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Here is another glimpse into the book that shows the many sides, facets and components of Jesus Christ who Himself is a facet of God. This snippet is not taken from the main text but from one of the ‘Instructor’s Notes’(#63) based on a remark in the main text that needed further expounding in an endnote mode.
“Looking with a discerning eye at Jesus’ time of suffering and death, we conclude that the passage of time does not diminish the extreme torment Jesus endured in His hour of pain and humiliation. Some of us mortals have experienced a certain moment of loss and/or pain that even the passage of years or decades can only assuage a trifle. Jesus, however, the God who came as a man, was in the unenviable position of being a mortal who was God who transcends all time. He is a part of Time and above and beyond such feeble restraints.
“Jesus lives in the forever Now in which things do not erode or grow less with the passage of time. He knew, from before Time was enclosed within the capsule of Eternity, what He, as a human, would suffer. Jesus knew from forever ”past” and He knows to forever “future” (I speak as though an eternal Being should have a past or future) – He simply knows and is forever conscious (fully aware), without any lessening of the great suffering, of the immensity of His sacrifice and the enormity of His torment.
“There can be no way that we humans, severely limited as we are, can get our minds around the torment Jesus endured. The small bit of this horrendous and wonderful awareness we presently possess , we are unable to articulate because of the shortfall of our intellectual and linguistic skills.
“All of what we have said here brings up, as a matter of course, something else we cannot fathom: How can God, in the person of Jesus, bear the awful knowledge of the complete loss of everything that was essential for life, mortal and immortal, and the continuing awareness of the exquisite pain He suffered? It is true that Jesus came out of His most torturous hour at a certain time in history, nevertheless it is inconceivable that He could carry such a mental and emotional burden (a burden that time could not diminish) throughout time and eternity and still be the perfectly whole and functioning God He is. It is completely beyond reason; but it is not beyond the love of God. And I must confess, through stammering – even fearful – lips ‘I am totally and awesomely overwhelmed by this Jesus!’ ”
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