HeadTheology

Easter is a strange time, as Christians we celebrate the death of the best man ever, we celebrate the death of God the Friday before, then on Sunday we celebrate him rising from the dead. It is strange to think that we praise the death of God the Son by God the Father (Isaiah 53:10). It is hard to fit one’s mind around this, to know that God the Father willingly gave up his Son to be smitten, afflicted, and to bear the wrath of God the Father that every saint deserves. But we celebrate this because it saves us, he took the punishment we deserve and gives the secure hope of heaven to us. It is strange to think, we thank God for the death of God. Who would have ever thought this up as a way to save humans? The amazing thing about Easter to me now as I think about it isn’t the fact of the resurrection but the fact that he came for the ultimate purpose to die for me, knowing that he loved me though I did everything not to deserve it.

This Easter and the time after I invite every Christian to think about what exactly happened on the cross and what transaction actually took place. Did Christ die for some or all of our sins? Did God give to Jesus then our unrighteousness so that he give it back to us later? Think about Isaiah 53:10-12 and ask. Was Jesus in anguish for the possiblity that his soul might be satisfied later? Did he give many the opportunity to be righteous? Will Christ be denied the reward of the souls he saved on the cross that he now makes intercession for in heaven?

If you think about this the cross will become greater because I think the cross only becomes greater when one meditates on and thoughtfully considers what happened there.

Happy Easter!
Michael