14/02/2025
🖊️ THE CHRIST CRUCIFIED | BIBLE GLEANINGS | FEBRUARY 15-16, 2025 🖊️
Although only four words, it is one of the profoundest statements in the entire Bible: “And they crucified him” (Mark 15:24a). The Creator was nailed to the tree He created. The Giver of life was giving His life. The Lord who condemned murder was being murdered. The omnipotent Lord hung lifeless and helpless.
The hands that made the universe were pierced with nails. The feet that deserve to be kissed in homage were stabbed by pins. The head adorned with glory was crowned with a thorny crown of mimicry. The lungs that breathed the breath of life into sinners’ lungs were being filled with blood. The King of kings was a criminal subjected to punishment.
The Judge of all the earth was judged as guilty. The Light of the world was enveloped in darkness. The Living Water declared, “I thirst” (John 19:28b). The Word became silent in death. The Christ was stripped of glory and wore garments of reproach.
The Lamb was being slaughtered. The scapegoat was bearing our sins outside of Jerusalem. The Suffering Servant was serving by suffering. The One who upholds the universe by His sovereignty allowed Himself to be held captive by wicked sinners. The Shepherd was struck down to save His sheep.
And the question begging to be asked is, why? According to the Romans and Jews, it was because He blasphemously claimed to be the “King of the Jews.” That was the inscription engraved above His head at the top of the cross. However, according to the God whose sovereign will put Him there (Isaiah 53:10), Christ went to the cross to pay for His people’s sin debt in full. As Paul wrote in Colossians, “And you, who were dead in your trespasses and the uncircumcision of your flesh, God made alive together with him, having forgiven us all our trespasses, by canceling the record of debt that stood against us with its legal demands. This he set aside, nailing it to the cross” (Col. 2:13-14). Christ was crucified for you.
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