“Awake, O sword, against my shepherd, against the man who stands next to me,” declares the Lord of hosts. Zechariah 13:7
It is God the
Father Himself who calls for the Shepherd (Jesus) to be struck. The suffering of Jesus was ordained by God.
God is the one that gave the command to strike the Shepherd. The last thing you’d expect would be that God would strike His own son, but that is exactly what happened. Make no mistake; Jesus was not a victim
of circumstance or at the mercy of political or military power. At any time He could have asked for and been sent more than twelve legions of angels. But that
would not have satisfied the divine plan. The Scriptures predicting of His betrayal, suffering,
crucifixion, and resurrection had to be
fulfilled. The
Father and the Son worked together at the cross to fulfill the Scriptures.
Jesus, the Good Shepherd, came to rescue His sheep. It was out of love that He allowed Himself
to be taken and beaten. It was out of love He allowed Himself to be nailed to
that cross. It was out of love that, on the third day He arose from the grave
and ascended into Heaven. And it will be
out of love when Jesus comes back to receive all of His children to be with Him
in Heaven.
Out of love, God did not rouse his sword
against YOU - He did it against His Son as payment for our sins. The deal is
done. Because of the death and resurrection of Jesus we’re now able to stand in
God’s presence clean without blemish and without shame.
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