And Jesus cried out again with a loud voice and yielded up His spirit. – Matthew 27:50
…to whom He also presented Himself alive after His suffering…Now when He had spoken these things, while they watched, He was taken up, and a cloud received Him out of their sight. – Acts 1:3,9
God’s way of delivering those who trust in Him is always the best way. If the Father had taken His Son down from the cross, what would have been the result? Redemption unaccomplished, salvation work undone, and Jesus returning with His life-work unfinished. This would not have been deliverance, but defeat. It was much better for our Lord Jesus to die. Now He has paid the ransom for His elect, and having accomplished the great purpose of atonement, He has slept a while in the heart of the earth and now has ascended to His throne in the endless glories of heaven. It was deliverance of the fullest kind; for from the pangs of His death has come the joy of life to His redeemed. It is not God’s will that every mountain should be levelled, but that we should be the stronger for climbing the Hill Difficulty. God will deliver; He must deliver, but He will do it in our cases, as in the case of our Lord, in the best possible manner.
He will deliver His chosen: the taunt of the adversary shall not cause our God to forget or forego His people. I know that the Lord will no more fail me than any other of His servants. He will not leave a faithful witness to His adversaries. “I know that my Avenger liveth, and that He shall stand at the latter day upon the earth: and though after my skin worms destroy this body, yet in my flesh shall I see God: whom I shall see for myself, and mine eyes shall behold, and not another; though my reins be consumed within me.” Is this also your confidence? Then do not sit down in sorrow, and act as though you despaired. Quit yourselves like men. Be strong, fear not. Cast yourselves on the love that never changeth and never fainteth, and the Lord will answer all the revilings of Rabshakeh, and the blusterings of Sennacherib. ~ C.H. Spurgeon
He Hath Said 
Concerning: “He has paid the ransom for His elect, and having accomplished the great purpose of atonement, He has slept a while in the heart of the earth and now has ascended to His throne in the endless glories of heaven.”
Spurgeon may have overlooked an important point in this Statement: Peter had told us that He preached unto the dead: read this:
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Having said that I do agree, that we must trust our Lord even in death, and that even at the hand of the angry crowd. For we in this country may be seeing Satan’s vengeance rising against God’s people soon, even as it is against believers who are persecuted elsewhere. Christians in Europe in many cities now are experiencing persecution from Islam. That is coming here if elections do not go against Islamic sympathizers. Love your blog Sherry. Jp
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Amen, Jerry. Yes, we suffer “soft” persecution here in the U.S. like laughing emojis at our social media comments and posts and maybe face to face mocking from family and co-workers. We see persecution getting worse the more Islam makes their ideology take precedent in western countries. We are going to see persecution like in Africa and the middle east and I pray God to strengthen us and keep us faithful. It certainly is used of God for a sifting and a separating the true from the false Christians.
Have a wonderfully blessed day, Jerry, amen!
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