They put gall in my food and gave me vinegar for my thirst.
From Psalm 69 NIV
It is Easter! He is Risen!!
The above verses might lead one to reflect on Christ's suffering of holy week.
The Lord's zeal for his father's home upset many of the temple leaders. Jesus was upset for the sacrificial animals were being sold in the temple, beyond the ruin of the top of the stairway seen in this picture below:
As a result, he overturned the tables of the money changers and merchants.
The sacrifical animals were to be sold on the street below the temple, at the bottom of the stairway. That street is shown in this picture below:
As a result of events, Jesus was brought to Pilate. Events unfolded and Christ was crucified.
History being what it is, a few hundred years later, Christianity became the "official religion" of the Roman Empire. As a result, of the wide acceptance of Christianity, and the "error" made by Pilate, efforts were made by the Roman Govenment to blot out any evidience of Pilate. As a result, for many centuries there was no extrabiblical evidence of a man named Pilate.
One day, archieologists uncovered a stela (an engraving used in construction to record events of the time of construction) referencing Pilate:
This stela gives non biblical evidence to the truth of God's word, and provides secular evidence of biblical truth.
Photos from the Garden tomb are below:
He is risen.
For God so loved the world that he gave his one and only Son, that woever believes in him shall not perish but have eternal life. John 3:16 NIV
Any questions? Please ask!
In Christ,
David P
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