What happened on that 4th day? Maybe Jesus just needed a "day off" everyone needs one of those right? and not to sound condescending to any other type of profession but people in ministry need one just as much as anyone else. Yes, a lot of things have been going on the last few days and even more were going to be happening in the next couple days, can we really criticize Jesus for taking a "day off" to rest and prepare is soul (he was human remember) for what was to come?
Now, lets say you were only going to live until Friday what would you do? Would you try to get as much fun stuff in as possible? That's a good possibility but I think if we look at it in the old popular phrase of W.W.J.D. (what would Jesus Do) Jesus would spend a day just relaxing and visiting with his closest friends and companions (disciples) and just getting himself (and soul) ready for what was about to come. It looks as though he didn't spend it trashing the temple again, or doing as many miracles as he could that day, but he spent it in rest.
How do I know he took a day off? I don't, but it's just my guess/belief that he did, like I said, he was a 100% God but also 100% man. He had the same needs of rest like every other person ever needed. I get warn out on Sundays when it comes to 2 church services, a Sunday school class, usually a meeting and a youth group, by the end of the day I'm beat. People say/believe that people physically age faster in Ministry, can you imagine that if Jesus had been a common man and had the ministry that he did? He'd be the only white-haired balding 33 year old in the world. (thankfully he was more then just a common man)
Why do I believe he took the day off? Through a combination of the 4 Gospels we can see that just about everything Jesus did during the week and every nuance he might have had so why does no one mention anything about Wednesday? You would think that if it was anything like any of the other days there would at least be passing reference to it somewhere, but there isn't. I don't think it was just from an oversight from the 4 writers either, as each Gospel is written the farther into his life they get, more and more attention is paid to the details and then they all of a sudden they just skipped a day? I doubt it.
As I was looking into some stuff I stumbled across another blog by a Army Reserve Chaplin named Timothy (I'd give him more credit if I could but that's all I know about him, but some of what he wrote also influenced some of the things I have written here) but there is one section he wrote about this that I want to share with you so let it be known that the following are not my words, but his...
I think it’s more plausible that Jesus “took a day off”.
The question that begs to be answered is “Why?”
I have one idea, one “speculation” (and let me stress: this is mere “speculation.” ). Bear with me: Have you ever been to a more “liturgical” kind of church service? For those of us who have, you will recall that the basic structure of the whole service is what we call “antiphonal.” An “antiphonal” service has a compelling format because it is the format of “dialogue”: First, God speaks and humans listen. Then, humans respond and God listens. What if this antiphonal dialogue is rooted in Holy Week? I think it is.
You see what I’m driving at? What if Jesus’ last week is antiphonal? First, God speaks and humans listen. Then, humans respond and God listens. Maybe Jesus “took a day off” because he was listening: listening to his Father, but also listening to see humanity's response to what he just did the day before (he taught in the temple and on the Mount of Olives, remember?) Maybe, Jesus was just listening. Just resting and
listening.
listening.
"Amen, Come Lord Jesus"
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