‘The Son of Man will be handed over to people, and they will kill him.  After three days, he will rise from the dead.”
Mark 9:31

Trace the path of this Savior, the God who swapped heavenly royalty for earthly poverty.  His bed became, at best, a borrowed pallet – and usually the hard earth.  He was dependent on handouts for his income.  He was sometimes so hungry he would eat raw grain or pick fruit off a tree.  He knew what it meant to have no home.

He was ridiculed. His neighbors tried to lynch him. Some called him a lunatic.  His family tried to confine him to their house.  His friends weren’t always faithful to him.

He was accused of a crime he never committed.  Witnesses were hired to lie.  The jury was rigged.  A judge swayed by politics handed down the death penalty.

They killed him.

And why?  Because of the gift that only He could give.

By Max Lucado
From: The Applause of Heaven
Used by Permission

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