Tag: death

  • A Day of the silence of the Passover Lamb

    A Day of the silence of the Passover Lamb

    The Son of Man is Slain

    From the day the Son of Man is delivered into the world and laid in a manger the shadow of the Cross foretold Christ’s Sacrifice.

    And the Word became flesh, and dwelt among us, and we saw His glory, glory as of the only begotten from the Father, full of grace and truth.. For of His fullness we have all received, and grace upon grace.

    For the Law was given through Moses; grace and truth were realized through Jesus Christ.

    John 1:14,16-17 NASB

    וַיִּקְרָ֥א מֹשֶׁ֛ה לְכָל־זִקְנֵ֥י יִשְׂרָאֵ֖ל וַיֹּ֣אמֶר אֲלֵהֶ֑ם מִֽשְׁכ֗וּ וּקְח֨וּ לָכֶ֥ם צֹ֛אן לְמִשְׁפְּחֹתֵיכֶ֖ם וְשַׁחֲט֥וּ הַפָּֽסַח׃

    Then Moses called for all the elders of Israel and said to them, “Go and take for yourselves lambs according to your families, and slay the Passover lamb.

    Exodus 12:21 WLC; NASB http://blb.sc/002lS2

    Jesus has prepared unwilling ears of the Disciples for this shabbath of the pecach, which takes away the sins of the world.

    silhouette of Jesus on Cross in front of sunset

    “As Moses lifted up the serpent in the wilderness, even so must the Son of Man be lifted up..

    John 3:13 NASB

    The crowd then answered Him, “We have heard out of the Law that the Christ is to remain forever; and how can You say, ‘The Son of Man must be lifted up’?

    Who is this Son of Man?”

    John 12:34 NASB

    By faith he kept the Passover and the sprinkling of the blood, so that he who destroyed the firstborn would not touch them.

    Hebrews 11:28 NASB

    Now the body of the Son of Man lays lifeless and bloodied, partially wrapped in the shrouds of burial and entombed in darkness sealed away from the living by a guarded stone door.

    Jesus the ROCK of Salvation

    The Song of Moses

    “Listen, you heavens, and I will speak;
    And let the earth hear the words of my mouth!
    2 May my teaching drip as the rain,
    My speech trickle as the dew,
    As droplets on the fresh grass,
    And as the showers on the vegetation.
    3 For I proclaim the name of the Lord;
    Ascribe greatness to our God!

    4 The Rock! His work is perfect,
    For all His ways are just;
    A God of faithfulness and without injustice,
    Righteous and just is He.
    5 They have acted corruptly against Him,
    They are not His children, because of their defect;
    But are a perverse and crooked generation.
    6 Is this what you do to the Lord,
    You foolish and unwise people?
    Is He not your Father who has purchased you?
    He has made you and established you.

    הַאֲזִ֥ינוּ הַשָּׁמַ֖יִם וַאֲדַבֵּ֑רָה וְתִשְׁמַ֥ע הָאָ֖רֶץ אִמְרֵי־פִֽי׃

    2 יַעֲרֹ֤ף כַּמָּטָר֙ לִקְחִ֔י תִּזַּ֥ל כַּטַּ֖ל אִמְרָתִ֑י כִּשְׂעִירִ֣ם עֲלֵי־דֶ֔שֶׁא וְכִרְבִיבִ֖ים עֲלֵי־עֵֽשֶׂב׃

    3 כִּ֛י שֵׁ֥ם יְהוָ֖ה אֶקְרָ֑א הָב֥וּ גֹ֖דֶל לֵאלֹהֵֽינוּ׃

    4 הַצּוּר֙ תָּמִ֣ים פָּעֳל֔וֹ כִּ֥י כָל־דְּרָכָ֖יו מִשְׁפָּ֑ט אֵ֤ל אֱמוּנָה֙ וְאֵ֣ין עָ֔וֶל צַדִּ֥יק וְיָשָׁ֖ר הֽוּא׃

    5 שִׁחֵ֥ת ל֛וֹ לֹ֖א בָּנָ֣יו מוּמָ֑ם דּ֥וֹר עִקֵּ֖שׁ וּפְתַלְתֹּֽל׃

    6 הֲ־לַיְהוָה֙ תִּגְמְלוּ־זֹ֔את עַ֥ם נָבָ֖ל וְלֹ֣א חָכָ֑ם הֲלוֹא־הוּא֙ אָבִ֣יךָ קָּנֶ֔ךָ ה֥וּא עָֽשְׂךָ֖ וַֽיְכֹנְנֶֽךָ׃

    The Messiah & the Pharisees

    Philip found Nathanael and said to him,

    “We have found Him of whom Moses in the Law and also the Prophets wrote—Jesus of Nazareth, the son of Joseph.”

    Gospel of John 1:45 NASB

    The Pharisees had often come to Jesus before they crucified Him and now faithful men have laid their Messiah in a grave. Joseph, Nicodemus and a remnant of influential Jews believe and follow the Messiah secretly out of fear of their own lives.

    “Truly, truly, I say to you, an hour is coming and now is, when the dead will hear the voice of the Son of God, and those who hear will live.

    John 5:25
    painting of Christ and the Pharisees by Earnst Zimmerman

    “You search the Scriptures because you think that in them you have eternal life; it is these that testify about Me; and you are unwilling to come to Me so that you may have life.

    “I do not receive glory from men; but I know you, that you do not have the love of God in yourselves…

    The Pharisees had tested Jesus. Yet most continued to give glory to each other rather than the Messiah who came to teach truth in their midst.

    Jesus preached the truth of Scripture to the Jews who claimed to be teachers.

    “Do not think that I will accuse you before the Father;

    the one who accuses you is Moses, in whom you have set your hope.

    For if you believed Moses, you would believe Me, for he wrote about Me. But if you do not believe his writings, how will you believe My words?”

    John 5: NASB

    The Writings of Moshe

    Deuteronomy 32:
    New American Standard Bible

    .. And you drank wine of the blood of grapes..

    18 You forgot the Rock who fathered you,
    And forgot the God who gave you birth.

    19 “The Lord saw this, and spurned them
    Because of the provocation by His sons and daughters.

    20 Then He said, ‘I will hide My face from them,
    I will see what their end will be;
    For they are a perverse generation,
    Sons in whom there is no faithfulness.

    39 See now that I, I am He,
    And there is no god besides Me;
    It is I who put to death and give life.
    I have wounded and it is I who heal,
    And there is no one who can save anyone from My hand.
    40 Indeed, I raise My hand to heaven,
    And say, as I live forever,
    41 If I have sharpened My flashing sword,
    And My hand has taken hold of justice,
    I will return vengeance on My adversaries,
    And I will repay those who hate Me.

    דברים 32
    Westminster Leningrad Codex

    18 צ֥וּר יְלָדְךָ֖ תֶּ֑שִׁי וַתִּשְׁכַּ֖ח אֵ֥ל מְחֹלְלֶֽךָ׃

    19 וַיַּ֥רְא יְהוָ֖ה וַיִּנְאָ֑ץ מִכַּ֥עַס בָּנָ֖יו וּבְנֹתָֽיו׃

    20 וַיֹּ֗אמֶר אַסְתִּ֤ירָה פָנַי֙ מֵהֶ֔ם אֶרְאֶ֖ה מָ֣ה אַחֲרִיתָ֑ם כִּ֣י ד֤וֹר תַּהְפֻּכֹת֙ הֵ֔מָּה בָּנִ֖ים לֹא־אֵמֻ֥ן בָּֽם׃

    39 רְא֣וּ׀ עַתָּ֗ה כִּ֣י אֲנִ֤י אֲנִי֙ ה֔וּא וְאֵ֥ין אֱלֹהִ֖ים עִמָּדִ֑י אֲנִ֧י אָמִ֣ית וַאֲחַיֶּ֗ה מָחַ֙צְתִּי֙ וַאֲנִ֣י אֶרְפָּ֔א וְאֵ֥ין מִיָּדִ֖י מַצִּֽיל׃

    40 כִּֽי־אֶשָּׂ֥א אֶל־שָׁמַ֖יִם יָדִ֑י וְאָמַ֕רְתִּי חַ֥י אָנֹכִ֖י לְעֹלָֽם׃

    41 אִם־שַׁנּוֹתִי֙ בְּרַ֣ק חַרְבִּ֔י וְתֹאחֵ֥ז בְּמִשְׁפָּ֖ט יָדִ֑י אָשִׁ֤יב נָקָם֙ לְצָרָ֔י וְלִמְשַׂנְאַ֖י אֲשַׁלֵּֽם׃

    Prophesy: Curses on Disobedience

    Deuteronomy 28 :: HNV / WLC

    20 The LORD will send on you cursing, confusion, and rebuke, in all that you put your hand to do, until you are destroyed, and until you perish quickly; because of the evil of your doings, by which you have forsaken me.

    33 The fruit of your ground, and all your labors, shall a nation which you don’t know eat up; and you shall be only oppressed and crushed always..

    45-46 All these curses shall come on you, and shall pursue you, and overtake you, until you are destroyed; because you didn’t listen to the voice of the LORD your God, to keep his mitzvot and his statutes which he commanded you: and they shall be on you for a sign and for a wonder, and on your seed forever.

    יְשַׁלַּח יְהוָה בְּךָ אֶת־הַמְּאֵרָה אֶת־הַמְּהוּמָה וְאֶת־הַמִּגְעֶרֶת בְּכָל־מִשְׁלַח יָדְךָ אֲשֶׁר תַּעֲשֶׂה עַד הִשָּֽׁמֶדְךָ וְעַד־אֲבָדְךָ מַהֵר מִפְּנֵי רֹעַ מַֽעֲלָלֶיךָ אֲשֶׁר עֲזַבְתָּֽנִי׃

    פְּרִי אַדְמָֽתְךָ וְכָל־יְגִיעֲךָ יֹאכַל עַם אֲשֶׁר לֹא־יָדָעְתָּ וְהָיִיתָ רַק עָשׁוּק וְרָצוּץ כָּל־הַיָּמִֽים׃

    וּבָאוּ עָלֶיךָ כָּל־הַקְּלָלוֹת הָאֵלֶּה וּרְדָפוּךָ וְהִשִּׂיגוּךָ עַד הִשָּֽׁמְדָךְ כִּי־לֹא שָׁמַעְתָּ בְּקוֹל יְהוָה אֱלֹהֶיךָ לִשְׁמֹר מִצְוֺתָיו וְחֻקֹּתָיו אֲשֶׁר צִוָּֽךְ׃

    וְהָיוּ בְךָ לְאוֹת וּלְמוֹפֵת וּֽבְזַרְעֲךָ עַד־עוֹלָֽם׃

    “In the morning you shall say, ‘Oh, that it were evening!’

    And at evening you shall say, ‘Oh, that it were morning!’

    because of the fear which terrifies your heart,

    and because of the sight which your eyes see.

    Deuteronomy 28:67 NKJV – curse of the LORD on Israel for breaking His Covenant

    Judgment by a Savior

    “Do not marvel at this; for an hour is coming, in which all who are in the tombs will hear His voice, and will come forth;

    those who did the good deeds to a resurrection of life,

    those who committed the evil deeds to a resurrection of judgment.

    The words of Jesus – John 5:28-29 NASB
    So they shouted, “Away with Him, away with Him, crucify Him!” - John19:15 - collage of Jesus and Pilate with first and 21st century crowds

    As the crowds had approached Jerusalem for the seven-day celebration they laid palms before Jesus at the gates atop the holy hill.

    Now as Jesus lay in the grave, His broken and bloodied Body partially prepared for burial, the public mourning of the faithful must wait for a sacred celebration of the final feast of pecach.

    As Jesus lay on a slab of stone in a tomb sealed by a rock rolled before its entrance, faithful Jews knew well the curses of their own disobedience and separation from the Lord their God.

    The Prophet Hosea (~755–710 B.C)

    Hosea’s name means: salvation, as did that of Moses’ successor Joshua and as does that of the Son of Man known of Nazareth, Jesus.

    From the hand of Sheol I do ransom them,

    From death I redeem them,

    Where is thy plague, O death?

    Where thy destruction, O Sheol?

    Repentance is hid from Mine eyes.

    Hosea 13:14 YLT

    After this day of irony in the festival feast would come the sorrowful day of mourning on the first day of the week.

    Yet the words of Jesus before summoning Lazarus from the grave surly resounded in the hearts of their recent memory.

    Lazarus come forth - photo of sunrise and Bible

    Jesus said to her, “I am the resurrection and the life; he who believes in Me will live even if he dies, and everyone who lives and believes in Me will never die.

    Do you believe this?”

    the Good News of John 11:25-26 NASB

    She said to him, “Yes, Lord. I have come to believe that you are the Messiah, God’s Son, he who comes into the world.” – John 11:27 Hebrew Names Version

    The Silence of this Shabbat

    two Roman soldiers standing by fire at night by Jesus' tomb

    There, as Jesus’ loved ones, family and followers mourned silently during the final feast of the Passover, the preparations of their hearts found no solace in His upcoming burial on the first day of the week.

    For they had witnessed the brutality of sin against the Sinless One on the Cross of Calvary.

    The Father loves the Son, and has given all things into his hand. One who believes in the Son has eternal life,

    but one who disobeys the Son won’t see life, but the wrath of God remains on him.”

    the Good News of John 3:35-36 Hebrew Names Version

  • It is finished.. + Death’s witnesses

    It is finished.. + Death’s witnesses

    The Sorrow of Souls Severed from each other

    Have you experienced it — the death of a loved one?

    Death pierces the flesh of those left to mourning in unspeakable ways, but most of all it severs from our soul that of another to which we have clung.

    Roman soldier spears the body of Jesus on the cross

    Having breathed His last some time before, Jesus’ crucified body receives yet another piercing by a Roman spear as John and others remain nearby.

    .. and having come to Jesus, when they saw him already having been dead, they did not break his legs; but one of the soldiers with a spear did pierce his side, and immediately there came forth blood and water..

    John 19:34-35 YLT

    The Lord had loved these so much, the ones remaining at the foot of the Cross for six arduous hours, witnessing His life pouring out before them.

    The Centurion in effect pierced their own hearts, severing their souls from the One they loved – Jesus, the One who loved them so much.

    Witnesses to Emmanuel’s Death!

    John records these events of the day of preparation and Passover feast, as we noted earlier in Crucifixion! – The Spirit of Grace, and retells the Good News to a generation near the time of his own death nearly sixty years later.

    John 19:

    23 When the soldiers had crucified Jesus, they divided his clothes between them…

    25-27 While the soldiers were doing this, Jesus’ mother was standing near the cross with her sister, and with them Mary, the wife of Clopas and Mary of Magdala…

    ..“Look, there is your son!” And then he said to the disciple, “And there is your mother!”

    38-42 After it was all over, Joseph (who came from Arimathaea..).. came and took his body down. Nicodemus also ..

    The short list of witnesses:
    • Jesus’ mother Mary
    • Mary’s sister, Salome
    • Mary, the wife of Clopas
    • Mary of Magdala
    • The Apostle John (of course)
    • (and let’s not forget) Roman Soldiers (not named here, but present)
    Other Witnesses:

    Although their meeting with Pilate likely took place during the time Jesus remained on the Cross, John records that two important Jewish officials succeeded in lobbying Pilate to allow Jesus’ body to be buried in the new tomb of Joseph. They may have witnessed His death and most certainly could confirm His mortal wounds.

    • Joseph of Arimathea
    • Nicodemus the Pharisee
    What about Matthew?

    The Apostle Matthew also records Jesus’ crucifixion and was, in fact, a tax collector with political connections to Roman and Jewish authorities. Matthew records earlier events of the evening preceding Jesus’ trial:

    Matthew 26: Complete Jewish Bible
    As reminder that John, Matthew and the Apostles are ALL Jewish,
    I offer this cultural religious look of the CJB version of Matthews's Gospel about the Messiah Jesus (in Greek, Christ).

    30 After singing the Hallel, they went out to the Mount of Olives. Yeshua then said to them,

    “Tonight you will all lose faith in me, as the Tanakh says, ‘I will strike the shepherd dead, and the sheep of the flock will be scattered.’ But after I have been raised, I will go ahead of you into the Galil.”

    59 The head cohanim and the whole Sanhedrin looked for some false evidence against Yeshua, so that they might put him to death. But they didn’t find any, even though many liars came forward to give testimony…

    Matthew 27: Early in the morning, all the head cohanim and elders met to plan how to bring about Yeshua’s death. 2 Then they put him in chains, led him away and handed him over to Pilate the governor…

    soldier whipping Jesus Christ

    The Apostle Matthew seemingly was present not only in Gethsemane, but for Jesus’ trial by the Jewish officials who condemned their Messiah. Matthew also tells the horrific story of Jesus’ scourging.

    27 The governor’s soldiers took Yeshua into the headquarters building, and the whole battalion gathered around him. They stripped off his clothes and put on him a scarlet robe, wove thorn-branches into a crown and put it on his head, and put a stick in his right hand. Then they kneeled down in front of him and made fun of him: “Hail to the King of the Jews!” They spit on him and used the stick to beat him about the head.

    Add to the list of witnesses:
    • The Apostle Matthew

    Matthew adds detail of other witnesses to Jesus’ crucifixion:

    • a man of Cyrene named Simon
    • a Roman officer & other Roman soldiers at Golgotha

    32 As they were leaving, they met a man from Cyrene named Shim‘on; and they forced him to carry Yeshua’s execution-stake. When they arrived at a place called Gulgolta (which means “place of a skull”), they gave him wine mixed with bitter gall to drink; but after tasting it, he would not drink it…

    54 When the Roman officer and those with him who were keeping watch over Yeshua saw the earthquake and what was happening, they were awestruck and said, “He really was a son of God.”

    There were many women present

    55 And many women were there watching from a distance, who had followed Jesus from Galilee while caring for Him.

    Matthew's Gospel helps clarify who some of these women were and their importance to the Christ Jesus and His beloved friends.

    56 Among them were Mary Magdalene, Mary the mother of James and Joseph, and the mother of the sons of Zebedee.

    Miryam of Magdala (or from Magdala)

    Miryam the mother of Ya‘akov and Yosef, or James and Joses in some translations of common Hebrew names. She is Mary, wife of Clopas and sister of Mary, widow of Joseph.

    He also confirms the presence of James’ and John’s mother.

    Mark, referring to these same three women gives her name, Salome. Due to the importance of family in Jewish tradition she may also have been a sister of Mary, therefore confirming her sons James and John to be not only Jesus’ closest Disciples but also His cousin.

    Why do the Apostles mention these women?

    Because the women would survive as witnesses even as all of the Apostles but John were martyred for their witness of Jesus as the Christ and resurrected Messiah of God.

    It is the same reason that some Jews, even some of the house of Herod, became believers in Christ. And gentile Romans in every major city would call Jesus Christ Lord by the time John writes his Gospel.

    John 19:

    40 They took Yeshua’s body and wrapped it up in linen sheets with the spices, in keeping with Judean burial practice.

    41 In the vicinity of where he had been executed was a garden, and in the garden was a new tomb in which no one had ever been buried. So, because it was Preparation Day for the Judeans, and because the tomb was close by, that is where they buried Yeshua.

    written in Hebrew, Greek, and Latin. Jesus king of the Jews

    παρασκευή +++ All must remember the Sabbath

    There they buried Jesus, His body taken from the Cross on the Day of Preparation for the Passover.

    “And it shall be from new moon to new moon
    And from sabbath to sabbath,
    All mankind will come to bow down before Me,”

    says the LORD.

    Isaiah 66:23 NASB
    To be continued...
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  • CRUCIFIXION! – The Pangs of Sin

    CRUCIFIXION! – The Pangs of Sin

    So he then handed Him over to them to be crucified.

    John 19:16 NASB

    Tarrying on the road of Suffering

    father with turban and beard seated with arms around son

    Father, the hour is come,” the Lord Jesus had prayed in a most personal prayer just hours before.

    Then in the darkness of Gethsemane Jesus had asked Peter, “Am I not to drink the cup the Father has given me?”

    It it the Cup of the Blood of His suffering; some by scourging just witnessed, when 39 times Jesus had NO SIN to confess.

    Crucify ben ‘elyown ‘elyown,” they had shouted; CRUCIFY the SON OF GOD!

    And shortly Jesus will cry out from His final pain:

    “ELOI, ELOI, LAMA SABACHTHANI?” which is translated, “MY GOD, MY GOD, WHY HAVE YOU FORSAKEN ME?”

    Mark 15:34 NASB
    crown of thorns forced on Jesus' head

    What Father remains silent on suffering?

    And what Man must suffer silently for sin?

    So they shouted, “Away with Him, away with Him, crucify Him!” - John19:15 - collage of Jesus and Pilate with first and 21st century crowds
    Crucify! Crucify!

    John 19:17 They took Jesus, therefore, and He went out, carrying His own cross, to the place called the Place of a Skull, which in Hebrew is called, Golgotha.

    cross words Who's in charge? and a question of Authority
    Hours before: Sanctification of the Sacrifice

    Jesus spoke these things; and raising His eyes to heaven, He said, “Father, the hour has come; glorify Your Son, so that the Son may glorify You, just as You gave Him authority over all mankind, so that to all whom You have given Him, He may give eternal life.

    And this is eternal life, that they may know You, the only true God, and Jesus Christ whom You have sent.

    John 17:1-3 NASB – The Son’s High Priestly prayer

    The Pangs of Death

    ‘I feel your pain,’ some must have mocked toward Jesus at His suffering the 39 lashes of scourging. No one ever truly feels the pain of another’s suffering.

    But for His dear friends the Apostles the Son of God had assured:

    “A little while, and you no longer are going to see Me; and again a little while, and you will see Me.”

    John 16:16 NASB

    Jesus had not dwelled on His prophesied suffering. Yet by the scriptures perhaps the Disciples denyingly sensed what He must suffer this day.

    Isaiah 53:

    Who has believed our message?
    And to whom has the arm of the LORD been revealed?

    The Apostles did not want to believe all of it, but to them the LORD revealed the Son embraced by the Father’s right arm.

    For He grew up before Him like a tender shoot,
    And like a root out of parched ground;
    He has no stately form or majesty
    That we should look upon Him,
    Nor appearance that we should be attracted to Him.

    They also grew up near Him and even though some knew Jesus’ family, they were not attracted to Him until by Him they were called. In these three years Jesus became their Lord, Teacher and beloved friend.

    He was despised and forsaken of men,
    A man of sorrows and acquainted with grief;
    And like one from whom men hide their face
    He was despised, and we did not esteem Him.

    Jesus was despised by the ruling council and leading Jews. The Disciples continually witnessed the Jews hatred for Him.

    Surely our griefs He Himself bore,
    And our sorrows He carried;
    Yet we ourselves esteemed Him stricken,
    Smitten of God, and afflicted.

    Isaiah 53:4 NASB

    John 8:

    Temple officials had previously despised and did not esteem Him. These Jewish scholars had never believed His message or the Prophets.

    21 Then He said again to them, “I am going away, and you will look for Me, and will die in your sin; where I am going, you cannot come.”

    25 Then they were saying to Him, “Who are You?”

    These politically powerful religious officials most likely asked this mockingly, as they did while striking their blindfolded Messiah during the mockery of a trial before Caiaphas High Priest of the Jews and later in the presence of Pilate.

    Who are YOU to talk of God or teach us the Law?

    So Jesus said, “When you lift up the Son of Man, then you will know that I am, and I do nothing on My own, but I say these things as the Father instructed Me.

    John 8:28

    And the Apostle John adds this witness then in his Gospel:

    30 As He said these things, many came to believe in Him.

    a crowd of people

    Many believers will follow Jesus Christ in a victorious procession to the place of worship, but only a remnant remains following a captive King to the Cross of Calvary.

    Roger Harned – talkofJesus.com

    The Pangs of Pain

    Returning to Jesus’ metaphor of suffering, He prophesies this day to His Apostles:

    John 16:

    20 Truly, truly I say to you that you will weep and mourn, but the world will rejoice; you will grieve, but your grief will be turned into joy!

    As the Disciples had scattered as sheep from the wolves, surely they did not recall this at the time of Jesus’ arrest, trials, scourging and crucifixion.

    Whenever a woman is in labor she has pain, because her hour has come;

    but when she gives birth to the child, she no longer remembers the anguish because of the joy that a child has been born into the world.

    22 Therefore you too have grief now; but I will see you again, and your heart will rejoice, and no one is going to take your joy away from you.

    And why this suffering? – SIN!

    "Keep them from the evil one. John 15:17b photo of snake curled up

    The serpent said to the woman, “You surely will not die!

    ..Then the LORD God said to the woman, “What is this you have done?” And the woman said, “The serpent deceived me, and I ate.”

    The LORD God said to the serpent,
    “Because you have done this, Cursed are you..

    And between your seed and her seed;
    He shall bruise you on the head,
    And you shall bruise him on the heel.” – Genesis 3

    The Prophesy of Christ’s Suffering

    But He was pierced through for our transgressions,
    He was crushed for our iniquities;
    The chastening for our well-being fell upon Him,
    And by His scourging we are healed.

    Isaiah 53:5 NASB

    ..

    By oppression and judgment He was taken away,‘ prophesied Isaiah in the generation of Uzziah king of Judah. It was more than seven centuries Before Christ.

    Isaiah, by the mouth of the LORD, indicts those who falsely convict Jesus.

    They have just sent innocence to the Cross as the Substitute Lamb of Sacrifice for their own transgressions (sins).

    ‘And as for His generation,

    who considered that He was cut off out of the land of the living
    for the transgression of my people,

    to whom the stroke was due?

    Isaiah 53:8 NASB

    The Good News of John:

    1:10 He was in the world, and the world was made by him, and the world knew him not.

    11 He came unto his own, and his own received him not.

    soldier whipping Jesus Christ

    מֵעֲמַ֤ל נַפְשֹׁו֙ יִרְאֶ֣ה יִשְׂבָּ֔ע בְּדַעְתֹּ֗ו יַצְדִּ֥יק צַדִּ֛יק עַבְדִּ֖י לָֽרַבִּ֑ים וַעֲוֹנֹתָ֖ם ה֥וּא יִסְבֹּֽל׃

    Yeshaiya 53: WLC

    29 .. “Behold, the Lamb of God who takes away the sin of the world!

    And now sinners take the sinless Sacrifice to the altar of the shedding of Blood.

    They took Jesus, therefore, and He went out, carrying His own cross, to the place called the Place of a Skull, which in Hebrew is called, Golgotha. There they crucified Him, and with Him two other men, one on either side, and Jesus in between.

    John 19:17-18 NASB
    To be continued...