He talks about “anticipatory grief” - this “feeling we get about what the future holds when we’re uncertain.” As Dr. Grieving “the loss of normalcy the fear of economic toll the loss of connection.” But also grieving - and most of all - what might be ahead. Grieving the fact that things have changed. He talks about what Americans are feeling right now - something they’ve maybe not felt or acknowledged in awhile. Haven’t they? A couple of weeks ago, an article was published in the Harvard Business Review entitled “That Discomfort You’re Feeling Is Grief.” It’s an interview with grief expert David Kessler. But today’s circumstances have made that so hard.

But he’s confused.įriends, we’ve been pushing back grief in our culture for a long time. And Jerry says to her, “What is this salty discharge?” He finds himself crying for what seems like the first time. And, as he processes that with his friend, Elaine, he puts his hands to his eyes. In one episode, the main character, Jerry - who goes through relationships almost weekly - begins to feel feelings thanks to one girlfriend. I pretty much have every episode memorized. One of my favorite TV shows of all time is Seinfeld. Ultimately, we are left with almost no detail or explanation, making it difficult to draw any meaningful conclusions.Here’s my Easter sermon, given this past Sunday online. The most reasonable interpretation is that this is an actual event, which happened as Matthew describes it. Another suggestion is that this incident was not part of Matthew's original writing at all, yet there is no textual evidence suggesting it was added. This is an extremely difficult interpretation to support, given that everything else Matthew says in this passage is framed as literal. Others suggest that Matthew's claims here are poetic, or symbolic, and not meant to be taken as part of the literal narrative. Before leaving, they appeared to many, but when they left, they did not die again and never returned. The other possibility is that these resurrected souls came back in glorified bodies as Jesus did and went off, after a time, to the 'holy city' of heaven. They likely pointed many people to the power of God through Christ. Seeing formerly dead saints of Israel would have caused a huge stir after Jesus Himself was resurrected.

If that's what happened with these saints, the 'holy city' is Jerusalem, where they appeared to many regular people. In other words, Lazarus lived for a time and then died again. Lazarus returned to a full and healthy human life, not in a glorified body as Jesus did. It's possible these people were resurrected in the same way as Jesus' friend Lazarus. This has frustrated scholars for many centuries, as the event described naturally invites curiosity.īible scholars suggest two possibilities for how this may have worked. Matthew is the only gospel writer who describes this event, and he does not provide many details. Whether they came to life at the moment Jesus died, or were only uncovered, and rose after He rose, Matthew is not explicitly clear. After Jesus' resurrection, these saints were seen alive by many people. The gist of the narrative is that the earthquake disturbed the bodies in some way. One was an earthquake that apparently broke open the tombs of many saints who had died in Israel's past (Matthew 27:50–52). Several dramatic things happened in the moments following Jesus' death.

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