When we think of the coming of the Lord and his sacrifice we often think of Jesus choosing to come down and die. Many of us even consider Jesus to be God, the Father one and the same.But scripture says that God SENT his son. Have you ever been sent somewhere you don’t want to go?Jesus didn’t come down and die because he loved us so much. Jesus came down and died the death he did because he loved GOD so much. Jesus didn’t take his focus off of his Father!

Have you ever read Deuteronomy and wondered why the Lord allowed the destruction of the older generation of the Israelites to last 40 years? In one moment, God swallowed up the elders of Israel by the word of Moses because of their murmuring (Numbers 16:28-33). Yet, we see God allow many of the Israelites to die, either by old age or sickness, ending with Moses.