Jesus Falls (2022) Σχέδιο από Edwin Loftus

After being convicted of heresy, Jesus was "scourged" (beaten, with blows of fists and feet and lashes (probably of a cat-o-nine-tails design). He was then forced to carry the cross-piece or entire wooden cross from the jail to the place of execution. He had to pass through streets crowded by onlookers. Some may have been sympathetic, but usually, many would assume he was a villain and have jeered and thrown things at him. Weary from his previous ordeal, he fell three times. The third time, a soldier escorting him ordered a man from the crowd to carry the cross the rest of the way.
He wears a crown made of thorns to mock his claim of being the Son of God.
When he reaches Golgotha, the execution spot. The soldiers have heard that he might be lifted from the cross by the Hand of God. Nails are expensive, so the condemned are usually tied to the cross. but Jesus is nailed to his, probably as another form of mockery. Above the cross piece is hung a sign that proclaims that he claimed to be the Son of God.
In Christianity this is part of a traditional narrative called "The Stations of the Cross". It is part of the story in which Jesus, is persecuted and in the cruel practice of crucifixion, takes on the guilt of humanity and suffers for it. Subsequent to this, Christians believe that through belief in Jesus, the Christ, as their redeemer, they can find forgiveness of their sins in life and immortality in the life that follows this one.
Believers are moved. Non-believers may scoff.
I think it has another meaning. Salvation of the soul comes to those that accept the rule of God, which involves trying to live as God has guided us to believe we should live. There are many ways that message could have been delivered. The crucifixion of Jesus gives humanity a literal demonstration illustrating that this is real, as real as life and death. There is no way to fake your acceptance of God as your ruler. There is no way to cheat your way into God's grace. There is no issue in life more important than this one. Even facing a cruel death, is not an excuse that overrides the importance of this decision. To demonstrate that, God existed in the person of Jesus and experienced cruel death to show how serious this is.
Of course, the other part of the story is that Jesus returned from death, let many people see him, and ascended into Heaven, (called the Ascension).
You will take this as you choose and interpret these things as seems right to you. A lifetime of study allows me to put my thoughts in picture form.

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