Posted on 04/07/2007 4:48:05 PM PDT by Salvation
Indeed.
Have a blessed Sunday evening.
I saw the end of Jesus of Nazareth, the six hour miniseries version. It was a beautiful description of what might have happened. Mary is telling the disciples and John and Thomas immediately discount it. They seek support from the other Apostles and they come to Peter. He has a lost look on his face and he says that he believes her, because he said it. Thomas points out that Peter denied Jesus and Peter enraged points out that while he betrayed Jesus, they all did, that he (Peter) was a coward and abandoned Jesus. It ends with him saying he believes, it had to be, it was to be. It was quite touching and a description of what the upper room might have been like when the women returned to the Apostles upon finding the empty tomb.
It’s an imaging of it, not scripture. We’re not given much detail anyway, so we don’t know much more than the faintest outline of what happened between the burial of Jesus and the women leaving to go visit the grave of Jesus, so writers will imagine to fill in the blanks, collate the various accounts, and come up with a narrative.
I meditate on this all a lot myself, and I have a pretty strong imagining of what it might be like, but I will be the first to tell you, these are my meditations and imaginings, not history. Pious speculation, rooted in the text, geography and history if I can find it, but not more than that.
I suspect the writer was doing something similar.
Sort of a human thing to do. Been done by a lot of writers over the centuries. Some have been best sellers. None of them are the Gospel text.
That is true like I said it is a nice story just not theological correct in the time line.
Poetic license/continuity mistakes...I wouldn’t have imaged it quite that way myself, and saw a few bugs, but I still enjoyed it. One of the joys of no longer being an English teacher is not having to point out the bugs any more! LOL!
A nice devotional piece, even so.
That is why I haven’t seen the Patriot yet...I AM too much of a history buff, sometimes it gets in the way. ;)
Specifically, I know it doesn’t follow scripture exactly. But it could have happened this way, couldn’t it?
Something similar...in tone, if not detail!
I just got this in an email — not exactly the way to bake cookies, but a cute way to think about the tomb of Jesus.
EASTER STORY COOKIES
To be made the evening before Easter
You need:
1 cup whole pecans
1 tsp. vinegar
3 egg whites
pinch salt
1 cup sugar
zipper baggie
wooden spoon
waxed paper
tape
Bible
Preheat oven to 300 degrees
(this is important-don’t wait
until you’re half done with the recipe)!
Place pecans in zipper baggie and let children beat them with the
wooden spoon to break into small pieces. Explain that after Jesus was
arrested,
He was beaten by the Roman soldiers.
Read John 19:1-3.
Let each child smell the vinegar. Put 1 tsp. vinegar into mixing bowl.
Explain that when Jesus was thirsty on the cross,
He was given vinegar to drink.
Read John 19:28-30.
Add egg whites to vinegar. Eggs represent life. Explain that Jesus
gave His life to give us life.
Read John 10:10-11.
Sprinkle a little salt into each child’s hand. Let them taste it and
brush the rest into the bowl. Explain that this represents the salty
tears shed by Jesus’ followers, and the bitterness of our own sin.
Read Luke 23:27.
So far, the ingredients are not very appetizing. Add 1cup sugar.
Explain that the sweetest part of the story is that Jesus died
because He loves us. He wants us to know and belong to Him.
Read Ps. 34:8 and John 3:16.
Beat with a mixer on high speed for 12 to 15 minutes until stiff peaks
are formed. Explain that the color white represents the purity in
God’s eyes of those whose sins have been cleansed by Jesus.
Read Isa. 1:18 and John 3:1-3.
Fold in broken nuts Drop by teaspoons onto wax paper covered cookie
sheet.
Explain that each mound represents the rocky tomb where Jesus’ body
was laid.
Read Matt. 27:57-60.
Put the cookie sheet in the oven, close the door and turn the oven
OFF.
Give each child a piece of tape and seal the oven door. Explain that
Jesus’ tomb was sealed.
Read Matt. 27:65-66.
GO TO BED! Explain that they may feel sad to leave the cookies in the
oven overnight. Jesus’ followers were in despair when the tomb was
sealed.
Read John 16:20 and 22.
On Easter morning, open the oven and give everyone a cookie. Notice
the cracked surface and take a bite. The cookies are hollow! On the
first Easter, Jesus’ followers were amazed to find the tomb open and
empty.
Read Matt. 28:1-9
Share The Easter Cookie Story With Your Friends
That is cute!
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