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Consider therefore, Him that endured such hostility against Himself, so that you may not grow weary or fainthearted.\u00a0 In your struggle against sin, you have not yet resisted to the point of shedding your blood.\u00a0 Hebrews 12: 3 & 4<\/p>\n
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\u00a0 \u00a0The portion of the Word of God that we call the letter to the Hebrews is all about our Lord Jesus.\u00a0 This letter was written to Hebrew believers for the purpose of stirring them up to consider Jesus as Messiah.\u00a0 In the providence of God, we have this letter for our sake, that we may consider Jesus.\u00a0 The gospels record the human life of our Lord, and ALL scripture speak of Jesus as Messiah.<\/p>\n
\u00a0\u00a0 Our purpose here is to consider what He experienced while here upon this earth.\u00a0 Satan tempted Him.\u00a0 His own people planned to kill him (Matt. 12: 1-14, 21: 33-49; John 5: 1-18; Luke 4: 16-30, 11: 45-57, 19: 45-48).\u00a0 The Hebrews also sought to stone Jesus (John 8: 48-59, 10: 19-39).\u00a0 Jesus\u2019s own brothers ridiculed Him (John 7:1-8).\u00a0 All this because He spoke the truth.<\/p>\n
\u00a0\u00a0 Our Lord Jesus appeared in flesh to take away sin, being sinless Himself.\u00a0 For, without the shedding of blood there is no forgiveness of sin (Heb. 9:22).\u00a0 There is an incident that I often consider about our Lord when I grow faint and weary in my mind.\u00a0 Let\u2019s look at John chapter 19: 1-7.\u00a0 These verses tell us that Pilate had Jesus scourged.\u00a0 The Roman flagrum, used to scourge, was a short whip made of two or three ox-hide thongs connected to a handle.\u00a0 Knotted on these thongs were pieces of metal at various intervals.\u00a0 At times bone or heavy bronze pieces were tied to these thongs.\u00a0 Hooks may have also been used on the ends of these thongs.<\/p>\n
\u00a0\u00a0 Flagrum were designed to remove flesh from criminals\u2019 bodies.\u00a0 Romans did not have a limit to the number of times a person could be hit with a flagrum.\u00a0 Often the criminal was scourged to the point of death, being stopped just prior so the criminal could be hung on a cross.\u00a0 I do not wish to be gross here, you can research this yourself.\u00a0 In verse 4 of John 19 Pilate tells the Jews, \u201c\u2026I find no fault in Him.\u201d\u00a0 In verse 6 Pilate again tells the Jews that he found no fault in our Lord, as the Jews cried, \u201cCrucify, crucify Him\u2026\u201d<\/p>\n
\u00a0\u00a0 I imagine our Lord tied to a post, continuously being slapped with a flagrum.\u00a0 Blood flowing, flesh hanging, and we read of the affect of this beating in our Lord\u2019s walking to Golgotha.\u00a0 Our Lord Jesus, the Christ endured this without a sound, without complaint.\u00a0 He endured this because of my sin, for the sin of His people.\u00a0 I, have not shed my own blood striving against sin.<\/p>\n
\u00a0\u00a0 \u201cSince then, we have a great high priest who has passed through the heavens, Jesus, the Son of God, let us hold fast our confession.\u00a0 For we do not have a high priest who is unable to sympathize with our weaknesses, but one who in every respect has been tempted like we are, yet without sin.\u00a0 Let us then with confidence draw near to the throne of grace, that we may receive mercy and grace to help in time of need.<\/p>\n
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