Holy Week: Easter Sunday, April 13, 32 A.D.

Joe | April 12, 2009

This entry is part 8 of 8 in the series Holy Week: 32 A.D.

After the most monumental day in history, Friday April 11, 32 A.D., when Jesus paid the ultimate price for our sin, I wonder what the follow day was like: that Sabbath. For the disciples, I’m sure it was not a day of rest for them. It had to have been a day filled with sorrow [...]

Holy Week: Entr’acte

Joe | April 11, 2009

This entry is part 7 of 8 in the series Holy Week: 32 A.D.

Yesterday was Good Friday. Yesterday, we pause to reflect on the day that Christ died for the sins of the world.
Two thousand years ago on this day, the disciples of Jesus were probably in shock or despondent over the events of yesterday. Jesus had repeatedly told them that He would have to suffer and die [...]

Holy Week: Friday, April 11, 32 A.D.

Joe | April 10, 2009

This entry is part 6 of 8 in the series Holy Week: 32 A.D.

After Jesus and His disciples shared the Passover meal, they set out for the Garden of Gethsemane to pray. The hour had come for the Son of Man to be betrayed into the hands of sinners.
Jesus left His disciples in the garden while He went a little further to pray. He asked them to remain [...]

Holy Week: Thursday, April 10, 32 A.D.

Joe | April 9, 2009

This entry is part 5 of 8 in the series Holy Week: 32 A.D.

At some point on Wednesday, April 9, 32 A.D., Judas Iscariot made a deal with the chief priests to betray Jesus. The chief priests repeatedly tried to arrest Jesus but there was always a crowd around or Jesus alluded them miraculously. And now Judas, having secured thirty pieces of silver as a price on the [...]

Holy Week: Wednesday, April 9, 32 A.D.

Joe | April 8, 2009

This entry is part 4 of 8 in the series Holy Week: 32 A.D.

On Tuesday of Holy Week in 32 A.D., after Jesus was challenged by the chief priests, Jesus taught His disciples of the signs of the end of the age. We live in exciting times as they relate to prophecy and the Bible.
One of my favorite Bible teachers is Chuck Missler. One of Chuck’s assertions–and one [...]

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Joe

I am a born-again Christian who believes the Bible to be the inspired Word of God, the final authority for faith and life, inerrant in the original writings, infallible and God-breathed. I am a husband, father and stepfather who eagerly waits for the return of Jesus, the Meshiach Nagid.