For Christians, the Resurrection of Jesus, called the Christ, lies at the very heart of their belief and faith. Good Friday, then, is a very good day indeed. It is a day in which the promises of Jesus and those of the Old Testament were fulfilled. The New Testament is a gradual unfolding for Christians of the realization that God is with us -- in every sense of these words. God is “for us”; he will not abandon creatures he has made in his image. God is trustworthy, and we believe in his promises. He is alive in our lives. This is the sum and substance of Christianity. Jesus offers his disciples a foretaste of his divinity in New Testament accounts. The resurrected Jesus tells doubting Thomas, “You have seen and you believe. Blessed are those who have not seen and yet believe.” The apostle Peter, recognized by Christians as the rock upon which Jesus built his church, was a believer in the divinity of Jesus – up to a point. Three times he denied he knew J...
go home from us in peace. We seek not your counsel or your arms. Crouch down and lick the hand that feeds you;
may your chains set lightly upon you, and may posterity forget that ye were our countrymen!"
--Samuel Adams