DAD'S RAMBLINGS -- SIX HOURS

DAD'S RAMBLINGS – SIX HOURS

"Now it was the third hour, and they crucified Him….And when the sixth hour had come, there was darkness over the whole land until the ninth hour...And Jesus cried out with a loud voice and breathed His last." (Mark 15:25, 33, 37)

Six hours. From 9:00 in the morning until 3:00 in the afternoon.

Six hours does not seem like such a long time. But when you are suffering, six hours can seem like it will never end. Mark does not elaborate much about the suffering of Jesus during these six hours. But we can know that Jesus endured much agony during these last hours before His death.

Consider the thorns on His brow. Consider the raw flesh that was the result of his scourging. Consider the weakened condition of His body after the loss of so much blood. Consider the nails in His hands and feet. Consider the trouble breathing because of the way He hung on the cross. Consider the mocking and taunting of the crowd around the cross. Consider the humiliation of being stripped naked. Consider that He felt alone, even feeling that His Father in heaven had forsaken Him. Consider his sorrow that His mother, who was in the crowd around the cross, had to watch her Son be so tortured and humiliated.

I cannot even begin to imagine the torture of those six hours. Yet it was six hours that changed the world. It was six hours that bought my salvation. Praise God for those six short – yet long – hours.

He was the Lamb of God who was being sacrificed for the sins of the world. He was the King of Heaven who had the inscription above his head, "King of the Jews." He was the Lord of Glory who was reduced to a bunch of torn flesh. And it was all for me and for you.

What a Savior!!!!

Love, Dad