Among the Messianic Psalms (Bible Chapters that speak of Jesus centuries before His earthly Ministry) … none towers any higher than Psalm 22. Yet its beginning is so blatantly abrupt! Psalm 22:1 … “My God, my God, why hast thou forsaken me? why art thou so far from helping me, and from the words of […]

I am calling our Lord’s Agony (Agonies might be a better term) His “SOUL SUFFERINGS.” We know He suffered physically, both in His Life and in His Death. But I am trying to dig deeper. Psalm 16:10, a Prime Example of what is called a “Messianic Psalm” or “Messianic Prophecy” … says of our Saviour, […]

Soul sufferings of Jesus? Yes! In Gethsemane, Jesus told His Disciples … “My soul is exceeding sorrowful unto death: tarry ye here, and watch.” Mark 14:34, this sure sounds like suffering to me, Anguish untold! He did NOT say “body!” Add John 12:27 … “Now is my soul troubled,” where “tarasso” at least means “disturbed, […]

I have been wondering something. If we are going to seek to learn about the “soul sufferings” of Jesus on the Cross … must we not at least attempt to consider the sufferings of God the Father as well? Did God suffer that Day? Is God the Father capable of suffering? Well, no doubt He […]

The more I ponder this aspect of our Lord’s agony on the Cross, the more I realize how ineffable our Subject really is! (“Ineffable” means, using Latin as its base, “not” plus “utterable!” Beyond words!) But I sure am thankful that Matthew, under the Guidance of the Holy Spirit, tells us this much: Jesus’ Soul […]