John 20 (Friday)

Thanks Esther for teaching me how to add people so that they can do a direct post. Thanks Kenji for wanting to teach me (and we welcome you to read the bible with us in the next round). I missed yesterday's reading so did 2 chapters this morning (19 & 20). I thought John's descriptive account of "the death of Jesus" was quite short and sharp (19: 28 - 30). Other gospel probably had more details...like the curtain torn from top to bottom into 2, the sky turning dark, the earthquake etc. It seemed as though John eagerly wanted to get on to the resurrection of Jesus Christ because that would be a huge signpost that points to the Lordship of Jesus as the Son of God. So he spends more time on the resurrection incidents, records Thomas' confession: "My Lord and my God" (20:28) and almost concludes this gospel with "But these are written that you may believe that Jesus is the Christ, the Son of God, and that by believing you may have life in his name." (20:31) How do I relate appropriately to who Jesus is? And here's a verse about us from what Jesus said so long ago: "blessed are those who have not seen and yet have believed." (20:29) That's you and me : )