In order for His church to be saved, Jesus had to first taste the death that His Church deserved.

Hebrews 2:8b-9

“Now in putting everything in subjection to him, he left nothing outside his control. At present, we do not yet see everything in subjection to him. But we see him who for a little while was made lower than the angels, namely Jesus, crowned with glory and honor because of the suffering of death, so that by the grace of God he might taste death for everyone.” (Hebrews 2:8b-9)

There could be no tasting of the marriage supper of the lamb to come(Revelation 19:6-10), without Christ first tasting and experiencing every single drop of the wrath of God, and allowing the death to take Him.

The drink was so bitter, the death so unimaginably horrific. God did not spare one drop of His wrath when it came to Christ on the cross.

God poured out all of His unmitigated and undiluted anger for our sin out on The Son….in our place.

The cost of our salvation we will never fully grasp in this age, but rest assured, Christ received every part of God’s Holy wrath for our sins.

The wages of sin is death, and Christ experienced and tasted it in its full.

May we never lose sight of how precious Jesus is and how worthy He is.

While the world toys around with selfie’s, critical race theory, twitter posts and you-tube popularity, and all the rest of the silly and trite delicacies the world has to offer; Christ the rightful heir of all things, is barreling toward this world with the consummation of His Kingdom. 

When Christ comes, it will not be a donkey He rides on, but a white horse ready for war and judgement.

This time He is coming to “judge and make war”, and the sword proceeding from his mouth, will “strike down the nations” (Revelation 19:11-16).

What a glorious day it will be to look into his glorious face.

When He comes, then we will know we are home.

Take courage church, Christ is as glorious as His word says He is, and more than able to sustain His church to the end.