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  • Sammi - 1 year ago
    The two thieves on the cross either side of Jesus , while of course they were two individual human beings , they are in fact representing the whole of humanity , us , me and you . For starters , under Jewish law , thievery was not to be punished by death . So when one of them says that they are recieving their due punishment for their deeds , he's not talking about their thievery , hes confessing his human state of sinfulness , the wages of sin is death , he's confessing that he is a sinner and as such deserves to die . This should be part of our confessions also . Then he asks Jesus to remember him in his kingdom , he acknowledges Christ , that Christ will not die and stay dead , Christ will be ressurected , Ecclesiastes chapter 9 verse 5 , he acknowledges that his only hope is that Christ will remember him and have mercy on him when Christ is ressurected . Thus , these two and their words are there solely for our learning and understanding , they represent the whole of humanity . It pays to read everything many many times and very carefully and also to listen to what others have to say , even if we don't agree , those little brain sparks can start firing off in lots of good directions if we allow ourselves to be stimulated into continually open to learning . I've been so inspired by this site , thank you all !



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