"The master needs it"(Lk 19:34)

Today is Palm Sunday. In Luke, the story started from the point where Jesus couldn't see the city of Jerusalem.

"I will go! Send me!” were the words of Isaiah (6:8). It might be also a prayer of the colt in the village near the Mount of Olives.

While the disciples went down the Mount of Olives, they sang the song of the Psalm 118:26 and also the song of the Angels on Christmas (Lk2:14). Luke depicted the King of the universe marching on the back of the colt.

Jesus came close the city and when he saw it, he wept over it. Luke said it was because Jerusalem did not recognize the time when God came. On the other hand, the colt must have known the time. Then, do we know the time? Say "yes" when we hear the words "the master needs it."



(Summary of the sermon on 17 April 2011, at Sado Church, United Church of Christ in Japan)