by Adoring God | Dec 1, 2022 | Jesus Christ
“Now from the sixth hour there was darkness over all the land unto the ninth hour,” (Matt. 27:45). Our Lord was crucified at about the third hour of the day, or nine in the morning. There he hung, in plain sight of all those who surrounded him, so there could be no...
by Adoring God | Nov 24, 2022 | Jesus Christ
“When Jesus therefore had received the vinegar, he said, It is finished: and he bowed his head, and gave up the ghost,” (John 19:30). There is no way to comprehend everything Christ was experiencing in that moment when he breathed his last words, “It is finished.”...
by Adoring God | Nov 17, 2022 | Jesus Christ
“They gave him vinegar to drink mingled with gall: and when he had tasted thereof, he would not drink,” (Matt. 27:34). It was customary for Roman soldiers to offer someone about to be crucified vinegar wine mixed with a bitter herb intended to dull the senses for...
by Adoring God | Nov 10, 2022 | Jesus Christ
“When Jesus therefore saw his mother, and the disciple standing by, whom he loved, he saith unto his mother, Woman, behold thy son! Then saith he to the disciple, Behold thy mother! And from that hour that disciple took her unto his own home,” (John 19:26-27). The...
by Adoring God | Nov 3, 2022 | Jesus Christ
“Ye know that after two days is the feast of the Passover, and the Son of Man is betrayed to be crucified,” (Matt. 26:2). God executes everything perfectly according to his divine plan and eternal timetable. So it is no mystery that the events of Christ’s suffering...
by Adoring God | Oct 27, 2022 | Jesus Christ
“And when they were come unto a place called Golgotha, that is to say, a place of a skull, they gave him vinegar to drink mingled with gall: and when he had tasted thereof, he would not drink,” (Matt. 27:33-34). When all the filters of modern Christianity are removed...
