Every year, the Holy Week begins with Palm Sunday celebrating the triumphal entry of Jesus into Jerusalem for the last time. On that first Palm Sunday, the people were expecting Jesus, the promised Messiah to come as a powerful warrior—one who would gather the faithful to do battle with the Roman power—one who would drive Caesar from the land of Israel. Instead, he chose to ride on a lowly donkey—that was borrowed.

Please come and join our worship at First Baptist Church of Hudson to learn why Jesus entered Jerusalem on a borrowed donkey.

Please read: Mark 11:1-11

As they approached Jerusalem and came to Bethphage and Bethany at the Mount of Olives, Jesus sent two of his disciples, ² saying to them, “Go to the village ahead of you, and just as you enter it, you will find a colt tied there, which no one has ever ridden. Untie it and bring it here. ³ If anyone asks you, ‘Why are you doing this?’ tell him, ‘The Lord needs it and will send it back here shortly.'” ⁴ They went and found a colt outside in the street, tied at a doorway. As they untied it, ⁵ some people standing there asked, “What are you doing, untying that colt?” ⁶ They answered as Jesus had told them to, and the people let them go. ⁷ When they brought the colt to Jesus and threw their cloaks over it, he sat on it. ⁸ Many people spread their cloaks on the road, while others spread branches they had cut in the fields. ⁹ Those who went ahead and those who followed shouted, “Hosanna!” “Blessed is he who comes in the name of the Lord!” ¹⁰ “Blessed is the coming kingdom of our father David!” “Hosanna in the highest!” ¹¹ Jesus entered Jerusalem and went to the temple. He looked around at everything, but since it was already late, he went out to Bethany with the Twelve.