1 Corinthians 5:7 Purge out therefore the old leaven, that ye may be a new lump, as ye are unleavened. For even
CHRIST our PASSOVER+
is sacrificed for us:
Worthy is the LAMB+... worthy is the LAMB+... worthy is the LAMB+ that was slain to receive power and riches and wisdom and strength and honor and glory and blessing! Blessing and honor and glory and power be unto HIM that sitteth on the throne and unto The LAMB+ for ever and ever. Amen.
1 Corinthians 5:7 Purge out therefore the old leaven, that ye may be a new lump, as ye are unleavened. For even
CHRIST our PASSOVER+
is sacrificed for us:
And it came to pass, when the time was come that HE+ should be received up, HE+ stedfastly set His+ face to go to Jerusalem, Luke 9:51
The LORD JESUS CHRIST’S FIRST Triumphant Entry into Jerusalem began with glorious praises filling the air.
But it ended in His+ weeping over Jerusalem. GOD’S Ancient people refused to be set free from sin, hell, and the grave.
However, there is coming a DAY like No Other Day in which HIS+ TRIUMPH will be completed !
“ Silver and gold have I none,
BUT what I have, I give unto thee .
In the Name of JESUS CHRIST of Nazareth,
RISE UP AND WALK ! ”
“Verily I+ say unto thee,
Today shalt thou be with ME+ in Paradise.”+ + +
What beautiful MERCY
. . . even though no-one
showed HIM+ mercy !
A Current Testimony from Sister M. . . .
I am reading through all four Gospel accounts of the whole [Crucifixion] experience at present,
and it is just beyond my ability to comprehend such suffering and amazing love that kept HIM+ on track,
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.
And Who+ ,
at that 3rd Hour of the Ancient Day,
bore the wood of the Cross through Jerusalem to Golgotha and was nailed . . .
Myrrh, that bitter herb, was present in His+ Life three times .
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.
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+.
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.
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.
This series of Lenten / Passover Meditations will reflect the 3rd 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
This series of Lenten / Passover Meditations will reflect the 3rd 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 3rd 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.
Blessed are the peacemakers:
for they shall be called the children of GOD.
Matthew 5:9
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. Hebrews 12:11
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
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
The Broken Image
And GOD אֱלֹהִ֔ים [ The ELOHIM ] said,
Let us make man in Our image, after Our likeness:
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.”
FOR the JOY SET BEFORE HIM+ :
HE+ Kept a CLEAR Eye
ENDURING the CROSS
THE LENTEN SEASON 2023 --- A Preparation for the GREAT and FINAL PASSOVER
ANOTHER PASSOVER is coming.
It will be the GREAT and FINAL PASSOVER.
This time, however, it will not only be the Hebrews coming out of bondage in Egypt.