Supernal Suffering

Jesus didn’t just suffer as a man on a cross,
after the fashion and pains of a human only…
There was more to it than that.

Though scourged and bloodied and bruised in body-
there is that which was much deeper going on- as deep as the lower parts of the earth.

Now that he ascended, what is it
but that he also descended first
into the lower parts of the earth? Ephesians 4.9


The whole of mankind’s sins were there to be dealt with- reaching to the depths of Satan.

And so the hurt and darkness that he experienced
were beyond the pains of flesh and soul .
His agony was an agony of all time
beyond tears
and every mortal grief.
Yes, his pain burned to the depths of hell.

Even so our sufferings take on a supernal quality
and are beyond the scope of mere men.

For add the Holy Spirit to the mix
and the flesh reacts-
kicking and bucking like a wild stallion
which is mounted by another for the first time.

And then there is that faith which came
and like a light gave vision to that which was before unseen
and was like a hope inspiring promise of that which was to come.

And then let clouds come and block that light
or let delays come in that which we so longed for
and which was so precious and yearned for…
…and came with such an assurance
as to its reality with hope
and earnest expectation.

Yes, let faith be tried in a prison of hoping against hope…

Hope deferred maketh the heart sick:
but when the desire cometh, it is a tree of life. Proverbs 13.12


Truly, the seed of life that that God plants,
like Christ, must die.

Verily, verily, I say unto you, Except a corn of wheat fall
into the ground and die, it abideth alone:but if it die, it bringeth forth much fruit. John 12.24


But now understand God’s way
and the way of all nature
and the path of Jesus…

observe….

hang on….

endure…

rejoice

Pick yourself up with grace and mercy
again and again and again
yes, hope against hope….
and watch what God will do.

Can these dead bones live….? Ezekiel