BIBLE STUDY LESSON 14

SERIES T --- THE ADONAI OF LIFE

THE CROSS

YESHUA IS CRUCIFIED

From Matthew 27:35-56; Mark 15:24-41; Luke 23:33-49; John 19:18-30

With one criminal at His left and another at His right, Yeshua was crucified on a hill called Golgotha, which meant, {The Skull.} Yeshua prayed, [Abba, forgive them; for they do not know what they are doing.] Beneath the cross the Roman soldiers divided Yeshua’ clothing into four parts, one part for each of them. But they decided to throw dice for His cloak, for it was seamless, and they did not want to tear it. This fulfilled the prophecy, [They divided My clothing and cast lots for My cloak.] Yeshua was crucified about nine o’clock in the morning. Pilate had a sign nailed on His cross that read, [Yeshua of Nazareth, King of the Jews,] written in Hebrew, Latin and Greek. The chief priests and rulers had argued with Pilate, [Don’t call Him the King of the Jews! Say instead that He claimed to be the king of the Jews.] But Pilate responded, [What I have written, I have written!] Some of the people near the cross shook their heads and ridiculed Yeshua. [You thought You could destroy the temple and rebuild it in three days! If You are YHVH’s Son, come down from the cross and save Yourself.] The chief priests and rulers also mocked Yeshua. [He saved others, but He cannot save Himself. If He is the King of Israel, let Him come down from the cross and we will believe in Him. He trusted YHVH; why doesn’t YHVH deliver Him? Did He not claim to be YHVH’s Son?] One of the robbers who was crucified with Yeshua joined in the mockery. [If You are the Son of YHVH, save Yourself and us,] he chided. But the other robber rebuked the first. [Don’t you, a condemned criminal, fear YHVH? We deserve to die because of our crimes, but this Man does not, for He has done nothing wrong.] This man turned to Yeshua and said, [Yeshua, remember me when You come into Your Kingdom.] Yeshua replied, [I promise that you will be with Me today in paradise.] Standing near Yeshua’ cross were His mother, His mother’s sister, Mary the wife of Cleopas and Mary Magdalene. When Yeshua saw His mother standing with John, He said to her [John is now your son,] and to John He said, [She is now your mother.] From that time on, Mary went to live in John’s home. From noon until three o’clock that afternoon, darkness came across the entire land. About three o’clock, Yeshua cried out with a loud voice, [Eloi, Eloi, lama sabachthani?] which meant, [My YHVH, My YHVH, why have You forsaken Me?] Some thought He called for Elijah to come to rescue Him. Yeshua recognized that the work He had come to do on the cross was almost finished, so He cried out, [I thirst!] Someone dipped a sponge in a vessel filled with vinegar, and put it on a reed to lift it to His mouth. [Stop! Let’s see first if Elijah comes to rescue Him,] said some others. When the vinegar was given to Yeshua, He cried out with a loud voice, [It is finished! Father into Your hands I commit My Spirit.] When He said this, He died. The veil of the temple, separating the Holy Place and the Holy of Holies, was torn from top to bottom, the earth shook, and rocks split. Tombs opened and many godly men and women arose from the dead. After Yeshua arose from the dead, these people left the cemetery and appeared to many people in Jerusalem. When the centurion and his men, who had guarded Yeshua, saw the earthquake and other amazing signs, they were frightened. [This Man certainly was the Son of YHVH,] they said. There were a number of women present at Yeshua’ crucifixion, watching from a distance. They had followed Yeshua from Galilee, ministering to Him. Among them were Mary Magdalene, Mary the mother of James and Joseph, and the mother of James and John, sons of Zebedee.

COMMENTARY

GOLGOTHA

The Gospels say that Yeshua was crucified on a hill outside the walls of Jerusalem, but the precise location of the spot remains unsettled. The disagreement centres on two different places. The Church of the Holy Sepulchre has been honoured as the site of the crucifixion for many hundreds of years. But some have raised doubts that the rock underneath the church’s altar is truly part of the bill of Golgotha, and point to another location that is not in the heart of the Old City. Outside the walls of modern Jerusalem, a short distance from the Damascus Gate, another bill was noticed in the nineteenth century. This hill matches the description in the Bible. [Golgotha] is related to a word that means {skull,} and the skull-shaped rock with its nearby tomb seems to confirm the belief that this is the place of Yeshua’ death and burial. Most historians and archaeologists, however, still accept the Church of the Holy Sepulchre as the correct location. It has been identified as the area of Yeshua’ death by an ancient believer’s tradition that goes back to before the second century. Only ten years after Yeshua’ death, Herod Agrippa enlarged the walls of Jerusalem. The new wall included the hill of Golgotha within its boundaries. But the site was not built upon because it was considered unclean by the Jews as a former place of execution, and holy by the believers as the place of Yeshua’ crucifixion. If the believers marked the spot in some way, later events destroyed it. Two Jewish rebellions against the Romans brought double destruction to the city. To prevent further rebellions, the emperor Hadrian expelled the Jews from Jerusalem in 135 A.D. Because the early believers were Jewish by birth, they were included in the ban. When at last they were able to return, they found that Hadrian had built a temple to Roman gods over the place where Golgotha once stood. Hadrian’s temple covered Golgotha for two hundred years. During that time, the believers passed the knowledge of the hill’s location from one generation to the next. Not until 335 A.D. was the hill of Golgotha uncovered. Constantine, the first believing emperor, decided to tear down the pagan temple and build a church on the scene of Yeshua’ great sacrifice. The builders discovered that Golgotha had not been levelled; it was only covered and surrounded by loose dirt. The site was enshrined beneath the Church of the Holy Sepulchre where today it can be seen -- and touched -- through an opening in a silver disc on the church floor.

7.1.23 Sabbath Service
Baalim and the Church's false Messiah

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THIS WEEK
Pinchas פִּינְחָס
Phinehas

Torah : Numbers 25:10-30:1
Prophets : Jeremiah 1:1-2:3
Gospel : John 2:13-22

Portion Outline

Torah
Numbers 25:10 The Zeal of Phinehas
Numbers 26:1 A Census of the New Generation
Numbers 27:1 The Daughters of Zelophehad
Numbers 27:12 Joshua Appointed Moses' Successor
Numbers 28:1 Daily Offerings
Numbers 28:9 Sabbath Offerings
Numbers 28:11 Monthly Offerings
Numbers 28:16 Offerings at Passover
Numbers 28:26 Offerings at the Festival of Weeks
Numbers 29:1 Offerings at the Festival of Trumpets
Numbers 29:7 Offerings on the Day of Atonement
Numbers 29:12 Offerings at the Festival of Booths

Prophets
1Ki 18:41 The Drought Ends
1Ki 19:1 Elijah Flees from Jezebel
1Ki 19:11 Elijah Meets God at Horeb
1Ki 19:19 Elisha Becomes Elijah's Disciple

Cada dia que passa fico mais estressado com esse mundo, e vendo que aqui nada deixa de ser corropido pelo mal...

"If ye forgive not men their trespasses, neither will your Father forgive your trespasses."

Mt 6

Colossians 2 is often interpreted to mean God doesn't care if his people keep any of his appointed times (Sabbath, Passover, etc.), but is that really a reasonable interpretation? Can God's commandments be called "philosophy and empty deceit"?

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Zealotry isn't an excuse for lawlessness. You don't get to abuse people just because you're passionate about something, no matter how good a cause you think it to be. "Love your neighbor" is an overriding principle in Scripture and "God knows my heart" isn't an excuse to ignore his commandments regarding how to treat other people.
#torah #biblestudy

BIBLE STUDY LESSON 13

SERIES T --- THE ADONAI OF LIFE

THE WAY OF THE CROSS

ON THE WAY TO THE CROSS

From Matthew 27:27-34; Mark 15:16-23; Luke 23:26-33; John 19:16, 17

After Yeshua was delivered to be crucified, the Roman soldiers took Him back into the Praetorium where they gathered the entire Roman Cohort. They stripped Yeshua, and put a kingly robe upon Him and a crown of thorns, and placing a reed in His right hand as a mock sceptre, they knelt before Him to ridicule Him. [Hail, King of the Jews!] they mocked, hitting His head with the reed and spitting on Him. They also bowed before Him in mock worship. When the soldiers finished mocking Yeshua, they took the kingly robe from Him, put on His other garments, and led Him to be crucified. Along the way, they forced Simon of Cyrene, father of Alexander and Rufus, to carry Yeshua’ cross. Simon had just arrived from the countryside. Crowds of people followed, with women mourning and weeping for Him. But Yeshua told the women, [Do not weep for Me, daughters of Jerusalem, but weep for yourselves and your children. A time is coming when women with no children will be more fortunate than those with children. People will beg the mountains to fall on them and cover them. If men treat Me, the source of life, this way, how will they treat you?] Two others, who were criminals, were led away with Yeshua to be put to death with Him at a hill called Golgotha, which meant, {The Skull.} There they crucified Yeshua and the two criminals, one at His right and the other at His left. Yeshua was offered wine mingled with myrrh, a drug to dull the senses and relieve the pain, but He refused to take it.

COMMENTARY

THE VIA DOLOROSA

From the Antonia fortress, where Pilate condemned Him to die, Yeshua went through the city streets to Golgotha. The path He followed has come to be known as the Via Dolorosa, the {Way of Sorrows.} The traditional route of the Via Dolorosa assumes that Golgotha was at the site now occupied by the Church of the Holy Sepulchre. Many believers through the ages have accepted this route, and this location of Golgotha as the authentic ones. Many believers accept the site known as {Gordon’s Calvary} as the authentic place of Yeshua’ crucifixion. This is just north, and slightly to the east, of the Damascus Gate, adjoining the lovely garden which is considered by many to be the garden tomb where Yeshua was buried. No one knows for sure which route is correct. But in either situation, the route that Yeshua followed is not at street level today, for the streets of Old Jerusalem are built upon the rubble of past centuries. The street level of Yeshua’ day would be about eight to ten feet below today’s streets.

VIA DOLOROSA -- THE WAY OF SORROWS

STATION ONE
Today three modern buildings cover the place where the Antonia fortress once stood. Although the first two stations are now on opposite sides of the street, they both commemorate events which took place in the courtyard of the Antonia. The first station on the grounds of the El-Omariye School marks the traditional site of Yeshua’ condemnation by Pilate.

STATION TWO
The second station is opposite the El-Omariye School in the Franciscan Bible School. According to tradition, this is the place where Yeshua was commanded to pick up His cross.

STATION THREE
Although the Gospels do not tell us that Yeshua fell under the weight of the cross, tradition has fixed this incident on the spot marked today by the Polish Chapel.

STATION FOUR
Mary was present at her Son’s crucifixion, but the New Testament does not mention where she joined the sad procession that followed behind Yeshua. The fourth station marks the traditional place where Mary stood when she saw her Son carrying His cross on the way to Golgotha.

STATION FIVE
The fifth station commemorates Simon of Cyrene. Although he was only an innocent passerby, the Roman soldiers forced him to carry the heavy cross when Yeshua became too weak to bear it Himself.

STATION SIX
According to an ancient believer’s legend, Veronica, one of the women who followed Yeshua, risked the blows of the Roman guards in order to wipe the blood and sweat from Yeshua’ face.

STATION SEVEN
At this spot tradition has located Yeshua’ second fall when He had become too weak to take another step. During the first century a gate stood near this spot. Through it the road led out of Jerusalem and past the hill of Golgotha.

STATION EIGHT
On the wall of the Greek monastery of Charalambos, a cross marks the place where many believe that Yeshua paused to speak to the women of Jerusalem. He warned them not to shed tears for Him but to mourn for themselves. The day was soon coming when Jerusalem would be in ruins and its temple destroyed.

STATION NINE
The last station outside the Church of the Holy Sepulchre is identified as the place where Yeshua fell for the third time. Today the stone column which marks the spot has been built into the doorway of the Coptic Church.

STATION TEN
Inside the church a steep flight of stairs leads to the tenth station. A mosaic floor now covers the rocky hillside where Yeshua was stripped of His robe in preparation for His crucifixion.

STATION ELEVEN
An altar marks the place where Yeshua was nailed to the cross. The soldiers drove stakes through His hands and feet before erecting the cross on the hilltop where everyone could jeer at the condemned Man.

STATION TWELVE
A silver disc on the floor beneath the altar marks the place where Yeshua died on the cross. Through the hole in the centre you may touch the rock of Golgotha where the cross once stood.

STATION THIRTEEN
At station thirteen Yeshua’ body was removed from the cross and prepared for burial by Joseph of Arimathea and Nicodemus. when they had wrapped Him in linen layered with spices, they buried Him in Joseph’s own tomb.

STATION FOURTEEN
The last station marks the grave from which Yeshua arose on Sunday morning. Today the tomb is enclosed in a small chapel that stands alone under the high domed ceiling. Inside, a slab of marble marks the place where Yeshua lay.

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