WHY of Holy Week

WOW! HOLY WEEK and what a week it was. From the excited adulations of the the multitudes when Jesus arrived in Jerusalem on a donkey to the crowd shouting ‘crucify him, crucify him’. Gethsemane to the cross to the empty tomb…wow what a week. However, this was a week planned and scripted before the foundations of the world were ever laid. (Isaiah 40:21) also see I Peter 1:20)This was God’s plan; “for God so loved the world that He gave His only begotten son, that whosoever believeth in Him should not perish but have everlasting life.” John 3:16 When Jesus stated in Matthew 20:18, “behold, we go up to Jerusalem; and the son of man shall be betrayed unto the chief priests and unto the scribes, and they shall condemn him to death”, He knew what was coming. A week of final instructions, ridicule, scorn, beatings, trials, then death on a cruel cross – a crucifixion. All this planned, prepared and purposed from the foundation of the world. WHY?? All we like sheep have gone astray and sinned. There is none righteous NO NOT ONE. So we are covered, saved “not by something that ruins like gold or silver, but by the precious blood of Christ, who was like a pure and perfect lamb selected to redeem us by His precious blood. HOLY! “Set apart”. That’s what makes this week “holy”. A week “set apart” from the beginning time for God but back our freedom from the slavery of sin and wickedness. So, do rejoice in this Holy Week BUT don’t ever forget the WHY of this Holy Week. JESUS THE LAMB OF GOD THAT TAKES AWAY THE SINS OF THE WORLD. YOURS AND MINE! Praise to the one who redeems. I John 2:12, “I write unto you, little children, because your sins are forgiven you for His name sake.”