What's so good about "Good Friday"?

Hi! Folks,

Some of you may be having fun at Slumber-land; and Some may be watching TV with cookies and hot chocolate at their houses, enjoying the Bank holiday week end! But the most have gone out to enjoy the lovely sun! I’m really going to give you some food for thought today. How many of you know the gist of Good Friday? Why do people celebrate Good Friday?

Good Friday is the day in Holy Week in which we remember the arrest, crucifixion, and death of Jesus. Many churches now have mourning services from noon until 3:00 p.m. to symbolize Jesus' last hours on the cross. The following summarizes the significance of Good Friday:

1. God’s love, for all the people in this world is limitless and measureless.

2. There is no righteous / blameless / spotless / unblemished person in this world.

3. There’s no one whose walk is blameless; All are corrupt; All are sinners. God loves the sinners as well.

4. An innocent / sinless / spotless blood has to be shed for the forgiveness / cleansing of our sins.

5. There was no sin found in Jesus.

6. Jesus died on the cross as atonement (compensation) for the sins of all human beings in this world.

7. Any human being (irrespective of race, colour, religion, region etc.) who cries out to God truly in their heart for the forgiveness of their sins will be forgiven readily (This is know as "Salvation").

Facts about Crucifixion:

Britannica reports that the Persians were the first to use crucifixion about 519 BC. The Greek author Herodotus, mentions that King Darius 1 (King of Persia) had 3000 Babylonians crucified in about 519 B.C. Two centuries later, Alexander, the Great also used crucifixion in his conquests. At the end of the first century B.C., the Romans adopted crucifixion as an official punishment only for non-Romans. Constantine banned crucifixion in 341 A.D.

What physiological changes do occur to a man, when he is being just nailed to the cross, in which case no major blood vessals are severed and no major damage to the vital organs done? What’s the time and cause of death in such case? If you want to know the medical aspect of Crucifixion, click on the the following link:
http://thelivingwaters.blogspot.com/2005/03/and-they-crucified-him.html

Hope we all learnt something new today!

Dr. Jeshur.

And they crucified Him...

Introduction

“And they crucified him…”

- Matt. 27: 35; Mark 15: 25; Luke 23: 33, John 19:18

Undoubtedly, Crucifixtion was one of the cruellest and most humiliating forms of capital punishment for slaves in the ancient world. None of the four gospels describe Crucifixion in length. Not even the physician Luke, who was always fascinated by medical events, elaborated Crucifixion. One of the main reasons is that Crucifixion was a common event in those days and everyone knew about it. But for us, after 2,000 years, we are unaware of the gruesome nature of Crucifixtion, which are described here concisely.

History
Crucifixion was practiced only at a particular time in history and this time ranges between 519 B.C. and 341 A.D.,(about 860 years only) when Constantine banned crucifixion. Britannica reports that the Persians were the first to use crucifixion about 519 BC. Two centuries later, Alexander, the Great also used crucifixion in his conquests. At the end of the first century B.C., the Romans adopted crucifixion as an official punishment for non-Romans.

Gethsemane
The physical passion of the Christ begins in Gethsemane. It is interesting that the physician of the group, St. Luke, is the only one to mention this:
“Being in an agony (of mind), he prayed more earnestly and intently, and His sweat became like great clots of blood dropping down upon the ground”

- Luke 22:44. Though very rare, the phenomenon of Hematidrosis or Bloody sweat is well documented. Hematidrosis is an extremely rare clinical phenomenon with only few instances reported to have occurred within the twentieth century. Acute fear and intense mental contemplation were found to be the most frequent inciting causes. Under great emotional stress, tiny capillaries in the sweat glands can break, thus mixing blood with sweat.
“Surely, He took up our infirmities and carried our sorrows…” – Isa. 53: 4. Jesus, truly bore our sins and sicknesses at Gethsemane and hence He was under extreme emotional pressure which manifested in His body as drops of blood oozing out of His skin. This process alone could have produced marked weakness due to loss of blood.

Scourging
Scourging was actually the legal preliminary to every crucifixion because it weakened the victim through shock and blood loss. Without scourging, the condemned victim might live on the cross for several days until exposure to wild animals, which finally finish them off. Even with a scourging, a robust criminal might linger as long as 36 hours.

Preparations for the scourging were carried out. His hands were tied to a post above his head. He was scourged with the flagrum (or flagellum), the ends of which were braided with hard pieces of sheep bone or small iron balls. (The flagrum is a short whip consisting of several heavy, leather thongs with two small balls of lead attached near the ends of each). Generally, two soldiers took turns flogging the back, and legs of Jesus. The heavy whip was brought down with full force again and again across Jesus shoulders, back and legs. At first the heavy thongs cut through the skin only. Then, as the blows continued, they were cut deeper into the subcutaneous tissues, producing first an oozing of blood from the capillaries and veins of the skin, and finally spurting arterial bleeding from vessels in the underlying muscles. The small balls of lead first produced large, deep bruises which were broken open by subsequent blows. Finally the skin of the back was hanging in long ribbons and the entire area was an unrecognizable mass of torn bleeding tissue. The beating was finally stopped, after 39 lashes. The half-fainting Jesus was then revived and allowed to slump to the stone pavement, wet with his own blood.

Crown of Thorn
They still needed a crown to make his travesty complete. A small bundle of flexible branches covered with long thorns (commonly used for firewood) were plaited into the shape of a crown and this was pressed into his scalp. Again there was copious bleeding (the scalp has very rich blood supply and so wound in the scalp bleeds profusely and for a long time). After mocking him and striking him across the face, the soldiers took the stick from his hand and struck him across the head, driving the thorns deeper into his scalp. Finally, the robe was torn from his back. This had already become adherent to the clots of blood and serum in the wounds, and its removal, just as in the careless removal of a surgical bandage, causeed excruciating pain, which was almost as though he were again being whipped - and the wounds again begin to bleed.

Carrying the Cross to Golgotha
The heavy patibulum (apparently weighing about 50Kgs) of the cross was tied across his shoulders. In spite of his efforts to walk erect, the weight of the heavy wooden cross together with the shock produced by copious blood loss was too much. He stumbled and fell. The rough wood of the beam gouged into the lacerated skin and muscles of the shoulders. He tried to rise, but human muscles had been pushed beyond their endurance. The centurion, selected an onlooker, Simon of Cyrene, to carry the cross. The 650 yard journey from the fortress Antonia to Golgotha was finally completed.

Crucifixion
When he was thrown to the ground on his back, in preparation for nailing of his hands, his scourging wounds on his back most likely would become torn open again and contaminated with dirt.

With arms outstretched, his wrists were nailed to the patibulum. In fact, nails driven through the palms will strip out between the fingers when they support the weight of a human body. Instead, the nails were driven through the hollows of his wrists. Accordingly, the iron nails were probably driven either between the radius (thumb side of the lower end of forearm) and the carpals (bones of the wrist) or between the two rows of carpal bones. In addition, driving nails through the wrists injured the media nerve and caused bolts of fiery pain in both arms.

His legs were then, slightly bent and His feet nailed. The nails were usually driven through the fore foot (between 2nd and 3rd metatarsals - bones of the arch of the foot - as shown in the figure). If the legs were nailed straight, death would have occurred within minutes. By leaving the legs bent, the victim used his feet as a fulcrum, pushing upward on the nails when he exhaled. So, on the cross, he had to push up against the nail in the foot to breath out. Eventually, even the hardest victim would begin to suffer from leg cramps and progressive muscular weakness. The common method of ending a crucifixion was by crurifracture, which means 'breaking of the bones of the legs'. If the legs were broken, the victim would not be able to push himself upward to breath out. In such case, the tension inside the lungs could raise, trapping more and more air inside the lungs. This could lead to rapid suffocation due to excess air trapped inside the lungs (a condition called 'Tension pneumo-thorax') and death within minutes. In fact, breaking the legs of the victim is 'an act of mercy', as it limits long hours of intense agony and causes death quickly. Death on a cross almost never occurred due to blood loss. The wounds in the wrists and feet, while agonizing, did not sever any major blood vessels. Bleeding from the scourging on his back might have been sufficient to cause death, but generally crucifixion victims died of suffocation (asphyxiation- unable to breath).

The weight of His body hanging by His arms impaired the proper expansion / functioning of His lungs. He could inhale air (breathe-in), but not exhale it (breathe-out). Spasmodically, He was able to push Himself upward to exhale and bring in the life-giving oxygen. This meant the greatest agony of crucifixion occurred from the almost constant sensation of suffocation. When Christ spoke from His cross, it took an enormous toll because it required him to push up against the nails in his feet and hold that position for as long as it took to complete the words.It was undoubtedly during these periods that He uttered the seven short sentences recorded.

With almost 6 hours of limitless pain, cycles of twisting, joint-rending cramps, intermittent partial suffocation and searing pain where tissue were torn from His lacerated back as He moved up and down against the rough timber, a terminal agony began. A terrible crushing pain deep inside his chest fired up, as his pericardium (a sac around his heart) slowly filled with fluid (serum), which commenced to compress his heart. With one last surge of strength, he once again pressed His torn feet against the nail, straightened His legs, took a deeper breath, and uttered His seventh and last cry, "Father! Into thy hands I commit my spirit" - Luke 23: 46. "When He had said this, He breathed His last". Apparently to make sure of His death, one of the soldiers drove his spear through his ribs, upward through the pericardium and into his heart. "And immediately there came out blood and water."- John 19:34. There was an escape of fluid from the sac surrounding the heart (pericardium) and blood from His heart. Thus, Christ endured the most agonizing form of death, ever known to the human beings !

Reference
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3. “A Physician Testifies about the Crucifixion” by Dr. C. Truman Davis-is a nationally respected Ophthalmologist, vice president of the American Association of Ophthalmology.
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6. Synoptic gospels and St.John’s gospel.

David destroys Amelakites !

1. Stolen Blessings (1 Sam.30: 1 – 20)

“...When David and his men came to Ziklag, they found it destroyed by fire and their wives and sons and daughters taken captive. They came to know that the Amalekites had raided the Ziklag ...” (v.1, 3)

When David and his men returned home (Ziklag) on the third day, they were horrified to find their possessions and family disappear. All the men were greatly distressed about their sons and daughters, who were taken captive, to the extent that they wanted to stone David and kill him.

In this world, there are Amalekites (enemy / thief) that are trying to raid your blessings (finance / health / peace) and taken them away as captives. “The thief comes only to steal and kill and destroy.”

– John 10:10. Remember, “They (Amalekites) killed none of them, but carried them off as they went on their way…” (v.2). The thief has only stolen the blessing and could never destroy your blessing.

2. The cry for deliverance

“David and his men wept aloud until they had no strength left to weep. But David found strength in the Lord his God.” (v.4)

Weeping is a form of adaptive human behaviour, which occurs after a loss of the loved ones. David wept not only in front of men, but also in front of the throne of the Almighty God. He said: “Record my lament; list my tears on your scroll- are they not in your record? Then, my enemies will turn back, when I cry for help. By this I will know that God is for me.” - Ps.56:8, 9. Not the 600 men, but Only David knew that when he pours out his distress in front of the throne, God will surely deliver him. “…In my distress, I called upon the Lord and cried to my God; He heard my voice…” (Ps.18:6).

Yes, God loves the broken-hearted people. “The Lord is close to the broken hearted and saves those who are crushed in spirit.”-Ps.34:18. The prayer that comes out from the depth of the heart with cries and tears has a profound effect on heaven. The High place will shake and the Lord Almighty will come running down to the earth to comfort you and deliver you (refer Ps.18:7-19). Isaiah declares: “For this is what the High and lofty One says – I live in a High and Holy place, but I also live with him who is contrite and lowly in spirit, to revive the heart of the contrite.”- Isa.57:14.

3. Restoration of the lost

Then, David inquired of the Lord, “Shall I pursue this raiding party? Will I overtake them?” God answered, “Pursue them; you will certainly overtake them and succeed in the rescue”. David fought them from dusk until the evening of the next day and none of them got away. David recovered everything the Amalekites had taken. Nothing was missing: young or old, boy or girl, plunder or anything else they had taken. David brought everything back...” (v.7, 8, 17, 18, 19)

When David enquired the Lord from the depth of his heart and with cries and tears, the Lord delivered him from the hands of his enemies. Indeed, God restored all of David’s blessings which were stolen away by the Amalekites (enemy).

In the same way, when we cry out to God in times of seemingly threatening situations, the Almighty God is true to his word and will deliver us from evil. “Surely, He will deliver you from the snare of the fowler and from the deadly pestilence.” (Ps.91:3)

Hallelujah!

Despair to deliverance!

1. Introduction

“There was a castle called Doubting Castle, the owner whereof was Giant DESPAIR” - John Bunyan 1628-1688, British Author

Despair is a state in which everything seems wrong and will turn out badly. It is the feeling that there is no hope and that you can do nothing to improve a difficult or troubling situation. Let’s take an example a woman (Mark 5:25 -34) whose condition was desperate and was looking for a way out of it.

2. Desperate condition (verse 25, 26)

· She suffered from bleeding problem – ‘menorrhagia’

· Duration - 12 years

· Treated by many doctors

· She spent all the money she had

· Her condition grew worse

Though there are numerous causes of menorrhagia, fibroids in the uterus are the most common cause of bleeding in women. As a result of loss of blood, she might have developed ‘anemia’- which itself can cause tiredness, breathlessness, palpitations (rapid heart beats), dizziness, and headache. Pain is another common symptom. In the modern world, there are so many treatments available, the last option being ‘hysterectomy’ – removal of uterus. But in those days, surgical skills were not advanced. So she had to suffer with this disease for such a long time (12years!). She was in a desperate state – she wanted her condition to be healed.

3. Action plan (verse 27)

· She heard about Jesus and his healing power

· She believed in his miracle working power

· She moved up the crowd

· Passed through the circle of disciples

· Touched his garments – encounter with Jesus

On her journey to Jesus, the first resistance she faced was the crowd. This group consists of a mixture of believers, unbelievers and even onlookers. After passing through them, she then faced his disciples, who could have tried to keep a distance between Jesus and the crowd. So she struggled in silence to pass thru them. She successfully passed them to come near Jesus. Then she touched his garments and felt an ‘instant’ healing, thereby she touched the ‘glory of God’!

4. Application

· Determination - If she had not gone to Jesus, this disease would probably have been her life-long menace. So, when there’s a pressing need in our life, we MUST take it to Jesus. We MUST be determined to get an answer from him.

· Courage – It took a lot of courage for this woman to go through the crowd to touch his garments.

· Planning – Days or even weeks before her encounter with Jesus, she had planned for such encounter well in advance.

· Silence – She kept everything secret till she accomplished her mission.

5. Conclusion

In essence, the encounter and fellowship with Jesus is the most exciting experience in everyone’s life. Given a hard situation, we MUST have the determination and courage to reach out to Jesus to find an answer for the problem.

“NOTHING earthly will make me give up my work in DESPAIR”

David Livingstone 1813-1873, British Missionary.

“We are hard pressed on every side, but not crushed. We are perplexed, but NOT IN DESPAIR” - 2 Corinthians 4:8

God is good all the time!

My friend you can trust GOD, today.

He is good and

He is good all the time.

But as you focus on his GOODNESS,

Don’t miss his GREATNESS.

He is unparalleled and unprecedented.

He is the centre piece of excellence.

He is the superlative of all excellence.

He is the sum of human greatness.

He is the source of divine grace.

His name is the only one able to save and

His blood is the only power able to cleanse.

His ears are open to the sinner’s call.

His hand is quick to lift the fallen soul.

He is the eternal lover of us all…everyone….

And you can trust HIM.

He supplies mercy for the struggling soul.

He sustains the tempted and the tired.

He sympathizes with the wounded and the broken.

He strengthens the weak and the weary.

He guards and guides the wanderers.

He heals the sick and cleanses the leper.

He delivers the captives, defends the helpless and

Binds up the broken-hearted.

He is for you and

You can trust HIM.

JESUS is the key to all knowledge.

He is the well-spring of wisdom.

He is the door way of deliverance and the pathway of peace.

He is the road way of righteousness.

He is the high way of holiness.

He is the gate way to glory.

And yes, you can trust HIM.

JESUS is enough.

He is the all sufficient KING.

He is the KING of the Jews.

He is the KING of Israel.

He is the KING of righteousness.

He is the KING of the ages.

He is the KING of heaven.

He is the KING of glory.

He is the KING of KINGS and

He is the LORD of LORDS.

And, yes, again, you can trust HIM

And rejoice in this, my friend.

He is a sovereign GOD.

There is no gauge to measure his limitless love.

There is no barrier to block his blessings outpoured.

He is enduringly strong and

He is entirely SUPREME.

He is eternally STEADFAST.

He is immortally FAITHFUL.

He is imperially POWERFUL and

He is impartially MERCIFUL.

He is JESUS, GOD’S son and

You can trust HIM.

I wish I could more accurately describe HIM.

But he is indescribable.

He is incomprehensible.

He is invincible.

He is irresistible.

You can not leave HIM, can you?

You can not live without HIM.

But Pharisees couldn’t stand HIM,

but found they couldn’t stop Him.

Pilot couldn’t halt Him.

Harod couldn’t kill Him.

Death couldn’t conquer Him.

And the grave couldn’t hold Him.

My friends, He is the Alpha and Omega.

The first and the Last…

He is the God of the future…

And the God of the past…

And we rise to speak to His name…

Again… and… again… Jesus… Jesus

He is Jesus…

He is far us…

And we can Trust Him…

Jesus…Jesus…Jesus…

By courtesy of: Don Moein

Lazarus! Come forth!!

A) The Valley of dry bones: - Ezekiel 37:1-14
The Lord took Ezekiel’s spirit to a valley which was filled with very dry bones. After death, the human body starts to decay slowly. It takes years for the body to be decomposed and to become individual dry bones. The reason that the bones are not decomposed is because of the high content of calcium in the bones which resists decomposition. Once in this valley many people lived joyfully, but all of them were killed violently (…these slain…v9) at the same time (as all the bones in the valley are dry uniformly). These dry bones represent The House of Israel or the Nations of Israel, which once was dwelling peacefully in the grace and favour of God, has now become dead. They say:
1. Our bones are dried
2. Our hope is cut off
3. We are cut off
There was no hope for the Israel. They were all dead and rotten. Now, the Lord speaks: “I will cause breath to enter into you and you shall live” (v5).
B) The Resurrection of Lazarus: - John 11:1 – 44
Jesus loved Lazarus, Mary and Martha (v5). When he heard that Lazarus was sick, he stayed in the same place, which was only 18 miles away from Lazarus’s place. He stayed there for two days (v6). Isn’t this interesting to us? Why should Jesus ignore Lazarus, whom he loved very much? Though Jesus stayed very near (just 18 miles) to his house, he did not come to his house to heal his sickness. Some of us may think Jesus was playing a double role. Or is he playing a hide and seek game? Certainly NOT! Absolutely he was NOT neglecting them. Jesus was WAITING in time to demonstrate greater love and power to them!
In those days, the people had an idea that the dead man’s spirit wandered around the sepulcher for about 3 days, trying to return to the body. These first 3 days were called “Days of Weeping”. When the decomposition sets in on the 4th day, the dead man’s spirit would leave the grave. Then, the people would beat their breasts in loud lamentation for another 4 days, making 7 days of mourning. As you can see, people believed in those days that on the 4th day, the dead person’s spirit would leave the grave and would not return back. In their view, there is NO HOPE / NO CHANCE for the return of the spirit of Lazarus and the resurrection of Lazarus. Jesus came there ONLY 4 days after the death of Lazarus. Just at that (RIGHT) time, Jesus came to his tomb (v39). People thought he was TOO LATE! But he was NOT! He came there in HIS right TIME (Ecc.3:11).
Jesus really wants to make sure that the miracle / the deliverance / the healing / the resurrecting power that he provides is NOT humanly possible. It MUST be beyond the human realm and human comprehension. In other words, ONLY Jesus has the power to do anything in this world (Behold: I am the Lord! The God of all flesh; Is there anything too hard for me? Jer.32:27). So, on the 4th day, when people believed that there is no way Lazarus could be raised, Jesus raises him from the death! This is the RIGHT TIME for god, but NOT the right time of people (as the people wanted Jesus to heal him, while he was alive, but sick (v21, 37). This point is of practical importance in our life. We want Jesus to come and help us in OUR time; but He comes and helps us only in HIS time! But after witnessing the resurrecting power of CHRIST in our life, then we shall say it was the will of God to undergo pain in life so that the power of God is experienced in our life. Indeed, the JOY that Martha & Mary had immediately after the resurrection of Lazarus from death was million times more than in a situation where Jesus would have just healed him when he was sick. The people were able to see the resurrecting POWER of God and their FAITH increased tremendously.
C) The Resurrection of JESUS: - Matt.28: 1-4; Mark 16: 1-5
Jesus prophesied in Matt.12:40 “As Jonas was 3 days & 3 nights in the whale’s belly, so shall the son of man be 3 days & 3 nights in the heart of the earth” So, Jesus was dead for 3 full nights and 3 full days. Jesus was put in the grave Wednesday just before sunset and was resurrected at the end of Saturday after sunset. His resurrection took place sometime between Saturday sunset and dawn Sunday. But it was well before day light on Sunday, when Mary Magdalene and the other Mary came to the tomb to present spices. No verse says he was buried Friday sunset. Ideally, Good Friday should be changed to Good Wednesday.
Following the death of Jesus, his body was kept in a new tomb, the opening of which was closed by a huge stone and sealed. The stone was so huge that they (Mary Magdalene, Mary and Salome) wondered how to roll the stone away and to go into the tomb to present sweet spices to his body (Mark 16:3). But the tomb was sealed (a cord was stretched across the stone and an official seal with clay was fastened at each end. So, if the grave was open, it could be detected) and guarded (a guard of 4 soldiers, which was changed every 3 hours!). Hence given this situation, from people’s point of view, there is no way Jesus’ body could be raised from the death. Anyone would think this is the end of Christ. Jesus was dead and his tomb was closed by a huge stone and sealed. Roman soldiers were guarding the tomb day and night. This is a similar situation at some point in our life, when we have no hope/ no future! I believe most of us who walk close with God have experienced such things. Everything seems to be doomed and tombed. There is silence & darkness everywhere. Most of the suffering takes place in darkness. Nobody knew what you were going thru’. The 3 days and 3 nights seem so long. Time seems to pass very slowly during those days. People think this is the end. We are ruined. But in that hopeless situation, the RIGHT time in god’s terms, the resurrecting power of Christ will come down from heaven and roll away the heavy & sealed & guarded stone (the problem in life) in a flash of a second like a lightening!

Showers of blessings!

“ ... I will cause the evil beast to cease out of land;

My people will dwell safely in wilderness,

And sleep in woods.

I will cause the shower to come down in seasons;

There shall be showers of blessings!” - Eze.34: 25, 26

This promise is for the chosen people of Israel (i.e. for us) l. When he comes at his time, He will destroy the beast and make a covenant of peace. Then, the people of Israel will have protection in wilderness (this is where they live) and they will sleep in woods (means- in old days people who lived in forest, prepared a protected dwelling place high & safely in the trees and hence they were protected by the attack by the wild animals especially at nights).

“He has made everything beautiful in his time” - Ecc.3:11

All these things will happen in His right time. Nothing will happen even a second before that time. Can you believe this? : In the fishermen’s story in Luke 5:5 “they toiled all night and got nothing” .They tried all night, but couldn’t get, not even one fish. Poor fishermen! We have been in such situations. We have, indeed, worked / desired / needed / anticipated / yearned for a very small blessing (like one small fish-which all your friends have….all your neighbors have), but have got nothing... really disappointing indeed. It is a normal & natural human reaction to feel depressed after toiling hard to get a specific thing from god and go empty handed. Nothing worked. In case of fishermen, they worked in sea which is cold at night....no blankets to cover them…wild waves would have tried to engulf them…there would have been no light…just imagine the situation, if they couldn’t catch any fish! ….it should have been a devastating experience; especially the labour which produced no fruit…

But once his times start, the blessing will shower down from heaven in seasons. “.. In seasons….” means the blessing will continue even if you don’t want more blessing. Just pay attention to the following verse and see how great his blessing is: “…filled both the ships, so that they began to sink!” (Luke 5:7).If they were to catch some more fish (blessing), they might sink! Friends, we have been in such situation, but Life doesn’t end there. In that right time, i.e., when you are disappointed, tired, can’t make a step forward, JESUS will appear and the blessing will pour out like the rain….even if you want the blessings to stop, it won’t!