Good Friday

Today is Good Friday. The day we celebrate the cruel, violent torture and subsequent death of the man Christians praise as our life-giver. What's up with that?

It's easy to get confused as to why Christians celebrate this day. But this is the day of victory for Christians. As one of the ministers at church said, Jesus says 'It is finished.' This is not a cry of defeat, or a cry of relief; like; FINALLY, it's finished, goodbye for 3 days. Its a cry of victory, the sinless savior has died to free the sinful from the chains of sin.

But, I'm still waiting for the most exciting day in the Easter trilogy; the day Jesus ROSE FROM THE DEAD. This is where the real victory kicks in, Jesus has broken the chains of death now. Oh my goodness that is insane. Jesus doesn't stay dead. After he DIED, people would have seen him wandering the streets. How weird would that have been. But he  conquers. Christians no longer have to die if they completely trust him. How CRAZY is that? We no longer have to die. How can you ignore that?

For since death came through a man, the resurrection of the dead comes also through a man. - 1 Corinthians 15:31

Extra thought:

Ponder this if you're a Christian, or even if you're not; Jesus, the one that doesn't deserve punishment at all died a very real death. People often have this weird view that it's symbolic of Jesus taking our death, they never say it out loud, but its there. BUT JESUS REALLY DID DIE ONE OF THE MOST EXCRUCIATING DEATHS ... ever and was tortured with on the most brutal instruments of torture, which is probably too brutal to discuss on a public blog such as this. But thank him that he would do that for totally unworthy sinners such as me.