Mark 15:1
A ceremonial consultation convoked argued hastily among the chief priests, elders, scribes scurrying.
The whole Sanhedrin Council clothed in black irregularly assembled at the House of Caiphas.
Jesus waiting in The Sacred Pit, the Silent Suffering Savior
lowered through a hole the size of his body down down into a damp dark hewn-stoned holding cell
Caiphas cloistered in his august chamber in preparation for Passover
The waiting seventy Sanhedrin would kill the Passover Lamb,
the very emissary who came to save and bring Redemption to the entire world.
Mark 15:12 "Then what shall I do with the man you call the King of the Jews?" It's a question we all have to answer, isn't it? What do we do with Him? Do we stand afar at distance? Do we follow closely intimately? Do we give our affections fully not withheld? What do we do with Him when He is the Silent One in our world? Pilate lived to satisfy the crowd and released Barabas and delivered Jesus up to be scourged. Do I live for the applause of men or the Silent One?
The soldiers struck, spit, stripped, scourged and then saluted the Silent Suffering Savior.
Mocked and led to be crucified for my sins and for yours.
So that we can be free.
The soldiers compelled a Cyrenean from the country to carry His cross
Simon brought the Coming Christ to Golgotha
Three little words in the third hour changed the course of history
Only three little words recorded here...
They Crucified Him.
What do we do with Him?
Such compelling verses, and Bev, your questions--things each of us must answer for ourselves.
ReplyDeletePilate, wanting to please the crowd...how many times do I live for the praise of men, instead of the audience of One?
The Passover Lamb is slain. Who could imagine-the Messiah would die a shameful excrutiating death on a cross?
Haunting, unwaivering words so infused with a love we cannot fully grasp. Who would do that for me? Who would die for you? The Plan that was in place before He breathed life into Adam came to fruition in the third hour.
I need to take my shoes off. The holiness of this passage is almost too much to full bear. Salvation is here.