The Party
“But we see Jesus, who was made a little lower than the
angels, now crowned with glory and honor because he suffered death,… for
everyone.”
Hebrews 2:9
Fire lit torches blazed
the evening sky as marching feet quickly made their way to the guilty party.
Eleven men huddled
together as their hearts beat in cold fear. They knew. Jesus had told them.
Their Savior—the One who was supposed to destroy the world and set them free
from tyranny—was going to die.
They had to stop it. One
kissed the Savior’s tear stained cheek in betrayal. One took out his sword and
cut off an enemy’s ear.
Ten thousand angels
hovered closely, waiting for the command to destroy the enemy. The command never came.
In the end, when all hope
of rescue died—the ones He called friends—fled!
Jesus Christ was no
pathetic, self-pitying Savior. Hear His strength, His power, His confidence as He called His disciples...as He's calling you.
“Don’t you know this is
why I came into the world…to lay down my life for the sin of the world? Don’t
you know that after three days in the grave, I will rise again? Don’t you know
you will live with Me in heaven if you believe…only believe?”
So Jesus Christ died a
tortured death on a lonely cross,
for you…for me. With no defense, without so much as a whimper, not even, “But your honor, I didn’t do it. I plead a re-trial.”
He prayed. He forgave. He
cried out. He bled profusely. And then—He died.
Jesus didn’t throw a pity
party. But the demons did. Their arch enemy was
dead. The One who slapped the devil in the face in the Garden of Eden was dead, dead, dead!
But on the third day…when Jesus Christ crashed through the gates of hell...what a party!
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