“They will proclaim his righteousness, declaring to a people yet unborn: He has done it!”
Psalm 22:31 (NIV)
There is no doubt in a Christian’s mind as they read Psalm 22 that this Psalm describes our Lord’s experience on the cross. The gospels make reference to this psalm in the descriptions of the crucifixion, and the words of verse 8 are spoken directly to Christ Jesus by the religious leaders, and the words of verse 1 are spoken by Christ Jesus directly to God. This was a terrible, terrible death experience for any human to go through, especially more terrible for an innocent, perfect human to go through, but exponentially more terrible that God’s own Son, His Beloved, His chosen One would go through such a painful humiliating death.
Yet as we get to the end of this Psalm we realize that we have a job to do - Pastor Mark would say we have a mission to accomplish – for this last verse speaks of us proclaiming His righteousness among our generation.
How will people know of the wonderful work of righteousness that was accomplished on that cross? We must proclaim the good news to them.
Or do you think that prophecy is fulfilled without God’s people doing any work?
The prophecy of the cross happened in spite of God’s people- the ones who weren’t killing Him fled from His side.
But the prophecy of proclamation is a vision of God’s redeemed proclaiming the good news of Christ’s finished work on Calvary to all who will listen.
Let us do our part to fulfill this prophecy today.
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