Read of the Psalmist’s sufferings. Think of the Saviour, suffering for you (Psalm 22:7-8, 18; Matthew 27:39 ,43, 35).
We highlight two statements: ‘My God, my God, why have you forsaken
me?’, ‘They have pierced my hands and my feet’ (Psalm 22:1, 16).
Jesus Christ was ‘crucified and killed by the hands of the lawless men’
(Acts 2:23). There is, however, more to His story than this: ‘The Lord
has laid all our sins on Him’ (Isaiah 53:6).
When we read of Jesus
Christ, ‘pierced for our transgressions’, we see Him ‘pierced’ by men
and forsaken by God (Isaiah 53:5; Zechariah 12:10; John 19:34; Matthew
27:46).
Looking on to Jesus Christ, risen, exalted and returning, we
see Him still bearing the marks of His suffering - ‘the mark of the
nails’, ‘a Lamb standing as though it had been slain’, ‘pierced’ (John
20:25; Revelation 5:6; 1:7).
Jesus Christ has ‘tasted death for
everyone’ (Hebrews 2:9). Now, through Him, salvation is proclaimed to
‘the congregation’, to ‘the ends of the earth’ to ‘future generations’
(Psalm 22:22, 27, 30). Jesus Christ, ‘the same yesterday, today and for
ever’, proclaims salvation to the great ‘congregation’, drawn from
‘every tribe and language and people and nation’ (Hebrews 13:8; 2:12;
Revelation 5:9).
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