OUR FATHER WHO WILL JUDGE

Psalm 35 verse 9 says this;

May those who seek my life be disgraced and put to shame; may those who plot my ruin be turned back in dismay.

May they be like chaff before the wind, with the angel of the Lord driving them away; may their path be dark and slippery, with the angel of the Lord pursuing them.

Since they hid their net for me without cause and without cause dug a pit for me, may ruin overtake them by surprise—may the net they hid entangle them, may they fall into the pit, to their ruin.

Then my soul will rejoice in the Lord and delight in his salvation.

This passage captures the grief and betrayal that was felt by the Lord  Jesus when He was plotted against, betrayed, put on trial and sentenced to death.

Those in power plotted to kill Jesus and their efforts were going to lead them to be put to shame.

Because they engaged in scheming against an innocent man to kill  Him without cause, they were doomed to be driven away by the angel of the Lord and be caught by the net they set for the Lord Jesus and fall into the pit that they had dug.

The Lord did pray for the forgiveness of the ordinary soldiers who had crucified Him with the prayer  in the book of Luke chapter 23 verse 34 that reads;

“Father, forgive them, for they do not know what they are doing.”

This, however, only applied to those who were carrying out the sentence and did not know who they were killing. The religious leaders who plottered against Jesus along with Judas Iscariot were not exempt from the judgement that would reciprocate what they had intended for the Lord.

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