A story is told of a young girl who was frequently embarrassed by the terrible scars blatantly obvious on her mother's face. Her friend's mother's were beautiful by comparison, and didn't look so ugly.
One day she asked her mother about why her face was so horribly disfigured. Her mom began to explain to her that when the little girl was a baby, her mother had charged into a burning house to save her little daughter from perishing in the fire. The scars and disfigurement were what remained from the succesful rescue attempt. The scars were the price her mother had to pay to complete the rescue and save the little girl from dieing in the flames!
After hearing the true reason for the scars, she was never again embarrassed about her mother's appearance.
So it is when we will see Jesus, the perfect Lamb who gave his life for our sin. He still bears the scars and disfigurement incurred by the Roman soldiers to purchase our freedom!
"...see the Lion of the tribe of Judah, the Root of David has triumphed." ~ Rev 5
~ From Chuck Missler's Teaching Series on Isaiah
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