For the past few weeks, we’ve been reading Mark’s account of the trial of Jesus and the judgments made against him by the Jewish leaders and by Pilate. Even now, in today’s passage, as he hangs from a Roman cross, he is still being judged. More ominously, while in the midst of the ultimate act of grace and forgiveness, God is making his own judgment by turning his face away.

Scripture References: Mark 15:33-41, Amos 8:9, Isaiah 13:9-11, Malachi 4:5, Luke 16:29-31, Psalm 69:19-22, Romans 11:8