I woke up early today before my alarm, at 6.48am. Today is Saturday. What about the Saturday? Back in 00A.D., it was a day between Friday the day Jesus was crucified, hung on the cross and at about the ninth hour he breathed his last; and Sunday he was resurrected and history was made, more than history it's a fulfillment of what was and is to come. This is my faith, and today I can't help but to reflect...
The earth shook and stood still (figuratively) eager for Jesus' resurrection. Perhaps it was a long day as people struggled to come to terms of Jesus' death. How would I respond if I'd there? Would I be just a passer-by or an observer from a distant? Would I shout 'mercy!' or jeer or be silenced by such anguish, horrible, bloody sight? Or would I just go by the day like usual, wash my clothes, cook for meal, just another criminal to be crucified? Or would I kneel by the cross, like Mary Magdalene and other women? If I knew Jesus and heard him on the Mount, in the temple, at the villages, by the river, would I reflect upon his words? How would I respond now?
Who killed him? The soldiers who whipped him, nailed him? Pilate who washed his hands? The Pharisees? Judas his disciple who betrayed him?....but it is also my sin that brought him to that cross...it is for my sin and sins of others that He chose to die. A sacrifice of blood, the blood need to be shed.
We all have a choice for each action, and I find it amazing that God has such trust in man so much so that He gives us the power of choice. The choice to follow Him, to believe in Him or to disregard Him. The choice He gives us at the beginning of time. And it is this choice I made...
A meaningful song that touched my heart everytime I hear it, a song written by Russell Fragar from Hillsongs - So You Would Come
Nothing I can do can make Him love me more, nothing that I have done can make Him love me less...it is grace, it is mercy. A gift of salvation at the price of a Son of Man, Son of God. I am forever grateful...I am loved.
Another song - Jesus Messiah by Chris Tomlin
Because of His love for us, He did what we couldn't do for ourselves. Yes He must die on the cross, for only He can shoulder the sins in order to give us salvation, a consequences He willing to partake. for my sins and others.
Will you listen to another song that I like? Three songs in a row...and yes I want it to be in that sequence.
Testify to Love by Avalon
Have a great week, treasure each moment!
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Hey Tracy, I enjoyed you writing - lots of suspense in it, as if one had never heard of that story, so your style is well... intriguing...:) - and it provided a good break for me while struggling to finish my Incl. CZ essay.
ReplyDeleteBy the way, let me please correct an inaccuracy in your 1st paragraph:
- Jesus, according to the historians of the Bible (and a careful reading of the Bible itself ;) was not crucified in year 0 AD.
- There is actually no year 0. Neither in the Gregorian (current) calendar, nor in the Julian (old) calendar (different from the South Asian calendars where there is a year 0). The reason is simple: the Romans (after whose emperors' are named the modern day western calendars we - and the Bible - still use) didn't have a number 0 in their numerals. The number 0 entered Europe only in the 11th century from the Arab numerals.
- There is some disagreement on the exact year of crucifixion, but it is commonly placed in any of the years 31, 32 or 33 AD, the latest being the most likely.
- Many people still mistakenly believe that AD means 'after death', hence the common error in the placing Jesus' death on year 0. AD means 'anno domini' which is Latin for the 'in the year of our Lord'. As you see year 1 (certainly not 0 as there was no such year, remember?)most likely signifies the year of birth of baby Jesus (though there is disagreement about this too).
- The English term BC (before Christ) is a rough equivalent of the Latin expression 'ante incarnationis dominicae tempus' (before the time of the lord's incarnation) commonly used by Middle Ages' scholars to describe (without being abbreviated) the years, and later the ages, before the birth of Jesus.
Ha! I wrote too much. Time to go back to my essay. Enjoy!