Following the broad sweep of history and answering the questions: What is true? What is important? What, now, shall we do?
All Your Cries Have Been Heard And The Ransom Paid In Full
He is risen. He is risen indeed! Early Sunday morning one of the friends comes back with rags and a jug of water and a box of the grave spices that are supposed to cut down on the smell. She’s braced for the task. But when she comes to the grave she finds...
A Day Like Any Other
Saturday, Jerusalem, Circa 33 AD It is the Jewish Sabbath. The city is quiet. The air above the city lacks the usual thousand little trails of smoke from cookfires. Hymns rise from the temple. Families are indoors. The soldiers are back in their barracks. The Chief...
It Is Finished!
Friday, Jerusalem, Circa 33 ADThe Seven Last Words of Jesus Jesus's last words are an exclamation of victory: "It is finished." John 19:30 A salvation was made possible, a love shown. His earthly mission was complete. He took our place, offering himself to God as a...
“Father, Into Your Hands I Commend My Spirit.”
Friday, Jerusalem, Circa 33 ADThe Seven Last Words of Jesus "Father, into your hands I commend my spirit." Luke 23:46 This is a prayer of great significance that every Christian must apply to our lives. Jesus trusts God to the very end. Let this be your daily prayer:...
“I am thirsty.”
Friday, Jerusalem, Circa 33 ADThe Seven Last Words of Jesus "I am thirsty." John 19:28 It is easy to understand in His humanness that Jesus was thirsty having hung on the cross for many hours without food or drink. This statement has implications beyond physical...
“My God, My God, Why Have You Forsaken Me?”
The Seven Last Words of Jesus, Friday, Jerusalem, Circa 33 AD "My God, my God, why have you forsaken me?" Matthew 27:46, Mark 15:34; Psalm 22:1 This from Jesus? This from the Son of God who prayed and fellowshipped with God? Yes, this from the one who knew implicitly...
Friday, Jerusalem, Circa 33 AD
He cannot do anything deliberate now. The strain of His whole weight on His outstretched arms hurts too much. The pain fills Him up, displaces thought, as much for Him as it has for everyone else who has ever been nailed to one of these horrible contrivances, or for...
The Seven Last Words of Jesus, Friday, Jerusalem, Circa 33 AD
"Today you will be with me in Paradise." Luke 23:43 Two other "criminals" were part of the crucifixion story. A thief hung either side of Jesus, suffering death on the cross. Think of the two thieves as representatives for the binary choice we...
The Seven Last Words of Jesus, Friday, Jerusalem, Circa 33 AD
"Father, forgive them for they do not know what they are doing." Luke 23:34 Here it is. Nailed to and hanging from a cross. The Roman soldiers have cast lots for his clothing. The crowd has hurled a never ending stream of insults at...
The Seven Last Words of Jesus, Friday, Jerusalem, Circa 33 AD
"Here is your mother." John 19:27 Even at His human end, Jesus demonstrated his unfailing humanity and love for others. He entrusted his mother's care into the hands of his most trusted disciple.
Friday, Jerusalem, Circa 33 AD
Jesus begins His trek to Golgatha. Once there, he will be nailed to the cross, crucified that we might be reconciled to our Creator and have eternal life. #Easter2021
Passover, Jerusalem, 33 AD, A Drama in Three Acts
Act 1 - The Last Supper Jesus knows his time as Son of Man on earth is nearing an end. It is time for the Passover. He instructs his disciples to prepare the Passover meal. "On the first day of the Festival of Unleavened Bread, the disciples came to Jesus and asked,...
The Betrayal: Let’s Make a Deal
The Festival of Unleavened Bread, which is also called Passover, was approaching. The leading priests and teachers of religious law were plotting how to kill Jesus, but they were afraid of the people's reaction. Then Satan entered into Judas Iscariot, who was one of...
Tuesday, Jerusalem, The Temple and Environs
It is Passion Week. Tuesday finds Jesus continuing to teach and heal. By Whose Authority? When he had returned to the Temple and was teaching, the chief priests and other Jewish leaders came up to him and demanded to know by whose authority he had thrown out the...
Things Are Heating Up
In this final week before Passover, Jesus went to the temple every day to teach and heal. He knew that the time available for His earthly mission was running short. And His human patience was also running short. We witness an example of righteous anger. On Monday...
Palm Sunday: The King Comes to Jerusalem
As Jesus approached Bethphage and Bethany, at the place called the Mount of Olives, He sent two of the disciples and said, “Go into the village ahead of you. As you enter it, you will find a colt tied there, on which no one has ever sat. Untie it and bring it. If...
Anointed
Saturday. Jerusalem. Circa 33 AD. Passover was near and the Jewish people were on their annual pilgrimage to Jerusalem. Jesus, too, neared the city. But His Jerusalem was to be unlike any other. Along the way Jesus and His apostles stop in Bethany to visit long time...
Love
Let my walk be so compelling that those around me must have a taste of it.
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