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the Cross

It's Good Friday.
Inevitably, we are drawn to the image of the cross.

It had been on my mind for the last few days.
Christ and the cross.

One of the things that came to me was this:
Jesus was essentially God.
And by that it means.. God died for us.

Who would have believed such a statement?
if not for the benefit of hindsight and bible,
we too would have cried out 'blasphemy'!

the YHWH whom the Jews feared,
walked among them and helplessly nailed on the cross of shame.

the Holy of Holy..
at the cross of punishment.

At the cross.. the most spectacular moment in history took place.
From eternity to eternity, those hours when Jesus was on the cross..
was the only moment when the Son was separated from the Father.

He took on the full impact of God's wrath and punishment over our sins.
And He died our death. For the reward of sin is nothing but death.

It wasn't dove or lamb or even any prophet up there.
It was the Son of God Himself.

For what?
For an exchange.
Exchange for what?
Right there.. God gave away His only Son so that we gained 'something' in exchange.

what is that? good health? prosperity? fame? power? good life?

what eyes have not seen and ears have not heard,
the thing beyond our wildest dream,
that is what God has prepared for those who love him
that 'something'.. is Jesus.

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