Published inYomelijah·7 hours agoOn the road to Emmaus (Luke 24:13–35)Two disciples discuss with Jesus Christ resurrected, without recognizing him, on the road to Emmaus: “But, look! on that very day two of them were journeying to a village about seven miles distant from Jerusalem and named Emmaus, 1and they were conversing with each other over all these things that had…Jehovah3 min readJehovah3 min read
Published inYomelijah·1 day agoWoman, why are you weeping? Whom are you looking for? (John 20:11–18)Magdalene Mary meets Jesus Christ resurrected, and she does not recognize him and takes him for the gardener: “Mary, however, kept standing outside near the memorial tomb, weeping. Then, while she was weeping, she stooped forward to look into the memorial tomb and she viewed two angels in white sitting one…Jehovah2 min readJehovah2 min read
Published inYomelijah·2 days agoThey did not believe the women (Luke 24:1–11)The women announce the good news of the resurrection of Jesus Christ to the apostles who do not believe them: “On the first day of the week, however, they went very early to the tomb, bearing the spices they had prepared. But they found the stone rolled away from the memorial…Jehovah3 min readJehovah3 min read
Published inYomelijah·3 days agoHave no fear! Go, report to my brothers (Matthew 28:1–10)The day after the death of Christ, the Nisan, 15 (Jewish biblical calendar) the chief priests and the Pharisees ensure that the tomb of Christ is both sealed and kept by two soldiers: “The next day, which was after the Preparation, the chief priests and the Pharisees gathered together before Pilate…Jehovah3 min readJehovah3 min read
Published inYomelijah·4 days agoThe courage of Joseph of Arimathea (Mark 15:42–47)The courage of Joseph of Arimathea who asks Pilate, the Roman governor of Judea, for the lifeless body of Christ: Reading historical stories, in this case, the Gospels, we often know the end and maybe the “happy end”. However, the characters who lived the dangerous and scary situation, did not know…Jehovah4 min readJehovah4 min read
Published inYomelijah·5 days ago“She did what she could” (Mark 14:8)“And while he was at Bethʹa·ny dining in the house of Simon the leper, a woman came with an alabaster jar of perfumed oil, genuine nard, very expensive. She broke open the alabaster jar and began pouring it on his head. At this some said to one another indignantly: “Why…Jehovah3 min readJehovah3 min read
Published inYomelijah·6 days agoThe last Adam became a life-giving spirit (1 Corinthians 15:45)The narrative of the gospels of the resurrection of Jesus Christ to strengthen our faith in the Christian hope of everlasting life: The purpose of this meditation on the different narratives of the resurrection of Jesus Christ is twofold: the first is, as the main title indicates, to encourage those who…Jehovah4 min readJehovah4 min read
Published inYomelijah·Sep 22The Release of the Humanity through the Earthly Administration of the Kingdom of God (Apocalypse 21:1–4)“And I saw a new heaven and a new earth; for the former heaven and the former earth had passed away, and the sea is no more. 2 I also saw the holy city, New Jerusalem, coming down out of heaven from God and prepared as a bride adorned for…Jehovah6 min readJehovah6 min read
Published inYomelijah·Sep 21Joy in Hope is the Energy of the Endurance (Luke 21:28)“But as these things start to occur, raise yourselves erect and lift your heads up, because your deliverance is getting near” (Luke 21:28) After describing dramatic events before the end of this system of things, at a time which should be most distressing and, we are living now, Jesus Christ…Jehovah5 min readJehovah5 min read
Published inYomelijah·Sep 20An important biblical information in the Prophecy of Zechariah (14:8b)This important biblical information indicates that this day of the Ethanim, 10 (Tishri) (month of the biblical calendar), corresponding with the day of the great tribulation, will be the passage from the summer solstice to the autumn equinox (beginning of winter in the Bible), that is to say a September…Jehovah5 min readJehovah5 min read