Friday, April 18, 2014

Good Friday

Today is the day.  The one that Roman Soldiers thought would end this talk of Jesus.  The Jewish leaders believed the threat of Jesus over throwing their power would be gone.  Neither suspected that they were puppets used to finish the work that Jesus Christ was sent to do.  Gethsemane was over.  Crucifixion, their final solution, to remove a rebel leader.  But Jesus Christ was no ordinary man.  He sought to change the hearts of all people.  Your heart may be changed or not by faith in Jesus Christ.  If he were simply a rebel leader, his actions would have sunk into oblivion thousands of years ago.  But our years are counted by this single event.  2014 years since Christ was crucified, give or take a year or two depending on the debate of calendars.  People can agree or disagree.  Wars and cruelty done in His name.  It is my testimony, that the Good part of Friday over 2 thousand years ago that people put in motion the final piece.  They crucified Christ just as the prophecies fore told.  Christ finished the work His Father sent him to do.  He died that all might live again. 

Jesus was No Ordinary Man https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZbJys-5RiGk



5 comments:

ntexas99 said...

I just read your story from last year on Judy's blog, and wanted to see what you had chosen to write for today (in 2014). I never actually heard of Jesus being referred to as a rebel leader, although it fits. Or maybe I've heard it, and it didn't register at the time. In any case, thanks for sharing your thoughts about Good Friday today.

Evan said...

And he was leading a crowd heading for Jerusalem - the context for the feeding of the 5,000.

The authorities (Jewish and Roman) had reason to be worried.

Ruth said...

Your welcome ntexas99.

I agree Evan, what they didn't understand was what kind of change Jesus was planning. Changing Death to a door way to Eternity is vastly different than over throwing any government.

Evan said...

Yes, they didn't understand the nature of his rule. Many still don't in my view!

Ruth said...

Amen Evan.