So I watched "The Passion of the Christ" last night. And I am on my back deck tonight thinking.
Think about this.
In the movie, they have beaten him to near death and when they first take him to his cross, Jesus clings to it, and the thief chastised him for embracing his own cross. Mocking him for doing so.
Then Christ gave all he had to carry that cross which weighed as much as him.. They beat him while he did. It came to the point that his physical body couldn't carry it any longer, so a man was ordered to carry it with him. Yet Christ still clung to the cross.
Do you know why?
Because he knew at the other end of that short journey was OUR freedom. Not his.... OURS..... with every single step, with every drop of blood, with every single tear, he knew he was one moment closer to being at the right hand of the Father and his mission complete to free us all.
The man embraced the cross. Begged God to forgive the men nailing him to it. Begged God to forgive those that had beaten him with whips and canes and hammered a crown of thorns on his head.
He embraced it all.... for US......
And now, when times get hard and life gets even slightly uncomfortable, we claim that "God isn't listening and won't take my burden" as if we even know what a real burden is...
How many times would we cling to the proverbial cross for another and suffer as he did to free them from the pain? Would we ever do it at all? Maybe for our own child? Maybe?
As you lay down tonight, pray a prayer of thanks. Not for the normal things. Not tonight. Tonight, pray a special prayer of thanks that he held on to that cross and carried it as far as his mortal body would allow... because that took more dedication than any of us could give for anyone.
By the time you wake up in the morning, he will have risen, 2000 years ago. He will have beat death. 2000 years ago, all the sin you and I will ever commit was paid for because he clung to that cross like it was a lifeline.... not for him... But for you and me.
UPDATE: Dr. Jennifer Lincoln was notified by Kaiser Permanente her six-month contract would not be extended. It ended Friday.
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I believe I was who first brought this video to light on 𝕏 and it’s great to see my efforts resulted in a little bit of good for humanity.
The Burial of Jesus🇻🇦
Most people rush past the burial of Jesus to get to the Resurrection, but if you slow down and sit in this moment, you will realize something powerful. The Son of God did not just die. He was carried, wrapped, and placed into a real tomb. Not a symbol. Not a metaphor. A cold, sealed place where dead bodies go. And that changes everything.
After Jesus breathed His last on the cross, a man named Joseph, of Arimathea stepped forward. He was a respected member of the council, someone who had been waiting for the kingdom of God. He went boldly to Pilate and asked for the body of Jesus. This alone is significant because aligning yourself with Jesus at that moment was risky. The crowds had turned. The leaders had condemned Him. Yet Joseph stepped in, took the body, wrapped it in clean linen, and laid Him in his own new tomb that had been cut out of rock. This is recorded in Matthew 27:59–60 and John 19:40–42.
Nicodemus, who once came to Jesus at night, now shows up in the open carrying a mixture of myrrh and aloes. About seventy-five pounds worth. That is not a casual burial. That is the kind of preparation given to royalty. They wrapped Jesus according to Jewish burial customs. Every detail matters. The same body that had been beaten, pierced, and crucified was now carefully handled and laid to rest.
This moment confirmed something the world needed to know. Jesus truly died. There was no illusion. No survival. No near-death experience. His body was lifeless. The burial removes every argument that tries to say He only fainted or somehow escaped. The Gospel stands on the reality that He fully entered death.
But here is where it goes deeper than most people realize. The tomb was new. No one had ever been laid in it before. That means there was no confusion about whose body it was. No mixture of remains. No possibility of misidentification. Heaven was removing every shadow of doubt before the Resurrection ever happened.
Even more, the act of wrapping Him in linen speaks louder than we think. Earlier in His life, when Lazarus came out of the tomb, he came out still wrapped in grave clothes and needed others to remove them. But when Jesus would rise, the grave clothes would be left behind. This burial is setting up a contrast. What holds humanity in death cannot hold Him.
Through the finished work of Jesus, this burial was not just the end of His life. It was the burial of sin itself. Scripture says He bore our sins in His body. That means when His body was laid in that tomb, everything that separated humanity from God was being put away with Him. Not managed. Not covered temporarily. Put away.
For us today, this means your old life has already been buried with Christ. You are not trying to bury your past. You are not trying to clean yourself up enough for God to accept you. In Him, your old identity has already been carried to the tomb. This is why Romans 6:4 says we were buried with Him through baptism into death, so that just as Christ was raised, we too might walk in newness of life.
Practically, this changes how you deal with guilt, shame, and past mistakes. When those thoughts come, you do not wrestle with them trying to fix yourself. You remind yourself that what you are being accused of has already been buried. It has already been placed in the tomb with Jesus. You are not that person anymore.
And this is where rest comes in. You do not have to strive to become new. You are living from what has already been finished. Just like His body was fully placed in that tomb, your old life was fully dealt with. Nothing was left undone. You can rest knowing that when the stone was rolled in front of that tomb, it was not just sealing His body inside. It was sealing your old life away for good.
Our Lord Jesus Christ has died, and is now buried.
But Sunday is coming🇻🇦
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Le maire de New York surpris en train de prier pour la capture du pilote américain abattu par l'Iran
« Une victoire pour Allah » *
SCANDALE : Le maire de New York, Zohran Mamdani, a été enregistré à son insu dans une mosquée du Queens en train de prier pour que le régime iranien capture et prenne en otage le pilote américain abattu — qualifiant cela de « victoire pour Allah » et de victoire divine pour la République islamique.
Alors que de courageux pilotes américains risquent leur vie en défendant leur liberté, leur propre maire est à genoux dans l'espoir de leur capture. Ce n'est rien de moins qu'une propagande islamique radicale traître de la part du dirigeant de la plus grande ville d'Amérique.
Le président Trump a critiqué l'indignation, appelant à des enquêtes fédérales immédiates et nous rappelant pourquoi les politiques d'America First sont plus urgentes que jamais.
Combien plus de dégâts seront radicaux
Les démocrates le font avant que les New-Yorkais ne l'admettent enfin - nous avons fait une terrible erreur❓
Ce n'est pas notre maire ‼️
#Trump2024 #AmericaFirst #NewYorkMayor
Muhammad’s own cousin, Ubayd Jahsh, left Islam in 615 AD and converted to Christianity after realizing Muhammad was a false prophet perpetrating one of the world’s biggest scams!
@BillMelugin_@FoxNews We gave a GREEN CARD to the niece of the man who killed hundreds of American soldiers.
She traveled back to Iran FOUR TIMES after claiming asylum.
FOUR TIMES.
How many more are in the system? Audit every single claim under auto-pen Biden.
Karl Marx's body is in his grave, London.
Nietzsche's body is in his grave, Lützen
Muhammad's body is in his grave, Medina
Buddha's body is in his grave, Pingliang
But, if you travel to Christ's grave in Jerusalem, it's empty, & has been for 2,000 years.
Here it is:
Italy-Gate: Barack Hussein Obama and Matteo Renzi, former Prime Minister of Italy, orchestrated the overthrow of the U.S. government on November 3, 2020.
The single most damning testimony of the 2020 Presidential election.
Maria Zack: “Today, I’m going to play an audio tape that should shock you all. It will shock America.
Stephen Serrafini, along with General Claudio Graziano, a board member of Leonardo Aerospace, were involved. Italian intelligence provided the U.S. with documents, calls, and photos of CIA agents—all funded by Barack Obama, who diverted $400 million in cash sent to Iran, funneling it through Dubai to operatives in Italy and Merrill Lynch in Switzerland.
Affidavits and Evidence:
1. An affidavit delivered to the U.S. Congress from an Italian defense company employee, confessing on November 3, 2020.
2. An affidavit provided to Congress stating: “Work to change the results of the United States election.” Audio evidence was also acquired from within the CIA and the State Department—Larry Johnson.
Maria Zack:
“Italian Intelligence Services. She said, uncle, Arturo came home and said he doesn’t understand why we’re stealing America’s election.”
“The Italian Intelligence Services reached out to us on November 18. They said something happened. We’re watching a coup d’état in the United States of America. They were fearful of meeting with anyone. Two affidavits were delivered to Congress, and they came from Italian citizens.”
“Intelligence agencies had been trying to reach out because their country had already fallen. That is what is happening around the world. Intelligence agencies are watching corruption enter their countries, buying off politicians, hiding evidence, and using fraud to seize property—and, in some instances, entire countries.”
“Today, I’m going to play an audio tape that should shock you all. It will shock America.”
“A defense contracting firm experienced unusual activity, with people coming in and out that the intelligence services witnessed—people traveling from Frankfurt into the Italian U.S. Embassy in Rome on Via Veneto. This allowed individuals to come forward and, according to Italian intelligence services, work with Leonardo to change the results of the United States election.”
“Even more frightening, they claim there were 47 to 52 presidential elections worldwide affected. They now have over 200 telemetry experts who speak multiple foreign languages. What you are witnessing is a calculated attempt to take down presidencies and control countries.”
“The audio you are about to hear (audio recording, 4:27 mark) comes from an individual who is a member of the CIA and State Department. His name is Larry Johnson. Many of you may not know, but I personally hand-delivered a letter to Donald Trump on Christmas Eve 2020, detailing who stole the election, where, and how. My primary goal was to bring one of the people from the satellite center, Arturo Della, to America because he was willing to testify.”
“There were people who refused to assist, whom I thought would. But what was most shocking was this voice recording, which I will play now” (audio recording, 4:27 mark).
📝 In other words: you thought 2016 was seditious? Wait for @DNIGabbard to declassify 2020. 2016 was just an attempted overthrow; 2020 was the overthrow.
As Jesus hung on the cross on Good Friday, He spoke seven times. Each word was deliberate. Each word was profound. Here is what He said:
1. “Father, forgive them, they know not what they do.” (Luke 23:34)
He said this while the soldiers were still nailing Him to the cross. Not after. While it was happening. His first words from the cross were a prayer for the people killing Him.
2. “Amen, I say to you, today you will be with me in Paradise.” (Luke 23:43)
The last person Jesus saved before He died was a convicted criminal hanging next to Him. The Church recognizes him as Saint Dismas. He asked only to be remembered. Jesus gave him Paradise.
3. “Woman, behold your son. Behold your mother.” (John 19:26-27)
Nailed to the cross, Jesus looked down and entrusted His mother to John. The Church holds that in this moment Jesus was not only providing for Mary personally. He was giving her as Mother to all of humanity.
4. “My God, my God, why have you forsaken me?” (Matthew 27:46)
The only time Jesus called God “God” instead of “Father.” He was quoting Psalm 22, written by King David 1,000 years earlier. The Church is clear: this was not despair. Psalm 22 begins in suffering but ends in total triumph. Jesus was pointing His listeners to the whole psalm.
5. “I thirst.” (John 19:28)
Two words. The Creator of all water, dying of thirst. Catholic teaching holds that His thirst was not only physical but a thirst for souls. Saint Teresa of Calcutta built her entire mission around these two words.
6. “It is finished.” (John 19:30)
In Latin: “Consummatum est.” The debt was paid in full. The Old Covenant fulfilled. The sacrifice complete. He bowed His head and died.
7. “Father, into your hands I commend my spirit.” (Luke 23:46)
His last breath was a prayer to the Father. He came from the Father. He returned to the Father. He brought us with Him.
No greater love has ever been shown.
Peru just made a COLOSSAL crucified Jesus sand sculpture on a public beach…bigger than your average Woke Pride Float…while the West bans Christianity and calls it ‘progress’.
The South is destroying the Godless Elites into an oblivion.
I understand there's a lot going on...
But can someone at the DOJ help me find out why DOZENS of donations were made in my name to ACT BLUE Democrats in KANSAS...
...when I've NEVER been to Kansas or donated to any political candidate in my entire life?
Something is up...