Hosanna to Battle Cry: How Palm Sunday Forges Christian Warriors

Palm Sunday isn't just about waving branches—it's the opening move of a divine takeover strategy spanning millennia. When Jesus rode that donkey into Jerusalem, He wasn't seeking applause; He was fulfilling prophecies written 500-1000 years earlier, declaring Himself the long-awaited King who would bring salvation through sacrifice rather than military might.

The crowd's "Hosanna" cries reveal a profound truth—they were quoting Psalm 118, written a millennium before Christ. Yet within days, those same voices would demand crucifixion. This wasn't a failure of mission but its fulfillment. The humble King who cleansed the temple with righteous fury was establishing a new covenant and declaring war on spiritual corruption.

What does this mean for us today? We face a stark choice between serving the rightful King or bowing to counterfeits of comfort, self-interest, and compromise. Christian warriors must reject pessimism and passive faith. Christ already reigns—all authority in heaven and earth belongs to Him. His kingdom isn't shrinking; it's expanding through the power of the gospel.

The battle begins in your personal temple. What tables need overturning in your life? What idols have made your heart a "den of robbers" instead of a house of prayer? Start each day on your knees, not your phone. Parents, you're not raising children to merely survive culture but warriors who will transform it. Let your home become a training camp for kingdom advancement.

Remember, you're enlisted in the Lord's army, equipped by His Spirit, and commissioned to advance His dominion. The King has come. The kingdom is advancing. Will your heart, home, and hands prove your allegiance? Join us as we explore how Palm Sunday reveals not just a historical event but the blueprint for Christian warfare through the unlikely weapons of humility, obedience, and unwavering faith.

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Chapters

• 1:18 Opening Prayer and Introduction
• 3:34 Promise King Foretold
• 9:34 King Comes to Zion
• 16:05 Temple Cleansing and New Order
• 20:48 Christ's Expanding Kingdom
• 27:13 Daily Warfare for Warriors
• 33:46 The Lord's Table

Transcript

Speaker 1: 0:39

Happy Lord's Day to you. Happy Palm Sunday to you. Welcome to Christian Warrior Mission, a home, church, farm and ministry that forges Christian Warriors for today's challenges. Hope you guys had a great week. I hope you guys are looking forward to Easter. I know I am. I'm not going to have any announcements this week, so we're going to dive right in pray and get started, all right, dear Heavenly Father.

Speaker 1: 1:08

Lord, we thank you. We thank you for this day. We thank you for this message. Lord, bless this message. Making your words and not mine, help me deliver what you would have me say and not what I would say. Lord, lord, we ask that you multiply this message, if it pleases you, and make people who hear it, who need to hear it, and use it for your glory and your glory only. Lord. Lord, we thank you for all our countless blessings, known and unknown the trillions of cells that had to work perfectly just for us to wake up this morning. Lord, we thank you for the sunrise, the sunset. We thank you for what we had today. We had a turkey dinner today. So we thank you for good food and the good taste of good food and drink. Lord, we thank you for the touch of loved ones. A warm fire on a cold day, cool breeze on a hot day. Lord, we thank you for the sound of children's laughter and the sound of rain in the morning. Lord, we thank you for the smell of flowers in the ocean. Lord. So again, lord, we thank you. We ask that this time we glorify you and only you, serve you and only you, and that it would please you. So, lord, help us to serve you with every beat of our hearts and proclaim you with every beat of our lungs. In Jesus' name we pray Amen.

Speaker 1: 2:32

Alright, this is about Palm Sunday and you can open your Bibles to Zechariah 9. 9 is where we're going to pick up when it comes time to read. Okay, a promise, king foretold. Old Testament hope from the prophets of old. Long before Jesus was born, god declared through his prophets that a king, the king, would come to rescue his people and rule the nations. These weren't vague hopes. These were specific, time-anchored promises given to strengthen the faith of Israel and to point God's warriors forward in hope of Israel and to point God's warriors forward in hope. So in Zechariah, 500 years before Christ was born, listen to this Rejoice greatly, o daughter of Zion, make a loud shout, o daughter of Jerusalem, behold, your king is coming to you. He is righteous and endowed with salvation. He is righteous and endowed with salvation, lowly and mounted on a donkey, even on a colt, the foal of a pack animal, and his dominion will be from sea to sea and from the river to the ends of the earth. Zechariah 9 and 10, written in 520 BC. This was half a millennium before the cross. Zechariah, after the exile, prophesied that a humble, righteous king would come bringing not only salvation but dominion. And as post-millennials, we're going to talk a lot about this. You're going to hear a lot about that eschatology throughout this sermon. Not a tribal ruler, not a regional strongman, a global king with a reign stretching to the ends of the earth.

Speaker 1: 4:37

In Psalm 118, a thousand years before Christ, this is what you heard. This is what God said O Yahweh save, I beseech you. O Yahweh, I beseech you. Do not send prosperity. Blessed is the one who comes in the name of Yahweh. We have blessed you from the house of Yahweh. Psalm 118 25 written approximately 1000 BC. The phrase Yahweh save is the origin of the crowd's Hosanna.

Speaker 1: 5:15

On Palm Sunday, for a thousand years, Israel sang this psalm as a cry of deliverance. And on the first Palm Sunday, the cry took on flesh and fulfillment. So, as Christian warriors, what are our insights on this? These are not myths. These are divine battle plans revealed across the centuries. They remind us that God never shows up late centuries. They remind us that God never shows up late. He moves with perfect timing, positioning his forces and fulfilling his promises, like a master general orchestrating history. To quote Charles Spurgeon, the triumphal entry of Christ into Jerusalem was the prelude to his triumph over. So how do we apply this to our daily lives? Train your discernment. Just like ancient Israel misread the king's mission, they wanted a general to throw out Rome and to bring along military might, but Christ came for so much more than that.

Speaker 1: 6:38

Modern believers often want the Messiah who fits their agenda right. This is why we have so many denominations and why you see people who have a religion of one. I know many people who have a religion of one. They pick and choose what parts of the Bible they want to believe and that part's not important and this part is important, because I like this sin and I don't like that one.

Speaker 1: 7:03

Right, you must train your spiritual reflexes to align with the scriptures, not cultural comfort. Don't just cheer, commit. The crowd shouted Hosanna, but days later many turn silent or hostile. Don't be a cheerleader Christian. Be a covenant warrior. Worship him daily, not just on Sunday. Lead at home, fathers and mothers. Build homes that anticipate the king's coming. Read these prophecies with your children. Talk about the precision of God's promises and the power of his plans. Let your home be a war room of faith and not a den of distractions. What's a den of distractions? Tv, computer stuff of the world and not of God. We must all, myself included and my wife included and everyone out there avoid more of the distractions and focus more on God.

Speaker 1: 8:17

The king comes to Zion, the triumphal entry. You know the last season of the Chosen. Jesus had just mounted the colt and he was getting ready to go in and I assume episode one will be an amazing scene. And yes, I am a fan and sorry if you can't take Christian art for Christian art. It's not meant to be the Bible, it's meant to be Christian entertainment. You know, go back to watching John Wick and you know all your other godless shows and complain that there's no Christian content because nothing ever meets your standard right. So the king comes to Zion, the triumphal entry. Now we stand at the gates of Jerusalem. The promised king, foretold for over a thousand years, rides towards his destiny. This is no ordinary parade. This is a divine war strategy.

Speaker 1: 9:10

The commander of heaven entering the battlefield disguised in humility In Matthew 21, 7 through 9, and they brought the donkey and the colt and laid their garments on him. And he sat on the garments and most of the crowd spread their garments in the road and others were cutting branches from trees and spreading them on the ground, and the crowd going ahead of him and those who followed were crying out saying Hosanna to the son of David, blessed is he who comes in the name of the Lord. Hosanna in the highest. Jesus chooses a donkey, not a war horse, not a tank. He brings a beast of burden and a young one, an unproven one. He fulfills Zachariah's 500-year-old prophecy to the letter. He is humble, yes, but make no mistake this is an act of war. Christ is marching in the city to claim it, not with siege towers, but with divine authority.

Speaker 1: 10:35

The king's meekness is not weakness. Isaiah 42, 2-3, written 700 years before Christ. He will not cry out or raise his voice, nor make his voice heard in the street, a crushed reed. He will not break In. A faintly burning wick, he will not extinguish, he will bring forth justice in truth. Burning wick, he will not extinguish, he will bring forth justice in truth.

Speaker 1: 11:03

And then, in Philippians 2, 8 through 10, being found in appearance as a man, he humbled himself by becoming obedient to the point of death, even death on the cross, which was the most shameful, humiliating defeat you could imagine at that time. Therefore, god also highly exalted him and bestowed on him the name which is above every name, so that the name of Jesus, every knee will bow. This is combat by obedience. This is the kingdom launched by sacrifice, not by a sword. And yet his name will bring every knee to the ground. It's the complete opposite of what man would do. Man would make this a big fight scene and smiting and all these other things. But no, god, who is the king of everything, comes down to claim this city, to die for it. It's completely alien to the human mind that he would do this.

Speaker 1: 12:12

To quote Augustine the one whom they feared as dead, he conquered as living. The one whom they mocked as crucified, he reigns as risen. What does this mean to us? Stop looking for earthly power, christian, stop trying to force victory through worldly tools. Jesus didn't storm the city with politics or popularity. He won by faithfulness. So must you All. Right now. I am one who votes biblically and I do all the things. I use the tools that we have today because I think they are important. But how was I won over? How was my wife won over? How was my mom won over? We are all diehard conservatives now, but all of us were pro-abortion at one point. All of us were as far from God as imaginable. My wife was a liberal right, but God got a hold of us through the gospel and changed our heart, changed our heart, and our heart aligns politically with those on the right, which is a more godly party than the left, which is the godless party of infancy, genital mutilation and complete mockery of God.

Speaker 1: 13:55

Get on the donkey. Humility is your war mount. Learn it from the king in your marriage, in your workplace, in your church. Choose the donkey, not the chariot. Obedience is how warriors fight. Be humble, be humble. Raise the war. Cry daily. The crowd cried, cried, hosanna. Let that be more than a one time cheer. Make praise your battle anthem at your breakfast table, in your truck, on your knees at night. Rally your family around worship, nearly without exception. We do, we do. We do praise music in the morning here, we do it throughout the day, and any time one of us becomes a grunt monster or I'm in a grunt monster, or I'm in a bad mood, or my wife's in a bad mood we go instantly to praise music and it'll fix it. Nine times out of ten, I recommend you do the same. The entry signals judgment and the birth of a new order.

Speaker 1: 15:11

Palm Sunday wasn't just a celebration. It was a divine confrontation. Jesus wasn't coming to simply be honored. He was coming to take over, to clean house, to declare judgment on the corrupt religious order and to establish a new covenant kingdom that would crush every idol in its path. In Malachi 3.1, written 430 years before Jesus Behold, I am going to send my messenger and he will clear a way before me, and the Lord whom you are seeking will suddenly come to his temple, and the messenger of the covenant in whom you delight. Behold, he is coming, says Yahweh of hosts. Four centuries before, on Palm Sunday, malachi warned of the day when the Lord himself would enter the temple. That day came.

Speaker 1: 16:06

Jesus did not stroll into Jerusalem to waver the crowds, he went straight to the temple mouth, the spiritual heart of the nation, and declared war on its corruption Matthew 21, 12, and 13. And Jesus entered the temple and drove out all those who were selling and buying in the temple, and he overturned the table of the money changers and the seats of those who were selling doves and he said to them it is written my house shall be called a house of prayer, but you are making it a robber's den. Jesus didn't clean the temple like a janitor, he cleansed it like a warrior. This was not passive spirituality, this was righteous, prophetic fire. He quoted Isaiah 56.7 and Jeremiah 7.11, declaring that what was meant to be holy ground had become enemy territory. And by doing this he announced the beginning of the end of the old order. The temple system of sacrifices, the Levitical priesthood All of it was now obsolete. He was declaring himself as the new and living temple, the final high priest, the once for all sacrifice to come, and Daniel 2.44, written 600 years before Christ, before the cross and the days of those kings, the God of heaven will cause a kingdom to rise up which will never be destroyed, and it will crush and put an end to all these kingdoms, but it itself will stand forever. Thy triumphal entry wasn't just a fulfillment of Zechariah and Malachi. It was Daniel's vision made manifest. The stone cut without hands. Jesus had entered the final empire, rome, and that stone would smash the kingdom of men. The internal kingdom of Christ was now on the move.

Speaker 1: 18:05

To quote RC Sproul, jesus' entry in Jerusalem was not merely a triumphal march. It was an act of divine confrontation. The king was coming to claim his kingdom and cleanse his house. So what can we do with this as Christian warriors, start with your temple. Christian warriors, start with your temple. The new covenant temple is not a building, it's you. 1 Corinthians 6, 19.

Speaker 1: 18:32

Jesus still comes to cleanse. What table in your life does he need to? Or what tables in his life does he need to overturn? What hidden idols have you made? Idols have made your life a den of robbers instead of a house of prayer. Cleanse your home base Christian father, mother, grandmother, grandfather, brother, sister. Your home is your spiritual Jerusalem. Don't tolerate the money changers or worldliness, apathy or compromise. Clean house, lead your house with truth and fire and lastly, in this part, advance your kingdom without apology.

Speaker 1: 19:20

Christ wasn't seeker sensitive. On Psalm Sunday he declared judgment and inaugurated dominion. You too must reject cowardly, passive Christianity. You too must reject cowardly, passive Christianity. Speak truth boldly, live righteously. Don't wait for culture to change. Be the hammer that swings in his hand. That swings in his hand. The king's reign and the expansion of his kingdom.

Speaker 1: 19:54

Palm Sunday wasn't just the king's entry into Jerusalem. It was the opening move of a global takeover. The meek Messiah who rode on the donkey now reigns from heaven, subduing all enemies beneath his feet. This is not idle theology. This is a battle plan for the ages, the coronation of Christ the King. Matthew 28, 18 through 19. And Jesus came up and spoke to them, saying all authority has been given to me in heaven and on earth. Go, therefore, and make disciples of all nations. This is not a future reign, this is a present rule. Christ is not waiting to be king, he is already crowned. Palm Sunday announced his kingship. The cross sealed it, the resurrection proved it and his ascension enthroned him.

Speaker 1: 20:43

Psalm 2, 7-9, written around 1000 BC. I will surely tell of the decree of Yahweh. Psalm 2, 7-9, written around 1000 BC. I will surely tell of the decree of Yahweh. He said to me you are my son. Today I have begotten. You Ask me, and I will surely give the nations as your inheritance and the ends of the earth as your possession, you shall break them with a rod of iron. This was not poetry, it was prophecy. A millennium before Christ, david foresaw a king whose inheritance is the nations. And our king is not politely asking for them, he's claiming them 1 Corinthians 15.25,. For he must reign until he has put all his enemies under his feet. This is happening right now. He is reigning, he is ruling, he is subduing rebels. I was one of them, my mom was one of them, my wife was one of them. You were probably one of them Converting sinners and conquering through the gospel.

Speaker 1: 21:46

To quote Abraham Kuyper, there is not a square inch in the whole domain of our human existence over which Christ, who is sovereign over all, does not cry. Mine People want to put one part of their life away from Christ. Oh, my politics. I love Christ, but I want to be a Democrat because that's faux compassion. But I want to be a Democrat because that's faux compassion and I'm completely deceived. And God doesn't want separation of churches to say he doesn't want my politics. God wants all of you. Yes, your politics, yes. Your entertainment, yes, your music, yes, your sex life, yes, your children From Jerusalem to the end of the earth.

Speaker 1: 22:28

Isaiah 9-7, written in 700 BC there will be no end to the increase of his governance, government or peace on the throne of David and over his kingdom. His government isn't shrinking, it's expanding. This is the heart of the postmillennial vision the idea that Christ's kingdom will progressively fill the earth, not through politics or violence, but through the power of Scripture and the advance of the gospel. Habakkuk 2.14, written 600 BC. For the earth will be filled with knowledge and the glory of Yahweh as the waters cover the sea. This is not wishful thinking, this is divine certainty. The waters cover the sea completely, so will God's glory saturate the planet. That mission began on Palm Sunday and it continues in you. In Revelations 11.15,. The kingdom of the world has become the kingdom of our Lord and of his Christ, and he will reign forever and ever. This is the direction of history. The kingdoms of men will fail, the kingdom of Christ will stand. What do we do with this knowledge? You're not waiting for victory, you're advancing it.

Speaker 1: 23:48

Christian, stop acting like the world is winning. You know how many quarter Christians I hear, the pre-mill, the dispensationalists. Oh, I hope things are getting so bad, really, really. Really, you don't know what bad is. Bad is most women died in childbirth. Most people were starving to death. Yes, there's sin, yes, there's problem, but a religion that started with 12 knuckleheads is now billions of people strong. Are we really losing? It's pathetic. It's pathetic. It's pathetic. It's a quitter mentality. It's self-defeating prophecy. So stop acting like the world is winning. You're on the side of the reigning king. Live like it, pray like it, work like it. Raise up the next generation of kingdom warriors. Parents. You're not raising kids to survive culture. You're raising warriors to subdue it and conquer it.

Speaker 1: 24:57

In Christ's name, build your homes like training camps for dominion. Read the word, sing psalms, pray like generals, love with power, prepare and train, take ground, just don't hold it Wherever you are. Advance the kingdom in your workplace, your farm, your church, your platform. That's your battlefield. Don't just maintain. Multiply, conquer, disciple. Hope is your strategy. Pessimism is for the quitter, weak. Sauce Christians out there. Pessimism is not a fruit of the spirit. The gates of hell will not prevail. That means you don't sit in the trench. You storm the walls with gospel fire, with confidence in Christ's rule. To quote John Calvin, our warfare will not be ended until we are called to triumph, but Christ will never leave us destitute in the battle. So living under Christ's kingship, daily warfare for individuals and families.

Speaker 1: 26:19

Palm Sunday demands more than palms and praise. It demands allegiance. Jesus didn't ride into Jerusalem for applause. He rode in to take his rightful throne In the city, in your home and in your heart. He is king now.

Speaker 1: 26:33

The question isn't if you're serving. The question isn't if you're serving a king. The question is will you bow to the rightful one or to the counterfeit kings of comfort self and compromise? Let me read that again Will you bow to the rightful king or will you serve the counterfeit kings of comfort self and compromise? This is where we move from theory to tactics. It's not enough to admire the king. You must submit to his reign daily, as a soldier under command, so an individual, daily alliance, worship, obedience and resolve.

Speaker 1: 27:18

Psalm 110.3, written 1000 BC. Your people will offer themselves freely in the day of your power, in the splendor of holiness from the womb of the dawn. The dew of your youth is yours. If you belong to King Jesus, you offer yourself freely every morning. That means ready. Worship isn't optional, it's your daily war cry.

Speaker 1: 27:51

Start the day on your knees, not on your phone. Start the day on your knees and not on your phone. Resist the urge to go over. Grab it and start scrolling. Pray before you do that, on your knees. Sitting on your bed, preferably on your knees. Pray before you start.

Speaker 1: 28:17

Obedience isn't legalism, it's warfare. Refusing temptation is how you lock shields with Christ. Resolve is required. This isn't peacetime. You're not on a cruise ship. You're on a kingdom assault team. Harden your mind, guard your eyes, lead your soul like a general leads an army Proverbs 28.1. The wicked flee when there is no one pursuing, but the righteous are bold as a lion.

Speaker 1: 28:49

Now let's look at family-level discipleship. Build your household like a fortress Deuteronomy 6 and 7, written 1400 BC. And these words which I am commanding you today shall be on your heart. You shall teach them diligently to your sons. That means one daily word Read scripture together. Even five minutes a day builds strong walls. Family prayer Let your kids hear you call on the king for help often and boldly. Disciple of love, rule your home as one under the rule of Christ. Mercy and truth must be present. Rituals of remembrance, mark Psalm, sunday, easter and the Lord's Day, like holy battle feasts. These are not hallmark holidays. They are kingdom celebrations, make your Sundays special, make these holidays surpass your Christmas, even though Christmas is a great one and is important.

Speaker 1: 30:15

Proverbs 24, 3 and 4. By wisdom a house is built and by discernment is established, and by the knowledge of, rooms are filled with all precious and pleasant riches. A call of total loyalty and visible action. Romans 12.1. Therefore, I exhort you, brothers, by the mercies of God, to present your bodies as a sacrifice, living, holy, pleasing to God, which is your spiritual service of worship. Your body belongs to the king, so what you ain't, drink where, say and do all of it must serve him. What isn't that hit hard? Your body belongs to the king, so what you eat, drink, say and do All of it must serve him. Your reputation belongs to the king. That means stand for truth, even when it costs you. Your resources belong to the king. Use your time, your form, your tools, your weapons, your words to build his kingdom.

Speaker 1: 31:31

If you are not building his kingdom, you are not Christian. You're not because you're not doing what your job is. You're a Christian in name only. To quote Dietrich Bonhoeffer, when Christ calls a man, he bids him to come and die, but also he raises that man to rule. That's the paradox of Palm Sunday. The king who came to die is the king who now reigns, and we die to self so we can reign with him.

Speaker 1: 31:59

Final charge to the Christian warrior Revelation 7, 9 through 10. After these things, I look and behold a great multitude standing before the throne and before the Lamb, clothed in white robes and palm branches were in their hands, and they cry out with a loud voice, saying Salvation belongs to our God, who sits on the throne, and to the Lamb. One day your palm branch will wave in the crowd of the redeemed, but until then your sword must stay sharp. Palm Sunday is your reminder. You are enlisted in the Lord's army, you are equipped by the Lord and you are sent. The king has come. The kingdom is advancing. Let your home, your heart and your hands prove your allegiance. So now let's get ready for the Lord's table.

Speaker 1: 32:52

Lord's Supper, palm Sunday, ends in Holy Week. The cheers of Hosanna quickly turn to cries of crucify, and that's no accident. The kingdom didn't come to be adored, he came to be sacrificed. But this was not defeat, this was strategy. The king shed his blood to conquer sin, death and hell, and now he invites his warriors to come eat with him at his victory table. In Luke 22, 19 through 20, it says and when he had taken some bread and given thanks, he broke it and gave it to them, saying this is my body, for which is given just remembrance. It is recommitment. This is where warriors report for duty at the Lord's table.

Speaker 1: 33:48

In 1 Corinthians 11-26,. For as often as you eat this bread and drink the cup, you proclaim the Lord's death until he comes. This is battle fuel. You are proclaiming that the king has died in your place and that the king has risen and now reigns. The king will return and until then you will not retreat. Prepare your heart before the king.

Speaker 1: 34:17

Before we approach the table, scripture commands us to examine ourselves 1 Corinthians 11.28. But a man must test himself and in doing so he is to eat the bread and drink of the cup. So right now, take a moment, close your eyes, lay down your sin, lay down your self-will, lay down your distractions. Come with clean hands, open heart and holy fear. I'll do that now.

Speaker 1: 35:15

King Jesus, we thank you that you rode into the city to die for us. We thank you that you conquered our sins by being broken in our place. Feed us now at your table, strengthen us to live and die and reign with you. Amen. So now, with the elements, this is my body which is given for you. Do this in remembrance of me. Go ahead and eat. This cup is the new covenant in my blood, poured out for many, for the forgiveness of sins. Take and drink. You've just dined with the king. Now rise like warriors who have been fed and filled. You are no longer your own. You belong to the crown.

Speaker 1: 36:11

Psalm 28, 24, 8 through 10. Who is the king of glory? Yahweh strong and mighty. Yahweh mighty in battle, yahweh of hosts. He is the king of glory. Romans 16, 20. And the God of peace will soon crush Satan under your feet. The grace of our Lord Jesus be with you. So go ahead and rise. Warriors of Christ, you have seen the King riding in victory. You have eaten at his table of triumph. Now go out and fight the good fight of the faith. Hold your shield high, wield your sword of the Spirit with skill, build homes that reflect his glory, raise children that march for his name. Live boldly, preach fearlessly, advance the kingdom, because the king is already on the throne, and may the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ, the love of God, the Father and the power of the Holy Spirit be with you all, now and forever. Amen. God bless you.