~ Greetings in the name of Jesus Christ, our King! May the Lord use this time meditating on His perfect Word in some small way to bless and encourage you today! ~
Daniel 9:26
And after threescore and two weeks shall Messiah be cut off, but not for himself: and the people of the prince that shall come shall destroy the city and the sanctuary; and the end thereof shall be with a flood, and unto the end of the war desolations are determined.
LESSED be
His name, there was no cause of death in Him. Neither original nor
actual sin had defiled Him, and therefore death had no claim upon Him.
No man could have taken His life from Him justly, for He had done no man
wrong, and no man could even have lain Him by force unless He had been
pleased to yield Himself to die. But lo, one sins and another suffers.
Justice was offended by us, but found its satisfaction in Him. Rivers of
tears, mountains of offerings, seas of the blood of bullocks, and hills
of frankincense, could not have availed for the removal of sin; but
Jesus was cut off for us, and the cause of wrath was cut off at once,
for sin was put away for ever. Herein is wisdom, whereby substitution,
the sure and speedy way of atonement, was devised! Herein is
condescension, which brought Messiah, the Prince, to wear a crown of
thorns, and die upon the cross! Herein is love, which led the Redeemer
to lay down His life for His enemies!
It is not enough,
however, to admire the spectacle of the innocent bleeding for the
guilty, we must make sure of our interest therein. The special object of
the Messiah's death was the salvation of His church; have we a part and
a lot among those for whom He gave His life a ransom? Did the Lord
Jesus stand as our representative? Are we healed by His stripes? It will
be a terrible thing indeed if we should come short of a portion in His
sacrifice; it were better for us that we had never been born. Solemn as
the question is, it is a joyful circumstance that it is one which may be
answered clearly and without mistake. To all who believe on Him the
Lord Jesus is a present Saviour, and upon them all the blood of
reconciliation has been sprinkled. Let all who trust in the merit of
Messiah's death be joyful at every remembrance of Him, and let their
holy gratitude lead them to the fullest consecration to His cause.
Reflect on this Scripture!
I'm
asking the Lord for wisdom in understanding and applying what we have
read today to my daily life ... will you do the same? I pray you will.
