From Jerusalem to the Cross
Good Friday
“That Awful Cry!”
Scripture Lesson: Mark 15: 33-34
“Eloi, Eloi, lama sabachthani? My God, my God, why have your forsaken me?”
Have there ever been words spoken of greater, more profound, utterly awesome consequence? Jesus takes your sin and mine upon his own heart and soul! For those awful, terrifying moments he is separated from his heavenly Father. All the sins of humankind came crashing down upon his soul. Your sins and mine. Your shame and mine. Hell reached up and caught him and held him captive. The curtain in the temple was torn from top to bottom. Thunder and lightning pierced the afternoon. The sky turned black. Then, in words that insure our salvation, Jesus announced it all finished. And, “with a loud voice, Jesus breathed his last.” He was dead. BUT! In the words of the preacher, “It was Friday, but Sunday was a-coming!” We wait, now, for God’s next spectacular act. Jesus lay in a cold grave, but God was about to work another miracle. If the next miracle did not work, all that suffering would be in vain. Lent ends tomorrow.
Are you ready for the next miracle?
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