Jesus` Last Words, Final Hours on Cross and Jesus` Death
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  • Final words of Jesus indicated completion of personal mission
  • Words of witnesses emphasized prominence of Jesus
  • Death (from asphyxiation) was conclusive
  • Simultaneous external events intensified the drama

Words / EventSignificance (Traditional Spiritual Interpretation)
Words: "Father, forgive them, for they don't know what they are doing." Jesus prays for the executioners who do not understand or believe that Jesus is God.
Words: "My God, my God, why have you forsaken me?" Jesus (quoting a line from the Jewish scriptures) cries out at a moment in time when he is not just physically punished, but spiritually separated from God, his Father. God separates Himself from Jesus because all of the evils of mankind are placed on Jesus. This spiritual separation is the heaviest sacrifice which Jesus pays of behalf of mankind, so that mankand does not need to suffer spiritual separation from God.
Words: "It is finished." Once Jesus felt he had borne the penalty for the evils of mankind, he declared his mission as accomplished. This relates to Jesus' earlier mission statement to sacrifice himself for others: "The Son of Man came not to be served, but to serve, and to give his life as a ransom for many." (Jesus quoted by Matthew 20:28)
Words: "Assuredly I tell you, today you will be with me in Paradise." These words, spoken to a thief also being executed with Jesus, indicates Jesus' belief that Jesus would continue to live in paradise (heaven) and that Jesus can choose who will be there with him.
Words: "Father, into your hands I commit my spirit." Jesus believes his spirit, not body, now goes to heaven with God.
Event: Earthquake (recorded in Matthew 27:52) Highlights severity of the moment.
Event: Skies Darken (recorded in Matthew 27:45 and Luke 23:44) Highlights severity of the moment.
Event: Temple veil splits in half (recorded in Matthew 27:51, Mark 15:38, Luke 23:44) This event signified that there is no more division between man and God. In the Jewish temple, a veil blocked the area known as the "holy of holies." It was recognized as a place where God might be present. Only once a year was the chief priest able to enter the area to offer a sacrifice for the sins of the people. The symbolism of the veil being torn in two is that with Jesus paying the penalty for mankind's sins, sacrifices were no longer necessary, and everyone can enter the presence of God.
Event: Spear thrust into Jesus' side (recorded in John 19:34) Roman soldier confirms Jesus is dead.
Statement by witnessing Roman soldier: "Certainly this was a righteous man!" (recorded in Luke 23:47) Jesus' innocence is recognized.
Statement by witnessing Roman soldier: "Truly this was the Son of God." (recorded in Matthew 27:54 and Mark 15:38) Jesus' prominence is recognized.


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Why did Jesus? penalty for sin need to include physical and emotional pain - why not just spiritual separation from God?
Jesus experienced physical and emotional pain to be able to show people how he suffered on the cross for our sins.



By: Nanette Menzon
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penalty for sin
if Jesus didn`t pay the penalty for our sins physical and emotional our lifemay not have been the same. So thats the whole reason he came to earth it was for this. people have reasons for walking round like if they have know one to seek out because Jesus came and he has shown us a better way to live and that is through him, so it really had to be done, he suffred for me and i am thakfully for that.



By: Stephanie Lewis
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Why have I received the same assignement for the last 3 days?



By: aimee primera
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Why did Jesus? penalty for sin need to include physical and emotional pain - why not just spiritual separation from God?
because Jesus had to suffer like a regular human being, He was made flesh, just like us, meaning He mad to suffer like us. Whatever a human being felt, He had too feel to. If He had to die for the sins of many, then He must die like one of us...



By: Carlo Garcia
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Why did Jesus? penalty for sin need to include physical and emotional pain - why not just spiritual separation from God?
because Jesus wants the world to witness what he has done for us like giving up his life to save us from sins..



By: shady masiar
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Why did Jesus? penalty for sin need to include physical and emotional pain - why not just spiritual separation from God?
In holy bible Jesus said that I have author on Earth & heavenalso he said I won this world and anyone, If drink water from me , he will never thirst again it means I give internal life, and finaly Jesus said that Me and Father are ONE -Jesus christ won this world before 2007 years ago which means we are living in loser world Jesus kill our dead by his dead, Jesus said that it is finished at the end time , there is no more sheeps, for sacrifice about our sin , we became from death to life b/c of his blood and the blood come from out from his body , also the penalty has a lot of purposes .we can only pass to heaven through Jesus , through his blood , his blood clean us from all of our sin . The other is at the end of the time Jesus ask father to forgive them , at that time Jesus was intercessoring - JESUS CHRIST is god , he knows everything , he is the one who create heaven and earth, ...................



By: SAMUEL MEBRATU
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Christ is not just a spiritual being
This goes a long way to remind us that Christ though the son of God came in the image of human beings.It illustrates very clearly his dual personality which made it possible that he could also be emotional just like every one of us without failing is his spiritual responsibilities.



By: Maduabuchi Ezeugo
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Why did Jesus? penalty for sin need to include physical and emotional pain - why not just spiritual separation from God?
because He love us. He payed our debts.. ''sorri my english is not good enough, Thanks''



By: camilla -
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why did JESUS penalty for sin need to include physical and emotiona pain why not just spiritual separation from God?
Jesus, that time is really a man flesh and blood, he substituted himself to save us from our sins. Jesus being God became man to serve us, to redeem us. John 3:16.... I thank God for loving us even though we are sinners... He is so faithful ...He won`t let us go deeper into our sins.... Thank you Jesus for saving me and giving me eternal life... I love you!



By: susan baligod
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Why did Jesus? penalty for sin need to include physical and emotional pain - why not just spiritual separation from God?
Jesus penalty for sin need to include physical and emotional pain since Jesus identified completely with human beings in order to be able to save them from God`s wrath. we must understand and acknowledge by faith that Jesus was fully human but at the same time he was fully God.so human life, human weakness has no secret to him.



By: andriatsitohaina jaona
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