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Published: April 16, 2024, 7 a.m.

Welcome to Day 2349 of Wisdom-Trek. Thank you for joining me. This is Guthrie Chamberlain, Your Guide to\xa0Wisdom Prepare Your Heart \u2013 He Comes, Riding On a Donkey \u2013 Daily Wisdom Putnam Church Message \u2013 03/24/2024 Prepare The Way \u2013 He Comes, Riding on a Donkey \u2013 John 12:12-19 \xa0 Today, we continue our five-week Lenten series ending on Resurrection Sunday, March 31st. Today, our message is \u201cHe Comes, Riding on a Donkey.\u201d Our Scripture passage for today is John 12:12-19 on page 1671 of your Pew Bibles. 12\xa0The next day the great crowd that had come for the festival heard that Jesus was on his way to Jerusalem.\xa013\xa0They took palm branches\xa0and went out to meet him, shouting, \u201cHosanna![a]\u201d \u201cBlessed is he who comes in the name of the Lord!\u201d[b] \u201cBlessed is the king of Israel!\u201d 14\xa0Jesus found a young donkey and sat on it, as it is written: 15\xa0\u201cDo not be afraid, Daughter Zion; see, your king is coming, seated on a donkey\u2019s colt.\u201d[c] 16\xa0At first his disciples did not understand all this.\xa0Only after Jesus was glorified\xa0did they realize that these things had been written about him and that these things had been done to him. 17\xa0Now the crowd that was with him\xa0when he called Lazarus from the tomb and raised him from the dead continued to spread the word.\xa018\xa0Many people, because they had heard that he had performed this sign,\xa0went out to meet him.\xa019\xa0So the Pharisees said to one another, \u201cSee, this is getting us nowhere. Look how the whole world has gone after him!\u201d Introduction Ticker-tape parades are not as common today as they once were. There was a time when our country honored our heroes and heroines with colossal spectacles. Celebrities would ride in a convertible down massive canyons of steel and glass. Bands played rousing Sousa marches. Young ladies tossed batons and swirled pom-poms. Tons of confetti, streamers, balloons, and ticker tape cascaded upon them. Everybody was there. It was a time of great excitement. Let us climb into the Way Back Machine and travel 2025 years back to the heart of Jerusalem and watch the most significant parade in the history of humankind.

1. Come and Join the Parade, All Are Welcome - (Bulletin Insert)

A mass of humanity was present. Perhaps as many as 2.5 million people crowded the narrow streets converging on the holy city of Jerusalem at Passover. From a distance, there came a noise - a kind of rhythmic, staccato chant that wafted in . . . now