Summary: This message reveals not only the brilliance and supernatural quality of Scripture, but also of the entire Hebrew culture from which Jesus came. In the springtime (a.k.a. - the month of Nisan to the Jews), kings would set forth to battle. And it was in such a time, when the barley was turning green in Israel, that our King Jesus, climbed aboard a colt and humbly entered Jerusalem as a Man of War. And by the end of the week He was stripped naked, turned to a bloody pulp, nailed to a wooden gibbet, and laid in a borrowed grave . . . dead. His style of battle was undoubtedly different than that of any successful general before Him. But never has a general, either before Him or after Him, enjoyed such a victory - for, without the aid of a single soldier or a single weapon, this Divine Man of War destroyed all the powers of earth and hell. As a result of His war effort, sin no longer has power - death no longer has a sting - for this seemingly harmless carpenter's son, is truly the Lord of Battle, and when He sets out to war, He will not be denied His reward.
