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Silent Saturday

 

“Silent Saturday” says it all. 

The hopes of all Jesus’ disciples were completely dashed. To watch the brutality of any crucifixion was difficult. To watch the One you loved and worshipped crucified and murdered unjustly was traumatic. 

As they mourned at home, it was the Sabbath, so no work was being done. Those who were there at the crucifixion replayed the shock and horror of it all. The disciples probably berated themselves for not doing something … anything … to stop the injustice. They wondered how they would go on with life without Jesus. Death always makes those left behind feel insurmountable despair. 

And so we too on this day must sit with the emotions of lost hope. We too have felt what the disciples and His followers felt. Even though we know Sunday is coming, resist rushing past this day of loss.

Wait with the disciples in spirit. 

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I AM the Way, the Truth, and the Life

“I AM the Way, and the Truth, and the Life.
No one comes to the Father except through Me.”
John 14:6

This trinity of names illustrates well the message of the Cross. 

There is one Way to God: Jesus the Messiah. 

There is one Truth: Jesus the Messiah.

There is one Life Source, one Creator, one pre-incarnate I AM: Jesus the Messiah.

Today, Good Friday, is a day to remember and reflect on what Jesus endured for you. Go to a church service. Reread the story of the crucifixion in the Gospels. Allow yourself to feel the anguish and abandonment Jesus felt alone on the cross. Read Isaiah 53, which is a prophetic description of those hours.

It is important to go near His death, to imagine His every feeling as a fully human yet completely sinless man. Going near grows our gratitude for His sacrifice and prepares our hearts to worship and celebrate with abandon on Easter Sunday.

Go near Him.

Gaze on His sacrificial body, given for you.

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