Things haven't changed much

Monday April 2nd, Luke 19: 35 They brought it to Jesus, threw their cloaks on the colt and put Jesus on it. 36 As he went along, people spread their cloaks on the road. 37 When he came near the place where the road goes down the Mount of Olives, the whole crowd of disciples began joyfully to praise God in loud voices for all the miracles they had seen: 38 "Blessed is the king who comes in the name of the Lord!" "Peace in heaven and glory in the highest!" 39 Some of the Pharisees in the crowd said to Jesus, "Teacher, rebuke your disciples!" 40 "I tell you," he replied, "if they keep quiet, the stones will cry out." Who were these people. In Borg and Crossan’s book “the Last Week” they say it was the poor, the landless who had been manipulated off the family land by the wealthy. It was the hopeless who were looking for hope. On the other end of town, in the west, Pilot came into town on his stallion, army behind him, the emblem of Caesar known as the son of god and the prince of peace leading the way. He also was cheered on his way. His crowd was the wealthy land owners, the well connected and those in power in the temple who served at the pleasure of the Caesar. Things haven’t changed much.