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CBN Easter Devotion
ARTICLE TITLE: Angels’ Teardrops
DATE: N.A
AUTHOR: Cathy Irvin
AUTHOR
INFORMATION: Cathy Irvin authored well over 50
Devotions for CBN over three decades where she served the Lord Jesus Christ at
the Christian Broadcasting Network. Cathy loved telling stories and glorifying
God in all that she did. On December 16, 2011, Cathy left this earthly dwelling
to take up residence in the dwelling prepared for her in Heaven. Her Devotions
minister with love and truth.
I
heard a song titled Ten
Thousand Angels Cried, sung by LeAnn Rimes. I could picture heaven
the day our Savior was crucified. Those angels were looking at the torture He
endured for the salvation of mankind. They must have pondered this senseless
way to die. They saw people mocking Him and spitting on Him, lashing at Him
with a whip repeatedly, until He was disfigured beyond recognition.
Why
would He choose to leave heaven’s splendor to die in our place when we were the
sinful ones? We cannot understand this. The fact remains that He chose to lay
aside his crown and royalty to take on the form of humanity for you and me.
Maundy
Thursday and Good Friday people will attend services in churches around the
world. There will be the celebration of Resurrection Sunday, better known as
Easter.
We
rejoice that Jesus was raised from the tomb and lives ever making intercession
for us. He did this so that one day those who have accepted his death, burial
and resurrection will live in Heaven with Him. For those who have invited the
Lord into their hearts, these special services will remind us of His supreme
sacrifice. We will rejoice that Jesus loved us so much He went to the cross, as
painful and humiliating as it was for Him. When we think about how the sky
became pitch black and the curtain in the sanctuary immediately torn in two
that day (Mark
15: 33-37, Luke
23:44-46), the song about the ten thousand angels crying will seem very
real. I imagine there may have been a huge display of lightning, thunder and a
downpour of rain. It will be as if those angels were weeping so profusely that
their tears resonated heaven's intense response.
Sometimes
I still weep and I am so thankful He did not come down from the cross, because
I know He purchased eternal life for me. It helps me know that my tears are a
language God understands. The angels must have wondered if there could have
been another way. It is in those moments it makes me appreciate that although
He was God, He removed His divinity to put on the flesh of man.
Now,
whenever thunder roars, the wind blows and the lightning flashes across the
sky, I look out my window. As the rain drops become stronger and louder on the
roof top, I think about the day my Savior was crucified and how the angels
cried!
For God so loved the world that he gave his one and only Son, that
whoever believes in him shall not perish but have eternal life. (John
3:16)
Then I looked and heard the voice of many angels, numbering
thousands upon thousands, and ten thousand times ten thousand. They encircled
the throne and the living creatures and the elders. (Revelation
5:11)
For the message of the cross is foolishness to those who are
perishing, but to us who are being saved it is the power of God. (1
Corinthians 1:18)
For as I have often told you before and now say again even with
tears, many live as enemies of the cross of Christ. (Philippians
3:18)
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