A Very Special Day
There are many special days during the year, but today is a very special day. I’ll say it is the most special day of all. I celebrate the day of victory, the day of Christ’s resurrection. At the cross he paid our debt but death was not strong enough. Not only that but I celebrate hundreds of years of anticipation since the fall of man in the garden of Eden where for the first time He was announced. I also celebrate all the times Jesus was announced after that through the Bible. Isaiah 53 in particular is one of my favorites.
Who has believed our message
and to whom has the arm of the Lord been revealed?
He grew up before him like a tender shoot,
and like a root out of dry ground.
He had no beauty or majesty to attract us to him,
nothing in his appearance that we should desire him.
He was despised and rejected by mankind,
a man of suffering, and familiar with pain.
Like one from whom people hide their faces
he was despised, and we held him in low esteem.
Surely he took up our pain
and bore our suffering,
yet we considered him punished by God,
stricken by him, and afflicted.
But he was pierced for our transgressions,
he was crushed for our iniquities;
the punishment that brought us peace was on him,
and by his wounds we are healed.
We all, like sheep, have gone astray,
each of us has turned to our own way;
and the Lord has laid on him
the iniquity of us all.
He was oppressed and afflicted,
yet he did not open his mouth;
he was led like a lamb to the slaughter,
and as a sheep before its shearers is silent,
so he did not open his mouth.
By oppression and judgment he was taken away.
Yet who of his generation protested?
For he was cut off from the land of the living;
for the transgression of my people he was punished.
He was assigned a grave with the wicked,
and with the rich in his death,
though he had done no violence,
nor was any deceit in his mouth.
Yet it was the Lord’s will to crush him and cause him to suffer,
and though the Lord makes his life an offering for sin,
he will see his offspring and prolong his days,
and the will of the Lord will prosper in his hand.
After he has suffered,
he will see the light of life and be satisfied;
by his knowledge my righteous servant will justify many,
and he will bear their iniquities.
Therefore I will give him a portion among the great,
and he will divide the spoils with the strong,
because he poured out his life unto death,
and was numbered with the transgressors.
For he bore the sin of many,
and made intercession for the transgressors.
Missing The Point
I enjoy watching archaeology shows specially those of ancient Egypt. Even more so when Dr. Zahi Hawass is in the show. He is a world-renowned Egyptian archaeologist . In one of the shows he is sitting in front of a recently discover tomb waiting for the workers to open it up. It is a very important moment. Next to him there is a young intern. She spent the time talking about her husband and how he was not happy with her being there. Dr. Hawass was getting very annoyed by her constant nagging. He explained that they were at the verge of a great archaeological moment. They were witnessing the opening of a tomb that was sealed for thousands of years. He advised her to enjoy the experience and ponder in the discovery. She just kept talking about her husband. She was missing the point even when she was right in front of it.
Once the tomb was opened they discovered a mummy inside. That just added more excitement to the discovery and Dr. Hawass was thrilled. As they uncovered the mummy with extreme care, the intern just kept nagging about her husband. By that point Dr. Hawass was so annoyed by the intern that he said, “I would be more than glad to mummify you just as this mummy if you don’t stop talking about your husband”. It was hilarious.
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