“Learning to live in faith on Saturday is part of the journey of faith.”

I think American Christians don’t like to look at the hard, the real parts of the Gospels. We want prosperity, health and wealth.

However as much as we would like to avoid this time, as Bradford says, learning to live in it is part of the journey we have.

I felt this was so important that I blogged about it last Saturday as well.

† Christus resurrexit! Resurrexit vere!
† Christ is Risen, He is risen indeed!

But what if it doesn’t? Sunday still comes for us!!!!

Just a thought from Colorado where it can snow in May as well…

Ephesians 1

18 I pray also that the eyes of your heart may be enlightened in order that you may know the hope to which he has called you, the riches of his glorious inheritance in the saints, 19 and his incomparably great power for us who believe. That power is like the working of his mighty strength, 20 which he exerted in Christ when he raised him from the dead and seated him at his right hand in the heavenly realms, 21 far above all rule and authority, power and dominion, and every title that can be given, not only in the present age but also in the one to come. 22 And God placed all things under his feet and appointed him to be head over everything for the church, 23 which is his body, the fullness of him who fills everything in every way.

Now, that’s Power!

62 Next day, that is, after the day of Preparation, the chief priests and the Pharisees gathered before Pilate 63 and said, “Sir, we remember how that impostor said, while he was still alive, ‘After three days I will rise again.’ 64 Therefore order the sepulchre to be made secure until the third day, lest his disciples go and steal him away, and tell the people, ‘He has risen from the dead,’ and the last fraud will be worse than the first.” 65 Pilate said to them, “You have a guard of soldiers; go, make it as secure as you can.” 66 So they went and made the sepulchre secure by sealing the stone and setting a guard.

Saturday was the day that Satan reinforced the the tomb to prevent the resurrection. In so doing, the witness of the resurrection is made even stronger. Sometimes, even in the midst of despair and lament, God is at work setting the stage for the miraculous. Without Saturday we would not have had the witness of those that guarded the tomb or the broken seal. We need to be reminded on Saturday that Sunday is coming; but, to never forget that God is always at work even in the midst of an evil and dying world. I often think about how Enoch walked with God in a world that was so corrupt that God later decided to destroy it with a flood? Learning to live in faith on Saturday is part of the journey of faith.

Another thing that is interesting to think about is, what was Jesus doing that Saturday? In 1 Peter, Peter references 1 Enoch by saying that Christ proclaimed to spirits in prison from the time of Noah. What was he proclaiming? Not a second chance to human spirits but the declaration of victory to demonic forces that had tried to hard to lead men astray.