Will Elijah Come?
Some of the people standing there heard this. The people
said, "Listen! He is calling Elijah." One man there ran and
got a sponge. The man filled the sponge with vinegar and tied
the sponge to a stick. Then he used the stick to give the
sponge to Jesus to drink from it. The man said, "We should
wait now and see if Elijah will come to take him down from
the cross."
-- Mark 15:35-36 (ERV)
KEY THOUGHT:
>From the vantage points of Jesus the Messiah and of the Gospel of Mark,
Elijah had already come. John the Baptist was the Elijah who was to
precede the Messiah. Those in power had John murdered; now they were
doing the same with Jesus. Those who are at the Cross to mock the Lord
Jesus misunderstand what he said. They simply turn Jesus' words into
another way to mock, belittle, and humiliate him more. Little do these
mockers know that what Jesus endures on the Cross ends up defeating
Satan and bringing life to those who will call upon him as Lord. Elijah
didn't come and take Jesus down from the Cross. However, God the Father
did come and raise him from death in his tomb. Yet even in this moment
of horror and humiliation with his crucifixion, the Cross touches the
heart of a hardened soldier and opens his heart to the truth about
Jesus -- he is the Son of God. (See verse 39.)
TODAY'S PRAYER:
O Father, I am saddened that it took the humiliation of the Cross to
break through to our hardened hearts. Yet, dear Father, thank you for
paying that price. I pray that the story of Jesus will reach hearts
that no other story can. Please help me to never be ashamed of the
message of that Cross. In Jesus' name I pray. Amen.
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