The Reverend Canon Jorden Hylden

"Now is the judgment of this world," Jesus said before he was judged and executed on a cross.  So it was: the world's judgment of Jesus, but also Jesus's judgment of the world.  Why do we lift high this cross-shaped judgment, as good news?  Because on the cross, the Judge of all things took his own judgment on Himself.

John 12:31-36a:  Jesus said, “Now is the judgment of this world; now the ruler of this world will be driven out. And I, when I am lifted up from the earth, will draw all people to myself.” He said this to indicate the kind of death he was to die. The crowd answered him, “We have heard from the law that the Messiah remains forever. How can you say that the Son of Man must be lifted up? Who is this Son of Man?” Jesus said to them, “The light is with you for a little longer. Walk while you have the light, so that the darkness may not overtake you. If you walk in the darkness, you do not know where you are going. While you have the light, believe in the light, so that you may become children of light.” 

 

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