A palm waving parade ushers in the last act of the incarnation story, an act that culminates on Golgotha and a tomb-like cave nearby.

It wasn’t a new story. Some experts say Isaiah foretold it. And, Plato wrote about it 400 yearsearlier in The Allegory of the Cave. But, Jesus the Christ added a new act, a curtain call if you will.

Martin Luther King Jr. knew the cave story. In fact, he referenced Plato by name in his “I Have A Dream Speech.” He knew what waited for him as he entered the cave and tried to tell those chained there about the light and truth that existed outside.

Abraham Lincoln, John F. Kennedy and Robert Kennedy all knew the cave story. Most recently Alexei Navalny looked into the cameras and gave a heart shaped gesture with his hands as he descended into the Russian cave they called a “corrective colony.”

As we pray, worship and relive this Holy Week, it is appropriate to ask whether we have left thecave or are still residing there ourselves. Jesus showed us there is another act for those witheyes to see and ears to hear.