I love this. Even when people's cheers turned to shouts to crucify Jesus, He knew and chose this path out of love for us. Holy Week proves God's love is real and powerful, leading to Easter, where Jesus' resurrection shows us that love wins.
What must it have been like on that day, just outside of Jerusalem proper, on the main road into town?
Crucified at eye-level, naked, flanked by actual sinners, struggling up and down the cross to empty and fill burning lungs—while passersby watched the gruesome event unfold.
But what about that Darkness that enveloped the region from noon onward?! Surely that would have caused many to stop in their tracks and ponder such a cosmic event.
I love this. Even when people's cheers turned to shouts to crucify Jesus, He knew and chose this path out of love for us. Holy Week proves God's love is real and powerful, leading to Easter, where Jesus' resurrection shows us that love wins.
What must it have been like on that day, just outside of Jerusalem proper, on the main road into town?
Crucified at eye-level, naked, flanked by actual sinners, struggling up and down the cross to empty and fill burning lungs—while passersby watched the gruesome event unfold.
But what about that Darkness that enveloped the region from noon onward?! Surely that would have caused many to stop in their tracks and ponder such a cosmic event.
And His mother watched it all.