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Good Friday and Christ’s Sabbath Rest

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John 19:37-38 and Christ on the Cross, Holy Family Shrine, Eastern Nebraska.A silhouetted Christ on the cross for Good Friday, the Holy Family Shrine, Eastern Nebraska.  Christ's Sabbath Rest

“Jesus said, ‘t is finished,’ and He bowed His head and gave up His spirit. Since it was the day of Preparation, and so that the bodies would not remain on the cross on the Sabbath (for that Sabbath was a high day), the Jews asked Pilate… that they might be taken away.” John 19:37-38  (ESV)

Christ’s Sabbath Rest

With the words “It is finished” Jesus finished His work of redemption and made a path of salvation for humanity. He died shortly before sundown and the beginning of the Jewish Sabbath.

Then, on the Jewish Sabbath, Jesus laid in the tomb taking a symbolic Sabbath rest from His redemptive work. This was the last Sabbath of the old creation. At dawn on the first day of the week, the first day of creation, He rose from the dead ushering in a new creation.

The cross brought death, but it also brought forgiveness. And, on the third day, Christ rose from the dead. His Resurrection brings new life and a new creation.

Read about the crucifixion of Christ in Mark 15 and John 19.

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Good Friday and Christ’s Sabbath Rest — 6 Comments

  2. Thank you for the ministry you bring and I look forward to it daily. At Easter we need to reflect on what God did for us when He sent His Only Son to pay for our sins. Have a blessed Easter and may God continue to guide you.

    • Lois. Thanks for your comment. Yes, we all need to reflect on what God did for us when He sent His Only Son. Amen. May you have a blessed Easter as well.

  3. Pat, I LOVE the way you explained the “Last Sabbath of the old creation … ” and why we Christians celebrate the day of rest on the day our dear Lord resurrected! I had never heard the “why” of Sunday as our day of rest. Thank you so much!

    • Thanks Bebe. Christ brought in a new beginning to begin a new creation when He rose from the dead. No more “new wine in old wine skins.” 🙂

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