Just Like That

For as Jonah was three days and three nights in the belly of the great fish, so will the Son of Man be three days and three nights in the heart of the earth.  Matthew 12:40

We had a new holiday come by on Saturday, in case you missed the news on it. Even the post office could not respond quickly enough to implement it though. It was signed into law Thursday with the observance scheduled for Friday and the holiday falling on Saturday. I wonder if anyone thought of Jesus on Sunday morning? Of course many people did as Sunday is our usual day of worship. In about the same time that we have heard about and watched this new holiday go by, that same Jesus died and got up alive again. Last Tuesday we had a regular week, Thursday we had a new federal holiday scheduled for Saturday. Quick action indeed for our government! 

Now, with that schedule in mind, imagine you are walking along the shores of the Sea of Galilee in about 33AD. A man is walking toward you from some distance away but he looks kind of familiar. Just then a friend runs up to you with the news that Jesus of Nazareth has been executed in Jerusalem by the chief priests and elders, right before the Passover last Friday evening. Now you understand what is familiar about that man coming along the shore. "You mean Him?" as your friend looks at the holes in our Lord's hands and, just like that, passes out beside you. 

He is risen!

Bucky