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Monday March 25^th, Luke 19: ³⁵They brought it (the colt) to Jesus, threw their cloaks on the colt and put Jesus on it. ³⁶As he went along, people spread their cloaks on the road. ³⁷When 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!" ³⁹Some 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 and rejected who were looking for hope.  They awaited Jesus on the East end of town as he came in from Bethany on the southeastern slopes of the Mount of Olives.  On the other end of town, from the west, Pilate came into town not on a donkey, a sign of peace, but on his stallion, army behind him, leather armor and weapons glistening in the sunlight.  He was coming from his villa in the west, Caesarea Maritima on the coast of the Mediterranean.  High on the staff that went before him was an eagle, the emblem of Caesar, who was known as the son of god and the prince of peace.  Pilate 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.  Thus proving the old adage, the more things change, the more they remain the same.  Is there any doubt conflict would ensue?  Which parade would you attend?