The Lord is awe-inspiring, fearsome, fascinating, intriguing, majestic, and full of splendor: breathtaking! Here is what I saw of him today and what came to my heart and mind in John 19:30,
"When he had received the drink, Jesus said, 'It is finished.' With that, he bowed his head and gave up his spirit."
After having been delivered over to Pilate by the Jewish leaders, Jesus was crucified. As he hung on that cross he said "It is finished." I understand that statement to mean Jesus had accomplished and finished all he came to do in his earthly ministry.
In Isaiah 53:4-6 we read about the sin-bearer, "Surely he took up our pain and bore our suffering, yet we considered him punished by God, stricken by him, and afflicted. But he was pierced for our transgressions, he was crushed for our iniquities; the punishment that brought us peace was on him, and by his wounds we are healed. We all, like sheep, have gone astray, each of us has turned to our own way; and the Lord has laid on him the iniquity of us all."
That God had laid on Jesus "the iniquity of us all" speaks of the substitution Jesus made of himself on our behalf. This is what he came to do when he entered the human race. We have all sinned and we all deserve the judgment of eternal death for that sin. However, God's penalty for sin is fungible and Jesus came to pay that death on our behalf. A few verses later in Isaiah 53 we read, "Yet it was the Lord's will to crush him and cause him to suffer, and though the Lord makes his life an offering for sin, he will see his offspring and prolong his days, and the will of the Lord will prosper in his hand.", Verse 10.
As chapter 53 in Isaiah concludes, we read, "For he bore the sin of many, and made intercession for the transgressors." The Son of God came to ransom us from the Father's judgment of us for our sin, making a way for us into his kingdom, into eternal life with him.
"When he had received the drink, Jesus said, 'It is finished.' With that, he bowed his head and gave up his spirit."
After having been delivered over to Pilate by the Jewish leaders, Jesus was crucified. As he hung on that cross he said "It is finished." I understand that statement to mean Jesus had accomplished and finished all he came to do in his earthly ministry.
In Isaiah 53:4-6 we read about the sin-bearer, "Surely he took up our pain and bore our suffering, yet we considered him punished by God, stricken by him, and afflicted. But he was pierced for our transgressions, he was crushed for our iniquities; the punishment that brought us peace was on him, and by his wounds we are healed. We all, like sheep, have gone astray, each of us has turned to our own way; and the Lord has laid on him the iniquity of us all."
That God had laid on Jesus "the iniquity of us all" speaks of the substitution Jesus made of himself on our behalf. This is what he came to do when he entered the human race. We have all sinned and we all deserve the judgment of eternal death for that sin. However, God's penalty for sin is fungible and Jesus came to pay that death on our behalf. A few verses later in Isaiah 53 we read, "Yet it was the Lord's will to crush him and cause him to suffer, and though the Lord makes his life an offering for sin, he will see his offspring and prolong his days, and the will of the Lord will prosper in his hand.", Verse 10.
As chapter 53 in Isaiah concludes, we read, "For he bore the sin of many, and made intercession for the transgressors." The Son of God came to ransom us from the Father's judgment of us for our sin, making a way for us into his kingdom, into eternal life with him.
All he asks of us is to embrace him in faith to have that payment credited to our account with God!
Just how wonderful is that?!
Anything of the Lord capture your heart from Scripture today? Share what moved you about him from your Bible reading today. I'd love to hear from you!
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Anything of the Lord capture your heart from Scripture today? Share what moved you about him from your Bible reading today. I'd love to hear from you!
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