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By Gloria Pierre Dean
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In the courtroom, there was one accuser.
He had made himself judge and jury.
“The crime is disobedience!”
A voice rang out loud and clear.
The courtroom was ominously still. No one stirred.
“The punishment is.. blood.”
The accuser’s face was fierce and ugly with hate. He was pitiless.
One by one the perpetrators of wrong entered the room,
and lined up along the wall.
They faced their accuser but had no defence.
First came Adam, then Cain, his mother Eve.
Noah was there, Abraham and Sarah came, so did their sons and grandsons.
Moses was among them, as was Rahab, David, and Solomon.
We saw Rebecca, big Samson and still more came in; ashamed and pale-faced.
More of them came and stood; then more and more and more...
Then another family and the next family, and the next.
The accuser’s loud voice continued with his malicious tirade of accusations.
He enumerated the crimes of idolatry, murder, adultery, envy, strife, lust, greed and….
Shame crowned their brows.
The animal sacrifices had not sufficed!
Who would defend them?
Who would be their Advocate and stand in the gap for them?
Who was fit to stand?
Alas, no one was found worthy.
"The Father always kept His Word. He never broke covenant" someone whispered.
{Joshua 23:14-16 Amp.} The end was inevitable for they had disobeyed.
Great sadness filled the room.
Their yearning hearts cried
"Oh, where was the Redeemer promised by Ezekiel and Isaiah?
The Shepherd of ……."
Out of the crowd, a daring soul screeched,
“The Lord has promised us a Redeemer, a Shepherd of David’s line,
A King of kings and Lord of lords.”
“Hah,” said the accuser.
“Your sins were too many and the crimes were too great.”
In the annals of eternity, the court was now in session.
Out of the shadows; from a town called Nazareth came One.
He looked like a man but “His whole face and His whole appearance was marred more than any man’s”*
The huge crowd gasped in horror and astonishment!
They looked with disbelief at This Man; only the accuser laughed.
Who could look at such a despised creature?
His wounds! His bruises! He had been stripped mercilessly.
He wore a crown!
"It is made of thorns." sneered the accuser
"No one could live through such torture and live" sobbed Mary.
”Look” a woman whispered, “He carries a cross!”
Here was punishment indeed.
“I wonder what he did to deserve this?
What is He being punished for?” she asked.
Across the walls of the room, a hand wrote these words,
“He was wounded for your transgression. He was bruised for your guilt and iniquities and the chastisement for peace was upon Him and with His stripes, you are now healed".
{Isaiah 52 :13-15; 53:5; 1 Peter 2:24 ERV}.
Silence fell.
Not a sound was heard.
For here was the long-awaited Redeemer, the Messiah.
The Son of God of whom the Father had said
“This is my Beloved Son in whom I am well pleased. He bore and took away the sin of many.”
The court clerk looked at the ledger.
“But He has done no wrong!” he declared in a stunned voice.
Court recessed.
Three days later it convened. The clerk wrote with shaking hands.
The tomb was empty.
"How did this happen?" many onlookers asked. No one responded. No one knew.
The accuser was silent. He could find no words. He knew that he had lost.
Onlookers stared, they all agreed that the proof of Messiah's torture could still be seen….nail holes in his feet and wrists. It was Him!
The Verdict - "The slavery of man was at an end.
Man now had a way out. Christ Jesus was alive!"
{Corinthians 15:4 ERV}.
Grace was now available to all who believed.
God had kept His word. He had come to earth in the person of His Son;
He had set His children and His creation free!
“Praise God! We have been set free! Hallelujah.” shouted the peoples of the world.
In the annals of eternity, the final session had begun!
The court was now forever in recess.
"Behold, he cometh with the clouds; and every eye shall see him, and they which pierced him; and all the tribes of the earth shall mourn over him. Even so, Amen." {Revelation 1:7 ERV}
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I was so engrossed reading it.
Great way to share redemption!
Great writing.
Best of luck with your piece.