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On 30/03/2024 10:22 am, % wrote:
Christian Nationalist Bible Study wrote:
Good Friday
March 29th, 2024
https://blog.reaction.la/faith/good-friday/
Why is today Good? Because we remember the forgiveness of sins.
You already know today's story and how its ends, but briefly recapping
the
story so far: Jesus has been betrayed, arrested, and beaten, and Peter
chickened out at the last minute -- which foreshadows some important
things
much later in the gospels, but that is not part of the Easter story.
Luke 22:
63. And the men that held Jesus mocked him, and smote him.
;
64. And when they had blindfolded him, they struck him on the face,
and
asked him, saying, Prophesy, who is it that smote thee?
;
65. And many other things blasphemously spake they against him.
;
66. And as soon as it was day, the elders of the people and the chief
priests and the scribes came together, and led him into their council, >> > saying,
;
67. Art thou the Christ? tell us. And he said unto them, If I tell
you, ye
will not believe:
;
68. And if I also ask you, ye will not answer me, nor let me go.
;
69. Hereafter shall the Son of man sit on the right hand of the
power of
God.
;
70. Then said they all, Art thou then the Son of God? And he said unto >> > them, Ye say that I am.
;
71. And they said, What need we any further witness? for we
ourselves have
heard of his own mouth.
Luke 23:
1. And the whole multitude of them arose, and led him unto Pilate.
;
2. And they began to accuse him, saying, We found this fellow
perverting
the nation, and forbidding to give tribute to Caesar, saying that he
himself is Christ a King.
;
3. And Pilate asked him, saying, Art thou the King of the Jews? And he >> > answered him and said, Thou sayest it.
;
4. Then said Pilate to the chief priests and to the people, I find no
fault in this man.
;
5. And they were the more fierce, saying, He stirreth up the people,
teaching throughout all Jewry, beginning from Galilee to this place.
;
6. When Pilate heard of Galilee, he asked whether the man were a
Galilaean.
;
7. And as soon as he knew that he belonged unto Herod's
jurisdiction, he
sent him to Herod, who himself also was at Jerusalem at that time.
;
8. And when Herod saw Jesus, he was exceeding glad: for he was
desirous to
see him of a long season, because he had heard many things of him;
and he
hoped to have seen some miracle done by him.
;
9. Then he questioned with him in many words; but he answered him
nothing.
;
10. And the chief priests and scribes stood and vehemently accused
him.
I will interject a little background here. Israel suffered from divided
sovereignty, which not long after these events became considerably more
divided.
Herod theoretically ruled as King, but he was a clearly illegitimate King
and dependent on Roman soldiers, not his own. The hereditary
priesthood, the
Sadducees, theoretically ruled, and had legitimacy, but lacked
capability.
The pharisees, open entry priests, roughly equivalent to lawyers and
legacy
newsmen today in the political sense, and to today's Orthodox Rabbis
in the
religious sense, were pushing on the hereditary priesthood's turf, and
getting away with a fair bit of actual rule, which rule Jesus complains
about in the previous Easter posts. The Romans had the swords, and
actually
ruled, but were, like today's Global American Empire, reluctant to
admit to
ruling and tried to rule through proxies, but their proxies were weak and
quarrelsome. The Pharisees had a mob, the Romans an army. Herod not
much of
an army, the hereditary priesthood even less. Any power Herod had, the
Romans gave it to him to keep their hands off events, and when those
events
might cause trouble for Herod, he dumped them back on the Romans. The
Sadducees were sane and not particularly evil, unlike the Pharisees, but
they did not really believe their faith, so no one else believed it
either,
analogous to today's Anglican Church. Which left them with
considerably less
power that their legitimacy supposedly provided them, hence the frequent
chaos in Jerusalem that the Romans and Herod found difficult. And,
like the
Pharisees, they did not want any religious competition.
Because Jerusalem was a problem that Herod was unable to handle, the
Romans
were openly and directly ruling Jerusalem, but they did not want to.
Since
the Romans had the actual rule, in this sense it was not the Jews that
killed Christ but Italians that killed Christ, but the Romans had no
interest in Jewish religious disputes, and viewed the heresy and
blasphemy
charges against Jesus Christ as silly and incomprehensible. They were
trying
to accommodate the demands of their proxies. It was the proxies
(Pharisees,
the religious faction in Israel that survived as today's Jews) that
demanded
the crucifixion. The Romans thought that this was all just more
incomprehensible Jewish trouble, of which they had had plenty, and in the
coming years would have plenty more.
Luke 23:
11. And Herod with his men of war set him at nought, and mocked
him, and
arrayed him in a gorgeous robe, and sent him again to Pilate.
;
12. And the same day Pilate and Herod were made friends together: for
before they were at enmity between themselves.
;
13. And Pilate, when he had called together the chief priests and the
rulers and the people,
;
14. Said unto them, Ye have brought this man unto me, as one that
perverteth the people: and, behold, I, having examined him before you, >> > have found no fault in this man touching those things whereof ye
accuse
him:
;
15. No, nor yet Herod: for I sent you to him; and, lo, nothing
worthy of
death is done unto him.
;
16. I will therefore chastise him, and release him.
;
17. (For of necessity he must release one unto them at the feast.)
;
18. And they cried out all at once, saying, Away with this man, and
release unto us Barabbas:
;
19. (Who for a certain sedition made in the city, and for murder,
was cast
into prison.)
;
20. Pilate therefore, willing to release Jesus, spake again to them.
;
21. But they cried, saying, Crucify him, crucify him.
;
22. And he said unto them the third time, Why, what evil hath he
done? I
have found no cause of death in him: I will therefore chastise him,
and
let him go.
;
23. And they were instant with loud voices, requiring that he might be >> > crucified. And the voices of them and of the chief priests prevailed.
;
24. And Pilate gave sentence that it should be as they required.
;
25. And he released unto them him that for sedition and murder was
cast
into prison, whom they had desired; but he delivered Jesus to their
will.
;
26. And as they led him away, they laid hold upon one Simon, a
Cyrenian,
coming out of the country, and on him they laid the cross, that he
might
bear it after Jesus.
;
27. And there followed him a great company of people, and of women,
which
also bewailed and lamented him.
;
28. But Jesus turning unto them said, Daughters of Jerusalem, weep
not for
me, but weep for yourselves, and for your children.
;
29. For, behold, the days are coming, in the which they shall say,
Blessed
are the barren, and the wombs that never bare, and the paps which
never
gave suck.
;
30. Then shall they begin to say to the mountains, Fall on us; and
to the
hills, Cover us.
;
31. For if they do these things in a green tree, what shall be done
in the
dry?
Recall in the Palm Sunday post Jesus weeping for Jerusalem as he drew
nigh.
For their collective sins, the Jews were going to suffer collective
punishment. Also recall the fig tree in the Maundy Thursday post that was
green, nut without fruit, and soon was withered.
32. And there were also two other, malefactors, led with him to be
put to
death.
;
33. And when they were come to the place, which is called Calvary,
there
they crucified him, and the malefactors, one on the right hand, and
the
other on the left.
;
34. Then said Jesus, Father, forgive them; for they know not what
they do.
And they parted his raiment, and cast lots.
;
35. And the people stood beholding. And the rulers also with them
derided
him, saying, He saved others; let him save himself, if he be
Christ, the
chosen of God.
;
36. And the soldiers also mocked him, coming to him, and offering him
vinegar,
;
37. And saying, If thou be the king of the Jews, save thyself.
;
38. And a superscription also was written over him in letters of
Greek,
and Latin, and Hebrew, THIS IS THE KING OF THE JEWS.
;
39. And one of the malefactors which were hanged railed on him,
saying, If
thou be Christ, save thyself and us.
;
40. But the other answering rebuked him, saying, Dost not thou fear
God,
seeing thou art in the same condemnation?
;
41. And we indeed justly; for we receive the due reward of our
deeds: but
this man hath done nothing amiss.
;
42. And he said unto Jesus, Lord, remember me when thou comest into
thy
kingdom.
;
43. And Jesus said unto him, Verily I say unto thee, To day shalt
thou be
with me in paradise.
And this is the good news that makes this Good Friday.
Jesus was crucified between two thieves; One was hardened to the last,
one
repented of his sins. The one that repented and accepted Christ stands
for
us.
44. And it was about the sixth hour, and there was a darkness over
all the
earth until the ninth hour.
;
45. And the sun was darkened, and the veil of the temple was rent
in the
midst.
;
46. And when Jesus had cried with a loud voice, he said, Father,
into thy
hands I commend my spirit: and having said thus, he gave up the ghost. >> >
47. Now when the centurion saw what was done, he glorified God,
saying,
Certainly this was a righteous man.
;
48. And all the people that came together to that sight, beholding the >> > things which were done, smote their breasts, and returned.
;
49. And all his acquaintance, and the women that followed him from
Galilee, stood afar off, beholding these things.
;
50. And, behold, there was a man named Joseph, a counsellor; and he
was a
good man, and a just:
;
51. (The same had not consented to the counsel and deed of them;)
he was
of Arimathaea, a city of the Jews: who also himself waited for the
kingdom
of God.
;
52. This man went unto Pilate, and begged the body of Jesus.
;
53. And he took it down, and wrapped it in linen, and laid it in a
sepulchre that was hewn in stone, wherein never man before was laid.
;
54. And that day was the preparation, and the sabbath drew on.
;
55. And the women also, which came with him from Galilee, followed
after,
and beheld the sepulchre, and how his body was laid.
;
56. And they returned, and prepared spices and ointments; and
rested the
sabbath day according to the commandment.
most fridays are good
I'll take your most Fridays, and I will raise you all Fridays."
Michael Christ
--
God is God in all His Being.
Jesus is the everlasting Father, Jesus is God, Jesus is the Lord. John
10:30 I and Father are one. If you can't see that the Lord Jesus is the everlasting Father you are not born again and can't see the Kingdom of God.
Colossians 2:9 For in him dwelleth all the fulness of the Godhead bodily.
Rom 5:8 But God commendeth his love toward us, in that, while we were
YET sinners, Christ died for us.
Jeremiah 10:23 O LORD, I know that the way of man is not in himself: it
is not in man that walketh to direct his steps.
Psalms 53:1 The fool hath said in his heart, There is no God. Corrupt
are they, and have done abominable iniquity: there is none that doeth good.
Proverbs 12:15 The way of a fool is right in his own eyes: but he that hearkeneth unto counsel is wise.
"To seek your own will is to seek your own glory."
"If God is not first in everything He is not first in anything."
"What makes the bible the truth? The resonance (voice, the Person) of
God. When you find Him you have found the author."
"All men were born sinners. Why? Because all men were born not loving
God with all their heart, soul, and mind. An abomination. Therefore,
sin is not what you do; it is what you are."
"Compromise will condemn you."
"There are no sinners in Christ Jesus."
"My sons are born of Me. In them is no darkness at all."
"You can't learn righteousness. Haven't you had enough time already to
know that?"
"The way of truth is the testimony of life."
"I merely speak the truth, what is revealed to me, and the cards fall
where God intends."
"Nothing that is produced is produced without first being faith."
"You can only find proof of God through faith because that is how we all
live, by faith."
"It is not what you do that matters, it is how you treat Me."
"Keep going forward. Forget about the past. Lift up your head, look
ahead."
"You cannot be free and free indeed with guilt in your heart."
"Priority is everything."
"The truth doesn't need evidence, it is evidence."
"There is no greater possession a man has than his own will, to squander
it or to place it where it truly belongs."
"An atheist is a fool who thinks truth is found in living a lie."
"Saying "prove it" [as a foundation] is merely an ignorant straw man, to
an ignorant straw man."
"Wait, rest, be still, and know."
"No man can wash his own hands!!!"
"I find this in the Christianity religions: 'Nobody's perfect' they say,
and they use that as an excuse not to do what is perfect."
The Atheist: "They don't believe and put their faith in a Creator (the obvious). So no evidence and proof is to be found!!"
"The world is the way it is because God can't compromise who He is."
"Man is not the centre of being."
"Man is incompatible with the natural world because of his sinful nature."
"And then the Lord said, "I see everything."
"Man has no greater idol than his own will."
"Where is God hiding? He isn't."
"If you don't keep all the scriptures, you can't keep any of them."
"You can't prove anything because everything depends on a person's
willingness to believe."
"Atheists are ultimately trying to be pointlessness, meaninglessness,
and purposelessness in their point, meaning, and purpose."
"The last day of creation will be the last day of time. God is always
full of hope."
"The veil of the temple was rent in twain, not to have a book pass
through it so that a sinner could play God."
"A phylactery does not a heart for God make. Not back then, and not today."
"No one in heaven is better (or higher) than what makes it heaven. Such
is the love of God."
"The definition of an atheist: A man full of bluster and bullshit
pretending he is the meaning of life."
"Free will is not power; it is the choice that I allow; that choice is
still according to my power," says the Lord.
What does a fool do? A fool looks for a "nothing" in a "something" in
order to explain the existence of existence.
"Unless you do all because He is who He is, all your religion is in vain."
"Every man is subject to God; He judges every man, and He is reality.
What a gift in a fallen world!"
"Love MUST be a choice or it is nothing but a law!"
"Why were all men born sinners? So that God could reveal Himself, so
that we would behold the glory of God, and that we should bring forth
the glory of God"
"God does not and will not arbitrate for any man to love Him! If God
isn't everything to you, He is nothing to you where the rubber meets the
road."
"It is the unforgivable sin not to love God with all your heart, soul,
and mind. What do you have that is lasting? It is not so much being
punished; it is what you are left with."
"Love isn't worth anything without first a free will choice for God to
birth it in a man."
"The point of salvation: desperation. Anything less than that is self-righteousness."
"A sinner is not a believer in God; a sinner is a believer in sin."
"A piece of dirt is not the promised land; that is only a reflection.
The promised land is knowing Me, says the Lord."
"It is all about God or it is all about idolatry."
"The Lord Jesus is coming soon. He has always come soon."
"There is no revolving door of self-worship in a son of God's life!"
"There is no such thing as random!"
"You can't truly love without it being with all your heart."
"No one can see God without their whole heart. Unless you can see God,
you know nothing."
"You can't learn God, God has to reveal Himself to you."
"No sinner is sinless in any way."
"Only God is life; only the Kingdom of God of His "Nature" is life."
"What you believe is just a leaning on your own understanding; faith is
a leaning on the one you have chosen to trust."
"God uses the "letter" to crucify a man and raise him from the dead."
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