Long time no post! But hey, this is November 🍁🍂 and we're back to our weekly write-ups.
I'm writing this in the quietness of the night because, many times, my meditations seem to prefer this environment.
I have just finished reading a brilliant section of Scripture in Luke 24:36–53, and it has largely informed what we are exploring today.
Luke 24:44
"Then He said to them, 'These are the words which I spoke to you while I was still with you, that all things must be fulfilled which were written in the Law of Moses and the Prophets and the Psalms concerning Me.'"
Also, safe to say that this month, we shall be looking at the Psalms written concerning Christ and their fulfilment in the New Testament. That exploration is going to be amazing!
We've sparingly looked at what was written concerning Christ in the Law and the Prophets in previous posts, but I have been having an inclination towards the Psalms. And here we go!
Psalm 22:6
"But I am a worm, and no man; a reproach of men, and despised by the people."
Psalm 22 is largely referred to as the Messianic Psalm of the suffering Christ, and it's beautiful to see that it begins with:
"My God, My God, why have You forsaken Me?"
These are the very words Jesus cried on the cross during His crucifixion.
But verse 6 is special in its own way and in what it foreshadowed.
"I am a worm." The Hebrew word here is tola'at, associated with the scarlet worm and the production of crimson dye.
This little creature is interesting in a few ways, and there's a popular illustration often shared about it that I'll remind you of .
✨One, the female scarlet-producing insect has one reproductive cycle
✨Two, when time lay eggs comes , it's goes up antree and attaches itself against a tree to lay eggs .
✨Three, the body provide protection for the offspring, while also producing a deep crimson colouring to cover and protect the eggs (offspring)
✨Four, after three days she turns white and now the flakes fall off and her offspring can live because she died and this is where popular Christian illustration draws a picture of sacrifice, death . And looking at the illustration gives us an opportunity to reflect on the greater reality of Christ's sacrifice.
How beautiful is that? That is our story!
That He chose to die to save us
That He who knew no sin became sin for us, that we might become the righteousness of God in Him 2Corinthians 5:21.
That Jesus, the Son of God, willingly gave Himself to die on that ugly cross so that we could be begotten and brought into the family of God.
That His blood washes away the stain of sin and makes us clean. That though our sins were as scarlet, through His finished work, we are made white as snow Isaiah 1:18.
That because He lives, we now walk in the newness of life Romans 6:4. I live because He died , I live to make Him known .
What a Saviour.
He chose to be the Seed that dies, that through His death and resurrection many sons might be brought to glory.
I am born of God and sealed by his spirit .
Now He has committed to me the ministry of Reconciliation,to go for Him because the fields are white. Redemption is available and that's the beauty with our saviour, For by grace are we saved through faith ✝️
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