“It is finished.” The last words Christ said from the cross. And then He died. What was finished? At the Last Supper, Jesus spoke of a new covenant. Not in the sacrificial system inaugurated in the wilderness, and transferred to the Temple. No, this would be a New Covenant in His own blood. The […]
Can you imagine what that Saturday was like? Terrified disciples hid for their lives. Prophecies appeared to be unfulfilled. Had God forgotten Israel (see Isaiah 49:16)? Was there no hope? Had John the Baptist been wrong? Had Jesus just been a miracle-working but deceived lunatic, claiming to be One with God, His Father? Worse, was
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Why do we call it “Good” Friday? The only Man with no sin of His own, was betrayed, arrested, convicted at a mock trial by jealous and angry hypocrites, brutally beaten, tortured, abandoned, shamed, and killed. Good? Only for those who receive the gift that He paid so much to offer. A gift can
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Jesus shares another parable, one of His last. This one describes the utter depravity of man. The very “spiritual leaders” who were to have shared the truth of God, His Creation, His plan for mankind, His love, mercy, and grace? How had they (their ancestors over the centuries) treated the prophets? How were they about
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