'Holy Week'
He Has Risen
Luke 24:6-7 He is not here, but is risen! Remember how
He spoke to you when He was still in Galilee, saying, ‘The Son of Man must be
delivered into the hands of sinful men, and be crucified, and the third day
rise again.’ ”
Early on the first
day of the week, Mary Magdalene and the other women were told by 2 angels that
Jesus had risen. They reported this to the 11 Apostles. Immediately Peter and
John ran to the tomb and found it empty.
After the disciples
left the tomb, Mary Magdalene stayed behind and wept. She was privileged to be
the first to see our risen Lord Jesus.
Appeared to Disciples
John 20:19-22. Then,
the same day at evening, being the first day of the week, when the doors were
shut where the disciples were assembled, for fear of the Jews, Jesus came and
stood in the midst, and said to them, “Peace be with you.” When He had said
this, He showed them His hands and His side. Then the disciples were glad when
they saw the Lord. So Jesus said to them again, “Peace to you! As the Father
has sent Me, I also send you.” And when He had said this, He breathed on them,
and said to them, “Receive the Holy Spirit."
On the same day
(the first day of the week), Jesus appeared to His disciples and gave them the
Holy Spirit as the seal of redemption making them to become the first born
again believers (Christians).
Expect Jesus be King
Luke 24:15-16, 21 So it was, while they conversed and
reasoned, that Jesus Himself drew near and went with them. But their eyes were
restrained, so that they did not know Him... But we were hoping that it was He who was going to redeem Israel.
The Jews were
expecting Jesus to come as their King to deliver them from the Roman rule. His
disciples could not believe that He had risen even though He had told them many
times that on the third day He would rise from the dead.
On their way from
Jerusalem they met our risen Lord Jesus but they could not recognize Him.
Luke 24:22-23 Indeed, besides all this, today is the third
day since these things happened. Yes, and certain women of our company, who
arrived at the tomb early, astonished us. When they did not find His body, they
came saying that they had also seen a vision of angels who said He was alive.”
Breaking Bread on
Resurrection Day
Luke 24:29-31 But they constrained Him, saying, “Abide
with us, for it is toward evening, and the day is far spent.” And He went in to
stay with them. Now it came to pass, as He sat at the table with them, that He
took bread, blessed and broke it, and gave it to them. Then their eyes were
opened and they knew Him; and He vanished from their sight.
Our Lord Jesus
broke bread with His 2 disciples on the Day of His resurrection (first day of
the week or Sunday) to institute the New Covenant of the blood of Jesus.
ChristIans are free
to worship the Lord and break Bread daily or on any day of the week.
I believe that our
risen Lord Jesus broke bread with His disciples on the first day of the week
(Sunday) to institute the day of the Lord (Sunday) for Christians to worship
Him in unity.
Apostles Worship on
Sunday
Acts 20:7 Now on the
first day of the week, when the disciples came together to break bread,
Paul, ready to depart the next day, spoke to them and continued his message
until midnight
The Apostles had
kept Sunday as the day for Christians to worship and break bread together in
unity.
Earliest Heresies
Act 20:29-30 For I
know this, that after my departure savage wolves will come in among you, not
sparing the flock. Also from among
yourselves men will rise up, speaking perverse things, to draw away the
disciples after themselves.
The two most
destructive heresies:-
1. Denial of the
Triune Godhead or Trinity
2. Partially Keeping
the Law including commandments, feasts, sacrifices and Jewish traditions.
Unless, these heretics and Judaizers repent, Hades awaits
them for they have fallen from the grace of Jesus.
