Good Friday is an important day for Christians. Tanmateix, Good Friday should actually be an important day for all people. Why is it called Good Friday, what is so good about Good Friday? What happened on Good Friday that is so important for humanity will be discussed in this article.
What is remembered on Good Friday?
El Divendres Sant, the suffering and death of Jesus Christ on the cross are remembered. Ara, let’s look at the significance of Jesus Christ’s death on the cross.
Jesucrist, el Fill de Déu, came to the earth with a mission. Jesus came to restore what was broken in el jardí de l'Edèn.
To understand why Jesus Christ had to be crucified, we must go back to the moment when man made a wrong choice and disobeyed God. A través de la desobediència de l'home a Déu, l'home va caure de la seva posició, and the relationship between God and man was broken.
What happened in the Garden of Eden?
God created man perfect and placed man in the Garden of Eden and gave man dominion over the earth. God had a relationship with man and walked with man. There was no lack, God had given everything man needed.
Tanmateix, God gave one commandment to man. Man could eat from every tree in the garden, except for the tree of knowledge of good and evil.
Man walked with God and obeyed God until the serpent approached and tempted man with his words.
The words of the serpent made man doubt the words of God.
Instead of believing God’s words and keeping God’s commandment, man believed the words of the serpent.
Man believed and acted upon the serpent’s words, whereby the mission of the serpent succeeded. (Llegiu també: La missió del diable té èxit?).
Through man’s disobedience, because man ate from the forbidden fruit despite the warning and commandment of God, the earth was cursed. The relationship between God and man broke, and the spirit of man died and came under the authority of death.
The devil took dominion over the earth and became the father of fallen man
Through a lie, the devil took illegally man’s place and dominion over the earth, que Déu havia donat originàriament a l'home. A partir d'aquell moment, the devil became the ruler of the world. The devil had dominion over the earth and became the father of fallen man.
Tothom, who would be born of the seed of man would be born in a fallen state and live under the authority of the devil and death in darkness, and after life on earth, enter hell; el regne de la mort (Hades).
Hi havia (I encara ho és) no one excluded. Everyone would be born as a sinner and live in darkness, and when he dies, returns to his father and master, to whom he belonged and whom he served and obeyed during his life on earth.
God’s promise to restore what was broken in the garden
The Lord God said unto the woman, Què és això que has fet? I la dona va dir, La serp em va enganyar, i vaig menjar. I el Senyor Déu va dir a la serp, Perquè això ho has fet tu, sou maleït per sobre de tot bestiar, i per sobre de totes les bèsties del camp; sobre el teu ventre aniràs, i pols menjaràs tots els dies de la teva vida: I posaré enemistat entre tu i la dona, i entre la vostra llavor i la seva llavor; Embrutarà el teu cap, I et faràs brollar el taló (Gènesi 3:13-15)
Tanmateix, God in His greatness and sovereignty had already a plan to restore (curar) what was broken.
Since man was tempted by the woman and the woman was tempted by the serpent, the Seed of the woman would bruise the head of the devil. (Llegiu també: ‘Què vols dir, the head of the devil bruised because the heel of Jesus was bruised?)
The coming of Jesus the Christ
And no man hath ascended up to heaven, but He that came down from heaven, even the Son of man which is in heaven. I com Moisès va aixecar la serp al desert, així mateix ha de ser elevat el Fill de l'home: Que qui creu en Ell no es perdi, però tingues vida eterna. Perquè Déu tan estimava el món, Que va donar el seu únic fill engendrat, perquè qui creu en Ell no es perdi, però tenir una vida eterna. Perquè Déu no va enviar el seu Fill al món per condemnar el món; però que el món a través d'ell es podria salvar. El que creu en ell no està condemnat: Però el que no creu que ja està condemnat, Perquè no ha cregut en el nom de l’únic fill engendrat de Déu (John 3:13-18)
Although God gave this promise immediately after the fall, it took many years before God’s promise came to pass and the Messiah came to the earth to redeem man from the power of the devil.
Jesucrist, el Fill de Déu, va venir a la terra. He was born of the virgin Mary, que pertanyia a la generació de l'home caigut.
The Holy Spirit overshadowed Mary, and she became pregnant and gave birth to Jesús, who was fully Human.
Jesus had to be fully Human, otherwise Jesus couldn’t have taken the place of fallen man and become their Substitute. (Mateu 1, Luke 1).
Jesus grew up as the Son of a carpenter. When Jesus was approximately 30 anys, He began His mission.
Although Jesus was circumcised on the eighth day, Jesus was baptized in water by John the Baptist. After His baptism, the Holy Spirit descended upon Him.
The Holy Spirit led Jesus to the wilderness, where the devil tempted Jesus for 40 dies. (Llegiu també: ‘Et donaré les riqueses del món’)
Jesus resisted the temptations of the devil
Although the devil succeeded in tempting Adam (fill de Déu) a pecar, the devil didn’t succeed in tempting Jesus Christ (Son of God) a pecar
After Jesus overcame the devil with la Paraula, Jesus went to preach and bring the Kingdom of God to the people, que van néixer de la llavor d'Israel, i els va cridar al penediment.
Jesus preached and brought the Kingdom of God to the people and called them to repentance
Jesus walked after the Spirit as Son of God on earth. He preached and brought the Kingdom of God, i va cridar el poble al penediment. Jesus healed the sick, expulsar els dimonis, prophesied, and spoke with authority, words of knowledge and wisdom.
A tot arreu va anar Jesús, He caused a commotion that often resulted in persecution, especially by el (espiritual) líders of God’s people.
Fins que va arribar el moment, wherefore Jesus came to earth, which was to fulfill God’s redemptive work for fallen man.
The redemptive work of Jesus Christ would reconcile man back to God and restore the position of man on earth. El domini, which the devil stole from man, would be given back to the (nou) home.
The sufferings of Jesus began in the Garden of Gethsemane
The suffering of Jesus Christ began in the Garden of Gethsemane. Since the garden was the place, where it all went wrong with Adam. A través de la desobediència de l'home a Déu, man was separated from God and fell from his position.
Contemplar, El meu servent actuarà amb prudència, Serà exaltat i exaltat, and be very high. As many were astonied at thee; El seu rostre estava tan deteriorat més que qualsevol home, i la seva forma més que els fills dels homes: Així asperjarà moltes nacions; els reis li tancaran la boca: perquè veuran allò que no els havien dit; i ho tindran en compte el que no havien sentit (Isaïes 52:13-15)
Qui ha cregut el nostre informe? i a qui es revela el braç del Senyor? Perquè creixerà davant d'ell com una planta tendra, i com una arrel d'un sòl sec: No té forma ni bellesa; i quan el veurem, no hi ha bellesa que el desitgem. És menyspreat i rebutjat pels homes; un home de dolors, i familiaritzat amb el dol: i vam amagar-nos com els nostres rostres d'ell; Era menyspreat, i no el vam estimar (Isaïes 53:1-3)
After the spiritual battle and the victory through pregària, Jude betrayed Jesus. The multitude of the chief priests and scribes took Jesus captive in the garden. They led Him to the high priest and then to Pilate.
Although Jesus Christ was innocent and didn’t do anything wrong, Jesus went through all the accusations, burla, rebuig, condemna, and the sentence to death, without defending Himself. Jesus stayed faithful and obedient to His Father until His death.
Què va passar el Divendres Sant?
El Divendres Sant, Jesús va ser flagel·lat, whereby the word of the prophet Isaiah was fulfilled, that by His stripes we are healed. After the scourging, Jesus continued His way to Golgotha. On Golgotha, Jesus was crucified and sacrificed as a spotless Lamb and shed His blood for the whole of humanity.
Jesus took all the sins and iniquities of the generation of fallen man. He bore them in His flesh on the cross.
Segurament Ell ha suportat els nostres dolors, i va portar els nostres dolors: yet we did esteem him stricken, Smitten de Déu, i afectat. Però Ell va ser ferit per les nostres transgressions, Va ser ferit per les nostres iniquitats: el càstig de la nostra pau era sobre Ell; i amb les seves llavis estem guarits. Tots com a ovelles hem anat malament; hem girat cadascú a la seva manera; i el Senyor ha imposat sobre ell la iniquitat de tots nosaltres.
Estava oprimit, i Ell estava afligit, però no va obrir la boca: És portat com un anyell a la matança, i com una ovella davant els esquiladors és muda, així que no obre la seva boca. El van treure de la presó i del judici: and who shall declare His generation? perquè va ser eliminat de la terra dels vius: for the transgression of my people was He stricken. I va fer la seva tomba amb els malvats, i amb els rics en la seva mort; perquè no havia fet cap violència, tampoc hi havia cap engany a la seva boca (Isaïes 53:4-9).
“Yet, it pleased the Lord to bruise Him”
No obstant això, el Senyor va agradar fer-lo mal; Ell l'ha posat en pena: quan facis la seva ànima en ofrena pel pecat, Ell veurà la seva llavor, Ell allargarà els seus dies, i el plaer del Senyor prosperarà a la seva mà. Ell veurà el treball de la seva ànima, i quedarà satisfet: pel seu coneixement el meu just servent justificarà molts; perquè Ell portarà les seves iniquitats. Per tant, li repartiré una part amb els grans, i repartirà el botí amb els forts; perquè ha vessat la seva ànima fins a la mort: i va ser comptat amb els transgressors; i va portar el pecat de molts, i va intercedir pels transgressors (Isaïes 53:10-12).
How Jesus finished the redemptive work for fallen man
Jesus Christ became the Substitute for fallen man and carried fallen man’s sins and iniquities. He was made sin and a curse on the cross, which caused a spiritual separation between Jesus and the Father.
For a short period, Jesus was put below the angels. During that time, the devil and the principalities and powers of darkness reigned over Jesus. This became visible in the natural realm by la foscor that came over the earth for three hours.
Jesus was made sin by God and accomplished His work at the cross. He shed His blood and died and va entrar a l'Hades.
This all happened on Good Friday and was part of the complete redemptive work for humanity, which consists of the scourging, mort, enterrament, and resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead.
If you would like to know more about the passion of Jesus Christ and the meaning of Jesus’ death on the cross and salvation for humanity, you can read the following articles:
- Algú ha de pagar el preu!
- La sort va recaure sobre Jesucrist, El Fill del Déu viu
- La crucifixió de l'ànima
- La crucifixió de la carn
- The sufferings and mockery of Jesus Christ
- The battle in the Garden
- Per què Jesús va ser crucificat en una creu de fusta??
- Quin és el veritable significat de la creu?
- Quina diferència hi ha entre el sacrifici dels animals i el sacrifici de Jesucrist?
- Creuen els cristians en la resurrecció de Jesucrist??
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