JESUS DIED AT THE RIGHT TIME FOR EVERYONE FOR ALL TIME Good Friday, A Day To Remember, and A Day To Reflect A True Story By James Eugene Barbush April 6, 2015

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JESUS DIED
AT THE RIGHT TIME FOR EVERYONE FOR ALL TIME
Good Friday, A Day To Remember, and A Day To Reflect
A True Story
By James Eugene Barbush
April 6, 2015
This presentation includes 2 items:
1. A True Story – By James Barbush
I believe that God orchestrates events in our lives to teach us a lesson, to show us
something, to emphasize something. This true story may have more meaning than I have
recognized to date.
I developed a first draft of this writing when the experience was only 24 hours ago.
I published that as soon as I could. Since then, I have further developed the telling of this
story and present that version here.
2. An Article Referenced - Timeline Of Jesus' Final Hours, By Mary Fairchild
As I was pondering what I was going to write concerning our unique experience on
Good Friday, April 3, 2014, I discovered a very good article that lays out the “timeline”
of events from the Last Supper to the Resurrection. Since the article and the true story
deal with specific hours of time, I find it appropriate to present our experience and the
article together. I provide the timeline as presented in the article in this document. You
can find the full article with scripture references here: Timeline Of Jesus' Final Hours.
I hope you find what I have presented here to have value for you.
Sincerely,
James Eugene Barbush
2021 Blue Mountain Parkway, Harrisburg, PA 17112
Cell: 717-514-5549 E-Mail: JamesEBarbush@Gmail.com

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JESUS DIED
AT THE RIGHT TIME FOR EVERYONE FOR ALL TIME
Good Friday, A Day To Remember, and A Day To Reflect
A True Story
By James Eugene Barbush
April 6, 2015
Every year during Holy Week, I reflect on what happened to Jesus during His Holy Week. This year,
2015, was no different . . . except for one very significant event that happened on this Good Friday,
April 3, 2015.
Our Holy Week in April of 2015 was occurring with the knowledge that after Holy Week, members of
my family and myself were scheduled to attend and testify at the trial of a man who had committed
atrocities over a period of time. In 2013, in the middle of a night in June, the man murdered a
grandmother in her bed in Hershey, PA. After committing that horrific act, the man came to our home in
Linglestown, PA and started a fire in our garage. These 2 horrific acts were the culmination of many
other destructive acts that were committed by this man against numerous victims over a period of years
until 2013. The man was arrested in June 2013, charged, and after a long process, was scheduled for trial
to commence on April 7, 2015. Given the severity of this man’s crimes, the District Attorney’s Office
was prepared to have this man convicted and sentenced to death. The victims who came forth in this
multi-count case, including members of my family, were prepared, not eagerly but dauntingly, to testify at
the trial. Though the trial was awaiting us after Holy Week, we were still walking though our reflections
of events that happened during His Holy Week, over 2,000 years ago.
The morning of Good Friday, April 3, 2015, except for the pending trial, was a reflective one as it has
been every year. I attended a Psalm Sunday Service that spoke of His triumphal entry into Jerusalem.
I watched the depictions of His Holy Week and His Crucifixion on televised movies. I read accounts of
events in the New Testament. I considered the conditions of the world as I reflected on His Holy Week.
Even though the events of His Holy Week were being remembered by many, the current events of our
world, horrific as they are, were still happening, as usual, and being reported constantly – wars, killings,
tragedies; nations rising against nations, wars and rumors of wars, corruption openly displayed, arrogance
greater than I have ever seen; our world in turmoil locally, nationally, and internationally.
Then suddenly, during Our Holy Week, on Our Good Friday, our reflections took a different turn
quite differently than ever before. At 11:10 am, we received a phone call from the District Attorney’s
Office that the man who was going to be tried within days had agreed to plead his case and take an agreed
to sentence, rather than put himself, his family, the victims, and the families of the victims through the
stresses of a trial. This was quite an unexpected turn in the case. The man agreed to plead “no contest”
and agreed to accept a life sentence with no parole, plus 2 consecutive sentences of 10 to 20 years each.
These sentences were to assure that the man would never leave prison until he died.
With this sudden and unexpected change from a trial to a plea, the DA’s Office said that we needed to
be in court on this same day, Our Good Friday, at 1:00 pm. That was less than 2 hours from receiving the
phone call, right in the middle of Our Good Friday. We went to the court house as instructed. After a
period of waiting in a private room in the court house, the hearing where the man’s case would be heard
was scheduled for 3:00 pm on this same day, Our Good Friday. Did you get that? – 3:00 pm on this same
day, Our Good Friday.
Now, consider this. It’s Holy Week, Our Holy Week. It’s Good Friday, Our Good Friday. Christians
are remembering the death of Jesus who was executed on Passover. Jesus was arrested, tried, and
sentenced on that day, His Good Friday. Jesus died a horrible death on that day in a horrific process that
lasted for hours. A process that started with His Arrest during the night after The Last Supper, in the
early morning hours of His Good Friday. A process where He faced Pontius Pilate at 6 am, then went
before Herod, and then was returned to Pontius Pilate around 8 am. A process where he was sentenced to

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death which led to His path of carrying a cross to His crucifixion starting around 9 am (the 3rd
hour). The
nailing to His cross, the raising of His cross for all to see, the agony on His cross that lasted for hours,
through the 6th
hour (noon) and to the 9th
hour (3 pm). All culminating in His death on His Good Friday
Now, consider this. We have Jesus, a sinless man, who was tried, sentenced, crucified, and died on His
Good Friday over 2,000 years ago. In contrast, we have one man, a sinner, to be tried, convicted, and
sentenced on Our Good Friday in 2015. That seems to be a unique parallel, does it not? Why? Why has
this happened? I know that alignments like this happen for a reason, a divine appointed reason. I know
that God has a message in this for me and for others. What is that message? Could it be . . . .
We are all sinners. No matter what we do wrong, no matter what the sin, we are all sinners. The
worldly courts judge the acts of criminals. Others judge the our offenses towards them. We judge
ourselves for the sins we commit, and we judge others for their offenses against us and others. Sins, sins
of every type. Sins, some more grievous than others. Sins, which often seem small. No matter “the
size”, they are all sins, offenses to God.
If we stand before the courts of earth, we are judged for the severity of our wrongdoing.
If we stand before the courts of Heaven, we could be judged for our sin.
If we stand before the courts of earth, the victims and their families want justice.
If we stand before the courts of Heaven, we have access to an Advocate who was judged for us.
This man who was in court on this Our Good Friday in April of 2015 received an earthly sentence
that the courts and the victims believed he deserved. Even the man who committed the acts accepted to
receive the sentence imposed upon him.
The Man who was in court on His Good Friday received an earthly sentence that the religious rulers
believed He deserved. The Man, though He did not deserve the sentence, fully accepted the sentence for
those whom He loves.
The Man died for that man who was sentenced to life without parole.
The Man died for all men and accepted the sentence that cost Him His life on this earth.
Everyone has access to The Man who accepted the diverted judgment that was deserved by each of us.
Our Good Friday on April 3, 2015 was an unusual Good Friday for us.
His Good Friday over 2,000 years ago was a most unusual day for Him and for all of us.
As horrific as his crimes are, is the man excused for his crimes against people and society? No. He
has received his sentence and begun his life in prison, and is expected to pay for those crimes until he
departs from this earth.
As horrific as his crimes are, is the man excused from the judgment of his sins against God?
Our prayer is that during his life in prison, he will find his salvation in Christ, such that Christ will be his
advocate before the Father in Heaven on his day of judgment. We pray that His Good Friday will become
his Good Friday. We pray that the 3 pm hearing conducted on Our Good Friday on which that the man
was sentenced will be a turning point in the man’s life, such that when his heart is repentant, he will
forever know the forgiveness of the Father.
Mark 15: 25 And it was the 3rd
hour when they crucified Him.
Mark 15:33 At the 6th
hour darkness came over the whole land until the 9th
hour.
Matthew 27:35 Now from the 6th
hour there was darkness over all the land unto the 9th
hour.
Matthew 27:46 And about the 9th
hour Jesus cried out with a loud voice, saying, “Eli, Eli, lama
sabachthani?” that is, “My God, My God, why have You forsaken Me?”

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TIMELINE OF JESUS' FINAL HOURS
Timeline of Jesus' Final Hours
The Last Supper
In the Garden of Gethsemane
Jesus is Betrayed and Arrested
The Religious Leaders Condemn Jesus
6 AM Jesus Stands Trial Before Pilate
Jesus Sent to Herod
7 AM Jesus Returned to Pilate
Jesus is Sentenced to Death
8 AM Jesus is Led Away to Calvary
9 AM "The 3rd
Hour"
Jesus is Crucified on the Cross
The Soldiers Cast Lots for Jesus' Clothing
10 AM Jesus is Insulted and Mocked
11 AM Jesus and the Criminal
Jesus Speaks to Mary and John
Noon "The 6th
Hour"
Darkness Covers the Land
1 PM Jesus Cries Out to the Father
Jesus is Thirsty
2 PM It is Finished
3 PM "The 9th
Hour"
Events Following Jesus' Death
The Earthquake
The Centurion - "Surely He was the Son of God!"
The Soldiers Break the Thieves' Legs
The Soldier Pierces Jesus Side
Jesus is Laid in the Tomb
Jesus Rises from the Dead