Father, we thank you for choosing to embark on a rescue mission for us. We're sorry that we live in such a way that it takes something so drastic but thank you for your victory. Help us to expand your victory in our own lives and to help others do the same. Amen.
Check out Matthew 27:32-66
- Who helped Jesus carry his cross?
- What did they do with his clothes?
- What was on the sign they posted above Jesus' head?
- What were some of the taunts that people said to Jesus?
- What did Jesus cry out at about 3 o'clock (verse 46)? Why do you think Jesus chose those words? Do you think Jesus felt abandoned?
- That quote is actually the opening lines to Psalm 22. Check out Psalm 22 and read the whole thing. After reading the entire Psalm (especially verse 31), does your answer to question 5 change now? How?
- What happened in the temple? What was the purpose of the curtain in the temple? (check out Exodus 26:31-33 where it talks about the curtain in the tabernacle)
- What do you think the tearing of the curtain in the temple was meant to symbolize and communicate to people?
- What were some of the other amazing events at the death of Jesus?
- Who buried Jesus? Which of Jesus followers were still with him at his death (check out 55-56 and 61)?
- Why did they post a guard at the tomb?
- How does reading through this account, and especially Psalm 22 with it, make you feel? How does it impact the way you live?
Whew... That's a draining passage to look at but it's so good! Isn't it amazing that the Living God chose to die for us in the most horrible way and he took that death and turned it into a victory like Psalm 22 declares- "They will proclaim his righteousness to a people yet unborn- for he has done it."
Thank you Father for having done it. Because you did it we don't have to which is awesome because we couldn't have. Cause us to trust in the hope of your victory. Teach us and mold us to follow and imitate you. Amen.
4 comments:
1) Simon helped him carry his cross.
2) The sign said, "This is Jesus, King of the Jews."
3) People said some really mean things to him. "He saved others but he can't save himself."
4) He cired out "My God, My God, why have you forsaken me?"
5) Yes I think he felt abandoned. He would cry out to his father for help.
6) I still thinks he feels some sort of abandoned but not as much as I first thought. When reading Psalm it showed me how he talked to the Father and what he talked about in his head. He just wanted his pain to be over.
7) A curtain was made to hang in it.
8) The purpose of the curtain was to seperate The Holy Place from the Most Holy Place.
9) I think it was meant to symbolize how you are alone when you are talking to God. It is a one-on-one converstaion.
10) Some of the amazing events include the curtain in the temple was torn, the earth shook and the rock split and it caused many tombs to open and the spirits of them to rise, Jesus was buried and he rose.
11) Joseph burried Jesus.
12) Mary Magdalene and the other Mary were still with him at his death.
13) The secured the tomb because Jsus said that he might rise again and so the disciples wont steal him.
14) I feeel kind of sad and happy at the same time just knowing that he died on the cross for each and every one of us but I feel sort of bad because he suffered for us. I feel like when need to be better christians because of what he did for us.
Jessica (:
In regards to questions 7-9, what do you think it means that the curtain in the temple that separated us from the holy of holies was torn at the exact moment of Jesus' death?
1. Simon of Cyrene helped him carry it.
2. They took off his robe and put his own clothes back on.
3. It said "This is Jesus, the King of the Jews."
4. People said things like "so you're the one who claimed you could tear down the temple and build it again in three days!" and "If you are God's son, save yourself and come down from the cross!" and "He saved others but he can't save himself."
5. He said "My God, my God why have you foresaken me?". I think he said that because he was suffering so bad. I do think he felt abandoned and he said it to God because he felt like God just deserted him.
6. I think that for the most part it doesn't change. He just doesn't want the Lord to stay too far away from him.
7. In the temple, the curtain ripped in half. The curtain was supposed to separate the holy place from the most holy place.
8. I think it meant that no matter where you are, God is always present and every place is holy and everyone is good enough to worship God.
9. Some other amazing events were when the earth shook, rocks split, graves opened, and people came out of their graves and went into the holy city. (I think that is creepy, were they like zombie skeleton people or what?)
10. Joseph, who was a rich disciple buried him. People who were there with him included Mary Magdalene and the mother of James and John.
11. They posted guards at the tomb so that they could make sure that nobody took him out to make it seem like Jesus rose to life.
12. It makes me feel really bad but really good that I am saved because Jesus died in a horrible way.
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