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#GoodFriday thread 1/ #HearHim
Today's meaningful remembrance is the summation of the Savior’s trials, humiliation, and the events on Calvary. We study this crufixion with gratitude, appreciation & sadness, but we don’t reflect often about the details BETWEEN death & the tomb.
Today's meaningful remembrance is the summation of the Savior’s trials, humiliation, and the events on Calvary. We study this crufixion with gratitude, appreciation & sadness, but we don’t reflect often about the details BETWEEN death & the tomb.
#GoodFriday thread 2/ #HearHim
A person subjected to crucifixion would alternate between STANDING to relieve the suffocating force on the lungs & SINKING to try to assuage pain from the nails. Instinctively, gravity would compel him to lift himself in order to exhale excess...
A person subjected to crucifixion would alternate between STANDING to relieve the suffocating force on the lungs & SINKING to try to assuage pain from the nails. Instinctively, gravity would compel him to lift himself in order to exhale excess...
#GoodFriday thread 3/ #HearHim
...carbon dioxide built up in the lungs & blood. Christ had to ‘stand up’ through one of these pain cycles to voice each word he spoke – including the request to FORGIVE the soldiers. He SUFFERED for them in that moment very poignantly.
...carbon dioxide built up in the lungs & blood. Christ had to ‘stand up’ through one of these pain cycles to voice each word he spoke – including the request to FORGIVE the soldiers. He SUFFERED for them in that moment very poignantly.
#GoodFriday thread 4/ #HearHim
This was Friday afternoon, and timing was a factor in the crucifixion. Followers of the Savior wanted to prepare the body BEFORE the Sabbath for the sake of obedience to Sabbath work and worship.
This was Friday afternoon, and timing was a factor in the crucifixion. Followers of the Savior wanted to prepare the body BEFORE the Sabbath for the sake of obedience to Sabbath work and worship.
#GoodFriday thread 5/ #HearHim
Thus the soldiers would BREAK the bones in the LEGS of the crucified causing a terrifying but faster death by asphyxiation over the several minutes.
Thus the soldiers would BREAK the bones in the LEGS of the crucified causing a terrifying but faster death by asphyxiation over the several minutes.
#GoodFriday thread 6/ #HearHim
John 19:31-37 illuminates the significance and prophecies surrounding this event. Soldiers came to Golgotha and found the crucified thieves flanking Jesus to be yet alive, and they broke their legs accelerating their deaths.
John 19:31-37 illuminates the significance and prophecies surrounding this event. Soldiers came to Golgotha and found the crucified thieves flanking Jesus to be yet alive, and they broke their legs accelerating their deaths.
#GoodFriday thread 7/ #HearHim
Jesus appeared lifeless. They presumed him dead, and they INSTEAD put a spear into his side to verify. It’s important that this occurred AFTER Jesus willingly gave his life.
John found this noteworthy & alludes to scriptures in Exodus & Numbers...
Jesus appeared lifeless. They presumed him dead, and they INSTEAD put a spear into his side to verify. It’s important that this occurred AFTER Jesus willingly gave his life.
John found this noteworthy & alludes to scriptures in Exodus & Numbers...
#GoodFriday thread 8/ #HearHim
...indicating the SACRIFICIAL OFFERING in the law of Moses should be pure & WITHOUT BLEMISH or BROKEN BONE. This prophecy of the Lamb of God is fulfilled entirely.
...indicating the SACRIFICIAL OFFERING in the law of Moses should be pure & WITHOUT BLEMISH or BROKEN BONE. This prophecy of the Lamb of God is fulfilled entirely.
#GoodFriday thread 9/ #HearHim
Then we see John's reference to Zechariah 12:10 – wherein the Lord promises that He will protect Jerusalem from destruction & then the city ‘shall look upon me whom they have PIERCED, and they shall mourn….’
Then we see John's reference to Zechariah 12:10 – wherein the Lord promises that He will protect Jerusalem from destruction & then the city ‘shall look upon me whom they have PIERCED, and they shall mourn….’
#GoodFriday thread 10/ #HearHim
Another reference for Christ is Second Adam (or Last Adam). During the creation, while Adam slept, a rib was taken (literally or figuratively) from his side to form Eve, to whom he would be side-by-side, twain throughout their existence.
Another reference for Christ is Second Adam (or Last Adam). During the creation, while Adam slept, a rib was taken (literally or figuratively) from his side to form Eve, to whom he would be side-by-side, twain throughout their existence.
#GoodFriday thread 11/ #HearHim
In parallel, the spear scarred the side of the Savior signifiying his love for all men and particularly the Church, referred to often as his BRIDE in allegory.
In parallel, the spear scarred the side of the Savior signifiying his love for all men and particularly the Church, referred to often as his BRIDE in allegory.
#GoodFriday thread 12/ #HearHim
The piercing of Christ’s side spilled blood & water. When blood is spilled, the Earth cries as a witness against those that offended (2 Nephi 28:10). Why did this involve both water and blood? Christ had power over both these elements.
The piercing of Christ’s side spilled blood & water. When blood is spilled, the Earth cries as a witness against those that offended (2 Nephi 28:10). Why did this involve both water and blood? Christ had power over both these elements.
#GoodFriday thread 13/ #HearHim
Jehovah parts the Red Sea (water & blood both signified) to save Israel. Through Moses, the Lord changed the Nile to blood. Jesus turned barrels of water to wine. Today’s sacrament ordinance uses water to signify & remember Christ’s blood.
Jehovah parts the Red Sea (water & blood both signified) to save Israel. Through Moses, the Lord changed the Nile to blood. Jesus turned barrels of water to wine. Today’s sacrament ordinance uses water to signify & remember Christ’s blood.
#GoodFriday thread 14/ #HearHim
Christ’s suffering, sacrifice, and love for man is full of realism and symbolism. He KEPT the SEVEN scars received at the cross – a significant number symbolizing completion and spiritual perfection – on his witnessed resurrected body.
Christ’s suffering, sacrifice, and love for man is full of realism and symbolism. He KEPT the SEVEN scars received at the cross – a significant number symbolizing completion and spiritual perfection – on his witnessed resurrected body.
#GoodFriday thread 15/ #HearHim
He will show these to people in his house someday, and they’ll realize that HE IS the UNBLEMISHED OFFERING who was the ULTIMATE SACRIFICE having been pierced by those whom he called his friends.
He will show these to people in his house someday, and they’ll realize that HE IS the UNBLEMISHED OFFERING who was the ULTIMATE SACRIFICE having been pierced by those whom he called his friends.
#GoodFriday thread END/ #HearHim
And through him, the rightful King, death hath no sting, nor grave any victory. Because HE LIVES today, so will you again, and so will I.
Happy Easter!
And through him, the rightful King, death hath no sting, nor grave any victory. Because HE LIVES today, so will you again, and so will I.
Happy Easter!
