Mark 15:33-37
Jesus Dies on the Cross
33 At noon, darkness came over the whole land until three in the afternoon. 34 And at three in the afternoon Jesus cried out in a loud voice, “Eloi, Eloi, lema sabachthani?” (which means “My God, my God, why have you forsaken me?”).
35 When some of those standing near heard this, they said, “Listen, he’s calling Elijah.”
36 Someone ran, filled a sponge with wine vinegar, put it on a staff, and offered it to Jesus to drink. “Now leave him alone. Let’s see if Elijah comes to take him down,” he said.
37 With a loud cry, Jesus breathed his last.
John 16:29-33
Jesus Has Overcome this World
29 Then Jesus’ disciples said, “Now you are speaking clearly and without figures of speech. 30 Now we can see that you know all things and that you do not even need to have anyone ask you questions. This makes us believe that you came from God.”
31 “Do you now believe?” Jesus replied. 32 “A time is coming and in fact has come when you will be scattered, each to your own home. You will leave me all alone. Yet I am not alone, for my Father is with me.
33 “I have told you these things, so that in me you may have peace. In this world you will have trouble. But take heart! I have overcome the world.”
Jesus told His Disciples, before His arrest, that He had overcome this world...I am not sure they knew what it meant yet...
Jesus was hung from a cross...But Jesus overcame that unfair humiliation of being hung from a cross...There was a darkness when Jesus was dying on the cross...But Jesus overcame that darkness...Jesus breathed His last breath on the cross and died...But Jesus overcame death...
The cross, the darkness, and death -Jesus overcame this darkest moment in time...All these things seem negative and bad, but Jesus turned these things into the positive and good...The cross was a criminal, tortuous symbol before He was on it...Now the cross is the symbol of Christianity...The Light overcame the darkness...The darkness and the prince of darkness could not overcome the Light of this World...And His death was only for three days, and then He resurrected back to life again...He has risen...We can take heart, because Jesus has overcome the world!...