Discernment, humility, and acknowledging divinity that resides within others by providing sacrificial service are themes, today. No one desires the role as a menial who must clean up after the unpleasantness and vomit of a drunken master. Yet, by completing their work efficiently, patiently and without complaint, a servant becomes distinguished and set apart as exceptional, indispensable, and priceless. In the same way every parent becomes further bound emotionally and psychologically to their child by enduring the discomfort, embarrassment, shame and uncleanness of repeatedly having to be in contact with the child’s feces and urine by changing their diapers, Christian believers are further bound spiritually to one another through various ceremonies, patterns and rituals of the church for cleansing, exchange, fellowship, work and shared worship. The child’s need is for more than simply adornment to hide its nakedness. The soiled diaper becomes a sack of acid bound to its flesh; and their cries are to be heard as genuine calls for comfort, deliverance, life, relief, and salvation. A fighter at “Yahoo! Answers” using the ID Kelly (Level 1 with 100 points, a member since March 03, 2013) posted the following:
Why would someone want to wash my feet - foot washing?
I took care of my mother when she passed, both the leading up to and the moments until her death. After she passed my brother asked to wash my feet. (hes a 7 days Adventist)
What does this actually mean? What was he reasons and what was he thinking?
Was he washing my sins away? should i be offended because he felt i did something wrong? and if not why shouldn't i be worried?
THE GOLDEN ARROW: Feed the flock of God which is among you, taking the oversight thereof, not by constraint, but willingly; not for filthy lucre, but of a ready mind; Neither as being lords over God’s heritage, but being ensamples to the flock. And when the chief Shepherd shall appear, ye shall receive a crown of glory that fadeth not away. Likewise, ye younger, submit yourselves unto the elder. Yea, all of you be subject one to another, and be clothed with humility: for God resisteth the proud, and giveth grace to the humble. Humble yourselves therefore under the mighty hand of God, that he may exalt you in due time: Casting all your care upon him; for he careth for you. Be sober, be vigilant; because your adversary the devil, as a roaring lion, walketh about, seeking whom he may devour: Whom resist stedfast in the faith, knowing that the same afflictions are accomplished in your brethren that are in the world. But the God of all grace, who hath called us unto his eternal glory by Christ Jesus, after that ye have suffered a while, make you perfect, stablish, strengthen, settle you. To him be glory and dominion for ever and ever. Amen. (1st Peter 5: 2-11, KJV)
THE DOUBLE DAGGER: Prayer Behavior? (04/07/2015); Humility Needed for Salvation? (08/15/2014); False Angels of Light? (08/16/2014); Origin of Baptism? (06/22/2013); Money-changers in The Temple? (06/23/2013); Naaman the Leper (12/21/2012); Did Jesus Know? (12/22/2012)
“Kelly”, foot-washing (called the Ordinance of Humility) is a simple practice among Christian believers having exalted spirit content and focus because it continues the offering of Abraham to divinity in visitation, and is completed through operations of the Holy Spirit like baptism and the Lord’s Supper (some say, Communion). Foot-washing (1) further reveals and imparts to believers the character and nature within the persons of GODhead; (2) makes visible the elements for eternal relationship with divinity that go beyond obedience to sacred law (e.g., compassion, faith, forbearance, gentleness, humility, longsuffering, love, respect, and righteousness); and (3) establishes the active presence of Christ within the body as well as within the individual awareness and self-will of believers. Fruitfulness and unity for the body turns upon how we acknowledge and respond to one another as co-laborers under GOD. Here are a few points from the holy writings that usually help believers understand these ideas:
(1.) Proverbs 15: 32-33, King James Version (KJV): 32 He that refuseth instruction despiseth his own soul: but he that heareth reproof getteth understanding. 33 The fear of the LORD is the instruction of wisdom; and before honour is humility.
(2.) Genesis 18: 1-4, KJV: 1 And the LORD appeared unto him in the plains of Mamre: and he sat in the tent door in the heat of the day; 2 And he lift up his eyes and looked, and, lo, three men stood by him: and when he saw them, he ran to meet them from the tent door, and bowed himself toward the ground, 3 And said, My Lord, if now I have found favour in thy sight, pass not away, I pray thee, from thy servant: 4 Let a little water, I pray you, be fetched, and wash your feet, and rest yourselves under the tree:
(3.) Psalms 19: 12-14, KJV: 12 Who can understand his errors? cleanse thou me from secret faults. 13 Keep back thy servant also from presumptuous sins; let them not have dominion over me: then shall I be upright, and I shall be innocent from the great transgression. 14 Let the words of my mouth, and the meditation of my heart, be acceptable in thy sight, O LORD, my strength, and my redeemer.
(4.) Colossians 3: 9-15, KJV: 9 Lie not one to another, seeing that ye have put off the old man with his deeds; 10 And have put on the new man, which is renewed in knowledge after the image of him that created him: 11 Where there is neither Greek nor Jew, circumcision nor uncircumcision, Barbarian, Scythian, bond nor free: but Christ is all, and in all. 12 Put on therefore, as the elect of God, holy and beloved, bowels of mercies, kindness, humbleness of mind, meekness, longsuffering; 13 Forbearing one another, and forgiving one another, if any man have a quarrel against any: even as Christ forgave you, so also do ye. 14 And above all these things put on charity, which is the bond of perfectness. 15 And let the peace of God rule in your hearts, to the which also ye are called in one body; and be ye thankful.
(5.) John 13: 1-6, KJV: 1 Now before the feast of the passover, when Jesus knew that his hour was come that he should depart out of this world unto the Father, having loved his own which were in the world, he loved them unto the end. 2 And supper being ended, the devil having now put into the heart of Judas Iscariot, Simon’s son, to betray him; 3 Jesus knowing that the Father had given all things into his hands, and that he was come from God, and went to God; 4 He riseth from supper, and laid aside his garments; and took a towel, and girded himself. 5 After that he poureth water into a bason, and began to wash the disciples’ feet, and to wipe them with the towel wherewith he was girded.
(6.) John 13: 6-10, KJV: 6 Then cometh he to Simon Peter: and Peter saith unto him, Lord, dost thou wash my feet? 7 Jesus answered and said unto him, What I do thou knowest not now; but thou shalt know hereafter. 8 Peter saith unto him, Thou shalt never wash my feet. Jesus answered him, If I wash thee not, thou hast no part with me. 9 Simon Peter saith unto him, Lord, not my feet only, but also my hands and my head. 10 Jesus saith to him, He that is washed needeth not save to wash his feet, but is clean every whit: and ye are clean, but not all.
There is far more that should be said, correctly understood, and spiritually taken into account. (For example (7.) John 13: 12-17, KJV: 12 So after he had washed their feet, and had taken his garments, and was set down again, he said unto them, Know ye what I have done to you? 13 Ye call me Master and Lord: and ye say well; for so I am. 14 If I then, your Lord and Master, have washed your feet; ye also ought to wash one another’s feet. 15 For I have given you an example, that ye should do as I have done to you. 16 Verily, verily, I say unto you, The servant is not greater than his lord; neither he that is sent greater than he that sent him. 17 If ye know these things, happy are ye if ye do them.) Even so, I trust this fragment will be useful. Be it unto you according to your faith.
THE BLACK PHOENIX
Washington, DC
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Saturday, April 5, 2014
(04/05/2014) Jesus Scourged
The humiliation (some say, the Passion) of Jesus before his crucifixion, Pontius Pilate, and the crown of thorns are in view, today. Also, there is more on GOD everywhere. A “Yahoo! Answers” writer using the ID “Steven” (Level 1 with 65 points, a member since October 20, 2010) posted the following:
Why was Jesus scourged before crucifixion?
Was it roman tradition to torture people before executing them or did they do it specifically because he was Jesus. Also was the crown of thorns also a roman tradition for some kind of wreath crown.
THE BATTLE AXE: GOD Everywhere? (04/04/2014)—(6.) Our human dependence upon the frameworks of time and space require peculiar structures to organize the data within our consciousness, and to apply the elements of our shared experience as communication. Included are congruence, continuum, dimension (e.g., breadth, depth, height, length, weight), distance, inclination, juxtaposition, location, measure, orientation, polarity, and quantity. Even our simple expressions that place heaven above, and earth below, are elements within a comprehensive system intended for management of material and physical substance. Awareness of spirit matter and life essence are only generated by divinity. The finite human mind does not naturally project and maintain an idea of mankind’s existing without boundaries and limitations that are generated and imposed by ones context (we say, ones environment, or sphere of existence), by introspection (i.e., examination of ones own feelings and thoughts), as well as by contact and interaction with objects having various characteristics, or with other life forms and sentient beings (we say, collective, communal, and social exchange). A clear understanding of eternal duration, divine purpose, and sacred (yet, nonmaterial) substance is required to correctly and fully grasp the things of GOD that are now being revealed to us through the ministry of Jesus as our Redeemer and Risen Lord. Mankind was created to be a “life companion” with GOD. To undo the damage that has been caused through sin—and to make possible for mankind the millennial reign within heaven as an extended appearance or visitation with Christ Incarnate—the children of Adam must be transformed to continue as immortal, incorruptible, perfected, and sanctified. Consider then: 1st Corinthians 15: 52-54, Romans 2: 3-13, 1st Timothy 6: 12-16, 2nd Timothy 1: 7-10, 1st John 4: 1-19 and Revelation 20: 1-10, KJV.
THE GOLDEN ARROW: Then Pilate therefore took Jesus, and scourged him. And the soldiers platted a crown of thorns, and put it on his head, and they put on him a purple robe, And said, Hail, King of the Jews! and they smote him with their hands. Pilate therefore went forth again, and saith unto them, Behold, I bring him forth to you, that ye may know that I find no fault in him. Then came Jesus forth, wearing the crown of thorns, and the purple robe. And Pilate saith unto them, Behold the man! When the chief priests therefore and officers saw him, they cried out, saying, Crucify him, crucify him. Pilate saith unto them, Take ye him, and crucify him: for I find no fault in him. The Jews answered him, We have a law, and by our law he ought to die, because he made himself the Son of God. When Pilate therefore heard that saying, he was the more afraid; And went again into the judgment hall, and saith unto Jesus, Whence art thou? But Jesus gave him no answer. Then saith Pilate unto him, Speakest thou not unto me? knowest thou not that I have power to crucify thee, and have power to release thee? Jesus answered, Thou couldest have no power at all against me, except it were given thee from above: therefore he that delivered me unto thee hath the greater sin. And from thenceforth Pilate sought to release him: but the Jews cried out, saying, If thou let this man go, thou art not Caesar’s friend: whosoever maketh himself a king speaketh against Caesar. When Pilate therefore heard that saying, he brought Jesus forth, and sat down in the judgment seat in a place that is called the Pavement, but in the Hebrew, Gabbatha. And it was the preparation of the passover, and about the sixth hour: and he saith unto the Jews, Behold your King! But they cried out, Away with him, away with him, crucify him. Pilate saith unto them, Shall I crucify your King? The chief priests answered, We have no king but Caesar. Then delivered he him therefore unto them to be crucified. And they took Jesus, and led him away. And he bearing his cross went forth into a place called the place of a skull, which is called in the Hebrew Golgotha: Where they crucified him, and two other with him, on either side one, and Jesus in the midst. And Pilate wrote a title, and put it on the cross. And the writing was JESUS OF NAZARETH THE KING OF THE JEWS. (John 19: 1-19, KJV)
THE DOUBLE DAGGER: The Judges Who Condemned Jesus? (01/17/2014); About the Second Coming? (01/18/2014); GOD Angry With Us? (12/08/2013); So We Could Have Life? (12/09/2013); The Firstborn, Higher than Kings? (12/18/2012); The Ascension of Christ? (12/19/2012); How Was GOD Known Before Jesus? (10/06/2012); Jesus, King of Earth? (10/07/2012); Parental Duty? (10/08/2012); What Is Reality (a.k.a. Truth)? (09/29/2012); Divine Self-Sacrifice? (09/30/2012)
“Steven”, here are some points I may share from my studies of the holy writings, and my faith as a Christian believer:
(1.) The authority of the Roman empire was represented by Pontius Pilate; and Rome ruled the then-known-world. Those nations not directly under Rome were still required to accept Roman conventions and customs for their prosperity, trade, and survival. Herod was king at the discretion of Rome to further appease and quiet the region. However, the true power was invested in Pilate.
(2.) As governor, and the highest ranking authority of the province, the decisions for capital punishment (the death sentence) could only be made with Pilate’s approval.
(3.) To Pilate, the charges made by the Sanhedrin on behalf of the Jewish people appeared based on arbitrary and arguable religious beliefs. More than this, he could see there was bias, lack of material evidence, and malice. The charges (blasphemy, insurrection, and treason) were, at best, political and unfounded, while at their worst, sparked by envy and murderous.
(4.) When Pilate could not use the mechanism of annual pardon during a feast event for the release of Jesus, he tried to satisfy the ugly crowds and their leaders by having Jesus mocked and whipped. He believed a harsh punishment, humiliation, and stern warnings would be enough to discourage any more public appearances for Jesus. He turned Jesus over to his personal guard, men who were all veteran soldiers that had jeopardized their lives for him, and were all highly favored and trusted.
(5.) The “bully boys” went to work mocking Jesus for the claim of kingship. Where a crown of green laurel leaves would be bestowed to a champion in victory, or a conqueror in their triumph at Rome following a parade of heroic display and pomp, Jesus was to be crowned with a wreath of dead thorns. Like the gambling for his robe, their physical abuse of Jesus was spontaneous, unrestrained, and (from the view of the Guard) no less than they would be given by Pilate.
There is a lot more to be said, correctly applied, and spiritually apprehended. (For example, (6.) Pilate was given no formal, reliable and written reports of the ministry Jesus had established over the course of 3½ years. For many of the Jewish authorities, ignorance, lack of knowledge, and lack of direct experience (we say, eyewitness) suppressed their correctly describing the systematic doctrines and teachings of Jesus along with skepticism and unbelief that further blocked their acknowledgment of the healings, exorcisms, and miracles.) Even so, I trust this fragment will be useful. Be it unto you according to the measure of divine faith that resides in you.
For consider him that endured such contradiction of sinners against himself, lest ye be wearied and faint in your minds. Ye have not yet resisted unto blood, striving against sin. (Hebrews 12: 3-4, KJV)
THE BLACK PHOENIX
Washington, DC
Why was Jesus scourged before crucifixion?
Was it roman tradition to torture people before executing them or did they do it specifically because he was Jesus. Also was the crown of thorns also a roman tradition for some kind of wreath crown.
THE BATTLE AXE: GOD Everywhere? (04/04/2014)—(6.) Our human dependence upon the frameworks of time and space require peculiar structures to organize the data within our consciousness, and to apply the elements of our shared experience as communication. Included are congruence, continuum, dimension (e.g., breadth, depth, height, length, weight), distance, inclination, juxtaposition, location, measure, orientation, polarity, and quantity. Even our simple expressions that place heaven above, and earth below, are elements within a comprehensive system intended for management of material and physical substance. Awareness of spirit matter and life essence are only generated by divinity. The finite human mind does not naturally project and maintain an idea of mankind’s existing without boundaries and limitations that are generated and imposed by ones context (we say, ones environment, or sphere of existence), by introspection (i.e., examination of ones own feelings and thoughts), as well as by contact and interaction with objects having various characteristics, or with other life forms and sentient beings (we say, collective, communal, and social exchange). A clear understanding of eternal duration, divine purpose, and sacred (yet, nonmaterial) substance is required to correctly and fully grasp the things of GOD that are now being revealed to us through the ministry of Jesus as our Redeemer and Risen Lord. Mankind was created to be a “life companion” with GOD. To undo the damage that has been caused through sin—and to make possible for mankind the millennial reign within heaven as an extended appearance or visitation with Christ Incarnate—the children of Adam must be transformed to continue as immortal, incorruptible, perfected, and sanctified. Consider then: 1st Corinthians 15: 52-54, Romans 2: 3-13, 1st Timothy 6: 12-16, 2nd Timothy 1: 7-10, 1st John 4: 1-19 and Revelation 20: 1-10, KJV.
THE GOLDEN ARROW: Then Pilate therefore took Jesus, and scourged him. And the soldiers platted a crown of thorns, and put it on his head, and they put on him a purple robe, And said, Hail, King of the Jews! and they smote him with their hands. Pilate therefore went forth again, and saith unto them, Behold, I bring him forth to you, that ye may know that I find no fault in him. Then came Jesus forth, wearing the crown of thorns, and the purple robe. And Pilate saith unto them, Behold the man! When the chief priests therefore and officers saw him, they cried out, saying, Crucify him, crucify him. Pilate saith unto them, Take ye him, and crucify him: for I find no fault in him. The Jews answered him, We have a law, and by our law he ought to die, because he made himself the Son of God. When Pilate therefore heard that saying, he was the more afraid; And went again into the judgment hall, and saith unto Jesus, Whence art thou? But Jesus gave him no answer. Then saith Pilate unto him, Speakest thou not unto me? knowest thou not that I have power to crucify thee, and have power to release thee? Jesus answered, Thou couldest have no power at all against me, except it were given thee from above: therefore he that delivered me unto thee hath the greater sin. And from thenceforth Pilate sought to release him: but the Jews cried out, saying, If thou let this man go, thou art not Caesar’s friend: whosoever maketh himself a king speaketh against Caesar. When Pilate therefore heard that saying, he brought Jesus forth, and sat down in the judgment seat in a place that is called the Pavement, but in the Hebrew, Gabbatha. And it was the preparation of the passover, and about the sixth hour: and he saith unto the Jews, Behold your King! But they cried out, Away with him, away with him, crucify him. Pilate saith unto them, Shall I crucify your King? The chief priests answered, We have no king but Caesar. Then delivered he him therefore unto them to be crucified. And they took Jesus, and led him away. And he bearing his cross went forth into a place called the place of a skull, which is called in the Hebrew Golgotha: Where they crucified him, and two other with him, on either side one, and Jesus in the midst. And Pilate wrote a title, and put it on the cross. And the writing was JESUS OF NAZARETH THE KING OF THE JEWS. (John 19: 1-19, KJV)
THE DOUBLE DAGGER: The Judges Who Condemned Jesus? (01/17/2014); About the Second Coming? (01/18/2014); GOD Angry With Us? (12/08/2013); So We Could Have Life? (12/09/2013); The Firstborn, Higher than Kings? (12/18/2012); The Ascension of Christ? (12/19/2012); How Was GOD Known Before Jesus? (10/06/2012); Jesus, King of Earth? (10/07/2012); Parental Duty? (10/08/2012); What Is Reality (a.k.a. Truth)? (09/29/2012); Divine Self-Sacrifice? (09/30/2012)
“Steven”, here are some points I may share from my studies of the holy writings, and my faith as a Christian believer:
(1.) The authority of the Roman empire was represented by Pontius Pilate; and Rome ruled the then-known-world. Those nations not directly under Rome were still required to accept Roman conventions and customs for their prosperity, trade, and survival. Herod was king at the discretion of Rome to further appease and quiet the region. However, the true power was invested in Pilate.
(2.) As governor, and the highest ranking authority of the province, the decisions for capital punishment (the death sentence) could only be made with Pilate’s approval.
(3.) To Pilate, the charges made by the Sanhedrin on behalf of the Jewish people appeared based on arbitrary and arguable religious beliefs. More than this, he could see there was bias, lack of material evidence, and malice. The charges (blasphemy, insurrection, and treason) were, at best, political and unfounded, while at their worst, sparked by envy and murderous.
(4.) When Pilate could not use the mechanism of annual pardon during a feast event for the release of Jesus, he tried to satisfy the ugly crowds and their leaders by having Jesus mocked and whipped. He believed a harsh punishment, humiliation, and stern warnings would be enough to discourage any more public appearances for Jesus. He turned Jesus over to his personal guard, men who were all veteran soldiers that had jeopardized their lives for him, and were all highly favored and trusted.
(5.) The “bully boys” went to work mocking Jesus for the claim of kingship. Where a crown of green laurel leaves would be bestowed to a champion in victory, or a conqueror in their triumph at Rome following a parade of heroic display and pomp, Jesus was to be crowned with a wreath of dead thorns. Like the gambling for his robe, their physical abuse of Jesus was spontaneous, unrestrained, and (from the view of the Guard) no less than they would be given by Pilate.
There is a lot more to be said, correctly applied, and spiritually apprehended. (For example, (6.) Pilate was given no formal, reliable and written reports of the ministry Jesus had established over the course of 3½ years. For many of the Jewish authorities, ignorance, lack of knowledge, and lack of direct experience (we say, eyewitness) suppressed their correctly describing the systematic doctrines and teachings of Jesus along with skepticism and unbelief that further blocked their acknowledgment of the healings, exorcisms, and miracles.) Even so, I trust this fragment will be useful. Be it unto you according to the measure of divine faith that resides in you.
For consider him that endured such contradiction of sinners against himself, lest ye be wearied and faint in your minds. Ye have not yet resisted unto blood, striving against sin. (Hebrews 12: 3-4, KJV)
THE BLACK PHOENIX
Washington, DC
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