What's so GOOD about it!
AS A KID , I always wondered why they called it Good Friday when it was such a terrible day. I always knew it was about Jesus death on the cross, but I thought, What is so GOOD about this FRIDAY? As I have matured in my faith it is obvious that something GOOD does come from this day. So this day is just a precursor to the GOODNESS of GOD . But, I still do not like the term GOOD FRIDAY. I also found out that in Old English the word GOOD carried with it the idea of HOLINESS and piety. So in OLD ENGLISH this day would be called HOLY FRIDAY. I much prefer that term over GOOD . I just can't rap my arms around the punishment Jesus had to take for mankind. There is nothing good about our sin and rejection of God. The term Holy fits my thoughts because holy means to be set apart and Jesus definitely set himself apart from the whole world by taking on our sin as an innocent man. The scripture that described Jesus last breaths on the cross, are anything but good. They were def...
