Forsaken. Finished.
Robert Dawson
Matthew 27:45-56, John 19:28-30
I ran across an interesting bit of trivia this week about Mt. Rushmore, that massive sculpture of presidents George Washington, Thomas Jefferson, Theodore Roosevelt, and Abraham Lincoln, in the Black Hills of South Dakota. It is called "Shrine of Democracy." Over 2 million people pour into the Black hills to see this massive work of art but what many of them do not know is that Mt. Rushmore is an unfinished work. It was the intent of the sculptor and part of his original design for the presidents to be depicted from their head to the waist, but lack of funding and death of the original artist led to the project, as amazing as it is, remaining unfinished.
There is something sad about plans that are not completed, dreams unrealized, projects unfinished and promises not kept. Today, as we gather this Easter, I want to look at a promise fulfilled and a perfect and finished work, the work of redemption...salvation for sinners.
The empty tomb that we celebrate today is the exclamation point on a finished work and a promise fulfilled.
- It is an exclamation mark at the end of a plan that was put into place before the foundations of the world were even laid.
- It is an exclamation point at the end of a promise fulfilled that was made not long after the foundations of the world were laid.
Before God shaped us from the dirt of the earth, before He breathed life into us, and made us in His image, He knew that we would reject and disobey Him. He knew that we would introduce sin and death into His perfect creation.
- When Adam and Eve committed the original sin - death entered this world and reigned supreme. It became a cruel, uncaring, intimidating, and indiscriminate master consuming everyone.
- When Adam and Eve ate that fruit, they plunged the entire human race into sin. Because of their sin and ours, we were separated from God.
- No longer under divine blessing but a curse.
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Robert Dawson
Matthew 27:45-56, John 19:28-30
I ran across an interesting bit of trivia this week about Mt. Rushmore, that massive sculpture of presidents George Washington, Thomas Jefferson, Theodore Roosevelt, and Abraham Lincoln, in the Black Hills of South Dakota. It is called "Shrine of Democracy." Over 2 million people pour into the Black hills to see this massive work of art but what many of them do not know is that Mt. Rushmore is an unfinished work. It was the intent of the sculptor and part of his original design for the presidents to be depicted from their head to the waist, but lack of funding and death of the original artist led to the project, as amazing as it is, remaining unfinished.
There is something sad about plans that are not completed, dreams unrealized, projects unfinished and promises not kept. Today, as we gather this Easter, I want to look at a promise fulfilled and a perfect and finished work, the work of redemption...salvation for sinners.
The empty tomb that we celebrate today is the exclamation point on a finished work and a promise fulfilled.
- It is an exclamation mark at the end of a plan that was put into place before the foundations of the world were even laid.
- It is an exclamation point at the end of a promise fulfilled that was made not long after the foundations of the world were laid.
Before God shaped us from the dirt of the earth, before He breathed life into us, and made us in His image, He knew that we would reject and disobey Him. He knew that we would introduce sin and death into His perfect creation.
- When Adam and Eve committed the original sin - death entered this world and reigned supreme. It became a cruel, uncaring, intimidating, and indiscriminate master consuming everyone.
- When Adam and Eve ate that fruit, they plunged the entire human race into sin. Because of their sin and ours, we were separated from God.
- No longer under divine blessing but a curse.
...
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