Issue 716 – In Between – April 16, 2022
Today is Holy Saturday, that strange time between the death and resurrection of Jesus the Christ. Theologians have debated what Jesus did on that day, but there is no definitive Scriptural answer.
In 1 Peter 3:18-20, we read.
For Christ also suffered once for sins, the righteous for the unrighteous, that he might bring us to God, being put to death in the flesh but made alive in the spirit, in which he went and proclaimed to the spirits in prison, because they formerly did not obey, when God’s patience waited in the days of Noah, while the ark was being prepared, in which a few, that is, eight persons, were brought safely through water.
There is no universal agreement about what that means.
For the disciples, this was not an in-between day. The resurrection was still in the future, and they did not yet understand.
For Jesus’ closest followers, it was a day of shock and mourning. Their beloved leader had been rejected, mocked, falsely accused and condemned, tortured and killed. They had all abandoned Him, and some of His closest friends even denied Him. One of the twelve killed himself, and the other eleven were left to what they thought was a very uncertain future. How black that day must have seemed to them.
Like the disciples, there is a sense that we to are in between. Not so much in between the cross and the resurrection, for we know Jesus was raised. We are in between His ascension and His return in glory.
Believers are between having been justified and being made holy. We are in the ongoing process of sanctification. We know that His work will be finished.
We can look back on Good Friday, and it ought to touch our very hearts, but we will never understand the depth of sorrow his followers felt. We can celebrate Resurrection Sunday because we know that our sin debt has been paid in full and His claims proved by His death and resurrection.
Our trials in the days between salvation and glory will be no less real than those faced by the disciples, but Holy Spirit dwells in us and holds us secure.
Tomorrow as we celebrate the resurrection of our King, take a moment to look backwards, then look to the future and give Him the glory due to His name.
He is risen.
He is risen indeed.
Hallelu Yah (Praise God)
Be blessed.
Kevin.
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Soli Deo Gloria (for the glory of God alone.)
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