Dan Phillips:
The irony of the phrase “Good Friday” has been noted, probably, by all of us. “Good” for us, certainly. Without the cross-work of the Son of God on that day, all would be lost, hopelessly and forever.
But of course it was a horrid day, viewed from any other angle. Our race — Adam’s race — reached its nadir on that day. Any appalling crime you can call to mind was bottomed by the mock-trial and the mocking of God incarnate. At that point, we hit bottom, and the Gospels record it for all to see, for all time.
But the worst day, ever, for the apostles and most who loved Jesus, had to be that Saturday, which today marks.
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