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                                           AT THE CROSS OF JESUS CHRIST As we approach Good Friday, let us pause for a moment and direct our attention, for these few minutes, to the cross of Jesus Christ and what it meant to those who witnessed the first Good Friday, over 2,000 years ago, and what it means to us today. Many people witnessed Jesus carrying His cross to be crucified that day. There were the Passers-by on their journey from location to another and happened to come across a crucifixion taking place. They may or may not have known it was Jesus. In those times, death by crucifixion was reserved for slaves, foreigners, traitors and the most despicable of criminals. To some, Jesus could have been any of these, so they watched as they passed by. To others, He was the one who made grand promises that He would destroy the Temple and rebuild it in three days. So they hurled insults at him, telling him to save himself from the cross (Mark 15: 29-30). There were the Jewish leaders w