A Sabbath Like No Other
I allowed my imagination to wander last night and this morning. It must have been a Sabbath like no other for Mary that most dark of days. Her faithful Sabbath keeping kept her and the others from preparing Jesus body for burial - the task they set out to accomplish on that first morning of the week. But what of this Sabbath observance?
It must have been in agony on Friday at sundown that she lit two candles to welcome the Sabbath, "Blessed art Thou, O God, King of the Universe, who has set us apart by Thy commandments, and who commands us to kindle the Sabbath lights." It's very doubtful that she would have been a part of any organized gathering that day at the Temple, for the religious leaders presiding over the services were the very ones who conspired to have Jesus crucified. As the Sabbath came to a close at sundown on Saturday, she would have again lit candles and offered a final prayer, the Havdilah.
To Jesus' followers, the voice of God had to seem dreadfully silent that day. The voice that had led the forefathers, spoken thru prophets, given revelation to men, and called creation into being - silent!
The ears of faith might have recalled Christ's words that day. Read Matthew 16:21, 17:9, 17:22-23, 20:18-19, 26:32, Mark 9:10, Luke 9:22-27, John 2:18-22.
It must have been in agony on Friday at sundown that she lit two candles to welcome the Sabbath, "Blessed art Thou, O God, King of the Universe, who has set us apart by Thy commandments, and who commands us to kindle the Sabbath lights." It's very doubtful that she would have been a part of any organized gathering that day at the Temple, for the religious leaders presiding over the services were the very ones who conspired to have Jesus crucified. As the Sabbath came to a close at sundown on Saturday, she would have again lit candles and offered a final prayer, the Havdilah.
To Jesus' followers, the voice of God had to seem dreadfully silent that day. The voice that had led the forefathers, spoken thru prophets, given revelation to men, and called creation into being - silent!
The ears of faith might have recalled Christ's words that day. Read Matthew 16:21, 17:9, 17:22-23, 20:18-19, 26:32, Mark 9:10, Luke 9:22-27, John 2:18-22.
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