Commentary
The King Who Saves
Others
As Jesus
is hung on the cross, three times, three different people/groups of people either
tell Jesus to “save yourself” or expect him to save himself.
The three
are the rulers, the soldiers, and one of the criminals. They seem to be people who are familiar with
this kind of expectation of any earthly king.
But this
King’s mission is not to save himself.
In fact, from
the very beginning, his identity as one who saves others was already given by
the angel to Mary. “Behold,
you will conceive in your womb and bear a son, and you shall name him Jesus”
(Luke 1:31). This identity is further clarified
by Matthew, “he
will save his people from their sins” (Matthew 1:21).
The
one criminal knows and trusts in this King as one who has come to save people
like him.
What
is my view of this King?
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