The LORD reminded me of something powerful.
Jesus was mocked.
Jesus was bullied.
I can picture the soldiers laughing at him
Romans picking on Jews ...it was common for them...
But this time was different.
Jesus could have halted the jokes and jeers.
He didn't.
He took it.
He took every bit of the bullying.
I say the movie "The Little Boy" the other day.
I could hardly stomach the bullying scenes. They bullied the boy called him dwarf, midget and humiliated him. All he wanted was to be with his Papa (like Jesus longed to be with His Heavenly Father)
As a special needs mom, bullying is one of my biggest fears.
The looks. The whispers.
A kid once told Olivia "I won't touch him (Isaac) because then maybe I won't be able to talk either" ....as if autism is contagious.
The word "retard" makes me cringe.
A person once told me "yeah my daughter has special needs and learning disabilities but she's not a retard"
I cringed and I was speechless.
Bullying stings.
Words can hurt and inflict wounds that are deeper than a mere physical wound.
Someone once said Olivia looked chubby and she stared at her body for weeks... it took her months to get over it.
Jesus was bullied.
The mocking must have hit His heart...
When we are despised and rejected we want to crawl into a hole.
Jesus took every bit of the scorn publicly. He knows what it is like to be bullied.
One of the biggest lies Satan whispers is this.
"No one cares."
What a lie!
Jesus cares.
He understands.
Hebrews 4:15
This High Priest of ours understands our weaknesses, for he faced all of the same testings we do, yet he did not sin
He cared enough not only to die for us but He was also subject to public humiliation.
The image of the soldiers twisting the thorns into a crown is so condescending and insulting. (John 19:2)
If only they knew who He REALLY was and who He really is.
The creator of heaven and earth. The True King.
Isaiah 25:8 says
"In that day the LORD of hosts will become a beautiful crown And a glorious diadem to the remnant of His people"
Jesus Himself is King and HE will one day be a crown of beauty for all to see.
He is the King and yet He was bullied.
It does not make sense!
We must see how deep the Father's love is for us.
Words have power both to destroy and to give life.
Jesus took the verbal abuse because He knew it was only part of the end goal- to die for the sins of all man-kind.
He was oppressed and treated harshly, yet he never said a word. He was led like a lamb to the slaughter. And as a sheep is silent before the shearers, he did not open his mouth.
Isaiah 53:7
His strength under this pressure gives us hope. (Isaiah 40:31)
Genesis 3:15;
And I will put enmity
between you and the woman,
and between your offspring and hers;
he will crush your head,
and you will strike his heel.
Rev. 20:10
And the devil that deceived them was cast into the lake of fire and brimstone, where the beast and the false prophet are, and shall be tormented day and night for ever and ever.
Although Revelation is our sneak peek to Satan's ultimate defeat, Satan is still a bully to us at present day , but one day the lies will stop and Jesus will crush His head!!
Most bullying goes unseen.
The same goes with us.
Satan bullies us at night when we are vulnerable, or when we are sick, or when no one is around.
Coward.
May the Lord remind us EVERY TIME we partake of communion or read through the passion (or read through Isaiah and the many prophecies of Jesus) that He was bullied only for a moment, but now He reigns triumphant forever; He himself is the royal crown, He is the King over every circumstance He is the King over every trial, He is the King and Lord over every trial and He is Truth, He stomps on every lie Satan hurls at us.
John 10:18
"No one can take my life from me. I sacrifice it voluntarily. For I have the authority to lay it down when I want to and also to take it up again. For this is what my Father has commanded."
