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God: "I looked for someone to take a stand for me, and stand in the gap" (Ezekiel 22:30)

A death by crucifixion seems to include all that pain and death can have of the horrible and ghastly – dizziness, cramp, thirst, starvation, sleeplessness, traumatic fever, shame, publicity of shame, long continuous torment, horror of anticipation, mortification of intended wounds – all intensified just up to the point at which they can be endured at all, but all stopping just short of the point which would give to the sufferer the relief of unconsciousness. The unnatural position made every movement painful; the lacerated veins and crushed tendons throbbed with incessant anguish; the wounds, inflamed by exposure, gradually gangrene; the arteries – especially at the head and stomach – became swollen and oppressed with surcharged blood, and while each variety of misery went on gradually increasing, there was added to them the intolerable pang of a burning and raging thirst, and all these physical complications caused an internal excitement and anxiety, which made the prospect of death itself – of death, the unknown enemy, at whose approach man usually shudders most – bear the aspect of a delicious and exquisite release. One thing is clear. The 1st century executions were not like the modern ones, for they did not seek a quick, painless death or the preservation of any measure of dignity for the criminal. On the contrary, they sought an agonizing torture which completely humiliated him. And it is important that we understand this, for it helps us realize the agony of Christ's death.
Frederick Farrar

You can do more than pray, after you have prayed, but you can never do more than pray until you have prayed.
Adoniram Gordon

    • Bible – English_World – Psalms Chapter 116:1-19.

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    116:1 I love Yahweh, because he listens to my voice, And my cries for mercy.

    116:2 Because he has turned his ear to me, Therefore I will call on him as long as I live.

    116:3 The cords of death surrounded me, The pains of Sheol got a hold of me. I found trouble and sorrow.

    116:4 Then called I on the name of Yahweh: “Yahweh, I beg you, deliver my soul.”

    116:5 Gracious is Yahweh, and righteous; Yes, our God is merciful.

    116:6 Yahweh preserves the simple. I was brought low, and he saved me.

    116:7 Return to your rest, my soul, For Yahweh has dealt bountifully with you.

    116:8 For you have delivered my soul from death, My eyes from tears, And my feet from falling.

    116:9 I will walk before Yahweh in the land of the living.

    116:10 I believed, therefore I said, “I was greatly afflicted.”

    116:11 I said in my haste, “All men are liars.”

    116:12 What will I give to Yahweh for all his benefits toward me?

    116:13 I will take the cup of salvation, and call on the name of Yahweh.

    116:14 I will pay my vows to Yahweh, Yes, in the presence of all his people.

    116:15 Precious in the sight of Yahweh is the death of his saints.

    116:16 Yahweh, truly I am your servant. I am your servant, the son of your handmaid. You have freed me from my chains.

    116:17 I will offer to you the sacrifice of thanksgiving, And will call on the name of Yahweh.

    116:18 I will pay my vows to Yahweh, Yes, in the presence of all his people,

    116:19 In the courts of Yahweh’s house, In the midst of you, Jerusalem. Praise Yah!

     


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