The Greatest Saddest Day Ever!!!!!

Good Friday is so very good,yet so very painful. This is the first time in my life when I can honestly say that I understand the totality of what good friday is all about. I never knew what all the fuss was about and why everyone seemed so somber yet peaceful. Now I know the complete significance of what and why good Friday is so important. I open my Bible to Isaiah 52:13-53:12 and read the words the prophet spoke all so many years before Jesus walked on this earth.

Isaiah 52:13-15 NLT

See, my servant will prosper;
he will be highly exalted.
But many were amazed when they saw him.
His face was so disfigured he seemed hardly human,
and from his appearance, one would scarcely know he was a man.
And he will startle many nations.
Kings will stand speechless in his presence.
For they will see what they had not been told;
they will understand what they had not heard about.

Isaiah 53:1-12 NLT

Who has believed our message?
To whom has the Lord revealed his powerful arm?
My servant grew up in the Lord 's presence like a tender green shoot,
like a root in dry ground.
There was nothing beautiful or majestic about his appearance,
nothing to attract us to him.
He was despised and rejected—
a man of sorrows, acquainted with deepest grief.
We turned our backs on him and looked the other way.
He was despised, and we did not care.

Yet it was our weaknesses he carried;
it was our sorrows that weighed him down.
And we thought his troubles were a punishment from God,
a punishment for his own sins!
But he was pierced for our rebellion,
crushed for our sins.
He was beaten so we could be whole.
He was whipped so we could be healed.
All of us, like sheep, have strayed away.
We have left God's paths to follow our own.
Yet the Lord laid on him
the sins of us all.

He was oppressed and treated harshly,
yet he never said a word.
He was led like a lamb to the slaughter.
And as a sheep is silent before the shearers,
he did not open his mouth.
Unjustly condemned,
he was led away.
No one cared that he died without descendants,
that his life was cut short in midstream.
But he was struck down
for the rebellion of my people.
He had done no wrong
and had never deceived anyone.
But he was buried like a criminal;
he was put in a rich man's grave.

But it was the Lord 's good plan to crush him
and cause him grief.
Yet when his life is made an offering for sin,
he will have many descendants.
He will enjoy a long life,
and the Lord 's good plan will prosper in his hands.
When he sees all that is accomplished by his anguish,
he will be satisfied.
And because of his experience,
my righteous servant will make it possible
for many to be counted righteous,
for he will bear all their sins.
I will give him the honors of a victorious soldier,
because he exposed himself to death.
He was counted among the rebels.
He bore the sins of many and interceded for rebels.

This is the words he spoke that came true in the Gospels fullfilling his ministry's promise from our Creator. Read John 18- 19:42 and see for your self where the old and the new testament meet. See the truth written from the word of God. I wanted to include some other Scriptures that should also bring the truth of how Great this Sad Good Friday is. Lets look at a few real quick....

Luke 23:46 NLT

Then Jesus shouted, "Father, I entrust my spirit into your hands!" And with those words he breathed his last.

We read these words in Psalm 31:1, 5, 12-13 HCSB
Lord, I seek refuge in You;
let me never be disgraced.
Save me by Your righteousness.
Into Your hand I entrust my spirit;
You redeem me, Lord, God of truth.
I am forgotten: gone from memory
like a dead person-like broken pottery.
I have heard the gossip of many;
terror is on every side.
When they conspired against me,
they plotted to take my life.

Luke 23:46 HCSB
And Jesus called out with a loud voice, "Father, into Your hands I entrust My spirit." Saying this, He breathed His last.

Psalm 31:15-24 HCSB
The course of my life is in Your power;
deliver me from the power of my enemies
and from my persecutors.
Show Your favor to Your servant;
save me by Your faithful love.
Lord, do not let me be disgraced when I call on You.
Let the wicked be disgraced;
let them be silent in Sheol.
Let lying lips be quieted;
they speak arrogantly against the righteous
with pride and contempt.
How great is Your goodness
that You have stored up for those who fear You
and accomplished in the sight of everyone
for those who take refuge in You.
You hide them in the protection of Your presence;
You conceal them in a shelter
from the schemes of men,
from quarrelsome tongues.
May the Lord be praised,
for He has wonderfully shown His faithful love to me
in a city under siege.
In my alarm I had said,
"I am cut off from Your sight."
But You heard the sound of my pleading7
when I cried to You for help.
Love the Lord, all His faithful ones.
The Lord protects the loyal,
but fully repays the arrogant.
Be strong and courageous,
all you who put your hope in the Lord.

Hebrews 4:14-16 HCSB

Therefore, since we have a great high priest who has passed through the heavens-Jesus the Son of God-let us hold fast to the confession. For we do not have a high priest who is unable to sympathize with our weaknesses, but One who has been tested in every way as we are, yet without sin. Therefore let us approach the throne of grace with boldness, so that we may receive mercy and find grace to help us at the proper time.

Hebrews 5:7-9 HCSB

During His earthly life, He offered prayers and appeals with loud cries and tears to the One who was able to save Him from death, and He was heard because of His reverence. Though He was [God's] Son, He learned obedience through what He suffered. After He was perfected, He became the source of eternal salvation for all who obey Him,

Philippians 2:8-9 HCSB

He humbled Himself by becoming obedient
to the point of death-
even to death on a cross.
For this reason God highly exalted Him
and gave Him the name
that is above every name,


The Good Friday Atonement was made for us. Although how painfup it is to know what he did for us, never forget it was his New Covenant of Love that drove him to accept our sin and take the Thorns, Whips, Nails, Spear and cross for us. His Love and Love alone took this burden so we can one day be with him in Heaven. Thank you Jesus, we love and praise you. You are my Lord and I love you for all you do for me every day.