I REMEMBER THE FIRST TIME MY SON FELL AND HURT HIMSELF. WE WERE AT MY UNCLE BEN AND AUNT VICKI'S HOUSE IN COVINGTON, VIRGINIA. ROSS WAS IN HIS WALKER, FELL OFF THE PORCH AND GOT A CUT ON HIS MOUTH. I BECAME WEAK AND HYSTERICAL. MY MOM HAD TO CALM ME DOWN ENOUGH TO REALIZE THAT HE WAS OK. I REMEMBER SAYING, "THATS THE FIRST TIME I HAVE EVER SEEN MY CHILD'S BLOOD." THAT HAPPENED ALMOST 19 YEARS AGO, BUT I STILL REMEMBER THE DETAILS JUST LIKE IT WAS YESTERDAY. I CANNOT EVEN IMAGINE THE HORROR MARY MUST HAVE EXPERIENCED ON CRUCIFIXION DAY. MY MIND REFUSES TO GRASP THE IMAGES SHE MUST HAVE SEEN.
IN MY "NOTE" YESTERDAY, I INCLUDED LUKE 22:44. IN THIS SCRIPTURE WE WERE TOLD THAT HIS SWEAT BECAME LIKE GREAT DROPS OF BLOOD FALLING DOWN TO THE GROUND. I ALWAYS THOUGHT THAT THIS SCRIPTURE REFERRED ONLY TO HUGE DROPS OF SWEAT. I WAS SO WRONG. I LOOKED UP VARIOUS EXPLANATIONS OF THIS SCRIPTURE AND LEARNED SO MUCH MORE ABOUT IT. THERE IS A RARE OCCURANCE IN THE HUMAN BODY CALLED "HEMOHIDROSIS". IT IS A VERY RARE MEDICAL CONDITION CAUSED BY SEVERE MENTAL STRESS, IN WHICH BLOOD VESSELS RUPTURE, MIX WITH SWEAT AND IS EXCRETED THROUGH THE PORES OF SKIN IN THE SAME WAY THAT SWEAT IS NORMALLY EXCRETED. AND THIS HAPPENED IN THE GARDEN OF GETHESMANE! JESUS HADNT EVEN YET BEGAN TO RECEIVE HIS TORTUROUS BEATING.
ONCE THE PHYSICAL BEATING BEGAN, JESUS BODY WAS TORN TO SHREDS. AS I SAID IN MY "NOTE" YESTERDAY, HE WAS BEATEN BEYOND RECOGNITION. STONING, BURNING, BEHEADING AND STRANGLING WERE ALL METHODS OF PUNISHMENT BACK THEN BUT JESUS RECEIVED THE MOST DREADED, PAINFUL AND HUMILIATING METHOD OF THE TIME. SUCH TORTURE WOULD BE UNHEARD OF TODAY. AT ANY TIME, JESUS COULD HAVE CALLED UPON HIS FATHER TO PUT AN END TO HIS MISERY. HE COULD HAVE ENDED THE HORROR, BUT HE NEVER OPENED HIS MOUTH THROUGHOUT THE ENTIRE PROCESS. HE COULD HAVE STOPPED IT. HE NEVER MADE A SOUND.
JESUS WAS NOT GUILTY OF ANY CRIME. HE NEVER ONCE COMMITTED A SIN. WHEN HE PRAYED IN THE GARDEN OF GETHESMANE, WHEN HE WAS BEATEN AND BRUISED, WHEN HE HUNG UP ON THAT CROSS, HE BECAME SIN FOR US! FOR YOU! FOR ME! HOW CAN WE POSSIBLY BE WORTHY OF SUCH LOVE? HOW CAN WE HAVE THE NERVE TO CONDEMN ONE ANOTHER? HOW IS IT THAT WE CAN PASS JUDGEMENT? HOW CAN WE NOT FIND FORGIVENESS FOR ONE ANOTHER? EACH TIME WE PASS JUDGEMENT, CONDEMN OR REFUSE TO FORGIVE, WE NEED TO REMEMBER THE CROSS, THE CRUCIFIXION AND THE BLOOD WHICH WAS SHED SO THAT WE MIGHT EVEN LIVE.
MATTHEW 26:28 "FOR THIS IS MY BLOOD OF THE NEW COVENANT, WHICH IS SHED FOR MANY FOR THE REMISSION OF SIN"
ISAIAH 53:5-7 HE WAS WOUNDED FOR OUR TRANSGRESSIONS, HE WAS BRUISED FOR OUR INIQUITIES, THE CHASTISEMENT FOR OUR PEACE WAS UPON HIM, AND BY HIS STRIPES WE ARE HEALED.
IN MY "NOTE" YESTERDAY, I INCLUDED LUKE 22:44. IN THIS SCRIPTURE WE WERE TOLD THAT HIS SWEAT BECAME LIKE GREAT DROPS OF BLOOD FALLING DOWN TO THE GROUND. I ALWAYS THOUGHT THAT THIS SCRIPTURE REFERRED ONLY TO HUGE DROPS OF SWEAT. I WAS SO WRONG. I LOOKED UP VARIOUS EXPLANATIONS OF THIS SCRIPTURE AND LEARNED SO MUCH MORE ABOUT IT. THERE IS A RARE OCCURANCE IN THE HUMAN BODY CALLED "HEMOHIDROSIS". IT IS A VERY RARE MEDICAL CONDITION CAUSED BY SEVERE MENTAL STRESS, IN WHICH BLOOD VESSELS RUPTURE, MIX WITH SWEAT AND IS EXCRETED THROUGH THE PORES OF SKIN IN THE SAME WAY THAT SWEAT IS NORMALLY EXCRETED. AND THIS HAPPENED IN THE GARDEN OF GETHESMANE! JESUS HADNT EVEN YET BEGAN TO RECEIVE HIS TORTUROUS BEATING.
ONCE THE PHYSICAL BEATING BEGAN, JESUS BODY WAS TORN TO SHREDS. AS I SAID IN MY "NOTE" YESTERDAY, HE WAS BEATEN BEYOND RECOGNITION. STONING, BURNING, BEHEADING AND STRANGLING WERE ALL METHODS OF PUNISHMENT BACK THEN BUT JESUS RECEIVED THE MOST DREADED, PAINFUL AND HUMILIATING METHOD OF THE TIME. SUCH TORTURE WOULD BE UNHEARD OF TODAY. AT ANY TIME, JESUS COULD HAVE CALLED UPON HIS FATHER TO PUT AN END TO HIS MISERY. HE COULD HAVE ENDED THE HORROR, BUT HE NEVER OPENED HIS MOUTH THROUGHOUT THE ENTIRE PROCESS. HE COULD HAVE STOPPED IT. HE NEVER MADE A SOUND.
JESUS WAS NOT GUILTY OF ANY CRIME. HE NEVER ONCE COMMITTED A SIN. WHEN HE PRAYED IN THE GARDEN OF GETHESMANE, WHEN HE WAS BEATEN AND BRUISED, WHEN HE HUNG UP ON THAT CROSS, HE BECAME SIN FOR US! FOR YOU! FOR ME! HOW CAN WE POSSIBLY BE WORTHY OF SUCH LOVE? HOW CAN WE HAVE THE NERVE TO CONDEMN ONE ANOTHER? HOW IS IT THAT WE CAN PASS JUDGEMENT? HOW CAN WE NOT FIND FORGIVENESS FOR ONE ANOTHER? EACH TIME WE PASS JUDGEMENT, CONDEMN OR REFUSE TO FORGIVE, WE NEED TO REMEMBER THE CROSS, THE CRUCIFIXION AND THE BLOOD WHICH WAS SHED SO THAT WE MIGHT EVEN LIVE.
MATTHEW 26:28 "FOR THIS IS MY BLOOD OF THE NEW COVENANT, WHICH IS SHED FOR MANY FOR THE REMISSION OF SIN"
ISAIAH 53:5-7 HE WAS WOUNDED FOR OUR TRANSGRESSIONS, HE WAS BRUISED FOR OUR INIQUITIES, THE CHASTISEMENT FOR OUR PEACE WAS UPON HIM, AND BY HIS STRIPES WE ARE HEALED.
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