He did what? Inconceivable!

Todays' Readings: Psalms 75,76,23,27. Jeremiah 5:20-31, Romans 3:19-31, John 7:1-13
      "For not from the east or from the west
      and not from the wilderness comes lifting up,
      but it is God who executes judgment,
      putting down one and lifting up another.
      For in the hand of the LORD there is a cup
      with foaming wine, well mixed,
      and he pours out from it,
      and all the wicked of the earth
      shall drain it down to the dregs."
                                  Psalm 75:6-8
By now if you have been following the readings of the Daily Office through Lent, the theme should be clear; Judgment. Mankind has and is judged and the ruling has come back. No plea bargains. No deals in the hallway. The sentence cannot be shortened for time served or good behavior.

As funny as the video may be, it has been a reminder for me since I sat in my Psalms class in seminary of what is happening in a realm we cannot see.  Dean Ulrich taught my course but the Holy Spirit was the one who brought me to a deep understanding that Christ drank this cup mentioned in the Psalm.  The wrath was unleashed upon Jesus before and during His crucifixion. It was not a game of wits played with a Sicilian. It was God and Man.  The Son of God knowing full-well what the Sons of Adam did not; He knew there was death in the cup and still  He took the cup, and drank it to the dreggs, for you, and for me.

We who have been given the gift of faith can now look back and see where He pulled the cup from our hands just before it reached our lips and without hesitation drank it deeply. We were spared the cup and given a Spring of Living Water. We put the poison in it, and He took its wrath.

Are you trying to outwith in the game of judgment? It won't work. You don't have to. The cup is empty, if you pick the one in the hand of Jesus.