The Agony Of Good Friday
Recently I asked some adults that I teach the Bible to this question: “Can sad things be good?” Our initial reaction to this is “Of course not!”.
Here are two examples that can help us to better understand this day we call “Good Friday”.
Have you ever had one of your daughters get married or attended a wedding where the Father of the bride walked her down the aisle? Is the mother of the Bride sad and crying… absolutely.
It is a time that marks a covenant of monumental importance and is God’s plan for training up children to know and love him (marriage is also a picture of the gospel). So this event though happy also is sad. It is the father and mother passing the torch of leadership and protection to the husband.
Attending a funeral for an unbeliever is sad and there is no hope other than to serve as a warning of the brevity of life and the necessity of repentance and faith in Jesus for those in attendance. Juxtapose this with the funeral of a born-again believer, and while sad for our time apart there is joy in the God of covenant/promises.
It is with this solemn backdrop that we must approach today. Good Friday is in fact good because God meant the evil of the world for the ultimate good of His sheep. Like a judo practitioner to throw death a fatal blow once for all. The Lamb of God long expected from Genesis 3, 22, Isaiah 53, was silent before His shearers.
The wrath, fury and Hell we deserve for our rebellion was poured out on Calvary,
infinite agony to reverse the human tragedy.
Our faces portraits in a gallery of glory
the sins of many bore He,
Hallelujah now we sing,
Jesus Christ The Risen King.
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