As Easter approaches and we are resting in the shadow of the cross my thoughts are on Jesus, and the final days of His life. I am contemplating the cross and what that momentous event in human history meant to mankind as Jesus hung from it. I am thinking about what it means to me personally, and what it means to the world as a whole. Contrary to what an unbeliever might think, Jesus was not a victim that day, and the cross was not imposed upon Him. Jesus, the lamb of God, came to this world to perform a job that wasn’t cut short by a murderous crowd at a place called Golgotha. No, He came to fulfill prophesy, deliver a message, take on our sins, and then to give up His life to conquer death for us. We, on the other hand, were graced with three years of His ministry during which He would show us beyond any shadow of a doubt that He was indeed the Son of God. Those years taught us lessons regarding a New Covenant that we could not have learned otherwise.