Short Silent Saturday Thoughts
I had never heard this day of the Passion Week of Christ called Silent Saturday, but I've seen it mentioned several times today. I understand the premise since there is no mention of any events related to Christ's death on this day in the Bible, but I'm sure it was anything but silent there that day. I can imagine His close friends and family either gathered together or in the privacy of their inner rooms, spilling out their grief as friends and loved ones do after the loss of someone they love. I can also picture the Pharisees and Sadducees gathered in their respective buildings, gloating over the fact that the bane of their religious authority was now out of the picture. Finally, I can hear the cheering turned to cursing as Satan and his minions, at first, think they have been victorious and then realize that Christ is alive, and rejoicing with the penitent thief in Paradise as He had promised him. ...