Passover Sabbath
As Good Friday comes to a close, with MoTab singing the Messiah, I have many thoughts about this time. The live broadcast is beautiful, with soaring arias, and with a 360 member chorus, powerful, to say the least. Wish I was there.
Mel Gibson several years ago did the Passion of the Christ. I know it was rated R due to the graphic nature of the violence. I suspect that it is probably the truest portrayal of what Jesus Christ endured during His last night and day as a mortal. Mel is a Catholic, and a member of Opus Dei, if my memory serves, which is a very strict form of Catholicism. I am not sure he fully understood the appeal of his movie, thinking it was the graphic violence. The following ultra gruesome movie, Apocalypto, was not nearly as popular. Passion was so successful, I think, because it put very real pictures to the nature of scourging, and crucifixion. I hardly even noticed that I was reading subtitles, as the movie was done in Aramaic, and Latin.
When Christ was betrayed in the Garden by Judas, His disciples fled in all directions. Only two witnessed the trial, only one was at Golgotha. They were all in shock at what had happened. Christ had spoken to them plainly, and they understood it not. Their world had ended it seemed. What it must have been like, having seen Jesus ride into Jerusalem on a donkey, being hailed as king. We can only try to imagine. During the Sabbath, they were all, no doubt, meeting in secret, trying to understand.
I find it very interesting that while Christ had spoken very plainly to the disciples, he had not done so with the priests of the day, and yet, they full well knew what he meant when he said "Destroy this temple, and in three days I will raise it up" (John 2:19), even though in his trial they accused him of threatening to destroy the temple, they understood that he was referring to his mortal body, that he would come back to life. That is why they ordered the tomb sealed, and a guard placed. In the tomb the mortal remains of the Lord Jesus Christ lay,
Mel Gibson several years ago did the Passion of the Christ. I know it was rated R due to the graphic nature of the violence. I suspect that it is probably the truest portrayal of what Jesus Christ endured during His last night and day as a mortal. Mel is a Catholic, and a member of Opus Dei, if my memory serves, which is a very strict form of Catholicism. I am not sure he fully understood the appeal of his movie, thinking it was the graphic violence. The following ultra gruesome movie, Apocalypto, was not nearly as popular. Passion was so successful, I think, because it put very real pictures to the nature of scourging, and crucifixion. I hardly even noticed that I was reading subtitles, as the movie was done in Aramaic, and Latin.
When Christ was betrayed in the Garden by Judas, His disciples fled in all directions. Only two witnessed the trial, only one was at Golgotha. They were all in shock at what had happened. Christ had spoken to them plainly, and they understood it not. Their world had ended it seemed. What it must have been like, having seen Jesus ride into Jerusalem on a donkey, being hailed as king. We can only try to imagine. During the Sabbath, they were all, no doubt, meeting in secret, trying to understand.
I find it very interesting that while Christ had spoken very plainly to the disciples, he had not done so with the priests of the day, and yet, they full well knew what he meant when he said "Destroy this temple, and in three days I will raise it up" (John 2:19), even though in his trial they accused him of threatening to destroy the temple, they understood that he was referring to his mortal body, that he would come back to life. That is why they ordered the tomb sealed, and a guard placed. In the tomb the mortal remains of the Lord Jesus Christ lay,
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