"Behold, The Man!"

 "Then came Jesus forth, wearing the crown of thorns, and the purple robe. And Pilate saith unto them, Behold the man!" (John 19:5 KJV)

  (Young Man) "I have entered my garden, my treasure, my bride! I gather myrrh with my spices and eat honeycomb with my honey. I drink wine with my milk." (Young Women of Jerusalem) "Oh, lover and beloved, eat and drink! Yes, drink deeply of your love!" (SONG OF SONGS 5:1 NLT)

 Okay, let's try this again! God knows everything, as it is said: "God does not learn!" What that means, is that He cannot be taught anything, because He already knows everything! I know that might be hard for some to understand, but you must make it a thing to know and believe, whether you have the ability to understand it or not, it is what it is! 

 God knows what you did last night, and He knows what you will do tomorrow; He already knows when you will take your final breath; so, you cannot prolong or shorten that time, because whatever time it is or will be, He already knows the precise second your life will end. In that same sequence and with that same ability, God knows who will accept His free gift of salvation, and those that will not! We, on the other hand are completely and absolutely clueless! 

 That said, we must make every effort to share our faith with whomever will listen, because that is what it takes to reach those that will be saved! We don't know who or how, but we just do our best to do our part, and God does the rest! "It's so crazy, it just might, work!" 

 Anywho! Today's post hurts to examine, because it shows us the human side of the Son of Man! Yes, He is God; The Great I AM, the Creator of Heaven and earth; otherwise known, as The LORD of Heaven's Armies! And He, 'Emmanuel,' which means God with us, has just stepped out onto the stage to present Himself, bloodied and stricken, beaten and all banged up, He stands before them wearing a crown of thorns and a purple robe! 

 "Majestic", is the word the angel's might have whispered! The same host of Heaven that sang at the time of His birth, were there to witness this, and they were in awe! As Isaiah penned: "But he was pierced for our rebellion, crushed for our sins. He was beaten so we could be whole. He was whipped so we could be healed." (Isaiah 53:5 NLT) 

 We must understand that there are two different plains that we are dealing with: one is the world in which we now live in, which is temporal and dying, day by day; the other is the eternal, ever existing Kingdom of God, that never ever dies or fades, and is technically all around us! We don't see it, but some can and have, if but just for a glimpse of time, because there is no time associated with Heaven! 

 Call me crazy, but there is more to this life than meets the eye! This flesh, although it is to be treated with respect, it is only a temporary tent that our soul dwells within. As such, this Tent which Jesus is wearing, although it has been ripped apart, His glory still is 100% intact and just the way He was meant to be, in that exact moment; "It's so crazy, it just might work!": stripes and all; all for us... 

"Christ it the visible image of the invisible God. He existed before anything was created and is supreme over all creation, for through him God created everything in the heavenly realms and on earth. He made the things we can see and the things we can't see - such as thrones, kingdoms, rulers, and authorities in the unseen world. Everything was created through him and for him. He existed before anything else, and he holds all creation together. Christ is also the head of the church, which is his body. He is the beginning, supreme over all who rise from the dead. So he is first in everything. For God in all his fullness was pleased to live in Christ, and through him God reconciled everything to himself. He made peace with everything in heaven and on earth by means of Christ's blood on the cross." (Colossians 1:15-20 NLT)