason for living
was
to sacrifice His life for all
and
the city he rode toward was destined
to
be torn down, every brick of it fall.
As
the crowd sang and danced all around him
Jesus
wept as the city came into view.
There
soon would be death and destruction
for
both he and Jerusalem, too.
He
rode in and the crowd had no clue;
Jesus
cried out "If only you knew!"
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