
1:51 a.m.: “On a hill far, far away stood the cross. It wasn’t mine. I saw it from a distance. It stood empty, almost as a mockery. I couldn’t help looking at it, knowing what was to come. I felt My skin crawl, seeing it. So many thoughts. The cruelty of man, when I had made him in such perfection. The imagining of the rough wood at My back. The Inglorious pain.
“My Glorious Rising. For the Glory of man. A circle of Love from the Father.
“My days on earth seem long ago to you. To Me it was yesterday. All the emotions, all the Humanness ever before Me.
“I lived a life of bone and skin, of emotions, of humiliation and finger-pointing, pain and death – for you. For Redemption. For the Glory of us all.
“Don’t waste it. Don’t waste what I did for you. You there, whom I know, whom I lovingly created – you think I have forgotten you. I COULD NEVER FORGET YOU. I see all YOUR pain. I FEEL it. I long for My spilled Blood to wash over you and make you whole. It’s DONE. Your redemption WON. And what will you do with it? Trample it under the feet of your sin and despair? Or accept what I have done as your TURNING? Your Salvation – and the beginning of your journey back to Glory?
“You cry and cry out beneath the weight of your own wrong decisions, you despair at your life – your lack of it. LIFE ABUNDANT is standing right in front of you. LOOK UP. See Me holding Redemption out to you. Crying with you, calling to you to TAKE IT. Accept My Cross, My Death. My Sacrifice – for YOU. A NEW LIFE, a Shining Future, is one Yes away.
“The Choice has always been yours. You’ve chosen badly – and yet I LOVE you. By your decisions you’ve spit in My Face as surely as did the Roman soldiers. YET I LOVE YOU. Make the Right Choice now – and your Life, your ETERNITY turns.
“Your CHOICE remains. I remain. WHAT WILL YOU DO WITH ME NOW?
“Come, COME to Me, and I will give you REST. COME NOW. Stop fighting – and FALL INTO MY ARMS.
“COME.”
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Notes:
This amazing word from Jesus drives me to my knees. He is calling so lovingly to His harvest.
John 12:32-33: “And I, if I am lifted up from the earth [crucified], will draw all peoples to Myself.” This He said, signifying by what death He would die.
John 3:14-16: “As Moses lifted up the serpent in the wilderness, even so must the Son of Man be lifted up; so that whoever believes will in Him have eternal life. For God so loved the world, that He gave His only begotten Son, that whoever believes in Him shall not perish, but have eternal life.”
John 8:28-29: So Jesus said, “When you lift up the Son of Man, then you will know that I am He, and I do nothing on My own initiative, but I speak these things as the Father taught Me. And He who sent Me is with Me; He has not left Me alone, for I always do the things that are pleasing to Him.”
Colossians 1:13: For He rescued us from the domain of darkness, and transferred us to the kingdom of His beloved Son, in whom we have redemption, the forgiveness of sins.
Matthew 26:26-28: While they were eating, Jesus took bread, and after a blessing, He broke it and gave it to the disciples, and said, “Take, eat; this is My body.” And when He had taken a cup and given thanks, He gave it to them, saying, “Drink from it, all of you; for this is My blood of the covenant, which is poured out for many for forgiveness of sins.”
Mark 15:16-20: The soldiers took Him away into the palace (that is, the Praetorium), and they *called together the whole Roman cohort.. They dressed Him up in purple, and after twisting a crown of thorns, they put it on Him; and they began to acclaim Him, “Hail, King of the Jews!” They kept beating His head with a reed, and spitting on Him, and kneeling and bowing before Him. After they had mocked Him, they took the purple robe off Him and put His own garments on Him. And they led Him out to crucify Him.
I Peter 2:22-24: [Jesus] committed no sin, nor was any deceit found in His mouth; and while being reviled, He did not revile in return; while suffering, He uttered no threats, but kept entrusting Himself to Him who judges righteously; and He Himself bore our sins in His body on the cross, so that we might die to sin and live to righteousness; for by His wounds you were healed.
John 10:10: …”I came that they may have life, and have it abundantly.”
I Peter 1:3-5: Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who according to His great mercy has caused us to be born again to a living hope through the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead, to obtain an inheritance which is imperishable and undefiled and will not fade away, reserved in heaven for you.
Matthew 11:28-30: “Come to Me, all who are weary and heavy-laden, and I will give you rest. Take My yoke upon you and learn from Me, for I am gentle and humble in heart, and you will find rest for your souls. For My yoke is easy and My burden is light.”