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Pocketcast alexa9/27/2023 ![]() ![]() ![]() Financially, emotionally, mentally, or physically. He never promised the cross you carry in this life would not be heavy. He leveled every playing field and said ALL of you are worth it. On that cross he held the rapist and murderers, the sinner and the saint. He carried the weight of the burden you have felt since your spouse died and life just doesn't seem right since. He felt how heavy your life was when you were staring down the barrel of a gun wondering if the man you called husband was going to shoot you. He felt how your heart broke wide open when you had to watch your baby die. He knew in order to have joy you have to carry your cross. He knew in order to have a Sunday you have to have a Friday. He could have called every angel in heaven to demolish every person standing and shouting "Crucify Him!" Truth is there was absolutely nothing happy about the day Jesus died. We celebrate Easter with pastel colors, happy children hunting eggs, and chocolate. It isn't something our minds can comprehend. Torture most of us can not mentally think of because the cruelty isn't normal. They wanted him to feel every ounce of pain they could bring.Ĭrucifixion was historically one of the cruelest most tortured deaths a human could face. A rough piece of wood with splinters digging into fresh wounds. ![]() They wanted him alive.Īfter hours of being beaten, mocked, whipped, flogged, and tortured they made him walk with a cross. ![]() They shoved a crown of thorns down on his head so harshly it stuck in his skin. Until there wasn't a single spot on his body not covered in blood. They kicked, punched, and spit on him for hours. They held handfuls of his beard, and hair and pulled it out by the roots. He received 39 stripes because 40 was known to kill a man. ![]()
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