Cairo: Jesus in Egypt & God's Unusual Leaning
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Every Sunday celebrates Easter. First-century Christians transferred the day of worship from Saturday to Sunday. This year is special, for the days and dates of the Passion Week align with our calendars.
(Photo: Jerusalem through the window at Dominus Flevit. Courtesy of the Pictorial Library of Bible Lands)
Because the Bible and history offer specific details, we know that Jesus Christ was crucified on April 3, AD 33.
It takes years for the calendar to roll around and allow for the exact dates of the Passion Week to align with our own calendars. This year it’s happening.
Here’s a simple chronology of the Passion Week’s events with the days and dates they occurred.
(Photo: The Dominus Flevit Church, shaped like an inverted teardrop)
(Photo: the Temple Mount in Jerusalem. Courtesy of the Pictorial Library of Bible Lands)
(Photo: Pilate judged Jesus in the Citadel. Courtesy of the Pictorial Library of Bible Lands)
(Photo: The Holy Sepulchre’s dome covers Christ’s tomb. Courtesy of the Pictorial Library of Bible Lands)
Our hope for the future has a solid basis, because Jesus was resurrected bodily in time and space. (Tweet that.)
Because the days and dates of the Passion Week align with our own calendars this year, it’s a great reminder that our faith is rooted in history—not mystery or fable. As Peter wrote:
We did not follow cleverly devised tales when we made known to you the power and coming of our Lord Jesus Christ, but we were eyewitnesses of His majesty. —2 Peter 1:16
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