My friend Jerry is a pastor. His church has been doing an Easter drama for 20 years! This year they lost their actor who plays Jesus because God called him to become a pastor and he will be at his new church. So, they had to find another person to play Jesus. After some prayer and consideration they all decided that Jerry's son, who is 15, would play the part of Jesus.
In one of the early showings of the drama, Jerry was struck by the frustration of watching his son play the part of Jesus being beaten. His mind wandered from his stage hand job, "What if this really happened to my son?" Then, the Lord reminded him, "That is what happened to my Son."
I think that the most amazing part of the Bible story is that God determined the plan of salvation from the creation of the world. He sent a savior that would relate to us perfectly as friend, brother, and son. Because of the way God made us, he also knew what would draw us back to him in love, the story of a father and his only son, who he loves.
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