"Superstition"

 "The Jews therefore, because it was the preparation, that the bodies should not remain upon the cross on the sabbath day, (for that sabbath day was an high day,) besought Pilate that their legs might be broken, and that they might be taken away." (John 19:31 KJV)

  "I said, "Listen, you leaders of Israel! You are supposed to know right from wrong, but you are the very ones who hate good and love evil. You skin my people alive and tear the flesh from their bones. Yes, you eat my people's flesh, strip off their skin, and break their bones. You chop them up like meat for the cooking pot. Then you beg the LORD for help in times of trouble! Do you really expect him to answer? After all the evil you have done, he won't even look at you!"" (Micah 3:1-4 NLT) 

 There are a few things here that have a special character behind them, without naming any names, let's just say that there was a plot to try and stop a certain prophecy from happening, the one that said that none of His bones would be broke! Without getting too carried away, my first thought about this, is that Jesus knew in advance that this plot was going to happen; therefore, He hastened His own death when He bowed His head and surrendered His Spirit. 

 The other thing that is taking place, is that of superstition, something else that unnamed character loves to put in the air, making unsuspecting minds think in half-belief; which is a practice for which there appears to be no rational substance. Much like a curse, as if there would be such a thing as that, if these bodies were to hang there during the Sabbath. 

 Do you think there might have been a curse? I have to admit, I really kind of wondered about the brazen serpent that God told Moses to make and lift up on that pole; how it was that the thing that had bitten the children of Israel, would be the thing to represent the healing! 

 First things first, the devil is not a serpent, just as much as he is not a roaring lion! The serpent was the result of revolting against God! The children of Israel revolted against God, and it was God that sent those serpents in to make them realize what they had done. If anything, the serpents represented death, which is the result of sin! 

 From which, that death is the result of sin, is not a superstition, it is real and substantially true! The penalty for sin is death, no if ands or buts; the whole reason Jesus was hanging on that cross was to be put to death for our sins! And guess who was behind having Him nailed to the cross! Talk about not paying attention to train coming down the tracks! 

  There was a very real curse that had just been broken! If you think that you can somehow overrule God, you really aren't that smart after all...

"So all who put their faith in Christ share the same blessings Abraham received because of his faith. But those who depend on the law to make them right with God are under his curse, for the Scriptures say, "Cursed is everyone who does not observe and obey all the commands that are written in God's Book of the Law." So it is clear that no one can be made right with God by trying to keep the law. For the Scriptures say, "It is through faith that a righteous person has life." This way of faith is very different from the way of law, which says, "It is through obeying the law that a person has life." But Christ has rescued us from the curse pronounced by the law. When he was hung upon the cross, he took upon himself the curse for our wrongdoing. For it is written in the Scriptures, "Cursed is everyone who is hung on a tree." Through Christ Jesus, God has blessed the Gentiles with the same blessing he promised to Abraham, so that we who are believer might receive the promised Holy Spirit through faith." (Galatians 3:9-14 NLT)