July 29, 2024 Daily Dose of Discernment

“His blood be on us and on our children!” (Matthew 27:25)

When Pontius Pilate was reluctant to do what the Jewish mob was clamoring for (which is the crucifixion of Jesus) and said he was innocent of His blood, they shouted with full conviction that they would be responsible for His death. They obviously believed they were fulfilling the law of their religion, despite the fact that they were motivated by jealousy and hatred.

The Jews were right. They, representing all of mankind, were the ones who put Jesus to death. It wasn’t God the Father who killed His Son to appease His wrath; it was the religious and political powers that be who were angry and bent on murdering Jesus. All that evil in the heart of man He absorbed and took with Him to the cross in order leave it there and heal him. We have a similar calling.