At Element we have been taking a 10 week journey towards Easter; we have called this our Lent-like passage through a time of sober and thoughtful reflection of what is going on in our lives as God’s Spirit shines His light into the deepest parts of our hearts. This started by walking through the 7 churches listed in Revelation chapters 2 & 3 (you can listen to these message online at www.ourelement.org). We, on our build towards Easter and Resurrection, now move into looking at the Friday, Saturday, and Sunday of Jesus’ death and resurrection. 

John Ortberg asks in his book, Who Is This Man, “How did Friday end as Friday? Why did Jesus die? How did this man (meek and mild, blesser of little children, friend of sinners) end up being executed as an enemy of the state?” Friday ends with 3 crosses erected outside of Jerusalem. Two of these crosses have thieves nailed to them, while one is already empty, yet it has a sign over it that reads: Jesus of Nazareth, King of the Jews. It’s in Aramaic, Latin, and Greek.