The Only Way

There is an absurdity of vast proportions. An innocent man propitiating for innumerable human failures without protest. Calm surrender and humility cover His countenance. Sacrifice for the sin time line was His purpose. The same heart of ultimate justice that consecrated a temple, broke spiritual chains, drove out demons, and showed mortals the way to immortality will be pierced to pay a debt He did not owe.

In a conversation with His Father, this God-Man weeps unto the point of blood for another solution, yet knowing one does not exist. His face is etched with the insurmountable anguish of forthcoming doom, exacerbated by the intense sadness triggered by the rampant immorality from time's dawning.

The time comes. The Savior of the world approaches the moment of death. Unimaginable weight is upon these broad, carpenter shoulders now burdened with the combined eternal sin consequences of all humanity. In these final moments this only Son's sovereign, hallowed Father is forced to look away, unable to gaze upon the weight of sin that now rests on these shoulders.

"It is finished" the final words. A bruised, thorn-crowned head droops towards an emaciated, lifeless body. Is it really finished?

Three days later, a figure who is fully God and fully man defeats death and walks out of a sealed Roman tomb! The price now paid, His scarred arms forever proclaim the vastness of true agape love. He is the epitome of mercy, and compassion's definition is imprinted in His side. The united Jew and gentile families are forever liberated from a life of ritual and rhetoric and can now enjoy unfettered fellowship with the Creator of the universe. Forever.

There is but one road that leads to Heaven. There is a narrow gate guarding this way. Acceptance of the Ultimate Sacrifice as the atonement for sins is the first step on the Journey of Eternal Life. Upon entrance, one reenters the Road of Life, one already paved with many trials and tribulations. The difference is that a previously dark and unknown path is now well-illuminated by the author of Light Himself. Under this intense light, the potholes in the road seem small in comparison to the end-of-time eternal glory awaiting all those who travel this road.

This man, this Jesus of Nazareth, wills that everyone choose this Path. It is free, but it will cost you everything. The cross is for you. It is for me. It is the only Way.