Happy Easter! Just how much suffering did Christ go through?

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Pie

Pie

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I know a lot of us remember the suffering that our Lord, Jesus Christ, went through for us during this time. A lot of times we think about the physical agony of crucifixion. It's no small thing, that's for certain. The word "excruciating" comes from the Latin words "ex cruciatus" meaning "out of the cross." But I read something awhile back that stuck with me. It put a whole new perspective on just how much suffering Jesus went through...not just physical. So I'd thought I'd share. It definitely left me with something to chew on.


What, then, is the reach of the Cross? Is it enough to embrace the totality of the human condition? I submit that it is. But to see this, we need to look beyond the physical agony of the Cross. The Cross points to a deeper reality of divine suffering that gets largely lost in films like The Passion of The Christ. How can we see that the reach of the Cross encompasses the full consequences of the Fall, including the full extent of human suffering? I'm not sure our finite minds can fully comprehend the reach of the Cross. Nonetheless, we can catch glimpses of it.

Certain biblical images indicate that the suffering of the Cross cannot be confined merely to the few hours of Christ's earthly passion. After Jesus is resurrected, he appears to his doubting disciple Thomas and has him place his fingers in the wounds that were inflicted on the Cross. Ask yourself, Why would a resurrection body show marks of crucifixion? And why, in the book of Revelation, is Christ portrayed as a lamb that was slain? There's no indication in Scripture that in eternity the redeemed of Christ will exhibit any marks of suffering from their life on earth. And yet, our Lord bears these marks in eternity, and is referred to, in Rev 13:8, as "the Lamb slain from the foundation of the world." Clearly, then, the sufferings of Christ transcend his torture by the Romans. - William Dembski
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Pie said:
I know a lot of us remember the suffering that our Lord, Jesus Christ, went through for us during this time. A lot of times we think about the physical agony of crucifixion. It's no small thing, that's for certain. The word "excruciating" comes from the Latin words "ex cruciatus" meaning "out of the cross." But I read something awhile back that stuck with me. It put a whole new perspective on just how much suffering Jesus went through...not just physical. So I'd thought I'd share. It definitely left me with something to chew on.
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Pie, to try and answer your first question "just how much suffering did Jesus go through." We cannot imagine the depth or the magnitude of the suffering he endured, but consider this: he took upon himself not only his physical pain, not only our sins, but he has endured every pain known to man!! Some examples: he knows the pain of losing a child, he knows the pain of a betrayed spouse, he knows the agony of every disease on earth!! He suffered all of our aches and pains, troubles and sorrows, grief and joy firsthand!! Could any of us take on the weight of the entire worlds emotions?? Absolutely not!! But Jesus could, and did, and can. He continues taking on our pain to this very day. So the next time someone tells you that you (or God) "doesnt understand" what they are going through, be sure to remind them that he sure does know!! He has felt every emotion that we feel: pain, joy, sorrow, agony etc.. None of us can even fathom how the pressure of every pain on earth, every situation, must have felt to him. The only way I can describe it is unbearable, and we as humans alot of times cant bear such pain. But Jesus did and that is truly awe-inspiring!! :)
 
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This is why I cannot take sin lightly.

It took just one sin for Adam and Eve to be driven out of the Garden of Eden and look what Jesus had to endure on account of each of our sin! He had the full wrath of God placed upon Him so that we would not have to experience such wrath.

Jesus in our place. How grateful I am to Him.

May each of us who say He is our Saviour, daily take up our cross and follow Him.
 
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On top of every thing already said...''my God, my God, why have you forsaken me​?''
that separation may have been the worse of all.
 
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