God revealed the truth of Christ to Pontius Pilate in a note from his wife, saying to him:
"Have nothing to do with that just man: for I have suffered many things this day in a dream because of him." (Matthew 27: 19)
But Pilate rejected the truth from God and said,
"away with him".
For more than two thousand years, God has been revealing the truth of Christ in the Holy Bible, to which many people have accepted from God while many others have rejected Christ like Pontius Pilate.
"GOD, who at sundry times and in divers manners spake in time past unto the fathers by the prophets,
Hath in these last days spoken unto us by his Son, whom he hath appointed heir of all things, by whom also he made the worlds;
Who being the brightness of his glory, and the express image of his person, and upholding all things by the word of his power, whom he had by himself purged our sins, sat down on the right hand of the Majesty on high;
Being made so much better than the angels, as he hath by inheritance obtained a more excellent name than they.
For unto which of the angels said he at any time, Thou art my Son, this day have I begotten thee? And again, I will be to him a Father, and he shall be to be a Son?" (Hebrews 1: 1-5)
Judas Iscariot was next to turn his face against Christ. He went to church with Jesus for three years, and all he did was sit on the pew and watch as Jesus preached, and he also watched as Jesus performed miracles in front of his eyes. He barked when he saw Mary washing the feet of Jesus with a costly ointment, "Why was not this ointment sold for three hundred pence, and given to the poor?", he asked. Three hundred pence was a year's wage, and Judas saw the ointment being wasted on the feet of Jesus. But Judas never opened his heart to Jesus, then sold his soul to the devil for thirty pieces of silver, which was the exact price paid to the master of a slave. And after betraying the Lord, Judas committed suicide and went to hell.
The third man was a thief and he was crucified on a cross next to Jesus; and said to the Lord: "If thou be the Christ, save thyself and us." Clearly, this man's only interest was in himself, to be spared from death, but not for his future beyond the grave.
But the fourth man was different. He, too, was a thief and was crucified on the other side of Jesus, so that Jesus was between them. Speaking to the third man, "Dost not thou fear God, seeing thou art in the same condemnation? And we justly; for we receive the due reward of our deeds: but this man hath done nothing amiss." Turning to Jesus, he said, "Lord, remember me when thou comest into thy kingdom." To which Jesus responded, "Verily I say unto thee, To-day shalt thou be with me in paradise."
Three years later, Pilate was removed by Caesar from his position as Governor of Judea; thereafter, his life is a mystery. Historians are not sure if Pilate was exiled to an island by Caesar, or if he committed suicide in a river.
Four men met Jesus, but only one believed in the Lord and received salvation for his soul.
(Scripture verses from Luke's Gospel, chapter 23)
Judas Iscariot was next to turn his face against Christ. He went to church with Jesus for three years, and all he did was sit on the pew and watch as Jesus preached, and he also watched as Jesus performed miracles in front of his eyes. He barked when he saw Mary washing the feet of Jesus with a costly ointment, "Why was not this ointment sold for three hundred pence, and given to the poor?", he asked. Three hundred pence was a year's wage, and Judas saw the ointment being wasted on the feet of Jesus. But Judas never opened his heart to Jesus, then sold his soul to the devil for thirty pieces of silver, which was the exact price paid to the master of a slave. And after betraying the Lord, Judas committed suicide and went to hell.
The third man was a thief and he was crucified on a cross next to Jesus; and said to the Lord: "If thou be the Christ, save thyself and us." Clearly, this man's only interest was in himself, to be spared from death, but not for his future beyond the grave.
But the fourth man was different. He, too, was a thief and was crucified on the other side of Jesus, so that Jesus was between them. Speaking to the third man, "Dost not thou fear God, seeing thou art in the same condemnation? And we justly; for we receive the due reward of our deeds: but this man hath done nothing amiss." Turning to Jesus, he said, "Lord, remember me when thou comest into thy kingdom." To which Jesus responded, "Verily I say unto thee, To-day shalt thou be with me in paradise."
Three years later, Pilate was removed by Caesar from his position as Governor of Judea; thereafter, his life is a mystery. Historians are not sure if Pilate was exiled to an island by Caesar, or if he committed suicide in a river.
Four men met Jesus, but only one believed in the Lord and received salvation for his soul.
(Scripture verses from Luke's Gospel, chapter 23)
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