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Christ’s Trial Before the Roman Governor
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The people of Israel had made their choice—Barabbas, the rob-
ber and murderer, the representative of Satan. Christ, the representa-
tive of God, had been rejected. In making this choice they accepted
him who from the beginning was a liar and a murderer. Satan was
their leader. His rule they must endure.
The Jews had cried, “His blood be on us, and on our children.”
That prayer was heard. The blood of the Son of God was on their
children and their children’s children. Terribly was it realized in the
destruction of Jerusalem and in the condition of the Jewish nation for
nearly two thousand years—a branch severed from the vine, dead.
From land to land throughout the world, from century to century,
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dead in trespasses and sins!
Terribly will that prayer be fulfilled in the great judgment day.
Christ will come in glory. Thousands and thousands of angels, the
beautiful and triumphant sons of God, will escort Him on His way.
Before Him shall be gathered all nations. In the place of thorns,
He will wear a crown of glory. On His vesture and on His thigh a
name will be written, “King of kings, and Lord of lords.”
Revelation
19:16
.
The priests and rulers will behold again the scene in the judgment
hall. Every circumstance will appear as if written in letters of fire.
Then those who prayed, “His blood be on us, and on our children,”
will receive the answer to their prayer. In awful agony and horror
they will cry to the rocks and mountains, Fall on us. See
Revelation
6:16, 17
.
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