Matthew 27:46 KJV [46] And about the ninth hour Jesus cried with a loud
voice, saying, Eli, Eli, lama sabachthani? that is to say, My God, my
God, why hast thou forsaken me?
The death of Jesus is the navigation of the scriptures. As gruelling as it is, it reveals the very Nature of God. Right at the scene ,the audience could only mock.
His crowd ran away. Saddened and disappointed .
They lacked revelation. Today many still describe the mind numbing details of the cross with sensational and emotional trepidation or should I say pity?
Misguided emotions . As God needs no one's emotional affection or pity. His disciples knew very little about the most important event.
Some say Jesus' best sermon was the Teaching on the mount. They have been sense ruled.
John 16:12-13 KJV [12] I have yet many things to say unto you, but ye cannot bear them now.
13] Howbeit when he, the Spirit of truth, is come, he will guide you into all truth: for he shall not speak of himself; but whatsoever he shall hear, that shall he speak: and he will shew you things to come.
Jesus best sermons were taught after His death. Expounded upon His resurrection . For on the mount He couldn't mention His death. Yet this was the message of the entire scriptures . For he had said...
John 5:39 Search the scriptures; for in them ye think ye have eternal life: and they are they which testify of me.
He referred to His death and resurrection.
He expatiated this further upon His resurrection.
Luke 24:25-27 KJV [25] Then he said unto them, O fools, and slow of heart to believe all that the prophets have spoken: [26] Ought not Christ to have suffered these things, and to enter into his glory?
27] And beginning at Moses and all the prophets, he expounded unto them in all the scriptures the things concerning himself.
His sufferings revealed God to us. He suffered for three days and three nights. This wasn't on the cross.
Matthew 12:40 KJV [40] For as Jonas was three days and three nights in the whale's belly; so shall the Son of man be three days and three nights in the heart of the earth.
Luke 24:44-46 KJV [44] And he said unto them, These are the words which I spake unto you, while I was yet with you, that all things must be fulfilled, which were written in the law of Moses, and in the prophets, and in the psalms, concerning me.
45] Then opened he their understanding, that they might understand the scriptures,
46] And said unto them, Thus it is written, and thus it behoved Christ to suffer, and to rise from the dead the third day:
The cross signified the beginning . God will abandon ( give him up to die )Him for this time.
His whole being will bear sin. For Isaiah had prophesied this
Isaiah 53:10-11 KJV [10] Yet it pleased the Lord to bruise him; he hath put him to grief: when thou shalt make his soul an offering for sin, he shall see his seed, he shall prolong his days, and the pleasure of the Lord shall prosper in his hand. [11] He shall see of the travail of his soul, and shall be satisfied: by his knowledge shall my righteous servant justify many; for he shall bear their iniquities.
His body was the eyewitnesses' account . They couldn't see beyond His flesh . But there were more intricate details . Jehovah saw His soul . Redemption was total.
He will suffer. Him..his body and more.., all of Him will bear sin.
2 Corinthians 5:21 KJV [21] For he hath made him to be sin for us, who knew no sin; that we might be made the righteousness of God in him.
The beauty of this is .. It wasn't an answer to prayer. God wasn't responding to cries. God was acting as God.
He was giving Himself, His Son, unconditionally
Acts 2:23 KJV [23] Him, being delivered by the determinate counsel and foreknowledge of God, ye have taken, and by wicked hands have crucified and slain:
He predetermined it.
Romans 5:8 KJV [8] But God commendeth his love toward us, in that, while we were yet sinners, Christ died for us.
We were sinners.
The original words here is "rebel".
Not demanding for friendship .Not Asking or soliciting for peace.
Isaiah 53:6 KJV [6] All we like sheep have gone astray; we have turned every one to his own way..
All the cries for salvation in the Old Testament were inspired.
It wasn't man calling for Christ's sufferings. But man's voice was heard but the tone and content was Jehovah's.
Man couldn't "see" to say what he needed.
It was the Spirit testifying of Christ
1 Peter 1:11 KJV [11] Searching what, or what manner of time the Spirit of Christ which was in them did signify, when it testified beforehand the sufferings of Christ, and the glory that should follow.
Hence the speakers didn't fully understand what they uttered,
1 Corinthians 2:9 KJV [9] But as it is written, Eye hath not seen, nor ear heard, neither have entered into the heart of man, the things which God hath prepared for them that love him.
God saved ALL by Himself.
Believers are recipients. To think of losing salvation is to lack this understanding. It's His salvation .
Not (y)ours .
He initiates and actualizes every detail of salvation . Peter spent his early sermons accusing the Jews of (for)the death of Jesus.
He was too emotional to see what the Spirit revealed .
Isaiah had said..
Isaiah 53:6,10 KJV [6] ... the Lord hath laid on him the iniquity of us all. [10] Yet it pleased the Lord to bruise him Jesus had hinted them
John 3:16 KJV [16] For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life. God gave.
Paul clarified this.. Romans 8:32 KJV [32] He that spared not his own Son, but delivered him up for us all, how shall he not with him also freely give us all things?
He abandoned ( gave him up to die )His son.
Hence the cry of Jesus on the cross.. Why have you Abandoned me.. ,as he spoke identifying with Davids cry ,name cry
Peter much later spoke by revelation rather than eyewitness. Less emotion .
1 Peter 2:24 KJV [24] Who his own self bare our sins in his own body on the tree, that we, being dead to sins, should live unto righteousness: by whose stripes ye were healed.
Himself bore !
No one to accuse but God.
He took it on himself .
We couldn't have done this to me.
Grateful for Judas.
Thankful for Caiaphas .
Delighted for Pilate . Awed by Jehovah's wisdom.
Just as Abraham opined...
He is Jireh, one who Foresees, He Thus provides. God made Him sin for us.
This is the reconciliation in Christ.
2 Corinthians 5:18-19 KJV [18] And all things are of God, who hath reconciled us to himself by Jesus Christ, and hath given to us the ministry of reconciliation;
19] To wit, that God was in Christ, reconciling the world unto himself, not imputing their trespasses unto them; and hath committed unto us the word of reconciliation.
Reconciliation has two meanings in the Greek language .
Diallasso- this implies two people coming together to make peace
Jesus said this
Matthew 5:24 KJV [24] Leave there thy gift before the altar, and go thy way; first be reconciled to thy brother, and then come and offer thy gift.
In common day parlance ,it means to come together .
To make up. Two parties burying the hatchet .
This is NOT salvation in Christ.
Sadly, this is preached even on pulpits . Come to Jesus! He is calling you! He is waiting for you! Return to your maker, Cry to Him.
That's not what we are sent to say.
Paul uses two words in reconciliation in salvation .
Katallasso- it's done only by one party.
He doesn't wait for the other party to approach .
The" katallasso "reconciliation
He didn't wait for sinners to come, ask or pray.
He asked them to believe, to receive .
Since the Work is accomplished. He has already forgiven .
We don't ask men to come.
We take His message of reconciliation to them.
He is not counting sins.(2cor5:19)
He will not remember it (Hebrews 8:12)
Paul further uses Apokatallasso for reconciliation in salvation .
This means Complete and irrevocable reconciliation He applies this in
Ephesians 2:16 KJV [And that he might reconcile both unto God in one body by the cross, having slain the enmity thereby:
We are completely reconciled to God in Christ.
This is what His cries mean to us. He was abandoned to die and we are accepted ,united and completely received by God, the Father.
Nothing to add.
Nothing to take away,
To imagine you can undo salvation is arrogance .
Pride. Arrogating much to yourself.
Luke 18:10-14 KJV [10] Two men went up into the temple to pray; the one a Pharisee, and the other a publican. [11] The Pharisee stood and prayed thus with himself, God, I thank thee, that I am not as other men are , extortioners, unjust, adulterers, or even as this publican.
12] I fast twice in the week, I give tithes of all that I possess. [13] And the publican, standing afar off, would not lift up so much as his eyes unto heaven, but smote upon his breast, saying, God be merciful to me a sinner.
14] I tell you, this man went down to his house justified rather than the other: for every one that exalteth himself shall be abased; and he that humbleth himself shall be exalted.
This parable of Jesus captures it all.
The original verse rendering of the latter part of verse 13 means " be propitiated unto me". Why did he say this? He was in the temple.
Where offerings are primary in worship . He looked at the propitiation, the sin offering and not unto God.
Under the law ,It would be pride to Stand before God without a sin offering Temple was built for offerings .
Sin offerings . God gave The offering.
God looked at him and called him exalted.
The offering mattered more than anything else.
1 John 2:1-2 KJV [1] My little children, these things write I unto you, that ye sin not. And if any man sin, we have an advocate with the Father, Jesus Christ the righteous: [2] And he is the propitiation for our sins: and not for ours only, but also for the sins of the whole world.
Jesus is our reconciliation ,our propitiation .
Have you believed the Gospel? Then Behold... the Lamb that was Slain.
This is our God! Behold yourself completely reconciled to God, the Father.
Blessed? His cries, His tears are the reasons for my joy.
His death is my life.
Jesus is Lord, We Win!
The death of Jesus is the navigation of the scriptures. As gruelling as it is, it reveals the very Nature of God. Right at the scene ,the audience could only mock.
His crowd ran away. Saddened and disappointed .
They lacked revelation. Today many still describe the mind numbing details of the cross with sensational and emotional trepidation or should I say pity?
Misguided emotions . As God needs no one's emotional affection or pity. His disciples knew very little about the most important event.
Some say Jesus' best sermon was the Teaching on the mount. They have been sense ruled.
John 16:12-13 KJV [12] I have yet many things to say unto you, but ye cannot bear them now.
13] Howbeit when he, the Spirit of truth, is come, he will guide you into all truth: for he shall not speak of himself; but whatsoever he shall hear, that shall he speak: and he will shew you things to come.
Jesus best sermons were taught after His death. Expounded upon His resurrection . For on the mount He couldn't mention His death. Yet this was the message of the entire scriptures . For he had said...
John 5:39 Search the scriptures; for in them ye think ye have eternal life: and they are they which testify of me.
He referred to His death and resurrection.
He expatiated this further upon His resurrection.
Luke 24:25-27 KJV [25] Then he said unto them, O fools, and slow of heart to believe all that the prophets have spoken: [26] Ought not Christ to have suffered these things, and to enter into his glory?
27] And beginning at Moses and all the prophets, he expounded unto them in all the scriptures the things concerning himself.
His sufferings revealed God to us. He suffered for three days and three nights. This wasn't on the cross.
Matthew 12:40 KJV [40] For as Jonas was three days and three nights in the whale's belly; so shall the Son of man be three days and three nights in the heart of the earth.
Luke 24:44-46 KJV [44] And he said unto them, These are the words which I spake unto you, while I was yet with you, that all things must be fulfilled, which were written in the law of Moses, and in the prophets, and in the psalms, concerning me.
45] Then opened he their understanding, that they might understand the scriptures,
46] And said unto them, Thus it is written, and thus it behoved Christ to suffer, and to rise from the dead the third day:
The cross signified the beginning . God will abandon ( give him up to die )Him for this time.
His whole being will bear sin. For Isaiah had prophesied this
Isaiah 53:10-11 KJV [10] Yet it pleased the Lord to bruise him; he hath put him to grief: when thou shalt make his soul an offering for sin, he shall see his seed, he shall prolong his days, and the pleasure of the Lord shall prosper in his hand. [11] He shall see of the travail of his soul, and shall be satisfied: by his knowledge shall my righteous servant justify many; for he shall bear their iniquities.
His body was the eyewitnesses' account . They couldn't see beyond His flesh . But there were more intricate details . Jehovah saw His soul . Redemption was total.
He will suffer. Him..his body and more.., all of Him will bear sin.
2 Corinthians 5:21 KJV [21] For he hath made him to be sin for us, who knew no sin; that we might be made the righteousness of God in him.
The beauty of this is .. It wasn't an answer to prayer. God wasn't responding to cries. God was acting as God.
He was giving Himself, His Son, unconditionally
Acts 2:23 KJV [23] Him, being delivered by the determinate counsel and foreknowledge of God, ye have taken, and by wicked hands have crucified and slain:
He predetermined it.
Romans 5:8 KJV [8] But God commendeth his love toward us, in that, while we were yet sinners, Christ died for us.
We were sinners.
The original words here is "rebel".
Not demanding for friendship .Not Asking or soliciting for peace.
Isaiah 53:6 KJV [6] All we like sheep have gone astray; we have turned every one to his own way..
All the cries for salvation in the Old Testament were inspired.
It wasn't man calling for Christ's sufferings. But man's voice was heard but the tone and content was Jehovah's.
Man couldn't "see" to say what he needed.
It was the Spirit testifying of Christ
1 Peter 1:11 KJV [11] Searching what, or what manner of time the Spirit of Christ which was in them did signify, when it testified beforehand the sufferings of Christ, and the glory that should follow.
Hence the speakers didn't fully understand what they uttered,
1 Corinthians 2:9 KJV [9] But as it is written, Eye hath not seen, nor ear heard, neither have entered into the heart of man, the things which God hath prepared for them that love him.
God saved ALL by Himself.
Believers are recipients. To think of losing salvation is to lack this understanding. It's His salvation .
Not (y)ours .
He initiates and actualizes every detail of salvation . Peter spent his early sermons accusing the Jews of (for)the death of Jesus.
He was too emotional to see what the Spirit revealed .
Isaiah had said..
Isaiah 53:6,10 KJV [6] ... the Lord hath laid on him the iniquity of us all. [10] Yet it pleased the Lord to bruise him Jesus had hinted them
John 3:16 KJV [16] For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life. God gave.
Paul clarified this.. Romans 8:32 KJV [32] He that spared not his own Son, but delivered him up for us all, how shall he not with him also freely give us all things?
He abandoned ( gave him up to die )His son.
Hence the cry of Jesus on the cross.. Why have you Abandoned me.. ,as he spoke identifying with Davids cry ,name cry
Peter much later spoke by revelation rather than eyewitness. Less emotion .
1 Peter 2:24 KJV [24] Who his own self bare our sins in his own body on the tree, that we, being dead to sins, should live unto righteousness: by whose stripes ye were healed.
Himself bore !
No one to accuse but God.
He took it on himself .
We couldn't have done this to me.
Grateful for Judas.
Thankful for Caiaphas .
Delighted for Pilate . Awed by Jehovah's wisdom.
Just as Abraham opined...
He is Jireh, one who Foresees, He Thus provides. God made Him sin for us.
This is the reconciliation in Christ.
2 Corinthians 5:18-19 KJV [18] And all things are of God, who hath reconciled us to himself by Jesus Christ, and hath given to us the ministry of reconciliation;
19] To wit, that God was in Christ, reconciling the world unto himself, not imputing their trespasses unto them; and hath committed unto us the word of reconciliation.
Reconciliation has two meanings in the Greek language .
Diallasso- this implies two people coming together to make peace
Jesus said this
Matthew 5:24 KJV [24] Leave there thy gift before the altar, and go thy way; first be reconciled to thy brother, and then come and offer thy gift.
In common day parlance ,it means to come together .
To make up. Two parties burying the hatchet .
This is NOT salvation in Christ.
Sadly, this is preached even on pulpits . Come to Jesus! He is calling you! He is waiting for you! Return to your maker, Cry to Him.
That's not what we are sent to say.
Paul uses two words in reconciliation in salvation .
Katallasso- it's done only by one party.
He doesn't wait for the other party to approach .
The" katallasso "reconciliation
He didn't wait for sinners to come, ask or pray.
He asked them to believe, to receive .
Since the Work is accomplished. He has already forgiven .
We don't ask men to come.
We take His message of reconciliation to them.
He is not counting sins.(2cor5:19)
He will not remember it (Hebrews 8:12)
Paul further uses Apokatallasso for reconciliation in salvation .
This means Complete and irrevocable reconciliation He applies this in
Ephesians 2:16 KJV [And that he might reconcile both unto God in one body by the cross, having slain the enmity thereby:
We are completely reconciled to God in Christ.
This is what His cries mean to us. He was abandoned to die and we are accepted ,united and completely received by God, the Father.
Nothing to add.
Nothing to take away,
To imagine you can undo salvation is arrogance .
Pride. Arrogating much to yourself.
Luke 18:10-14 KJV [10] Two men went up into the temple to pray; the one a Pharisee, and the other a publican. [11] The Pharisee stood and prayed thus with himself, God, I thank thee, that I am not as other men are , extortioners, unjust, adulterers, or even as this publican.
12] I fast twice in the week, I give tithes of all that I possess. [13] And the publican, standing afar off, would not lift up so much as his eyes unto heaven, but smote upon his breast, saying, God be merciful to me a sinner.
14] I tell you, this man went down to his house justified rather than the other: for every one that exalteth himself shall be abased; and he that humbleth himself shall be exalted.
This parable of Jesus captures it all.
The original verse rendering of the latter part of verse 13 means " be propitiated unto me". Why did he say this? He was in the temple.
Where offerings are primary in worship . He looked at the propitiation, the sin offering and not unto God.
Under the law ,It would be pride to Stand before God without a sin offering Temple was built for offerings .
Sin offerings . God gave The offering.
God looked at him and called him exalted.
The offering mattered more than anything else.
1 John 2:1-2 KJV [1] My little children, these things write I unto you, that ye sin not. And if any man sin, we have an advocate with the Father, Jesus Christ the righteous: [2] And he is the propitiation for our sins: and not for ours only, but also for the sins of the whole world.
Jesus is our reconciliation ,our propitiation .
Have you believed the Gospel? Then Behold... the Lamb that was Slain.
This is our God! Behold yourself completely reconciled to God, the Father.
Blessed? His cries, His tears are the reasons for my joy.
His death is my life.
Jesus is Lord, We Win!
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