(1 of 2) Today is what is known as Holy Saturday. Many of us know about Good Friday and of course Easter Sunday, but the significance of Holy Saturday is less known. As we recall, yesterday we remembered the day the Lord sacrificed himself on the cross in place of us - making all things new. But what does Holy Saturday remember? I would argue that it recalls two things: (1) Holy Saturday remembers the time of waiting. The day in a sense remembers the challenge for Christs followers to absorb what had just happened. Imagine the response of the disciples after the Lord, the one they left everything for, had been publicly tortured in the most brutal way of their age. They must have been devastated...lost...unsure of what to do...and not knowing what would happen next.
Peter, after denying publicly that he knew Christ, was likely in hiding on Holy Saturday because he was so ashamed. He was probably trying to figure out what to do next now that the Lord was dead. Of course, the Lord told all the disciples that He would eventually rise from the dead; but when push came to shove, this was likely very challenging for them to believe; would He literally really rise from the dead? I'm sure he pondered 'maybe the Lord meant it figuratively, or in some other way'. Of course they witnessed the Lord do many miracles and healings, but for Him to rise from the dead Himself would outdo all of them - it would be unimaginable. This was the challenge for many of His disciples in the year 33AD. Today in a sense acknowledges this challenge, this uncertainty for what comes next, this confusion to understand Gods actions in our life, and yet to still hold onto hope and faith. It looked like Satan won the war by a landslide - but did he? These questions were present to the disciples, but now they just needed to be patient, to wait, to see if what the Lord said would actually be true - that He would rise on third day.
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