POWER OF DARKNESS

CHAPTER I Page 7

G-D'S CALENDAR

CARRYING OUR JUDGMENT

1. Delivered to be crucified: about 6:00 a.m.of the fifth day

John in 19:14 says it was about the 6th hour (12:00 noon) on the day of preparation when Pilate, seated in the judgment seat at “The Pavement”, handed Yeshua over to be crucified. This time does not agree with the time given by the other three Gospel writers. But it agrees with the time given at which darkness fell and covered the earth for three hours⁷⁶.
They laid on Him the heavy wooden crucifix. Pain shot through His body like fire, His raw flesh aflame from the cutting and rubbing of the rugged wood. He fell.
Focusing entirely upon the will of the Father, His whole Being was utterly concentrated on the mission: to redeem and rescue Israel, and through her agency, all of fallen mankind. Willingly He surrendered His glory and power to bear the collective sin of man and the punishment for it as G-d’s sa’ir la’Azazel / scapegoat⁷⁷ in fulfillment of the Day of Atonement. And as the “Lamb of G-d” by whose blood the power of the destroyer would be undone He willingly let Himself be taken to the ordained altar of sacrifice --- the Roman crucifix⁷⁸.
From Pilate’s palace to Golgatha was a long way. He was too slow for His executioners. They seized a bystander, Simon of Cyrene, to carry the cross in Yeshua’s stead. The experience transformed Simon into a devoted disciple. The path was lined with onlookers. All Jerusalem and the surrounding towns and villages rushed to see “The Teacher”, the Son of David whom they had hoped to be the promised Messiah. They saw Him - marred beyond all human resemblance, in torment and pain - and despised Him⁷⁹.
But the women intuitively knew that Yeshua freely willed to endure this suffering and the death of a criminal. They wept aloud and beat their breasts in lamentation for the gentle Nazarene, the mighty “Teacher” brought so low. For them Yeshua stopped in compassion; His suffering would end in glory, but theirs and their children in anguish and despair⁸⁰. In these closing days we see again sensitive women who serve, sacrifice, pray, and hang on His every word to learn, know and understand. Great is the company of women following the Lamb of G-d wheresoever He goes. The grace of G-d has restored Eve, the “mother of all living”⁸¹.

⁷⁶We may deduce from this, that this specific hour was so powerfully imprinted in John’s memory who at that time stood at the foot of the cross, that he applied it from the time of the verdict passed until Yeshua’s death. Or, of course, it may be an error when copying the original manuscript

⁷⁷ Leviticus 5, 7-10, 20-22 ⁸⁰ Luke 23:27-31

⁷⁸ Philippians 2:5-8 ⁸¹ Genesis 3:20

⁷⁹ Psalm 22:6-8; Isaiah 53:3

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