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- Passion Week starts Sunday!
Follow along with the Easter story all this week, on our social media platforms and on our website. Take a … Continue reading Passion Week starts Sunday! - Palm sunday
We call it Palm Sunday. On this day Jesus rode into Jerusalem on a donkey, fulfilling the prophecy of the … Continue reading Palm sunday - Jesus heads to the temple
Having spent the night in nearby Bethany, Jesus and his disciples head for the temple. On the way, Jesus finds … Continue reading Jesus heads to the temple - Jesus returns to the temple
Jesus returns to the temple to teach and preach. Along the way, the disciples noticed the fig tree withered from … Continue reading Jesus returns to the temple - Slaughter of the lambs
Tomorrow at twilight begins the historical ‘slaughter of the lambs at twilight’, which kicks off Passover. Historically, Good Friday was … Continue reading Slaughter of the lambs - Thursday at 3:00pm
This is Thursday of Passion Week. In first century Jerusalem, this is the mid-point of the first of three yearly … Continue reading Thursday at 3:00pm - Thursday 6pm
Exodus 12 instructs that the Passover lamb is to be “slaughtered at twilight” (6pm). The lamb forms the centerpiece of … Continue reading Thursday 6pm - Thursday 10pm
By now (10pm) the meal is over and Jesus and the disciples leave the upper room singing the hallel psalms … Continue reading Thursday 10pm - Dark Night of the Soul – 12:00am Friday
Jesus is experiencing serious anxiety while praying in the garden – even sweating blood. His disciples, after their Passover meal, … Continue reading Dark Night of the Soul – 12:00am Friday - Betrayed by a Kiss
Judas Iscariot comes to the garden with a contingent of temple guards to arrest Jesus – the identifying sign is … Continue reading Betrayed by a Kiss - Rejected by Jews and gentiles
Jesus has been mistreated and rejected by the Jewish leadership, and endured three ‘trials in darkness’. He has been convicted … Continue reading Rejected by Jews and gentiles - “Crucify Him”
Pilate tries to avoid giving in to the mob whipped up by Jewish leaders. Just five days earlier the people … Continue reading “Crucify Him” - Crucified
“It was the third hour when they crucified him.” By Jewish time-keeping, the third hour is 9am. Jesus is now … Continue reading Crucified - 10am to noon: Pain and Mockery
The people hurl insults and mock him. Little do they know that David predicted their behavior and very words a … Continue reading 10am to noon: Pain and Mockery - Darkness
“At the sixth hour, darkness came over the whole land until the ninth hour,” when Jesus dies at 3pm. Read … Continue reading Darkness - The Father turns His Back
Jesus is still on the cross. Darkness covers the land. The Roman executioners realize this is no ordinary darkness, and … Continue reading The Father turns His Back - Jesus Breathes His Last
3pm (the 9th hour) At 3pm, several things occur at once: Jesus: “It is finished.” He breathes his last and … Continue reading Jesus Breathes His Last - Removing the body
Now the Jewish leaders have a problem – the bodies of all three crucified men must come down off the … Continue reading Removing the body - Body is buried and the tomb is sealed
By now Jesus’ body is off the cross. The Jewish leaders learn that the body of Jesus has been given … Continue reading Body is buried and the tomb is sealed - Good Friday Is Complete
Good Friday is over and Sabbath begins. Jesus is in the tomb, which is sealed by a stone and guarded … Continue reading Good Friday Is Complete - What about the body
By now, the Roman guards are meeting with Jewish leaders about their incredible experience with the angel who moved the … Continue reading What about the body - He is Risen… He is risen, indeed!
The disciples return to their homes, but Mary Magdalene stands outside the tomb crying. Jesus appears to her in a … Continue reading He is Risen… He is risen, indeed! - The Women Head to the Tomb
Sabbath ended at 6pm – 12 hours ago. The women are able to gather what they need to complete the … Continue reading The Women Head to the Tomb