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Buy  my books   " Joy in the Journey "  and  " Song in the Night" on Amazon now 20% goes to missions               Experiencing sound quality issues?  Please Click here  What the women saw on Easter morning      It was a group of three women who were the first to see the resurrected Christ. Some people say that it is why the message spread so fast that day. When the Sabbath was over, Mary Magdalene, Mary the mother of James, and Salome bought spices so that they might go to anoint Jesus’ body. 2 Very early on the first day of the week, just after sunrise, they were on their way to the tomb 3 and they asked each other, “Who will roll the stone away from the entrance of the tomb?” ( Mark 16:1).   Luke 24:10 says that these were Mary Magdalene, Joanna, Mary the mother of James, and the others with them.  These women had a special place in the ministry. They were always with Jesus supporting him in person and financially. "After this, Jesus tra

Buy  my books   " Joy in the Journey "  and  " Song in the Night" on Amazon now 20% goes to missions               Experiencing sound quality issues?  Please Click here  Peter and Pilate - Good Friday      Mark 14:66-15:15 Isaiah 52:13-53:12 The New Testament writers quoted or alluded to the words of Isaiah 52:13-53:12 about the suffering servant more than any other Old Testament passage. It was strongly in Mark’s mind as he wrote about Jesus' trial, abuse and condemnation. . Good Friday is the starkest day of the Christian year. This is why Christian worship spaces on this day have  no adornments, no gold in sight anywhere, no paraments, nothing at all on the Table, no pulpit Bible, nothing but a simple empty font.  Many churches have the tradition of stripping the altar on Good Friday night.  Stripping of the altar symbolizes the abandonment of Jesus by his disciples and the stripping of Jesus by the soldiers before his crucifixion. It rep

Buy  my books   " Joy in the Journey "  and  " Song in the Night" on Amazon now 20% goes to missions               Experiencing sound quality issues?  Please Click here   Mandates of Maundy Thursday      "A new command I give you: Love one another. As I have loved you, so you must love one another. (John 13:34) The Thursday before Easter we call Maundy Thursday, a day that commemorates the events known as the Washing of the Feet and the Last Supper.  (Matthew 26:17–29; Mark 14:12–25; Luke 22:7–38; and I Corinthians 11:23–25   John 13) Maundy is derived from the Latin word "mandatum" which is translated into English as mandate or command.  Maundy Thursday is celebrated to remind the commandment of Jesus to "Love one another" as He has loved." The last supper was served was mandated by Jesus to do until He comes again. It is a sign of sharing of God's love. In Luke, chapter 22. At the Last Supper with his discipl

Buy  my books   " Joy in the Journey "  and  " Song in the Night" on Amazon now 20% goes to missions               Experiencing sound quality issues?  Please Click here    Journey to Jerusalem      The Entry on a donkey is Found in all four gospels Matthew 21:1-11, Mark 11;1-10,  Luke 19:28-44 and John 12:12-17 (His disciples did not believe then, but after his death, they remembered ref.John 12:16). They celebrated the procession but did not know what they were doing.  They missed Jesus the messiah coming as the savior of the world.  Jesus rides a donkey into Jerusalem. The crowds in Jerusalem have swelled to several hundred thousand, crowding the streets of Jerusalem as pilgrims and residents of the city prepare for The Feast of Passover, the most memorable feast in the history of the Jewish people. For it is this Passover feast that memorializes God’s deliverance of the nation from the slavery of Egypt.  The seder meal of lamb and bitter her