Psalm 118:1,2,19-29; Matthew 21:1-11 This last Sunday was Palm Sunday celebrating when Christ rode into Jerusalem on a donkey. Our Psalm passage tells about the joy of entering the gates of righteousness, which were literally the gates to the temple. Could this also be seen as a metaphor of the way into God’s spiritual kingdom? This Psalm is one of rejoicing and praising God for answering the psalmist in distress and becoming his salvation.   One way this matches up with our Matthew scripture is when they are told to bind up the festal provision with branches. Skip ahead to our Matthew account where people praise Jesus with palm branches crying “Hosanna” which means “God save us now!” This crowd is expecting Christ to save them from the Roman government. It is full of praise stating, “Blessed is he who comes in the name of the Lord.” Did they steal this from Psalm 118 verse 26 which states the exact same praise? Are they repeating the Psalm they knew well, hoping upon hope th...