The grave did not hold Jesus and His Name would be proclaimed for many years, secretly, with many changed lives, until Constantine would appease the growing number of Christians to allow Christianity to be the Religion of the Roman Empire.
Psalm 56:9-13
This I know, that God is for me.
10 In God, whose word I praise,
in the Lord, whose word I praise,
11 in God I trust; I shall not be afraid.
What can man do to me?
12 I must perform my vows to you, O God;
I will render thank offerings to you.
13 For you have delivered my soul from death,
yes, my feet from falling,
that I may walk before God
in the light of life.
We live during a time that isn't known for comfort and good news. The arrival Jesus promised of the Holy Spirit continued to grow. Like the First Easter, with the Disciples hiding as the day began, Christianity spread through meeting in places like the catacombs.
Why remember the chaos of the beginning of Christianity?
To point out, that times of distress can form thoughts and goals. The building up of mankind.
Catacombs are the billboards of yesterday.
Christian Art has been discovered only in recent decades. What an amazing time we live in. I grew up thinking Pontius Pilate was a myth. And the census of Augustus driving Joseph to bring Mary to give birth to Jesus Christ in Bethlehem is now discovered.
The Catacombs have major art. They are now famous for Christian burials beginning in the 2nd century. The white tombstone is the Funerary Steele of Licinia Amias, one of the most ancient Christian inscriptions. Upper tier: dedication to the Dis Manibus and Christian motto in Greek letters ΙΧΘΥC ΖΩΝΤΩΝ / Ikhthus zōntōn ("Fish of the Living"). The other art is Jesus as Shepherd and the Eucharist. Peter's home in Capernaum was covered with praise inscriptions as well.
Why was this such a time of great change? Only a carpenter's son was condemned after Pontius Pilate declared him to be innocent. We know from written history, other political zealots had declared themselves to be the Messiah of God.
Jesus was unusual for the lame walking, the blind seeing, the deaf hear and the poor had good news preached to them.
And so, more than likely, Annas and Caiaphas were ready to jump back into the swing of things as business as usual. My husband, likes, without theological background or seminary, to call this the Zombie Passover. And the painter James Tissot would agree. Actually, this would have caused me a very great upset to see. The Disciple John, the beloved disciple, believed he had seen evil and that Good Friday, day, changed him and his writings more than the other disciples who had hidden.
Passover was not the joy they had known - instead, they had major looming problems.
At that moment, the curtain of the temple was torn in two from top to bottom. The earth shook, the rocks split 52 and the tombs broke open. The bodies of many holy people who had died were raised to life. 53 They came out of the tombs after Jesus’ resurrection and e went into the holy city and appeared to many people.
54 When the centurion and those with him who were guarding Jesus saw the earthquake and all that had happened, they were terrified, and exclaimed, “Surely he was the Son of God!”
And the graves were opened - "Graves" or sepulchers were most commonly made, among the Jews, in solid rocks or in caves of rocks. The rending of the rocks, therefore, would lay them open. The graves were opened by this earthquake, but the dead in them did not rise until after his resurrection.
So what did the Temple government look like upon The death of Jesus Christ the LORD and His Resurrection?
Today in Jerusalem, this is a model of the 2nd Temple with a close-up of Solomon's Porch.
The Catacombs have major art. They are now famous for Christian burials beginning in the 2nd century. The white tombstone is the Funerary Steele of Licinia Amias, one of the most ancient Christian inscriptions. Upper tier: dedication to the Dis Manibus and Christian motto in Greek letters ΙΧΘΥC ΖΩΝΤΩΝ / Ikhthus zōntōn ("Fish of the Living"). The other art is Jesus as Shepherd and the Eucharist. Peter's home in Capernaum was covered with praise inscriptions as well.
Why was this such a time of great change? Only a carpenter's son was condemned after Pontius Pilate declared him to be innocent. We know from written history, other political zealots had declared themselves to be the Messiah of God.
Jesus was unusual for the lame walking, the blind seeing, the deaf hear and the poor had good news preached to them.
Jesus Heals, painted by James Tissot
And so, more than likely, Annas and Caiaphas were ready to jump back into the swing of things as business as usual. My husband, likes, without theological background or seminary, to call this the Zombie Passover. And the painter James Tissot would agree. Actually, this would have caused me a very great upset to see. The Disciple John, the beloved disciple, believed he had seen evil and that Good Friday, day, changed him and his writings more than the other disciples who had hidden.
Passover was not the joy they had known - instead, they had major looming problems.
Matthew 27:51-54
54 When the centurion and those with him who were guarding Jesus saw the earthquake and all that had happened, they were terrified, and exclaimed, “Surely he was the Son of God!”
Bodies of many holy people who had died were raised to life, Painted by James Tissot
And the graves were opened - "Graves" or sepulchers were most commonly made, among the Jews, in solid rocks or in caves of rocks. The rending of the rocks, therefore, would lay them open. The graves were opened by this earthquake, but the dead in them did not rise until after his resurrection.
So what did the Temple government look like upon The death of Jesus Christ the LORD and His Resurrection?
Today in Jerusalem, this is a model of the 2nd Temple with a close-up of Solomon's Porch.
Acts 5:12-16 ~ American Standard Version
And by the hands of the apostles were many signs and wonders
wrought among the people;
and they were all with one accord in Solomon's porch.
But of the rest durst no man join himself to them:
howbeit, the people magnified them;
and believers were the more added to the Lord,
multitudes
both of them and women;
insomuch that they even carried out the sick into the streets,
and laid them on beds and couches,
that, as Peter came by,
at the least his shadow might overshadow
some one of them.
And there also came together the multitudes
from the cities round about Jerusalem,
bring sick folk,
and them that were vexed with unclean spirits:
And they were healed every one.
Quite a change. From hiding behind locked doors, the disciples are preaching Jesus Christ the Savior in the 36 acres of the Temple Court.
John 20:19-20
On the evening of that first day of the week,
when the disciples were together,
with the doors locked for fear of the Jews,
Jesus came and stood among them
and said,
"Peace be with you!"
After He said this,
He showed them His hands and side.
The disciples were overjoyed
when they saw the Lord.
Just found, with Pilate coins
Found in the Roman Road near Bethlehem:
Coins — a coin minted by Roman prefect of Judea, Pontius Pilate from 29 AD, a coin minted by Agrippa I from 41 AD, dating to the second year of the revolt against Rome (67 AD) and a later Islamic coin from the Umayyad period.
One of the interesting parts of archaeology in Israel,
human remains are not as easily found.
Not what you'd expect in a dry climate.
Creating an interesting observation
in Ezekiel calling for dry bones to rise up.
John 20:28-29
Thomas said to him, “My Lord and my God!”
Then Jesus told him, “Because you have seen Me, you have believed;
Blessed are those who have not seen
and yet
have believed.”
Abba, Father,
I must perform my vows to you, O God;
I will render thank offerings to you.
13 For you have delivered my soul from death,
yes, my feet from falling,
that I may walk before God
in the light of life.
Times of distress can form thoughts and goals.
The building up of mankind.
Father, we ask for Your help.
Luke 18:1
Then Jesus told his disciples a parable to show them
that they should always pray
and not give up
For great is the glory of the Lord!
Blessed Be the Name of Jesus
and those who call upon Him
Blessed be those who have
their hope in You
Thank You for hearing our prayers
and answering us
as our Father.
In the Highest Name of
Jesus, Alleluia,
Amen
We Pray for Your Help
to end the drought so many have experienced,
in the Highest Name of Jesus Christ.
Amen
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