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Jesus' Sacrament Day 76
The cross is an outward sign of an inward act of God. Jesus' bloody death on the cross is one man's supreme sacrifice for friends over many generations. Everywhere, and in every age, on turning their hearts to Jesus, people arise from their knees cleansed because of what happened many centuries before.Forgiveness and peace flow from the crossroads of time in AD 33 to wash over the believer in whatever era he or she may be.
How can the blood of Jesus, crucified so long ago, be relevant to anyone today? As Jesus is nailed on the cross, he groans, "My God, my God, why have you forsaken me?"1 In that eternal instant, Jesus knows the awful agony of separation from his heavenly Father as he bears our sins. Jesus' cross stands as the ageless symbol of the curse on all sin and the Savior who bears that burden in our place. In Revelation, we read that Jesus "has freed us from our sins by his blood."2 By his sacrificial work he "has made us to be a kingdom and priests to serve his God and Father."3 He is God's faithful witness who represents his people. We only know God because of him.
1Matthew 27.46. 2Revelation 1.5. 3Revelation 1.6.
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