Object: A Palm Branch

Boys and girls, The children welcomed Jesus into Jerusalem with palm branches and songs as if he were a visiting king, didn't they? And of course, he was in a way, wasn't he? The king of kings.

I read recently about an ancient tribe of primitive people who had a very strange custom. Every seven years they would select a member of their tribe to be the king. This man was treated royally for seven years. He had absolute power. He coul…