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If that's the case, then the people of 30 AD were ready for God. In fact, we see a remarkable progression of Old Testament violence from divine to human agency. Whereas, around 600 BC, God dispatched 180,000 Assyrians, in 180 BC the Maccabees had to take down the 80,000 Greeks themselves. Both events were manifestations of God's greatness, but the latter event was in faith in support of man's actions, whereas the earlier event was a show of God's power unto itself. | If that's the case, then the people of 30 AD were ready for God. In fact, we see a remarkable progression of Old Testament violence from divine to human agency. Whereas, around 600 BC, God dispatched 180,000 Assyrians, in 180 BC the Maccabees had to take down the 80,000 Greeks themselves. Both events were manifestations of God's greatness, but the latter event was in faith in support of man's actions, whereas the earlier event was a show of God's power unto itself. | ||
== Three crosses on Calvary == | |||
My RE students went blank when I showed them an image of Calvary with the three crucifixes. Never heard about the thieves. | |||
But it causes contemplation. They were just there by happenstance: God wanted them there, so let's consider why. | |||
* both sinful | |||
* both prideful | |||
* only one repents | |||
* Christ absolves him | |||