24/07/2012
FRIDAY THE THIRTEENTH:
FACT OR FICTION?
Several theories have been proposed about the origin of the Friday the 13th superstition.
One theory states that it is a modern amalgamation of two older superstitions: that thirteen is an unlucky number and that Friday is an unlucky day. In numerology, the number twelve is considered the number of completeness, as reflected in the twelve months of the year, twelve hours of the clock, twelve gods of Olympus, twelve tribes of Israel, twelve Apostles of Jesus. Whereas the number thirteen was considered irregular, transgressing this completeness. Friday has been considered an unlucky day at least since the 14th century's The Canterbury Tales, and many other professions have regarded Friday as an unlucky day to undertake journeys, begin new projects or deploy releases in production. Black Friday has been associated with stock market crashes and other disasters since the 1800s.
“Since the children have flesh and blood, he too shared in their humanity so that by his death he might break the power of him who holds the power of death—that is, the devil — and free those who all their lives were held in slavery by their fear of death.” (Hebrews 2: 14-15) Jesus came to set us free from the fear of death! Are you relying on luck or superstition to get you to heaven? There is only one way to heaven. Jesus said He is THE WAY, but the problem is our sin (lying, stealing, taking God’s name in vain, coveting others things, and lusting) separates us from God. “Basically, all of us, whether insiders or outsiders, start out in identical conditions, which is to say that we all start out as sinners. Scripture leaves no doubt about it: There's nobody living right, not even one, nobody who knows the score, nobody alert for God.”(Romans 3: 10-11) “Work hard for sin your whole life and your pension is death. But God's gift is real life, eternal life, delivered by Jesus, our Master.” (Romans 6: 23) How do we bridge this separation from God. "...God is on one side and all the people on the other side, and Christ Jesus, Himself man, is between them to bring them together..." (1 Timothy 2:5) Christ bridged the gap by dying on the cross and rising from the dead.
