Some Interesting Points About the Crucifixion
INTERESTING POINTS ABOUT THE CRUCIFIXION
The first advent fulfilled many prophecies and the second advent will fulfill bunches more. The number of prophecies can vary depending which writer you read after. There are statements that are so plain and specific that one cannot mis-interpret it. Then there are those that can be related to Jesus with more than reasonable certainty. And of course then there are those on the other end of spectrum that the prophecy might fit just as well in another event. Nonetheless, I gave the references to a list of thirty that pertained only to the Crucifixion. These were in the writing on the 10th of March 2009, titled “Crucifixion Prophecies.” These are just the prophecies found in the Old Testament on this one subject. These do not even including the ones that Jesus told of His own crucifixion in the New Testament. Matt. 12:39-40; 17:22-23; 20:19; 26:30-32; Luke 9:22; 44-45; 18:31-33; John 2:19-22. It has been said that there are considerably more than 300 prophecies about the first advent of Jesus Christ.
You can look these scriptures up, then decide which ones are definitely and undeniably prophecies about Jesus Christ. Of course the number will vary between individuals. Then look up Peter Stoner’s, “The Law of Probability.” Many have already read this account and it has to do with covering the Sate of Texas with Silver dollars two feet deep and a number 10 to the 17th power. A number that is over three hundred thousand times more that of Obama’s proposed budget.
This all goes back to it was all God’s plan. Matt. 26:56, “But all this was done, that the scriptures of the prophets might be fulfilled.” Acts 3:18, “But those things, which God before had shown by the mouth of all his prophets, that Christ should suffer, he hath so fulfilled.” Â
Tearing of the veil (Mt. 27:51; Mk. 15:38; Lk. 23:45)
Jesus was of the tribe of Judah, not the tribe of Levi. Consequently He could not enter into the Holy of Holies. Only the high priest was allow to go into that section of the temple. Even that was limited one annual event at the Day of Atonement. This section was revered as the place where God dwelt.
This area of the Holy of Holies was separated from the rest by a curtain made from fabric which was 9 to 12 inches thick. Ex. 26:13.
1. Rent by an unseen hand at the time of Christ’s death. Mt. 27:51
2. Rent from top to bottom. Not by man, but by God.
3. Separated God and man. No more.
4. Jesus was not allowed into the Holy of Holies. Beginning of all believer’s access to God.
5. The veil represented the law. Now a new covenant between man and God.
Christ asked for the cup to be removed. Mt. 26:39.
A cup represented sin. It was not death that Jesus dreaded, nor was it the cross, it was the sin that was going to be put upon Him at the cross. All the sin of the world, past, present and future was laid on Christ by God when He was hung on the cross. Your sin, my sin, Christian’s sin, sinners sin, all those who were dead, all who were alive at that time, their sin and those that would be born from then until the Great White Throne, yes their sin too. Every sin of the entire world was put on Christ that day. Every murder or crime committed, every lie, etc. This is the “cup” that Jesus wanted to avoid. But as the end of that verse states, “not as I will, but as You will.” Remember that Christ could have had legions of angels to come a protect Him should He have asked. A Roman Legion consisted of 3,000 to 6,000 men.
Christ had to die with all our sins on Him in order for the sacrifice to be complete. Otherwise we could never become righteous in God’s sight. Without this all would be cast into Hell, where all sinners will end. Remember that Christ died so His blood could cover any sin in the world. But in order for this sacrifice to atone for sin, man must finish the process Christ started the process, but we must repent and believe. Christ’s blood does not hide God’s wrath for sin of those who die as sinners. In the Great White Throne Judgment God will finish his plan concerning sin.
In conclusion, when Adam and Eve sinned, they went hid themselves. They hid themselves because they knew God was not going to be happy with their disobedience. God found them, punished them, and then did something most unpredictable. God promised them a Savior. God did something of which man is not capable,. He allowed His innocent Son to take the guilt of someone else or a sacrifice for another sin. Jesus suffered the punishment that we deserve when He died on that cross with our sins on Him. Jesus became our propitiation to God for us. Jesus died on the cross to pay the price demanded by a righteous God. Christ lives so a bridge might be built over the gulf which separates lost souls from thier heavenly home. Jesus was condemned so we, the guilty, might be declared innocent. It wasn’t fair to Jesus, but it is salvation for us who believe. God so loved the world that He gave His only-begotten Son.
It is all God’s plan!
It will be all God’s plan!
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