So, I found a cool book last year, Christ Center Easter, that has a week full of activities to help teach your family about the true meaning of Easter. Of course, I didn't use it last year!
I hope to blog everyday about what we learned about and what we did.
Palm Sunday--
When they heard that Jesus was coming to Jerusalem, took branches of palm trees, and went forth to meet him, and cried, Hosanna: Blessed is the King of Israel that cometh in the name of the Lord. John 12:12-13
Jesus and His disciples were traveling to Jerusalem for the Feast of the Passover. As they neared the Mount of Olives, Jesus sent two of His disciples to a nearby village, telling them that as they entered it they would find a donkey and her colt. The disciples were to untie the animals and bring them to Him. If anyone asked why they were doing this, they were to say, "The Lord hath need of them," and there would be no trouble. (See Matthew 21:15; Mark 11:16; Luke 19:2934.)
After the two disciples had brought the animals to Jesus, they laid clothing on the colt's back for Jesus to sit on. As Jesus rode the colt toward Jerusalem, large crowds of people gathered to honor Him and to spread clothing and palm branches on the ground in front of Him. The followers rejoiced and cried out, "Hosanna; Blessed is he that cometh in the name of the Lord" (Mark 11:9; see also Matthew 21:69; Mark 11:710; Luke 19:3538; John 12:1213).
After Jesus entered Jerusalem, many of the people asked, "Who is this?" The multitude replied, "This is Jesus the prophet of Nazareth of Galilee" (Matthew 21:1011).
The meaning of Hosanna--
(From the Bible Dictionary)Hosanna means save now. The word is taken from Ps. 118: 25, one of the Psalms of the Hallel. The chanting of this psalm was connected at the Feast of Tabernacles with the waving of palm branches; hence the use of the word by the multitudes at our Lord’s triumphal entry into Jerusalem.
We were lucky enough to do today at Grandma's house with our cousins!
Jayme says, "The people yelled "Hosanna!" because Jesus can save us because of the Atonement."
We made palm branches and yelled "Hosanna, Hosanna!!" We also colored pictures of the Triumphant Entry.
1 comment:
This is really cool. We are doing this exact thing, the day by day thing until Easter, but I don't have a cool book to help! Only the scriptures. So some of the days are kind of hard. I need to get that.
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