The Burial of Christ -MacDuff “Christ died for our sins according to the scriptures; and was buried, and rose again the third day, according to the Scriptures.” 1 Corinthians 15:3, 4 It was absolutely necessary, that our Savior should not merely die — but also be buried, as appears from several considerations. It was necessary, […]
What Sanctifies Our Offerings? “And the priest shall put some of the blood upon the horns of the altar of sweet incense before the LORD” (Leviticus 4:7). The altar of incense is the place where saints present their prayers and praises; and it is delightful to think of it as sprinkled with the blood of […]
1. Alas! and did my Savior bleed, and did my Sovereign die! Would he devote that sacred head for sinners such as I? 2. Was it for crimes that I have done, he groaned upon the tree? Amazing pity! Grace unknown! And love beyond degree! 3. Well might the sun in darkness hide, and shut […]
JESUS ONLY- (extract) The wine-press of Divine wrath he will tread alone. The battle with the power of darkness he will fight alone. The bitter cup of Gethsemane he will drink alone. The last conflict with the power of hell he will sustain alone. The passage through the grave he will tread alone. Man’s sins […]
“When Jesus therefore had received the vinegar, he said, It is finished; and he bowed his head, and gave up the spirit.” John 19:30 A jar of sour wine was sitting there, so they soaked a sponge in it, put it on a hyssop branch, and held it up to his lips. When Jesus had […]
He drank it up—every drop! (Brooks, “The Golden Key to Open Hidden Treasures”) “Who can comprehend the power of Your wrath?” Psalm 90:11 Jesus Christ comprehends it, for He underwent it! His whole life was made up of suffering. From His birth to His death, from His cradle to the cross, from the womb to […]
Let each believer follow the precept of the Spirit—come apart for awhile enter into the secret chambers of solemn retrospective meditation, and under the rays of heavenly light review his former state. Now, through grace, he is light in the Lord; but formerly he was darkness, and how great was that darkness, how thick those […]
The cup of wrath! (Andrew Bonar, “The Cup of Wrath!”) “In the hand of the LORD is a cup full of red wine mixed with spices; He pours it out, and all the wicked of the earth drink it down to its very dregs!” Psalm 75:8 There has been only One who has ever drunk […]
The mystery of the Cross Why was it a necessity for the LORD to lay on Christ the iniquity of His people before bruising Him? All our hope, brethren, is that the judge of all the earth shall do right! (Prov. 17:15). The whole purpose for which the Lord Jesus laid down His life was […]
The Life River “And he showed me a pure river of water of life, clear as crystal, proceeding out of the throne of God and of the Lamb.”—Revelation 22:1. In the first Paradise, and in connection with the first creation, we find a river—’a river went out of Eden to water the garden’ (Genesis 2:10); […]