Pilate said; But you have a custom, that I should release unto you one at the passover: will you therefore that I release unto you the king of the Jews? Then cried they all again, saying, Not this man, but Barabbas. Now Barabbas was a robber. John:18: 39-40. The Jews chose a hardened criminal over Jesus to be set free, but little did they know the might of Jesus until the sign showed forth. Not a bone was broken after Jesus' death, the book of John has it in record that a soldier with a spear pierced his side, and immediately came there out blood and water. And they that saw it bear record, and his record is true.
I was in my closet one day, and something struck my mind, saying; why do parents arrested for their children's misdeeds always plead to be released and assuring security officers of finding those children and handing them over for law to take its course? Will mummy or daddy die in my position as a punishment for my misdeed? I gave myself a response; No, because there are still other three left to call their own. I kept wondering, what is it with this man we call Jesus Christ of Nazareth, and why did he choose to be punished for what he knew or knows nothing about?
John 3:16... For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believes in him will not perish, but have everlasting life. Before Jesus Christ came to the world, animals were the sacrificial lambs made unto God, the type Abel made unto God that Cain became jealous of him because he found favour of acceptance from God and Abel was killed by his brother Cain afterwards.
Sin entered the world, people rebelled against God. Our sin went beyond boundary which made the almighty to wipe off the earth in the time of Noah with heavy downpour from heaven. After so many years, a messiah accepted to be the sacrificial lamb for humans' sake, and this lamb is the son of God, Jesus Christ.
Jesus Christ is the messiah, a man conceived without love making, a spirit in form of man, suffered, died, buried, and on the third day rose again and ascended to the heavens. The true symbol of the man of Galilee is love, a true definition of love without any reasonable doubt. Love is life, and it is all. But, do we love Jesus as he loves us? I doubt it, because we keep dwelling in our sin, releasing the Barabbas and crucifying Jesus Christ each time. He makes intercession on our behalf, sending prophets to keep us abreast of his ways, but the more he tries, the more the existence of man makes it more complex to have a world free of iniquity.
Jesus died for us, alas! He resurrected for us to be saved. Are we still in sin, or we choose Barabbas over Jesus Christ? Recently, some of us did an easter of jollof rice and chicken which cannot redeem us, but an easter with sober reflection, and true conversion could have led to the merriment of the remembrance of his worthiness and love towards us. Going to meet Jesus in Galilee is a good way to remember his glorious might, but if we be like the then Jews that said crucify him, denying Jesus of being king of the Jews, then observing an easter period wouldn't have been a necessity because we are yet to know the true meaning of His love for us.
I KEEP CHOOSING BARABBAS BECAUSE I DON'T KNOW HOW HELL IS HELL TO BURN MAN TILL ETERNITY. IGNORING AN UNDESERVED LOVE OF JESUS IS YELLING IN HELL.
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