G-D'S CALENDAR
ATONING FOR INIQUITY
3. Bearing our sins:
from the 6th hour of the fifth day, about 12 noon,
xxxxxxxxuntil
the 9th hour, 3:00 p.m.
Mark
15:33; Matthew 27:45; Luke 23:44 
These hours were the precise time of the
ritual slaying
and offering up of the Passover Sacrifice
in the Temple !
Pilate, in order to justify the execution by crucifixion of an innocent man, placed the charge against Yeshua - “Jesus the Nazarene, king of the Jews”91 - on the cross above His head in the three common languages of the day: Aramaic, Latin, and Greek. Contesting the Emperor’s lordship constituted a major crime punishable by death. The title, “king of the Jews”, qualified Yeshua as deserving of such punishment.
Yeshua was tormented by a horrible thirst92 but refused the drink of wine mixed with gall (or myrrh) offered to dull his senses93. The violent slamming of the cross yanked his bones out of joint94 and there was no escape --- neither from the excruciating, fierce pain nor from the mocking and ridiculing by the crowd and the religious leaders95. None realized, that it was Messiah’s very mission to die this terrible death in their stead, as their scapegoat, for the remission of sins and for newness of life in Him.
Having attended to their grim business, the Roman
soldiers diverted themselves with a game
of dice, Yeshua’s handmade, seamless tunic being
the prize96.
And while the jeering onlookers were the ignorant actors in a spectacle
divinely decreed since the foundation of the world97,
Yeshua cried out: “Father,
forgive them, for they do not know what they do!”98
He knew that they failed to understand. Lest their lack of knowledge cause
them to perish, He forgave them. For He came to save, not
to condemn.
The Gentiles’ arrogance over the Jews’ failure to perceive the twofold nature of Messiah’s mission is a conceited assessment of their own insight99, since they themselves were far from G-d, from His covenant and promises. G-d used Israel's trespass to open the doors of salvation also to the Gentiles. And He will use Israel's acceptance of His salvation to bring about the resurrection from the dead. Therefore our Gentile brethren should not become proud but stand in awe100.
Would the Gentiles have perceived Messiah’s twofold
mission, first as Son
of Joseph becoming the suffering
Servant; and
second as Son
of David the triumphant King
of Israel? Is not the vast majority of
Christendom just as blind to the sign of the Jews’ return to the land of
Israel? Their preconceived notions, derived from many centuries of false
teaching, prevent them from seeing the significance of that sign, just
as the Jews were blind to the sign of the suffering Servant. Blessed are
they who do not judge, because they shall not be judged.
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