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                Joy 10

      Choice by will 

 

 

 

    When they had sung a hymn,

    they went out to the Mount of Olives.

     

      Matthew 26:30

 

 

 

            ♪, Scripture to mutter with 


                        thanksgiving and joy

 

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Now is the 3rd week of the 6 weeks of Lent.

Jesus had the last Passover supper with his

disciples at the upper room of Mark's house

on Thursday during the Palm Sunday week.

 

Jesus said he was feeling like death

due to the suffering and the disciples

were in full confusion and sadness.

 

Jesus so desired to eat

this Passover Supper with his disciples.

 

No longer is needed to put the blood of

lamb on the sides and tops of the

doorframes of the house on the Passover.

 

Some 1500 years before this night

the angel passed over seeing the house where

the blood of a lamb were without killing

the eldest.

 

Finally the Egyptians sent away this 

mass slave Israelites who in turn 

achieved emancipation.        

 

By this blood of slain lamb,

only Israelites survived.

All Egyptian families had the eldest 

son slain including that of animals.  

 

After this night the Israelites had 

performed the same ritual at the same day 

every year as the biggest national 

memorial celebration.

This bleeding slain lamb is a symbol of

expiation of sin offering to God 

in person for the sins of mankind.

It is written in Genesis 3:15.

 

This last Jesus' Passover supper was

the finale of expiation symbol but 

actual expiation for all mankind to 

the God of justice.

It is the actualization of Genesis 3:15.

 

All God's redeemed children would learn

forever the passion of Father God and

his Son because of God's love for mankind.

 

Sin entails suffering.

From the pain of conscience to disease, 

imprisonment, execution etc.                 

The mankind would never measure the 

suffering that the Son of God who never 

know sin had to take all the wages of 

mankind's sin spiritually, mentally, 

physically and socially.

 

When suffering is too great or prolong,

it is prone human beings collapse or

disable mentally or physically or admit

defiant behaviors to end incarceration.

 

This last night on earth for Jesus and

his disciples were facing more suffering 

than these.

In fact over 6 months this kind continued

since coming to Jerusalem from Galilee.

It were filled with betrayal, injustice,

loneliness, dejection, extreme pain of

body and mind and threat of death and

the certainty of death.

 

At the final Passover supper

Jesus proclaimed; in symbolic term

forgiving all your sin he gave his body

broken as broken bread and his pouring

blood as wine.

 

And Jesus the last night on earth

with his disciples sang hymns to God.

They sang and prayed to father God.

And went toward the Mount Olive where

he will be captured.

 

33 years ago in the night when

Lord Jesus came to earth as 

a newborn baby in that manger Bethlehem,

the starting of God's redemption process,

the angels sang great chorus to God

spreaded in the universe.

 

The scene is closing in completion.

Now at the completion of mankind's 

redemption loving Jesus and his disciples 

sang hymns to God in praise at the 

upper room of Mark's house.

They choose it by their will.

There were many things to choose;

fear, blame, revenge, desperation, hide,

betrayal, giving up . . .

 

The song of Jesus and his disciples

pleased God.

God received his glory through them.  

Jesus received strength.

The disciples remembered this night and

the song, and were able to obey God

the rest of their lives and to be martyred.

 

Jesus and his team, used their

cognition of the character, Image of God.

They knew this event, the death of

Jesus' crucifixion is for 

the redemption of mankind so they pushed 

away their sorrowful and painful emotions.

They choose by their will to sing songs

to God's character, his love and

almighty power by their faith.

 

Jesus hung on the cross in the frog, mock 

and insults.

The earth shook and darkness came over. 

It continued for 3 hours.

On the cross Jesus said the final saying

"It is complete."

 

God being human being, dying tragically

instead of mankind he proclaimed 

the achievement of goal,

"I give mankind eternal life and 

  abundant life."

 

It took only 3 days.

Jesus resurrected as a glorious God.

For 40 days resurrected Jesus met          

people and solved the problems and

returned to his eternal kingdom and set

his throne which was for 33 years empty.

 

He said he would visit the earth again

to bring his children who believe him

as their Savior.

Maranatha!

 

Until then we will praise and sing and 

rejoice the Trinity God.

We will use our will.

Regardless situation we will praise and

thank and sing the song that Jesus and 

his disciples sang last night.

My heart would dance with joy

for my right choice.

 

God bless you.