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Three Sufferings and Three Victories of Jesus' Death on the Cross
April 13, 2025 · 25 min
What were the three sufferings and three victories Jesus experienced on the cross? Find out with Tim Moore and Nathan Jones on Christ in Prophecy Radio!
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0:01 Well, welcome to Christ in Prophecy Radio. I'm Nathan Jones, Internet Evangelist with Lamb and Lion Ministries, and with me is Tim Moore, our Director and Senior Evangelist. Did you know that 1 of the most remarkable0:12 prophecies in the Bible pointing to Jesus as the Messiah describes in detail the crucifixion of Jesus Christ. And what makes this Bible prophecy particularly noteworthy is that it was written more than0:23 1000 years before Jesus was born and more than 700 years before the Romans developed crucifixion as a method of execution.0:31 That's exactly right, Nathan. You know, you can find this prophecy in Psalm 22, a psalm written by King David and recited by Jesus as he hung on the cross. And Psalm 22 not only details the sufferings0:43 Jesus would endure, but also celebrates the victories that would come through his sacrifice. So today, we'll explore the 3 sufferings and the 3 victories of Jesus' death on the cross as revealed0:55 in Christ's intimate and heart wrenching prayer.0:58 As Easter approaches, it's important to understand what Jesus truly endured for our sake. Many Christians focus solely on the physical sufferings of Christ, but the Bible reveals that he suffered spiritually and1:09 emotionally as well. Understanding the death of Christ's sacrifice helps us appreciate the magnitude of his love for us and the complete victory he achieved. So stay with us as we delve into this powerful1:20 prophecy. And we here at Lamb and Lion Ministries, we have a passion for the soon return of Jesus Christ. That is our mission, to proclaim the soon return of Jesus Christ to as many people as we can as quickly as we can.
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2:26 Today, we're gonna be talking about the 3 sufferings and the 3 victories of Jesus' death on the cross. Well, obviously, Nathan, you just mentioned that we are approaching Easter. Of course, many of us refer to this
2:37 celebration of the Lord's resurrection as resurrection day. We'll talk more about that later, but our whole focus today is gonna be on Jesus' prayer as he hung on the cross. We're gonna be pointing back to Psalm 22, but
2:49 I'll actually open up by citing from Mark chapter 15 verse 34 where Jesus says and folks, excuse my pronunciation of some of these terms and and words that are in Aramaic, but he says,
3:01 Eloi, Eloi, lama sabachthani, which translated says and means, my God, my God, why have you forsaken me? And so we know that Jesus' citing of
3:13 this phrase is not just something that is poured out of his heart, although obviously it was. That is a psalm that he is beginning to recite even as he hangs there on the cross, specifically Psalm 22.
3:25 Isn't that amazing that Jesus, even while on the cross suffering and dying for our sins, goes through the entire Psalm 22, almost word for word. And, of course, we attribute Psalm 22 to King David who wrote it.
3:37 He as Jesus hung on the cross, we can go back to Psalm 22 verses 1 through 2 where David writes, my God, my God, why have you forsaken me? He says, far from my deliverance are the words of my groaning, oh my
3:49 God. I cry by day, but you do not answer, and by night, but I have no rest. Isn't it interesting that even though Jesus died on the cross in, let's say, 30 some AD,
4:00 1000 years earlier, King David was recording the very words that Jesus would speak on the cross.
4:05 You know, we have to remember that oftentimes, bible prophecy is sort of prefilled in the life or the experience of 1 of God's prophets, and David certainly recorded many prophetic psalms and other writings as did
4:17 other, psalmists and prophets throughout the Old Testament. We have individuals such as Joseph who sort of was a type of Christ. In other words, many attributes of his life foreshadowed what Jesus would experience
4:29 and encounter during his lifetime. But in this case, we know that David oftentimes was put upon by Saul. He was rejected by King Saul and and hunted down to be killed. Sometimes he
4:41 had enemies, and David sometimes felt very low emotionally, and in this moment, I believe even spiritually, which is why he cried out, My God, my God, why have you forsaken me? But as we'll see in this
4:52 particular psalm, David comes around to realize that he will still praise the Lord even in this moment of anguish and despair.
5:00 You gotta remember that Jesus, while he's hung on the cross, became sin incarnate for us. And so, for the first time, the trinity was broken and Jesus was not connected to the father and the holy spirit anymore. And
5:11 that's why we believe that Jesus' spiritual suffering resulted in far greater pain than his physical torment that he was enduring. Jesus was in agony. And yet, what's amazing in these passages that Jesus still had, he
5:23 demonstrated unwavering faith in the father's ultimate purpose.
5:26 And so even then, Jesus is still praising the father. And that's where he recites, we absolutely believe, the following verses in Psalm 22 when David writes beginning in verse 3, yet you, O Lord
5:38 God, are holy, O you who are enthroned upon the praises of Israel. In you our fathers trusted, they trusted, and you delivered them. To you they cried out and were delivered. In you they trusted and were not
5:50 disappointed. So here again, David trusted the Son, Jesus Christ, trusted that the Father would fulfill his will, but that he would eventually bring about his perfect
6:02 will and restore Jesus to his rightful place.
6:05 Amen and amen. Well, besides the spiritual suffering that Jesus experienced, his second suffering was his emotional suffering, Psalm 22 6 through 13. We read, but I am a worm and not a man, a
6:16 reproach of men and despised by the people. All who see me mock me, And he goes on. Is it interesting here where the David and then later Jesus uses the term worm or tolot beats crimson? It's a
6:28 representation of his blood but also a representation of the sin that was put and cast upon Christ for our sins.
6:34 It certainly is. And what's amazing, Nathan, you left off right there at verse 7 and 8 where even David says, the people are sneering at me. They're they're separating with the lip and they wag their heads saying, commit
6:45 yourself to the Lord. Let him deliver him. Let him rescue him because he delights in him. And that's exactly what happened at the crucifixion. The Pharisees and the other scoffers gathered around Jesus and said, if he
6:57 really is the Son of God, let God save him. And we know that it was God's will for Christ to suffer, and so he would not be saved at that moment. And that brings us down to verses 12 and 13.
7:09 Many bulls have surrounded me, strong bulls of Bashan have encircled me. They opened wide their mouth at me as a lion tears and roars. And not only were there human scoffers there, we believe that the
7:21 spiritual realm was celebrating that Jesus was being killed. And so the demonic hordes were dancing around the cross and gloating over their supposed victory, again, adding to the emotional
7:33 suffering of Jesus Christ.
7:34 Yeah. Jesus could see into the spiritual world as well. And so not only did he have the emotional in the acts, we have the physical sufferings, obviously, of being crucified. Now bear in mind that crucifixion wasn't
7:45 really invented by the Romans till about 300 years before Christ was born. And yet here, King David is going to give a prophecy about that. He says, I'm poured out like water, verse 14, and all my bones are out of joint.
7:57 My heart is like wax. It melts within me. And so here in these verses, we get a vivid picture of the physiological effects of crucifixions. He's got bones dislocated. He's experiencing extreme dehydration. His heart
8:09 is under extreme distress. He was scourged. You gotta remember, Jesus had a crown of thorns pushed on his head. He was beaten and spat upon, so crucifixion was truly a horror to have to go through.
8:19 It certainly was. And here's 1 of the most amazing prophecies in scripture. It contained right there in verse 16 of Psalm 22 where David records, for dogs have surrounded me. A band of evildoers has encompassed
8:31 me. They pierced my hands and my feet. Nathan, this was written, as you said, almost 1000 years before Christ's crucifixion and 700 years before the Romans perfected, if you will, this
8:43 excruciatingly painful form of execution where they would pierce the hands and the feet of their victims so that they would hang there in great agony. And sometimes crucifixion victims hung for days
8:54 crying out for death to take them away from their suffering and too too many times they lingered for a long period of time.
9:02 Amazing prophecy. Well, coming up, we're gonna examine more remarkable Bible prophecies fulfilled in the death of Jesus Christ and the victories that emerge from his sacrifice. So stay tuned.
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10:02 Well, welcome back to Christ in Prophecy Radio in our segment called what's really going on. Well, Tim, we live in a time period where many Christians write into this ministry every time Easter or Resurrection Day comes,
10:14 and they say it's not right for Christians to celebrate Easter. Why do you think they say that and is that correct?
10:19 Well, obviously many Christians would point out that the word Easter harkens back to pagan customs and so the word was adopted into Christian culture many centuries ago and
10:31 reclaimed to be just a word that refers to the celebration of Christ's resurrection. We oftentimes now refer to it as resurrection Sunday. I've kind of morphed even in my description to saying
10:42 resurrection Sunday because it makes clear to every listener I'm talking about the resurrection of who? Of Jesus Christ. Easter has become muddled, if you will, with Easter bunnies and chocolate eggs
10:54 and all the other things, but resurrection day makes very clear the gospel statement that Jesus died, but he indeed rose again. I don't think that's a problem with the word per se, but we like to have clarity here at
11:06 Lamb and Lion Ministries certainly.
11:08 Well, yeah. The the word Easter comes from Ishtar. She was a pagan fertility goddess. And so there was a time period where there was the worship of Ishtar, but it just happened to coincide the time with Christ's
11:18 resurrection. And the early church who was greatly persecuted by the Roman Empire would plan their holidays around pagan holidays for the purpose of masking it so they could worship the Lord and not look like the, you
11:30 know, they're standing out. But, you know, the apostle Paul dealt with a similar question in first Corinthians 8. He said, was it they asked him if it was okay to eat food sacrificed to idols, and he said this, but the
11:41 man who loves God is known by God. So then eating food sacrificed to idols, we know that an idol is nothing at all in the world and there is no god but 1. In other words, he's saying, God knows our hearts. He knows we're
11:53 not worshiping Ishtar. We're celebrating the the resurrection, the death of the burial and resurrection of Jesus Christ. So I can celebrate Easter just fine. I'm not worshiping Ishtar. I'm worshiping Jesus
12:04 Christ. But, you know, if it bothers you as a Christian, then we have certain liberties that allow us to celebrate certain holidays or not. So if Easter is offensive to you, then please celebrate the Lord Jesus Christ's
12:16 death, burial, and resurrection and don't be weighed down by the pagan aspects that happen to coincide at the time period.
12:23 Exactly right. You know, Nathan, many Christians would say Christmas is their favorite holiday of the year because they have so many family rituals and traditions tied up in that. But obviously that comes from a word
12:34 that would mean Christ's mass, and it's a very Catholic origin. And yet we don't get worked up about the word Christmas because we know that we're not celebrating a mass per se. We're celebrating the Lord's birth. And
12:45 you're exactly right. If we get hung up on words sometimes instead of the the spirit in which we are worshiping our great God and savior, then we get distracted. There are people who get upset with us at times, Nathan,
12:57 because we don't refer to God by a particular name. And yet there are so many names God gives us for himself, wonderful, counselor, king of kings, lord of lords, Jesus, the Christ, Messiah, Yeshua.
13:09 And all of these words point to the 1 who we worship. And so if we worship in spirit and in truth, it's not the word that matters as much as our heart. And I always like to cite what Jesus
13:21 says in Revelation chapter 21. He'll go to our favorite book in the the New Testament pointing to the future things to come. In verse 5 he says, and he who sits on the throne said, behold,
13:32 I am making all things new. And he said, write, for these words are faithful and true. Nathan, he made you new, he made me new, and so we are new creatures. I think Christ is
13:44 gonna reclaim and rehabilitate words and and holidays so that we are able to point to him. And in other words, all things will be fulfilled when he
13:56 makes them new. In this case, yeah, I try to use the word resurrection day to point to Easter weekend, but I don't get too worked up if someone still uses that traditional word instead.
14:08 Oh, yeah. Because as Christians, we live under the principle of grace. So we gotta remember it's not just 1 day or a specific holiday that we set apart for the Lord, but every minute of every day. In in many ways, we
14:19 become even more responsible in the church age to celebrating Christ each and every minute. Unceasing is the term. So don't get up, held up by holidays. Don't get held up by whether you should worship on Saturday or
14:31 Sunday or Wednesday. As Christians, we celebrate the Lord every minute of every day.
14:36 Amen. Well said. Well, folks, in just a moment, we'll come back and continue our conversation about the sufferings and the victories that Jesus experienced on the cross. The victories can be yours
14:48 and mine. Stay tuned.
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15:24 Let's continue to look carefully at the prophetic words in David's Psalm 22 as it continues in verse 17 through 18. The Lord says, I count all my bones. They look. They stare at me. They divide my garments among
15:36 them, and for my clothing, they cast lots. Again, we gotta remember that the details of these events that happened at the foot of the cross were written 1000 years before Jesus was born and were remarkably and precisely
15:47 fulfilled at the cross as recorded in the gospels.
15:50 You know, the amazing thing, Nathan, is we always try to find the historical account. I don't know of any particular time that David's hands and feet were pierced. I don't know of a record in history as recorded in
16:00 Scripture where his clothes were divided and there were lots cast over who would get to take home David's garments.
16:06 Good point.
16:06 And yet, he makes this prophetic declaration in his despair and the Lord just in a beautiful foreshadowing again of what would happen to Jesus Christ meant for this to be a prophetic psalm,
16:18 and that's exactly how it was fulfilled in the crucifixion of Christ.
16:22 It's a perfect example of the inspiration of the Scriptures, the very fact that the Holy Spirit was speaking through David the exact words that Jesus spoke on the cross. I mean, the gospel accounts record the exact
16:33 fulfillment of many details, the mocking crowds, the taunts, he saved others, he cannot save himself, the gambling for his clothes, his cry for thirst, and even Jesus' final words, it is
16:45 finished. In other words, he has done it. So all these prophecies are fulfilled in Psalm 22 1000 years before they happened.
16:53 You know, that's a great point. Even as you say, it is fulfilled all the way to the end of this psalm, as you get to the end, David has come full circle in his despair. At moments, we already
17:04 recited from chapter 22 verses 3 through 5 how he he praised the Lord even out of the depths of the despair, but at the end of this chapter in verses 30 and 31, David testifies
17:16 this, posterity will serve him, referring to the Lord God. It will be told of the Lord to the coming generation. They will come and declare his righteousness to a people who will be born that he has
17:28 performed it. And we know that Jesus' last words on the cross were, it is finished or it is done. But quite frankly, even though the translation is slightly different from this psalm, we
17:40 believe those are the exact words from the psalm. So, Nathan, I think Jesus was reciting the entire psalm and some of the the phrases were picked up by his listeners. Others, he may have been reciting almost under his
17:52 breath. You gotta imagine he's gasping for breath. It was so painful to raise yourself up even to get a lungful of air while you hung on the cross. That's why people eventually suffocated, but I believe Jesus
18:04 recited this entire psalm. And even those last words point back to the passage in Revelation that I just cited from Revelation 21 because I said, the Lord testifies, behold, I am making
18:15 all things new. In the very next verse, he said to me, verse 6 of Revelation 21, it is done. It is finished. I am the Alpha and the Omega, the beginning and the end. I will give to
18:27 the 1 who thirsts from the spring of the water of life without cost. He who overcomes will inherit these things, and I will be his God, and he will be my son. So there is an ultimate fulfillment of it is finished
18:39 when Jesus brings us to himself and we who have overcome get the inheritance of God, tying Psalm 22 to the gospel account of the crucifixion and here the new heaven and earth in
18:51 Revelation 21.
18:52 The psalm implies the resurrection and even celebrates the salvation to all who believe. So the first victory is salvation. Verse 22, the afflicted will eat and be satisfied and those who seek him will
19:04 praise Yahweh. May your heart live forever.
19:06 Amen. You know, Nathan, we already read verse 5. To you they cried out and were delivered or saved. In you they trusted and were not disappointed. So that first victory that Christ secured at the cross was our
19:18 salvation. The second victory is his exaltation. You're exactly right. I believe the demons, obviously the Pharisees and the Romans thought that they had put away this troublemaker or the the Son of
19:30 God as the demons understood, but instead they ensured his exaltation. And his humiliation led to his exaltation as king over the earth, and he will be
19:41 recognized as king of kings for all people who believed and eventually every tongue and every knee which will confess and bow. And that's exactly what David records beginning in verses 27 through
19:53 29 of Psalm 22. All the ends of the earth will remember and turn to who? To Yahweh, and all the families of the nations will worship before you for the kingdom is Yahweh's and he
20:05 rules over the nations. Nathan, we don't believe he is ruling right now or at least not exerting his reign because if he was, we wouldn't have nations like Iran and North Korea and and others acting
20:17 as bad agents, but he will. So this is a portion of this psalm that is yet to be ultimately fulfilled.
20:23 Verse 29 shows that this is his ultimate victory. It says, all the prosperous of the earth will eat and worship. All those who go down to the dust will bow before him, even he who cannot keep his soul alive. What he's
20:35 saying here is that those who have accepted Christ as savior will live eternal lives. But those who've rejected him and go to hell, they too will 1 day bow a knee before Jesus. So his victory on the cross
20:46 was universal. Every person, tribe, tongue, nation, and person, whether they've accepted Christ or not, will 1 day bow before him. And that is the second victory, that exaltation.
20:56 It certainly is. And that brings us to the final victory, which is proclamation. Throughout history and into eternity, the message of Christ's sacrifice will be proclaimed. When John sees Christ there in
21:08 Revelation, he turns and sees a lamb as if slain. And so we know that this sacrifice of Jesus Christ, the the wounds in his hands and feet that he pointed out to Thomas, the
21:20 doubter, will always be present for us to exalt in his sacrifice, his victory, and we will proclaim that forever and ever. And that's exactly as, again, as David said in verse 30, posterity will serve
21:32 him. It will be told of the Lord to the coming generation. So, Nathan, that's a challenge and a charge to us. That's part of the great commission that we tell to the next generation, to everyone we come in contact with
21:43 that he has performed it, he has finished it, it is done, our salvation is complete. And that's the gospel message. Christ was crucified, he was killed, dead, buried, but he
21:55 rose again. And so we celebrate on resurrection day the completion of his work there at Calvary.
22:02 So 3 victories, salvation, exaltation, and proclamation. Well, coming up, Tim's gonna share some final words about what Christ's suffering and his victories mean for us today, so stay tuned.
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22:41 The fulfillment of the prophecies found in Psalm 22 confirm beyond a doubt that Jesus is indeed the promised Messiah. Only by the shed blood of the suffering servant can mankind find salvation from the
22:53 just penalty of hell brought on by our rebellion against God. As Ephesians 1 7 says, in him we have redemption through his blood, the forgiveness of trespasses according to the riches of his
23:05 grace. Think about it for just a moment. As Jesus hung on the cross, he said, my God, my God, why have you forsaken me? This son of the Father who had always been in eternal communion with God the
23:16 Father was rejected. Why? Because of anything he had done wrong? No. Because of my sins and yours. Jesus was forsaken because we had sinned. And
23:28 yet if we trust in him, we can be forgiven because he was forsaken. As the wonderful song Amazing Love says, I'm forgiven because you were forsaken. The 3
23:40 sufferings Jesus endured, spiritual, emotional, and physical, show the completeness of his sacrifice. And the 3 victories he achieved, salvation, exaltation, and proclamation, show the completeness of
23:52 his triumph. This is the message we proclaim at Lamb and Lion Ministries. Jesus suffered, died, and rose again, and he is coming back soon. As we approach resurrection weekend, I encourage you to read
24:03 Psalm 22 alongside the gospel accounts of the crucifixion. Let the reality of what Jesus endured for you sink deep into your heart. If you've never accepted Christ's sacrifice for your sins,
24:15 today is the day of salvation. Only in the name of Jesus Christ can you be saved and receive eternal life. Romans 5 8 says that God demonstrates his own love toward us in that while we
24:27 were sinners, Christ died for us. John 3 16 says, for God so loved the world that he gave his only begotten Son, not just sending him as a babe in the manger, but giving his life that
24:39 whoever believes in him shall not perish but have eternal life. Until next week, remember the suffering and the victory of our Lord Jesus Christ and look up for our redemption does
24:51 draw near. Godspeed.
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