{"id":7070,"date":"2026-04-04T00:12:36","date_gmt":"2026-04-03T22:12:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/nederlandsetempeliers.nl\/holy-saturday\/"},"modified":"2026-04-04T09:12:56","modified_gmt":"2026-04-04T07:12:56","slug":"holy-saturday","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/nederlandsetempeliers.nl\/en\/holy-saturday\/","title":{"rendered":"Holy Saturday"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t
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Holy Saturday<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t
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Holy Saturday<\/strong><\/p>

The day after the Cross \u2014 Holy Saturday.
It is the Sabbath \u2014 the day of rest \u2014 a day without work.
Yesterday, Jesus was crucified, died, and was laid in the tomb.
The disciples have fled in fear and gone into hiding.
Everything seems over.
The world holds its breath:
no miracles,
no voices,
no light,
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Today, nothing seems to happen\u2026 and yet \u2014 it is precisely here that something happens which no one sees.
On the outside, we see nothing \u2014 that is true. But where the world falls silent, God is fully at work. Work that is not yet visible \u2014 preparation.
Descendit ad inferos \u2014 also known as the descent into the realm of the dead. . Christ descends into the realm of the dead (not to be confused with hell). There, He breaks through death from within. There, He raises up the righteous. In the depths of death, life is being prepared. And tomorrow\u2026 tomorrow it will be revealed. <\/p>

What does this mean? Jesus went to the underworld \u2014 the realm of the dead \u2014 not hell.
The realm of the dead is Sheol in Hebrew, Hades in Greek. It is the place where all the dead reside \u2014 both the righteous and the unrighteous \u2014 awaiting redemption. You can understand it as a state of waiting, before redemption. <\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t

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The high priests have the tomb sealed and place guards, convinced that the final chapter has been closed. The stone, the seal, and the watch seem to make everything definitive.
Yet it is precisely here, in this human attempt at control, that the mystery of God begins to unfold \u2014 hidden and untouchable \ud83d\udc49\ud83c\udffb <\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t

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What remains hidden to the eye unfolds in the deepest reality: Jesus steps out of His tomb \u2014 the victory over death. While the world is silent, the foundation for Easter is laid.
The Templars lived from this certainty \u2014 that the true battle is not visible, but fought in the spirit \ud83d\udc49\ud83c\udffb <\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t

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Redemption had to touch everything: not only the living, but also the dead, the past \u2014 all of humanity. He leaves nothing behind.
Because He truly became man. He dies as a man. He goes where every human being goes. <\/p>

How does it work exactly? Heaven \u2014 full communion with God \u2014 was not yet opened,
because redemption had not yet been completed. Heaven did exist, but no one was there except God. Redemption comes through the death of Jesus. So ALL people who had died until that moment remained in the realm of the dead \u2014 from Adam to Abraham\u2026 to\u2026
Within that realm, a distinction was made:
1) The righteous (Abraham, Adam, the prophets\u2026) remained in a state of rest \u2014 also called Abraham\u2019s bosom (sinus Abrahae).
2) The unrighteous remained in a state of separation and darkness.<\/p>

Did those people have to wait for centuries? Yes \u2014 and no. Yes, they waited for centuries.
But they were in a state of rest \u2014 as if asleep, in complete peace. When you sleep, you do not notice the passing of hours. You are not aware of time passing. And for God, centuries are but a single moment.
So no \u2014 because it is not experienced as waiting. You can see it this way: our time and God\u2019s time are not the same. What is a century to us is not the same for God. We have a clock \u2014 ticking seconds, days, years\u2026 God\u2019s time lies outside of ours \u2014 no clock. Our centuries are, for God, a moment. <\/p>

Now that Jesus has died, He enters death. Not as a victim like all others, but as a Victor!
And now it happens: He already holds the banner of victory in His hand \u2014 the vexillum crucis Christi, radiating light. <\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t

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Often depicted as a cross-banner \u2014 white with a red cross \u2014 mounted on a staff or lance.
It is not an ordinary banner. It is the sign of victory. Not like a king who conquers a land \u2014
but victory over death, victory over hell, victory over sin.

\ud83d\udc49\ud83c\udffb In other words: He enters the realm of the dead with the victory already in His hand.
The banner of completed victory \u2014 before anyone sees it. The banner is not a promise,
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He breaks open the gates of the realm of the dead and calls the righteous \u2014 those who remained faithful to God. Adam is not asked \u2014 he is taken by the hand. And so are the others. And He leads them into the light. <\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t

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And on earth\u2026 everything is still silent.
The high priests and Pharisees have asked Pilate to place soldiers at the tomb. Certainty.
No risk. No movement. Everything seems under control.
But they do not see what has already taken place. <\/p>

The Easter Vigil approaches. The Sabbath is drawing to a close. After the Sabbath \u2014 after sunset \u2014 the women buy fragrant spices: myrrh, aloe, precious ointments \u2014 <\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t

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not to heal\u2026 but to lovingly care for His body. To honour what they believe they have lost.
Still in mourning, they go to the tomb. They know nothing yet. But in the night\u2026 everything will change.
This is the night of reversal. The Paschal candle is lit \u2014 light breaks through the darkness. <\/span><\/p>

Tomorrow it will be revealed. What is hidden today will shine tomorrow\u2026 <\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t

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