"His eyes were darker than wine" Palm Sunday described in Genesis"

  In the first book of the Old Testament, a few verses are described by Jacob. He is creating a visual of a land rich and plenteous...

   It's a place Jacob describes as extremely fruitful, a place where harvest is plenty. A young donkey is over loaded from only one vine of its large and luscious variety of fruit. The branches bearing the fruit are thick and strong, beaming with vitality. 
   So much wine! These grapes produce such vast amounts one can wash their very clothes in it. Wine! Can you imagine? Such a precious commodity! Wine offers strength! Each goblet reveals a joy in life. Many health benefits come as one's lips engage in its initial taste.
   This almost magical place invites trade, numerous ships entering and leaving its harbor. Trade is everywhere, the exchanges offering a wide range of gifts and commodities, with ships carrying full loads from the land of Zebulun throughout the world.

 Wine is a symbol of goodness and generosity, available to all! When this wine, and only this wine is received, it's power effects the very heart and life of the recipient. It produces a desire to become more like Him!
 It causes one to change...from within. In a play by Shakespeare entitled Julius Caesar, there is a line that is reads "...the evil that men do, lives after them. The good is oft interred with their bones." 
  When we trade our lives for His, our lives find purpose. God is glorified and our life works are served best with such a fruitful choice. It allows our various toils in life to have a voice... and come alive!

 As Palm Sunday comes upon us,I remember this thought of Jacob. "His eyes, more dark and sparkling than the finest of wines, and His teeth, a pure white and full of health...."

                      A Gleaning from Genesis 49:11-13

 " He binds the foal to the vine, a donkey's colt tied to the choice vine. He washes His garments in wine! His very clothes in the blood of grapes!
 And behold His eyes, darker and more sparkling than any wine we have seen. His teeth, whiter than that of the finest of pure milk.
   Zebulun, her harbor open to all ships coming in. It is a place of trade, bringing cheap commodities for the rich wealth He offers to them. 
  This harbor remains open to all, those living far beyond the harbor found in Zebulun. The invitation reaches out to the land of Sidon, and to the lands north of this Zebulun harbor."


                             Conclusion

   As we gather our palm leaves and begin to sing "Hosanna", let us do so with the desire to taste this new wine, allowing its flavor to bring new and exciting destinies to the mundane and cheap impostures we embrace as gifts. 
  When He entered Jerusalem, the palm leaves signified the people's joy. Yet their joy was found in the thought of a justice they deserved, that being free from the vicious hold of the Roman Empire.
                                                                        In only a few days later, these same crowds seeking                                                                           this justice were found screaming "Crucify Him!                                                                              Crucify Him!"

 They simply refused the taste of this new and rich wine, keeping the cheap stuff instead. They refused to trade their hearts that had rotted, gifts that were broken, and wine diluted. They chose to refuse....Him. 

Note: Zebulun was one of the 12 brothers of Israel who became one of 12 tribes of Israel. He was the last son of Jacob and Leah, Jacob's 10th son and Leah's 6th. The tribe of Zebulun was given a modest territory in northern Israel. Zebulun is a Hebrew word meaning " a glorious place to dwell."