Here are some thoughts about what the Lord Jesus went through the crucifixion on our behalf. Some of the timeline maybe off but it's in the right time frame. Hope you enjoy!
On Thursday night:
Around 6:00 our time while many us are having dinner or watching TV or spending time doing various things two thousand years earlier our Lord Jesus would have been spending the evening with the disciples celebrating the Passover and instituting the Lord's Supper.
Sometime around 9:00 while many of us were getting ready for bed or finishing up our daily tasks the Lord and His disciples would have been making their way to the garden of Gethsemane. While there He would agonize in prayer over the death He was about to face on the cross.
During that time Judas would be conspiring with Sanhedrin to bring the Lord to trial on trumped up charges of blaspheme.
Friday morning:
Around 12:00 a.m. our time while many of us are sound asleep in the comfort of our own beds, two thousand years earlier a group of temple guards follow Judas to locate Jesus and bring Him to the Sanhedrin. The great betrayal has occurred!!
At 1:00 or 2:00 in the morning most of us sleep restfully in our beds, but the Lord would just begin monkey trail set up against Him.
By 6:00 a.m. while some of us are starting to get up to start the day, the kangaroo court that had Jesus is now dismissed. Peter denied the Lord three times and Judas hanged himself. Now the Pharisees would take Jesus to Pilate, Governor over the region.
By 7:00 a.m. while the rest of us are getting up, Jesus would have been carried to Pilate. Here He will be falsely accused and Pilate will cross-examine Him. Afterward Pilate will send Him to King Herod.
Around 8:00 when most of us have had our day well under way, the Lord would have been in the presence of King Herod who would mock Him and want Him to preform miracles. King Herod would quickly get tired of Him and send Him back to Pilate.
About 9:00 while we move along our daily tasks the Lord would be back before Pilate. After a small exchange the infamous question would be asked of the crowd regarding Jesus or Barabbas. The crowd calls for Barabbas' release and for Jesus crucifixion.
By 10:00 a.m. the Lord is going to be mocked and beaten. At some point He will begin His move down the way of suffering.
Around 11:00 a.m. while some of us are preparing for lunch, the Lord would have been in the process of being hanged on the cross.
Between 11:00 a.m. and 5:00 p.m. while we mill around with our daily lives, the Lord would hang on the cross. He would suffer, bleed, be made fun of, spat on, called names, laughed at, and take on our sins. It would be six hours of pure agony and pain. Not minutes, but hours would be spent on this cross on our behalf. Temporarily He will loose His eternal fellowship with God the Father so that if we believe on Him alone we will not suffer that same lose.
Around 6:00 p.m. while many of us get ready to eat our evening meals and spend the time with family and friends, Joseph of Arimathea would ask for the Lord's body. His body would have been taken off of the cross, prepared for burial and laid in Joseph's tomb.
After the burial (say sometime close to 8:00 p.m.) while many of us are winding up the last day of the week, the disciples are on the run and hiding.
Saturday:
While we enjoy the day doing whatever it is we need to do, the disciples would be in hiding for fear of their lives. But the Sanhedrin have other concerns. They go to Pilate requesting guards be placed at the tomb. They, unlike the disciples, remember Jesus' claim of resurrection after the third day and fear the disciples may try and steal the body claiming resurrection. Guards are dispatched, nobody look for disciples.
Sunday morning:
8 And they left the tomb quickly with fear and great joy and ran to report it to His disciples.
(Matthew 28:1-8)
The rest is HIStory!!!!!
Let me know what you think!
Happy Easter,
Steven Swaim
President and Founder, Be Devoted Ministries
