“[For many the Servant of God became an object of horror; many were astonished at Him.] His face and His whole appearance were marred more than any man’s, and His form beyond that of the sons of men—but just as many were astonished at Him,” Isaiah 52:14 ->me: This morning I am humbly reminded of the absolute inability to fully understand the totality of punishment Christ endured for me. As Isaiah says here – He was marred beyond recognition by those who saw Him. Jesus bore the sin of every human before and after His appearance on this earth. Such punishment, required to remove that sin, would undoubtedly have a devastating effect. Everything humans could thrown at Him was endured – punched in the face, hair ripped out, thorns pounded into His head, flogged with a whip that had shards of metal, clay, and other sharp bits tied into the ends, made to drag His cross out to Calvary (falling to His knees repeatedly), and the final straw was crucifixion…but that was not the largest of the enduring suffering He would have…He still needed to face God’s wrath on His soul and to finally pass through death itself. This reminder this morning is a humbling yet with such great gratitude for what my Savior did for me. This will be what I dwell on through the rest of my day…letting sink in, the weight and absolute mindboggling punishment He endured in my place so that I might have life everlasting…
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