Christ died for the ungodly

I was so struck, in our study of Gideon, this past Sunday; that the Lamb of God seemed to interrupt, as it were, His eternal preparation for the sacrifice to converse with Gideon. Was it an interruption, I pondered? Was it not the preparation of the Lamb, throughout eternity, that perfection of God enfleshed would send precursors to light our path toward redemption. "My people are in anguish of soul, they truly believe that they are abandoned." Our Savior implores the Father for permission to include this incident in the preparation of the Sacrifice. It is part of God's perfect plan and we, as the sinning gentiles were, as it were, as close as we could be to redemption, under the Old Testament. Wickedly, we were a part of the subjugation of God's people. Living and pursuing our own way, which was the subjugation of others, especially God's Israel. We did not know. At redemption's completion, Israel would do likewise to the Savior. Unwittingly, condemning the Savior to die. This is as close as they could be to redemption under the Old Testament and yet many would miss it. Pride closes our eyes to the Humble Savior, who comes to His people and grafts in the unsaved and gentile and the only people left without are those who would attempt to craft their own way into redemption, rejecting the full sacrifice of Christ. I am persuaded that nothing can separate us from the love of Christ and that His plan is so infinitely superior to ours. Halleluia, What a loving and condescending Savior.