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Today we observe Good Friday and soon we shall celebrate Easter Sunday. Upon these two days and events of Easter hang all of history and eternity - Death and Resurrection. Thank God they go together. We live in a distressed world filled with doubt and despair. At times we feel isolated and insulated from not only others, but also ourselves. In our cities, our country, and our culture, many people feel helpless, hopeless, and often homeless. It appears that Ecclesiastes is right - All is vanity. Easter is God’s answer to doubt and despair. Easter is seen in contrasts as we move from suffering to glory.
Easter is the glory of God manifested in the great reversal - a reversal from death to life. Friedrich Nietzsche declared, When the world discovers that God is dead there will be universal madness. But mark it well, Nietzsche is dead and Jesus is alive. And so as Roger Lundin said, We do not live in the darkened shadow of Good Friday, but on ground that has been illuminated by the dawn of Easter Sunday. “Tomb thou shalt not hold Him longer Death is strong, but life is stronger Stronger than the dark with the light Stronger than wrong with the right Faith and hope triumphant say Christ will rise on Easter day ~ P. Brooks ~ Serving Him with you until He comes for us, Fred |