Easter Saturday

The theology of this thing I’ve left over at NO, hence the vast slump in visitor numbers yesterday … we all have crosses to bear … and those reading this are probably largely unsympathetic … again hardly the point … but I’m suggesting that it’s this day today, this uncommemorated fallow or layday, as it was 2000 or so years sgo, which was the most crucial day in the history of this world … certainly of the west.

Whether it was so, whether it was not, is again not the point of this post. The point is, as Rev John AT Robinson pointed out … a Christology started taking hold within 20 years of the crucifixion.  That is … initially small but then larger numbers, under threat, started to openly believe that a Christ had appeared … openly until the persecution started. 

Yes, granted, how many false messiahs have there been throughout history? But this one seemed to grab people and far from the subsequent persecution killing it off, it was like burning heather on the moors … it just came back with a vengeance.  And not only fanatical zealots you’d prefer not to know but educated men and women of the various eras started to look and think … there’s something going down here.

Of course it was hijacked, anything like this is … the tea party was hijacked, MAGA, Brexit … that’s what happens.  Nevertheless, this fallow or lay day, 2000 and something years ago … caused something to happen which altered history and a certain number of those reading this know that. 

For the majority, have a relaxing long weekend and enjoy the commercial choc bunnies and eggs.