Incarnation to Resurrection
Incarnation to Resurrection roughly three and one-half
years, in 12 weeks, Sunday through Friday (six days) per week
Day Eighty-one (c) of Eighty-four:
On this day* (tradition says it was a
Friday, we call that “Good Friday”*), between the ninth and twelfth hours (the
hours of 3:00 o’clock pm and 6:00 o’clock pm) some c.~ One Thousand Nine
Hundred Ninety-one (+/- six) years ago, the LORD Jesus the Christ / Yeshua Ha
Mashiach (Rabbi Yeshua bar Yosef) after suffering a lengthy bout of torture and
abuse, followed by the anguish of hours for the crucifixion has now died. To steal a line from Mr. Carmen Domenic
Licciardello’s, known by his fans simply as Carman
“The saints shocked and perplexed…”
song, found here - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KUzR4HKbi9w - the saints were undoubtedly very shocked and perplexed. Many, perhaps MOST, had high expectations that Jesus the Christ was going to righteously vanquish all of Israel’s enemies. Sadly, even those who walked, lived, ate, breathed and even slept in Christ’s presence (and did so for at least three years) missed the poignancy of the “suffering Messiah” prophecies from TaNaKh. So there He was, this “King of kings”, or “King of the Jews”… dead. And the Day of Preparation, that is the day before a special Shabbat, during Passover, is just hours away from being completed. The Disciples had only limited time with which to get Jesus’ body down from where He was crucified, and properly bury the body.
A man named Joseph of Arimathea, a well-respected
member of the Council, sought out Pilate for Christ’s body. Once Pilate had confirmed that Jesus was in
fact dead, he granted Joseph the corpse.
Joseph bought a linen shroud, and wrapped Jesus’ body in the linen, and
then laid Jesus body in a tomb that had been cut out of the rock. A stone was
rolled against the entrance of the tomb. Mary Magdalene and Mary the mother of Joses,
witnessed the sealing of the tomb.
Pilate, being very well aware of the stories of pending Resurrection, fearing that body snatchers might steal Jesus’ now dead human body, posted guards by the tomb entrance, directing them - “…make the tomb as secure…”. These soldiers understood the extreme serious gravity of this situation. If they allowed Jesus’ body to be stolen, it would mean their own - EXECUTION. This tomb guard was very, very serious business.
Pilate, being very well aware of the stories of pending Resurrection, fearing that body snatchers might steal Jesus’ now dead human body, posted guards by the tomb entrance, directing them - “…make the tomb as secure…”. These soldiers understood the extreme serious gravity of this situation. If they allowed Jesus’ body to be stolen, it would mean their own - EXECUTION. This tomb guard was very, very serious business.
Now, back to the whole
point of why the body had to be removed from the cross, before sunset. The day following the Day of Preparation is a
Special, or Feast Day, Sabbath, or Shabbat.
For this reason, tomorrow’s continuation of the series, will not be
posted until Friday, March 30th.
The rationale for this is for me to, at least in part, honour this
Special Shabbat Thursday in memory, meditation and awe, of what Christ our Lord went through in the last c.~ 150
hours (six or so days) of His life. - Matthew 27:57 - 66,
Mark 15:42 - 47, Luke 23:50 - 55 and John 19:38 - 42
I bid you all, adieu…
We’ll leave reading the rest of the text for you individually.
I’ve taken the liberty of assembling a weekly chart of daily readings to cover the chronology
Week 12
Matthew 26:47–28:20; Mark 14:43–16:20;
Luke 22:47–24:53; John 18:1–21:25
Day 1 Matthew 26:47 - 68 Mark 14:43 - 52 Luke 22:47 - 71 John 18:1 -
24
Day 2 Matthew 26:69 - 27:14 Mark 14:53 - 72 Luke 23:1 - 25 John 18:25 - 40
Day 3 Matthew 27:15 - 31 Mark 15:1 - 20 Luke 23:26 - 43 John 19:1 -
27
Day
4 Matthew 27:32 - 66 Mark 15:21 - 47
Luke 23:44 - 55 John 19:28 - 42
Day 5 Mark
16:1 Luke 23:56
Day 6 Matthew 28 Mark 16:2 - 20
Luke 24 John 20
Shalom!
“No Jesus, NO peace” and yet, “Know Jesus, KNOW peace”
How does one get to “know” Jesus? Simple, invite Him into your heart, as Jesus
says: “Here I am! I stand at the door and knock. If anyone hears my voice and
opens the door, I will come in and eat with him, and he with me.” [Revelation 3:20 NIV]
How can be assured that this Jesus stuff means anything? Well because the Bible tells us so, as the
Apostle Paul wrote:
“If you declare with your mouth, “Jesus is
Lord,” and believe in your heart that God raised him from the dead, you will be
saved. 10 For it is with your heart that you believe and are justified, and it
is with your mouth that you profess your faith and are saved.” [Romans 10:9-10 NIV]
And for those of you who say to me, I
can’t be bothered reading the Bible, “it’s confusing” or “it’s a waste of my
time”, may I draw your attention to what the Bible says about wisdom: “The fear
of the LORD is the beginning of wisdom, and knowledge of the Holy One is
understanding.” [Proverbs 9:10 NIV]
If nothing else, PLEASE read two chapters
from the Bible – (don’t own one, sorry NO excuse, if you’re reading this, you
can access this: http://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=John%203:16&version=NIV) John 3 and John
14!
John 3:16 says: “For God so loved the
world that he gave his one and only Son, that whoever believes in him shall not
perish but have eternal life.”
And John 14:6 says: “Jesus answered, “I am
the way and the truth and the life. No one comes to the Father except through
me.”
Well that’s it, that’s Da Bauz’s Take on, “Incarnation
to Resurrection, Day Eighty-one of Eighty-four” – this 28th day of March
2018 © 2018, All Rights Reserved. wr (Da Bauz, Christian Zionist “creationist”
too!)
Pray for the peace
of Jerusalem...
What is #RAD? #RAD
is:
R epent of
rejecting Christ
A ccept Christ as
your Lord
D evelop your
relationship with G-d
#RAD your
relationship with the Living Almighty God Himself as your personal Lord and
Saviour depends on it!
What is #ATEND G-d
(Christ)? Ask me!
What is #IIC714?
II 2nd
C hronicles
7:14
John 3:16,
Revelation 3:20, Romans 10:9 -10, Revelation 21:27, II Corinthians 5:21 and I
John 5:13 / John 20:31!
Shalom
* A good friend’s
(Pastor Tim Thomas of “The Shift Downtown) Pastor and Mentor, Mr. Bob (Preacher
Bob) Nash, has said that -
“Jesus was likely born as early as 7 BC, crucified on a Wednesday, and died in
A.D. 33”. Though Preacher Bob, and I may not 100% agree on the 7 BC through A.D. 33
points, four points on this subject we do agree on are:
i) - Jesus was born…
i) - Jesus was born…
ii) - Jesus was
arrested, was beaten, was crucified and did die,
iii) - Jesus is
Resurrected, and
iv) - Jesus has
promised to once again return to, and for, His people
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