Jeremiah 33:1-3 ~ Call to me and I will answer you, and will tell you great and hidden things that you have not known

We have Holy Saturday and this is Passover. Usually, prisoners of Rome were executed, taken down and mostly forgotten.  Pontius Pilate is receiving diplomatic visitors. It's unclear if it's Friday night, or Saturday Passover with a broken Temple foundation and Holy of Holy Curtain. What is clear - Pontius Pilate wrote to Emperor Tiberius Claudius Nero. Tertullian and Justin Martyr refer to an account of Christ's Passion sent by Pilate to Rome. The letter is lost today.

Matthew 27

The chief priests and the Pharisees gathered before Pilate 63 and said, "Sir, we remember how that impostor said, while he was still alive, 'After three days I will rise.' 64 Therefore order the tomb to be made secure until the third day, lest his disciples go and steal him away and tell the people, 'He has risen from the dead,' and the last fraud will be worse than the first."

65 Pilate said to them, "You have a guard of soldiers. Go, make it as secure as you can."

66 So they went and made the tomb secure by sealing the stone and setting a guard.

A Guard of Soldiers arrives at the Tomb of Jesus' body and seals the round, very heavy, very unusual tomb stone.

God has spoken of this

Jeremiah 1

18 And I, behold, I make you this day a fortified city, an iron pillar, and bronze walls, against the whole land, against the kings of Judah, its officials, its priests, and the people of the land. 19 They will fight against you, but they shall not prevail against you, for I am with you, declares the Lord, to deliver you.

The Temple is having dire problems and very abnormal Passover. All of Israel knows. The Curtain described to Moses by God covering the Ark, separating the Holy of Holies is completely torn. The floor split by earthquake during the Crucifixion of Jesus. The Chief Priests and the Pharisees have not forgotten Jesus of Nazareth. The Disciples also know all of Israel knows.

Jeremiah 30

10'Fear not, O Jacob My servant,' declares the LORD, 'And do not be dismayed, O Israel;

For behold, I will save you from afar And your offspring from the land of their captivity. And Jacob will return and will be quiet and at ease, And no one will make him afraid.

11'For I am with you,' declares the LORD, 'to save you; For I will destroy completely all the nations where I have scattered you, Only I will not destroy you completely. But I will chasten you justly And will by no means leave you unpunished.'

Jeremiah 33:1-3

33 The word of the Lord came to Jeremiah a second time,

while he was still shut up in the court of the guard:

2 “Thus says the Lord who made the earth, the Lord who formed it to establish it—the Lord is his name: 3 Call to me and I will answer you, and will tell you great and hidden things that you have not known.

Jeremiah 39
17But I will deliver you on that day, declares the Lord, and you shall not be given into the hand of the men of whom you are afraid. 18For I will surely save you, and you shall not fall by the sword, but you shall have your life as a prize of war, because you have put your trust in me, declares the Lord.’”

Jeremiah 46

27 “But fear not, O Jacob my servant,
nor be dismayed, O Israel;
for lo, I will save you from afar,
and your offspring from the land of their captivity.
Jacob shall return and have quiet and ease,
and none shall make him afraid.

Abba our Father,

We seek Jesus for Your Grace and Mercy. Your Blessings each day and in the time of need.

We pray

2 Kings 22

Thus says the Lord, the God of Israel: Regarding the words that you have heard, 19 because your heart was penitent, and you humbled yourself before the Lord, when you heard how I spoke against this place and against its inhabitants, that they should become a desolation and a curse, and you have torn your clothes and wept before me,

I also have heard you, declares the Lord. 20 Therefore, behold, I will gather you to your fathers, and you shall be gathered to your grave in peace, and your eyes shall not see all the disaster that I will bring upon this place.’”

And just as the people who lived seeing the Light of the world in Jesus Christ, we want to live with the Light of the world - Your Son Jesus - within our souls reaching our body, mind and heart. Knowing Your Love, Guidance, Health, Hope, Joy, Peace and Protection.

For this, we pray for ourselves, loved ones, the people You have given us. For our Churches. For this Nation trusting in You. For the Nations who call to You, Father God. We Bless You for surrounding Your creation with active prayer.

Jesus Christ Only Son of God, God of Love, Mercy and Encouragement.

This Easter, our hearts and lives are Your's. Amen.

Psalm 15 ~ He who does these things shall never be moved +

Psalm 15

A Psalm of David.

1 O LORD, who shall sojourn in your tent?

Who shall dwell on your holy hill?

2 He who walks blamelessly and does what is right and speaks truth in his heart;
3 who does not slander with his tongue and does no evil to his neighbor,
nor takes up a reproach against his friend;
4 in whose eyes a vile person is despised,

but who honors those who fear the LORD;

who swears to his own hurt and does not change;

5 who does not put out his money at interest
and does not take a bribe against the innocent.

He who does these things shall never be moved.


I believe it's humanly beyond comprehension to imagine being Jesus, Only Son of God. Lamb of God taking all the sins, iniquities and wickedness. Jesus Himself took our infirmities and bore our sicknesses.

Isaiah 53

Surely he has borne our griefs
and carried our sorrows;
yet we esteemed him stricken,
smitten by God, and afflicted.
5 But he was pierced for our transgressions;
he was crushed for our iniquities;
upon him was the chastisement that brought us peace,
and with his wounds we are healed.



John was familiar with crucifixion. Mary was familiar with crucifixion and Pontius Pilate. Josephus recounts another incident in which Pilate spent Temple money building an aqueduct. Pilate had soldiers hidden in the crowd of Jews while Pilate spoke to the Jewish crowd and, when Jews again protested his actions, Pilate signaled for his soldiers to randomly attack, beat and kill.


When John and Mary decided to be near the beaten to near death Jesus, they fully comprehended their lives might end just as Jesus life was ending. Both John and Mary knew as they witnessed Simon this might be their fate.

What Jesus had given to John and Mary - they did not wish to leave.

Jesus had arrived to an unwed mother. During his lifetime Mary and Joseph were married. They were exiles in Egypt. And had determined to live again in the very small population of Nazareth. Where Jesus had grown in wisdom and standing - helping his family to be seen as Loving. Mary was not going to let the Son leave this life without all of her assistance she could give.

John had walked with awe. John knew he had been an eyewitness to John the Baptist, Andrew, Nathanael, the woman at the well, Peter and the whole town of Capernaum realizing the Messiah, told of, could do no more signs than Jesus had done. John had seen Moses, Elijah and the Widow of Nain's son rise. John had felt the Word of God alive in Jesus and would not leave Jesus.

We will never comprehend all Jesus has done for us. In feeling relief Jesus had His Mother and John, we come closer to wanting our Jesus to live eternally with Love.

In the suffering of Jesus unresponsive to life. The loss of His Light. The sorrow to see the end of such Goodness.

In knowing Mary Magdalene had risked her life. In knowing Joseph of Arimathea asked Pilate for the body of Jesus. Joseph of Arimathea was accompanied by Nicodemus, Bravely. We want our Jesus to have Love.

Knowing we want our Jesus to have Love. We want the Son of God to have the formerly blind attending the spices. We want the deaf now hearing to roll the stone back with sorrow. We want the cleansed Leper to fold the empty grave cloth with hope, wonder and sorrow. We want the Disciples to stand in the graveyard and mourn. We want the Brothers of Jesus to stand in the streets and cry out loud. We want the soldiers who know this is the Christ of God to weep standing by the sealed tomb. We want their hearts and lives to change to our God.

We want the hands holding the child to get up, to be well. We want the blind man with the saliva of Jesus and Jesus holding his eyes again - to fully heal this formerly blind man - to be in comfort. We want the Hands of Jesus feeding the multitude to not suffer. We want our Jesus, who only had to touch the bier of the Widow of Nain's son - to not cry.

We want the Hands of Jesus to be held by His Father and made whole. Just as Jesus told us the sparrows of earth are Loved by His Father. We want our Jesus to Live.

We want to know Jesus is doing Father God's Work with Joy. Amen!

We have Loved Jesus because He has loved us so - generously - first.

We want to know as Jesus made the Sea of Galilee living water by abiding near and over and in the waters of the Sea of Galilee, we want to know our Jesus is living with Love beside the shining waters of His Father and our's House.

And in this deep and abiding Love we hold for our Jesus, we have walked with John. We have walked with Mary. We have walked with Mary's sister. We have asked with Joseph of Arimathea. We have gone with Nicodemus to move Jesus' bloody body to rest. We will go with the women tomorrow to bring the spices. We will mourn Jesus. We Love Jesus.


And because we have this abiding Love for Jesus, we are made new creations in Jesus Christ.

We are the new creation in Jesus only His Grace could complete. And we will live with the Light of Jesus filling our days.



Father God, Abba,

Today we hope for Your Paradise and Your Love to be the comfort of Your Son.

Father God, Your Hand held back the Red Sea. Your Word stretches out the heavens like a curtain, we want our Jesus to have Your heart to dwell with Love.

Jesus blessed by His Father, inherit the kingdom prepared for You from the foundation of the world. When we were hungry, You gave us food. When we were thirsty and You gave me Living Water. When I was a stranger and You welcomed me.

Father You have placed my name on Your Hand. We pray the Hands of Jesus have comfort as well.

Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of compassion and the God of all comfort. We are comforted in all our troubles, we can know You comfort Jesus with the comfort we ourselves have received from God.

May Jesus Bless and Uphold those we Love. Take our cares from us. Bless the people God Himself has given us. Knowing You are Father God and even the least have all Your Love. Bless the Nation trusting in You. Bless the Believers as Lights to the world

In the name of Jesus Christ of Nazareth, Only Son of God cover us with Your Love.

Alleluia Amen.

John 16 ~ I have said these things to you, that in me you may have peace

John 16

4 But I have said these things to you, that when their hour comes you may remember that I told them to you. "I did not say these things to you from the beginning, because I was with you. 5 But now I am going to him who sent me, and none of you asks me, 'Where are you going?' 6 But because I have said these things to you, sorrow has filled your heart. 7 Nevertheless, I tell you the truth: it is to your advantage that I go away, for if I do not go away, the Helper will not come to you. But if I go, I will send him to you. 8 And when he comes, he will convict the world concerning sin and righteousness and judgment: 9 concerning sin, because they do not believe in me; 10 concerning righteousness, because I go to the Father, and you will see me no longer; 11 concerning judgment, because the ruler of this world is judged. 12 "I still have many things to say to you, but you cannot bear them now. 13 When the Spirit of truth comes, he will guide you into all the truth, for he will not speak on his own authority, but whatever he hears he will speak, and he will declare to you the things that are to come. 14 He will glorify me, for he will take what is mine and declare it to you. 15 All that the Father has is mine; therefore I said that he will take what is mine and declare it to you.


16 "A little while, and you will see me no longer; and again a little while, and you will see me." 17 So some of his disciples said to one another, "What is this that he says to us, 'A little while, and you will not see me, and again a little while, and you will see me'; and, 'because I am going to the Father'?" 18 So they were saying, "What does he mean by 'a little while'? We do not know what he is talking about." 19 Jesus knew that they wanted to ask him, so he said to them, "Is this what you are asking yourselves, what I meant by saying, 'A little while and you will not see me, and again a little while and you will see me'? 20 Truly, truly, I say to you, you will weep and lament, but the world will rejoice. You will be sorrowful, but your sorrow will turn into joy. 21 When a woman is giving birth, she has sorrow because her hour has come, but when she has delivered the baby, she no longer remembers the anguish, for joy that a human being has been born into the world. 22 So also you have sorrow now, but I will see you again, and your hearts will rejoice, and no one will take your joy from you. 23 In that day you will ask nothing of me. Truly, truly, I say to you, whatever you ask of the Father in my name, he will give it to you. 24 Until now you have asked nothing in my name. Ask, and you will receive, that your joy may be full.


25 "I have said these things to you in figures of speech. The hour is coming when I will no longer speak to you in figures of speech but will tell you plainly about the Father. 26 In that day you will ask in my name, and I do not say to you that I will ask the Father on your behalf; 27 for the Father himself loves you, because you have loved me and have believed that I came from God. 28 I came from the Father and have come into the world, and now I am leaving the world and going to the Father." 29 His disciples said, "Ah, now you are speaking plainly and not using figurative speech! 30 Now we know that you know all things and do not need anyone to question you; this is why we believe that you came from God." 31 Jesus answered them, "Do you now believe? 32 Behold, the hour is coming, indeed it has come, when you will be scattered, each to his own home, and will leave me alone. 

Yet I am not alone, for the Father is with me. 33 I have said these things to you, that in me you may have peace. 

In the world you will have tribulation. But take heart; I have overcome the world."



We have seen in God's Word - Jesus giving the Disciples the New Covenant at a dinner and of a meal in John 21, The Triumphant Jesus serves His Disciples breakfast. Jesus is for us. Jesus has come to save the world. Jesus has come to nourish our eternal being.

We have seen in the Word of God - Jesus and His Disciples went to the Wedding of Cana and stayed for a few days with the family of Jesus. A joy to the soul.

We have seen in the Word of God - Jesus is given a party by Matthew - a corrupt Roman Taxman gives Jesus a party of his friends to share Love with the sinners. A time of Joy. Jesus spoke of vineyards and the beauty in them 26 times. Jesus was falsely labeled as a glutton and drinker. Jesus lived a very real life.

Jesus is invited by Mary, Martha and Lazarus to dinner for saving the life of Lazarus from the grave. The newly alive man has created a very well-known situation in the life of Jesus. In the middle of trouble, Jesus will certainly arrive to celebrate the life of Lazarus. Jesus is the Life of all of mankind. The Light in our souls. Life is going to celebrated.

And the Dinner of the New Covenant. Jesus is again doing what we would know would be true. Jesus has invited the Disciples to a meeting and a clear discussion of the Life, the Hope, the Joy of God's Son. Jesus is nourishing us to see past the tragedy of the end of this incredible Jesus dailing living in Israel as Grace upon Grace.  Jesus is nourishing this weak group about to be very debilitated. Jesus is providing an honest meal of nurture to be able to Celebrate Life again. We are included in Father God's House forever.

Jesus is steadfastly explaining. Jesus is giving all the details of the whole Plan of God's. In the middle of the trauma to come, our Jesus is explaining hope.

John wrote these words - God's Word resonated deeply. John found the courage to live and believe Jesus in the middle of all this ministry of God's Only Son falling. On the Road to Emmaus, the disciples explain to Jesus - all of Israel knows. John received God's Word. The Living Word would guide John in the greatest of life tragedies. To Live. To Life. To Jesus. Forever.



Abba, our Father,

We pray to receive Your Word with Living and Active heart, mind and soul.

We pray to have Your Hope resonate within us. Your Holy Spirit to guide, encourage, embolden, broaden us to know fully the Love You, Father God, have for us. To be held in all seasons of our lives. Pleasing Father God where we will see and be given life because Jesus has done this for me and for you.

John and Jesus live the Peace You give them this week. They find their faith is greater than the events they would not want to have occurred. They find they will do the Plan of God, trusting our Father is Greater than any event.

We remember Numbers 6, we pray for ourselves, our Loved ones, the people You give us to be covered and blessed this week in particular with the Name of Jesus. The Blessed want their Blessing to be shared and pray for this Nation trusting in God, the Nations trusting in God and the people - God's Beloved to share this Blessing.

Beloved of God, let us pray for all to be covered in the Name of Jesus. Knowing the prayers of the people say so often, 'I'm ok I love Jesus. Please let my loved one share this Love. Jesus is Love.'

Amen in Jesus. Thank You for Jesus. Thank You for what You have done. Thank You.

Because of Jesus we prepare for Peace. Thank God. Thank Jesus.

John 21 ~ Jesus revealed Himself +

John 21

After this Jesus revealed himself again to the disciples by the Sea of Tiberias, and he revealed himself in this way. 2 Simon Peter, Thomas (called the Twin), Nathanael of Cana in Galilee, the sons of Zebedee, and two others of his disciples were together.

3 Simon Peter said to them, “I am going fishing.”

They said to him, “We will go with you.” They went out and got into the boat, but that night they caught nothing.

4 Just as day was breaking, Jesus stood on the shore; yet the disciples did not know that it was Jesus. 5 Jesus said to them, “Children, do you have any fish?”

 
They answered him, “No.”

6 He said to them, “Cast the net on the right side of the boat, and you will find some.” So they cast it, and now they were not able to haul it in, because of the quantity of fish.

7 That disciple whom Jesus loved therefore said to Peter, “It is the Lord!” When Simon Peter heard that it was the Lord, he put on his outer garment, for he was stripped for work, and threw himself into the sea. 8

The other disciples came in the boat, dragging the net full of fish, for they were not far from the land, but about a hundred yards off.

9 When they got out on land, they saw a charcoal fire in place, with fish laid out on it, and bread. 10 Jesus said to them, “Bring some of the fish that you have just caught.” 11 So Simon Peter went aboard and hauled the net ashore, full of large fish, 153 of them.



And although there were so many, the net was not torn.


 

 12 Jesus said to them, “Come and have breakfast.” Now none of the disciples dared ask him, “Who are you?” They knew it was the Lord. 13 Jesus came and took the bread and gave it to them, and so with the fish

. 14 This was now the third time that Jesus was revealed to the disciples after he was raised from the dead.

15 When they had finished breakfast, Jesus said to Simon Peter, “Simon, son of John, do you love me more than these?”

 He said to him, “Yes, Lord; you know that I love you.”

 He said to him, “Feed my lambs.”

16 He said to him a second time, “Simon, son of John, do you love me?”

He said to him, “Yes, Lord; you know that I love you.”

He said to him, “Tend my sheep.”

17 He said to him the third time, “Simon, son of John, do you love me?”

Peter was grieved because he said to him the third time, “Do you love me?” and he said to him, “Lord, you know everything; you know that I love you.”

 Jesus said to him, “Feed my sheep. 18 Truly, truly, I say to you, when you were young, you used to dress yourself and walk wherever you wanted, but when you are old, you will stretch out your hands, and another will dress you and carry you where you do not want to go.” 19 (This he said to show by what kind of death he was to glorify God.) And after saying this he said to him, “Follow me.”

20 Peter turned and saw the disciple whom Jesus loved following them, the one who also had leaned back against him during the supper and had said, “Lord, who is it that is going to betray you?”

21 When Peter saw him, he said to Jesus, “Lord, what about this man?”

22 Jesus said to him, “If it is my will that he remain until I come, what is that to you? You follow me!”

23 So the saying spread abroad among the brothers that this disciple was not to die; yet Jesus did not say to him that he was not to die, but, “If it is my will that he remain until I come, what is that to you?”

24 This is the disciple who is bearing witness about these things, and who has written these things, and we know that his testimony is true.

25 Now there are also many other things that Jesus did. Were every one of them to be written, I suppose that the world itself could not contain the books that would be written.

To see all the of the Books Written by the Word of God, the Holy Spirit leading the writers to tell His Story, History, you begin to realize all of mankind's thoughts and ideas echoes the possibilities of a limitless Father God. Who tells us all things are possible in God.

Think of Heaven, all the Living events of miracles we all can point towards - those who believe Father God, would put their God given miracles into His Living Library.

This is Holy Week. Jesus will have dinner for His Disciples. Knowing full well what Holy Week is and Jesus knows He is in the last week of Jesus' ministry on earth. His Disciples would not know what Jesus was going to do this week. The Jesus Triumphant of John 21 is also the Jesus of two weeks before Palm Sunday and Jesus of Holy Week. 



Hebrews 13:8
Jesus Christ is the same yesterday and today, yes and forever.

Colossians 1:17
He himself existed before anything else did, and he holds all things together

1 Chronicles 29:11
Yours, O LORD, is the greatness and the power and the glory and the victory and the majesty, for all that is in the heavens and in the earth is yours. Yours is the kingdom, O LORD, and you are exalted as head above all.


Jesus, we know fell during Good Friday. And could barely sustain Himself. This was agony. God surely displays God is God by showing us He has Dinner to explain the New Covenant and tells the Disciples of His Joy in Life.

In showing us the Peace of God, we are seeing Holy Week reflects the Heavenly Host of Jesus' beginning.

Luke 2
14 “Glory to God in the highest,
and on earth peace among those with whom he is pleased!”


Jesus shows us this week "His Steadfast Love endures Forever."

God does not hoard this to Himself, Father God has shown us, in families of believers, to sit with those ready to enter the Kingdom of God - the peace passing understanding.

We Love a God who carries the tremendous burden and gives His Children a meal. No one would want what Jesus endured and He does this with incredible God Peace.

God tells us to arise and we are able to do what we need to do because our Father gives us His Holy Spirit assuring us He never leaves or forsakes us.



 And realize John 21 tells us so clearly and intimately of Jesus who calls for us to be provided, gives breakfast to begin a new day. Blesses with redemption and Love knowing us exactly as we are.

Such a comfortable Love, telling us He does not require of us what we never had to give.

A Love where He makes the conversation possible, and brings Himself to us - where we dwell. And as loving as the Best of All Fathers - tenderly gathers. Forgives and reestablishes.

So comfortably, sibling rivalry cheers and establishes wonder and vitality.

There is no doubt, all of His Children have finished the meal knowing they are the Beloved.

This is our God. He has made us. Not we ourselves. Blessed be the name of Jesus.



The Cross of Jesus has made us Flawless.
The Name of Jesus covers us and gives us Salvation. A Place in His House.







Let us Bless our God.

Thanks Be to Jesus our Lord. Cover and sustain us. Bless us to Live and know Your Love.

Bless the Nations, trusting in You. Bless Your Children, those who believe today and those who will believe tomorrow. Cover us in the Highest Name of Jesus, we pray.

Thank You , Jesus and our Father God.  Amen.