The Mystery of God's Zeroa

Zeroa is the Hebrew word for "arm" or "strength."  When we think of God's strong arm, we think how He is mighty and invincible.  No force in all the universe, no person or demon can ever even hope to defeat Him.  His very words have the power to create or destroy.  A man will live or die at the very whim of God.  He is the most terrible and awesome force in the universe.

Isaiah 53:1 says, "Who has believed our message?  And to whom has the arm of the LORD been revealed?"

Have you seen the strength of the lord and just how mighty God is?  If you read the rest of Isaiah 53  you will find that the Zeroa of God, in this chapter, is a person.  A person who has no beauty or attractiveness.  A person despised and forsaken.  He is a man of sorrow and full of grief.  The Zeroa of God is pierced, crushed, scourged and during it all he was silent.

Jesus Christ is the Zeroa, the strength, of God.  Even though he was righteous and blameless, he suffered the torture and death we dealt to him.  He could easily have simply stopped it all and destroyed all people if he so desired.  He had the power and the right to never go through that pain and suffering.

The Zeroa of God is found in His love.  Love so powerful and strong, the arm of God Almighty was weak, broken and died on a cross for you.

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