Jesus Did These Things For You and Me: 35

35. Jesus died on the cross. Matthew 27:50

Yet it was our weaknesses he carried, it was our sorrows that weighed him down.
And we thought his troubles were a punishment from God, a punishment for his own sins!
But he was pierced for our rebellion, crushed for our sins.
He was beaten so we could be whole.
He was whipped so we could be healed.
All of us, like sheep, have strayed away.
We have left God’s paths to follow our own.
Yet the Lord laid on him the sins of all of us.
He was oppressed and treated harshly, yet he never said a word.
He was led like a lamb to the slaughter.
And as a sheep is silent before the shearers, he did not open his mouth.
Unjustly condemned, he was led away.
No one cared that he died without descendants, that his life was cut short in midstream.
But he was struck down for the rebellion of my people.
He had done no wrong and had never deceived anyone.
But he was buried like a criminal; he was put in a rich man’s grave.
But it was the Lord’s good plan to crush him and cause him grief.
Yet when his life is made an offering for sin, he will have many descendants.
He will enjoy a long life, and the Lord’s good plan will prosper in his hands.
When he sees all that is accomplished by his anguish, he will be satisfied.
And because of his experience my righteous servant will make it possible for many to be counted righteous, for he will bear all their sins.
I will give him the honors of a victorious soldier, because he exposed himself to death.
He was counted among the rebels. He bore the sins of many and interceded for rebels.
Isaiah 53: 4-12

Time of Day	Passover Lamb	Jesus the Messiah
9:00 AM	Lamb prepared for sacrifice	Jesus crucified on the cross
3:00 PM	Lamb slaughtered and roasted on cross shaped spit	Jesus breathes His last breath
6:00 PM	Passover lamb completely eaten by Israelites	Jesus taken from off the cross and placed in the tomb

At noon, the temple veil separating the Holy of Holies from the Holy Place was torn from top to bottom. For three hours an awesome darkness filled the earth which shook causing rocks to be split apart and tombs to be opened.

Jesus’ mission did not end here. The third day brought with the new dawn a cause for rejoicing. But for this day and for eternity forward, think on this thing

that Jesus did

for you and for me.

M