Sublime

The Sixth Station: Jesus Is Scourged and Crowned with Thorns

“I am the Alpha and the Omega—the beginning and the end,” says the Lord God. “I am the one who is, who always was, and who is still to come—the Almighty One.” REVELATION 1:8 NLT

refers to the authority over death and Hades which he has won through his death and resurrection: ‘I have the keys of Death and Hades.’

a seer is taken in vision to God’s throne-room in heaven to learn the secrets of the divine purpose

Live now in a way so that when death comes you can rejoice and not be fearful. Learn now how to die to the world so that you may begin to live with Christ (see Rom 6:8).

Octavian – or Augustus, as he was officially known after 27 BCE (a made-up title meaning something close to ‘Revered One’) – dominated Roman political life for more than fifty years, until his death in 14 CE. Going far beyond the precedents set by Pompey and by Caesar, he was the first Roman emperor to last the course and the longest-serving ruler

Death was the moment when life overflowed its cup. Death wasn’t an end of life. It was the end of the singular.

he was often seen raised above the ground with flames radiating from his body and he possessed an agility and ease which our glorified bodies will one day experience.

great names, his own would no longer be spoken, had Cicero not made him an addressee.°* 5 Deep is the abyss of time that will close over us.