Going Deeper With CHRIST

3/27/2023

# 23 LENTEN MEDITATION ~ 2023 ~ for the Preparation of the GREAT PASSOVER ~~~ 6th Hour Prayer in the Temple ~ SUFFERING WITHOUT BITTERNESS

Though HE+ were a SON+,

yet learned HE+ obedience

by the things which HE+ suffered;

^{Hebrews 5:8}

# 22 LENTEN MEDITATION ~ 2023 ~ for the Preparation of the GREAT PASSOVER ~~~ 6th Hour Prayer in the Temple ~ Darkness Fell at Noon

DARKNESS AT NOON

This series of Lenten / Passover Meditations will reflect the 6th Hour Prayer ( noon ) . Today, many liturgical churches continue to observe these ancient prayer hours. They were based upon the prayer hours in the Temple in Jerusalem.

The 6th Hour Prayer occurred at the same time that the earth was darkened at Noon, on the day The LORD JESUS was Crucified.

# 21 LENTEN MEDITATION ~ 2023 ~ for the Preparation of the GREAT PASSOVER ~~~ The Morning Sacrifice in the Temple ~ FATHER, Forgive Them for they know not what they do . . .

"FATHER, FORGIVE THEM . . ." . . . and HE Did.

# 20 LENTEN MEDITATION ~ 2023 ~ for the Preparation of the GREAT PASSOVER ~~~ The Morning Sacrifice in the Temple ~ Drawing All to HIMSELF+

And Who+ ,

at that 3rd Hour of the Ancient Day,

bore the wood of the Cross through Jerusalem to Golgotha and was nailed . . .

# 19 LENTEN MEDITATION ~ 2023 ~ for the Preparation of the GREAT PASSOVER ~~~ The Morning Sacrifice in the Temple ~ The MYRRH , the BITTER HERB

Myrrh, that bitter herb, was present in His+ Life three times .

We remember His+ refusal of the mixture of the myrrh and wine .. .. ..

# 17 LENTEN MEDITATION ~ 2023 ~ for the Preparation of the GREAT PASSOVER ~~~ The Morning Sacrifice in the Temple ~ The Valley of Humiliation

HOLY FATHER, thank YOU for Your Beloved SON+ Whose+ most noble Head bore the Crown of Thorns and which same sacred Head was struck with a reed, His+ Face with hands and fists.

# 16 LENTEN MEDITATION ~ 2023 ~ for the Preparation of the GREAT PASSOVER ~~~ The Morning Sacrifice in the Temple ~ The DEBT We Owe

Recalling that HE+ hid not His+ Face from shame and spitting, we thank YOU that by HIS+ Wounds we are healed. We remember the chastisement of our peace was upon HIM+.

# 15 LENTEN MEDITATION ~ 2023 ~ for the Preparation of the GREAT PASSOVER ~~~ The Morning Sacrifice in the Temple ~ The UNJUST SCOURGING

We remember the scourging HE+ unjustly received from Pilate’s hand . . . after being mocked, slapped, and beaten by the Temple guard . . . and then Herod’s men . . . and then by the Roman soldiers, giving His+ back to the smiters and His+ cheeks to them that plucked out the hair.

# 14 LENTEN MEDITATION ~ 2023 ~ for the Preparation of the GREAT PASSOVER ~~~ The Morning Sacrifice in the Temple ~ For HIS+ Great Silence

The DEAFENING SILENCE

Heavenly FATHER, we thank YOU for the times HE+ gave no answer at all to His+ accusers, as a Lamb led to the slaughter and as a sheep before his shearers is silent.

# 13 LENTEN MEDITATION ~ 2023 ~ for the Preparation of the GREAT PASSOVER ~~~ The Morning Sacrifice in the Temple ~ For HIS+ Great Humiliation

# 12 LENTEN MEDITATION ~ 2023 ~ for the Preparation of the GREAT PASSOVER ~~~ The Morning Sacrifice in the Temple ~ Those 12 Legions of ANGELS Which Were NOT Called

HE+ DID NOT USE HIS+ GREAT POWER FOR HIMSELF +

This series of Lenten / Passover Meditations will reflect the 3^rd Hour Prayer ( 9 a.m. ) Station observed by the Early Christians. Today, many liturgical churches continue to observe these ancient prayer hours. They were based upon the prayer hours in the Temple in Jerusalem.

The Morning Prayer came at the time of the Morning Sacrifice in the Temple, the very time that The LORD JESUS was nailed to the Cross.

3rd HOUR MORNING PRAYER

# 11 LENTEN MEDITATION ~ 2023 ~ for the Preparation of the GREAT PASSOVER ~~~ The Morning Sacrifice in the Temple ~ Judas Stood with His+ Enemies

THEY FELL TO THE GROUND !

# 10 LENTEN MEDITATION ~ 2023 ~ for the Preparation of the GREAT PASSOVER ~~~ The Morning Sacrifice in the Temple ~ Sweating Great Drops of BLOOD during the Agony

GREAT DROPS OF BLOOD

FELL TO THE GROUND !

# 9 LENTEN MEDITATION ~ 2023 ~ for the Preparation of the GREAT PASSOVER ~~~ The Morning Sacrifice in the Temple ~ The Pounding of the Nails at 9 a.m.

This series of Lenten / Passover Meditations will reflect the 3^rd Hour Prayer ( 9 a.m. ) Station observed by the Early Christians.

Today, many liturgical churches continue to observe these ancient prayer hours. They were based upon the prayer hours in the Temple in Jerusalem.

The Morning Prayer came at the time of the Morning Sacrifice in the Temple, the very time that The LORD JESUS was nailed to the Cross. Here is the first stanza.

3RD HOUR MORNING PRAYER

Heavenly FATHER, we come before YOU at this 3^rd hour of the ancient day, the hour of the Morning Sacrifice in the Temple . . . that same hour that Your Beloved SON+, the LAMB+ of GOD that taketh away the sin of the world, was offered up on the Cross for our sakes.

# 8~ LENTEN MEDITATION ~ 2023 ~ for the Preparation of the GREAT PASSOVER ~~~ As Much As Lieth in You

Words of The LORD JESUS CHRIST:

Blessed are the peacemakers:

for they shall be called the children of GOD.

^Mat^thew^5:9

#7 LENTEN MEDITATION ~ 2023 ~ for the Preparation of the GREAT PASSOVER ~~~ LESSONS about SELF-PITY from JOB

Now no chastening for the present seemeth to be joyous, but grievous:

Nevertheless afterward it yieldeth the peaceable fruit of righteousness unto them which are exercised thereby. ^Heb^rews^12:11

#6 LENTEN MEDITATION ~ 2023 ~ for the Preparation of the GREAT PASSOVER ~~~ Oh, That CHASTENING from The FATHER !

HEBREWS 12: 5 - 10

And ye have forgotten the exhortation which speaketh unto you as unto children, My son, despise not thou the chastening of the LORD, nor faint when thou art rebuked of HIM: ^12:5

For whom the LORD loveth HE chasteneth, and scourgeth every son

whom HE receiveth. ^12:6

# 5 ~ SPIRITUAL BLINDNESS ~~~ LENTEN MEDITATION ~ 2023 ~ for the Preparation of the GREAT PASSOVER

Hebrews 12:3

For consider HIM+ that endured such contradiction* of sinners against HIMSELF+, lest ye be wearied and faint in your minds.

* Contradiction of sinners: Mat10:24-25, Mat11:19, Mat12:24, Mat15:2, Mat21:15-16, Mat21:23, Mat21:46, Mat22:15; Luk2:34 *Gr: Luk4:28-29, Luk5:21, Luk11:15-16, Luk11:53-54, Luk13:13-14, Luk14:1, Luk15:2, Luk16:14, Luk19:39; Luk19:40; Joh5:16, Joh7:12, Joh8:13, Joh8:48-49, Joh8:52, Joh8:59, Joh9:40, Joh10:20, Joh10:31-39, Joh12:9; Joh12:10, Joh15:18-24, Joh18:22

Ye have not yet resisted unto blood, striving against sin. ^HEBREWS
12:4

#4 ~ LENTEN MEDITATION ~ 2023 ~ for the Preparation of the GREAT PASSOVER ~~~ THE BROKEN IMAGE

The Broken Image

And GOD אֱלֹהִ֔ים [ The ELOHIM ] said,

Let us make man in Our image, after Our likeness:

#3 ~ LENTEN MEDITATION ~ 2023 ~ for the Preparation of the GREAT PASSOVER ~HUMILIATION

We ALL want to be humble , like CHRIST.

We DON’T want to be humiliated , like CHRIST.

How do we learn humility ?

Humility , that wonderful virtue of CHRIST, draws us to HIMSELF+ . That virtue is what makes us NOT afraid to come to CHRIST with our soiled, messed-up, sin-filled lives. HE+ does indeed receive us “just as I am.”