A Warm Welcome to Larry Hammersley To enter the Rafflecopter contest to win a print copy (U.S. residents only) of Mary Magdalene leave a comment and email address below. Christ's Life and Mission Many prophecies occur in the Old Testament concerning Christ. They describe his life, his mission, his suffering, his death, and his resurrection. One such place is in Psalms 22. This chapter describes his suffering and death in graphic language in the first twenty-one verses. The remainder of that chapter gives an uplifting message of triumph. We see early in the chapter he was all alone, he was mistreated, scoffed, stared at, and surrounded by enemies. There is a description of what crucifixion did to his body. He was scourged, his bones stared, his hands and feet pierced, his heart melted which probably referred to his heart bursting due too great anguish which can result in destruction of the heart, thus causing his early death after being on the ...