The Sufferings and the Glory

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.... This module brings a unique perspective to the passion narrative. As most of you know, Jesus remained silent throughout His suffer- ings; yet in His heart He was musing, and His thoughts were passionately searching:

.... "I was mute with silence, I held My peace even from good; and My sorrow was stirred up. My heart was hot within Me; while I was musing, the fire burned . . ." .

(Ps 39:1-3)

.... The passion of our Lord was recorded by the apostles as eye witnesses, but the Old Testament prophets foretold the same things in first person (as in the quotation above). This inner perspective makes it possible to harmonizes the prophecy into actual story form, to re-tell the passion from the Lord’s own point of view, in a level of detail that is stunning. In this module the silence of the ages unfolds, and the result is deeply moving, passionate and searching.
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The Messianic perspective does contain a few surprising insights, so we are very interested in your thoughts and feedback. You’ll find just enough steerage to walk you through the events as they occur, Scriptural references and important explanations are contained in the ‘comments’ section of each entry, and your own comments can be added to the last entry in the module.
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9 Comments:

  • Here is a presentation similar to the ones Jesus must have given on the same day that He rose from the dead, first to the disciples on the road to Emmaus (Luke 24:27) and then to the apostles in the upper room (Luke24:44-45).

    By Blogger loren, at 7/30/2005 3:25 AM  

  • The illustration used in this posting is the artwork of Gustave Dore, yet specially modified by my wife Nancy for use on this blog. So if you like it, copy it now, because it's unique.

    Nancy is a superb professional graphic artist who has designed hundreds of book covers for well known Christian authors. More on credits, permissions, etc, at the bottom of the module itself.

    By Blogger loren, at 7/30/2005 12:47 PM  

  • This word musings is from the same root form found in Psalms 1(i.e-meditate) I find it interesting that it means to talk to yourself. I think of Hannah in the temple so caught up in her derision that Eli thought her to be drunk. It is easy to be misunderstood by others because of the turmoil and anguish in ones heart. Don't you think it is interesting that a priest misunderstood the common woman yet Elohim knew and this is where He meets us while others do not understand. A man of sorrows aquainted with grief. This is where we must meet him if we are to truly understand Him. When I want to learn about God: I hear from the priest. When I need to understand him in light of others who may know Him deeper because of suffering: I learn with a keen ear from Joni Eareckson Tada. We come to faith through His word by the quickening of His Spirit and we come to know Him in Suffering. This is not an attractive offer.

    By Blogger Bhedr, at 7/31/2005 6:16 PM  

  • Very good post, Loren.

    ~Nella Sound-Out

    By Blogger Camille, at 10/14/2005 10:12 PM  

  • Hey Loren,

    This is such a good work. One of the best given by the Lord's insight. Hey that fella named Brian had some good thoughts too:-)

    By Blogger Bhedr, at 10/15/2005 4:31 PM  

  • Oh yes, I know! That fellow Brian is annointed by the Lord, and a really great brother in Christ! Hope to see him participating more!

    By Blogger loren, at 10/15/2005 4:37 PM  

  • good post. Jesus suffered so much on our behalf! How incredible is he! We should welcome suffering because God can teach us more about him, we can be humbled before him on our knees, we can then bring him glory by proclaiming his glory to others. The purpose of our lives.

    By Blogger anne, at 10/15/2005 5:22 PM  

  • Exactly on target, it is all about dying to ourselves to live to Him, that He may be glorified in us.

    For ourselves, suffering is never fun, but life is full of suffering anyway. So at least when we take it to the Lord, we have the consolation of knowing that good fruit will come of it, and it will make us closer to Him.

    In that Jesus suffered, He is able to succor us in our own suffering. And crucifixion is the most painful death known (the word 'excruciate' comes from 'crucify') so He has definetely been there ahead of us, and knows how to keep us through our trials.

    By Blogger loren, at 10/15/2005 8:13 PM  

  • LOL! Your very kind and glory only to God.

    By Blogger Bhedr, at 10/16/2005 11:29 PM  

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