"The Death of Jesus"

  "Jesus knew that his mission was now finished, and to fulfill Scripture he said, "I am thirsty," A jar of sour wine was sitting there, so they soaked a sponge in it, put it on a hyssop branch, and held it up to his lips. When Jesus had tasted it, he said, "It is finished!" Then he bowed his head and released his spirit." (John 19:28-30 NLT)

  ""Seek ye the LORD while he may be found, call ye upon him while he is near: Let the wicked forsake his way, and the unrighteous man his thoughts: and let him return unto the LORD, and he will have mercy upon him; and to our God, for he will abundantly pardon."" (ISAIAH 55:6-7 KJV)

 A few days after I got saved, I felt the need to make a Crossword puzzle about Jesus. It had the questions for across words referencing the New Testament Scriptures, and the questions for the down words about Old Testament Scriptures. In the middle of the whole page, were empty boxes in the shape of a cross, and I believe I might have had 'JESUS' spelled out in those empty boxes as well. 

 It was mostly for me, as it was a project I felt would be good for me to fortify the Good News that I had received, concerning Jesus Christ, who He was, and why it was so important that we understood what a powerful sacrifice God made! If memory serves, it took me at least two weeks to finish the project, but I didn't stop there, because for the rest of my time being locked up, I shared everything I could, with anyone that would listen. 

 For this portion of Scripture, I think we will take a closer look at the death of Jesus, from the 'credit card' point of view. If you don't understand what that means, it is based upon those believers who died prior to the death of Jesus, the Old Testament Saints. These were those that looked forward to salvation, which is like placing their faith in Jesus, who was to come. 

 We who have been born after the death of Jesus, we have a 'debit card' kind of salvation, where the card is stored up with a gracious amount of forgiveness; while the 'credit card' is where forgiveness is spent, for the delt to be paid off in the future.  

 Anywho, either one will do, because Jesus paid for it all...

""Come all you who are thirsty, come to the waters; and you without money, come, buy, and eat! Come, buy wine and milk without money and without cost!"" (ISAIAH 55:1 BSB)