Palm Sunday politics!!

Today is Palm Sunday - that day in the calendar of the Christian church on which we remember the triumphal entry of the Lord Jesus to Jerusalem. Many of us know, and love the story of the young donkey; the arrangement that Jesus may have secretly made with the owners of the animal; the "password" of "The Lord needs it", that immediately allowed the disciples to take the animal away from its owners.
What we may not always realise is that there are profound political undertones to the whole incident! This was a fulfilment of the words of the Jewsih prophet, Zechariah: "Rejoice, O people of Zion! Shout in triumph, O people of Jerusalem!Look, your king is coming to you. He is righteous and victorious, yet He is humble, riding on a donkey—riding on a donkey's colt." (9:9)
On other occasions, we read of Jesus taking a low profile, because His "day has not yet come". But this is the day - precisely as prophesied by Daniel (9:24-27) - and the King reveals Himself in no uncertain manner.
What a political statement! And the people respond in two ways - with the shouting of "Hosanna" (not, as we often think, a shout of praise, but a plea for salvation [see Ps 118:25]); and with the waving of palm branches - a popular national symbol - and thus an activity that, in the context of a nation suffering from the occupation of the Romans, was paramount to waving the national flag; an act of blatant, and defiant, nationalism!
There are those who claim that Christianity and politics do not mix. Tell that to the slaves who owed their mortal lives to the efforts of men like William Wiberforce; or to the children who benefitted from the work of Lord Shaftesbury; or to the great Scots Reformer, John Knox!
For far too long, the church in the U.K. (and in many other places!) has allowed the tide of secular humanism; pressure from the homosexual lobby groups; and the self-interest of big business; to dictate the moral tone of the nation. I have stated often, over the past year or so, that this may be the very reason why the Lord has raised up a new political party - The Scottish Christian Party (and its counterparts) - to be that prophetic voice to the nation that the church has failed to be.
Will you join with us, and be prepared to stand up, step out and, by the power and inspiration of God the Holy Spirit, help us to be that prophetic voice, proclaiming the Lordship of Christ Jesus, to the glory of God the Father?