Red Carpet

Hollywood rolls out the red carpet for the elite in their industry. Pomp and circumstance are orchestrated and honorees are showered with praise from their agents, the media and adoring fans. I can’t help but compare and contrast this forced relationship with the Triumphal Entry into Jerusalem. Jesus rode in on a donkey, “A very large crowd spread their cloaks on the road, while others cut branches from the trees and spread them on the road. The crowds that went ahead of him and those that followed shouted, “Hosanna to the Son of David!” “Blessed is he who comes in the name of the Lord!” “Hosanna in the highest!” (Matt 21:7-9 NIV).