Really?? A young
man crowned with thorns, nailed up naked between two thieves...outside some
remote city of the Roman Empire... This
is the centrepoint of history??
Jesus the
carpenter turned rabbi, is rejected by His own people the Jews, mocked and
abused by Gentiles, and is now even abandoned by God the Father! (Matt
27:45-56)
Come watch with
these faithful women, this miraculous but bloody event...
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| "Eli, Eli, lama sabachthani?" |
- The Jewish Passover is celebrated at Full Moon so a natural solar eclipse for 3 hours is impossible – the horror of darkness in the middle of the day engulfs ALL the land!
- Twice Jesus cries out with a loud voice – humanly impossible during crucifixion! Perhaps the Jews thinking Jesus is calling for Elias aren’t so wrong – Elijah means ‘God of Jehovah’
- Even brutal Roman soldiers recognise this ‘King of the Jews’ is the SON of GOD, who still in control has ‘given up the ghost’...just as the lamb is offered in the daily sacrifice!
- The veil in the temple was ripped in two from top to bottom. How thick was the veil? About 4 inches.
- Earth quaked and rocks were rent!
- Many saints arose (coming into Jerusalem after Jesus resurrection)
Yes, this crucifixion
is exactly as prophesied centuries earlier.
This has to be the centrepoint of history.
