{"id":7225,"date":"2026-03-28T11:43:21","date_gmt":"2026-03-28T18:43:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/gracecommunitympk.org\/?p=7225"},"modified":"2026-03-28T12:08:43","modified_gmt":"2026-03-28T19:08:43","slug":"3-29-26-the-lamb-they-missed-palm-sunday-and-the-triumphal-entry-group-questions","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gracecommunitympk.org\/ch\/life-group-questions\/3-29-26-the-lamb-they-missed-palm-sunday-and-the-triumphal-entry-group-questions\/","title":{"rendered":"3\/29\/26 The Lamb They Missed: Palm Sunday and the Triumphal Entry &#8211; Life Group Questions"},"content":{"rendered":"<ol>\n<li>Read John 12:12\u201319. What stands out to you about the crowd\u2019s expectations of Jesus that day, and how might that be similar to what people expect from God today?<\/li>\n<li>The message talked about the 10th of Nisan\u2014Lamb Selection Day (Exodus 12:3). Why is it significant that Jesus\u2019 Triumphal Entry happened on this specific day, and how does that change how you see Palm Sunday?<\/li>\n<li>Read Zechariah 9:9 and John 12:14\u201315. Why do you think Jesus chose to ride a donkey instead of a warhorse, and what does that tell us about the kind of kingdom He is bringing?<\/li>\n<li>The message highlighted that Jesus is both King and Lamb. How does seeing Jesus as the \u201cLamb of God who takes away the sin of the world\u201d (John 1:29) deepen your understanding of His death and resurrection?<\/li>\n<li>John 12:12\u201319 shows different groups reacting to Jesus. Which group do you identify with most right now\u2014disciples, eyewitnesses, curious onlookers, or religious critics\u2014and why?<\/li>\n<li>The key truth for Point 3 was: \u201cYou can wave a palm branch and still miss the Lamb.\u201d When have you ever been excited about Jesus in a moment (like a worship experience or a special season) but walked away from Him everyday?<\/li>\n<li>How can your life group help you follow Jesus not just through the \u201cTriumphal Entry\u201d moments (blessings, answered prayers, excitement) but also through the cross\u2011shaped moments (suffering, sacrifice, obedience)?<\/li>\n<li>If someone in your circle asked, \u201cWhat is Palm Sunday really about?\u201d how would you explain it in your own words, using: King, Lamb, donkey, and the 10th of Nisan?<\/li>\n<\/ol>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Read John 12:12\u201319. What stands out to you about the crowd\u2019s expectations of Jesus that day, and how might that be similar<\/p>","protected":false},"author":25,"featured_media":7230,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_price":"","_stock":"","_tribe_ticket_header":"","_tribe_default_ticket_provider":"","_tribe_ticket_capacity":"","_ticket_start_date":"","_ticket_end_date":"","_tribe_ticket_show_description":"","_tribe_ticket_show_not_going":false,"_tribe_ticket_use_global_stock":"","_tribe_ticket_global_stock_level":"","_global_stock_mode":"","_global_stock_cap":"","_tribe_rsvp_for_event":"","_tribe_ticket_going_count":"","_tribe_ticket_not_going_count":"","_tribe_tickets_list":"[]","_tribe_ticket_has_attendee_info_fields":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[52],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-7225","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-life-group-questions"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/gracecommunitympk.org\/ch\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7225","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/gracecommunitympk.org\/ch\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/gracecommunitympk.org\/ch\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gracecommunitympk.org\/ch\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/25"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gracecommunitympk.org\/ch\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=7225"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/gracecommunitympk.org\/ch\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7225\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":7227,"href":"https:\/\/gracecommunitympk.org\/ch\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7225\/revisions\/7227"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gracecommunitympk.org\/ch\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/7230"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/gracecommunitympk.org\/ch\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7225"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gracecommunitympk.org\/ch\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7225"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gracecommunitympk.org\/ch\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7225"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}