Today is the Sunday that we call Palm Sunday, when we remember the day that Jesus was welcomed into Jerusalem as King by crowds waving palm branches and shouting Hosanna! We read in John 12 that the crowds were there because they had seen the miraculous resurrection of Lazarus. So how is it that this same crowd that proclaims Jesus as the King who is able to raise the dead is clamoring for His death only several days later? We are in Daniel 8 this morning, and what we find here will help us understand why the crowds crowned Jesus on Sunday and crucified Him on Friday.

Have you ever experienced a case of mistaken identity? Maybe someone mistook you for someone else, or maybe the other way around. Mistaken identity almost always leads to disappointment. Today is the Sunday before Easter that Christians call Palm Sunday. Palm Sunday was a celebration, but really it is all about mistaken identity. Crowds of people gathered outside of Jerusalem waiting for the arrival of Jesus, ready to shout “Hosanna!” But most of them were missing who He really was. Some cases of mistaken identity don’t really matter much, but for the crowds lining the streets on that first Palm Sunday, mistaking the identity of Jesus could cost them everything. In fact it would be many from this same crowd calling for and celebrating the crucifixion of Jesus just one week later. The book of Matthew records the events leading up to Palm Sunday to help us not make the same mistake with Jesus’ identity. So let’s take a look together.

We have been going through the book of Jonah as a church together. We’ve read about miraculous events. A storm sent by God. A fish sent by God to swallow Jonah and save him. But last week we discovered together from Chapters 2 and 3 that the real miracle of Jonah is the changed lives. Nineveh, one of the most violent cities on the planet, legendary among historians even today almost 3000 years later for its violence and evil repents and turns to God as a whole city in less than 40 days. What could have brought on such a change? Equally as baffling is what is it about God’s character that would let Him spare an entire city filled with some of the most heinous sinners on the face of the planet? Let’s look at the final chapter of Jonah together this morning.

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