Good Friday reading

Christ crucified is therefore both the means and the end of God’s purpose in the universe. Without his work, that end to reveal the fullness of the glory of God for the enjoyment of God’s people would not have happened. And in that very means-work he became the end—the one who forever and ever will be the focus of our worship as we spend eternity seeing and savoring more and more of what he revealed of God when he became a curse for us. Jesus is the end for which the universe was made, and the means that makes that end possible to enjoy.


What a good Friday it turned out to be for him – his last Friday was his best. For Jesus answered him, “Today you will be with me in Paradise.” It’s being with Jesus that makes heaven paradise. Heaven without Christ wouldn’t be heaven. It is “in your presence” that there is fullness of joy. Being with Jesus and seeing his glory is the joy of heaven.