Finally! I think the cold has made Lent nearly unbearable this year! But it's wonderful to rejoice with the Christians of the world and with our Jewish brothers and sisters who celebrate Pesach contemporaneously. There are no two religions in the world history that are so intricately tied together than Christianity and Judaism. Jews were given the responsibility and honor of being God's Chosen People. And by this covenant, God promised to reveal to them the Messiah. It is from the moment of Christ's conception at the Annunciation, signaled by the Archangel Gabriel and spoken to a little Jewish girl named Miriam, more than 2000 years ago, that the Messiah came to live among us. This connection between the religions is extremely important. Christianity without Judaism is worthless. Without the great spiritual tradition of the Jews and their covenants with God, what use would Christianity be? How could we know from where we came? What great benefit would God have given the world if it hadn't been promised to humanity countless centuries ago? And with Christianity, Judaism has it's promised Messiah revealed in the form of a tiny, defenseless baby who was destined to be a great King as described in King David's Psalm:
Well then, the Lord himself will give you a sign: a young virgin who is pregnant will have a son and will name him 'Immanuel.' (Isa 7:14)
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