The prophecies of Messiah”™s first coming in the Old Testament are fulfilled in the New Testament. Consider this prophecy in Psalm 22:6 [which is a description of Jesus on the cross] (NASB) Psalm 22:6a “But I am a worm and not a man”¦” What Jesus did: Jesus, God the Son, humbled Himself ““ as the […]

A prayer of a follower of Christ and those who come to Christ Jesus for salvation: (NIV) Psalm 51:1-2 “HAVE MERCY on me, O God, according to your unfailing love; according to your great compassion blot out all my transgressions. 2Wash away all my iniquity and cleanse me from my sin.” (NIV) Psalm 51:10-12 “Create […]

As Jesus was suffering and dying on the cross, He did not neglect His mother”™s needs. (NIV) John 19:25-27 “Near the cross of Jesus stood his mother, his mother”™s sister, Mary the wife of Clopas, and Mary Magdalene. 26When Jesus saw his mother there, and the disciple whom he loved standing nearby, he said to […]

Jesus was crucified between two criminals. One held Him in derision and cynical condemnation. The other, well”¦the other came to recognize Jesus as a Man without sin. (NASB) Luke 23:40-41 “But the other answered, and rebuking him said, “˜Do you not even fear God, since you are under the same sentence of condemnation?”™ 41 “˜And […]

As Jesus hung on the cross between two criminals and people were gaping at the naked, dying bodies of these three men”¦both criminals “˜heaped insults”™ on Jesus (See Matthew 27:44). As Jesus hung there on the cross, forgiving those who crucified Him, one of the criminals heard and considered His grace toward those who were […]

As Jesus was dying many people were milling around at the base of His altar (the cross). There were the Jewish leaders, the soldiers of Rome who had carried out the sentence of crucifixion, some women who loved Him and had followed Him in His ministry, and then on-lookers, just to see what was happening. […]

There is a question which every person will answer at some point: Who do you believe Jesus Christ to be? As Jesus hung on the altar of the cross for your sins”¦men were walking around at the foot of His cross sneering and ridiculing Him”¦even as He was dying for their sins. (NASB) Luke 23:35 […]

(NIV) Psalm 70:1, 3-5 “HASTEN, O God, to save me; O Lord, come quickly to help me. 3May those who say to me, “˜Aha! Aha!”™ turn back because of their shame. 4But may all who seek you rejoice and be glad in you; May those who love your salvation always say, “˜Let God be exalted!”™ […]

Ridicule”¦how did Jesus handle this aspect of His crucifixion? He had prepared Himself through prayer in the Garden of Gethsemane! (NIV) Matthew 26:36-39, 42, 44 “Then Jesus went with his disciples to a place called Gethsemane, and he said to them, “˜Sit here while I go over there and pray.”™ 37He took Peter and the […]

(NIV) Luke 33:35 “The people stood watching”¦” People stood watching Jesus and two criminals as they died on their individual crosses. Groups of people watching a person(s) die is not restricted to ancient times. We have photographs of people eating a picnic while men are being hung from a tree. There are pictures of people […]