OH
LORD, WHAT HAVE WE DONE?
The
afternoon sky was dark, ugly storm clouds swirled all around
Jerusalem and Golgatha. Betrayed by a kiss, the man who was called
Jesus delivered Himself to the Father in a shout of deep anguish.
Joh
19:30 Therefore when Jesus had received the sour wine, He
said, "It is finished!" And He bowed
His head and gave up His spirit.
The
silhouette of three trees, three crosses stand stark and silent
against the angry black clouds in the wind. The ground just finished
its violent shaking. The quake lifted Jerusalem's dust high into the
air in all directions.
A
heavy, foreboding silence consumes those standing there. They stand
motionless, Roman guards with arms limp at the sides, muffled sounds
of sobbing. In the quiet, a man can hear his own heart beat in his
ears. Just as it became quiet, ears begin to hear again.
Luk
23:48 And all the crowds who came together for this
spectacle, when they observed what had happened, began to return,
beating their breasts.
The
three who suffered and died this day on Golgatha were taken down. A
man named Joseph from Arimathea received and wrapped the body of
Jesus and placed it in his own private tomb. A huge stone was rolled
into place sealing our Lord into the grave.
The
Bible does not share with us the private dialog of grief among the
apostles and disciples. From our own human experiences we can deduce
that there was great horror, wailing, sobbing, gut-wrenching physical
suffering over the loss of this man whom most all of them truly
believed was the Messiah. They watched Him die a terrible but human
death. Through the tears of grief, they now ponder what they are to
do on the morrow, or the morrow after that.
It is now less than 60
hours before the First day of the week.
HAVE
YOU READ YOUR BIBLE TODAY?
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