Evening: Psalm 68:1-36; John 12:9-19
Jesus rides a donkey into Jerusalem, bringing together two Hebrew traditions – Hanukkah and Passover – and thereby declaring Jesus to be the true king, come to free his people. Lazarus, whom Jesus raised from the dead, is central to this story. For the power of death is not only the shocking finality of physical death but also the way that we can have the life sucked out of us by dehumanizing conditions and relationships. The life of Jesus declares that death no longer need have power over human life … the Way of Jesus offers freedom from this power of death.
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