Cross and effect. The propitiation timber still stretches over our hurting world; its shadow falls upon the hopeless who have been unceremoniously betrayed by silver tongued self adulating narcissistic world leaders; the cross beams have not weakened in the winds of hurricane deceptions or blasphemous storms bent on besmearing its salvation purpose by degrading it to a sex symbol dangling around a pop diva’s neck.

The cross stands against the roaring waves of globalism driven by antichristian currents; waves of humanism that would dare wash away any Jesus’ Name influence; waves of interfaith missions that would overwhelm the apex of the cross until it is no longer seen as the only way; waves of demonic vehemence that would beat against its wooden frame and seek to splinter its power in perversion and pornographic dominance.

The cross strives for the lost while profane talk show hosts denigrate it with pithy comments and venomous sarcasm. Soon the clever sacrilegious lines will be swallowed in speechless terror; the doubter will become the believer. The hater will become the hunter, wanting grace, hoping for forgiveness after the proverbial clock has clang the midnight conclusion of all things.

Scoffers are no different today than they were those six agonizing hours Jesus sacrificially hung on the cross. They berated him. They mocked him saying, “Thou that destroyed the temple, and built it in three days, save yourself. If you are the Son of God, come down from the cross.”

The Bible states that they reviled him, wagging their heads. The one that gave endless compassion to the poor and sick was vilified. Is it any different today? Hateful journalists are still mockingly attempting to get Jesus off of the cross (and by that I mean they want to deny the power of what he did for all humanity on the cross). Like pouting children losing a simple board game intelligent educators vociferate against Christ because they can’t fit him into their contrived humanistic equations. The bulky timber of his crucifixion just isn’t pliable with gay rights. The cross can’t be jammed into the claustrophobic boxes of human laws, especially when those laws permit unborn children to be mercilessly slain. Now, don’t misunderstand the power of the cross to forgive a man for sinful infractions as just mentioned, but the cross is not a symbol of permissiveness. It is forever the stake of salvation planted in the grounds of hope!!