When we stand gazing at the one pierced in hands and feet for our sins, we cannot help but stand there gazing in awe and amazement. For there upon what seemed to the world to be the most agonizing and most uncomfortable place in all the world to be that day, was actually the most Comforting grace God ever gave and displayed for mankind. What looked to the world like the most merciless situation upon a Cross was actually the greatest Mercy in all the world being activated from heaven itself for all people in all the nations of the world. What A Savior. The Lamb of God.
Thinking on this, I'm reminded right now of the scripture in the book of Isaiah the 52 chapter, verse 14. What a revealing scripture of what our Redeemer (The Lamb of God) went thru that day, the day the world pondered in darkness the blow to one of such great light. It says, that as they gazed upon Him, it was and He was an astonishing sight. His face and countenance had been and was marred more than any man. He had been so abused and so beaten that no face, no visage had ever looked so disfigured. One translation of this tells us that he was beaten to such great degree that you could not even recognize who he was or that he was human. More than ANY MAN Ever the Son of God was marred.
It amazes me what our precious Jesus went thru for our redemption. Sometimes I weep when my heart strings are pressed with the thought of what He went thru. Never having done anything wrong EVER, still yet, He thru His Eternal Spirit (Hebrews 9:11-14) offered up His blood filled body (THE LAMB) to be ripped and torn to shreds and beaten beyond recognition by a hate filled, sin ridden world whose hate was strengthened by Satan himself against the Son Of God. (John 8:44)
And then if all that wasn't enough to awe and amaze us, we have another awing scripture to behold and take in. This scripture shouts it's amazing message to us all and it is not a quiet one. It's a truth almost to much to accept and believe, but it is scripture and the scriptures Jesus said cannot BE BROKEN. Isaiah 53:10, here it is........YET IT PLEASED THE LORD TO BRUISE HIM, speaking of the Father who Jesus called His God (John 20:15-17) (The Father) See Hebrews 1:8-9). IT PLEASED OUR HEAVENLY FATHER TO BRUISE HIM...He has put him to grief."
What amazing words. What awing scriptures. Words and scripture backed by love for us that we naturally cannot fathom or figure. The sinless and purest Son of God whose heart was more innocent, more lovely, and more pure that the purest of children's hearts was beaten, bruised, wounded, torn, ripped to shreds with cuts to the bone and to his visage to where he was disfigured and marred more than any man then nailed to a Cross. All accomplished because, not of evil, but the root of the Cross is found in the great revelation of what was my dads favorite verse in the bible John 3:16 because God So Loved The World. God loved you and I with the greatest love that exist. As it is written, Greater Love hath no man than this, than to lay his life down to save others.
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