1 Peter 2:24 ‘Who his own self bare our sins in his own body on the tree, that we, being dead to sins, should live unto righteousness: by whose stripes ye were healed.’
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2 Kings 18-19, Psalm 106
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Dr. Frederick T. Zugibe is a forensic expert and medical examiner who wrote a book to give a detailed analysis of what Christ suffered at the Cross. The book titled ‘Crucifixion Of Jesus : A Forensic Inquiry’ presents discoveries culled from Dr. Frederick’s years of exhaustive research.
According to his findings, Roman crucifixions were designed to cause maximum pain for a prolonged period.
It was such a cruel and shameful punishment that the Romans didn’t inflict it on their own citizens rather crucifixion was reserved for criminals and slaves in ancient Rome.
During the crucifixion, victims’ feet and wrists were usually nailed to a wooden cross, which would hold them upright while they suffered a slow and agonizing death. The nail that pierced the wrist produced such pain that every breath seemed like torture. In this agony the prisoner would slowly die often over several days. As a gesture of “Roman kindness” the prisoner was offered a mixture of vinegar (gall) and wine as a mild anesthetic. According to the Biblical account this anesthetic was refused by Jesus. Consequently, He fully bore all the pain inflicted on Him. He suffered unimaginable excruciating agony just so that humanity would receive redemption and be set free to enjoy the blessings of God’s grace.
In this Holy week, let’s take time to reflect over the ultimate cost Christ paid. .He was brutally wounded so we could be completely whole. He was deeply bruised so we could be totally healed by His stripes (1 Peter 2:24).
Jesus died to heal every possible affliction we would ever face in this life.
Wounds are not only physical, many people have been wounded emotionally, wounded financially, wounded verbally and in many other different ways.
At the Cross, Jesus paid the price for our total restoration.
It is God’s desire to repair all the broken places in our lives. We all have experienced rejection, pain, and betrayals.
Sometimes the hurt can be most profound, leading us to build walls around our hearts to protect us from further pain. But then those same walls can also imprison and restrict us from loving and living life to the fullest.
The Blood of Jesus is able to go through the barriers of time into our wounded past to make us whole again.
At the Cross He suffered terribly to ensure we never have to suffer again.
Whatever hurt or pain you may face today, Christ has already paid for it. He died that we might live life more abundantly.
Today, Christ is no longer on the Cross and neither is He in the grave; He is raised up and seated at the right hand of God in Heaven. The benefit of the price He paid is to ensure that we enjoy total victory in all areas of our lives. By the power in His Blood we are positioned to triumph always and enjoy unending conquests over life’s challenges.
PRAYER: Father,, please help me to always live in the consciousness of the ultimate price Christ paid for me at the Cross. Today, by the Blood of Jesus I claim the redemptive benefits that belong to me and establish my victory over everything contesting my glorious destiny in Jesus Name.
QUOTE;
The tests you are going through in life today is not for your destruction, it is for your testimony. – WORDBITE 222
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