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The Seven Last Words of Christ: With Me In Paradise

People have different reactions to encountering the King of Kings.  Furthermore, this situation showed itself to be particularly unique.  There, two criminals hung surrounding the Savior.  The consequences of the first criminal’s crimes had caught up to him and drove him to insanity. He mocked Jesus, an innocent man dying the death of a guilty man.  The second, though, responded differently.  He chastised the first criminal and sought to gain the attention of Jesus.  For everything he was going through, the second criminal saw the face of an innocent man, but even more so, he saw the face of the Savior of mankind.    

Father Forgive Them

The Seven Last Words of Christ: Father Forgive Them

He was crucified that day, a particularly brutal and bloody process.  All of this having been whipped, beaten, and bloodied long before His crucifixion.  No one could bring any true charge against Him and instead levied lies and falsehoods as the means of His judgment.  When it came time to crucify Him, he was placed in between two criminals, the people seeing Christ as nothing more than a mere criminal.  There, the mocking and pain continued.  Yet, it was the response of Jesus that stunned the crowd and epitomized the mission that Jesus came to complete.