What do you do with Saturday while you are waiting on Sunday? I know what the Jewish religious leaders and the Roman authorities did: ”The next day, the day after Preparation Day for Passover, the chief priests and the Pharisees went together to Pilate. They said to him, “Our master, we remember that this imposter … Continue reading What do you do with Saturday
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THE CURSED TREE and the crown of thorns
”They crucified two criminals with Him, one on His right and one on His left. So the Scripture was fulfilled that says: And He was counted among outlaws.“Mark 15:27-28 HCSB Oh the irony of Good Friday! The innocent Lamb of God hung between the guilty of the land. The two criminals deserved execution Roman style, … Continue reading THE CURSED TREE and the crown of thorns
THE FAREWELL MEAL
His death is imminent. In fact by the end of this meal the soldiers and his betrayer would be coming for Him. ”Now before the Feast of the Passover, when Jesus knew that his hour had come to depart out of this world to the Father, having loved his own who were in the world, … Continue reading THE FAREWELL MEAL
His Certain Place
”And every day he was teaching in the temple, but at night he went out and lodged on the mount called Olivet.“Luke 21:37 ESV ”When Jesus had spoken these words, he went out with his disciples across the brook Kidron, where there was a garden, which he and his disciples entered. Now Judas, who betrayed … Continue reading His Certain Place
AT THE TEMPLE
”And the blind and the lame came to him in the temple, and he healed them. But when the chief priests and the scribes saw the wonderful things that he did, and the children crying out in the temple, “Hosanna to the Son of David!” they were indignant, and they said to him, “Do you … Continue reading AT THE TEMPLE
”MY HOUSE SHALL BE A HOUSE OF PRAYER!”
The last Passover lamb, Jesus the Lamb of God, entered Jerusalem as all the pilgrims were choosing and buying their lamb for the Passover celebration a few days later.
HOSANNA
Join me this week as we walk with Jesus through the crowded streets of Jerusalem and journeys toward Golgotha’s Hill.
BY HIS STRIPES
I am going to tell you a story. “It is a tale as old as time.” No it is not Disney’s Beauty and the Beast. It is the Haggadah, the Hebrew word for “telling.” This is the story of a Passover meal. There is an order to this meal, a Seder (order). The night before … Continue reading BY HIS STRIPES
How DO WE remember
It’s a practice When you think of the word practice, can’t you hear Allen Iverson’s rant, “Practice, we are talking about practice.” The word gets a bad rap. I think of all the times my mother would tell me, “Go practice your piano.” I would rather go to the dentist. Practice - to carry out … Continue reading How DO WE remember
REMEMBER
Easter lest we forget what it is truly about. I even wonder why we call it Easter? So I googled it and couldn’t find any definition that suited me. One source says the name was inspired from an Anglo Saxon holiday celebrating a goddess named Eostre , who represents spring and fertility. Well that totally … Continue reading REMEMBER