Psalm 118:19-29 key verse, verse 26—Blessed is he who comes in the name of the Lord. From the housed of the Lord we bless you. The one who with God’s help has defeated the enemies is blessed. Yet as we look deeper at this passage we will see that it is written in the plural and, of course, this makes it a reference to God and to Christ in particular. When the crowd would quote these verses upon Christ’s triumphal entry into Jerusalem on the first Palm Sunday, we see Divine prophecy being fulfilled.
Our Lord is forever faithful. Our Lord has
brought deliverance. Our Savior has come, and this is the powerful truth and
thanksgiving that this song announces. Salvation has arrived; there is no more
waiting because He’s here. Jesus, the Messiah, comes to fulfill and grant us
all victory. Jesus is Lord! God, who is forever good, extended Himself to us
through Jesus Christ and gave us salvation. “Just as the Psalmist was delivered
by God, so now Christ empowers us, comforts us, and snatches us out of the
realm of death. All this is done… so that we might proclaim the deeds of the
Lord.”[2]
“The
LORD has done this, and it is marvelous in our eyes. This is the day the LORD
has made; let us rejoice and be glad in it.” (118:23-24,NIV) Have we not
all witnessed marvelous things the Lord has done for us, or those around us?
Have we not experience deliverance? So what are we waiting for? We all
desperately need to experience and witness the vast love of God. We have been
called to announce His life, death and resurrection as our life proclamation!
Collect for Psalm 118: Lord God, your Son rejected by the builders, has become the cornerstone of the Church. Shed rays of your glory upon your Church, that it may be seen as the gate of salvation open to all nations. Let cries of joy and exultation ring out from its courts to celebrate the wonder of Christ’s resurrection now and forever.[3] - 23 March 2021
[1] Hosanna copyright © Ed Riojas, Higher Things
[2] Commentary, Psalm 118:1-2, 14-24, Preaching This Week,WorkingPreacher.org, 2010
[3] Collect for Psalm 118, For All the Saints A Prayer Book for and by the church © 1981 The American Lutheran Publicity Bureau, Delhi, NY
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