Same Rejection As Today; Day647; Day10,593

And when they came to the place which is called The Skull [Latin: Calvary; Hebrew: Golgotha], there they crucified Him, and [along with] the criminals, one on the right and one on the left. Luke 23:33

Same rejection as today
Imagine yourself in the crowd during the crucifixion, will you shout crucify? Will you shout “free Jesus” instead of the criminals beside Him?  During His 3 years of ministry, people saw many miracles and all the wonderful and great lessons He taught. He laid out the foundation of the Christian faith with powerful demonstration of healing miracles.  The blind man see, the lame walk, the brokenhearted healed. 

Fast forward today, if Jesus is hanging at the cross, what will you shout?  Will you weep or will you mock Him?  The answer to that question can easily be answered by just looking around.  Try to confess that you believe in Jesus anywhere and you can tell right away the rejection that people imposes on you.  There is no miracle to show to the people.  There is no healing of the sick, there is no lepers being healed.  In the present day, if you looked at the percentage of people rejecting Him, it is incredible.  You don’t even need to look outside.  Look in your own family, how many shares the same faith as you do?

Our mission as a believer is to make sure that the message goes out to the world.  We don’t have to do anything special, we just have to live a good Christian life. Follow the principles in the Bible and not just read it.   Be real in our faith and show to our families that the faith that we have is REAL.  Maybe one day, we can prevent others from executing the same rejection that happened at the Cross.

Day10,593
My father departed in the summer of 1983 at the age of 55, 29 years ago today.  It was a sad day in my life.  I just turned 16 and just finished high school.  I would like to remember him today.  One thing I learned from that incident was –“ to do the best you can to someone you dearly love”.  It does not have to be elaborate – it just need to be real. 

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0800, End of Sleep,
0810, Coffee
0830, Study Luke 23:33 [read more]

Barnes on Mat 27:35 –
And they crucified him – To “crucify” means to put to death on a cross. The “cross” has been described at Mat_27:32. The usual manner of the crucifixion was as follows: After the criminal had carried the cross, attended with every possible gibe and insult, to the place of execution, a hole was dug in the earth to receive the foot of it. The cross was laid on the ground; the person condemned to suffer was stripped and was extended on it, and the soldiers fastened the hands and feet either by nails or thongs. After they had driven the nails deeply in the wood, they elevated the cross with the agonizing sufferer on it, and, in order to fix it more firmly in the earth, they let it fall violently into the hole which they had dug to receive it. This sudden fall gave to the person that was nailed to it a violent and convulsive shock, and greatly increased his sufferings. The crucified person was then suffered to hang, commonly, until pain, exhaustion, thirst, and hunger ended his life. Sometimes the sufferings continued for days; and when friendly death terminated the life, the body was often suffered to remain – a loathsome object, putrefying in the sun or devoured by birds.
This punishment was deemed the most disgraceful and ignominious that was practiced among the Romans. It was the way in which slaves, robbers, and the most notorious and abandoned wretches were commonly put to death. It was this, among other things, that exposed those who preached the gospel to so much shame and contempt among the Greeks and Romans. They despised everything that was connected with the death of one who had been put to death as a slave and an outlaw.
Since it was the most ignominious punishment known, so it was the most painful. The following circumstances made it a death of special pain:
1. The position of the arms and the body was unnatural, the arms being extended back and almost immovable. The least motion gave violent pain in the hands and feet, and in the back, which was lacerated with stripes.
2. The nails, being driven through the parts of the hands and feet which abound with “nerves,” created the most exquisite anguish.
3. The exposure of so many wounds to the air brought on a violent inflammation, which greatly increased the poignancy of the suffering.
4. The free circulation of the blood was prevented. More blood was carried out in the arteries than could be returned by the veins. The consequence was, that there was a great increase of blood in the veins of the head, producing an intense pressure and violent pain. The same was true of other parts of the body. This intense pressure in the blood-vessels was the source of inexpressible misery.
5. The pain gradually increased. There was no relaxation and no rest. There was no prospect but death. The sufferer was commonly able to endure it until the third, and sometimes even to the seventh day. The intense sufferings of the Saviour, however, were sooner terminated. This was caused, perhaps, in some measure, by his previous fatigue and exhaustion, but still more by the intense sufferings of his soul in bearing our griefs and carrying our sorrows in making an atonement for the sins of the world.
And parted his garments – It was customary to crucify a person naked. The clothes of the sufferer belonged to those who were executioners. John says (Joh_19:23) that they divided his garments into four parts, to each soldier a part, but for his coat they cast lots. See the notes at the place. When Matthew says, therefore, that they parted his garments, casting lots, it is to be understood that they “divided” one part of them, and for the other part of them they cast lots.
That it might be fulfilled … – The words here quoted are found in Psa_22:18. The whole psalm is usually referred to Christ, and is a most striking description of his sufferings and death.