Holy Week

Yesterday was the beginning of Holy Week. It was Palm Sunday. The Bible tells the story of this week better than I could or anyone else for that matter. Someone in a committee meeting I attended suggested that this is an example of “what a week can mean” in the history of the world. I am continuing the read the scriptures for this week, but I am going to suggest that we read those pertaining to this Holy Week as well.

The scriptures I will use during the week are those that we used in our wonderful church service yesterday. And so we begin the journey:

Philippians 2:5-11

Isaiah 50:4-9a

Matthew 26:14-49

Remember during this week that Christ was crucified for you so that you would not need to be sacrificed as the animals were in The Hebrew Bible (OT). In the Hebrew Bible the animals were sacrificed for the sins of the people. Can we even begin how it would have felt if we had been used instead of the animals? God was gracious and merciful to the people.

In the New Testament God extends His mercy and sends us His Son who dies for us all…He redeems us from our sins.

Carol

Bible Breath: Jesus Christ / Died for our sins