Welcome to my 2007 Easter Page.
Easter is a favorite holiday of mine;
the scriptures below will tell how "Easter" began.
PALM SUNDAY:
The Sunday before Easter Sunday and 5 days
before Jesus' death.
This day commemorates the spreading of palms and clothing in
Jesus' path as He triumphantly entered Jerusalem
as the Messiah prior to His crucifixion: New Testament background
reading - Luke19:28-44
They brought the donkey and the colt, placed their
cloaks on them, and Jesus sat on them.
A very large crowd spread their cloaks on the road, while
others cut (Palm) branches from the trees and spread them on the road. The crowds that went ahead
of him and those that followed shouted, "Hosanna to the Son of David! Blessed is he who comes in
the name of the Lord! Hosanna in the highest!"
(Matthew 21:7-9)
Jesus,
who was a Jew (and the son of God), was celebrating the Passover
in Jerusalem.
Jesus returns to Jerusalem , to share the Last Supper with His
apostles.
John Chapter 19: Tells
of Jesus being crucified,
of how He was scourged by
Pilot, how the soldiers platted a crown of thorns and put on His head,
put on Him a
purple robe, and how Jesus bore the Cross to the "the place of
the skull",
which is called Golgotha. There they crucified Him, and two others
with Him, one on either side.
Jesus was nailed by His hands and feet to the cross. He said "I
thirst".
There was set a vessel full of vinegar; and they filled a sponge with
vinegar, and put it upon
hyssop, and put it is His mouth. When Jesus therefore had received the
vinegar,
He said,
"IT IS FINISHED", bowed His head, and died.
The soldiers seeing that He was dead, did not break His legs as they
did the other two. Instead, they pierced His side, and out poured blood and water. Then
Joseph of Arimathaea,
a disciple of Jesus,
and Nicodemus took away the body of Jesus and wound It in
linen clothes with spices (a Jewish burying custom).
In the place where He was crucified, there was a garden, and in the
garden a new
sepulchre (tomb), where no other man yet laid. There they laid the
body of Jesus.
This is the exciting part!
On the third day, HE rose from the dead!!
In remembrance of this, Christians call the resurrection of Jesus:
Easter
THE RESURRECTION of JESUS CHRIST
King James Bible,
The Book of John Chapter 20 (scriptures v: 1-22)
The first day of the week Mary Magdalene came early to the
tomb, while it was yet dark, and saw the stone
already taken away from the sepulchre (tomb). She ran and came to
Simon Peter, and the other disciple whom
Jesus loved, and said to them, "They have taken away the Lord out
of the tomb, and we do not know
where they have laid Him."
Peter and the other disciple ran together to the tomb; and the
other disciple outran Peter, and came upon the
tomb first, but did not go in. Stooping and looking in,
he saw the linen wrappings lying there.
Simon Peter went into the tomb;
and seen the linen wrappings lying there,
and the napkin that was about
Jesus' head was not with the linen clothes, but wrapped together
in a place by itself ;
The other disciple that came to the tomb first went in and he saw, and
believed.
For as yet they knew not the
Scripture, that He must rise again from the dead.
Then the disciples
went away again to their own homes.
But Mary stood outside of the tomb weeping; as she wept,
she stooped and looked into the tomb; and saw two
angels in white sitting, one at the head, and the other at the feet,
where the body of Jesus had lain.
And they said unto her, "Woman, why are you weeping?"
She said to them, "Because they have taken away my Lord, and I do not know
where they have laid Him."
When she had said this, she turned and saw Jesus standing there,
and knew not that it was Jesus.
Jesus said to her,
"Woman, why weepest thou? Whom seekest thou?"
She supposed Him to be the gardener,
she said to Him, "Sir, if you have taken Him, tell me where
you have laid Him, and I will take Him away."
Jesus said to her, "Mary!"
She turned and said to
Him in Hebrew, "Rabboni!" (which means, Master).
Jesus said to her, "Touch Me not; for I have
not yet ascended to the Father; but go to My brethren and
say unto them, "I ascend to My Father and yourFather,
and My God and your God."
Mary Magdalene told the disciples that she had seen the Lord, and
that He had said these things to her.
The evening on that day, the first day of the
week, and when the doors were shut where the disciples were,
for fear of the Jews, Jesus came and stood in their midst, and said
to them, "Peace be unto you."
And when He had said this, He showed them His hands and His
side. The disciples therefore were glad when
they saw the Lord. Then Jesus said to them again:
"Peace be unto you; as My Father hath sent Me, even so send I you".
And when He had said this, He breathed on them, and saith unto
them,
"Receive ye the Holy Ghost"
"I AM
HE
THAT LIVETH AND WAS DEAD;
AND BEHOLD, I AM ALIVE FOR EVERMORE. AMEN.
AND HAVE THE KEYS OF HEAVEN AND OF DEATH" Rev. 1:18
"I am Alpha and Omega, the Beginning and the End" saith the Lord "which IS, and which WAS,
and which IS TO COME, the ALMIGHTY" Rev. 1:8
Jesus
said unto her (Martha) "I am the resurrection, and the
life; he that believeth in Me,
though he were dead, yet shall he live; And whosoever
liveth and believeth
in Me shall never die. Believest thou this?"
John 11:25-26
Psalm 23
This is an eye opener; probably we never thought about this
Psalm in this way,
even though we say it over and over again.
The Lord is my Shepherd That's
Relationship!
I shall not want That's
Supply!
He maketh me to lie down in green pastures That's
Rest!
He leadeth me beside the still waters That's
Refreshment!
He restoreth my soul That's Healing!
He leadeth me in the paths of righteousness That's
Guidance!
For His name sake That's
Purpose!
Yea, though I walk through the valley of the shadow of
death
That's Testing!
I will fear no evil That's
Protection!
For Thou art with me That's Faithfulness!
Thy rod and Thy staff they comfort me That's
Discipline!
Thou preparest a table before me in the presence of
mine enemiesThat's
Hope!
Thou annointest my head with oil That's
Consecration!
My cup runneth over That's
Abundance!
Surely goodness and mercy shall follow me all the days
of my life That's
Blessing!
And I will dwell in the house of the Lord That's
Security!
Forever That's
Eternity! What is most valuable in our lives is not what
we have, but WHO we have!
Thanks
cousin Cyndi for forwarding 1/13/02
midi playing
"BECAUSE HE LIVES"
CHORUS:
BECAUSE HE LIVES I CAN FACE
TOMORROW
BECAUSE HE LIVES ALL FEAR IS GONE
BECAUSE I KNOW HE HOLDS THE FUTURE
AND LIFE IS WORTH THE LIVING
JUST BECAUSE HE LIVES.
1.
THERE WAS A MAN HIS NAME WAS JESUS
HE CAME TO DIE ; HEAL AND RESTORE
BUT GREATER STILL THE CALM ASSURANCE
WE CAN FACE UNCERTAIN DAYS BECAUSE
HE LIVES .
2. AND THEN ONE DAY I’LL CROSS
THAT RIVER
I’LL FIGHT LIFE'S FINAL WAR WITH
PAIN
AND THEN AS DEATH GIVES WAY TO VICTORY
I’LL SEE THE LIGHTS OF GLORY AND I’LL KNOW
HE LIVES .
REPEAT CHORUS TWICE :
BECAUSE I KNOW HE HOLDS THE FUTURE
AND LIFE IS WORTH THE LIVING JUST
BECAUSE HE LIVES !
Thanks Birgitta for the lovely gift above 4/2/07
I love it!
