The Crucified King is Now Glorified
“Or do you think that I couldn’t ask my Father, and he would even now send me more than twelve legions of angels? How then would the Scriptures be fulfilled that it must be so?”” (Matthew 26:53-54 WEB)
A Roman legion is a formation of about six thousand soldiers, so twelve legions would be seventy two thousand angels!
When I read the passage above, I am awed by Jesus’ love—how He uses His infinite majesty and power in a self-sacrificial way to save us.
Jesus could have chosen to abort the mission of saving mankind at any moment of time.
At one command, He could have legions of angels to kill all those who mocked Him. He didn’t do that—Jesus takes no pleasure in punishing the wicked.
He wasn’t forced to submit to the Father’s will. Jesus chose to obey even until the very end, when He could declared “It is finished!”
The cruel nails pierced His hands and feet, and all the blood in His body was drained out of His lash wounds.
Every sickness and iniquity was laid upon Him, such that His visage was more disfigured than any man.
The King of glory was stripped of His perfect beauty. The fiery wrath of God was poured out upon Jesus and every sin was punished in His body, such that He thirsted from being seared with hellfire.
What kept Him going was the joy waiting on the other side—where mankind could be redeemed and reconciled to God. The vision of a glorious, eternal royal priesthood to God.
I’m so thankful that Jesus didn’t give up on us when the evil men were spitting on Him, pulling his beard, hitting Him and humiliating Him.
Our Lord endured it all and His love for us didn’t diminish one bit. He still believed that we are worth His great sacrifice.
Jesus humbled Himself so low in obedience to the Father to the extent of public death by crucifixion.
He who was rejected by all is destined to be the central focus of worship from all. In the end, every knee will bow & every tongue will confess that Jesus Christ is Lord!
“Worthy is the Lamb who was slain to receive the power, wealth, wisdom, strength, honor, glory, and blessing!””
(Revelation 5:12)
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