Palm Sunday represents a quality that the Lord wants in our lives in all we care about , think , speak or do . It represents our conscious choice to make a path for the Lord to come not just into our own hearts and minds but that His presence and His blessings may be ever more present through our choices . praise You , O LORD .” Psalm 148 , read as the first lesson , states : Praise the LORD from the earth ,
new church life : march / april 2017
Palm Sunday represents a quality that the Lord wants in our lives in all we care about , think , speak or do . It represents our conscious choice to make a path for the Lord to come not just into our own hearts and minds but that His presence and His blessings may be ever more present through our choices . praise You , O LORD .” Psalm 148 , read as the first lesson , states : Praise the LORD from the earth ,
You great sea creatures and all the depths ; Fire and hail , snow and clouds ; Stormy wind , fulfilling His word ; Mountains and all hills ; Fruitful trees and all cedars ; Beasts and all cattle ; Creeping things and flying fowl ; Kings of the earth and all peoples ; Princes and all judges of the earth ; Both young men and maidens ; Old men and children . Let them praise the name of the LORD
Palm Sunday represents a quality that the Lord wants in our lives in all we care about , think , speak or do . It represents our conscious choice to make a path for the Lord to come not just into our own hearts and minds but that His presence and His blessings may be ever more present through our choices .
What kind of a king do we celebrate on Palm Sunday ? For a king to exist there usually is a kingdom . Many times in the four Gospels there is reference to the “ kingdom of heaven ” and the “ kingdom of God .” It is important to know what kind of kingdom this is . There have been some who , from religious belief , wanted a king who will exalt them above all throughout the whole world , not one whose kingdom is in heaven and who looks from there to the salvation also of all on earth . ( See Arcana Coelestia 10570:3 ) Listen to the following words from the teachings for the New Church :
I have spoken several times to spirits recently arrived from the world about the state of eternal life , and have said that it was important for them to know who the Lord of that kingdom is , what is the system of government , and what form that government takes . It is the same in the world when people go to another kingdom ; they wish to know beforehand who the king is and what he is like , what is the system of government , and many other facts concerning that kingdom . How much more does this apply in that kingdom where they are going to live forever .
I have told them that the Lord alone rules not only heaven but also the whole universe , for He who rules the one must rule the other , and also that the kingdom which they are now in is the Lord ’ s kingdom , and that the laws of this kingdom are eternal truths , every one of which is based on the incomparable law that they are to love the Lord supremely and the neighbor as themselves . Indeed , if they wished to be as the angels ,
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