What is Good about Good Friday?

Good Friday:

Some say that Good Friday cannot be good since it is the day that Jesus Christ was killed, crucified. How can it then be called good?


I would answer that it is Good in the same way that the Apostle Paul spoke of all things as working together for good. See Romans 8:28.


Also, it is Good in the way that all of God's Creation was declared to be good. The First Adam was created on the 6th Day of the week. The Last Adam, Jesus Christ, finished His work on the 6th Day of the week, and then rested. Well, I need to work on the wording here, but the idea is that God created all things good and then rested on the 7th Day. Christ's 6th word from the cross was "It is finished." He then committed His spirit into His Father's hands, and rested on the 7th Day in the tomb.

See the connection? So, in a similar way the Friday that Jesus died was good.

Some say that the term Good as in "Good Friday" was a misunderstanding of the word "God". It should be God's Friday instead of Good Friday. However, in other languages, such as Spanish, it is called Holy Friday. It is a day that should be set apart as holy. Doesn't that imply that it is also a good day?

No Christian that I know of calls Good Friday evil or bad. It is holy and good since it is the day that Christ finished His atoning work. It is the day that He became the Lamb of God and took away the sin of the world. Yes, great evil was done on that day, but the greatest good for mankind was accomplished - salvation in Christ.

I can't think of a better name for that day myself.