My God, my God, why have you forsaken me!?
The familiar words from Psalm 22 must have still been ringing in the ears of the mourners at the Cross.
Why are you so far from saving me, from the words of my groaning?
2 O my God, I cry by day, but you do not answer,
and by night, but I find no rest.
The lament must have weighed as heavy on their hearts as Romans rolled the stone to seal a new tomb where Jesus’ body lay wrapped in blood-stained linens of embalmment.
6 But I am a worm and not a man,
scorned by mankind and despised by the people.
7 All who see me mock me;
they make mouths at me; they wag their heads;
8 “He trusts in the Lord; let him deliver him;
let him rescue him, for he delights in him!”
How they must have wept bitterly for our Lord from beyond the Tomb on this Holy Sabbath of the Passover.
Jesus is dead! Crucified on a Cross. His broken body cursed by God.
“why is this night different from all other nights?”
Jews long ago escaped from the darkness of their slavery to Egypt, only to have Jerusalem enslaved to Rome.
All are enslaved by sin, Jew and Roman alike… until this night.
For the Passover Lamb of Sacrifice has been killed for our sins.
The Body of Jesus Christ lay in a grave beyond an immovable stone and Roman Guards.
The Body of Christ Jesus… wrapped in the linens of death, stained with the blood of our sins…
My GOD! My GOD! Why have YOU forsaken me?
For our sake he made him to be sin who knew no sin, so that in him we might become the righteousness of God. – 2 Corinthians 5:21 ESV
To be continued…
Tomorrow is Resurrection Sunday
EASTER!
Worship Christ Jesus, who died for your sins.
Leave a Reply