"Behold the Man!"
After Pilate had scourged Jesus, he presented Him before the Jews so they might be satisfied and said to them as He stood on the platform, "Behold the man!" (John 19:6).
“Behold the man!”—God becoming man—did not stand there merely as a representative of man created in the image of God, full of dignity and strength.
He also stood there as one who was scourged and humiliated, His body torn and wounded, the honor of His humanity brought low in disgrace.
“Behold the man!”—He stood there willingly on behalf of the suffering ones, those who pass through the struggle for power and honor.
He stood in place of all the broken, all those who have had their dignity stripped away and have suffered violence.
“Behold the man! Is this not the punishment you desired? Is it not enough for you?”
At this moment, the Lord Jesus is drenched in blood. His body is mangled. Words fall short in describing this scene.
“Behold the man!”

When the argument about Existentialism arose, the philosopher Plato had a consistent position: "For me, eternity does not mean living in heaven, but living forever in the minds of men." For Plato, eternity did not mean living after death, but living forever in the minds and hearts of men through the good deeds he left behind on earth.

Our Elias Melka is probably the Taoist sent by the gods to prove Plato's argument....He lives on in our hearts because of the timeless works he did during his time one earth.

Later on today
Journey of JESUS from Getesemane to crucifixion
Stay tuned

Today we’ve grown desensitized to the cross.

But in the ancient world, crucifixion was the most brutal, humiliating, and terrifying death imaginable.

If we forget how horrific the cross was, we forget how great Jesus’ sacrifice was.

Let’s remember why the cross was feared🧵
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In ancient Rome, crucifixion wasn’t just execution.

It was a public horror.

Cicero said, “The very word ‘cross’ should be far removed not only from a Roman citizen’s body, but from his mind, eyes, ears.”

It was considered too vile to even talk about.

Roman citizens were almost never crucified.

It was reserved for slaves, rebels, and the worst criminals.

The goal wasn’t just death—it was to break and disgrace you.

The message: “You are nothing, and everyone will watch you die.”

The horror of crucifixion began with “scourging.”

Victims were whipped with a flagrum—leather straps embedded with bone and metal.

As one historian put it, “The skin would hang in long ribbons; muscles, veins, and organs were exposed.”

Many died just from blood loss…

If you survived the horror of scourging, then came the march.

Victims carried their own crossbeam, often 80–100 lbs, on torn shoulders through jeering crowds.

It was part of the shame: to be displayed as broken, already half-dead, on your way to an agonizing death.

At the execution site, victims were thrown on the beam.

Nails about 5 to 7 inches long were driven through the wrists, crushing the median nerve.

This wasn’t just to fix victims in place, it created waves of searing, radiating pain through the arms.

The feet were nailed next.

Bent knees made it harder to brace.

The position forced the victim to push up on the nails to breathe.

Exhaling became almost impossible unless they raised their entire body—scraping their back against the wood.

Dr. C. Truman Davis wrote:

“Hanging by the arms, the chest cavity is pulled upward… Air can be inhaled but not exhaled.”

To breathe, the victim had to lift themselves repeatedly—every breath is a choice between suffocation and agony.

Eventually, the victim would be too weak to pull up anymore.

They’d die by slow asphyxiation… gasping for air while searing pain shot through their body.

This could take hours or even days.

Victims were stripped naked.

Their bodies convulsed.

Insects and birds fed on wounds.

They were mocked as they died.

It was so degrading that the same Roman authors who loved the colosseum refused* to describe the horror of crucifixion in detail.

Crucifixion was a curse.

And that’s what makes Good Friday so incredible.

Jesus endured the worst death imaginable.

The cross WAS a symbol of horror and for good reason.

But Christ turned it into a symbol of hope and redemption.
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The main feature of capitalism is the unequal distribution of wealth, and the main evil of socialism is the equal distribution of suffering.

Winston Churchill .
Which one do u prefer??🤔🤔

Sankara
And socialism

"Why do you look for the living among the dead? He is not here; he has risen!"
Luke 24:5-6
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