From Matt at The Church of No People:
When Jesus died, his friends thought that was it. A great teacher, a great miracle worker was dead. They had been convinced he was the next big thing. Now they were sure he was was not. He would go down in history as a great man who had been unjustly executed. Perhaps history would not remember him at all.
And then Jesus added something to his resume.
It was only after his earthly life was over that Jesus’ very purpose in life became known. That is something that no one else has ever done – achieved their purpose only in death. No one talks about the death of someone at their funeral – we celebrate their life! Because their death is not who they are, or what they accomplished or what they meant to us.
But that’s exactly what we talk about with Jesus. His life wasn’t about teaching, or healing people, or performing miracles. Even before he was born, his purpose in life was to go straight to the cross. And then he could achieve what he was sent to do.
