The Day He Died

On this day, approximately 2018 years ago, we (humans) witnessed how we took an innocent Man and hit Him, spat on Him, slapped Him, mocked Him and hit Him some more until He was unrecognizable. Finally we crucified Him.

We did not understand it then, but we know now that Jesus did it for us. It was something horrible, beyond our wildest imagination, to grasp what Jesus had gone through. However, true to our loving Lord, He doesn’t think about Himself or us when He recollects the events of that day – He had His Father in mind.

The Father suffered even more. When Jesus was hanging on the cross in His final hour, He could not bear to watch His Son suffer any longer and He turned His back on Him. That was the moment when Jesus cried out; “My God, My God, why have You forsaken Me?” And then He died.

The Father had to watch every detail of what we did to His Son and allowed it to happen for our sake. God could have stepped in, take His Child and wipe us out of existence but He did not.

Jesus gave me a song one day to tell me that we should consider closely what the Father had to endure having us redeemed.

Did you cry My child, the day when I died?
Did you wipe a tear from your eye?
Do you wonder how this could be?
Do you know the reason why?

For three days My child, the Father cried.
The only time in heaven, when… He cried.
You know My Father, His love and joy,
For three days… He could not smile

It was Me and it was you He had in mind
When He suffered the loss of His only Child
He called My Name and woke Me up
So that you My child, could do the same

God allowed this to happen because He loves us and He knew Jesus loves us just the same. The Father did it for Jesus. Jesus did it for the Father. And we are in the center of their love – that is why they did it for us.

All we have to do is to love them back.

This day is the most significant day of the year .