Jesus was crucified alongside two robbers and everyone that passed by mocked Him telling him to come down from the cross, but He despised the shame as we read in Heb 12:2.
There was thick darkness between 12:00noon and 3:00p.m and Jesus cried out: My God, my God, why have you forsaken me.
This is the only prayer of Jesus which was never answered. We know at that time He bore the sins of the world and that is Why God forsook Him. He experienced what millions would experience in hell for eternity; since He himself was God, He would experience that in three hours. If He was not God as Jehovah witness claim, as a man he would only pay the sins of one person and he wouldn't do it for three hours: thus He had to be God to bear all the sins of the world. Others claim He was not man, and if He was not man he couldn't tell us to follow Him. His earthly life is to us and example to follow. He was made like us in all things, and was tempted in every way that we are tempted and thus we can run to him for help when we are tempted so that we can overcome every trial. Heb 2:17-18, 4:15-16
The curtain in the temple was torn from top to bottom so that we can take ourselves to the Holy of holies through the blood of Christ. We now no longer need the priests to take our prayers and confessions to God but we can go directly to God without human aid. The blood of Christ brings us closer to God. Eph 2:13
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