Bringing Us to God

Day 151: John 19:23-42

“When Jesus had received the sour wine, he said, “It is finished,” and he bowed his head and gave up his spirit.” - John 19:30 ESV

Even as Jesus is in His final moments, He's still fulfilling Messianic prophecies from the Hebrew Bible. In our short reading for today, John mentions four of these prophecies:

Psalm 22:18 - "They divided my garments."
Psalm 69:21 - "I thirst."
Psalm 34:20 - "He protects all his bones, none broken."
Zechariah 12:10 - "They will look on the one they have pierced."

John's primary objective in writing this fourth biography is to show us (without a doubt) that Jesus was indeed the Son of God. Even as Jesus is drawing His final breaths, we see that He is in more control of these moments than His opponents can even begin to know.

These events were so impressive that they caused two Pharisees to go from private to public with their faith in Jesus (Joseph and Nicodemus).

How about you? Are you ready to submerge yourself in the events of the cross, to trust this crucified Jesus for salvation?

One of Jesus' original disciples, Peter, said it so well:

"For Christ also suffered once for sins, the righteous for the unrighteous, that he might bring us to God." - 1 Peter 3:18

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