Good Friday!

 This day only comes once a year and I wanted to make sure I took a minute to reflect on this day.  

What does this day mean to Christians?  Well, this was the day that Jesus walked the streets of Jerusalem to his death.

He was pierced for our transgressions; he was crushed for our iniquities. Isaiah 53:5

When you really stop and think about the enormity of what Christ did for us, it is amazing.  

After betrayal by Judas and unfair trial, Jesus was flogged and given a crown of thorns.  A company of soldiers put a purple robe on him to mock, spit upon and hit him repeatedly on the head with a staff.  They stripped him of the robe and put his clothes back on him, then led him to Golgotha (which means “place of the skull”) to crucify him.  John’s gospel said that Jesus carried his own cross.  Other gospels mention Simon of Cyrene carrying it for him.  He was followed by a large crowd, and many women wept for him.  Nails pierces his hands and feet.  Soldiers cast lots for his clothes. 

 

But he said…………….

 

“Father forgive them for they do not know what they are doing”.  Luke 23:34

And at three in the afternoon, Jesus cried out in a loud voice, ‘Eloi, Eloe, lea sabachtani?’ (which means ‘My God, my God, why have you forsaken me?).” Mark 15:34

 Jesus’ final words………….. ”Later, knowing that everything has now been finished, and so that Scripture would be fulfilled, Jesus said, ‘I am thirsty’.  A jar of wine vinegar was there, so they soaked a sponge in it, put the sponge on a stalk of the hyssop plant, and lifted it to Jesus’ lips.  When he had received the drink, Jesus said ‘It is finished.’ With that, he bowed his head and gave up his spirit.” John 19:28-30