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Devotional: March 9th

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Psalms 22:22-31

The cry reaches the One who is among the "horns of the unicorns" (cf. vv. 2 and 21). This is resurrection and at the same time the joy of communion restored. But, in His love, Christ makes haste to share His joy. Thus His first thought is to make known to "His brethren" the new relationship in which His work has placed them, in telling them of His Father who becomes their Father, of His God who becomes their God (v. 22; John 20:17). Unlike the other psalms which speak of the sufferings of Christ, there is no question of recrimination in this one. The Lord Jesus here is the bearer of sins and in consequence all is simply grace and blessing. Blessing for the Assembly (composed in its beginning of Jewish disciples: v. 22 quoted in Hebrews 2:12); for the restored Israel, called in v. 25 "the great congregation"; for "all the kindreds of the nations" during the 1000 years reign (vv. 27, 28); finally for all those that shall be born during the course of that glorious reign (v. 31). As ripples spread outwards from the centre where they have been produced, so the marvels and manifold consequences of the work of the cross are extended to the whole creation. And so we begin to understand why the Lord Jesus was forsaken (cf. v. 1).

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