Flagellation of Christ

Description of Illustrations: illustration, black and whites, Season of Lent, whips, two different illustrations

       The Flagellation of Christ, sometimes known as Christ at the Column or the Scourging at the Pillar, is a scene from the Passion of Christ very frequently shown in Christian art, in cycles of the Passion or the larger subject of the Life of Christ. It is the fourth station of the modern alternate Stations of the Cross, and a Sorrowful Mystery of the Rosary. The column to which Christ is normally tied, and the rope, scourge, whip or birch are elements in the Arma Christi. The Basilica di Santa Prassede in Rome, claimed to possess the original column.

       Flagellation at the hands of the Romans is mentioned in three of the four canonical Gospels: John 19:1, Mark 15:15, and Matthew 27:26, and was the usual prelude to crucifixion under Roman law. None of three accounts are more detailed than John's "Then Pilate took Jesus and had him flogged" (NIV). Luke's comparable account, Luke 22:63-65 is of the High Priest's guards beating and mocking Jesus. In the Passion of Christ the episode precedes the Mocking of Christ and the Crowning with thorns, which the Gospels happened at the same time or immediately after. Unlike the flogging, these were not part of the normal Roman judicial process.

 

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Real strength is in the Lord...

"The eternal God is your refuge, and underneath are the
everlasting arms." Deuteronomy 33:27

Description of Illustration: strength in scripture, elderly and fragile, strength from God is true strength, portrait of an elderly woman, knowing gaze, black and white illustration

"Do not grieve, for the joy of the Lord is your
strength." Nehemiah 8:10

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The Faithful

Description of Illustration: illustration, greyscale, congregation, pews, singing hymns, families, carved wood, umbrellas, hymnals, 

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Under the cover of darkness...

"Take no part in the unfruitful works of darkness, but instead expose them."
Ephesians 5:11 (ESV)

Description of Illustration: evil in the night, murderers, men with guns, masked men come to kill, hanging from a tree, victims of evil men, horses, forest, dark and dusty road, black and white illustration, white text

"in which you once walked, following the course of this world, following the prince
of the power of the air, the spirit that is now at work in the sons of disobedience..."
 Ephesians 2:2 (ESV)

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The Trombone Player

Description of Illustration: big brass trombone, music, musician, craftsman, apron, black and white

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"The tables are turned"

Description of Illustration: cat cookie and mouse, black and white, idiom meaning the reverse of fortune, the rat or mouse now chases or eats the cat

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Antique Sacred Heart Scraps

 Description of the illustration: Jesus and Mary, halos, flaming hearts, angels, columns, rose buds, Victorian scraps

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Six rules for making good coffee...

Description of the illustration: chalkboard graphic, steps for making great coffee, black board, chalk paint, writing with chalk, green and black versions

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Scriptures About Lepers

"Now there were four leprous men at the entrance of the gate;
and they said to one another, "Why do we sit here until we die?" 2 Kings 7:3

Description of Illustration: lepers, leprous, skin disease, unclean, drawing of lepers in stained glass design, skin affliction, lepers in Bible times, transparent background

Leprosy, also known as Hansen's disease (HD), is a long-term infection by the bacterium Mycobacterium leprae or Mycobacterium lepromatosis. Initially, infections are without symptoms and typically remain this way for 5 to 20 years. Symptoms that develop include granulomas of the nerves, respiratory tract, skin, and eyes. This may result in a lack of ability to feel pain, thus loss of parts of extremities due to repeated injuries or infection due to unnoticed wounds. Weakness and poor eyesight may also be present. Read more...

"In all cases involving serious skin diseases, be careful to follow the instructions
 of the Levitical priests; obey all the commands I have given them. Remember
what the LORD your God did to Miraim as you were coming from Egypt."
Deuteronomy 23: 8-9

"The LORD furthermore said to him, "Now put your hand into your bosom."
So he put his hand into his bosom, and when he took it out, behold, his
hand was leprous like snow. The He said, "Put your hand into your bosom
again." So he put his hand into his bosom again, and when he took it out of
 his bosom, behold, it was restored like the rest of his flesh." Exodus 4: 6-7

"The man is afflicted with a serious skin disease; he is unclean.
The priest must pronounce him unclean; the infection is on his head."
Leviticus 13:44

"As He entered one of the villages, He was met by ten lepers.
They stood at a distance..." Luke 17:12

"A man suffering from a dreaded skin disease came to Jesus, knelt down,
and begged him for help. "if you want to," he said, "you can make me clean."
Jesus was filled with pity, and reached out and touched him. "I do want to,"
he answered. "Be Clean! Mark 1: 40-41

And Yeshua said to him, "Take heed that you speak to no one, but
go shew yourself to the priest and bring a gift as Moses
commanded for their testimony." Matthew 8:4

"Then the priest shall charge the woman with an oath of cursing, and the priest
shall say unto the woman, The LORD make thee a curse and an oath among
thy people, when the LORD doth make thy thigh to rot, and thy belly
to swell;" Numbers 5:21

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About lepers in modern culture.

Christ Bleeds for The World

Description of Illustration: illustration of Jesus, planet Earth, Sacred Heart, bleeding heart, halo, black and white

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Orthodox Trinity Portrait

Description of Illustration:  Jesus makes the sign of the Holy Trinity, He holds an open Bible with the letters symbolic for Alpha Omega, Greek text, halo, Trinity symbolism, Beginning and Ending, God The Father, God The Son, God The Holy Spirit, transparent background, Eastern Orthodox portrait of the Trinity. the blessing of the Trinity in the hand

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Passion Flowers and The Cross

 

Description of Illustration: scripture text from Galatians, "May I never boast except in the cross of our Lord Jesus Christ, through which the world has been crucified to me, and I to the world." Galatians 6:14, purple Passion Flowers, white cross, black background, two versions, one with text and one without

 

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A Cherubim Presents a Dramatic Persformance

Description of the illustration: Greyscale, hand drawn with a pencil, Greek theatre masks, happy and sad expressions, for a performance at your church, church theater, one version with a box for personalizing the performance and one without, add your own text or the name of your play within the box above.

 

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A hand adds things up...

 

Description of Illustration: black and white illustration of hand tabulating or calculating, adding things up, writing down numbers

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Elegant Blue Twilled Paper

Artist: restored, recolored, resized by the staff
 
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Who Were the Kings of Judah in Succession?

       The names of the kinds of Judah in their canonical order are: Rehoboam, Abijah, Asa, Jehoshaphat, Jehoram, Ahaziah, Athaliah (queen), Joash, Amaziah, Uzziah, Jotham, Ahaz, Hezekiah, Manasseh, Amon, Josiah, Jehoahaz, Jehoiakim, Jehoiachin, Zedekiah.

• The Kings of Israel & Judah - chart
• Kings of Judah - where to find them in scripture

What Is the Origin of the Name "Jew" ?

       The appellation "Jew" is derived from the patriarch Judah, and was originally applied to all members of that tribe and also to subjects of the separate kingdom of Judah, in contradiction to the seceding ten tribes, who retained the name of Israelites. During the captivity and ever since, the term "Jew" seems to have been applied indiscriminately to the whole race.

• Why Are Jews Called Jews?
• Origin and meaning of the name jew by Online Etymology
• Who Is a Jew?

How Many Walls Had Jerusalem?

       There were three walls about Jerusalem. The first was built by David and Solomon; the second, enclosing one of the northern sections of the city, was built by Uzziah, Jotham and Manasseh, and restored by Nehemiah; the third was built by Herod Agrippa, and was intended to enclose the hitherto unprotected suburbs which had grown out from the northern part of the city. According to Josephus, who is not always thoroughly reliable, the circumference of the city, evidently including all the sections enclosed by the tree walls he describes, was thritythree stadia, a little less then four English miles.

• The Walls of Jerusalem Through The Centuries - A Timeline
• Map of Jerusalem's Walls - First Century Jerusalem
• Nehemiah's Wall