Jesus' Humiliation

Jonathan Parnell:

The glory of Jesus' humiliation was not him coming to earth as anything less than who he was. Jesus was not God with his 'armed tied behind his back,' nor did he renounce his deity in some type of kenotic cleverness. The glory of Jesus' humiliation was that he did everything that he did as God. The wonder of the cross is not the death of a man who was the shadow of deity, but the death of God who had become a man. It was God as a man who hung there and heard the scoffing:

“He saved others; let him save himself, if he is the Christ of God, his Chosen One!” The soldiers also mocked him, coming up and offering him sour wine and saying, “If you are the King of the Jews, save yourself!” (Luke 23:35-37)

And yet Jesus was silent. He humbled himself to the point of death, even death on a cross. His identity was challenged and he opened not his mouth. Here is humility: Silent to his death. Silent to his grave. Silent for three days. Silent until the Father raised him from the dead and declared him to be the Son of God in power!

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