John 19

So when Jesus had received the sour wine, He said, “It is finished!”And bowing His head, He gave up His spirit. v.30

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How could God die?  A question asked by many, yet make the answer harder than it is.  Jesus didn't die by crucifixion, He died because He gave up His spirit.  He died because He said so, and what God says happens.  Jesus knew all the scriptures in the Old Testament had to be fulfilled before He died, so lastly He knows to say He's thirsty so they give Him a drink of the sour wine ("After this, Jesus, knowing that all things were now accomplished, that the Scripture might be fulfilled, said, 'I thirst!'” v.28).  Once He has a drink He knows He had done all the work the Father had Him to do and thus says, "It is finished!"  Jesus did not stop short and die just before getting hung on the cross, or die at the first hour on the cross or even die before the last petty thing of drinking sour wine, He endured to the end, He fully filled everything word to a T.  I don't have that kind of endurance, but thank the Lord He does!  How can this motivate you to endure through hard situations right now?  How do you picture this whole scene of chapter 19?  What does it mean to you that God died?  Luckily the story doesn't end here with death...