Who Was That on the Cross?
- Jeff Kent
- Sep 22
- 2 min read
One aspect of execution by crucifixion was its shame and humiliation. The one to be crucified was led through the streets by the execution squad - a type of parade. The charges against the man were displayed and onlookers would yell taunts and curses at the condemned. The crucifixion was public. Crowds came to watch the condemned suffer and die. In the case of Jesus, many of His detractors taunted Him and yelled abuses while He hung on the cross. The soldiers, the rulers of the Jews, the chief priests and scribes, even some of the people reviled Jesus in this way.
If you are the Son of God ... If you are the Christ ... If He is the King of Israel ... “let Him now come down from the cross, and we will believe in Him.”
Just who was that on the cross?
* He was the Babe laid in a manger.
* He was the son of Mary.
* He was the answer to Gabriel’s prophecy.
* He was Immanuel.
* He was the carpenter from Galilee.
* He was the Man who spoke like no other man.
* He was the Man who healed every person brought to Him.
* He was the Creator of all things.
* He was the Word of God.
* He was the promised Seed who would crush the serpent’s head
* He was God’s suffering Servant.
* He was the King of the Jews.
* He was the Light to the Gentiles.
* He was the Lamb of God.
* He was the Savior of the world.
* He was the longed-for Messiah, the Christ of God.
* He was the Son of Man.
* He was the Son of God.
* HE WAS GOD! And He still is!
><> Jeff
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