This Friday is the last Friday

Published: April 7, 2023, 10 a.m.

What Adam \u2013 the first man \u2013 lost for us is surpassed by what Christ \u2013 the last and ultimate man \u2013 won for us. The work Christ did for the whole human race culminated during what we call Holy Week. In a certain sense, it was the last week ever. It was the last week in which it had to be the way it had always been. On Good Friday, we solemnly remember, but also celebrate, Jesus\u2019 death on the cross. His death was not a sad tragedy or a perverse miscarriage of justice. Instead, it was a willing sacrifice by the Son of God for all the daughters and sons of Adam. Once that sacrifice was complete, full payment for sin had been paid. No more sacrifices for sin would ever be needed again.