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He drank it up — every drop!,.

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(Thomas Brooks, ""http://www.gracegems.org/Brooks/golden_key.htm" The Golden Key to Open Hidden Treasures")

"Who can comprehend the power of Your wrath?" Psalm 90:11

Jesus Christ comprehends it, for He underwent it! 
His whole life was made up of suffering. 
From His birth to His death, 
from His cradle to the cross, 
from the womb to the tomb, 
— He was a man of sorrows!

Behold His bodily sufferings — 
the crown of thorns on His head,
the smiting of His cheeks, 
the spitting on His face, 
the scourging of His body, 
the cross on His back, 
the vinegar in His mouth, 
the nails in His hands and feet, 
the spear in His side, 
His crucifixion and death on the cross
— might well astonish us!

Behold that head, before which angels cast down 
themselves and worshiped — crowned with thorns! 

Behold those eyes, which were purer than the
sun — put out by the darkness of death! 

Behold those ears which heard nothing but halleluiahs
— hearing the blasphemies of the multitude! 

Behold that lovely face — spit on by such beastly 
wretches! 

Behold that mouth and tongue, which "spoke as 
never any man spoke" — accused of blasphemy! 

Behold those hands, which freely swayed the 
scepter of heaven — nailed to the cross! 

Behold those feet, "like unto fine brass"
— nailed to the cross for man's sins!

Who can behold Christ thus suffering — 
and not be struck with astonishment? 

1 Peter 3:18, "Christ has suffered for sins once for
all, the righteous for the unrighteous." This is . . .
the wonderment of angels,
the happiness of fallen man, and
the torment of devils — that Christ has suffered. 
The doleful tragedy of His sufferings is unutterable!

The sufferings of Jesus Christ were very great and 
heinous. What agony, what torment was our Savior 
racked with! "He was despised and rejected — a man 
of sorrows, acquainted with bitterest grief!" Is. 53:3
He was a man of sorrows — as if He were a man made 
up of sorrows! He knew more sorrows than any man, 
yes, than all men ever did! We never read that Jesus 
laughed at all, when He was in the world. His whole 
life was filled up with sufferings. 

How deep were His wounds! 

How weighty His burden! 

How full of trembling His cup, when He lay under 
the mountains of the guilt of all the elect! 

How bitter were His tears! 

How painful His bloody sweat! 

How dreadful His death! 

Lamentations 1:12 is very applicable to Christ — 
"Look and see! Is there any pain like Mine, which 
was dealt out to Me, which the Lord made Me suffer 
on the day of His burning anger?" What sufferings 
can you think of, which Christ did not suffer? Christ 
suffered in His birth, and He suffered in His life
and He suffered in His death. He suffered in His
body, for He was diversely tormented. He suffered 
in His soul, for His soul was exceedingly sorrowful. 
He suffered in His estate, they parted His clothing, 
and He had nowhere to rest His head. He suffered 
in His reputation, for He was called a Samaritan, 
a devilish sorcerer, a drunkard, an enemy to Caesar, 
etc. He suffered from heaven, when He cried out, 
"My God, my God, why have You forsaken Me?" He 
suffered from the earth, being hungry. He suffered 
from hell, Satan assaulting and encountering Him 
with his most black and horrid temptations. He 
began His life lowly and basely, and was sharply 
persecuted. He continued His life poorly and 
distressedly, and was cruelly hated. He ended His 
life woefully and miserably, and was most grievously 
tormented with whips, thorns, nails; and, above all, 
with the terrors of His Father's wrath and horrors of 
hellish agonies! Who can compute how many vials of 
God's inexpressible, insupportable wrath, which Christ
drank? Yet, He drank it up — every drop, leaving 
nothing behind for His redeemed people — but large 
draughts of love and salvation!

The death of Christ on the cross was . . .
bitter death,
sorrowful death,
bloody death. 
The bitter thoughts of His sufferings put Him into a 
most dreadful agony: "Being in an agony, He prayed 
more earnestly, and His sweat was as great drops of 
blood falling to the ground." Luke 22:44

Nothing could fasten Christ to the cross — but the 
golden link of His free love! Oh, what a wonder of 
love is this — that Jesus Christ, who is the author of 
life, the fountain of life, the Lord of life — that He 
should so freely, so readily, so cheerfully lay down 
His life for us! 


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