Absolutely innocent man...
Was betrayed by one of
His closest friends...
Abandoned by
all...
Endured a fixed court
case...
With false
witnesses...
With no presumption of
innocence...
Held under the cover of
darkness...
Prosecuted by the wrong
person...
With no defense entered
or allowed...
Was
beaten...
Spat
on...
Whipped...
Tortured...
Overlooked for a
murderer...
Who heard those who
previously cheered for Him now cry out for His execution...
Who had to personally
transport His death implement...
Held to it by five inch
long nails...
Stripped
naked...
Mocked by those who
passed by...
Insulted by those
who orchestrated His murder and those who were being killed on either side of
Him...
Who endured an
excruciating ordeal...
Dying a death reserved
for the lowest of low...
The worst of the
worst...
A demise off limits to
those in power...
A fate, in the eyes of
the Jews, for those cursed by God...
Who, in His own words,
was FORSAKEN BY GOD...
It was the ultimate injustice.
Before His own mother...
A son...
A friend...
A teacher...
The King...
The Messiah...
The Son of God... was
killed.
The day the bread of life was broken and the blood of the Lamb split...
WHY DO WE CALL THIS DAY GOOD???
The only reason we dare label this day good is due to what it achieved. It tore down the division between God and humanity.
The result of Jesus' death and resurrection is the reason we celebrate Easter and can call Good Friday good.
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