April 21, 2019 - On this Palm Sunday we take a look at yet another of the Old Testament Festal Celebrations that prophesied the coming of the Messiah and why He would come. In Leviticus, the Scriptures describe for us what was to be done while celebrating the Feast of Tabernacles. It was during this 7 day Feast that the priests would process with a large golden container of water from the Pool of Siloam to the Altar of Sacrifice in the Temple. As they would process, they would move through a crowd of people who were told to have palm branches and to rejoice. The priests would lead the chanting of Psalms 113 - 118 which were songs of deliverance. And in Psalm 118 we find these words "Hosanna (which means save us now, O Lord). Blessed is he that comes in the Name of the Lord." These are the very words cried out as Christ would enter Jerusalem to the waving of the palms. Today we rejoice and we wave our palms because our deliverer has come to deliver us. And we cry out with these same words, "Save us now, O Lord. Blessed is He Who comes in the Name of the Lord."