🌘 'Saturday, the Netherworld between Faith and Sight, But Sunday's Comin' 🌔

I think we all agree that Good Friday is the ultimate horror show of the Bible.

Think about it. The story has all the necessary elements of a nightmare thriller. It begins with a protagonist who brings hope and healing to a downtrodden people. He’s the Friend of sinners who champions the cause of the poor, the sick, and the oppressed. He challenges the twin demagogues of religion and government and vanquishes them with his wisdom and intellect. He’s witty, quick-thinking, and compassionate. And he loves and cares for his mother – can a hero get any better than that? 

A surprise plot twist finds him betrayed by one of his closest confidants, abandoned by his friends, and arrested by corrupt, power-hungry men. The dark villain and mastermind of this fiendish plot, satan himself, cackles with glee as they nail his shredded body to a cross. And then he dies.

Not the happy ending everyone expected. Least of all his disciples.

If Good Friday is the horror show of the Bible, then Resurrection Sunday is the ultimate feel good movie. The hero kicks the teeth out of death’s ravenous mouth, delivers the antidote for sin, and paves the way for all who believe to live forever with Him in the wonderland of heaven.

He rewards the faithful and punishes the wicked. His triumph resounds with all the bells and whistles heaven can muster – an earthquake, angels, and a vanishing body. No longer bound by the frailty of human flesh, the conquering hero amazes His followers with the ability to read minds, appear and disappear, and walk through locked doors.

What Sense Does It Make to Call the Dark Event of Jesus’ Death as Good Friday?

The day itself was the most momentous day in the history of the world.

In 1 Corinthians 15:3, Paul mentioned this day to be “of first importance.”

“For what I received I passed on to you as of first importance that Christ died for our sins…”

Since Jesus offered Himself as a sacrifice for all mankind, we can claim victory over our sins. 

I ask you, when you receive a gift from God, aren’t you joyful?

Would you consider a day of receiving a gift “Good” or “Bad?”

“He himself bore our sins” in his body on the cross, so that we might die to sins and live for righteousness; “by his wounds you have been healed.” 1 Peter 2:24

Without the day of Jesus’ death, we wouldn’t have been able to celebrate the joy of His resurrection.

The death of Jesus has bought for us the gift of an eternal life.

Although the day Jesus got crucified was sorrowful but it was a divine moment for us to be blessed with the biggest gift from God i.e. the blood of Jesus that has the power to wipe away all our sins.

That’s why understanding the Word of God is so much important. Since what we find bad is good in the eyes of God Almighty.

But then there’s Saturday. The awful in between. 

Today, The 𝐒𝐈𝐋𝐄𝐍𝐓 𝐒𝐀𝐓𝐔𝐑𝐃𝐀𝐘, The Day After Jesus Was Crucified And Before His Resurrection... 

𝘞𝘩𝘦𝘯 𝘏𝘪𝘴 𝘉𝘰𝘥𝘺 𝘞𝘢𝘴 𝘋𝘦𝘢𝘥, 𝘍𝘦𝘢𝘳 𝘙𝘶𝘭𝘦𝘥, 𝘏𝘰𝘱𝘦 𝘏𝘢𝘥 𝘌𝘷𝘢𝘱𝘰𝘳𝘢𝘵𝘦𝘥, 𝘈𝘯𝘥 𝘌𝘷𝘪𝘭 𝘚𝘦𝘦𝘮𝘪𝘯𝘨𝘭𝘺 𝘞𝘰𝘯.

Our lives are a lot like Saturday. At least that particular Saturday – the one usually overlooked in the middle of Good Friday and Resurrection Sunday.

If we’re believers, we’re living in that Saturday. We’ve surrendered our right to self-government and independence. We’ve turned our back on the old man who lived for himself and thrown in our lot with Jesus. We’ve irrevocably declared our desire to surrender, submit, and be sanctified.

We’ve died with Christ on Good Friday. 

 “ . . . knowing this, that our old man was crucified with Him, that the body of sin might be done away with, that we should no longer be slaves of sin. For he who has died has been freed from sin” (Rom. 6:6-7).

And we’ll live and reign with him in heaven forever one day – that’s Resurrection Sunday. 

We’ll shed our slimy scales of sinful flesh and don the robes of righteousness Christ has prepared for us. We’ll no longer be hindered by the frailties of our human bodies. No more sickness, pain, sorrow, or death. We’ll receive rewards for the deeds we did for Christ alone – gold, silver, and precious stones – and lay them at his feet. Faith will become sight, and all will be made right. 

But in between, we live in Saturday, the netherworld between faith and sight. 

We believe Christ died, was buried, and rose again, but we have yet to see him. We spend our time, money, and energy to further the kingdom He promised, but few have seen it this side of the veil. We pray to a Savior we don't fully see because we believe He sees us fully. We wait in confident expectation, hoping to receive the redemption of our bodies and our souls. But our faith isn’t sight on Saturday.

𝗦𝗮𝘁𝘂𝗿𝗱𝗮𝘆 𝗜𝘀 𝗕𝗘𝗙𝗢𝗥𝗘 𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗩𝗜𝗖𝗧𝗢𝗥𝗬. 

Saturday Is The Aftermath That Is Still Agony. Saturday Is Essential For Us Today Because We All Go Through Tremendous, Heartbreaking Struggles ........

𝘞𝘰𝘯𝘥𝘦𝘳𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘚𝘰𝘮𝘦𝘵𝘪𝘮𝘦𝘴 𝘐𝘧 𝘎𝘰𝘥 𝘏𝘦𝘢𝘳𝘴 𝘜𝘴 𝘈𝘯𝘥 𝘚𝘦𝘦 𝘜𝘴... 

𝗔𝗻𝗱 𝗛𝗘 𝗗𝗢𝗘𝗦. 

𝗛𝗘 𝗜𝗦 𝗪𝗶𝘁𝗵 𝗨𝘀!

 “For the creation was subjected to frustration, not by its own choice, but by the will of the one who subjected it, in hope that the creation itself will be liberated from its bondage to decay and brought into the glorious freedom of the children of God. . .

 “But hope that is seen is no hope at all. Who hopes for what he already has? But if we hope for what we do not yet have, we wait for it patiently” (Rom. 8:20-22, 23-25).

𝘋𝘦𝘢𝘳 𝘍𝘳𝘪𝘦𝘯𝘥, 𝘠𝘦𝘴 𝘠𝘖𝘜, 

𝘐𝘴 𝘠𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘏𝘦𝘢𝘳𝘵 𝘜𝘯𝘴𝘦𝘵𝘵𝘭𝘦𝘥 𝘉𝘺 𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘊𝘩𝘢𝘰𝘴 𝘖𝘧 𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘞𝘰𝘳𝘭𝘥? 

𝘈𝘳𝘦 𝘠𝘰𝘶 𝘏𝘦𝘢𝘷𝘺-𝘓𝘢𝘥𝘦𝘯 𝘞𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘉𝘢𝘥 𝘔𝘰𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘴, 

𝘔𝘢𝘥 𝘔𝘰𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘴, 𝘖𝘳 𝘈𝘯𝘹𝘪𝘰𝘶𝘴 𝘔𝘰𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘴?

𝘛𝘰𝘥𝘢𝘺, 𝘙𝘦𝘴𝘵 𝘐𝘯 𝘎𝘰𝘥’𝘴 𝘚𝘦𝘭𝘧-𝘎𝘪𝘷𝘪𝘯𝘨 

𝘓𝘰𝘷𝘦 𝘈𝘯𝘥 𝘓𝘦𝘢𝘷𝘦 𝘈𝘭𝘭 𝘠𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘛𝘳𝘰𝘶𝘣𝘭𝘦𝘴 

𝘈𝘵 𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘍𝘰𝘰𝘵 𝘖𝘧 𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘊𝘳𝘰𝘴𝘴. 

.

.

𝗧𝗵𝗲𝗿𝗲 𝗪𝗲𝗿𝗲 𝗡𝗢 

𝗔𝗰𝗰𝗶𝗱𝗲𝗻𝘁𝘀 𝗢𝗻 𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗗𝗮𝘆𝘀

 𝗦𝘂𝗿𝗿𝗼𝘂𝗻𝗱𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗝𝗲𝘀𝘂𝘀’ 𝗗𝗲𝗮𝘁𝗵.

𝗝𝗲𝘀𝘂𝘀’ 𝗟𝗮𝘀𝘁 𝗠𝗼𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘁𝘀 𝗪𝗲𝗿𝗲 

𝗡𝗼𝘁 𝗟𝗲𝗳𝘁 𝗨𝗽 𝗧𝗼 𝗖𝗵𝗮𝗻𝗰𝗲. 

𝘎𝘖𝘋 𝘊𝘩𝘰𝘴𝘦 𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘗𝘢𝘵𝘩; 

𝘏𝘌 𝘚𝘦𝘭𝘦𝘤𝘵𝘦𝘥 𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘕𝘢𝘪𝘭𝘴. 

𝘖𝘶𝘳 𝘓𝘖𝘙𝘋 𝘗𝘭𝘢𝘯𝘵𝘦𝘥 𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘛𝘳𝘪𝘰 

𝘰𝘧 𝘊𝘳𝘰𝘴𝘴𝘦𝘴 𝘈𝘯𝘥 𝘗𝘢𝘪𝘯𝘵𝘦𝘥 𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘚𝘪𝘨𝘯. 

𝙶𝙾𝙳 𝚆𝚊𝚜 𝙽𝚎𝚟𝚎𝚛 𝙼𝚘𝚛𝚎 

𝚂𝚘𝚟𝚎𝚛𝚎𝚒𝚐𝚗 𝚃𝚑𝚊𝚗 

𝙸𝚗 𝚃𝚑𝚎 𝙳𝚎𝚝𝚊𝚒𝚕𝚜 𝙾𝚏 𝚃𝚑𝚎 

𝙳𝚎𝚊𝚝𝚑 𝙾𝚏 𝙷𝚒𝚜 𝚂𝚘𝚗.

𝗔𝗻𝗱 𝗜𝗻 𝗧𝗵𝗼𝘀𝗲 𝗗𝗲𝘁𝗮𝗶𝗹𝘀 𝗔𝗿𝗲 𝗚𝗶𝗳𝘁𝘀 

𝗖𝗵𝗿𝗶𝘀𝘁 𝗣𝗿𝗼𝘃𝗶𝗱𝗲𝗱 𝗙𝗼𝗿 𝗨𝘀......

𝙏𝙝𝙚 𝘾𝙧𝙤𝙨𝙨. 𝙏𝙝𝙚 𝙏𝙝𝙤𝙧𝙣𝙨. 𝙏

𝙝𝙚 𝙉𝙖𝙞𝙡𝙨. 

𝙃𝙞𝙨 𝙎𝙚𝙖𝙢𝙡𝙚𝙨𝙨 𝙍𝙤𝙗𝙚. 

𝙏𝙝𝙚 𝙀𝙢𝙥𝙩𝙮 𝙏𝙤𝙢𝙗.  

𝘎𝘰𝘥 𝘋𝘪𝘥𝘯’𝘵 𝘏𝘢𝘷𝘦 𝘛𝘰 𝘎𝘪𝘷𝘦 𝘜𝘴 

𝘈𝘭𝘭 𝘛𝘩𝘦𝘴𝘦 𝘛𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘨𝘴, 𝘠𝘰𝘶 𝘒𝘯𝘰𝘸. 

𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘖𝘯𝘭𝘺 𝘙𝘦𝘲𝘶𝘪𝘳𝘦𝘥 𝘈𝘤𝘵 

𝘍𝘰𝘳 𝘖𝘶𝘳 𝘚𝘢𝘭𝘷𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘞𝘢𝘴 

𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘚𝘩𝘦𝘥𝘥𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘖𝘧 𝘉𝘭𝘰𝘰𝘥, 

𝘠𝘦𝘵 𝙃𝙀 𝘿𝙄𝘿 𝙈𝙐𝘾𝙃 𝙈𝙊𝙍𝙀. 

𝙎𝙊 𝙈𝙐𝘾𝙃 𝙈𝙊𝙍𝙀!  

As we live in the Saturday between Good Friday and Resurrection Sunday, take heart.

God Will Bring Into Judgment Both The Righteous And The Wicked (Ecclesiastes 3:17). 𝗛𝗶𝘀 𝗝𝘂𝘀𝘁𝗶𝗰𝗲 𝗪𝗶𝗹𝗹 𝗕𝗲 𝗗𝗼𝗻𝗲. This Future Vision Can Fill You With Hope To Keep Going. Amen!  

Let This Encourage You Knowing That It’s Not Over. 

𝙅𝙐𝙎𝙏𝙄𝘾𝙀 𝙄𝙎 𝙂𝙊𝘿’𝙎 𝙒𝙊𝙍𝙆, 

𝘼𝙉𝘿 𝙃𝙀 𝙒𝙊𝙉’𝙏 𝙇𝙀𝙏 𝙄𝙏 𝙁𝘼𝙄𝙇. 

𝙃𝙀’𝙎 𝙂𝙊𝙏 𝙔𝙊𝙐!

Let This Be Our Confession Then : 

𝗚𝗢𝗗 𝗜𝗦 𝗜𝗡 𝗖𝗢𝗡𝗧𝗥𝗢𝗟. 

𝗚𝗢𝗗 𝗜𝗦 𝗝𝗨𝗦𝗧. 

𝗚𝗢𝗗 𝗜𝗦 𝗚𝗢𝗢𝗗, 𝗔𝗟𝗟 𝗧𝗛𝗘 𝗧𝗜𝗠𝗘. 

𝗔𝗡𝗗 𝗔𝗟𝗟 𝗧𝗛𝗘 𝗧𝗜𝗠𝗘, 𝗚𝗢𝗗 𝗜𝗦 𝗚𝗢𝗢𝗗!

It May Be A Saturday, but Sunday’s Surely Coming.

-𝒞𝑜𝒶𝒸𝒽 𝒥𝒥𝒥✨