Robert J. Nash | Free Christian Resources and Sermons

  Part 1 Message  What was it like 2000 years ago, 6000 miles from here, on Good Friday in the city of Jerusalem? Picture a warm arid climate like Texas with more elevation than the flatlands of the Lone Star State but less elevation than the Colorado Rockies, Nevada Sierras, Washington’s Cascades, or the Southeast’s Smokies. Imagine a land where the sun beats down on dirt and rock, baking the limestone, while occasional rain feeds olive groves, desert shrubs, and grape vines. 2000 years ago, people gathered in homes to celebrate the Jewish holy day of Passover on a night like this. It was a holiday of God freeing his people from the oppressive rule and reign of a long line of tyrants with the title, Pharaoh. These Pharaohs enslaved God’s people for over four hundred years . God’s chosen children had been crying for help.  They needed mercy, wrestled to a place of poverty. Where was Yahweh in the midst of their pain and suffering? Did he care? Did he see? Did he listen?...