Here He Comes!

Matthew 21
And the multitudes that went before, and that followed, cried,
saying,"Hosanna to the son of David: Blessed is He that cometh
in the name of the LORD; Hosanna in the highest." Matt.21:9

LET IT GLOW

Hosanna means "save we pray thee."  Sounds like the people were calling
Jesus Savior.
Jesus rode into Jerusalem (5 days before His death) on a borrowed
donkey, not in a golden charriot, humbly coming as a king. Verse 5 is
from Zech.9:9.

Did you notice the city was moved by all this. People, believers, spread
out their garments and palm branches before Him. They rolled out the
red carpet, so to speak. What a King! His blood became the red carpet
from my heart to God's heart.

Our little town of 667 has a regional airport. We have had 2 presidents
fly into our big city. Preparations for these events were made-road
blocks, air traffic stopped, highway clean-ups, media coverage, officials
present, etc.
I wonder what kind of welcome Jesus would get if He flew into town?

The question is, do I treat Jesus as King of my life?

The next time He comes, "they shall see the Son of man coming in the
clouds of heaven with power and great glory. And he shall send his angels
with a great sound of a trumpet, and they shall gather together his elect
from the four winds, from one end of heaven to the other."
Matt. 24:30-31

Revelation 19:16 says, "And he hath on his vesture and on his thigh a
name written, 'KING OF KINGS, AND LORD OF LORDS.' "

Only He is awesome and majestic!

LET IT GROW

And said unto them, "It is written, 'MY HOUSE SHALL BE CALLED
THE HOUSE OF PRAYER'; but ye have made it a ' DEN OF
THIEVES.' " Matthew  21:13

Jesus quoted Isaiah 56:7, "...for mine house shall be called an house of
prayer for all people."

Jesus called His house "The House of Prayer."
Because some Jews traveled a long distance to the Temple for sacrifice
and worship, there were merchants in the Temple. They sold doves and
sacrificial animals. It would be hard to keep a pure animal unspotted
while traveling through rough terrain. However, the merchants were
selling for a profit, not to help fellow Jews. Also, they sold in the Temple.
Jesus turned over their  tables and said they made the Temple a den of
thieves. I think He was quite loud and upset about this.

How do I treat the House of God? Is it a respected place where burdens
are left at the altar? Do I make it a house of prayer? Does God meet with
us? Is He pleased with the way people treat His house? Listen and watch
next Sunday.

LET IT GO

Recognize Jesus as my King  and Lord.
Make the church a House of Prayer.