The sixth day - is it important?

Good morning all. God is good all the time, all the time God is good.  TOO BLESSED TO BE STRESSED!

   Okay, short again today.  Interesting in the book I am reading.  When was Jesus crucified?  Let me ask this - when is the Jewish sabbath?  It is on the sixth day - it begins at sunset on Thursday and ends at sunset on Friday.  Now some will say no, no, no - it is just Friday.  Well, yes, but the Hebrew day begins at sundown the night before.  I know, go check it out; that is good, we all need to dig into our Bible more.

     Now at sundown on Thursday night, at the time of the Last Supper, the Passover, Jesus met with all the disciples.  Then He went out to the Garden of Gethsemane where they arrested Him and brought Him to the priests.  They then put him on trial and condemned Him to death.  When morning came they rushed Him off to Pontius Pilate.  And remember in an earlier devotional I talked about the High Priests would bring 2 unblemished lambs - one let go the other sacrificed for the sins of the people?  Well, this is what happened here with Jesus - Barabbas was freed and Jesus was sacrificed for our sins.  Jesus was beaten, mocked, scourged, and led through the streets of Jerusalem and nailed on a cross. When it was all over He said "it is finished" and died (for our sins).

   They took His body, laid it in a tomb at the end of the day and as the prophets predicted - no bones were broken.  This ended the sixth day.  Is the sixth day of any importance? Well let us look at Genesis 1:26-31 (please click and read) now verse 31: ³¹ And God saw every thing that he had made, and, behold, it was very good. And the evening and the morning were the sixth day.

   Have you ever taken note that God made man the sixth day and THE EVENING and the MORNING were the SIXTH DAY?  So, God created man on the sixth day; Jesus died for all men on the sixth day.  Coincidence?  NOT WITH GOD - INTENTIONAL!!

   So, what is the point here?  The life of man is given on the sixth day;  then sin came in and death was imminent but then God sent His son Jesus who gave US LIFE on the sixth day through His sacrifice.  My creation, your creation we are made new in the sixth day of Messiah.  Rejoice!

  Mark 15:⁴² And now when the even was come, because it was the preparation, that is, the day before the sabbath,  ⁴³ Joseph of Arimathaea, an honourable counsellor, which also waited for the kingdom of God, came, and went in boldly unto Pilate, and craved the body of Jesus.

    Ephesians 1: ⁷ In him we have redemption through his blood, the forgiveness of sins, in accordance with the riches of God’s grace

    You are a new creature in Christ - let the whole world see you, a changed person!  Love you all.

 In Christ's Love and Grace

Johnny