Focal Passage: Luke 23:32-49
In our study this week we come to the most tragic and cataclysmic event in human history.
One might say this world has seen a lot of tragedy, wars, earthquakes and natural disasters, famine, pestilence and plagues.
Some would argue that the pandemic our world experienced surely ranks among one of the most tragic events mankind has ever faced because of its global impact on humanity. But of all the tragedies faced by man, none were more significant than the one when Jesus died on the cross.
Jesus, the Son of God, God incarnate, the creator of heaven and earth was put to death — killed by His own creation. The details of how He suffered and died are indeed tragic in and of themselves, but the reactions of those seeing it only magnified the humiliation and inhumanness. [Read more…]