I am again consumed with thoughts of what happened this day so long ago that changed the entire course of human history. While those who thought they had stopped a trouble maker and blasphemer were going about their business there were othe...rs who left Jerusalem beaten and discouraged. They were going back home to Galilee to the lives they had before they had met this man Jesus. Then as I mentioned yesterday there were the women who were waiting to minister to their dead friends body.
The thoughts of all these players were probably overwhelming to them, the arrogant and smug superiority of the elite who had orchestrated his arrest, trials and conviction had them drunk with a false security. The fisherman who were walking the long road back through the mountains to Galilee were probably embarrassed because the one they walked so proudly with had been defeated by the very ones they thought he came to deliver them from. I can imagine their silence along the way as they envisioned the ridicule that awaited them back home. And the women were probably just so full of sorrow and pain concerned only about their love for the man Jesus and their desire to continue expressing their love for him even in death.
None of these people could have known what was really going on. The world was indeed engulfed with darkness and great sorrow as the man from Galilee lay dead in the tomb.
The Devil for a few brief seconds or milliseconds was elated by his victory over the so called Messiah. But in the midst of all the darkness and despair a great victory was won for all of mankind and the Devils fate was sealed!
This day in history is one of the three days that Jesus spent in the darkness of Hell! He stood and preached to those in captivity while the enemy of our souls cowered powerlessly. It was in the darkness that this great victory was won and the keys were taken from the Devil by the man who was just hours ago despised and scorned by nearly all.
What comes next is the greatest miracle of all! Tomorrow we celebrate the resurrection of that Man Jesus from Nazareth! The tomb where He was is empty and the stone was rolled away, not so He could get out but so that we might see and know that the grave cloths were empty and the Lord was not there but had risen.
It always amazes me to think that though it was the women who remained there with Him and were faithful even beyond what they thought was the end, one of the first things the RISEN LORD said to the women was to go tell the ones who had given up on Him to come and meet HIM. I cannot imagine the kind of compassion that He showed that day or the thoughts that ran through the minds of the returning fisherman.
I am still pondering the emotions of these people and can't seem to wrap my head around the whole series of events, all I can think of as I try to grasp all of this is "Great is His faithfulness", and "His mercies are new each morning". May I never cease to be in awe of His infinite love and compassion even for those who have given up hope. And may I be the Light in the darkness for the world around me
The thoughts of all these players were probably overwhelming to them, the arrogant and smug superiority of the elite who had orchestrated his arrest, trials and conviction had them drunk with a false security. The fisherman who were walking the long road back through the mountains to Galilee were probably embarrassed because the one they walked so proudly with had been defeated by the very ones they thought he came to deliver them from. I can imagine their silence along the way as they envisioned the ridicule that awaited them back home. And the women were probably just so full of sorrow and pain concerned only about their love for the man Jesus and their desire to continue expressing their love for him even in death.
None of these people could have known what was really going on. The world was indeed engulfed with darkness and great sorrow as the man from Galilee lay dead in the tomb.
The Devil for a few brief seconds or milliseconds was elated by his victory over the so called Messiah. But in the midst of all the darkness and despair a great victory was won for all of mankind and the Devils fate was sealed!
This day in history is one of the three days that Jesus spent in the darkness of Hell! He stood and preached to those in captivity while the enemy of our souls cowered powerlessly. It was in the darkness that this great victory was won and the keys were taken from the Devil by the man who was just hours ago despised and scorned by nearly all.
What comes next is the greatest miracle of all! Tomorrow we celebrate the resurrection of that Man Jesus from Nazareth! The tomb where He was is empty and the stone was rolled away, not so He could get out but so that we might see and know that the grave cloths were empty and the Lord was not there but had risen.
It always amazes me to think that though it was the women who remained there with Him and were faithful even beyond what they thought was the end, one of the first things the RISEN LORD said to the women was to go tell the ones who had given up on Him to come and meet HIM. I cannot imagine the kind of compassion that He showed that day or the thoughts that ran through the minds of the returning fisherman.
I am still pondering the emotions of these people and can't seem to wrap my head around the whole series of events, all I can think of as I try to grasp all of this is "Great is His faithfulness", and "His mercies are new each morning". May I never cease to be in awe of His infinite love and compassion even for those who have given up hope. And may I be the Light in the darkness for the world around me
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