I still remember the first time I heard it. “But the Lord was pleased to crush Him…”
The word crush really stuck out in my head. I looked it up in Strong’s and found this:
a primitive root (compare 'dakah'; to crumble; transitively, to bruise (literally or figuratively):--beat to pieces, break (in pieces), bruise, contrite, crush, destroy, humble, oppress, smite.
I was astounded. I just couldn’t get over It…bruise…crush…beat to pieces…destroy.
A few days later I leaned that the word Gethsemane originates from a Hebrew term meaning “oil press,”…a place where things are crushed. I now understood what could cause someone to sweat blood, because I knew what was in that cup.
And that’s when it hit me…the most important part of the verse…the Lord was PLEASED.
My Lord and Savior loved me so much that he was…happy…glad…The definition of pleased is “experienced pleasure”…to bruise…crush…beat to pieces…destroy him, his only son, whom he had been together with forever, for…me.
Jesus could have said no.
But he loved me too much for that.
Jesus loves me This I know,
For the Bible tells me so.
Little ones to Him belong;
They are weak, but He is strong.
Yes, Jesus loves me
Yes, Jesus loves me
Yes, Jesus loves me
The Bible tells me so.
Isaiah 53:10 (nasb): But the LORD was pleased to crush Him, putting Him to grief; If He would render Himself as a guilt offering, He will see His offspring, He will prolong His days, And the good pleasure of the LORD will prosper in His hand.
God bless
TJ