"Fabric of Love"

 "And when he had so said, he shewed unto them his hands and his side. Then were the disciples glad, when they saw the Lord." (John 20:20 KJV)

  "And they shall say to him: What are these wounds in the midst of they hands? And he shall say: With these I was wounded in the house of them that loved me." (Zechariah 13:6 DRB) 

 We should know by now what these wounds stand for, as Isaiah says, "And we thought his troubles were a punishment from God, a punishment for his own sins! But he was pierced for our rebellion." (Isaiah 53:4b-5a NLT) I have heard it said that we will see Jesus in Heaven, and He will still have these marks! 

 If you have certain scars that you might be proud of, such as the scars you received while saving anyone, or fighting in battle, then you know that they remind you of something that was a sacrifice of your own body, to do something good or fight for a certain cause. However, these scars are unlike any others! 

 Others, is the main point, (no pun intended,) because those scars represent to transgressions and the iniquity of our sins! If you are not familiar with what those terms represent, they are a little bit higher than just missing the mark; they represent the acts of rebellion and disregard, as if, you aren't even aiming for the mark, because you really don't care, but want to do what you want to do. 

 By the way, I realized yesterday afternoon, that I made a mistake in my post yesterday morning, because the term, Purification, I wrote was incorrect; it should be, Justification! I know this, I have shared it before, so why I did it, I don't even know: I obviously missed the mark...

 "But God is so rich in mercy, and he loved us so much, that even though we were dead because of our sins, he gave us life when he raised Christ from the dead. (It is only by God's grace that you have been saved!) For he raised us from the dead along with Christ and seated us with him in the heavenly realms because we are united with Christ Jesus. So God can point to us in all the future ages as examples of the incredible wealth of his grace and kindness towards us, as shown by all he has done for us what are united with Christ Jesus. God saved you be his grace when you believed. And you can't take credit for this, it is a gift from God. Salvation is not a reward for the good things we have done, so none of us can boast about it. For we are God's masterpiece. He has created us anew in Christ Jesus, so we can do the good things he planned for us long ago." (Ephesians 2:4-10 NLT)