4월 7일 스펄전 아침 묵상 “인생들아 어느 때까지 나의 영광을 변하여 욕되게 하며.” [시편 4:2]
April 7 "O ye sons of men, how long will ye turn my glory into shame" (Psalm 4: 2). What honors did the blinded people of Israel award their long-expected King? (1.) They gave him a procession of honor in which Roman legionaries, Jewish priests, men and women, took a part, He Himself bearing His cross. This is the triumph which the world awards to Him who comes to overthrow man's direct foes. Shouts of ridicule are His only acclamation, and cruel taunts are His only praise. (2.) They presented Him with the wine of honor. Instead of a golden cup of generous wine, they offered Him the criminal's stupefying death-draught, which He refused. Afterwards when He cried, "I thirst" (John 19: 28), they gave Him vinegar mixed with gall, thrust to His mouth on a sponge. Oh, what wretched, detestable inhospitality to the King's Son. (3.) He was provided with a guard of honor, who showed their esteem of...