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The Soldier That Saw The Last Minutes Of Jesus On The Cross (Biblical Stories Explained) - YouTube
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when the roman officer who stood facing
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him saw how he had died he exclaimed
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this man truly was the son of god
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mark chapter 15 verse 39 in lt
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the final moments of jesus's life are
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recorded in mark chapter 15 verses 33
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through 39.
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his path to the cross had been torturous
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he had been abandoned ridiculed
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humiliated and tortured
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now as he hangs on the cross
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jesus breathes his last breath
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mark chapter 15 verse 33
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at noon darkness came over the whole
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land until three in the afternoon
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this would be twelve o'clock in the
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afternoon and the darkness would last
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until the ninth hour or three o'clock
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this otherworldly darkness arrived when
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the sun was shining highest
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because the moon was now full it
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couldn't have been created by an eclipse
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because the moon can't intervene between
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the earth and the sun when it's full
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this darkness was undoubtedly brought
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about by god's prompt intervention
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flagon of traelas an emperor adrian's
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freedman gives a description of it
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eusebius in his records of the year a.d
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quotes extensively from flagon who
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claims that in the fourth year of the
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202nd olympiad a large and extraordinary
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eclipse of the sun occurred surpassing
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any that had previously occurred
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at the sixth hour the day was turned
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into the darkness of night so that stars
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were seen in the heaven and there was a
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great earthquake in bethennia
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and there was a great earthquake in
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bethennia which overthrew many houses in
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the city of nicea
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flagon attributes the darkness which he
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describes to an eclipse which was
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natural enough for him to do astronomy
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knowledge was rudimentary at the time an
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earthquake is also mentioned by flagon
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this puts his story in very close
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alignment with the sacred narrative
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saint cyprian adds
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the son was constrained to withdraw his
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rays and close his eyes that he might
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not be compelled to look upon this crime
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of the jews
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to the same purpose saint chrysostom
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the creature could not bear the wrong
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done to its creator therefore the son
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withdrew his rays that he might not
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behold the deeds of the wicked
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chapter 15 verse 34
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and at the ninth hour jesus cried with a
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loud voice saying eloy eloy lama
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sabachthani which is being interpreted
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my god my god why hast thou forsaken me
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saint mark here uses the aramaic form
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saint matthew refers to the original
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hebrew
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this might be rendered why this thou
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forsake me
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mark chapter 15 verse 35
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and some of them that stood by when they
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heard it said behold he calleth elias
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those who lingered around the cross
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despite the mysterious darkness are
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mentioned in verse 35
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the darkness would certainly add to the
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dreadfulness of the situation
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it was out of that darkness that the
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voice of jesus was heard and inasmuch as
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elias or elijah was believed to hold
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some relation to the messiah it was
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natural for some of those who stood by
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to understand the words to mean that our
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lord was actually calling for elias
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mark chapter 15 verse 36 and one ran and
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filled a sponge full of vinegar and put
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it on a reed and gave it to him to drink
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saying let alone let us see whether
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elias will come to take him down
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and jesus cried with a loud voice and
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gave up the ghost
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and the veil of the temples was rent in
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twain from the top to the bottom
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there were two veils one before the holy
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place and the second before the holy of
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holies
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the holy place would agree to what we
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call the nave of the church
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in which the priests were always present
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and the holy of holies would match to
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our chancel choir the holiest part of
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the building
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this was always kept closed nor might
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anyone enter it but the high priest and
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that only once in the year on the day of
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expiation
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the veil which was rent and our lord's
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death was that which was placed before
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the holy of holies
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it was the responsibility of the
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officiating priests on the evening of
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the day of preparation at the hour of
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evening prayer which would correspond to
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the time of our lord's death to enter
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into the holy place where he would of
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course be between the two curtains or
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veils the outer veil and the inner veil
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it would then be his responsibility to
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roll back the outer veil exposing the
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sacred space to the people in the outer
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court
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then and there to their amazement they
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would witness the inner veil ripped
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apart from top to bottom
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according to josephus these veils or
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curtains were of immense bulk heavy and
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beautifully embroidered with gold and
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purple this tearing of the veil now
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meant
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first dispensation with its rights and
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ceremonies was now uncovered by christ
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and that thenceforth the middle wall of
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partition was broken down so that now
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not the jews only but the gentiles also
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might draw nigh by the blood of christ
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but second it also implied that the way
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to heaven was laid open by our lord's
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death
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when thou hatst overcome the sharpness
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of death thou didst open the kingdom of
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heaven to all believers
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the veil implied that heaven was closed
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to all until christ by his death rent
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this veil in twain and laid open the way
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mark chapter 15 verse 39
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and when the centurion which stood over
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against him saw that he so cried out and
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gave up the ghost he said truly this man
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was the son of god
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the words so cried out are not in the
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most important authorities
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the centurion's job was to keep an eye
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on everything and see that the sentence
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was carried out he must have been
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standing close to the crest and there
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was something in the dying sufferer's
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entire demeanor that was so unlike
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anything he had ever seen before that it
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elicited the spontaneous cry
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truly this man was the son of god
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he had watched him through those
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weirsome hours he had seen the meekness
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in the dignity of the sufferer he had
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heard those words so profoundly
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impressed upon the faith and reverence
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of christians which fell from him from
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time to time as he hung there and then
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at last he heard the piercing cry so
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startling so unexpected which escaped
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him just before he yielded up his spirit
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and he could come to no other conclusion
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than this that he was in very deed god's
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son
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in just a few verses mark packs a lot of
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punch there's a lot to say about the
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strange events that occur but today we
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are drawn to the roman officer who
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admired jesus after he died
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jesus influenced those close to him the
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thief on the cross had reacted uniquely
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to him and now the soldier overseeing
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him has to remark that he is the son of
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god
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jesus had kept his identity hidden at
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the beginning of his ministry now it was
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plain for everyone to see as a commander
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a centurion was in control of the
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soldiers who dealt with jesus
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did he participate in the soldiers
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taunting and beating of jesus as they
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crowned him with thorns
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maybe
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or perhaps he was too respectable for
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such antics
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maybe he was the one who gave simon of
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cyrene the task of carrying jesus cross
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once they arrived at golgotha the place
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of the crucifixion the nails were driven
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through jesus's wrists and he was raised
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up on the cross
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this was just another day at the office
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really his function was to supervise the
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execution of offenders via crucifixion
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but somewhere along the way jesus ceased
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to appear to him as a common criminal
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perhaps it was the way jesus engaged
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with the world's powers he never begged
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for his life perhaps it was jesus words
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of love from the cross that moved him
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perhaps it was the strange darkness that
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blanketed the land
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maybe it was the tearing of the veil
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alternatively perhaps jesus had imparted
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truth to this officer as they traveled
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down the road
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something stirred in this man's soul as
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he gazed at jesus's lifeless body
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whatever that was
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i imagined him staring up at the cross
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mouth gaping as he wraps words around
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his thoughts
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this man truly was the son of god
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what a declaration for a roman officer
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to make
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if any of the religious leaders
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overheard him they would have lost their
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minds
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he just spent the previous day
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persuading rome to execute jesus
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precisely because he was blaspheming
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about being god's son
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it's one thing to recognize jesus as the
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son of god when he's alive
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peter recognizes jesus as the messiah in
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mark chapter 8 verses 29 and 30.
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and he sayeth unto them but whom say ye
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that i am and peter answereth and saith
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unto him thou art the christ and he
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charged them that they should tell no
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man of him
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when jesus is alive it's one thing to
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recognize him as the son of god
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it's another thing to recognize jesus as
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the son of god after the resurrection
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many people came to faith then
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but to recognize jesus as the son of god
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when he is dead
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and all hope is gone
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this roman officer may be the only
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person to have done such a thing
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so what happened to that roman officer
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we have no idea
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i'm sure he had a lot on his mind in the
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days ahead especially as word spread
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that jesus was still alive
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perhaps he realized the gravity of his
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crimes against jesus
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what we do know is that it wasn't too
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late for him while on the cross jesus
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was paying the cost for this officer's
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sins he was paving the way for this
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officer to be with his father
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as stuart townsend wrote in to him how
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deep the father's love for us
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behold the man upon a cross my sin upon
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his shoulders
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ashamed i hear my mocking voice call out
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among the scoffers
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we need to realize that jesus died for
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you
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do not reject him once you know him once
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you've heard the gospel and rejected it
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you can never be the same
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it says that when the rich young ruler
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rejected christ he turned away grieved
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emotionally disturbed because when you
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reject the claims of christ that's a
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very serious thing
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it will be an hour of decision for many
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of you who will receive him today
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there have been those that have been
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rejected by god however an example is
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saul to watch the rise and fall of saul
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click here
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