{"id":1434,"date":"2019-04-19T17:35:22","date_gmt":"2019-04-19T17:35:22","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/jimmy.ekota.net\/?p=1434"},"modified":"2019-04-19T17:35:22","modified_gmt":"2019-04-19T17:35:22","slug":"good-friday","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/jimmy.ekota.net\/?p=1434","title":{"rendered":"Good Friday"},"content":{"rendered":"

I think I\u2019ve blogged about this in the past, but today is Good Friday. I\u2019ve always wondered why it\u2019s call Good Friday. This is the day when Christians commemorate Jesus Christ\u2019s crucifixion. According to the Bible, all sorts of terrible things happened to Jesus on this day, ending in his death. It\u2019s truly hard to imagine what\u2019s good about it. Today is typically viewed as a solemn occasion \u2014 in many places its observed with somber processions and re-enactments. It\u2019s a day of fasting. None of this would make me pick the name Good<\/em> Friday.<\/p>\n

From what I\u2019ve read, good<\/em> used to mean holy<\/em>. Actually my extensive research turned up a number of theories about why Good Friday is called Good<\/em> Friday. Most, or at least a lot, of these theories are based on the use of ancient words and their meaning at some point in time. Some indicate that Good Friday derives from God or God\u2019s Friday. This really doesn\u2019t make much sense to me, like a lot of the other \u201ctheories.\u201d<\/p>\n

The only explanation I found that set well with me is that Good Friday is called Good Friday because Christians believe there is, in fact, something very good<\/em> about it. It is the anniversary of Jesus suffering and dying for our sins. It led to the Resurrection of Jesus and his victory over death and sin. So if you look at the name with that in mind, maybe it doesn\u2019t make the day in and of itself good<\/em>, but it kicked off a string of events that is very<\/em> good. So maybe \u201cGood Friday\u201d doesn\u2019t adequately, or accurately, describe the day \u2014 but for some reason over the years the name has stuck and no matter what it\u2019s called, and as gruesome as it may have been, it\u2019s important, and necessary if one is to have faith.
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I think I\u2019ve blogged about this in the past, but today is Good Friday. I\u2019ve always wondered why it\u2019s call Good Friday. This is the day when Christians commemorate Jesus Christ\u2019s crucifixion. According to the Bible, all sorts of terrible … Continue reading →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/jimmy.ekota.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1434"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/jimmy.ekota.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/jimmy.ekota.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/jimmy.ekota.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/jimmy.ekota.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1434"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/jimmy.ekota.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1434\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1435,"href":"http:\/\/jimmy.ekota.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1434\/revisions\/1435"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/jimmy.ekota.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1434"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/jimmy.ekota.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1434"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/jimmy.ekota.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1434"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}