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A as 11:10, ¥ would make an interesting inquiry to take a “public poll of the meaning -which church members at“tribute to the public march of Jesus into Jerusalem

during His last week upon ~earth. _ It could be that we moderns -are as confused about the role

‘of Jesus as were His followers |

.and enemies in those days. :Jesus employed an element of ‘stowmanship In riding into Jerusalem upon an unbroken ~colt. But He, like any leader, Js in an unfortunate position

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Dr. Howard J. Baumgartel real intention of his acts.

held a clear conception of the | reasons for moving into the Holy City at that time in a dramatic manner.

Weary pilgrims from many lands were thronging ‘the city for the annual Passover Feast, with an alr of expectancy, and not averse to a thrill that any novel occasion might afford. Even His closest followers had a profound sense of sharing in some world-shaking event. Shortly before this entry into Jerusalem His digciples had put sublime concepts into words saying that the Christ was the Son of God. They soon suffered

from" the cooling off of that’

mystica] intuition because they felt bound by the traditional

ideas of the Messiah. It is hard .

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This Palm Sunday sermon was written for The Times by Dr. Howard J. Baumgartel, executive secretary of the Indianapolis Church Federation.

The experiences Jesus had in Galilee just previous to this event had been unsatisfactory. Reverses had set in. His popularity among the masses was on the wane. Time seemed to be running out on Him so far as getting a favorable reaction from the masses was concerned. The confused public mind made it very hard to get correct reactions to God's will and purpose. » Ld ”

THIS general idea had pre-

should lead the Jewish nation into the fulfillment of its true destiny, Certainly they dealt with mixed ideologies regarding the role of their national life even as the nations do today. Jesus always lived for the future—that long eternity we all face. He never took detours to avoid duty. The records shows that as He neared the end of His earthly ministry He discoursed more frequently of

‘a glory and a service that

awaited the crucified Mussiah. He wanted to. redeem Israel rather than lead it on its accustomed way. Inwardly Jesus had ‘been carrying the Cross long before this period. In the language of sociology today, He had surveyed an ur-

lent among its top flight religious and political leaders: hyprocrisy, spiritual pride, moral blindness,” cupidity and cruelty. The leaders were adept

in using a public relations policy to cover up their wickedness even as some business, social and religious organizations do. even today. (Read Matt. 23:1--38.) However, the Master's eye saw underneath the gloss of human conduct. We still do a lot of covering over of our greed and trickery, Jesus saw that the spiritual destiny of Judah was different from the conception of both the revolutionist and the apocalypist. o ” » THEN as we contemplate the we cannot

tion. In the vision of her great’ prophets Israel was to have spent herself in the costly and sacrificial task of bringing the nations to God. That poses this problem: Could that nation have been converted from its military and political ambitions to take the role of the Suffering Servant of God? Entering into Jerusalem as He did, Jesus bore the marks of a non-politi-cal and non-military MessiahSaviour of humanity. Jesus was destroyed by the very institutions through which Israel and every nation since coyld have been preserved and

redeemed. This accounts for the | fact that Jesus’ first great pub- | lic action after the entry into |

Jerusalem was that of cleansing the teniple in the Holy City,

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