the easter paradox

around two thousand years ago jesus was crucified.
for us in germany as a christian country this means that we get some special holidays.
friday is a off day as it is the day were jesus was hung on the cross. it is a quiet day and it is forbidden to party. the saturday is a normal day like all the others, people go to work and all the stores are open. sunday again is a off day. first because it is a sunday and in germany these days are usualy off but also because it is the day jesus rose from the dead. monday is also a off day to remember jesus.

now here is the thing that made me think. friday is off, sunday and monday as well but why is saturday not off? people have to go to work and live life like nothing happened. and right there it hit me. two thousand years ago the same thing happened.

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it is friday and jesus is about to be crucified. his disciples are shocked and furious. they watch him put to death and they don't understand. wasn't he surposed to safe them? how does this work?
i'm sure there world collapsed that day. they all put their hopes on to jesus and hoped to be safed and then he just dies. no big fireworks, no voice from heaven, no angels who would lead the fight against the evil romans, no big BANG, nothing.
if i would have been one of the diciples i am sure i would have been crushed. i am a really emotional person and i am somebody who is really HAPPY one moment and super SAD the next one. i would have been crushed that day.

so what happenes next? jesus is dead and it is saturday. the deciples went to bed and woke up again and nothing has changed jesus is still dead and their world is still fallen to peaces. so what happenes? they just move on, they all just move on. it is a day like no other. people go to work and pretend like nothing had happened. sure not for all of them but for most of them. some of the deciples even go back to their work.

and then sunday comes. and jesus rose from the dead. joy and laughter is in the air. now all makes sense.

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back to the present. each year we celebrate easter to remember jesus death on the cross and each year we celebrate it exactly as it happened. their is good friday a day where we all are shocked and remember what jesus did for us on the cross. then their is sutaurday where life goes back to normal and then their is sunday when we celebrate the resurrection of jesus.

-easter thoughts-
sebi