Observations From Hadleyville: GOOD FRIDAY

Friday, March 21, 2008

GOOD FRIDAY

Today Christians commemorate the death of Jesus the Christ. Jesus himself said he came "to serve and die a ransom for many." He also said that "as Moses lifted up the serpent in the wilderness, so I, if I am lifted up will draw all men to me." Those are Don the Baptist paraphrases.

Moses lifted up the serpent at God's direction. The Hebrews were murmuring against God and his nearest representative; Moses. God sent poisonous serpents into the camp which created quite a bit of excitement when people began dropping dead. God told Moses to raise a bronze casting of a serpent on a pole ( the modern medical caduceus symbol is a stylized image of that event ) The divine promise was that anyone who looked to the serpent would be healed/spared from death.

Jesus' reference to the event promises eternal salvation to all who look to him.

On the night before the crucifixion, Thomas said to Jesus, "Show us the Father and that's all we need."

Jesus replied, "Have I been with you so long and you don't even know me? He who has seen me has seen the Father."

Jesus IS God in human flesh. Look to him for salvation. Not some murky, future cloud nine with nothing but wings and harps and a long, boring church service for a bazillion years.

He offers to make you the you he created you to become in the first place. THAT'S what Christians mean by SALVATION.

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