They Hung Him on a Cross

For each one of us a physical death will occur at some point in our mortal lives. This body, which is the temporary housing for the eternal spirit that lives within, will return back to the dirt of the ground from which it came. However, our eternal spirit will return back to the Father from which it also came. We have a permanent connection to our father in heaven which can never be separated.

You see God sent His only begotten son into this world to reconcile us back to him. Jesus bore our sins that we would have eternal life. But as He walked among His own brethren, there were those that perceived Him to be a threat to their own way of life. So they sought to capture Him and kill Him in order to stop Him from speaking the truth.

They found that way in Judas one of Jesus own disciples, and Judas decided that it was in his own financial best interest to betray Jesus for a few dollars to satisfy his own greed. Now Jesus must pay with His life for Judas greed, as well as each one of us. For the Bible teaches us that we all have sinned and fallen short of His glory.

Now listen to what happens from this point; “As they led him off, they made Simon, a man from Cyrene who happened to be coming in from the countryside, carry the cross behind Jesus. A huge crowd of people followed, along with women weeping and carrying on. At one point Jesus turned to the women and said, “Daughters of Jerusalem don’t cry for me. Cry for yourselves and for your children. The time is coming when they’ll say, “Lucky the women who never conceived! Lucky the wombs that never gave birth! Lucky the breasts that never gave milk!” Then they’ll start calling to the mountains, “Fall down on us! Calling to the hills, “Cover us up!” If people do these things to a live, green tree, can you imagine what they’ll do with deadwood?”

Two others, both criminals, were taken along with him for execution. When they got to the place called Skull Hill, they crucified him, along with the criminals, one on his right, the other on his left.

However, knowing that he was about to be hanged, Jesus showed pure love for his enemies. At any time He could have chose to climb down from that cross and destroy those who were getting ready to take His life, but instead He chose to stay there and bare the burden of the sins of the entire world.

Now listen to His final prayer, “Father, forgive them; they don’t know what they’re doing.”

How will you show your love this Easter and what will be your prayer? Please comment.

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