Palm Sunday in Last Days America - David Pepe - http://www.theignorantfishermen.com/2010/03/rejecters-of-christ-of-palm-sunday.html
As last days America celebrates Palm Sunday, let us not forget about the history of the false perception that 2.7 million visitors of Jesus' day had (Jews and Gentiles) from all over the land of Israel and the known world during the Week of the Passover. Countless multitudes in Jerusalem at that time had totally misunderstood who Jesus was (Matt. 23:27; Luke 19:14). These countless multitudes that Jesus healed from demonic oppression and all kinds of diseases had soon forgotten His wonderful works for them. His 3-1/2 year preaching ministry was beginning to wear thin, and they had had enough of Him and His message of "Repent, for the Kingdom of Heaven is at hand!"
By the middle of the Passover Week, the very city that shouted cries of praise by the hundreds of thousands had turned to vengeful shouts of "Crucify Him!" How could this be? My friend, as they really began to comprehend just who Jesus was (Isa. 53, Psalm 22), they wanted nothing to do with Him. Their shallow "love" for Him had quickly turned stone-cold to hate and abhorrence. For their vain, temporal and sinful existence, Jesus had become tiresome and of no benefit to them at all (Eccl. 9:3, 9; 11:8; Isaiah 53: 2-3).
The very One whom they had praised to the Heavens and welcomed with thunderous applause just hours before (Matt 21:5-11; Mark 7-11; Luke 19:35-40) was now the very One they shouted down: "Crucify him... Crucify him!" (Mark 15:12-14), "We have no King but Caesar!" (John 19:15), "May His blood be upon us and our children!" (Matt. 27:25). Again, how could this be?
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