It took place during that first Holy Week. For about three years Jesus had been teaching and healing and living among his followers. He had been preparing the disciples for the time when he would no longer be with them. He sensed that they were ready, so he went to Jerusalem to confront those who opposed him. On Sunday he made his entry into Jerusalem – that was Palm Sunday which we will celebrate next week. He did it in such a way that his claim to be the Messiah was unmistakable. He had ridden on a donkey from Bethphage, over the Mount of Olives, down through the Kidron Valley, through the Golden Gate, into Jerusalem, just as everyone expected the Messiah to do. So, he was making a claim. But, he refused to be the kind of Messiah most people expected and wanted. He organized no army, he …