For this...

But what if He would step down with an explanation?  How many would listen?  He told us that we had Moses and the prophets, and if we would not hear them, surely we would ignore Him.  “Father, please forgive me!”

"With reasons for what has been done
I spoke now unto thee,
so you'll remember evermore
what was and is to be.
I went unto the "righteous" ones
to show to them their fault;
trying to show unto them
that they're to be the salt;
that from their mouths should be the words
to give men life and breath;
for this, with heart-felt rage inside,
you plot My very death!

I came to freely share the Good News
with the poor and weak,
so they would know my Holy Word--
for this you smite My cheek?

For telling you that you must bow
and rid yourself of pride,
you bind my arms and take a spear
and pierce My very side!

For turning water into wine
and miracles as such...
for raising someone from the dead
with a gentle touch...
for reaching unto those so bound
and setting them so free--
for this, you take the scourge and rake
the very flesh of Me?

For answering your accusations
with a gentle word,
sharing Scripture unto you
that you've, so often, heard,
explaining that, without My life,
your lives are but a loss...
for helping you to understand
you nail Me to a cross!

For being so hard-hearted and
not knowing what to do...
for the fact that I have such
undying love for you,
for that yearning in My heart
that, evermore, you'll win--
FOR THIS, I RISE UP FROM THE DEAD,
DEFEATING HELL WITHIN!!

And so that you will have a haven
from this dying life,
with no more worry for the morrow,
no more grief and strife,
I have prepared a Place for you
where evil does not live...
FOR THIS, I'M COMING ONCE AGAIN,
ETERNAL LIFE TO GIVE!

All that God arranged just to reach you and I.  All that Jesus went through just to reach you and I.  All that is still so very much alive because there are so many more to reach.

ALL FOR LOVE!

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