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Lessons from Jesus’ Crucifixion and Resurrection

Cindy Dawson

2-minute read for 5/10/25

I have been reading the Gospel accounts of Jesus’ crucifixion and the days that followed. (Matthew 27 and 28, Mark 15 and 16, Luke 23 and 24, John 19 and 20)

I was struck by a couple of things that I want to share with you.

1. Why didn’t the Jews realize that the O.T. prophecies about the Messiah were being fullfilled by Jesus right before their eyes?

Isn’t that a warning to the Church not to ignore prophecy about the last days?.

In Luke 24, we read about how after He rose from the dead, Jesus talked with two men on the road to Emmaus. He said,

“How foolish you are, and how slow to believe all that the prophets have spoken!  Did not the Messiah have to suffer these things and then enter his glory?”  And beginning with Moses and all the Prophets, he explained to them what was said in all the Scriptures concerning himself.” Luke 24:25-27 NIV

When Jesus appeared to His disciples He said,

 “’This is what I told you while I was still with you: Everything must be fulfilled that is written about me in the Law of Moses, the Prophets and the Psalms.’ Then he opened their minds so they could understand the Scriptures.” Luke 24:44-45 NIV Read full chapter

Jesus warned the Pharisees,

“When evening comes, you say, ‘It will be fair weather, for the sky is red,’  and in the morning, ‘Today it will be stormy, for the sky is red and overcast.’ You know how to interpret the appearance of the sky, but you cannot interpret the signs of the times.” Matthew 16:2-3 NIV

2. The Pharisees loved money.

Jesus said, “No one can serve two masters. Either you will hate the one and love the other, or you will be devoted to the one and despise the other. You cannot serve both God and money.” Matthew 6:24 NIV

The Pharisees, who loved money, heard all this and were sneering at Jesus. He said to them, “You are the ones who justify yourselves in the eyes of others, but God knows your hearts. What people value highly is detestable in God’s sight.” Luke 16:13-15 NIV

Isn’t that a warning to the Church that loving money is dangerous? The love of money is detestable to God. The “Prosperity Gospel” is widely popular in the Church today even though the Bible clearly warns against it.

These are just a couple of things that got me thinking as I read the Easter story today. God bless you! He is alive!

Let me know what you think.

In His Love, Cindy

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Psalm 122:6

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12 thoughts on “Lessons from Jesus’ Crucifixion and Resurrection”

  1. These are good points to pay attention to Cindy. As I pondered this, I was reminded of my regular eye checks at the opticians; he/she tries many lenses until they find the one that I can see clearly through. The Pharisees were looking through the blurry lens of their personal wealth and promotion and could not see the truth of the prophetic Word of God. They are not alone in this; many people today are in the same predicament. May we always see clearly by the perfect lens of His Word. God bless you today sister 🙏

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  3. Thanks for this Cindy. The Apostle Paul speaks of us seeing through a lens dimly. Plus the Word tells us if we will not accept the truth, we buy into a delusion. The hardest thing in evangelizing is to convince a person they have a sin nature. If they feel they have done “nothing” wrong in their own eyes they so not see their sins, or their sin nature.

    One of the first fellowships, we were in, was teaching evangelism, they used “The Way of the Master” by Ray Comfort. It taught me a lot about how to preach the gospel. Those on the street usually knew or felt they were bad people so to hear of their sin nature was of no surprised.

    Going house to house was a different story. Far too many believed they were Christians and good people just because they lived in the USA.

    Humanity or society has not changed, many good people do not feel they need “salvation” and cannot see their need for a savoir. Or they have a more secular view of who a Savior is. The Jewish people, in Jesus day, were expecting two Saviors, Ben David and Ben Joseph, so they were not looking for one in the same, coming at two different times. Just like today the end time events are preached all over the map and many do not hear the truth.

    Thanks for your faithfulness to His Word.

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  4. I nodded all through your post. The Pharisees made every effort to discredit what was apparent to the many followers of Jesus. Was it God’s will they do so to fulfill prophecy? -or could it have been a devil like C.S. Lewis’s fictional devil Screwtape? 🙂

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    1. I don’t think the Pharisees could blame God or the devil. It was their own love of money and desire for power that was to blame. (Believe it or not, I’ve never read The Screwtape Letters.) Blessings, Nancy!

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  5. The Jews of the time of Christ should have known that He was Messiah; they fought him “tooth and nail,” to maintain their relationship with Rome. That is pretty much the situation today.

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