They all inspiring Holiness of Jesus Christ did in
Calvary cross is summed up in these beautiful and well known words from Gospel
of John. For God so loved the world.
John
3: 16
That he gave his
only behind son. That who show ever
believed that him should not finish but have everlasting life. For God sent not his son into the world to
comtemp the word. But the would through
him might be saved. We know that on a
dreadful day may unbelievable things happened and innocent man was condeniened
to die. He had committed no cry, he was
beaten with in breath of his life, and then forced carry his cross to the
execution killed called “Golgotha ” or it is
known in the English language “the place of the skill”. There he was cresify with two common
thieves. He was surrounded by many woman
revailing him, mocking him changeling him.
Many
of him just days earlier had healed him with palm answers branches and words of
worship as the biblical messiah.
Soldiers cambled for his clothing, he cried out to God, he conversed
with one of the thieves and he spoke of paradise. And cqua earth quake shook the city the sky
grew black, the sun refused to shone.
The certain in the temple was torn from top to bottom. The city when in a confusion at keyas. At the 9th hour for 3 pm. He cried out it is finished. Later the afternoon the spear was thrust into
the sight no need for the spearsing, he was already dead. He was taken out of the cross and placed
burial garden to just a few 100 yards from the cresifiction site of course we
know that the Gloriess message of the Gospel is that three days later he loused
from at grave. Just as he said he word
to prone to the word that he was and his God with us. The long avaided, messiah, savious of all who
believe. These things we know happened
calvary. But in the next few minutes
your witness amazing things that happened at Calvary ,
there often misunderstood or entirely overlook or together. Yet these things are centro to I foe
understanding all that happened on that day.
There
are centro to I follow understanding of the scripture itself. After you are witness this film, you are
never view Calvary ’s cross and the word of God
in the same way again. Prepare to be
astounded after the depth of the details of that yet for the glories day.
One
of the most enomous things happened that day one of the most moven full phrases
that Jesus hearded that was a heart creanching cry ,y God my God. Why have you for saken me. Jesus altually spoke these cords in Aeremic.
“Eli, Eli, lema sabachthani?” where this
was happening they had just driven the nails.
The soliders were now gambling for his clothing the crowds and religions
leaders were hearing the insults. The
mocking temptations are of if you are Christ come down of the cross and
delivered yourself.
The
Roman soldiers looked down and this day.
Why did Jesus speak this specific words.
Did, Jesus really think that some have father ahd saken him or turned
his back on him was Jesus really wondering where the father was. Could it really be the Jesus really desered
by his father at his greatest point of need.
Why
did would Jesus have asked such a question with so much surprise and his voices
if to say that he did not know that this moment of dissertion was coming. He is true that this day was no audients. Isn’t true that scripture declare is that
Jesus was the lam[‘s slamb from foundation of the world. If there is so and did is then why would
Jesus seemingly have actged his though he would know that the father would
forsake him. These questions have hunted
Christians and bible scholars for centuries.
But they need not there is a simple believable astounding biblical
explanation of all this.
The
understanding language forever change of you have what Jesus said what he meant
and what was actually happened in that day.
First consider this important fact.
The scripture of Jesus day what was we know as the old Testament. The Jews called this collection of low and
prophecy or the word of word or simply the scriptures. The division of these words into chapter’s
verses were not come into centries after Jesus time. It is also a fact one of the common Jewish
method’s for referring to specific passage of scriptures minus the system of
chapter’s or verses as to refer to that passage by perceeding its first
verse. We see reverence of this in the
New Testament, when it records in Luke chapter 4 verse 16 and follow. That Jesus went into synagogue having been
invaded to had and come into the scriptures he has scroll of Isaiah and then,
he found the place where it is written the bible says. The spirit of the Lord is upon me, and so
on. Clearly it first lines reference to
a specific passage scripter they did not yet modern chapters and verses apply
to it. Before we reveal the biblical
meaning and purpose of Jesus word My God! My God why have you Forsaken me. Let us also consider the biblical flow of
most old Testament prophecy often of prophet was in the spirit his woud’s with
speak of some current event in his life or the nation of Israel’s life but then
the prophecy would be interspersed with vision’s are revelation of some future
event. Chees of which would be that the
prophet was speaking it was clearly that the things is spoke up and not happen
to him or the nation of Israel. This is
true of much of king David’s life. As he
was often called up in the prophetic spirit of God. Now about to the matter of him. My God My God why you have forsaken me? It happens to be a first plan of a prophetic
scripture. It is the first verse of
Psalm 22. When one reach the entirety of
the Psalm one can clearly see the paradise in David’s life but strangely in
this prophecy, he speaks that never happened to him. So who is he speaking him, it is clear that
he is having a vision of the Christ who was to come. And the specific’s of his suffering as we
examine this scripture passage of Psalm 22.
We will look at those parts that the clearly prophetic clearly speak of
the coming Messiah. David’s wrote these
words 1000 years before Jesus came listen to them.
PSALM
22
My
God, My God, why have you
forsaken
me?
But
I am a Worm and not a man.
Scorned
by men and despised by
the
people.
All
who see me mock me; they hurt
insults,
shaking their heads.
My God, My God, why have you forsaken me? But I am a
Worm and not a man. Scorned by men and
despised by the people. All who see me
mock me; they hurt insults, shaking their heads.
He
treests in the LORD, let the
LORD
resline him. Let him deliver
him,
since he delights in him.
Many
bruls surround me; strong
bulls
of Bashan encircle me.
Roaring
lions tearing their prey
open
their mouths wide against
one.
I am poured out like water …
He treests in
the LORD, let the LORD resline him. Let
him deliver him, since he delights in him.
Many bruls surround me; strong bulls of Bashan
encircle me. Roaring lions tearing their
prey open their mouths wide against one. I am poured out like water.
and
all my bones are out of joint.
My
heart has turned to wax; it has
melted
away within me. My
strength
is dried up like a
potsherd,
my tongue sticks to the
roof
of my mouth: you lay me in
the
dust of death. Dogs have
surrounded
me;
and all my bones are out of joint. My heart has turned to wax; it has melted
away within me. My strength is dried up
like a potsherd, my tongue sticks to the roof of my mouth: you lay me in the
dust of death. Dogs have surrounded me.
a
hand of evil men has encireled
me. They have piexced my hands
and
my fect. I can count all my
bones
people stare and gloat
over
me. They divide my
garments
among them and cast
lots
for my clothing. (NIV)
a hand of evil men has encireled me. They have piexced my hands and my fect. I can count all my bones people stare and
gloat over me. They divide my garments
among them and cast lots for my clothing.
Amaring,
everything that was happening to Jesus at this very moment had been prophecied
1000 years early and exacting details.
mocking the very would of the end sounds the crouds surrounding him and
his agany, his thirst the piercing of his hands and fect only through
crusifition with this happen David wrote this words on 1000 B.C. crusifition in
this foam would not be perfected until Roman times nearly in 900 years later
and then chocking, even the prophecy of the soliders. Gambling for his clothing under his fect was
induded.
Jesus
was not angry at God that day he was not confused, God had not turned back to
his son. Jesus was not wondering where
God was. What was Jesus doing he was
refecing the people were they do a specific passage of scripture. A specific prophecy in modern vernacular he
world be saying open your bible and Psalm 22 and read those prophercies and
then you are know what you are doing then you are known who I am. Amazingly the Gospel records that after Jesus
said these things , all of the offence that happened cried out surely this was
the son of God. But how the Roman’s
symptocium have known in Jewish scriptures.
Historian tell s this was actually quite common in biblical times and
many Roman authors pride at themselves in knowing religious writings of the
people however whichthey ruled. Also
history in the bible records that some Roman officers even centerion became
believe in the God of the Jews would have known the scriptures. This is reverenced in Peter visit Cornelius.
Cornelius
was a God fearing centurian who wanted to know more about Jesus. Some have speculated that, he was even the
very same centurion who cried out the cross that there. Surely this was the son of God. What about notion that God could not look up
the sin placed on Jesus and father turned his back on his son. Psalm 22 answers this questions for as it
well. In Psalm 22: 24
Psalm
22: 24
For
he has not despised or
disdained
the suffering of the
afflicted
one; he has not
hidden
his face from him but
has
listened to his cry for
help.
(NIV)
For he has not despised or disdained the suffering
of the afflicted one; he has not hidden his face from him but has listened to
his cry for help. The bible is cleary, God the father did not turned his back
on God the son. He did not high his face
from him holy him. But was with him the
whole time just as a plan from the beginning and then the final words of the
Psalm or similar to the very cast words of Jesus cried out upon Calvary’s
cross. Verse 30.
Psalm
22: 30
Posterity
will serve him;
future
generation will be told
about
the lord. They will
proclaim
his righ teocesness to
a
people yet unborn – for he
has
done it. (NIV)
Posterity will serve him; future generation will be
told about the lord. They will proclaim
his righ teocesness to a people yet unborn – for he has done it. Jesus cried out his very last words it is
finished.
IT
IS
FINISHED!
When Jesus cried
out My God My God why have you forsaken me.
He was declaring that moment, once again he was fulfilling
prophecy. This time a 1000 years properchy
fulfilled in exacting details peoring to the world that he was the
Messiah. God the son, God with us. Upon he is cry and seeing the events of that
day. Roman officer to million with
Jewish scriptures yet his needs and declared surey we have just crucify the son
of God, and now you know what really happened in Calvary.
THE
GREAT
HIGH
PRIEST
In
the ancient temple worship rituals of the Jewish people the high priests played
the pivot role. He represented God
himself to the people the high priest admini responsibilities with perhaps the
most enoenious died he perform was that duty executed on that great day at
atornenoment. The day of atanment was
one of the just before the final feast of toberrnacle. On the day of adornment the high priest went into
the most holy place or the holy glories.
The part of the temple there was behind the way, behind this way the
mark of conrent representing the very presence of God, with his people. On this most holy day the day of adornment,
the ligh priest with inter begin the way.
He would carcy with him the blood sacrifice to sprinkle upon the yalk
this blood sacrifice would corer the sins of the nation and the people. It was a dreadful date we celebrated with
reference and or high priest had to be meantaculasily prepare his own sins had
to be atourfull. He had to be a pecial
clothing the cuemony was to be conducted the yalk most of humality and
supereation. If this ceremony were not
conducted in a holy mamer and cotens with a level of the lord given by
God. The priest could be step down it
was sins would be unforgiven and subject to the word of God. The bible declares that himself the Jesus
himself is know the great high priest as declared in Hebrew chapter 4.
Hebrew
4: 14
Therefore,
since we have a
great
high priest who has gone
through
the heavens, Jesus the
son
of God, let us hold firmly to
the
faith we profess.
(NIV)
Therefore, since we have a great high priest who has
gone through the heavens, Jesus the son of God, let us hold firmly to the faith
we profess. It was Jesus presentation of
has own bold in his own perfect sinless body upon the cross that adjust for our
adornment and our attention before God the father. Hebrew chapter 9 declares about this
Hebrew
9: 11-12
When
Christ came as High Priest
of
the good things that are already
here,
he went through the greater
and
more perfect tabernacle that
is
not man-made, that is to say, not
a
part of this creation.
When Christ came as High Priest of the good things
that are already here, he went through the greater and more perfect tabernacle
that is not man-made, that is to say, not a part of this creation.
He
did not enter by means of
the
blood of goats and calves;
but
he entered the most Holy
place
once for all by his own
blood,
having obtained eternal
redemption
(NIV)
He did not enter by means of the blood of goats and
calves; but he entered the most Holy place once for all by his own blood,
having obtained eternal redemption.
But
the Book of Hebrews and chapter 2 begains the discourse of high priested of
Jesus with some sticking and often over looked words. The Book of Hebrew declares that has some
point in Jesus ministry he became our high priest
Jesus
“BECAME”
Our
High Priest
Listen
to Hebrew chapter2
Hebrew
2: 17
For
this reason he had to be
made
like has brothers in every
way,
in order that he might
BECOME
a merciful and
faithful
High Priest in service
to
God…
For this reason he had to be made like has brothers
in every way, in order that he might BECOME a merciful and faithful High Priest
in service to God.
and
that he might make
atonement
for the sins of
the
people.
(NIV)
and that he might make atonement for the sins of the
people. What is the scripture mean when it is says that he became our high
priest. Here was another mystery what really happened at Calvary his reveled to
us. The book of levitices set out many
of the laws of the priest and temple worship.
The setails of the day atonement are laid out his word. But again often over look details tells the
story of Calvary. Listen to Leveitces
chapter 16
Leviticees 16: 32-33
The
Priest who is anointed and
ordained
to succeed his FATHER
as
HIGH Priest is to make
atonement. He is to put on the
sacred
liven garments and make
atonement
for the most Holy
place…
The Priest who is anointed and ordained to succeed
his FATHER as HIGH Priest is to make atonement.
He is to put on the sacred liven garments and make atonement for the
most Holy place.
for
the Tent of meeting and
the
alter, and for the Priests
and
all the people of the
community.
for the Tent of meeting and the alter, and for the
Priests and all the people of the community.
So when the great high priest is ready to relingusih the full authority
of the position of the priested. He
relinginishes to his son and he does not give a over on just a day at any time
the son became the great high priest on another the day of atonement. First act as the new great high priest when
the son represents the father is to present the blood sacrifice. He must make a atonement for the people. 2000 years ago one Golgata Hills Jesus came
our great high priest. But presenting
his own blood. His own blood as the
perfect and final offering, he prepare mentaculoty for thos very day. Right down making that he had on that
seamless undergone ment want try the high priest on the day of atonement. It was thus gone for which the soliders came
would. He willingly became our sacrifice
the perfect plan of God. Not to take
away our sins for one year take them away forever. All who would repend and believe on him. All who would repend and believe on him the
sins will be forgiven. At the moment of
his death, and earth quake shook the city the people ran from the temple and
proclaiming that the temple wale torn from top to bottom, exposing the holy of
holiness, the way to God was to now open, father now odaine that the sun should
fully represent to the people. Jesus has
now become our great high priest and the law of levit 16 has been fulfilled in
end.
“…
and the priest who is
anointed
to succeed his
father
shall become the
Great
High Priest”.
Leviticus
16
The pass over
law of exodus prescribe that the Passover lamp was chosen by each family of
tenth day of missing. This was the first
month of Jewish calendar year. They
would to choose the lamb on tenth day and slade and come soon the sacrificial
on the fourteenth day. Virtually every
bible scholar and his a historiyan in the Greek man that the 10th
day missing in Jesus sacrifice feel on the exactly the Sunday he went into
Jerusalem on Sunday on the 10th day of the Matthew 2000 years ago
the people chose a land. The hail him as
the king messiah. The lamb was now
chosing but exactly 4 days later on the 14th days of the month they
had a ranged of this slap sacrified they been had killed him on Calvary’s
cross. Little did they know that in
Jesus of Nazareth that be in very act fulfilling the pass over laws of the God. This scriptures declared that the very last
words of Jesus in a lenglish of it is finished.
We know of course the Jesus did not mean his life was rawshed because
the three days later he would reite from greve and prop to the world that he
was indeed who had said he was the long avaided Messiah. God with us our one and only way of Salvation
of he did mean say it is finished. The
obrious biblical answer is there he meant that God’s plan of Salvation and
redentption of mankind was now complete.
The work of God which purchases our Salvation is now finished. Every old testament prophecy concerning the
first coming of the Christ and his work of Salvation was now added a paths
prophecy was fulfilled the plan was complete it is now finished. Again often unknown and thus over load by
many students of the word. The scripture
declares the Jesus spoke his last word it is finished. Being his very last words at the 9th
hour and exactly the ninth hour.
Why
was this detail included in the scripture.
What was so important about noting that it is finished was declared at
the 9th hour. First one most
understanding ancient Jewish vacant any time.
The ancient Jewish mock time with beginning with first hour of each day.
The
day begins with
the
FIRST hour
6
AM
For
them there was equiralent to 2 hour 6 AM.
Approximately the first moment of Thailand thus the 12th hour
for latter first movement of darkness would fall at above hour 6 PM.
The
day ends with
the
TWELETH hour
6
PM
12
hours later. 12 hours from then the
cycle would start again with the first hour of 6 AM of the next morning. The during hours from the Jewish first hour
6AM means the Jesus Christ cried the last words it is finished.
The
NINTH hour would be …
6PM
and at right above 3 PM. What is so significance about this 3PM
time. The Gospel writer certainly
thought certainly that it was important time to specifically indicate that this
was the hour that Jesus cried out his last words. But there is a good reason for it inclusion
and amanous reason and a holy reason.
Because you see on thos afternoon.
It was the afternoon, before the evening they became the Passover
sabbeth. That would be gave that the 6PM
that very night. At 6PM every good Jew
would be seeded after the tables of became the Passover man. They would be eating the meat of Passover
lamb. The Passover lamb represented the
perfect male lamb with out blamesh.
There was prescribed by the exodus commandment for the slave children of
Israel who were to live in captivery some 1200 years earlier.
In
that exodus like the blood of the lamb and sprinkled the doors of the home that
night all where in those homes under the blood of lamb would be Passover or
saved for the coming rath and Judgement of God and the people rather than they
lived. The Passover feast was then
declare by God belasting for the Jews to remaining that they would save that
night, by the blood of the lamb.
Now
about to the cross, Jesus of course the ultimate Passover lamb he is the lamb
takes away the sins of the world. And it
is by the blood of the land that all who come are saved. Jesus is the real Passover lamb being
slamed. But again what was the
importance of 3PM time. For the previous
1200 years on the afternoon just before the Passover the celebration at
6PM. The priest were blow the sofan
around 3PM. The movement the last lamb
sacrificed on the alter at the temple.
The priest would cried out it is now complete it is finished. He did this and 3PM.
Unger’s
Bible Dictionary
(Festivals,
I)
Postexitie
Observances
Copyright
Moody Press
This
served for 3 purposes it would declared that sacrifice.
was
now over and complete
1.
The
Sacrifices
were
how complete
2.
Three
hours
were
left before
Passover
begins.
And it would incidate
to the people that they have 3 hours make sure that they were in their homes
and thus begins with Passover law.
3.
Was
an official time
of the contemplation of
their sin.
Third, at 3PM
all the people with passed comtemplate with sacrifice of their sins and behalf
the people of Isareal. On Passover ever
at 3 PM when Jesus was being crucified, he declare it is finished at the
movement and the Passover lamb were sacrificed.
In the temple and the sofar blow from the temple penicle at the movement
that the priest proclaimed it is now complete, the sacrifice of the lamb of God
to filled at the very hour symbolic like animal sacrifice useally took place at
the sametime the whale of the temple too from top to bottom. Representing a remoral of the separation
betheen God and man. 50 days later on
the anniversary of the given of the lord at Pentecostal. God left from the carthly temple to have a
those who called the name of Jesus Christ through his holy spirit and church is
borned. Jesus the lamb of God, chosen by
the people in accordance with the law on the 10th day of
morning. He was sacrificed in accordance
with the law 14th day of nusing and the prist was declared that the
sacrifices was now complete Jesus chose the moment. The exact time the scripture says to give up
his oun spirit and then declared our plan as the hew wish priest of the
universe it is now finished. These words
are spoken in accordance the law. The
prophecy were now completed the law was now fulfilled the lamb of the God had
been slanied. The blood that says was
sherd the world and history would be for ever changed the way to God was opened
for mankind the holy of holiness now avail to any into our we will save Jesus I
surrender my life to you, you are the lamb of the God and it is was really
happened at Calvary.
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