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-====== Transgressions ... ======
+====== Anything special? ... ======
 Monday, March 25, 2019. The center of the New Testament is the cross of Jesus. What is it about?
-It was in the year 30 of our calender, when a Jew named Yeshua (Jesus) was crucified in Jerusalem. He
+It was in about the year 30 of our calender, when a Jew named Yeshua (Jesus) was crucified in Jerusalem. He
 had come into conflict with the authorities of his time, and was sentenced to death by the Roman
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-Who has believed what he has heard from us? And to whom has the arm of the Lord been revealed? 2 For he grew up before him like a young plant, and like a root out of dry ground; he had no form or majesty that we should look at him, and no beauty that we should desire him. 3 He was despised and rejected2 by men, a man of sorrows3 and acquainted with4 grief;5 and as one from whom men hide their faces he was despised, and we esteemed him not. 4 Surely he has borne our griefs and carried our sorrows; yet we esteemed him stricken, smitten by God, and afflicted. 5 But he was pierced for our transgressions; he was crushed for our iniquities; upon him was the chastisement that brought us peace, and with his wounds we are healed.
+Who has believed what he has heard from us? And to whom has the arm of the Lord been revealed? 2 For he grew up before him like a young plant, and like a root out of dry ground; he had no form or majesty that we should look at him, and no beauty that we should desire him. 3 He was despised and rejected by men, a man of sorrows and acquainted with grief; and as one from whom men hide their faces he was despised, and we esteemed him not. 4 Surely he has borne our griefs and carried our sorrows; yet we esteemed him stricken, smitten by God, and afflicted. 5 But he was pierced for our transgressions; he was crushed for our iniquities; upon him was the chastisement that brought us peace, and with his wounds we are healed.
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+The Old Testament texts, interpreted as Texts on Jesus, had a clear message. This death was not random.
+It was not an accident. It was not just something caused by the Roman authorities. Nor was it caused
+by the Jews. It was God himself who was at work in these events.
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-** Consequences ... **
+** Resurrektion and Salvation ... **
+The death of Jesus is said to be healing for mankind. The verses above mention that this death is
+bringing peace. It is even written in past tense: this death has brought us peace. As if this future
+event - from the perspective of a prophet writing about something to come - has already taken place.
+Past and future and presence seem to merge into one in the light of eternity!
+The New Testament will continue this story. It will come with much more detail. And it will talk
+about the resurrection - about Jesus becoming alive. It will talk about the spirit of Jesus, coming
+to the church, to the believers. It will talk about life in his spirit.
+This text we have here is talking about the suffering of the servant of God. It talks about his sorrows,
+his grief, about his pain and death. It also talks about him suffering for us. This transition
+is of particular importance. How can it be that someone suffers for us? In our modern juridiction
+guilt is always personal. We have to pay. Of course, if you pay money, someone else can pay it.
+But what about prison. I cannot go into prison for someone else. Here, we hear from a death which
+is suffered for others. In Jesus, something very important happens. Something far reaching is
+offered to mankind: a substitutional punishment and death. A restoration of a lost relationship.
+There is much more here to think about ...
 (Roland Potthast)
 [[http://www.jesusnetwork.eu/en/topics_collection_ix|... further texts]]