The idea of having a God who would sacrifice his Son-human yet knew no sin- overwhelms me. After reading through the Old Testament and understanding the laws the people had to abide by to stay clean, holy, and righteous, I now understand in greater depth the gift God gave us on this day- the miraculous gift of life when three days later He arose from the dead, and after spending some time on earth ascending to heaven and leaving His Spirit to live among us.
We were terrible people. God gave us all these true promises. As He led us out of Egypt, he supplied us with all our needs and promised us a Holy Land full of milk and honey. But we were selfish and impatient. We wanted the “good” things now. We served all these man made idols like they were going to give us what we wanted. God knew our needs. He promised to take care of us. He gave us laws so we could stay holy and right with Him. And yet we abandoned him over and over again-we did what was “evil in the sight of God”. And through all our sin, all our rejection to Him, God loved us enough that He sent His very perfect, only Son to this earth to be the ultimate sacrifice for our sins.
Jesus was perfect. He lived a perfect life. He wasn’t sent to earth to have “form or majesty that we should look at him” (Isaiah 53:2), but He was borne of a virgin girl-a commoner- and He held the occupation of a carpenter. He was tempted the same as us and yet He never gave to temptation. He loved EVERYONE even those people who were rejected by others. And he was persecuted and ridiculed. He-the perfect and spotless lamb- gave his life on a cross. He shed his own blood. He died for your sins and my sin so that we could be free from the law (Romans 7) and have His Spirit live in us.
Praise the Lord. Hosanna in the Highest. Jesus. Messiah. Name Above All Names. Worthy of All Praise. Blessed Redeemer. Emmanuel.
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