Jesus didn't flip the tables because he was having a bad day. He did it because the institution built to connect people to God had become a barrier instead. That's not a tantrum. That's prophecy. And it's still relevant.

They wanted a war horse. He rode in on a donkey. The Palm Sunday crowd had Jesus completely figured out — and completely wrong. Christian Nationalism isn't new. It's just the latest version of that crowd: sincere, loud, and pointed in the wrong direction. Holy Week begins here.