Hosanna to the King!

Matthew 21:9 (New International Version)
The crowds that went ahead of him and those that followed shouted,"Hosanna to the Son of David!"
"Blessed is he who comes in the name of the Lord!"
"Hosanna in the highest!"

As the week unfolded, prophecy was again being fulfilled as Jesus, riding a colt, hearing the cheers of the crowd, walking along a road covered in palms, entered Jerusalem. You have to wonder what was on His mind as He saw those cheering people and looked them in the eye knowing that many of the very same ones who were cheering Him, at the end of the week, would be crying out for his crucifixion.

Yet, in He rode. Certain, horrible, painful death loomed in front of Him. However, He knew that death was necessary so that the sins of the very ones who would call for his death and those of all of us could be forgiven. It's the very reason He came down from heaven.

Romans 5:8 (New International Version) But God demonstrates his own love for us in this: While we were still sinners, Christ died for us.