Things that matter
He is despised and rejected by men; A man of sorrows, and acquainted with grief: we hid as it were our faces from him; he was despised and we esteemed him not. Isaiah 53:3.
If you are a Handel's Messiah aficionado, you probably not only recognized the verse, but probably sang it. It is one of the most powerful arias ever written.
As I write this, my thoughts are on where the Savior was on this even 2000 some years ago. He had left the Passover supper to retire to the Garden of Gethsemane. In a manner that we cannot begin to comprehend, He took upon himself the sins of the world. The pain was so intense that he asked to be free of it, conditioned on His Father's will. He suffered, and seemed to bleed from every pore. Suffering that was so great that an angel was sent to support Him, to encourage Him. Of course, the night was only beginning. He was taken, in chains to face the High Priest, the former High Priest, and the Sanhedrin. In an illegal trial, no witnesses could collaborate a story, and finally, the Rabbi from Nazareth, the Son of God, had to provide the necessary testimony for a conviction. He was brought before Pilate, and then Herod, and back to Pilate. He was rejected by his own people, who clamored for a murderer to be freed in His Stead. He was scourged. a punishment that was often fatal. Having survived that, the order was given. Crucifixion.
The Christian world comes together to remember this tremendous sacrifice of God. Whose only begotten son would suffer, die, and be resurrected on the third day.
King of Kings, and Lord of Lords. And He shall reign forever and ever. Revelation 19:16
In the light of such majesty, of such pure love, everything going on in the world truly pales in comparison.
Peace be unto all of us
A wonderful rendition.
He was despised aria.
If you are a Handel's Messiah aficionado, you probably not only recognized the verse, but probably sang it. It is one of the most powerful arias ever written.
As I write this, my thoughts are on where the Savior was on this even 2000 some years ago. He had left the Passover supper to retire to the Garden of Gethsemane. In a manner that we cannot begin to comprehend, He took upon himself the sins of the world. The pain was so intense that he asked to be free of it, conditioned on His Father's will. He suffered, and seemed to bleed from every pore. Suffering that was so great that an angel was sent to support Him, to encourage Him. Of course, the night was only beginning. He was taken, in chains to face the High Priest, the former High Priest, and the Sanhedrin. In an illegal trial, no witnesses could collaborate a story, and finally, the Rabbi from Nazareth, the Son of God, had to provide the necessary testimony for a conviction. He was brought before Pilate, and then Herod, and back to Pilate. He was rejected by his own people, who clamored for a murderer to be freed in His Stead. He was scourged. a punishment that was often fatal. Having survived that, the order was given. Crucifixion.
The Christian world comes together to remember this tremendous sacrifice of God. Whose only begotten son would suffer, die, and be resurrected on the third day.
King of Kings, and Lord of Lords. And He shall reign forever and ever. Revelation 19:16
In the light of such majesty, of such pure love, everything going on in the world truly pales in comparison.
Peace be unto all of us
A wonderful rendition.
He was despised aria.
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