The resurrection and the crucifixion
The resurrection and the crucifixionThe crucifixion of the Lord Jesus Christ was a horrible affair .He had been tortured, mocked and spat upon through the night and hours proceeding His journey to Calvary where nails were driven through His hands and feet, where the opened, bloody flesh of His back was placed against a wooden cross, where the people mocked Him and told Him to come down if He were the Son of God .Yet Jesus remained nailed to that cross as He knew that he had done all that he had set out to do: the love of God would not be defeated by the cross: his death would be a victory for the love of God.
“Father ,I give myself into your hands. It is finished”, and with those words he died.
The Jewish leaders had heard reports that Jesus had talked about being alive again 3 days after he died, they did not believe it yet they still arranged for a guard to be sent to the tomb for the next three days , as they assumed that this would stop anyone from stealing the body and claiming that Jesus is alive again .So the entrance of the tomb at Joseph of Arimathea’s garden was sealed and guards were positioned round it.
When dawn broke on the third day two woman walked sadly into the garden carrying spices and oil. They were Mary Magdalene and Mary, the wife of Clopas .They had come to the tomb to finish the anointing of the body of Jesus.They knew nothing of the guards and the seal across the entrance of the tomb.No one challenged them as they walked up to the...
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