Blessed is he who comes in the name of the LORD. From the house of the LORD we bless you.Blessed is he who comes in Yahweh’s name! We have blessed you out of Yahweh’s house.Blessed be he that cometh in the name of the Lord: we have blessed you out of the house of the Lord.Blessed be he that cometh in the name of Jehovah: We have blessed you out of the house of Jehovah.
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… coming back, and they would wave the branches talking about, Hosanna! Blessed is he! This is a scripture they were quoting from Psalm 118, verse 26. Hosanna! Blessed is he who comes in the name of the Lord! Now, Jesus is headed to a cross, and he's coming through Jerusalem. About 120,000 people are gathered to celebrate the Passover festival, and it's crowded in the streets of Jerusalem. They're shouting out, Save now. That's what Hosanna means. Save now. Don't we want God to get it out of us and get us out of it right now? Don't we want God to do what he's going to do right now? Since they just got word that Lazarus was in the ground, but he got up, Maybe they figured that this prophet, this priest, this Messiah, whatever he was, could do for them what they had waited for the king to do. And so they are shouting, Hosanna, blessed is he who comes in the name of the Lord. And they're shouting loud. …
… into the city and right under their noses in psalm 118 is an answer to what he's doing they're quoting from psalm 118 verses 25 and 26 hosanna which means save us and had has become this acclamation of praise, praising him. We pray, O Lord, save us. Blessed is he who comes in the name of the Lord. That's verses 25 and 26, Psalm 118. Right in front of that, immediately before, those verses in Psalm 118 are verses 22 to 24, which say, the stone that the builders rejected has become the cornerstone. This is the Lord's doing. and it is marvelous in our eyes. This is the day, the unexpected, surprising day that the Lord has made. Let us rejoice and be glad in it. So even as they reach for Psalm 118, they miss the rejected stone. It's going to be a cornerstone. And even the disciples don't get it. That's verse 16. His disciples did not understand these things at first, but when Jesus was glorified, That is, when he's raised from the dead. …
… shouting, "'Blessed is he who comes in the name of the Lord.'" A reference to the Messiah. They're shouting Psalm 118, verse 26, a psalm of salvation, the conqueror's psalm, something that had been shouted actually a hundred years earlier at the arrival of the Maccabeans when and it was assumed that they might be the fulfillment of Messiah because they defeated the Syrians. But Jesus had come not to conquer, not to reign, but to die and to rise. But nonetheless, they're ready for the kingdom. Blessed is he who comes in the name of the Lord. Verse 10, blessed is the coming kingdom of our Father David. Hosanna in the highest. Matthew adds that they said, Hosanna to the Son of David, the most common messianic expression. They're ready for the kingdom. And Luke adds that they also shouted, Peace in heaven and glory in the highest. In other words, this is it. Heaven is going to be at peace. heaven is going to be settled. This is the end of trouble in the world and trouble in heaven. …