What is Easter About i/ A Mystery Cleared Up

They did not understand the magnitude of what Jesus had been talking about. What did he mean when he told his disciples that  he was going away. Thomas asked him, "Lord, we don't know where you are going. So how can we know the way?" It had been confusing. A mystery. They were having a hard time 'getting it.'

Jesus had tried to comfort them..He had just told them to not be troubled. That he was going back to his Father, and would come back for them. But at first that had not been enough. Their beloved friend and master was leaving them. Where was he going.

Yes, it must have been a confusing time for these men that had spent so much time with Jesus that are now finding out that he was going to leave them. What was to come in the days that followed were no doubt some of the saddest times that they had ever lived through. Why? It was because they did not understand.

And yet, all of it had been ordained from the beginning of the world.

It is sometimes confusing to us when we think of all that happened from that time on. If God is God, where is he? Where did he come from? What and who existed before time really began?

like the disciples we don't have all the answers to our questions. There are mysteries that man does not know and are yet to be revealed to us by a holy God.

One mystery was cleared up by the death and resurrection of Jesus Christ. Why had he had to go through all of that?

Because the wages of our sin is death. Romans 6:23. He had to take our punishment on himself so that instead of us spending eternity in hell, we could live forever with him in heaven. That is what the whole thing about Easter should be about to us in our hearts. Had God not loved us enough to come up with a plan in which we could escape his judgement, or if Jesus had refused to go to the cross, there would be no hope for us.

And while the disciples had eventually come to grips with losing their dear friend Jesus, because they had had to, they also eventually figured out exactly what he had been trying to tell them. They finally got it.

Many today still don't get it. It is too far out for them. And sad to say, many have passed this life only to find themselves in ever lasting darkness. For those that do get it, our hope is in the One that died for us because he loves us that much!

April 10, 2019 Easter reading:  They came again into Jerusalem. And while Jesus was was walking in the temple courts, the chief priests, the teachers of the law and the elders came to him. "By what authority are you doing these thing?" they asked. "And who gave you the authority to do this?"


Hi Friends. I am glad you are spending these days before Easter-the holiest time of the year-with me. Thanks for coming. God bless you through out this season!