Monday, May 30, 2011

The day Christ was crucified

In the previous 36 hours he has had very little sleep. He has participated in the passover feast, met with his Apostles for the last supper, been to Gethsemane, betrayed, condemned, scourged.  At about 10:00 am he is nailed to the cross.  His time alive on the cross is relatively short as compared to most who have this experience. A lot of men die at the scourging, not to mention the suffering in the Garden-(only a Man who is half God could endure this)  He utters 7 statements in those last hours. In one of these statement he utters the words " My God, My God, why hast thou forsaken me" It was at this time his Father's Spirit had left him. He at that utterly desolate and dark moment descended below all things, he literally knew what it was like to be a sinner and have the Spirit leave him, he literally fulfilled prophecy that he would "tread the winepress alone." At about the the ninth hour or Three o'clock it is finished. The Earth shakes. The veil of the temple is rent, exposing the holy inner room. The sun has been hid for the previous 3 hours. On the American Continent, the land is literally torn asunder. The soldiers come to remove the Bodies  before the sun goes down to satisfy the wishes of the religious leaders..The two thieves are still alive. They break their legs with a large hammer sending their bodied into shock to speed up the process. When they come to Christ he is already dead. To be  sure, a soldier takes a spear and thrusts it into Christs heart through the rib cage and makes a gash big enough to put a mans hand thereunto. Water gushes out, the sign of broken heart- fulfillment of prophesy, Even though he is dead, his ministry is riveted in the hearts of the believers..... I am one of those Believers.

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