It was about 5 a.m. on the morning of Sunday 5th April AD 33. Another earth-tremor was felt in and aroundJerusalem. The soldiers who drearily guarded the tomb where Jesus’ body had been placed were alerted to the possibility of a rock-fall, because the tomb was hollowed out from a cliff-face. But instead they were presented with a startling sight as two brilliant figures in white proceeded to roll back the massive circular stone that covered the entrance. This was too much to bear, and they fled. [Read more…]
Archives for April 2004
40a. Friday’s Man was nailed upon a Cross
Today is another anniversary, one that is far more important than my own, as related in a previous Wellspring. For today is the traditional anniversary of our Lord’s death in AD 33, some 1971 years ago. That Friday afternoon, just outside the city walls, near the Damascus Gate, at about 3 p.m. the human life of Jesus expired, as He commended His spirit to His Father. [Read more…]
39. It Would Have Been Better…
Rosalind writes –
We embraced the doctrine of Ultimate Salvation for every man in 1969. Since that time we have encountered a number of different understandings in relation to this wonderful revelation. Increasingly we are becoming alarmed at the knock-on effect of this belief. In many quarters it arises from a lack of antithesis, a lack of true understanding of sin and its consequences, a complacency and a ‘God is in control’ mentality that fails to properly recognise what happened in the Garden of Eden. Only today we have read from one American web site the following:- [Read more…]