What is the name of the holiday that celebrates the birth of Jesus? How about the holiday where Jesus rose from the dead? Christmas and Easter are two of the most important days in history, and that is why we celebrate them every year, year after year. Christians around the world and throughout history have also celebrated Holy Week. Holy Week ends with Easter, but it begins with Palm Sunday, when Jesus rode into Jerusalem on a donkey and people waved palm branches to welcome him as the King. They welcomed him as King because they witnessed, or heard about, Jesus’s wonderful words and amazing miracles. He taught terrific truths, fed the hungry, cared for the poor, blessed children, healed the sick, raised the dead, gave sight to the blind, and cast out thousands of demons. No wonder people wanted to make him king! Of course, Jesus is a king. He is the King of kings. But he didn’t come on Holy Week to be made an earthly king. He came to suffer and die on Good Friday. So while the lesson for today focuses on a happy day in history—Palm Sunday—let’s remember where the week is heading.