I had suffered from these 2 terrible wounds and desperately needed a remedy. I spent an entire decade searching for answers in New Age spirituality and self help books and found out the hard way, it was all a waste of time and money.
I never understood how the crucifixion of Jesus could ever heal my inner emotional trauma, until one day I heard a pastor preach on it.
He broke down the details of the Jesus' sufferings and how it was all specific to my present-day sufferings.
Isaiah 50:6, I gave my back to those who strike, and my cheeks to those who pull out the beard; I hid not my face from disgrace and spitting.
Isaiah 53 describes how Jesus was despised and rejected by men, He was pierced for our transgressions, crushed for our iniquities, But by His wounds we are healed! He became a guilt offering on the cross.
Jesus was stripped naked, clothed with a scarlet robe and had a crown of thorns pressed onto his head and then was beaten and spit on. Jesus was stripped naked twice that day. This was absolutely humiliating and shameful to experience such abuse.
In Isaiah 52:14 it says, As many were astonished at you, his appearance was so marred, beyond human resemblance. The people looked away.
Jesus not only bore the sins of mankind, but also he BECAME every emotional wound and BECAME every curse that is due to us so that we might be healed and enter into His blessings.
He experienced rejection on the cross as He cried out, "My God, My God, why have you forsaken me?". I learned that Jesus did not die from crucifixion but from a broken heart as a result of rejection.
Once I saw all that Jesus did for me, I felt my heart break for Him and in that moment I also felt complete healing for my emotional wounds. I finally understood what Jesus did. He redeemed us through His Blood (Ephesians 1:7)
I finally understood the very high price He paid to buy us all back from a life of slavery to sin, that high price was not only His Blood, but His life.
And how highly valuable we all must be in God's eyes for Him to send his own begotten son, to die for us.
My old identity was "guilty, rejectable, and ashamed"..
and now in Christ…
My new identity is "Honored, Redeemed, Made Holy, Sanctified, Conqueror, Forgiven, Healed, and a member of the best family in the Universe