"Therefore, since we are surrounded by such a great cloud of witnesses, let us throw off everything that hinders and the sin that so easily entangles, and let us run with perseverance the race marked out for us. Let us fix our eyes on Jesus, the author and perfecter of our faith, who for the joy set before him endured the cross, scorning its shame, and sat down at the right hand of the throne of God. Consider him who endured such opposition from sinful men, so that you will not grow weary and lose heart. In your struggle against sin, you have not yet resisted to the point of shedding your blood."
--Hebrews 12:1-4 (NIV, 1984)

Thursday, March 29, 2018

Station 7: Jesus is placed in the tomb | Reflection by Krysta Moore

Mark 15:46-47 (TNIV): So Joseph bought some linen cloth, took down the body, wrapped it in the linen, and placed the body in the tomb cut out of rock. Then he rolled a stone across the entrance of the tomb. Mary Magdalene and Mary mother of Joseph saw where he was laid.

Joseph, who was a secret follower of Jesus, asked Pilate for Jesus’s body. With Nicodemus, Joseph took Jesus down from the cross (John 19:39-40). The two of them put myrrh and aloes on the body, and wrapped linen cloth around him. Then they laid him in the tomb.

Joseph and Nicodemus laid him so neatly in the tomb, with great care as I would have done if I were there. With love and care they placed him in the tomb, honoring him. Their hard work was done when Jesus’s body was protected. Our LORD Jesus lay in the tomb, a rock closing it to keep him safe.

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