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The Passion is a term refers to Jesus’ suffering during the last two days of His earthly life, especially His crucifixion.
As Jesus rides into Jerusalem, we see a large crowd gathered to see him.
The crowd was vibrant and joyful.
They were excited to see the King… at least, most of them.
Josephus, a first century Jewish historian, says that there were 2.7 million people in Jerusalem for the passover on that occasion.
As i said, this was a large crowd.
This was the only “public demonstration” that our Lord allowed while He was ministering on earth.
His purpose was to fulfill the Old Testament prophecy (Zech.
9:9).
There were three different groups in the crowd that day:
the Passover visitors from outside Judea (John 12:12, 18)
the local people who had witnessed the raising of Lazarus (John 12:17)
the religious leaders who were greatly concerned about what Jesus might do at the feast (John 12:19)
The third group are the ones who were not excited to see Jesus.
John 12:19
Luke 19:39-40
The Pharisees had a plan for Jesus, and it was far different from what the crowd wanted.
Even more importantly, Jesus had a plan, and it was not what any of them expected.
There would would be no political coup that day, no change in government, no new found freedom.
Instead, Jesus would be arrested, tortured and crucified.
Little did the Pharisees know that they would be playing right into Jesus’ hand.
Jesus would have one last supper with His disciples, and the next day He would go into the Garden of Gethsemane, where He would be arrested.
Jesus was arrested
John 18:1-3
Jesus faced trial
From there, Jesus would face trial in Gabbatha
John 19:13
This is where public opinion would change.
The people wanted political deliverance, they wanted a conquering king, and it quickly became apparent that it was not going to happen.
When things didn’t go their way, they quickly turned on Jesus, yelling CRUCIFY HIM!
They knowingly chose a murderer over the King of Kings and Lord of Lords.
The crowd turned on Jesus
John 19:15
Are people so different today?
Jesus would then be beaten, tortured, and shamed.
He was stripped naked and mercilessly whipped.
These whips often used lead balls or broken pieces of pottery woven into the end of the whips, probably the latter.
This would literally rip out pieces of flesh!
He was then led though the streets to a place called Golgotha.
Once again, a crowd was gathered to see Jesus, but this time there were no calls for deliverance.
the crowd was angry, not joyful.
Picture the scene.
Here comes Jesus, so badly beaten that he barely looked alive.
Blood pouring from the thorns on His brow and the wounds on His body.
His blood running down the cross and pouring over the ground the ground.
His body was struggling to keep from going into shock from the loss of blood.
His heart racing, faster and faster as the blood pours from His body.
Dehydrated and literally on the brink of death.
While He is fully God, the body is human, and con only take so much.
People watching as He struggled and fell, the cross coming down upon His back.
The crowd yelling in the midst of agony and pain.
As Jesus lay there with that heavy cross across His back, it must have looked like He would never make it to His place of execution.
Then a roman soldier picks a man from the crowd and screams,
"YOU!
Carry his cross!" (Adapted and modified from Watch the Lamb by Ray Boltz)
The Man (Simon) picks up the cross and being covered with the blood of Jesus from His blood drenched cross, follows in the footsteps of Jesus.
Did you get that?
Simon took up the cross and followed Christ, and he was covered in the blood of Christ!
Such an amazing illustration, hidden in plain sight!
Jesus to take up your cross on follow Him. the Bible also says that without the shedding of blood, there is no remission of sin.
And here it all is, wrapped up in one simple illustration!
The Bible doesn’t specifically say that Jesus fell, but we know that He carried his own cross, at least for a time.
(John 19:17)
As Jesus, barely alive makes it to Calvary’s hill, its not over yet.
Still He is mocked and ridiculed.
Large nails driven through His wrists and ankles, yet still He says “Father forgive them...”
Dehydrated, He is denied water, yet still, He does this for them.
This is the passion of Christ.
This is but a glimpse of what He suffered
This journey of Jesus was one of sacrifice, one which ultimately became our victory, and God’s glory.
This journey of sacrifice that Jesus made, ultimately ended in His glory.
Jesus has promised that the journey of the faithful will also lead to glory.
The journey of the faithful leads to glory
John 14:2-3
The journey begins with salvation
Romans 10:9
Ephesians 2:8-9
What better reason to praise the Lord and lift up His name.
He went from heaven to Earth to show the way
From the Earth to the Cross, my debt to pay
From the cross to the grave, from the grave to the sky
Lord I lift your name on high
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