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\u201cA posterity shall serve Him. It will be recounted of the Lord to the next generation. They will come and declare His righteousness to a people who will be born, that He has done this.\u201d <\/em>Psalm 22:30-31<\/p>\n

He Has Done This!<\/strong><\/h2>\n

Easter is a glorious time of year.\u00a0The earth is awakening from the winter\u2019s long sleep and life appears in a grand display of greenery with buds and leaves and flowers. Temperatures warm and spring breezes blow gently.\u00a0A newness of life is being made evident.<\/p>\n

There was in the heart of the eternal God a purpose and a determined will to rescue mankind from sin, hell, and death. He planned it in every detail and He purposed it for salvation and glory. He proclaims newness of life. We celebrate the triumph of that divine strategy at this time of year. He initiated this victory and He Himself accomplished it. It is weighted with meaning and significance.<\/p>\n

Psalm 22 is about the suffering and praise of the Lord. It speaks of a testimony that will endure through the ages even to a people yet to be born. It is a graphic description of crucifixion.\u00a0In Psalm 22:6 we read, \u201cI am a worm and no man.\u201d\u00a0<\/em>What does that mean?\u00a0I had penciled a note above this passage and had no idea what it meant. I had written the Hebrew word\u00a0tola<\/strong><\/em>.\u00a0I began to research it, curious as to why I had written it there.\u00a0This is what I found.\u00a0This information originally came from the *Alpha Omega Institute<\/em><\/a>\u00a0website.<\/p>\n

Usually in the Bible, the Hebrew word for a worm is rimmah<\/strong><\/em>, which means a maggot<\/em>.\u00a0But the Hebrew word used here for worm is tola\u2019ath<\/em>\u00a0<\/strong>which means Crimson Worm.\u00a0\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n

The Crimson Worm is a very special worm.\u00a0When it is time for the female to have babies, she finds the trunk of a tree or a wooden fencepost. She then attaches her body to that wood and makes a hard, crimson shell.\u00a0She is so strongly and permanently stuck to the wood that the shell can never be removed without tearing her body completely apart. The Crimson Worm then lays her eggs under her body and the protective shell.\u00a0When the baby worms hatch, they stay under the shell. Not only does the mother\u2019s body give protection for her babies, but it also provides them with food.\u00a0The babies feed on the living body of the mother.<\/p>\n

After just a few days, the young worms grow to the point that they are able to take care of themselves, and the mother dies.\u00a0As the mother dies, she oozes a crimson or scarlet red dye which not only stains the wood she is attached to, but also her young children.\u00a0They are colored scarlet for the rest of their lives. After three days, the dead mother\u2019s body loses its crimson color and turns into a white wax which falls to the ground like snow.<\/p>\n

The analogies are stunning.\u00a0Jesus died once for all; He deliberately allowed Himself to be affixed to a cross of wood; He has given us a new birth; we live because He sacrificed Himself for us; we feed on His living Word and truth; the stain of His blood marks us forever; after three days His sacrifice for our sin was accepted by a just God evidenced by His resurrection; and finally, our sins which were as scarlet are made white as snow and fall away.<\/p>\n

He has done this! Resurrection life! Glorious Easter!<\/p>\n

Father, You have done great things.\u00a0We celebrate Your Son and His overcoming victory. Amen.<\/em><\/p>\n

*Johnson, Lanny, and Marilyn. \u201cThe Crimson Or Scarlet Worm ” Alpha Omega Institute.\u201d Alpha Omega Institute<\/i>, 15 Apr. 2014, www.discovercreation.org\/blog\/2011\/11\/20\/the-crimson-or-scarlet-worm\/.<\/h6>\n<\/div>
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