Word at the Middle of the Week
Zion Lutheran Church - Wausau, WI (LCMC)
https://zionlutheranwausau.com/
Pastor Gjerde continues our Lenten study today on the book of Lamentations. We pick up where we left off last week, beginning at 1:9. How does 1:12 point to Jesus and his sufferings on the cross? Where else do we see the person and work of Jesus Christ in this chapter? Jesus, bearer of our sins, becomes sin "for us" (2 Corinthians 5:21), and Lamentations paints a beautiful yet painful portrait of our Lord's sufferings as our substitute and sacrifice foreshadowed in the sufferings of Jerusalem at the hands of Babylon.
Where do we see the work and person of Holy Spirit in this passage, like the "comforter" in 1:16? Who will comfort Israel in the face of judgment? Who will comfort the Church through this vale of tears?
Why are the sufferings of Jerusalem incomplete and how are they fulfilled in Jesus Christ?