The face that Moses had begged to see – was to see – was slapped bloo'dy. The thorns that God had sent to curse the earth’s rebellion now twisted around his own brow…
On your back with you!’ One raises a mallet to sink in the spike. But the soldier’s heart must continue pumping as he readies the prisoner’s wrist. Someone must sustain the soldier’s life minute by minute, for no man has this power on his own. Who supplies breath to his lungs? Who gives energy to his cells? Who holds his molecules together? Only by the Son do ‘all things hold together’ (Col. 1: 17). The victim wills that the soldier will live on – he grants the warriors continued existence. The man swings.
As the mans swings, the Son recalls how he and the Father first designed the medial nerve of the human forearm – the sensations it would be capable of. The design proves flawless – the nerves perform exquisitely. ‘Up you go!’ They lift the cross. God is on display in his underwear and can scarcely breathe.
But these pains are a mere warm-up to his other and growing dread. He begins to feel a foreign sensation. Somewhere during this day an unearthly foul odour began to waft, not around his nose, but his heart. He feels dirty. Human wickedness starts to crawl upon his spotless being – the living excrement from our souls. The apple of his Father’s eye turns brown with rot.
His Father! He must face his Father like this!
From heaven the Father now rouses himself like a lion disturbed, shakes his mane, and roars against the shriveling remnant of a man hanging on a cross. Never has the Son seen the Father look at him so, never felt even the least of his hot breath. But he roar shakes the unseen world and darkens the visible sky. The Son does not recognize these eyes.
Son of Man! Why have you behaved so? You have cheated, lus'ted, stolen, gossiped – murde'red, envied, ha'ted, lied. You have cursed, robbed, overspent, overeaten – fornicated, disobeyed, embezzled, and blasphemed. Oh, the duties you have shirked, the children you have abandoned! Who has ever so ignored the poor, so played the coward, so belittled my name? Have you ever held your razor tongue? What a self – righteous, pitiful drunk – you who molest young boys, peddle killer dru'gs, travel in cliques, and mock your parents. Who gave you the boldness to rig elections, foment revolutions, animals and worship dem'ons? Does the list never end! Splitting families, raping virgins, acting smugly, playing the pimp – buying politicians, practicing exhortation, filming po'rnography, accepting bribes. You have burned down building, perfected terr'orist tactics, founded false religions, traded in slaves – relishing each morsel and bragging about it all. I ha'te, loath these things in you! Disgust for everything about you consumes me! Can you not feel my wrath?’
Of course the Son is inn'ocent. HE is blamelessness itself. The Father knows this. But the divine pair have an agreement, and the unthinkable must now take place. Jesus will be treated as if personally responsible for every sin ever committed.
The Father watches as his heart’s treasure, the mirror image of himself, sinks drowning into raw, liquid sin. Jehovah’s stored rage against humankind from every century explodes in a single direction.
"Father! Father! Why have you forsaken me?!”
But heaven stops its ears. The Son stares up at the One who cannot, who will not, reach down or reply.
The Trinity had planned it. The Son endured it. The Spirit enabled him. The Father rejected the Son whom he loved. Jesus, the God-man from Nazareth, perished. The Father accepted his sacrifice for sin and was satisfied. The Great Rescue was accomplished.

...Now just think about what you read. Think about the reality of your sins what Christ took upon himself when He gave himself up to die on the cross. This passage really got me, and I hope that it got you as well.

Also, keep in mind that, if you are in Christ, you have been forgiven! Because of your sin, you deserved eternal damnation in Hell, but Christ took your sin upon Himself and now, if you trust in him as your Savior and the Lord of your life, you can look to Heaven and eternity with Him! Because of Christ's and resurection, we have hope! As Romans 8:1 states, "Therefore, there is no condemnation for those who are in Christ Jesus." If you believe in Jesus Christ, you have been forgiven of all of your sins. Rejoice and thank God for His amazing grace!

Well, I hope that you got something out of this post. Feel free to talk to me or leave me a comment or whatever about anything in here. Also, I read this passage in Joshua Harris' book, 'Boy Meets Gi'rl' (great book, by the way - all should definitely give it a read), but the passage up there is from the book 'When God Weeps' by Steven Estes and Joni Eareckson Tada, which I haven't read, but from the passage, I think it might be a book worth reading.

I hope that you all had an absolutely wonderful Thanksgiving last week (I most certainly did)!

God Bless you all!
Edwin Allen H. B. II

verse(s) of the post: "The LORD is merciful and gracious, Slow to anger, and abounding in mercy. He will not always strive with us, Nor will He keep His anger forever. He has not dealt with us according to our sins, Nor punished us according to our iniquities. For as the heavens are high above the earth, So great is His mercy toward those who fear Him; As far as the east is from the west, So far has He removed our transgressions from us." ~Psalm 103:8-12

P.S. Sorry for all the words with a ' in them - they are all cut out by my stupid computer.