I
continually wear a ring that I got in Israel that says, לעולם
לא אעזוב אותך או לוותר לך
It is the promise from God that I claim; it is the promise that my husband and I have taken together with Christ; and during an epiphany moment, I realized that it is my promise to God.
Jesus
last words on the cross are powerful and memorable. Who among us cannot quote them? Woman behold
you son.” (John20:26) “I am thirsty” (John 20:28) and “It is finished.” (John
20:30) It is finished. What He came to
do, He did. God’s plan to save mankind
was completed.
Crucifixion
is a painful death. The person actually is asphyxiated as their body weight
hangs down and doesn’t allow them to breathe. Usually their leg bones are
broken to make the process faster, but Jesus was in such a weaken state from
His beatings and blood loss that He was already dead when the soldier came to
check Him. A spear was thrust into His side to be sure. The
Temple curtain was torn in two from the top down. An earthquake frightened the
soldiers—but more importantly I think that it demonstrated that the actual
earth was mourning the loss of Jesus. Loss, yes. Gone, but not forgotten.
You may wonder why
God the Father forsook Jesus…or why Jesus felt that He was “forsaken” on the
cross? I’ll leave you to those thoughts.
Why indeed? It is a much debated topic and we’ll never know the true answer
this side of Heaven. For us, we can only
claim the promise that Jesus has given us in Deuteronomy 31:6,8 and Hebrews
13:5, “I will never leave you or forsake you.”
Thank you, Jesus,
that You are always with us---we are never alone.
.
© 2012
by Mickey M. Hunacek. All rights
reserved.
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