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1. Created in the image of God God originally created man in his “image”. God wants to have a loving fellowship with us, and initially man had a peaceful existence in Paradise. But when man was tempted by the Devil to sin, and fell to temptation, sin entered the world and became a tragic part of humanity, resulting in death, …
The cross was originally an extremely painful Roman instrument of execution but has now become the most central Christian symbol. In the Old Testament, Israel’s sacrificial system and prophecies point to the Messiah’s death on the cross as the culmination of Jesus’ life. Through his death on the cross, Jesus atoned for our sins, tore down the dividing wall between …
Luke 9:23 As if it wasn’t hard enough for the disciples to hear that their Messiah would suffer and die, now Jesus says that they will ALSO meet the same fate! When the Romans crucified slaves and criminals, they used to let these condemned people carry their own cross on the way to the place of execution. To “take up …
Mark 15:33 When Jesus had hung on the cross for three hours, the whole land was covered with darkness, as predicted by several prophets (Amos 8:9-19). The Roman historian Phlegon also mentions a solar eclipse at the time of Jesus’ crucifixion. Mark 15:34 Jesus quotes Psalm 22, a psalm that is bursting with references to Jesus and the cross. Jesus, …
Mark 15:21 Cyrene was a city in North Africa that had a relatively large Jewish population (Acts 2:10). Simon was probably visiting Jerusalem to celebrate Easter with his countrymen. The fact that his two sons are mentioned by name indicates that they belonged to the disciples (Rom 16:13). The Romans used to let the one to be crucified carry his …