And the blind and the lame came to him in the temple, and he healed them. But when the chief priests and the scribes saw the wonderful things that he did, and the children crying out in the temple, "Hosanna to the Son of David!" they were indignant; and they said to him, "Do you hear what these are saying?" And Jesus said to them,
"Yes; have you never read,
'Out of the mouth of babes and sucklings
thou hast brought perfect praise'?"
Matthew 21:14–16 (RSV)
The wolf shall dwell with the lamb,
and the leopard shall lie down with the kid,
and the calf and the lion and the fatling together,
and a little child shall lead them.
Isaiah 11:6 (RSV)
Seven centuries before children's voices praised God in the Temple at the coming of Jesus to Jerusalem, Isaiah spoke of the time when little children would lead God's people. What Isaiah foresaw, his spiritual descendants could not imagine possible.
They could not see the healings at Jesus' hand as a sign of God's mercy. Rather than hearing 'hosanna' as the fulfillment of ancient promises, they heard danger. They had spent so much time studying God that they could no longer see or hear God at work.
Jesus has come to Jerusalem to praises and pleas for the salvation of the people. He has come surrounded by signs of the Kingdom everywhere. Blind can see, the lame can walk, and children perfect praises to God the Father.
O Jerusalem now is the hour to hear and see that all the Father has promised. The day of redemption is now come among you at last! Will you not add your voices to the singing, 'Hosanna! Save Us Now!"?"
Jesus has come to Jerusalem for the healing of all enslaved by sin and death. He has come, and though Palm Sunday's praises will fade by Friday, tremendous praise will be sung come the First Day of the Week.