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reddogs · Apr 19, 2025

I would agree, some come with confusion and distortion, claiming they are Adventist, yet fighting against what we believe. Have to be careful..

Lukaris · Apr 19, 2025

Tellyontellyon said:
Should Christians washing each others feet be a regular occurrence.. I believe I happens in some churches once in a while, but maybe it should be done regularly as a practice in humility?

“It was just before the Passover Festival. Jesus knew that the hour had come for him to leave this world and go to the Father. Having loved his own who were in the world, he loved them to the end. “You call me ‘Teacher’ and ‘Lord,’ and rightly so, for that is what I am. Now that I, your Lord and Teacher, have washed your feet, you also should wash one another’s feet. I have set you an example that you should do as I have done for you. Now that you know these things, you will be blessed if you do them.”
‭‭John‬ ‭13‬:‭1‬, ‭13‬-‭15‬, ‭17‬ ‭NIV‬‬

It is something the Lord gave us as an example for humility & service to others. Apart from humility etc., it does not seem binding and I believe the Lord gave us other examples that we must take to heart. Examples like the good Samaritan ( Luke 10:25-37) & how sinful pride is unfaithful and undermines otherwise good works ( Luke 18:9-14).

eclipsenow · Apr 19, 2025

FAITH-IN-HIM said:
The American people did not agree with Biden administration's immigration policy, leading them to vote against the Democratic Party.

None of that constitutes a violation by the Biden administration.

You can share your opinions about the Biden administration's actions regarding the constitution, but that doesn't necessarily mean they are factual.

Also Kamala's work south of the border helped reduce migration from the source countries. They were getting on top of it - without all the violations of privacy and even law occuring now. I'm thinking of that Canadian business woman detained for 2 weeks without legal representation. She did nothing wrong - there was some paper work glitch she was told to visit the states to fix!!! Detained without anyone explaining what was happening, where they were taking her, WHY they were taking her.

At the end she was released without apology or recompense. Her conclusion? This was a private firm. It's the profit motive at work, where the more people they detain at the airport - the better.

Isn't America the land where free speech and privacy are enshrined as rights? When white Aussie business men have to unlock and hand over their phones for half an hour, wondering if they are suddenly going to be randomly detained and end up shanked on some weird wire fenced in warehouse cell - it's time to ask what on earth is going on! Or when Harvard is under attack for trying to explore all ideas.

America - the land of the free

CoreyD · Apr 19, 2025

So, here is a update to where we are currently.

The Bible , in referring to the members of the body of Christ, says,...

For our citizenship is in heaven, from which we also eagerly wait for the Savior, the Lord Jesus Christ, Philippians 3:20
For we know that if our earthly house, this tent, is destroyed, we have a building from God, a house not made with hands, eternal in the heavens. 2 Corinthians 5:1

So, the place of residents for members of the body of Christ, is in heaven for eternity.

According to Hebrews 12:22, this is heavenly Mount Zion, and these ones are seen in vision, by John, as 144,000 who has [the Lamb's] name and His Father’s name written on their forehead. Revelation 14:1

These are the same 144,000 identified at Revelation 7:1-4, where after seeing these, John sees a distinct group - a vast multitude, which no one could number.
These are described as being shepherded... yes, the Lamb who is in the midst of the throne will shepherd them and lead them to living fountains of waters. And God will wipe away every tear from their eyes.” Revelation 7:17

This group is the same as mentioned at Revelation 21:3, 4 - And I heard a loud voice from heaven saying, “Behold, the tabernacle [skéné: Tent, Tabernacle, Dwelling] of God is with men [anthrópos: Man, human, person, mankind], and He will dwell with them, and they shall be His people. God Himself will be with them and be their God. And God will wipe away every tear from their eyes; there shall be no more death, nor sorrow, nor crying. There shall be no more pain, for the former things have passed away.”

This group of mankind, distinct from the heavenly group will experience a wiping of their tears away; no more sorrow, or crying; nor anymore death.
As Jesus said, when quoting David's words at Psalm 37:11, Blessed are the meek, For they shall inherit the earth. Matthew 5:5
Thus this group fulfills the Psalmist's words...
11 But the meek shall inherit the earth, And shall delight themselves in the abundance of peace. 29 The righteous will inherit the earth and dwell in it forever.

So, from the Biblical perspective, there are two eternal destinations for the righteous, and one eternal destination for the wicked.
Everlasting life in heaven, for those in the group of 144,000.
Everlasting life on earth, for the vast unnumbered multitude.
Everlasting death for those not found written in the book of life.

This contrasts with the common idea where everyone is rewarded with heavenly life, for faithfulness.
However, the Bible does not tell us that the will of God is to take everyone to heaven for obedience.

RileyG · Apr 19, 2025

Michie said:
Sounds like a wonderful trip!

It was

Christsfreeservant · Apr 19, 2025

“So this I say, and affirm together with the Lord, that you walk no longer just as the Gentiles also walk, in the futility of their mind, being darkened in their understanding, excluded from the life of God because of the ignorance that is in them, because of the hardness of their heart; and they, having become callous, have given themselves over to sensuality for the practice of every kind of impurity with greediness.” (Ephesians 4:17-19 NASB1995)

Now the reference to “Gentiles,” in this context, is to the ungodly, i.e. to those who have not yet trusted in Jesus Christ to be Lord and Savior of their lives. For, before the Gentiles (non-Jews) were included in biblical Israel, by faith in Jesus Christ, they were regarded as the ungodly. Here “Gentiles” is used in reference to the unbelieving who are still living in their sins, whose lives are not yet surrendered to the Lord Jesus to following him in walks of obedience to his commands, but who give themselves over to sensuality.

We who profess faith in Jesus as Lord and Savior of our lives are not to live like the ungodly. We are not to walk (in conduct, in practice, with purpose) according to our sinful flesh. We are not to be hardhearted people who become callous, who make sin our practice, deliberately and habitually, and who have no or little regard for God and for his commandments. Our lives are not to be given over to sensuality for the practice of every kind of impurity with greediness, for Jesus died to free us from all of that.

But if we who profess faith in Jesus have bought into one of these diluted and altered gospel messages, which are so popularized today, we might ignore this passage of Scripture, and we might prefer ones that are being taught out of context which make no requirements of us that we die with Christ to sin and that we now walk with him in obedience to his commands. And so we might also ignore all the Bible’s warnings against making sin our habit, which has the result that we will be excluded from the life of God.

“But you did not learn Christ in this way, if indeed you have heard Him and have been taught in Him, just as truth is in Jesus, that, in reference to your former manner of life, you lay aside the old self, which is being corrupted in accordance with the lusts of deceit, and that you be renewed in the spirit of your mind, and put on the new self, which in the likeness of God has been created in righteousness and holiness of the truth.” (Ephesians 4:20-24 NASB1995)

Now, in Romans 6:5, when it states that “our old self was crucified with him,” this is not an automatic thing that happens to everyone who professes faith in the name of Jesus. In context it says, “IF we have become united with Him in the likeness of his death, certainly we shall also be in the likeness of His resurrection, knowing this, that our old self was crucified with Him, in order that our body of sin might be done away with, so that we would no longer be slaves to sin” (Romans 6:5-6 NASB1995).

Is this a work of God’s grace, and not of our own doing? Absolutely! But faith which saves comes from God, and it is persuaded of God, and it is gifted to us by God, so it is going to align with God’s will and purpose for our lives, and with the teachings of the Scriptures (taught in context), and with the words of Jesus and of his New Testament apostles, taught in context. And included in the teachings on salvation we are taught that this means that we must deny self, die to sin, and follow Jesus in obedience, in God’s power.

So, it isn’t that God just does it for everyone who says that they believe in Jesus and so now all their sins are forgiven and heaven is guaranteed them when they die. We have a part in it. For the word “fellowship” means “partnership, cooperativeness.” Just saying that we believe in Jesus doesn’t mean that we have biblical faith which saves us from our sins and which promises us heaven when we die. We must walk no longer according to the flesh, but we must now walk according to the Spirit, doing God’s will.

So, not one of us can come to faith in Jesus Christ of our own accord. No amount of our own fleshly good works will ever get us salvation from sin and eternal life with God. But even the faith to believe in Jesus comes from God, and is persuaded of God, and requires that we die with Christ to sin and that we obey his commands, by the Spirit, in his power. So this is not us, in the flesh, trying to earn our way to heaven. This is us, in the power of God, doing what God requires of us as part of his plan of salvation for our lives.

So, we aren’t “dead to sin” just by profession of faith in Jesus. We are dead to sin when we cooperate with God’s work of grace which is instructing us to renounce ungodliness and worldly passions, and to live self-controlled, upright, and godly lives in the power of God, in obedience to our Lord, by the Spirit, by faith in Jesus Christ. For if sin is still our practice, and not walks of obedience to our Lord and to his commands, we will not inherit eternal life with God, regardless of what we profess with our lips.

So, please, please, be students of the Scriptures who study them yourselves under the guidance and direction of the Holy Spirit, and who read them in their context, comparing Scripture with Scripture. For so many people are teaching Romans 10:8-9 as “the gospel,” and many people are being convinced that all they have to do is confess with their mouth “Jesus as Lord,” and believe that God raised him from the dead, and now they are saved, forgiven all their sins, and on their way to heaven, done deal.

But what did Jesus say?

“Not everyone who says to Me, ‘Lord, Lord,’ will enter the kingdom of heaven, but he who does the will of My Father who is in heaven will enter. Many will say to Me on that day, ‘Lord, Lord, did we not prophesy in Your name, and in Your name cast out demons, and in Your name perform many miracles?’ And then I will declare to them, ‘I never knew you; depart from Me, you who practice lawlessness.’” (Matthew 7:21-23 NASB1995)

“And He was saying to them all, ‘If anyone wishes to come after Me, he must deny himself, and take up his cross daily and follow Me. For whoever wishes to save his life will lose it, but whoever loses his life for My sake, he is the one who will save it. For what is a man profited if he gains the whole world, and loses or forfeits himself? For whoever is ashamed of Me and My words, the Son of Man will be ashamed of him when He comes in His glory, and the glory of the Father and of the holy angels.’” (Luke 9:23-26 NASB1995)

[Matthew 7:13-14,21-23; Luke 9:23-26; John 1:12-13; John 6:44; John 10:27-30; Acts 26:18; Romans 2:6-8; Romans 6:1-23; Romans 8:1-14; 1 Corinthians 10:1-22; Galatians 5:16-24; Ephesians 2:8-10; Ephesians 4:17-32; Ephesians 5:3-6; Titus 2:11-14; Hebrews 3:1-19; Hebrews 4:1-13; Hebrews 12:1-2; 1 Peter 2:24; 1 John 1:5-10; 1 John 2:3-6; 1 John 3:4-10]

As the Deer

By Martin J. Nystrom
Based off Psalm 42:1

As the deer panteth for the water
So my soul longeth after You
You alone are my heart's desire
And I long to worship You

You alone are my strength, my shield
To You alone may my spirit yield
You alone are my heart's desire
And I long to worship You

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Michie · Apr 19, 2025

Candlelight illuminated St. Peter’s Basilica during the Easter Vigil Mass on Holy Saturday where Pope Francis’ homily, read on his behalf, proclaimed the resurrection of Christ as “the definitive turning point in human history.”

“It falls to us to proclaim this Easter hope, this ‘turning point’ where darkness becomes light,” the pope wrote in the homily, delivered by Cardinal Giovanni Battista Re, dean of the College of Cardinals.

“The risen Christ … is the hope that does not fade. He is the love that accompanies us and sustains us,” he said. “He is the future of history, the ultimate destination towards which we walk, to be welcomed into that new life in which the Lord himself will wipe away all our tears and ‘death, mourning and crying and pain will be no more.’”

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Pope Francis in Easter Vigil homily: Christ is the ‘turning point’ in human history

“It falls to us to proclaim this Easter hope, this ‘turning point’ where darkness becomes light,” the pope wrote in the homily, delivered by Cardinal Giovanni Battista Re.

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Nithavela · Apr 19, 2025

linux.poet said:
Christianity is bold enough to declare itself the one and only truth, as I suspect you may well aware of by now, and thus believes that it is a benefit to everyone who believes it. This audacity really carries over into how we approach media: we’re trying to save people from their sin and death and going to hell, especially the children who are adorable and easy to convince.

I agree. Children are very eager to believe as they think their environment expects them to. It's a good survival strategy.

FreeinChrist · Apr 19, 2025

This was a fun news article that fits into springtime.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/lifestyle/2025/04/18/alex-the-great-therapy-rabbit/

Alex The Great is a 4-year-old, 28-pound rabbit from San Francisco who has built fame as a spokesrabbit for pet products — as well as an in-demand therapy bunny. He is highly recognizable as he travels in an adapted miniature Mercedes truck that he can control with his foot. His other ride is his stroller with colorful LED lights on the front that spell out his name.

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There is a video in the article of of him driving his miniature truck. He is a handsome fellow.

tonychanyt · Apr 19, 2025

My understanding of Christianity and Dr Sam Harris' views are quite different.

Sam Harris said:

I say this rather often. We could improve the Bible in 5 seconds. That's problematic for the claim that it is the best book really on any subject.

I do not claim that the Bible is the best book on any subject. I am not aware of anyone who makes that claim. The Bible is not a science book, a history book, or even a theology book, in the modern senses of these subjects. Harris has an unbalanced view of the kind of book the Bible is.

He said:

Ask yourself: What do we do with astrologers? How we have kept the astrologers off the Supreme Court? … By and large, astrologers are not acquiring vast responsibilities in our society. … We stop listening to them.

Right. Good thing too.

That should happen when people begin to express their certainty that Jesus is coming back within their lifetime, etc. etc.

I too ignore Christians who believes Jesus is coming back within their lifetime. It's not that I don't believe them because they are like astrologers.

Harris compared Christian beliefs with those of astrologers. They are not similar kinds of religious beliefs. I will not compare them. The fact that he did showed his profoundly unsophisticated understanding of Christianity. Astrology fell under the category of divination and fortune-telling, which were prohibited because they sought guidance outside of God.

Is 47:

12 So take your stand with your spells and with your many sorceries, with which you have wearied yourself from your youth. Perhaps you will succeed; perhaps you will inspire terror!

These astrologers observed the stars and made monthly predictions on one's fate. It was a form of divination. God would burn them up.

Harris said:

It's possible for a person to close their eyes and use their intention in a certain way, such that they no longer feel separate from the universe. They say they were just me a moment ago; all the sudden, there's just the world. That is an experience that is replicable that we can all have. Many of us, I'm sure, have have had. Most of the people, most of the time have had these experiences in the context of religious tradition. They have interpreted them by the light of their religious tradition.

Emphasis added.

Now, he reduced religion to some sort of shamanistic experience. That's a naive perspective.

Harris' understanding of Christianity is profoundly unsophisticated.

RileyG · Apr 19, 2025

May God protect them in his love!

RileyG · Apr 19, 2025

Interesting. It appears he is Roman rite living in Russia.

RileyG · Apr 19, 2025

Ugh Lord have mercy!

linux.poet · Apr 19, 2025

MOD HAT ON

This thread has been moved from Dispensationalism to Bibliology & Hermeneutics.

MOD HAT OFF

mourningdove~ · Apr 19, 2025

Lady Bug said:
Well, that I feel it's unnatural for me to feel loving toward those who want to hurt my faith and that it feels more right to hate them and want them to suffer for it, and that those feelings are in conflict with what the faith tells me to feel/think.

Those feelings are natural to feel when being mistreated.
But to harbor those feelings in our heart, or act negatively on those feelings, would be sin.

(And frankly, harboring feelings of hatred in our heart makes us more spiritually susceptible to the attacks of the enemy.)

In the Gospel of Matthew, Jesus tells us to love (agape) our enemies. Agape love is the highest form of love.

From the Catholic Dictionary:

AGAPE
The most distinctively Christian form of love. Used by Christ to describe the love among the persons of the Trinity, it is also the love He commanded His followers to have for one another (John 13:34-35). It is totally selfless love, which seeks not one's own advantage but only to benefit or share with another.

How do we do this Divine kind of love towards someone who is hurting us?
We do it by surrendering our lives to God, and asking Him to do it.

Something I try to remember:
When God commands us to do something, He does so intending to provide the supernatural ability to obey Him.

... But first, we do need to surrender our lives to Him, so that He can freely work thru us to accomplish His purposes.

Please note: I do not advise for anyone to stay in an abusive, destructive situation. But if/when there appears to be 'no way out' for the moment, then surrender to God and trust in Him is the way 'through' it.

Love365 · Apr 19, 2025

Do they have emojis for other jobs ?

Lukaris · Apr 19, 2025

Laodicean60 said:
Individually, my wife and I do. But where do we have the license to preach the biblical principle or create laws for non-Christians? All that I see in the bible is to preach Jesus and his works.

Preaching the teachings of Paul to nonbelievers is antagonistic because Paul states

1Co 2:14
The person without the Spirit does not accept the things that come from the Spirit of God but considers them foolishness, and cannot understand them because they are discerned only through the Spirit.

I believe the warfare with our neighbors is because we worry about what they are doing instead of worrying about ourselves.

I know and I am going along the lines of thinking before I act on things. I always try to keep the golden rule in mind. There is a time when we need to know what should be done ( Ecclesiastes 3:1-8). This is actually a dangerous thing because there are times the consequences are sinful. We need the Lord’s commandments to cooperate with the Holy Spirit ( John 14:15-18, Matthew 19:16-19 etc.) so we don’t do what is wrong.

I am actually doing janitor work right now & posting somewhat on the fly but I believe this is a valuable thread.

BobRyan · Apr 19, 2025

Dan 8 parallels Dan 7.

In both chapters - the little horn persecutes the saints.
IN both chapters the focus is on events that take place after the rise of a great empire - greater than Persia and Greece
in both chapters the saints are persecuted until the solving event - concludes

In Dan 7 that solution is called "judgment" --- the court sits the books are opened.
In Dan 8 that solution is called "the sanctuary cleansed"

The cleansing of the sanctuary in the ceremonial system is "Day of Atonement" in Lev 23 and Lev 16 - it is recognized as the great day of judgment in which the fate of all mankind is sealed.

RandyPNW said:
Yes, there is similar language from Dan 7 to Dan 8.

indeed -

The same little horn
the same saints persecuted
the same solution - but described two different ways.

And both use the same day-for-year apocalyptic timeline model as Dan 9 with its 70 weeks.

But as the OP says - this entire thread proves its case from Dan 7 alone.

RandyPNW said:
My own thought is that the saints are warned about the pattern of evil that arises again and again. The spirit of Satan has been around from the beginning, and the spirit of Antichrist has been here since Christ's earthly ministry.

So we are to expect some opposition, even as the Lord helps us to testify to the truth. It is by our testimony that the world is brought under judgment, or saved as the case may be. We are called to take the testimony of Jesus everywhere. But there are those who are hostile to our testimony, and we are called upon to face that with boldness and with courage, not letting go of our message of love and forgiveness.

If we omit enough details we can get to a more generalized view -- I agree.

But the point of this thread is that Dan 7 alone establishes "pre-advent , Investigative judgment" that when completed results in the coming of Christ.

BobRyan said:
This thread will show that the pre-advent Investigative judgment teaching - comes right out of Dan 7.

Daniel 7 alone tells us some key facts for those paying attention to the details in Dan chapter 7.

1. Judgment happens before the 2nd coming. (Pre-Advent) and when Judgment ends we have 2nd coming/appearing according to the chapter
2. The Dan 7 Judgment scope includes the saints ... and concludes with "judgment passed in favor of the saints". vs 22.
3. The (little horn) persecution of the saints does not stop until after the judgment completes. So it is the key to ending that problem of the little horn.
4. The 1260 years of dark ages persecution before the 2nd coming event at the end of Dan 7.
5. The judgment event happens near or after the end point for the dark ages persecution of the saints.

But it is not a claim that the year and day of that judgment can be known by the details in Dan 7 alone. For that added info -- we need Dan 8 and 9 which is beyond the scope of this thread.

What do Seventh-day Adventists Believe? lists the actual voted beliefs of the denomination

Belief #24 states our position on the judgment - as noted here #7

The Investigative Judgment doctrine that Adventists teach is found in places like Dan 7 and Rom 2. It declares that before the return of Christ , He engages in a work of judgment that results in "judgment passed in favor of the saints" Dan 7:22. And that as Dan 7 states - when that judgment completes all persecution of Christians ceases and the 2nd coming happens, but until then the saints are being opposed, persecuted..etc.

Adventists say that this is a doctrine that stands or falls "sola scriptura". So the case made is from scripture alone as is shown on this thread.

(Usually - those who claim it is not based on scripture at all, will of course try to ignore every scripture detail presented and "wish away" the texts without actually looking at them in detail or responding in detail (as some posts will show even on this thread).

Solution: the "solution" to little-horn persecution in Daniel 7 is "the judgment", and that same "solution" to persecution by the little horn in Daniel 8 is called the "cleansing of the sanctuary" in Dan 8..

Romans 2:4-16 gives us the process for how names are accepted vs rejected in that judgment and tells us that the event is still future to Paul's day in vs 16 of Rom 2.

2 Cor 5:10 tells us that it is for all the saints - all -- in the future - must stand before the judgment seat of Christ.

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Number #1 - main point

Number #2 main point
Dan 7 ALONE establishes:

the pre-advent judment-out-of-books CORPORATE event (court-room event),

where details in books are evaluated

by the non-God courtroom observers,

and the conclusion reached is "judgment passed in favor of the saints"

Such that once the conclusion is reached all persecution of the saints ends

, and the kingdom is turned over.

Another way to say the above -- the purpose of the thread is to show from Dan 7 that:
1. there is a judgment in heaven
2. it concludes before the advent of Christ
3. It involves the cases of the saints just as is the case in Rom 2 and 2 Cor 5:10
4. it is based out of the books - things written in books (as also the NT affirms)
5. The saints are being persecuted the entire time that the judgment goes until..

The purpose of the thread is not to show the start day of that judgment or the start date of the 490 years of Dan 9 or the start date of the 2300 years - though I provide an example of such dates in the following posts ...whether or not you accept those dates does not change the 5 points listed here. All you need to do is admit that the method that is employed for those dates "is an example" of such a method -- that exists for about 23 million Christians today. Not exactly rocket science to agree that such a method exists so the point of the thread is given in the lists enumerated above - that is the main point of the thread.

Michie · Apr 19, 2025

As Easter approaches, the question of how to pick a Confirmation saint comes up often in our work. How does one go about selecting a saint to formally identify with? For some, the nervousness over picking a Confirmation saint can come from not knowing much about the saints; for others who know a lot about saints, the difficulty can come from narrowing the choice down to a single person! And there are often lots of questions about the purpose of picking a saint, and what it means. Practically speaking, the name of the saint you pick will be pronounced over you when you are confirmed. But in the long term, that saint is meant to be a heavenly friend and mentor; someone you can look to for a holy example, and ask for prayer along the way.

Here are a few stories from our members about how they came to be connected with their Confirmation saints:

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Choosing Your Confirmation Saint - CHNetwork Community Responds - The Coming Home Network

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Laodicean60 · Apr 19, 2025

This is a complicated one. It's wrong to discriminate in hiring and firing based on sexual preference.

In February, the EEOC moved to drop seven of its own pending lawsuits alleging discrimination against transgender and nonbinary people.

Pending lawsuits.

"The Alabama case charged that Harmony Hospitality LLC discriminated against an employee who identifies as a gay nonbinary male by firing him hours after co-owners learned of his gender identity." I believe is wrong.

"The New York lawsuit alleged that Boxwood Hotels LLC fired a transgender housekeeper who complained that a supervisor repeatedly misgendered them and made anti-transgender statements, referring to the housekeeper as a “transformer” and “it.” I believe is wrong that no one should be harassed at the workplace.

The rest are the same harassment by managers or other employees, all of which is wrong.

I do hold the view, as others about bathrooms, kids' surgery, and women's sports.

Dan Perez · Apr 19, 2025

Dan Perez said:
And 1 Cor 3:12 does only REFER to the BEMA SEAT and believe it means if a brother injures you , dont defraud your brother .

dan p

And that is not what I meant and you have 2 DIFFERENT issues , and believe both !!

dan p

The Liturgist · Apr 19, 2025

fhansen said:
Maybe we should call it Great and Good and Holy Friday ! Or not. Anyway, a happy and blessed Holy Saturday (or whatever you may call it) to all.

I’ve variously seen it called among the Orthodox Holy Saturday and also Great and Holy Saturday (since some refer to every day in Holy Week as Great and Holy, which works for me), and of course it was historically called, and is referred to still be some Anglicans, as Easter Even. The Copts call today Bright Saturday, but for the Eastern Orthodox Bright Saturday refers to next Saturday, the Saturday before Antipascha (also known as St. Thomas Sunday or in the West, as Low Sunday, I like to joke perhaps because of the low church attendance typical on the Sunday following Easter, but in the East Antipascha is still a big deal because it is on that day the Scripture of the interaction of St. Thomas with our Lord is read, as in the West, but that’s particularly important in terms of confirmation of the event. Also in both East and West, red vestments occasionally appear on Antipascha, except among some Slavonic churches where they are de rigeur throughout the Pentecostarion (Eastertide).

Everything said in this post about the Eastern Orthodox also applies to the Byzantine Rite Catholics.

Michie · Apr 19, 2025

The Mystery of Holy Saturday tells us is that God himself marched through the gate of death, releasing us from a state of bondage we were never created to have to endure.

What is faith? Is there a sentence around somewhere that will summarize it for us? That was the question a young German priest and professor by the name of Joseph Ratzinger put to his students back in the summer of 1967. The result was a series of lectures that became Introduction To Christianity, a work so captivating that on the strength of its argument a future saint by the name of Pope Paul VI practically made him a bishop on the spot, setting in motion a series of elevations that would eventuate in his becoming pope.

While I can’t speak for others about the impact the book had on their lives, I will say that it certainly produced a great sea change in my own. It moved me to take up the serious study of Catholic theology, which, for all the money I have not made doing it, has nevertheless brought me no end of enrichment and joy. What was it that so endeared me to the book, and to its author? Oddly enough, it was single section, consisting of only eight pages, in which he describes the event of Christ’s Descent into Hell, arguably the deepest and darkest mystery of faith, located right at the heart of the Creed.

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We Were Delivered From Death by Death

The Mystery of Holy Saturday tells us is that God himself marched through the gate of death, releasing us from a state of bondage we were never created to have to endure.

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Michie · Apr 19, 2025

Dominican Sister Mary Madeline Todd reflects on ‘The Dead Appear in the Temple’ art by James Tissot.

‘THE DEAD APPEAR IN THE TEMPLE’ (photo: Tissot | Public domain / Tissot | Public domain)

Editor’s Note: The following excerpts are from “The Art of Holy Week” segment on Register Radio’s March 29, 2025, episode.

Register Radio host Matthew Bunson, vice president and editorial director of EWTN News, was recently joined by Dominican Sister Mary Madeline Todd, of the Congregation of St. Cecilia, who serves as assistant professor of theology at Aquinas College in Nashville, Tennessee, to discuss the print feature in the April 6, 2025, issue of the Register and featured online here.

“We chose some of the artwork of the notable French artist Jacques Tissot, who died in 1902, and his extraordinary collection of paintings on ‘The Life of Christ.’ He was known for his paintings of European high society, especially during the latter part of the 19th century.

However, in 1885, he experienced a very profound religious conversion at the Church of Saint-Sulpice in Paris — inspiring him to focus his work on the sacred, notably the life of Christ,” Bunson explained of the Register’s coverage. “His series of more than 350 illustrations were bought by the Brooklyn Museum in 1900.”

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And Genesis says that the dome has floodgates in it for rain to fall through.

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