6ª Feira SANTA - GOOD FRIDAY

Why is Good Friday significant? Death is usually accompanied by grief. But when Jesus died we call it “good.” Why is that? Jesus paid the price for our wrongdoing. When Jesus died on a cross (crucifixion) all the world’s sin and darkness was placed on his shoulders so that we, and all people, could have the opportunity of a new life in relationship with God, without the barrier of sin. Jesus’ sacrifice and atonement (the price he paid for all humanity) is one that is reflected on by Christians around the world, especially during Holy Week. On our behalf, Jesus experienced the most excruciating and humiliating death of his time. He was mocked, whipped, stripped bare and nailed to a cross. It was a painful, undignified and public way to die. The path Jesus walked to the cross was the toughest journey anyone has faced. Good Friday is significant because Jesus endured every terrible aspect, to give hope to the whole world. Jesus’ final words on the cross were, “It is finished” (John 19:30 NIV). Although it seems at first glance that humans were in control of Jesus’ punishment, Jesus could have stopped the process at any time. Angels could have rescued him. But he persevered because his love for people was greater than the pain he felt.  So while Good Friday is in many ways a very sad and sombre holy day, it is also truly a good day.

Easter is a time of celebration, but it is also a time to reflect and stand in awe of the cross of Christ. The cross was an instrument of cruelty, a symbol of suffering and shame. Yet, for those who believe, it is the very foundation of our faith. The early disciples didn’t hesitate to proclaim the message of the cross, even in the face of ridicule and persecution. Why? Because they knew that without the cross, there is no salvation, no hope, no life.

A Cruz de Cristo - um símbolo da Fé Cristã e de Portugal.

Recorda a grande epopeia das descobertas portuguesas nos anos de mil e quinhentos, tendo sido adotada como marca, bem visível à distancia, nas velas das naus e caravelas portuguesas. Essas naus cujos homens ousaram vencer os medos dos mares desconhecidos, e que levaram também, a mensagem da BOA NOVA da SALVAÇÃO DA ALMA PECADORA PELOS MÉRITOS DE CRISTO, não por obra humana, PORQUE FOI FEITA A EXPIAÇÂO TOTAL DOS NOSSOS PECADOS PELO SANGUE INOCENTE DE CRISTO - O SALVADOR, O UNICO JUSTO, PERFEITO entre os homens - NA CRUZ DO CALVÁRIO.

O último mandato de Cristo:

" Ide, ensinai todas as nações, batizando-as em nome do Pai, e do Filho, e do Espírito Santo; ensinando-as a guardar todas as coisas que Eu vos ensinei." ( Mat. 28:19-20)

Porquê este mandato? 

Basta olhar ao redor, ver as notícias de jornal, na tv, na net... a violência no coração do ser humano está patente e adquire novas formas de maldade ... quem pode resolver? Cristo apenas, o Único que nunca pecou, porque veio de Deus. Ele veio CONSERTAR A FALHA ESTRUTURAL DE REBELIÃO NO CORAÇÃO HUMANO... daquele que Nele crê... e segue. 

Daí haver NATAL... daí A PÁSCOA - o Livramento, a Libertação do pecado e da consequência do pecado: o inferno, a trágica e sem retorno morte eterna da alma não arrependida!

The Cross of Christ - a symbol of the Christian Faith and of Portugal.

It recalls the great epic of Portuguese discoveries in the 1500s, and was adopted as a symbol, clearly visible from a distance, on the sails of Portuguese ships and caravels. These ships whose men dared to overcome the fears of unknown seas, and who also carried the message of the GOOD NEWS of the SALVATION OF THE SINFUL SOUL THROUGH THE MERITS OF CHRIST, not through human work, BECAUSE THE TOTAL ATONEMENT OF OUR SINS WAS MADE BY THE INNOCENT BLOOD OF CHRIST - THE SAVIOR, THE ONLY RIGHTEOUS, PERFECT ONE among men - ON THE CROSS OF CALVARY.

Christ's last command: 

"Go and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, teaching them to observe all that I have commanded you" (Mt. 28:19-20).

Why this command?

Just look around, read the news in the newspapers, on TV, on the internet... violence in the human heart is evident and takes on new forms of evil... who can solve it? Only Christ, the only One who never sinned, because He came from God. He came to FIX THE STRUCTURAL FAILURE OF REBELLION IN THE HUMAN HEART... of those who believe in Him... and follow Him.

Hence there is CHRISTMAS... hence EASTER - the Deliverance, the Liberation from sin and from the consequences of sin: hell, the tragic and irreversible eternal death of the unrepentant soul!

The Easter Balloons - Os Balões da Páscoa

Easter - Lamb flower pot- PÁSCOA - vaso de flores do Cordeiro

The Passover Lamb Craftwork - O Cordeiro da Páscoa - Trabalho manual

O CORDEIRO DA PÁSCOA através de gerações- THE PASSOVER LAMB - what leitmotiv?

O CORDEIRO DA PÁSCOA-leitmotiv

More PowerPoint presentations from across

A Páscoa e o Cordeiro - THE FEAST OF THE PASSOVER and THE LAST SUPPER by Dirk Bouts, c.1460

  

Artist	Dieric Bouts
Year	1464–1468
Medium	Oil paint, panel

The gathering of manna and Passover (recto left), 

The last supper (middle), 

The meeting of Abraham and Melchizedek and Elijah awakened by the angel (1 Kings 19:5-6) (recto right)

The Last Supper with Christ 

was the last ritual Passover Feast because the LAMB OF GOD, Christ Himself, was about to be sacrificed. 

Christ explained the meal pointed to His Death and Resurrection and should be repeated by His Disciples among them, until His Return to reign on earth. 

Passover - Easter supper- Altarpiece

 This painting shows it is an important moment, and those present seem to be reflecting on its significance. 

It is one of the key works in the history of Flemish art..

 Here, Bouts breaks with the tradition according to which Christ is always represented in the act of announcing the betrayal of Judas. Instead, he chooses to show the moment at which he institutes the Holy Communion, that is the sharing of the wine and bread among His disciples.

JESUS being Himself THE LAMB OF GOD, puts an end to the sacrifice of passover lambs, a warning of His Coming as son of Man to be punished for the sin of men. That is why He mentions in this meal that His Blood ( represented by the wine shared ) is going to be shed and His Body ( symbolised by the bread given away) is going to be broken for those that wait upon His deliverance.

The SACRIFICED LAMB is in  the centre of the First Feast of Passover back in Egypt on the Night of the Death of the Firstborns, but not of the one in Jewish homes protected by the blood of the sacrificed lamb.

The sacrificial male perfect lamb that delivered the firstborn of each house from death pointed to the Sacrificial Death of Christ in favour of all those that turn to Him for salvation of eternal death.

 

 The white table cloth is a symbol of the holiness, purity, righteousness of Christ alone.

PASSOVER and EASTER by students from Esc. Sec. D. DINIS, LISBON

THE PASSOVER/EASTER LAMB - O CORDEIRO DA PÁSCOA

A PÁSCOA TEM COMO TEMA CENTRAL O SACRIFÍCIO DO CORDEIRO PERFEITO QUE É     RESGATE POR QUEM ESTAVA CONDENADO.

2 DIFFERENT FACES OF CHRIST - THE LAMB AND THE LION - DUAS FACES DIFERENTES DE CRISTO - O CORDEIRO E O LEÃO

This is a finger painting by Artist/Photographer: Janet Hyun
 
It illustrates that THE MESSIAH, THE CHRIST first came as A LAMB, a weak human into this world.
But at His second coming, JESUS CHRIST will be returning as THE magnificent KING, THE  LION OF JUDAH.
He came first as OBEDIENT SERVANT to SUFFER THE TRIAL DESERVED BY THE DISOBEDIENT MANKIND.
He will come next as THE GLORIOUS RULER He will never cease to be.

PÁSCOA- PASSOVER - EASTER

Christians around the world will be celebrating the Good News of redemption of mankind made possible by the Death and Resurrection of Jesus Christ.
But WHO IS THE CENTRAL CHARACTER of both Easter and Passover?
A PERFECT, INNOCENT LAMB WHO IS SACRIFICED SO THAT THE MOST NEEDED DELIVERANCE MAY REACH THOSE CONDEMNED. HIS BLOOD MUST BE SHED TO SAVE THOSE THAT WILL PROTECT THEMSELVES "UNDER" IT.
Here are some drawings concerning the topic:

CHRIST and the LAMB SACRIFICED in the Old Testament are but one.

Death passed over Egypt - the firstborns of people and animals were going to be destroyed, except for those that were PROTECTED by the BLOOD of the PERFECT, INNOCENT LAMB

CHRIST, THE PERFECT INNOCENT LAMB PROVIDED BY GOD, so that all  protected with His Blood, unfairly shed, may be delivered from condemnation 

Paper Easter Balloons-Balões da Páscoa em Papel

EASTER CRAFTWORK - TRABALHOS DE PÁSCOA - 2009, 2010

Aqui pode ter algumas ideias de trabalhos feitos por ocasião das duas últimas Páscoas.
Here you have outcomes done to celebrate the two previous Easters.

http://acrossthebibleportugal.blogspot.com/search/label/EASTER?updated-max=2010-02-28T13%3A34%3A00Z&max-results=20

http://acrossthebibleportugal.blogspot.com/search/label/EASTER

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