by Adoring God | Dec 1, 2022 | Jesus Christ
“Now from the sixth hour there was darkness over all the land unto the ninth hour.” (Matthew 27:45) On this particular Friday, at the very hour when the sun is typically at its zenith, the world went dark. And for the next three hours creation itself recoiled as its...
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 for us to understand everything Christ was experiencing in that moment when He breathed His last words, “It is...
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.” (Matthew 27:34) When they brought Christ to Golgotha, the soldiers offered Him vinegar mingled with gall—a bitter draught meant to dull the pain and soften the...
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.” (Matthew 26:2) The unfolding of Christ’s passion demonstrated the divine precision and fulfillment of God’s plan. For example, the Lamb was not slain on just...
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.” (Matthew 27:33-34) The place of Christ’s crucifixion was no serene hill or...
