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`He would bear iniquity and
scorn, and but few would receive Him as the Son of
God. Nearly all would hate and reject Him . . .
finally, after His mission as a teacher would be
accomplished, He would be delivered into the hands
of men and endure almost every cruelty and suffering
that Satan and his angels could inspire wicked men
to inflict; . . . He would die the cruelest of
deaths, hung up between the heavens and the earth as
a guilty sinner; . . . He would suffer dreadful
hours of agony, which even angels could not look
upon, but would veil their faces from the sight. Not
merely agony of body would He suffer, but mental
agony, that with which bodily suffering could in no
wise be compared. The weight of the sins of the
whole world would be upon Him.' (SR43)
`Bearing the weakness of
humanity, and burdened with its sorrow and sin,
Jesus walked alone in the midst of men. As the
darkness of the coming trial pressed upon Him, He
was in loneliness of spirit, in a world that knew
Him not. He had dwelt amid the love and fellowship
of heaven; but in the world that He had created, He
was in solitude.' (DA422)
`So Jesus, the heavenly
Saviour, went forth to sow. He left His home of
security and peace, left the glory that He had with
the Father before the world was, left His position
upon the throne of the universe. He went forth, a
suffering, tempted man; went forth in solitude, to
sow in tears, to water with His blood, the seed of
life for a world lost.' (COL36)
And so we nailed Him to a cruel
cross . . .
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