The day we call Good
There's a reason why today, of all other days is called Good. This is the 6th day, both proverbially and Scripturally historical - a day in which man was made. It pleased God that, also on this day, a new Man would be made, not by mere dust now, but by blood and water. Here is a tale of two Fridays, one a consequent of the other. While the first reminds us of death, the second gives us a hope of a life restored (though through death). On this day, both the Christian and the Muslim will take a sacred fast: the Muslim, because of the first creation; the Christian, because of the second creation. On this day also, the Jew and Christian prepare for passover: the Jew, to commemorate the old, sealed with the blood of the Ewe's lamb; the Christian, the new, consummated with the most precious blood of God's Lamb. Today, the three Abrahamic races have something to agree on - not the substance, but a hope of salvation. All may not accept Christ as the Lamb, but there is a lamb. All ...