Hello Grafted In Readers,
Today is March 19 in my corner of blog land. In thirteen days the western Christian church will celebrate the Resurrection of Christ Jesus known for nearly eighteen centuries as Easter Sunday. Few, will present the history of this holiday, but actually several will refer to the Resurrection of Christ as "the or that first Easter." Bullshit! Educate yourself on the history of this observed Holiday.
I think it's time to change the name of the day to Resurrection Sunday. Or, Resurrection Day. If you call yourself a follower of Christ, a Christian, than name what he did to honor Him!
This weekend, western Christians celebrate Palms Sunday. They will reference the crowd for being fickle in attitude by lauding Yeshua as King and then just days later calling for his death. Secondarily, "they" will recognize it was their sin that led G-d to lovingly redeem humanity because of desire for an ongoing relationship with us who deserve just the opposite! Focus on that for a change instead of blaming first-century residents of the Holy Land for being fickle and running in the night. You arrogant catholic types!
Yes, I come down hard this time of year on Protestants and Roman Catholics from which my background is derived. I believe it to be well-deserved, and it is we who have the partial blindness spoken of in Romans. We're still happy for the great divorce from those whom we owe a debt of gratitude for our faith heritage in proclaiming we have a new covenant, relationship instead of rules, grace instead of Torah. Yippy! God in his grace gave us instruction so we wouldn't flounder like ambivalent nomads! Yes, there is and has been trouble in the fields.
Time to work the ground.
Time to clean house.
Time to set the record straight.
Time to recognize "all" have sinned and fallen short of the glory of G-d.
Time to answer Yeshua, Who do you say I am?"
Early Happy Resurrection Day
Mellow Rock
David Russell
Monday, March 19, 2018
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