"The Interlude" - Again

 "The words of wise men are heard in quite more than the cry of him the ruleth among fools." (Ecclesiastes 9:17 KJV)

  ""Look at my servant, whom I strengthen. He is my chosen one, who pleases me. I have put my Spirit upon him. I will bring justice to the nations. He will not shout or raise his voice in public. He will not crush the weakest reed or put out a flickering candle. He will bring justice to all who have been wronged. He will not falter or lose heart until justice prevails throughout the earth. Even distant lands beyond the sea will wait for his instruction."" (Isaiah 42:1-4 NLT)

 Before I go any further, I will try and express the importance of this word, "Interlude," with a slightly different point of view. First of all, God is watching you, there is absolutely no doubt in my mind that He sees our every move, our thoughts, our intensions, and He can even see the dreams that we dream; some of which, are all together ungodly.  

 Secondly, He loves us! It is really hard for us to understand why, since we are so easily turning away from Him, by the silly and stupid things that we do or think or say; but, nevertheless, He loves us anyway, because He is the One who created us! Maybe that doesn't prove anything to some; but to the God that gave life to you, He, is also the God who will judge the life you lived!

 Changing the subject, for a moment, I was thinking about this Scripture which is obviously speaking about Jesus Christ and His ministry here on earth. Specifically, the point about Him not raising His voice in public. I can think of a few times that He did raise His voice; one in particular was as He was chasing out the Moneychangers from the Temple, saying, 'You have made my Father's house a den of thieves!' 

 There is another that comes to mind, as He was grieving over Jerusalem, I believe He cried out, "O Jerusalem, the city that kills the prophets and stones God's messengers! How often I have wanted to gather your children together as a hen protects her chicks beneath her wings, but you wouldn't let me. And now, look, your house is abandoned and desolate. For I tell you this, you will never see me again until you say, 'Blessings on the one who comes in the name of the LORD!'"" (Matthew 23:37-39 NLT)

 And then, we know for sure that He cried out on the cross, shouting out: "Eli, Eli, lema sabachthani?" which means "My God, my God, why have you abandoned me?" (Matthew 27:46 NLT) Some teach that this shows the God had to turn His back on Jesus, His one and only Son, because He was at the point in which He had taken on all the sins of the world. That may be correct, as He was meant to do what the Father asked, even though it was something that would tear them apart; or is that what actually had taken place? 

 I have also heard some say that God cannot look upon evil, because He is so Holy that He must not see that kind of stuff; but based upon the 6th chapter of Genesis, as well as many other Scriptures, He sees everything, the worst of the worst, there is nothing that mankind can hide from His view, because He sees absolutely everything that we do! 

 Well then, what caused Jesus to say, or shall we say, cry out, what He did? It was an Interlude, to get those who are paying attention to see the truth...

"My God, my God, why have you abandoned me? Why are you so far away when I groan for help? Every day I call to you, my God, but you do not answer. Every night you hear my voice, but I find no relief. Yet you are holy, enthroned on the praises of Israel. Our ancestors trusted in you, and you rescued them. They cried out to you and were saved. They trusted in you and were never disgraced. But I am a worm and not a man. I am scorned and despised by all! Everyone who sees me mocks me. They sneer and shake their heads, saying, "Is this the one who relies on the LORD? Then let the LORD save him! If the LORD loves him so much, let the LORD rescue him!" (PSALM 22:1-8 NLT)