All Things are made New

We are now in the great fifty days of Easter, also called the Mystagogia, the time leading up to Pentecost.  The scriptures for this season serve two purposes – the first is to relate Jesus’ post-resurrection appearances- these demonstrate that Jesus is alive, both physically and supernaturally – it is noteworthy that he often eats something in these scripture readings, a proof of life, in that the dead are neither hungry nor do they eat.  The other purpose of these scriptures is that Jesus teaches about the prophetic past and the future paradise, about his going to be with his Father in heaven, and the new age of the spirit that will descend upon the disciples at Pentecost.  Easter doesn’t stop with Easter Sunday, this is a time when all things are made new.

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