Ko nga mea i tupu i te Paraire Pai he mea nui mo te tangata?

Ko te Paraire pai he ra nui mo nga Karaitiana. Heoi ano, Ko te Paraire pai he ra nui mo nga tangata katoa. He aha i kiia ai te Paraire Pai, he aha te pai o te Paraire pai? What happened on Good Friday that is so important for humanity will be discussed in this article.

What is remembered on Good Friday?

On Good Friday, the suffering and death of Jesus Christ on the cross are remembered. Inaianei, let’s look at the significance of Jesus Christ’s death on the cross.

Ihu Karaiti, te Tama a te Atua, came to the earth with a mission. Jesus came to restore what was broken in te kari o Erene.

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. Na te tutu o te tangata ki te Atua, hinga te tangata i tona turanga, 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.

image tree garden and title article the battle in the garden

Heoi ano, God gave one commandment to man. Man could eat from every tree in the garden, Haunga te rakau o te matauranga mo te pai me te kino.

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. (Panuitia hoki: Ko te misioni o te rewera kei te angitu?).

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, i tukuna e te Atua i te tuatahi ki te tangata. Mai i taua wā, the devil became the ruler of the world. The devil had dominion over the earth and became the father of fallen man.

Katoa, 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; Te rangatiratanga o te mate (Hāmaure).

I reira (a kei kona tonu) 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, He aha tenei mahi? Ka mea te wahine, Ko te nakahi i tinihanga mai ki ahau, A ka kai ahau. Na ka mea te Ariki, te Atua, ki te nakahi,, Na te mea i mahi koe i tenei, Ko koe i kanga i runga i nga kararehe katoa, a kei runga ake i nga kararehe katoa o te parae; Ka haere koe ki tou kopu, A ka kai koe i te puehu i nga ra katoa e ora ai koe: Ka whakatupuria hoki e ahau he pakanga ki a koe me te wahine, i waenganui i ou uri me tona uri; ka tatara tou upoko, ka maru ano koe ki tona rekereke (Genesis 3:13-15)

Heoi ano, God in His greatness and sovereignty had already a plan to restore (whakaora) 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. (Panuitia hoki: 'He aha te tikanga, 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. Rite tonu ki ta Mohi whakairi i te nakahi i te koraha, Ahakoa kua whakaarahia te Tama a te tangata: That whosoever believeth in Him should not perish, Engari kia ora tonu te ora. I aroha hoki te Atua ki te ao, i homai e ia tana Tama kotahi, kia kore ai e ngaro te tangata e whakapono ana ki a ia, Engari he ora tonu. Kihai hoki te Atua i tono mai i tana Tama ki te ao ki te whakahe i te ao; engari kia ora ai te ao ia ia. Ko ia e whakapono ana ki a ia, e kore e whakahengia: tena ko ia e kore e whakapono, kua whakahengia noatia ake, mo ia kihai i whakapono ki te ingoa o te Tama kotahi a te Atua (Hone 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.

Whakaahua Taha Taha Waea me te irava Paipera Roma 5-19 He rite hoki te tutu o te tangata hara i hara ai ia i runga i te ngohengohe o te hunga tika, e tika ana kia mahia

Ihu Karaiti, te Tama a te Atua, i haere mai ki te whenua. He was born of the virgin Mary, no te whakatupuranga o te tangata kua hinga.

The Holy Spirit overshadowed Mary, and she became pregnant and gave birth to Ihu, 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. (Matiu 1, Ruka 1).

Jesus grew up as the Son of a carpenter. When Jesus was approximately 30 tau, 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 ra. (Panuitia hoki: 'Ka hoatu e ahau ki a koe nga taonga o te ao')

Jesus resisted the temptations of the devil

Although the devil succeeded in tempting Adam (Tama a te Atua) ki te hara, the devil didn’t succeed in tempting Jesus Christ (Son of God) ki te hara

After Jesus overcame the devil with te Word, Jesus went to preach and bring the Kingdom of God to the people, i whanau i nga uri o Iharaira, a karangatia ana ratou ki te ripeneta.

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, ka karangahia te iwi kia ripeneta te iwi. Jesus healed the sick, peia nga rewera, prophesied, and spoke with authority, words of knowledge and wisdom.

I nga wahi katoa i haere a Ihu, He caused a commotion that often resulted in persecution, especially by te (wairua) rangatira of God’s people.

Kia tae ra ano te wa, 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. The dominion, which the devil stole from man, would be given back to the (hou) tangata.

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. Na te tutu o te tangata ki te Atua, man was separated from God and fell from his position.

Nana, My Servant shall deal prudently, He shall be exalted and extolled, and be very high. As many were astonied at thee; His visage was so marred more than any man, and His form more than the sons of men: So shall He sprinkle many nations; the kings shall shut their mouths at Him: for that which had not been told them shall they see; and that which they had not heard shall they consider (Ihaia 52:13-15)

Who hath believed our report? and to whom is the arm of the Lord revealed? For He shall grow up before Him as a tender plant, and as a root out of a dry ground: He hath no form nor comeliness; and when we shall see Him, there is no beauty that we should desire Him. He is despised and rejected of men; a man of sorrows, and acquainted with grief: and we hid as it were our faces from Him; He was despised, and we esteemed Him not (Ihaia 53:1-3)

After the spiritual battle and the victory through Rāwiri, 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, tawai, whakakāhoretanga, whakahenga, and the sentence to death, without defending Himself. Jesus stayed faithful and obedient to His Father until His death.

He aha te mea i tupu i te Paraire pai?

On Good Friday, I whiua a Ihu, 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.

He pono kua waha o tatou mamae e ia, me te kawe i o tatou pouri: Heoi i whakaaro nui tatou ki a ia, patua e te Atua, me te whakawhiua. Engari i werohia ia mo o tatou he, I kurua ia mo o tatou kino: i runga i a ia te whiunga o to tatou rongo; kei ona karawarawa hoki he rongoa mo tatou. Ko tatou katoa ano he hipi kua kotiti ke; kua tahuri tatou ki tona ara, ki tona ara; a kua tau iho e Ihowa ki runga ki a ia te kino o tatou katoa.

I tukinotia ia, a ka whakawhiua ia, heoi kihai i kuihi tona mangai: Ano he reme i arahina ia kia patua, me te hipi hoki i te aroaro o ona kaikutikuti e wahangu ana, so He openeth not His mouth. He was taken from prison and from judgment: and who shall declare His generation? for He was cut off out of the land of the living: for the transgression of my people was He stricken. And He made His grave with the wicked, me te tangata taonga i tona matenga; no te mea kahore ana mahi tutu, kahore ano hoki he hianga i tona mangai (Ihaia 53:4-9).

“Yet, it pleased the Lord to bruise Him”

Heoi i pai hoki a Ihowa kia kurua ia; kua whakapouritia ia e ia: ina meinga e koe tona wairua hei whakahere hara, Ka kite ia i tana uri, Ka whakaroaina e ia ona ra, a ko ta Ihowa i pai ai ka tino pai ki tona ringa. Ka kite ia i ta tona wairua i uaua ai, a ka makona: ma te mohio ki a ia ka whakatikaia ai te tini e taku pononga tika; no te mea ka waha e ia o ratou kino. Mo reira ka hoatu e ahau he wahi mona i roto i te hunga nui, a ka tuwhaina e ia nga taonga me te hunga kaha; no te mea kua ringihia e ia tona wairua ki te mate: a i taua ngatahitia me te hunga poka ke; a he tokomaha i waha e ia nga hara, i wawao hoki mo te hunga poka ke (Ihaia 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 te pouri 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 ka tomo ki te reinga.

This all happened on Good Friday and was part of the complete redemptive work for humanity, which consists of the scourging, mate, nehunga, and resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead.

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