There is a Green Hill Far Away, part 2
On to verse two of “There Is a Green Hill Far Away,” written by Mrs. Alexander. Here are the words to verse 2.
We may not know, we cannot tell
What pains He had to bear,
But we believe it was for us
He hung and suffered there.
Chorus:
O dearly, dearly has He loved,
And we must love Him too,
And trust in His redeeming blood,
And try His works to do.
We may not know, we cannot tell What pains He had to bear. Isaiah 52:14 says, “As many were astonied at thee; his visage was so marred more than any man, and his form more than the sons of men.” Jesus suffered terribly for our sin. He was buffeted; his beard was plucked out; He was beaten. “He was wounded for our transgressions, he was bruised for our iniquities: the chastisement of our peace was upon him… the LORD hath laid on him the iniquity of us all. He was oppressed, and he was afflicted… He was taken from prison and from judgment: and who shall declare his generation? for he was cut off out of the land of the living: for the transgression of my people was he stricken. And he made his grave with the wicked, and with the rich in his death; because he had done no violence, neither was any deceit in his mouth. Yet it pleased the LORD to bruise him; he hath put him to grief: when thou shalt make his soul an offering for sin, he shall see his seed, he shall prolong his days, and the pleasure of the LORD shall prosper in his hand.”
What physical anguish Jesus suffered! Yet, His anguish was not only physical. “He was wounded for our transgressions, he was bruised for our iniquities: the chastisement of our peace was upon him… the LORD hath laid on him the iniquity of us all… for the transgression of my people was he stricken.” Jesus “bare our sins in his own body on the tree.” (I Peter 2:24) And because God is very pure and cannot look upon sin, God the Father turned His eyes away from Jesus while Jesus was dying on the tree for our sins. For several hours, Jesus did not have the sweet communion with His Father that He had had for all eternity. And He cried out in anguish of spirit, “My God, my God, why hast thou forsaken me? why art thou so far from helping me, and from the words of my roaring? O my God, I cry in the daytime, but thou hearest not; and in the night season, and am not silent. But thou art holy, O thou that inhabitest the praises of Israel… But I am a worm, and no man; a reproach of men, and despised of the people. All they that see me laugh me to scorn: they shoot out the lip, they shake the head, saying, He trusted on the LORD that he would deliver him: let him deliver him, seeing he delighted in him… be not thou far from me, O LORD: O my strength, haste thee to help me. Deliver my soul from the sword; my darling from the power of the dog.”
Mrs. Alexander goes on to write, “But we believe it was for us He hung and suffered there.” Consider these words from Scripture, “He is despised and rejected of men; a man of sorrows, and acquainted with grief: and we hid as it were our faces from him; he was despised, and we esteemed him not. Surely he hath borne our griefs, and carried our sorrows: yet we did esteem him stricken, smitten of God, and afflicted. But he was wounded for our transgressions, he was bruised for our iniquities: the chastisement of our peace was upon him; and with his stripes we are healed. All we like sheep have gone astray; we have turned every one to his own way; and the LORD hath laid on him the iniquity of us all… for the transgression of my people was he stricken. And he made his grave with the wicked, and with the rich in his death; because he had done no violence, neither was any deceit in his mouth. Yet it pleased the LORD to bruise him; he hath put him to grief: when thou shalt make his soul an offering for sin, he shall see his seed, he shall prolong his days, and the pleasure of the LORD shall prosper in his hand. He shall see of the travail of his soul, and shall be satisfied: by his knowledge shall my righteous servant justify many; for he shall bear their iniquities. Therefore will I divide him a portion with the great, and he shall divide the spoil with the strong; because he hath poured out his soul unto death: and he was numbered with the transgressors; and he bare the sin of many, and made intercession for the transgressors.”
How much He has done for us. We rejected Him. We looked upon His sufferings and thought, “Surely, God is punishing Him. He is getting what He deserves.” But He was not. He was getting what we deserve. He bore our sins; He was bruised for our iniquities. He was punished to secure our peace. With His stripes we were healed. He poured out His soul unto death for us as an offering for our sin. He made intercession for us so that we might be justified. Jesus “died for all, that they which live should not henceforth live unto themselves, but unto him which died for them, and rose again.” (II Corinthians 5:15b)
O dearly, dearly has He loved,
And we must love Him too,
And trust in His redeeming blood,
And try His works to do.
Oh, won’t you thank Jesus today for what He has done for you? And if you have never trusted Jesus as Saviour, won’t you trust Him today? Look what He has done for your soul.
Have a wonderful week in Jesus.
SQ
(Most verse quoted in this study were from Isaiah 52 and 53 and Psalm 22)
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