“Why do the heathen rage”

BREAKING NEWS:

DEBARKATION DAY

aka "D-Day"

6 June 1944

O100 the newly formed 101 Airborne Division jumped behind enemy lines.

At 0630 after predawn naval bombardment 150,000 troops began the invasion of German occupied western France. U.S. 1. Army landed on Omaha & Utah beach known to the French as Normandy. Objectives known as Gold, Juno and Sword beaches included Divisions from U.K. Britain's Royal Infantry, Canada, Australia, New Zealand, followed up with Belgium, Netherlands, Norway, Denmark and Czechoslovakia, Greece & Poland.

NATIONAL DAY OF PRAYER 

Pray for Christian persecution around the world. 

*American Pastor Andrew Brunson critically needs our prayers. Brunson jailed in Turkey.

*Pray for the release of Pastor Bakhrom Kholmatov in Tajikistan

Praise God for Saeed Abedini's release, an Iranian American Christian pastor who was imprisoned in Iran. 

Pray for N. Korean talks

Pray for our nation and our leaders 

Pray for hurting and broken hearted,  the sad and lonely, the undone. 

The Lord is good to all; he has compassion on all he has made.

Day Seven

Every thing is quiet behind the stone in front of the tomb, Jesus must be confined securely, death is assured ! ! !

         * looking beyond * the “CROSS”

     Remember Jesus has been in custody now for all night, 1 trial before Caiaphas, Jesus is held over for trial. The whole Sanhedrin is gathered before sun up for a second trail, so the full Sanhedrin declares Jesus of Nazareth a Blasphemer! (Matt.26:65)

Peter denies “he knows Jesus”!

A third trial at sun-up Jesus is declared guilty of Blasphemy worthy of death.

Jesus sent to Pilate a “forth” trial.

Day Five Thur

Staring down the Old Rugged Cross.

The Plot thickens - Passover is ready

Like Jesus we shouldn't get distracted with time lines or days for feasts but keep our eyes on the “Cross.” What is important here is God's Plan!

It included the betrayal, the institution of Christ Communion, the Cross and the coming Resurrection!

This is also the time Jesus washed the disciples feet, the prayer of agony in Gethsemane and His ultimate arrest.

You God, we glorify; Have mercy on us, according to your unfailing love.

day four 

    All Israel prepares a paschal lamb or a kid of a year old, Exo. 12:5 says it must be “an unblemished Male” on the tenth day of the month until the 14th day. Our pastor just preached on this, Jewish tradition says they would bring the lamb into their homes, clean it up, keep it till the day of the “Sacrifice.” It was special to them, it was the best they had!

Not much is said in the New Testament about Jesus and the disciples activities on this day. But we do know that in this silence in scripture, Gods plan was still in action!

Looking toward Via Dolorosa

Departing Bethany again on the 3 day they pass by the orchard on the way to the temple; And Peter remembered and said to him, "Rabbi, look! The fig tree that you cursed has withered." (Mark 11:21) Jesus used the teachable moment to encourage the disciples faith. While at the temple the scribes and elders challenge Jesus' authority. Leaving the temple Jesus taught with many “parables” as they returned again to Bethany.

The betrayal begins: Then Judas Iscariot, who was one of the twelve, went off to the chief priests in order to betray Him to them.