GOOD FRIDAY

April 3, 2026 THESIS: Eden tluksiatnak ruangih sual man thihnak thuthennak cu Pathian in cross ah a tuah zo, a pawmtu cu ngaidam an si. MAIN POINTS 1. Pathian thinhengnak, ni nazi 3 a thiam 2. A zumtui hrangah ngaidamnak Matthew 27:45 Now from the sixth hour until the ninth hour there was darkness over all the land. 46 And about the ninth hour Jesus cried out with a loud voice, saying, “Eli, Eli, lama sabachthani?” that is, “My God, My God, why have You forsaken Me?” John 5:24 Truly, truly, I say to you, whoever hears my word and believes him who sent me has eternal life. He does not come into judgment, but has passed from death to life. 3 Hours Crucifixion Darkness Chinese: The History of the Latter Han Dynasty (Hou Hanshu) records a solar eclipse. Documented Records: The Hou Hanshu during the Han Dynasty (specifically around 31 A.D. or 33 A.D.), noting an eclipse on the day of Guihai(or Gwi Hai), which some claim corresponds to the crucifixion date. “The corrupt text: The Gospel According to Peter 5.5. And it was noon, and darkness came over all Judæa: And the Lord cried out, saying, My power, my power, thou hast forsaken me. And when he had said it he was taken up. And in that hour the vail of the temple of Jerusalem was rent in twain. The idea of the sun going down at midday is an apocalyptic image for a time of great sorrow and mourning employed in Amos 8:9 [9 And in that day— this is the declaration of the Lord GOD— I will make the sun go down at noon; I will darken the land in the daytime.] (cf. Jer 15:9): 9 The mother of seven grew faint; she breathed her last breath. Her sun set while it was still day; she was ashamed and humiliated. The rest of them I will give over to the sword in the presence of their enemies.” This is the LORD’s declaration. Darkness is, of course, also a common metaphor for judgment that will come on “the Day of the Lord” (cf. such passages as Joel 2:2, 2 a day of darkness and gloom, a day of clouds and dense overcast, like the dawn spreading over the mountains; a great and strong people appears, such as never existed in ages past and never will again in all the generations to come. Joel 2:31 31 The sun will be turned to darkness and the moon to blood before the great and awe-inspiring Day of the LORD comes. Zeph 1:15). 15 That day is a day of wrath, a day of trouble and distress, a day of destruction and desolation, a day of darkness and gloom, a day of clouds and blackness, THE WORLD’S GREATEST PARDON In 1829 two men, George Wilson and James Porter, robbed a United States mail carrier. Both Wilson and Porter received their sentences: Execution by hanging, to be carried out on July 2. Porter was executed on schedule. President of the United States, Andrew Jackson, on his behalf. President Jackson issued a formal pardon, dropping all charges. Wilson denied and they hanged him. George Wilson chose to die.