Can we compare the intensity of grief between the Heavenly Father and the Human Father in a tragedy of a son's death?
After the creation of the world, and have given birth to man in the likeness of His image, He was so pleased to see everything's good. (Gen. 1:31)
However, when man fall into sin, there was mourning in heaven.
Imagine, how a father's feeling, when his son dies unexpectedly. If you are also a father, then you can just slightly understand the feeling of God, who is the father of all creation.
I believe, its not worth comparing the love and agony of God who is the Father of all universal hosts and creator of all things, animate and inanimate, against a mortal human father.
However, lets identify some differences in a human point of view.
Why an earthly father's pain towards losing a child, cannot be compared to the Heavenly Father's agony upon the fall of man to sin?
Because, when an earthly father loses a child, or loses one among his children, he just lost one life, and could find comfort from his wife; from other members of his family; and from his colleagues in the church.
Second reason, as human being, having understood about death which is the ultimate end of life of every being, so, he knows that he himself will come to an end sooner or later.
Furthermore, he may find comfort from his church teachings that, there is life after death, and the assurance to be reunited once again with his lost family in the near-future.
While the Heavenly Father, when He lost man to sin He lost the whole human race.
So, going back to the side of God, lets put ourselves into the shoes of our Creator, Heavenly Father:
Prior to Creation of man, there was laid a so called, "Plan of Redemption". What is it all about?
* The plan was to create or give birth to who would be exactly like Them, to grow and evolve as expressed image of God in all things that pertains to the whole feature of man; that would comprised the whole being of man which is in physical, mental and spiritual aspects of life. Therefore, man was designed to be the "Masterpiece of all Creation, and the Crowning glory of His creation."
* The plan further features a man as "Free Moral Agent", meaning, he was vested with a power of choice, to decide independently in the course of his action.
However, man was governed with the "Law of Liberty" for proper guidance, with all the informations available of the possible in-results thereof, in every choice he makes. After all, he was created a perfect being, with super intellectual power to grow in knowledge and understanding of the things around him and apply them to wisdom.
* But the most critical plan within the Plan was the provision "Plan of Redemption".
The plan denotes that: incase man fall into sin, One of Them must die as a sacrificial offering, in substitute to man's death, in order to fulfill the requirements of the Law to pay the penalty of sin; to rightfully redeem back their Son, the fallen man.
And this was the most heart-breaking reality that actually happened in the situation of God the Father:
After losing His youngest son (man), He also eventually lost His eldest Son, the only begotten Son in heaven (which is an Equal-God of Him), to come down to this earth and take off His godliness, to become a mere man and suffer the sufferings of the curse of the sinful man and die as a man.
That was so great agony that the Father has underwent as to whether to allow His only begotten Son to become man, with the possibility of failure and totally lose both sons, incase, the encarnate God fails in his mission and ultimately die as well; or not to allow His Eldest Son.
And you could just imagine the magnitude of the sacrifice the Father underwent, and the profundity of His agony in beholding the sufferings of His beloved Son at the cross in Calvary hill.
Truly, His suffering was incomparable!
Truly, the intensity of pain felt by the Father as he watches His dear Son hung on the cross was more than the measure of pain of the Son who was actually hang. Because, His pain was eternal; while the Son's pain ceased upon his death on the cross.
What it means eternal, because since the time of the fall of man to sin, up to the present, our Heavenly Father's agony did not quench at all. He was a martyr Father who continues to follow His wayward children no matter how they disobey Him; no matter how they left Him and refused to hear His call.
He continues to appeal:
"My son, hear the instruction of thy father, and forsake not the law of thy mother" (Pro. 1:8)
My son, forget not my law; but let thine heart keep my commandments" (Pro. 3:1)
My son, despise not the chastening of the LORD; neither be weary of his correction" (Pro. 3:11)
Do you think our Heaven Father is not tormented as He sees His children at war, killing each other right now at Ukraine, and the rest of the world?
Do you think that our Real Father does not lament for every death of human children throughout the world, afflicted by the COVID-19 variant?
Surely He laments to see His children dying in hunger in Burundi, Africa, in the war zone, and other calamities in various parts of the world today.
May we be merciful to Him, by becoming filial sons and daughters of God; not to burden Him anymore by sinfulness, but obeying His will and selflessly serving our fellow brothers and sisters in the world, just next to you.
Should the whole world come to the right sense, and possess a heart of God, then there would be absolute peace on earth, all God's children harmoniously and happily living together as One Universal Family!
Oh, Real Daddy!
Let Your Kingdom now come very soon!
Amen!
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