My Emphasis
Jesus Christ was the Firstborn of our Father. He existed in Heaven with the Father a long time ago. He knows most work the Father did. He grew up with Lucifer in the bosom of Jehovah God our Father. He was sent down to repair what was destroyed by Lucifer through the disobedience of Adam and Eve in the Garden. He didn’t come to this Earth on His own accord. He came at the command of the Father. By this time, He had lived and done all the works the Father asked Him to do. The time for His departure is nigh. But how would it happen?
Judas Iscariot has been with Him for some years, but it was hidden from Him that he would be the one to betray Him. Remember that He was a Human Being like you and I even though He was more spiritual than physical. He lived a physical life like all of us, and as a human being, the Father will only reveal to you what He wants you to know. When Judas Iscariot joined the fold, Jesus didn’t know he would be the one to betray Him. It’s easy for a man to think of death but facing it, in reality, is very difficult. When all His physical work was completed, the time arose for His spiritual work to commence. This led to His betrayal. If He wasn’t betrayed, He wouldn’t have been arrested because no one could differentiate Him from His Disciples.
When He was arrested, an exam was set before Him, and He passed. If you’re faced with death, you have the right to either swallow your words or stand by everything you’ve said. When Pontius Pilate asked Him if He was the King of the Jews, He could have denied it. If He denied it, He would be released. If He denied it, that means He lied, and it would have been used against Him spiritually. Remember that He was beaten before He appeared before Pilate. The beating, slapping and pushing around was already weighing Him down because there was no food in His stomach. His strength was failing already! After Pilate finished questioning Him, he ordered Him to be flogged perhaps He might change His mind. He was given forty stokes through which He bled vigorously. He was brought back, and He still didn’t change His mind. He stood by every word He had said. When He finally appeared before Pilate for judgement, those who knew Him couldn’t recognise Him anymore because His whole body was covered in blood. Those who loved Him among the crowd were very angry. They could destroy anyone that treated any human being like this how much more is their Messiah. But their strength was limited because everything was meant to be so. Though He wasn’t meant to suffer in the hands of the Jews because there were other people in the land who could have carried it out.
All well said; everything happened in our favour. The Bible says in the Book of Isaiah 53:1-5, “Who has believed our report? And to whom has the arm of the Lord been revealed? For He shall grow up before Him as a tender plant, and as a root out of dry ground. He has no form or comeliness; and when we see Him, there is no beauty that we should desire Him. He is despised and rejected by men, a Man of sorrows and acquainted with grief. And we hid, as it were, our faces from Him; He was despised, and we did not esteem Him. Surely He has borne our griefs and carried our sorrows; yet we esteemed Him stricken, smitten by God, and afflicted. But He was wounded for our transgressions, He was bruised for our iniquities; the chastisement for our peace was upon Him, and by His stripes we are healed.”
My beloved, rejoice for such grace that was given to you through Jesus Christ our Lord. He was arrested and punished so that grace could be given to you. Therefore, do not let this grace end in futility because the Father will pardon no one who tasted this grace and failed to enter His rest. I pray for you today that the grace which was given to you through the suffering of Jesus Christ shall never be in vain over your life in Jesus' name. Amen! May the Lord give you the grace to walk with Him in Jesus' name.
