And Jesus said, “Father, forgive them, for they know not what they do. “
Luke 23:34
He also says in Hebrews 10:7,”Behold I have come to do Your will,O God,….”. This way Jesus does away the first in order to establish the second.
What is this first ? In the book of Genesis we see that God created Adam and Eve. After sometime we notice that due to their disobedience towards God they were separated from the holy presence of the God, their creator. He also gets separated from the godly nature what he got from God by staying in His presence. When we read Bible, we see God’s nature of forgiving mankind. When Adam and Eve ate the fruit of the knowledge of good and evil, their behaviour changed to an extent that they started blaming each other .They were not ready to accept their mistakes and the godly nature of forgiveness could not be seen in them anymore. God was observing this selfish and carnal behaviour of mankind which carried on in their coming generations but God was desperate to bring back the godly nature of mankind what He had given to Adam and Eve and He kept continuously working on it. Right from Cain and Abel till now He could hardly get anybody with this type of godliness what He was expecting in His creation. Noah was a righteous person but he also failed to forgive his son and cursed him on a petty issue . Noah was lying naked under the influence of liquor. His son Ham saw him in that state which Noah did not like and as a result we see that instead of forgiving his son he cursed him.
Israelites were the blessed people of God and nobody could curse them as we see in the case of Balak .The king Balak called prophet Balaam to curse the israelites who were trying to pass through his Kingdom but God warned Balaam to not do so.In Numbers 22:12 God said to Balaam “You shall not go with them. You shall not curse the people ,for they are blessed”.As a result the prophet Balaam refused to curse the israelites. This means that every person who is in Christ is blessed by the God Almighty.There is no condemnation for those who are in Christ now and they are completely forgiven. So in Jesus Christ our God the Father is pleading to all His children that we are forgiven and we are blessed. Even if the priest stands against us, the blessed children of our Lord God then also God will favour us.
Jesus by His sacrifice on the cross has turned down the old covenant by sacrifying Himself on the cross and taking away all the curses upon Himself.Mathew 26:39 says,” And going a little further He fell on His face and prayed, saying, “My Father if it be possible let this cup pass from me; nevertheless, not as I will, but as You will”. Blessed is our lord Jesus Christ who showed us the divine love,kindness and forgiveness of God.
Prayer
Lord Jesus Christ , give us the grace of spending every moment here on the earth in Your Holy presence. You sacrificed yourself and forgave us our trespasses and blessed us with eternal life. Help us also in forgiving every person who trespasses us. In Jesus name we ask .
Amen.
Sol.Khushi