The Strong’s number assigned to the Hebrew word Leb is 3820 {labe} bel - the heart; also used (figuratively) very widely for the feelings, the will and even the intellect; likewise for the centre of anything: – + care for, comfortably, consent, X considered, courag [-eous], friend [-ly], ([broken-], [hard-], [merry-], [stiff-], [stout-], double) heart ([-ed]), X heed, X I, kindly, midst, mind (-ed), X regard ([-ed)], X themselves, X unawares, understanding, X well, willingly, wisdom.
The heart. The center of anything. In times of earthly turmoil we call the center point, ground zero. To the followers of Christ, Calvary must have been ground zero. Just as people in this century witnessed ground zero, the Towers, the field in Pennsylvania, and the Pentagon, so must have the disciples, and the men and women who had followed Jesus and his ministry and believed him to be the Messiah. All of these people, past and present, could tell you where they were at the time of these terrible life-changing events.
The Heroes of flight 93 that came dawn in Pennsylvania died so many others could live. There was ONE on Calvary, two thousand years ago, that died in our place, so that we might live eternally. We read in Isaiah 53: 3 and 4 (King James Version): 3He is despised and rejected of men; a man of sorrows, and acquainted with grief: and we hid as it were our faces from him; he was despised, and we esteemed him not. 4Surely he hath borne our grief’s, and carried our sorrows: yet we did esteem him stricken, smitten of God, and afflicted.
Hope rises from the ashes. The foundation is re-built. Hope rises from the cross.
Sandi Patti & Gary McSpadden sing Calvary From: kamamartin
