“Darkness covers the earth, creation is silent, creation is waiting”
Golgotha - Crucified alongside criminals
Nails hammered through hands and feet
Flesh is torn, blood pouring down
A man’s frame lowered into pain. Immense pain.
Abba…… Thy…. will…be… done
They come to stare – they come to spit
They hurl insults, laying the gauntlet down:
“Let him come down off that cross if he truly is the Messiah”
Abba…… Thy…. will…be… done
Suffering, bleeding, gasping, dying
“He Trusts in God Let God rescue him now if he wants him”
Torturing body, mind, soul, spirit
Abba…… Thy…. will…be… done
Darkness covers the earth, creation is silent, creation is waiting
The powers are waiting, the people are waiting, the angels are waiting
The Lord of heaven and earth is giving himself up unto death
Willingly, knowingly, completely
Abba …… where are you? Why have you forsaken me?
Abandonment
‘For he was cut off from the land of the living
For the transgressions of my people he was stricken.
And the Lord has laid upon Him the iniquity of us all’
Into your hands I commit my spirit
He breathes his last
It is finished.
