Sunday, March 28, 2010

Hail the King!





Ride on, ride on in majesty!
The angel armies of the sky
Look down with sad and wond'ring eyes
To see the approaching sacrifice.

LSB 441, v. 2


photo credit: sea turtle
Posted by Scott Diekmann at 7:24 AM

4 comments:

Dennis Peskey said...

This seems so appropriate to us and I confess believing this verse to be true for over five decades. Then I sat through a sermon by Pastor Peterson during a MichaelMass celebration.

About the midpoint of the sermon, he stated the angels in heaven rejoiced on Good Friday. My back straightened in the pew - my ears on full alert. Had I heard what my ears reported?

At dinner, Pr. Peterson rendered to us our own Emmaus explanation. From Genesis 3:15 onward, through Exodus, Leviticus, the Psalms and by all the prophets of old, they spoke with one voice how the Holy One of God would bear our iniquity and redeem all creation.

The angels in heaven understood this and rejoiced as God himself reconciled his creation. We shudder at the Cross because, by ourselves, it is the wages of sin - death. But when we look with faith upon the crucified Christ, we can trust in our God that it is truely finished - paid in full. The good of Good Friday is the obedience of the Son to the Father's will where our redeemer accomplishes the greatest Good - our salvation.

Peace,
Dennis

March 29, 2010 at 7:33 AM
Scott Diekmann said...

Maybe so Dennis. Certainly the last two of your paragraphs are the important part. What the angels did we can't say for sure since it isn't recorded in Scripture, but Pastor Peterson may indeed be correct.

March 29, 2010 at 4:38 PM
Dennis Peskey said...

Something to meditate upon during Holy Week. Why do the angelic hosts rejoice at Jesus birth. In the first chapter of Matthew, the angel appearing to Joseph clearly proclaims the purpose for Jesus birth - to save his people from their sins. Great joy, they announce. The angels in heaven just witnessed their Lord and Creator humble himself to become lower than them (see Heb 2 above!) Yet they clearly understand what calling the Christ the Lamb of God means - His sacrificial death. When confronted with these passages and this understanding, I see better how the wood of a manager becomes the Cross of salvation to all mankind and how the Christmas peace is accomplished on Good Friday's atonement. Unlike the disciples, the angels did not abandon the tomb for they recalled the Father had promised He would not allow his Holy One to see corruption. May the blessings of Holy Week abide with you and your family throughout this Eastertide.

Peace,
Dennis

March 29, 2010 at 7:22 PM
Scott Diekmann said...

Thank you Dennis. Awesome comment. A blessed Holy Week to you and your family as well.

March 29, 2010 at 7:33 PM

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