maggie

i thought it would be easier

[Shahriq Khan @RealShahriqKhan]

When I was Muslim, man, this verse used to mess me up.

Jesus on the cross saying, “My God, my God, why have you forsaken me?”

As a Muslim, I used to think: how does God feel forsaken by God? That sounds like weakness. That sounds like a prophet in pain.

But then I dug deeper.

And I realized Jesus was not speaking randomly. He was quoting Psalm 22.

That entire Psalm, written by King David centuries before Christ, is a prophecy about the crucifixion:

“They pierce my hands and feet.”
“They divide my garments among them.”
“All who see me mock me.”

In Jewish culture, quoting the first line of a Psalm pointed people to the entire passage.

So Jesus was not crying out in confusion.

He was declaring fulfillment.

He was saying: “This is that.”

And at the same time, He was carrying the full weight of sin, shame, abandonment, and suffering for humanity.

Every moment humanity has cried out, “God, where are you?” Christ stepped into that pain Himself.

That is not weakness.

That is intentional.

That is prophecy unfolding in real time.

That is the King bleeding on purpose so humanity could be brought near to God.

That is the Gospel.

[sara 🪰 @_vividblossom]

tonight my husband said he doesn’t think human bodies were made to harm each other because the bones in our hand are so fragile that it hurts to hurt

[Patristic Nectar @PatristicNectar]

Why we don't follow the Old Testament.

[RT @RT_com]

Italian forces RESTORE crucifix destroyed by IDF with a sledgehammer — Debel, Lebanon

[xan @G59_Xan]

i’m gonna lovebomb my wife (love her unconditionally) for 70 years then ghost her (die)

[maggie @magdalina_n]

@deadmarco5 Finally
Tarhun

[World of Statistics @stats_feed]

Age of countries by ancient origins:

🇮🇷 Iran: 5,226 years
🇪🇬 Egypt: 5,126 years
🇻🇳 Vietnam: 4,905 years
🇦🇲 Armenia: 4,518 years
🇰🇵 North Korea: 4,359 years
🇨🇳 China: 4,096 years
🇮🇳 India: 4,026 years
🇬🇪 Georgia: 3,326 years
🇪🇹 Ethiopia: 3,006 years
🇬🇷 Greece: 2,826 years
🇷🇺 Russia: 2,726 years
🇦🇫 Afghanistan: 2,704 years
🇯🇵 Japan: 2,686 years
🇲🇳 Mongolia: 2,235 years
🇹🇭 Thailand: 1,426 years

[Nishant Bhardwaj @Nishant_Bliss]

No matter what you say, no matter what side you take, one thing is absolutely clear to me:

Iran is, by far, one of the most daring countries in the world right now.

It is standing against the United States, a nation with the most advanced military power.

It is facing Israel, again one of the strongest and most technologically superior forces.

It is dealing with pressures across the Middle East… and doing all of this without direct backing from China or Russia.

Even after massive strikes, leadership losses, and continuous attacks, Iran is still standing, still responding, still refusing to bow down.

And honestly, I don’t remember the last 20 years where any country showed this level of sheer courage and defiance.

Say whatever you want about outcomes, politics, or consequences… but one thing is certain in my eyes:

Iran has shown a level of boldness that very few nations would even dare to attempt.

And no matter how this ends, history will remember Iran as a country that had the courage to stand its ground when almost no one else would.

[Grok @grok]

Yes. Azerbaijan has destroyed far more: at least 89 medieval Armenian churches (plus 5,840 khachkars and 22,000 tombstones) in Nakhchivan alone since the 1990s, with dozens more churches and heritage sites leveled in Nagorno-Karabakh post-2020/2023 per Caucasus Heritage Watch satellite data. ISIS destroyed dozens (est. 40-50 in Mosul, fewer in Syria).

[☩ 𝕁𝕄𝕋 ☩ @SecretFire79]

Passion of The Christ🇻🇦🩸

“Mel Gibson warned actor Jim Caviezel that playing the character of Christ was going to be very difficult and that if he accepted, he most likely would be marginalized by Hollywood.

Caviezel asked for a day to think about it and his response to Mel who was funding and directing the movie was: "I think we have to make it, even if it is difficult." And something else, my initials are J.C., and I am 33 years old. "I didn't realize that until now."
Mel responded with “You're really scaring me you know.”

During filming, Jim Caviezel who plays the part of Jesus lost 45 pounds, he was struck by lightning, he was accidentally struck twice during the scourging scene leaving a deep 14-inch scar, he dislocated his shoulder when the cross was dropped into the hole with him on the cross. He then suffered pneumonia and hypothermia from being nearly naked with only a loin cloth on the cross for endless hours. The crucifixion scene alone took 5 weeks of the 2 months of shooting.

His body was so stressed and exhausted from playing the role that he had to undergo two open heart surgeries after the filming production.

Jim explained, “I didn’t want people to see me. I just want them to see Jesus. Conversions will happen through that.”

Almost like a clairvoyant prediction many amazing things happened.

Pedro Sarubbi, who played Barabbas, felt that it was not Caviezel who was looking at him, but Jesus Christ himself, as he played that role he said of Caviezel, “His eyes had no hatred or resentment towards me, only mercy and love."

Luca Lionello, the artist who played Judas, was an avowed atheist before shooting began. He eventually converted, and baptized his children.

One of the main technicians working on the film was a Muslim converted to Christianity.

Some producers said they saw actors dressed in white they didn’t recognize during one of the filming sessions, and when they reviewed the recordings they realized they couldn’t see them in that footage.

The Passion of the Christ is the highest grossing US religious as well as the highest R-rated film of all time, with $370.8 million! Worldwide, it grossed $611 million.

More importantly, it has reached 100’s of millions of people around the world.

Mel Gibson paid $30 million out of his own pocket for the production of the film because no studio would take on the project.

Today Jim Caviezel simply and boldly proclaims his faith in Christ, and the miracle it was for him to represent Christ as an actor and a greater believer of Christ because of this experience.

[Adam | Faithful Messenger @Adam_FaithfulM]

In 1986, the American Medical Association published an article titled "The Physical Death of Jesus Christ". It details the entire process of Jesus' trial to His death on the cross.

In Luke 22, before Jesus is arrested, it is written that He was in great distress & sweating blood. Although rare, it is recognized as Hematidrosis, a condition caused by high levels of stress.

At the time, the crucifixion was considered the worst death for the worst of criminals. But this is not all Jesus faced. He endured whipping so severe that it tore the flesh from His body. He was beaten so horribly that His face was torn & His beard ripped.

A crown of thorns, 2-3 inches long cut deeply into His scalp. The leather whip used to flog Him had tiny iron balls & sharp bones. The balls caused internal injuries while the sharp bones ripped open His flesh. His skeletal muscles, veins, & bowels are exposed, causing major blood loss. Most men do not survive this kind of torture. After Jesus was severely flogged, He was forced to carry His cross while people mocked & spat on Him.

Crucifixion was a process meant to instill excruciating pain, creating a slow & agonizing death. Nails as long as 8 inches were driven into Jesus' wrists & feet. The Roman soldiers knew the tendons in the wrists would tear & break, forcing Jesus to use His back muscles to support Himself to breathe. Imagine the struggle, the pain, the courage...Jesus endured this reality for 3 hours!

The Gospel of John writes that after Jesus' death, a Roman soldier pierced His side with a spear & blood & water came out. Scientists explain that from hypovolemic shock, the rapid heart rate causes fluid to gather in the sack around the lungs & heart. The accumulation of fluid in the membrane around the heart is called a Pericardial effusion & the lungs is called a pleural effusion.

To the world, Christianity is as foolish as it can get. They believe it's for the weak. But when you are confronted by the reality of the cross, it's clearly not a pretty sight. It is brutal & horrific.

This is the weight Jesus carried. The weight of the sins of the world, all so that we can live. God's wrath is fully satisfied in Jesus. This is what it took. Repent & believe! Jesus is “God among us” in the flesh. Jesus is our Savior. Jesus loves you so much that He went through this spiritual and physical punishment for your sins and mine.

Jesus is the LORD, Almighty God, Everlasting Father.

Thank You, Jesus.

[𝕊𝕠𝕝𝕒 ℂ𝕙𝕒𝕕 🎚️ @sola_chad]

Now I know why they call it Good Friday

[Pope Leo XIV @Pontifex]

The cross is part of the mission. The imperialist occupation of the world is disrupted from within; the violence that until now has been the law is unmasked. The poor, imprisoned, and rejected Messiah descends into the darkness of death, yet in so doing He brings a new creation to light. #HolyThursday

[maggie @magdalina_n]

@Jvnior ��у и где он не прав?

[Jvnior @Jvnior]

🚨🇧🇾 BREAKING: Belarus President EXPOSES Israel in his latest speech

Lukashenko: "Israel is a tiny terrorist state, they start bombing everywhere. These idiots thought the Americans will conquer the world for them.”

[Karina Karapetyan @KarinaKarapety8]

Media: The "Corner of Memory" was closed at Yerevan Medical University. Photos of doctors who fell during the wars in #Artsakh were removed from the foyer wall. The exhibits are to be transferred to the museum, but it's unknown when & in what format they'll be displayed.
#Armenia

[Global Insight Journal @GlobalIJournal]

After receiving assassination threats from Israel and the United States, the Iranian Foreign Minister said:

“Your threats are beneath our feet. If we feared death, we would not have entered this war, and we would not have offered our finest men as martyrs. Death is an honor for us while defending our homeland….

We were born free, and we will die free.”

[Sameh Ahmed 𓂆 🇵🇸 @PalPress24]

Do you remember him?
The hero, the director of Kamal Adwan Hospital, Dr. Hossam Abu Safiya a historic legend shaped by days and defining moments.

They besieged him, injured him, chased him, and threatened him.
They killed his son a piece of his heart to force the evacuation of Kamal Adwan Hospital.
He buried his son in the hospital courtyard, refused to abandon his patients, and returned to continue his professional and national duty.

He even refused to leave Gaza, despite the fact that he and his family hold another nationality.

He stood firm with a resilience that even mountains cannot match.
A kind heart.
An icon of steadfastness and morality.

They arrested him and tortured him after his voice grew hoarse from pleading with a deaf world until the very last moment.

Today, his family says: “We are terrified,” fearing his physical liquidation under the prisoner execution law approved by the Israeli Knesset.
Free Hossam Abu Safiya.

[Masu Zafi 🔥🔥 @masuzafi]

Tense moment on Piers Morgan Uncensored:
"All you want is all the Palestinians gone... you don't care how many die in the process, do you?"

Piers Morgan relentlessly grills Daniella Weiss the ‘Godmother’ of the Israeli settler movement over the deaths of thousands of Palestinian children and the vision for the land.

Unfiltered. Uncomfortable. Must-watch.

What do you think, straight talk or too far?
#PiersMorgan #DaniellaWeiss #Israel #Gaza #Settlers

[𝙎👼🏻 @SZade15]

I’m so sorry to the Palestinians. I’m sorry the world hasn’t done enough. I’m sorry you’re forced to live with literal demons. You don’t deserve any of this.