As I drove into work this morning at approximately 6:30AM, it was dark with pouring rain pounding my windshield and lightning bolts erratically illuminating the pre-dawn sky. How fitting for a Good Friday morning. On a Friday some 2,000 years ago between the 6th and 9th hours (12:00PM to 3:00PM), the sky became dark as the King of kings and Lord of lords hung on a cross at Calvary.
Although the Bible doesn’t explicitly state the reason for these dark hours, it collectively tells us what was happening. He who created all universal matter was dying by means of the material he made. The God who formed every man was being crucified by his creatures. Although He held together all things in existence, his hands were nailed to splintered wood. An eternal, perfect, unbroken and unhindered relationship between God the Father and God the Son was experiencing a reality that never had and never will again occur – the Son forsaken, the Trinitarian fellowship temporarily severed.
He who knew no sin became sin for us. In our place, Christ endured the punishment we deserved. The wrath of God against our sin was poured out full measure on his Son incarnate. The cup Jesus prayed might be taken from him in Gethsemane had become reality. The Righteous One became our reconciliation. Humanly incomprehensible in its entirety, yet amazingly true, God chose to suffer great harm in order to secure our eternal home. .
May we meditate today on the awesome reality that the King of Glory paid it all for us at a price to himself we cannot comprehend. Thank you, Lord Jesus.
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