I find it ironic that we call today good. What Jesus did for us is good, but it is also a tragedy. Jesus didn't deserve to be tried by a kangaroo court, tortured and brutally murdered. That breaks my heart. We often see the innocent suffer, and today we see that in Jesus own experience.
When we remember who Jesus is, God in the flesh, this is all the more amazing. Jesus allowed this to happen, because he knew that only in this way could justice and mercy be satisfied. There's a song that is often sung at Easter called "In Christ Alone". One verse says,
This gift of love and righteousness
Scorned by the ones he came to save:
Till on that cross as Jesus died,
The wrath of God was satisfied -
For every sin on Him was laid;
Here in the death of Christ I live.
That is what Good Friday is about. Because Jesus died, we can have eternal life. It's ours for the asking. All we have to do is receive it.
The disciples were left scattered on Friday, lost and in mourning they didn't yet understand what had happened. But Jesus' death is not the end of the story. Sunday is coming...
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