1. Palm Sunday “Prisoners of Hope” Zechariah 9:9-13 / Luke 19:28-48
1 Kings 1:32-40 – gives rise to Zechariah 9 (Solomon Anointed King)
Maccabean Revolt – BCE
Against Greek Rule (Antiochus IV)
No circumcision, No Sabbath, Desecration of the Temple – Pig
142-63BCE - Freedom
Liberation FROM (“intoxicated on the nectar of nationalism”)
Liberation FOR
(Zechariah 9:13 / John 12:20)
Only in John’s Gospel

2. Subversive Street Theater (East) – From Bethany*
“Holy God, holy and powerful, Power without peer, You bend to us in weakness; Emptied you draw near, And we behold your power.”
~Rev. Susan R. Briehl
(Luke 19:11-27)
Military Might (West)
Subversive Street Theater (East) – From Bethany*
Ezekiel 10:18,19 / 43:1-5

3. What does the word “Power” emote in you? What image comes to mind?
Something you have/want?
Acts 1:8 – “But you will receive power when the Holy Spirit has come upon you, and you will be my witnesses….”
EXPECTATIONS???
“The day the power of love overrules the love of power, the world will know peace.”
~ Mahatma Gandhi