Our “Easter Series” * this year is The Cross in the Old Testament.

Sometimes we may look at the crucifixion of our Lord as if terrible circumstances spiraled out of control. As if (as one woman said to me once) “Jesus was going along doing so much good, and they got Him.” As if Jesus was merely a victim who was helplessly murdered.

That's not true.

The death of the Messiah was clearly promised throughout the Old Testament – how it would happen and what it would mean.

Reading the Old Testament, we see how the death of God's Christ would defeat the enemy, save His people from death, take away guilt, and so much more.

With all of the glorious promises, we have to ask “DID Jesus fulfill all of these?”

And the answer is a resounding YES.

Don't miss a Sunday in March (OR Good Friday!), as we examine some beautiful theology together.

* Personally, I don't care for the term “Easter”. It's just not a Biblical term. So where did the term come from? According to the internet (FWIW): The naming of the celebration as “Easter” seems to go back to the name of a pre-Christian goddess in England, Eostre, who was celebrated at beginning of spring. The only reference to this goddess comes from the writings of the Venerable Bede, a British monk who lived in the late seventh and early eighth century.

I prefer to call it “Resurrection Sunday”.