The Cross Was His Own

They borrowed a bed to lay His head

When Christ the Lord came down;

They borrowed the ass in the mountain pass

For Him to ride to town;

But the crown that He wore

and the Cross that He bore

Were His own-

The Cross was His own.

He borrowed the bread when the crowd He fed

On the grassy mountain side,

He borrowed the dish of broken fish

With which He satisfied.

But the crown that He wore

and the Cross that He bore

Were His own-

The Cross was His own.

He borrowed the ship in which to sit

To teach the multitude;

He borrowed a nest in which to rest-

He had never a room so rude;

But the crown that He wore

and the Cross that He bore

Were His own-

The Cross was His own.

He borrowed a room on His way to the tomb

The Passover Lamb to eat;

They borrowed a cave for Him a grave,

They borrowed a winding sheet.

But the crown that He wore

and the Cross that He bore

Were His own-

The Cross was His own.

-Author Unknown

White Crucifixion

Marc Chagall

(1938)

Art Institute of Chicago

This haunting portrayal 

of the Crucifixion,

as seen through the eyes

 of Jewish artist Marc Chagall,

speaks to me of the many centuries

 of unwarranted cruelty and persecution

suffered by the Jewish people, at the

hands of those calling themselves

 members of "the body of Christ".

What these "Christians" failed

to realize is, that by striking out at the Jews,

calling them "Christ-killers" and waging a

continuous war against them in both

words and deeds, puts them

squarely in the camp of the enemies

of God Himself.

Today there is a new attack aimed at

 the Jewish people and Israel called,

 Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions,

better known as the BDS Movement,

which is being sponsored not only by

secular institutions and nations, but,

by those calling themselves the

followers of Christ. 

Jesus Christ, whose real name

is Yeshua, which is Hebrew for Joshua,

was born a member of the tribe of Judah.

Therefore, self-professed, "Christians"

supporting the lies and deception of

the BDS Movement, are actually

taking a stand against Christ Himself.

Marc Chagall painted,

 "White Crucifixion" 

in the late 1930's,  

a time of great uncertainty across Europe,

 as a scurrilous mongrel of a dictator

 rose to power in Nazi Germany, 

barking his demands for

"racial purity" and for the elimination of

all people he deemed to be non-Aryan,

reserving a distinct hatred for the Jews,

both in his country and elsewhere.

Like the fight for abortion-on-demand 

rights by certain politicians

 and groups in America today,

German Chancellor Adolf Hitler declared war

against those he deemed unfit to live, 

 thus declaring war on 

the very image and likeness of the Creator.

"For You did form my inward

parts; You did knit me together

in my mother's womb."

Psalm 139:13

Marc Chagall recognized the impending

doom facing his people and managed to escape,

finding safe haven in the United States of America.

 Meanwhile, others saw the rising storm clouds as

the armies of the Third Reich swept

across Europe, but their reticence in

not realizing the danger until it was too late

cost many people their lives.

It was only after the Allied liberation of

Europe that those who found refuge elsewhere

 like Marc Chagall, as well as the rest of the world,

witnessed the fallen nature of mankind firsthand,

through the appalling evil of the Holocaust.

And yet, only three short years after the

end of World War II,  the nation of Israel

was born in a single day, thus fulfilling

 the words spoken thousands

of years before by the Prophet Isaiah:

"Before Zion travailed, she gave birth;

her pain came upon her, she was

delivered of a male child.

Who has heard of such a thing?

Who has seen such things?

Shall a land be born in one day?

Or shall a nation be brought forth

in a moment? For as soon as

Zion was in labor, 

she brought forth her children."

Isaiah 66:7-8

All the satanically-driven forces of

Hitler's Third Reich failed to wipe out the

seed of Abraham from the earth.

"And I will make your descendants

to multiply as the stars of the heavens..."

Genesis 26:4 

Never in the world had their been

such a momentous event, as what

happened on May 14, 1948.

The nation of Israel, born in one day,

is living proof that the

 Living God of the Universe

always keeps His promises.

On that very same day, 

American President Harry Truman 

was one of the first world leaders to

recognize the new nation of Israel.

We now have a new leader,

President Donald J. Trump, who, is

not only a friend and supporter of the

nation and people of Israel,

but, has openly declared his intention

to move the US embassy from Tel Aviv

to Jerusalem, to officially recognize

that city as the eternal capital of the

nation and people of Israel.

If he succeeds in his plan, he will be

the first sitting US President\

 in recent history to do so.

The City of Adonai

Jerusalem, Israel