EASTER DAY 2017
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Easter
Easter
There are three aspects to this day that I wish to touch on Easter as an event, Communion and the truth or not of Gods plan.
Here we are again facing one of the great and profound mysteries of all time, that Jesus as the Son of God has not only suffered the Despair of the crucifixion, but wait there is more he is discovered alive and in the garden. We have the wonderful historical knowledge of this event and as the bible supports our knowledge that not only he is risen, he appeared to many in a variety of ways
Lets spare a thought for he disciples, there had been the amazing 3 year journey of miracles and aching and fellowship and the triumphal entry into Jerusalem on Palm Sunday. then within four days all this hope and promise had been ripped away and the events of Thursday and Friday had destroyed the sense of promise that they held. There was betrayal, denial, and a frightened bunch of others who fled and hid. Even the two disciples walking the road to Emmaus where so filled with despair they could not recognize Jesus
They asked each other, “Were not our hearts burning within us while he talked with us on the road and opened the Scriptures to us?”
Yet 1000 years before David had written in ,, ,
My God, my God, why have you forsaken me?
Why are you so far from saving me,
so far from my cries of anguish?
But I am a worm and not a man,
scorned by everyone, despised by the people.
All who see me mock me;
they hurl insults, shaking their heads.
“He trusts in the Lord,” they say,
“let the Lord rescue him.
Let him deliver him,
since he delights in him.”
For the director of music. To the tune of “The Doe of the Morning.” A psalm of David.
My God, my God, why have you forsaken me?
Why are you so far from saving me,
so far from my cries of anguish?
My God, I cry out by day, but you do not answer,
by night, but I find no rest.
Yet you are enthroned as the Holy One;
you are the one Israel praises.
In you our ancestors put their trust;
they trusted and you delivered them.
To you they cried out and were saved;
in you they trusted and were not put to shame.
But I am a worm and not a man,
scorned by everyone, despised by the people.
All who see me mock me;
they hurl insults, shaking their heads.
“He trusts in the Lord,” they say,
“let the Lord rescue him.
Let him deliver him,
since he delights in him.”
Yet you brought me out of the womb;
you made me trust in you, even at my mother’s breast.
From birth I was cast on you;
from my mother’s womb you have been my God.
Do not be far from me,
for trouble is near
and there is no one to help.
Many bulls surround me;
strong bulls of Bashan encircle me.
Roaring lions that tear their prey
open their mouths wide against me.
I am poured out like water,
and all my bones are out of joint.
My heart has turned to wax;
it has melted within me.
My mouth is dried up like a potsherd,
and my tongue sticks to the roof of my mouth;
you lay me in the dust of death.
Dogs surround me,
a pack of villains encircles me;
they pierce my hands and my feet.
All my bones are on display;
people stare and gloat over me.
They divide my clothes among them
and cast lots for my garment.
But you, Lord, do not be far from me.
You are my strength; come quickly to help me.
Deliver me from the sword,
my precious life from the power of the dogs.
Rescue me from the mouth of the lions;
save me from the horns of the wild oxen.
I will declare your name to my people;
in the assembly I will praise you.
You who fear the Lord, praise him!
All you descendants of Jacob, honor him!
Revere him, all you descendants of Israel!
For he has not despised or scorned
the suffering of the afflicted one;
he has not hidden his face from him
but has listened to his cry for help.
From you comes the theme of my praise in the great assembly;
before those who fear you I will fulfill my vows.
The poor will eat and be satisfied;
those who seek the Lord will praise him—
may your hearts live forever!
All the ends of the earth
will remember and turn to the Lord,
and all the families of the nations
will bow down before him,
for dominion belongs to the Lord
and he rules over the nations.
All the rich of the earth will feast and worship;
all who go down to the dust will kneel before him—
those who cannot keep themselves alive.
Posterity will serve him;
future generations will be told about the Lord.
They will proclaim his righteousness,
declaring to a people yet unborn:
He has done it!
My God, my God, why have you forsaken me?
Why are you so far from saving me,
so far from my cries of anguish?
My God, I cry out by day, but you do not answer,
by night, but I find no rest.
Yet you are enthroned as the Holy One;
you are the one Israel praises.
In you our ancestors put their trust;
they trusted and you delivered them.
To you they cried out and were saved;
in you they trusted and were not put to shame.
But I am a worm and not a man,
scorned by everyone, despised by the people.
All who see me mock me;
they hurl insults, shaking their heads.
“He trusts in the Lord,” they say,
“let the Lord rescue him.
Let him deliver him,
since he delights in him.”
Yet you brought me out of the womb;
you made me trust in you, even at my mother’s breast.
From birth I was cast on you;
from my mother’s womb you have been my God.
Do not be far from me,
for trouble is near
and there is no one to help.
Many bulls surround me;
strong bulls of Bashan encircle me.
Roaring lions that tear their prey
open their mouths wide against me.
I am poured out like water,
and all my bones are out of joint.
My heart has turned to wax;
it has melted within me.
My mouth is dried up like a potsherd,
and my tongue sticks to the roof of my mouth;
you lay me in the dust of death.
Dogs surround me,
a pack of villains encircles me;
they pierce my hands and my feet.
All my bones are on display;
people stare and gloat over me.
They divide my clothes among them
and cast lots for my garment.
I am poured out like water,
and all my bones are out of joint.
My heart has turned to wax;
it has melted within me.
My mouth is dried up like a potsherd,
and my tongue sticks to the roof of my mouth;
you lay me in the dust of death.
Dogs surround me,
a pack of villains encircles me;
they pierce my hands and my feet.
They divide my clothes among them
and cast lots for my garment.
This was years before Crucifixion had been thought off and if we place this alongside the gospel narrative it dovetails perfectly.
As difficult as it seems it was Gods plan as Isaiah records
Yet it was the Lord’s will to crush him and cause him to suffer,
and though the Lord makes his life an offering for sin,
he will see his offspring and prolong his days,
and the will of the Lord will prosper in his hand.
The second aspect is
Communion
Communion
For the Jew Passover is an important event in their religious calendar and although Jesus introduces the communion at the last supper he changes the parameters forever by bringing into the midst of the event those unique words
Do this in remembrance of me
Do this in remembrance of me
The Passover is a reenactment of the sacrifice of the lamb as an exchange for the first born male Communion is the first born of God becoming the sacrifice as well as at the same time becoming the messiah
God brings a relationship focus to us in communion. There is more to it than just the symbols, there is a sense of a special connection with Jesus as we both remember and look forward to at the same time to the coming return of Jesus.
Albert Henry Ross He is best known today for writing the book Who Moved the Stone?,[3] under the pseudonym Frank Morison. First published in 1930, the book analyses texts about the events related to the crucifixion and resurrection of Jesus of Nazareth.
He began with the premise that the story was a piece of fixton and set out to disprove the biblical events In compiling his notes, he came to be convinced of the truth of the resurrection, and set out his reasoning in the book Who moved the stone?. Many people have become Christian after reading the book, and some have used the work as a reference for more work on the subject.
Fact or not
Fact or not
Paul picks up in
But if it is preached that Christ has been raised from the dead, how can some of you say that there is no resurrection of the dead? If there is no resurrection of the dead, then not even Christ has been raised. And if Christ has not been raised, our preaching is useless and so is your faith. More than that, we are then found to be false witnesses about God, for we have testified about God that he raised Christ from the dead. But he did not raise him if in fact the dead are not raised.
Paul states it clearly if we have no belief in the ressurection then we have been conned by the most successful con ever created and we are all idiots, however if it is true then those who disbelieve will be called into quetion
I believe, and like many others i dont care what others think, for me Gods promise is true and that is all that matters.