Crucifixion

• Alma 14: 20, 24…Unbelievers don’t understand. They always ask “if ye have such great power why do ye not deliver yourselves?” Sign seekers
• Mosiah 15: 5-7…The life & crucifixion of Christ
• Mosiah 14: 9…Christ was innocent
• 2 Nephi 10:3-4…Only the Jews could crucify Christ
• 2 Nephi 25:12…Why Jews killed Christ (sins, hardness of hearts, stiff-neckedness)
• “In that most burdensome moment of all human history, with blood appearing at every pore and an anguished cry upon His lips, Christ sought Him whom He had always sought—His Father. “Abba,” he cried, “Papa,” or from the lips of a younger child, something akin to “Daddy” (Mark 14:36). This is such a personal moment it almost seems a sacrilege to cite it. A Son in unrelieved pain, a Father His only true source of strength, both of them staying the course, making it through the night—together. Broken Things to Mend Jeffrey R. Holland Kindle Loc. 365-69
• “His clearly defined footprints are easy to see. They are pressed distinctly and deeply into the soil of the second estate, deeply and distinctly because of the enormous weight which pressed down upon Him; including the awful burden of all of our individual sins. Only He could have carried it all. I thank the Savior personally for bearing all which I added to His hemorrhaging at every pore for all of humanity in Gethsemane. I thank Him for bearing what I added to the decibels of His piercing soul-cry atop Calvary.” Neal A. Maxwell, Ensign, May 1988, 9
• “ ‘Here am I, send Me’ – Never has anyone offered to do so much for so many with so few words…” Neal A. Maxwell,Searching for God in America, 131
• Prophecy of Christ coming to earth to work might miracles, like healing the sick, raising the dead, causing the lame to walk, the blind to receive their sight, the deaf to hear, and curing of diseases, casting out devils, suffered all we did/do on earth, even until blood came from every pore.  His name to be Jesus, and his mother Mary.  He comes to his own (the Jews), and his own shall crucify him.  After 3 days, he will resurrect.  He will judge the children of men with a righteous judgement, and will atone for all.
• “… No man could do what he did for us. He did not have to die, he could have refused. He did it voluntarily. He did it because it was a commandment from his Father. He knew what the suffering was going to be; and yet, because of his love for us, he was willing to do it. …”  Chapter 3: The Plan of Salvation, Teachings of Presidents of the Church: Joseph Fielding Smith, (2013), 58–71
• “The driving of the nails into his hands and into the Savior’s feet was the least part of his suffering. We get into the habit, I think, of feeling, or thinking that his great suffering was being nailed to the cross and left to hang there. Well, that was a period in the world’s history when thousands of men suffered that way. So his suffering, so far as that is concerned, was not any more than the suffering of other men who have been so crucified. What, then, was his great suffering? I wish we could impress this fact upon the minds of every member of this Church: His great suffering occurred before he ever went to the cross. It was in the Garden of Gethsemane, so the scriptures tell us, that blood oozed from every pore of his body; and in the extreme agony of his soul, he cried to his Father. It was not the nails driven into his hands and feet. Now do not ask me how that was done because I do not know. Nobody knows. All we know is that in some way he took upon himself that extreme penalty. He took upon him our transgressions, and paid a price, a price of torment.”  Chapter 3: The Plan of Salvation, Teachings of Presidents of the Church: Joseph Fielding Smith, (2013), 58–71
• 2 Nephi 10: 4 -6… 4  For should the mighty miracles be wrought among other nations they would repent, and know that he be their God.  5 But because of priestcrafts and iniquities, they at Jerusalem will stiffen their necks against him, that he be crucified.  6 Wherefore, because of their iniquities, destructions, famines, pestilences, and bloodshed shall come upon them; and they who shall not be destroyed shall be scattered among all nations.
• Mosiah 3: 5-11…5  For behold, the time cometh, and is not far distant, that with power, the Lord Omnipotent who reigneth, who was, and is from all eternity to all eternity, shall come down from heaven among the children of men, and shall dwell in a tabernacle of clay, and shall go forth amongst men, working mighty miracles, such as healing the sick, raising the dead, causing the lame to walk, the blind to receive their sight, and the deaf to hear, and curing all manner of diseases.  6 And he shall cast out devils, or the evil spirits which dwell in the hearts of the children of men. 7 And lo, he shall suffer temptations, and pain of body, hunger, thirst, and fatigue, even more than man can suffer, except it be unto death; for behold, blood cometh from every pore, so great shall be his anguish for the wickedness and the abominations of his people. 8 And he shall be called Jesus Christ, the Son of God, the Father of heaven and earth, the Creator of all things from the beginning; and his mother shall be called Mary.  9 And lo, he cometh unto his own, that salvation might come unto the children of men even through faith on his name; and even after all this they shall consider him a man, and say that he hath a devil, and shall scourge him, and shall crucify him.10 And he shall rise the third day from the dead; and behold, he standeth to judge the world; and behold, all these things are done that a righteous judgment might come upon the children of men. 11 For behold, and also his blood atoneth for the sins of those who have fallen by the transgression of Adam, who have died not knowing the will of God concerning them, or who have ignorantly sinned.
• Mosiah 3: 5-11… Prophecy of Christ coming to earth to work might miracles, like healing the sick, raising the dead, causing the lame to walk, the blind to receive their sight, the deaf to hear, and curing of diseases, casting out devils, suffered all we did/do on earth, even until blood came from every pore.  His name to be Jesus, and his mother Mary. He comes to his own (the Jews), and his own shall crucify him. After 3 days, he will resurrect. He will judge the children of men with a righteous judgement, and will atone for all.
• April 28th, 1995 – Friday.  Quito, Ecuador… “Elder Hanks & I had a good study.  I kind of realized how special we really are.  If you think of all the people that chose to be on Christ’s side are now living in millions of different worlds.  The strongest spirits were sent here to this world because this is where they sacrificed Jesus Christ.  This was the only world wicked enough to do it.  On this world, in the Last Days, the valiant were sent here to be able to live in the most wicked time.  The next most valiant would be the church members.  Out of all of these valiant spirits only a few go on a mission.  They’re the chosen of the valiant.  If you could just imagine how special we actually are.  Then, on top of that, to be a leader among the chosen is something mind boggling.  I don’t know what I did in the pre-existence but the Lord has blessed me a ton.  He has helped me want to be the best I can.  I have this deep desire to be righteous.  I want to be like the Apostles, just because they’re so righteous and so smart & so spiritual & so right.  I’m realizing little by little my potential.  I’m very far from it but I’ll keep striving for it.  I’m so glad to be an Elder, and I feel very privileged to be a leader.  Man, I pray that the Lord guides my words, thoughts & action.  I want to help Him & His work so bad.  I pray I can.  I love this work.  I’m blessed all day & every day.  Even during the tests.”  – Clinton Brown Missionary Journal
• (Abr. 3:27) “ ‘Here am I, send Me’ – Never has anyone offered to do so much for so many with so few words…”  (Neal A. Maxwell,Searching for God in America, 131)
• D&C 19:16 -19...16. For behold, I, God, have suffered these things for all, that they might not suffer if they would Repent; 17.But if they would not repent they must suffer even as I; 18. Which suffering caused myself, even God, the greatest of all, to tremble because of pain, and to bleed at every pore, and to suffer both body and spirit—and would that I might not drink the bitter cup, and shrink—19. Nevertheless, glory be to the Father, and I partook and finished my preparations unto the children of men
• D&C 19:18–19…The Savior atoned for our sins by suffering in Gethsemane and by giving His life on the cross. It is impossible for us to fully understand how He suffered for all of our sins. In the Garden of Gethsemane, the weight of our sins caused Him to feel such agony that He bled from every pore. Later, as He hung upon the cross, Jesus suffered painful death by one of the most cruel methods known to man.
• “I am grateful today for my affiliation with a people who have a firm conviction that God lives, that Jesus is the Christ; and I bear witness  to you that the story off the babe born in the manger at Bethlehem is not a myth of the past, but that Jesus, the Son of God was born of Mary into mortality; that he lived among men; that he died upon the cross and was resurrected; that he actually and truly lives today; and that he is a personal being and is the Savior of the world.” The Teachings of Howard W. Hunter, Howard W. Hunter