Good Friday and the End of the Event

This is the day some Christians celebrate the death of Yeshua Messiah, Jesus Christ. One has in part feelings of sadness for the suffering of the Savior and we do dwell on this, yet we know the end of the story. We know of the resurrection and ascension without which Yeshua's death would not even have been recorded, at least as a significant event. But He was seen by at least 500 people according to the Bible and that is collaborated by the events that followed, the persecution and killing of around 10,000 Jewish believers soon followed. They were so convinced of His resurrection and ascension they could not deny their own beliefs to save their lives. I read the historical account of some of their executions, being burned to illuminate the coliseum, covered with animal skins then torn apart by lions. The author who I now do not remember, along with his fellow Romans considered the Christians evil but still were amazed and perplexed at their apparent inability to recant their faith. That is how strong they believed in Good Friday and how the event ended.


A little history of Easter here and here.

Easter is probably one of the oldest celebrated holidays in

the world; it just hasn't always gone under that name. It is

in fact the Catholic Church that dubbed the celebration of

this all important holiday Easter, and in fact moved the

date to converge with Hebrew and Pagan holidays so that when

the celebration was held it was held by all folk. But

because of this, pagan symbols worked their way into the

holiday, hence the rabbit and the eggs, which in ancient

religions symbolized fertility.



Some historians have researched the origin of the name and

believe that it derives from ancient Norsemen dialect

"Eostur" or "Ostar" or "Eastar" meaning "season of the

growing sun" or "season of new birth." But the name "Easter"

has also been proscribed to an old goddess of Teutonic

mythology. St. Bede, an eighth century English historian,

traced the name back to a goddess named Eostre or Eastre of

Anglo-Saxon origin. She was the goddess of Spring and the

whole month of April was dedicated to her. Interestingly,

her symbol was the hare….





It is also during this time that the pagan holiday of the

Rites of Spring on the Vernal Equinox is celebrated. This

was a brilliant move by the Catholic Church to get people to

join the church and break from pagan tradition and still be

able to celebrate their beliefs. Pagans during that time

celebrated the return of the Sun God which was an easy shift

for them to then believe in the resurrection of the Son of

God who saved them from our sins and death.



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After the fact, many have come and tried to explain this event. Many convince themselves that this is all mythology or that Yeshua did not die, the further from the event in time the easier it is to dismiss it. The misinterpretation of some photos from the Apollo moon landings led to some to conclude the landings never happened. A ridiculous idea that would have to involve possibly a 100,000 silent conspirators! Yet a poll in 2009 indicated that 25% of Brits did not believe man landed on the moon. http://kn.theiet.org/news/jul09/moon-landing-survey.cfm

I believe if I live long enough, some day I will hear of a theory that the twin towers in New York never really existed.