Great Expectations, Major Disappointment

Passage:  Luke 19:28-46

Today marks the beginning of Holy Week.  If you had to name the greatest week in human history, the most important week in human history, can anyone think of one more important, more world changing week than Holy Week?

This is the hinge of history.  Everything hinges on this week, everything changes because of this week.  The events of this week transformed the world in ways no other event in human history has.  It has impacted everyone alive today in every country whether you believe in Jesus or not.

It is also true that this week unhinged all kinds of expectations and created some major disappointments.  Let’s consider three, the way Jesus entered Jerusalem, the way Jesus wept over Jerusalem, and the way Jesus cleansed Jerusalem.