As we near the end of the year in the Church calendar we see our readings bringing us closer to God's final judgment and redemption of the world. It's an increasingly dark time in our readings. We see God's wrath poured out. We see the imagery of a bitter cup of wine. And we see Jesus anointed for burial. We are near the climax of the whole plot of the Bible, as sin is about to reap its reward.
How does sin gain its prize of death? It will gain its reward as Jesus, the perfect and complete Man, dies for the sin of Adam's race. God's wrath will be poured out on the head of his perfect Son. The wages of sin will be death. But the gift of God will be eternal life, as we will see in our future readings about the resurrection.
Lord, even as we see and fear your wrath, let us see the object of your wrath, your only son, who bears the penalty of sin in our place. Let us look to you for hope and deliverance.
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