As we wind down the church calendar for this year we see the severity of God's judgment. Saints are imprisoned and killed. The Son of God is put to death at the hands of sinful man, and is not only put to death but he is put to scorn and ridicule. It is not enough that this sinful world brings death to the bodies of the saints. They are also subject to ridicule and mockery. As people mocked our Lord, they will mock his people. As our Lord was subject to death, so are we. How will we respond? Like Jeremiah we can trust in our Lord's hand of mercy and providence. Though we should die yet our God has placed us in perfect safety. Let us look together at the death Jesus died, abandoned, scorned, and tortured, all on our behalf. And let us not stop looking there, but let us look on to the resurrection. Jesus himself is the resurrection and the life. We come to the Father through his resurrection. And we know that Jesus rose again from the dead on the third day, that he ascended into heaven where he sits at the right hand of the Father, and that he will come from there to judge the living and the dead - everyone. May we be found in him!
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