tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3432851080052468710.post2756535831411678290..comments2024-03-29T05:09:04.100-04:00Comments on PROPHECY UPDATE: Putin: Su-24's Black Box To Reveal Truth About Jet Shot Down By Turkey, San Bernardino: Lays Bare The Illusion Of GovernmentUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3432851080052468710.post-88009107242430746772015-12-09T15:05:28.444-05:002015-12-09T15:05:28.444-05:00Sorry...it seems sometimes on my ipad I can't ...Sorry...it seems sometimes on my ipad I can't get this posted right. I hope this works now.. Enjoy!<br /><br />GG<br /><br />Divine Thirst<br /><br />After this, Jesus knowing that all things were now accomplished, that the<br />scripture might be fulfilled, saith, I thirst. – John 19:28<br /><br />Here we have our Lord’s fifth word on the cross. It was just before the<br />end. All things belonging to His work as Redeemer were now finished. He<br />had suffered from thirst all the terrible six hours that He hung on the<br />cross, but He restrained His anguish until His task was done.<br />Now He gave expression to His desire for drink, the only word on the cross<br />that referred to His physical sufferings.<br /><br />Some one reached up to Him on a stem of hyssop a sponge which had been<br />moistened in the sour vinegar that stood there. It was an act of kindness<br />and pity, and was the only mark of human tenderness shown to Jesus in those<br />hours. We cannot but be thankful for this slight ministry which must have <br />given momentary relief to the holy Sufferer.<br /><br />Earlier in the day, at the moment of crucifixion, He was offered drink which<br />He refused. That was a stupefying potion, a deadening wine mingled with myrrh<br />or wormwood. It was offered with the intention of dulling His senses, that He<br />might not be conscious of His sore suffering.He refused it because He wised<br />to preserve the clearness of His mind in the hours when He was making atonement<br />for the world. This potion, offered now by the soldier, was not medicated wine,<br />and was not stupefying in its effects. He needed refreshment to strengthen Him<br />for the great final act — the giving of His soul up to God.<br /><br />All the experiences of Jesus Christ which reveal human need and suffering bring<br />Him very near to us. Since He suffered hunger and thirst, and pain and weariness and sorrow, <br />He is able to sympathize with us in all our human experiences. He<br />knows what we feel, for He has not forgotten even in heaven what He Himself<br />endured in His incarnation.GG2013https://www.blogger.com/profile/01180358618816519694noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3432851080052468710.post-48364787064875723982015-12-09T07:58:50.835-05:002015-12-09T07:58:50.835-05:00Divine Thirst
After this, Jesus knowing that all ...Divine Thirst<br /><br />After this, Jesus knowing that all things were now accomplished, that the scripture might be fulfilled, saith, I thirst. – John 19:28<br /><br />Here we have our Lord’s fifth word on the cross. It was just before the end. All things belonging to His work as Redeemer<br />were now finished. He had suffered from thirst all the terrible six hours that He hung on the cross, but He restrained His<br />anguish until His task was done. Now He gave expression to His desire for drink, the only word on the cross that referred<br />to His physical sufferings.<br /><br />Some one reached up to Him on a stem of hyssop a sponge which had been moistened in the sour vinegar that stood<br />there. It was an act of kindness and pity, and was the only mark of human tenderness shown to Jesus in those hours. We<br />cannot but be thankful for this slight ministry which must have given momentary relief to the holy Sufferer.<br /><br />Earlier in the day, at the moment of crucifixion, He was offered drink which He refused. That was a stupefying potion, a deadening<br />wine mingled with myrrh or wormwood. It was offered with the intention of dulling His senses, that He might not be conscious of His <br />sore suffering. He refused it because He wised to preserve the clearness of His mind in the hours when He was making atonement <br />for the world. This potion, offered now by the soldier, was not medicated wine, and was not stupefying in its effects. <br />He needed refreshment to strengthen Him for the great final act — the giving of His soul up to God.<br /><br />All the experiences of Jesus Christ which reveal human need and suffering bring Him very near to us. Since He suffered hunger <br />and thirst, and pain and weariness and sorrow, He is able to sympathize with us in all our human experiences. He knows what <br />we feel, for He has not forgotten even in heaven what He Himself endured in His incarnation.GG2013https://www.blogger.com/profile/01180358618816519694noreply@blogger.com