Páscoa
A Páscoa é a celebração suprema da redenção. Do cordeiro pascal no Egito ao Cordeiro de Deus que tira o pecado do mundo, ela aponta para o sacrifício e a vitória de Cristo.
A caminhada para a cruz
Jesus entrou em Jerusalém como Rei humilde, e a multidão o aclamou. Ele sabia do sofrimento que viria, mas caminhou em obediência até o fim.
9 while the crowd that went before and that followed, shouted, saying, Hosanna to the Son of David! Blessed be he that comes in the name of the Lord! Hosanna in the highest heaven!
18 We are now going to Jerusalem, where the Son of Man shall be delivered to the chief priests and the scribes, who will condemn him to die,19 and deliver him to the Gentiles to be mocked, and scourged, and crucified; but the third day he will rise again.
A paixão de Cristo
Jesus foi zombado, açoitado e crucificado. Ele orou no Getsêmani e entregou sua vida voluntariamente, dizendo: 'Está consumado!'
28 And having stripped him, they robed him in a scarlet cloak,29 and crowned him with a wreath of thorns, and put a rod in his right hand, and kneeling before him in mockery. cried, Hail, King of the Jews!
37 And over his head they placed this inscription, denoting the cause of his death: THIS IS JESUS THE KING OF THE JEWS.
36 and said, Abba, (that is, Father,) all things are possible to thee; take this cup away from me; yet not what I would, but what thou wilt.
46 And Jesus said with a loud voice, Father, into thy hands I commit my spirit; and having thus said, he expired.
30 When Jesus had received the vinegar, he said, It is finished; and bowing his head, yielded up his spirit.
A ressurreição gloriosa
Ele não está aqui — ressuscitou! O túmulo vazio é a prova de que a morte foi derrotada e Cristo vive para sempre.
5 But the angel said to the women, Fear not; for I know that you seek Jesus who was crucified.6 He is not here; for he is risen, as he foretold. Come, see the place where the Lord lay.
6 But he said to them, Be not frightened; you seek Jesus the Nazarene, who was crucified. He is risen, he is not here: behold the place where they laid him.
6 He is not here, but is risen; remember how he spoke to you, before he left Galilee,7 saying, The Son of Man must be delivered into the hands of sinners, and be crucified, and the third day rise again.
8 Then the other disciple, who came first to the sepulcher, entered also; and he saw, and believed the report.9 For, as yet, they did not understand from the scriptures, that he was to rise from the dead.