It is difficult to grasp and easy to forget the spiritual pain that Jesus Christ endured at the crucifixion. Remember that Christ is the King of the Jews. The chief priests wanted Him dead, while the Roman military wanted to make an example of any Jewish leader who emerged in society and did not co-operate with their authority. So when the people insisted that Jesus be killed, Pilate sent
Him to the soldiers to be scourged or flogged, which was a regular way to first torture those who were to be crucified. The soldiers also used this time to mock and humiliate Christ. Interesting to note that it was later at Jesus’ death that a centurion declared Jesus was the Son of God. The scene as described in Mark around the scourging of Jesus is stunning, He didn’t say anything. This was
utter humiliation because of sin—not His sin, but ours. Jesus Christ gave not only His life but carried the pain of being rejected in this life, because of our sin. Sin is an awful, horrible thing, yet Christ paid for the cost of it, once and for all. Something we could not do, nor can ever do.

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