I HAVE COME TO DO YOUR WILL, O GOD. The record of THE BOOK is about Jesus. From Genesis to Revelation, the BOOK reveals the Lord Jesus. His specific intent was to please the Father by the offering of Himself. Heb. 10:7 The Father, in a manifestation of His great love, gave his only begotten son. John 3:16 This was not an easy resolution on the part of the Father. For, that Son was to be polluted by the sin of the world. A Holy, Just, Righteous God must become vile and contaminated by the wickedness and the sin of every man. Jesus, the sinless, became sin. All that the word sin implies was heaped upon Him at Calvary. 2 Cor. 5:21 It is difficult to comprehend the tremendous emotions that stirred in the being of the Father as the eternal plan became a fact.
YET IT PLEASED THE LORD TO BRUISE HIM. Is the Father sadistic? In no way, shape or form. There are two strong forces displayed in the work of redemption. The first being, the extreme hatred of the Lord against all unrighteousness and sin and His strong desire to eradicate it. The Lord cannot tolerate iniquity. Isa. 1:4 The other force is the greater and that is the Love of the Lord. This is LOVE, we did not first love Him. But from everlasting He has LOVED US. His love for mankind sent Him into the world where He became one of us. His love led Him to the cross. His love is our only hope of salvation. The offering of Jesus is the only propitiation, the atoning sacrifice for our sin. 1 Jn. 4:10
THE LORD HAS A TIME SCHEDULE. Nothing that He does is by happenstance. He does not periodically change His agenda. Jesus came at the predetermined time. The whole of the Levitical schedule of worship was established to portray and foreshadow the coming of Christ. For instance, the Passover Lamb. Christ is the Lamb of God. At the precise time that the nation of Israel was preparing their Passover lamb, they were slaying the TRUE PASSOVER LAMB. Jesus was slaughtered at the time of the same month, the same day of the week and the same hour as the type was slain. But, HE WAS THE TRUE PASSOVER LAMB. At the appointed time He came into this world with the explicit desire to accomplish the will of His Father. Gal. 4:4 Rest assured that He will return according the time that has been established for that glorious event. The Lord is in control and will do all things according to His good pleasure:END:wk: