Emblems Of Salvation

It is difficult for us to enter into what our Lord suffered for his people on the cross. We that believe in Christ shall never know the forsaking of the Father, because he was forsaken for us. Prior to the cross however, our Lord and Christ endured great suffering at the hands of Pilate and the soldiers who beat and mocked him. As we take notice of their peculiar actions they serve as emblems. An emblem is an object whose picture gives us an understanding of something. Something that is made clearer by the use of the emblem. These emblems serve to give us a sense of what Christ endured and accomplished for his people on the cross.