"Now from the sixth hour until the ninth hour there was darkness over all the land." (Matthew 27:45)
It's a gloomy, raining, very cloudy day here. Nothing to compare, however, with that Day of Days so long ago. "Well might the sun in darkness hide, and shut its glories in, when God, the Mighty Maker, died for man the creature's sin."
All the sin of all people of all generations of all people groups, from the Garden to the close of this present age, Jesus, "took in His Own Body on the Tree." And to those who think that "The Christ Event" was a scenario of a vengeful God unleashing judgment on Jesus, the Son, as the Father and Holy Spirit "looked on," I beg your pardon. The Bible makes it absolutely clear that what 2 Corinthians 5 declares is what was involved in that "Event" so long ago, "that God was in Christ reconciling the world to Himself...."
Now, no wonder the Lutheran Hymnal's version of "At the Cross" has the words, "when God, the Mighty Make, died for man the creature's sin." Christendom needs to "wipe the slate clean" of theology which depicts the Triune Lord God as One who cannot "get his hands dirty," who cannot, "became flesh and dwelt among us," Who would never conceive of, "Immanuel, God with us," or be the One of Whom it was said, "This man receives sinners and eats with them."
On the Cross That Day, and in His Triumphal Resurrection, our Lord God, Father, Son, and Holy Spirit, invited us sinners to the Banquet Table, "Let us be glad and rejoice and give Him glory, for the marriage of the Lamb has come, and His wife has made herself ready." I pray we do.
Father, in Jesus' Name, Thank You so much for what you "finished" on This Day. Amen.
When Peter, an 18 year old Norwegian, "heard the call to evangelize China, on that day he not only emptied his wallet into the collection plate, but included a small note with the words, 'and my life.'"
Hebrews 12:2
Hebrews 12:2
