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It is very difficult for christians to commemorate the events of Good Friday without reference to the resurrection. While the link is understandable, and reflects our desire to tell the whole story, it was clear that the disciples of Jesus had no idea about the resurrection at the time of Jesus' death. Even the first reports of the resurrection were treated with some skepticism, such was their lack of understanding.
So then... what did those disciples think on that first Good Friday: those who had given up everything to follow Jesus? Now that he was dead, their whole world collapsed. They scattered, Peter having a last memory of his denial of Jesus. What did they think, feel, and do in the aftermath?
While we continue to proclaim the resurrection on Good Friday, we trivialise the events, as if the death of Jesus were only a blip in a much greater story. But for the disciples - and the early church - it was the central aspect. "For we proclaim Christ crucified..." says Paul.
To look into the reality that the one anointed by God should die, being rejected by the very people he was sent for... that is something we need to ponder, resurrection or no. And perhaps those of us who are religious more so.
Posted by gary at March 25, 2005 11:01 AM
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