Can you imagine what was going through the minds of Jesus' followers on a day like today? The authorities just brutally murdered the Son of God that you had left all to follow. What about the Kingdom? What about my life?
Can we relate? Yes and no.
Not in the sense that we can feel the emotions as intensely as they did on that dark Saturday, but all of us endure the painful process of having to wait for the resolution of the tension that suffering brings.
Here is the difference: we know for sure that it is going to happen. They didn't. But our waiting may be much longer than a few days. Some of us will have to wait a lifetime for the relieving of our suffering. For the day when all things will be made right.
We all have to wait. That is a huge part of what faith is all about. We live in a constant state of hope and belief. Those first believers probably didn't have much hope or belief on this dark Saturday. But Sunday came and because of it we look forward with hope and joy to the eternal Sunday that will one day be ours.
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I thought about this matter this morning: is today a day of mourning? No, because for 2000 + years we have known the outcome; we've known looking back, not looking -- as the 11 and others did -- forward with sorrow-sogged memories of promises yet to be fulfilled.
Important point that we, too, wait, groaning and longing. He is risen, brother, AND Maranatha!
That dark Saturday was the Sabbath. Jesus said, I am the Lord of the Sabbath. I am the Lord of your rest." A Blessed Resurrection Day to you all.
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