Can you imagine a pre-bronze age carpenter wanted to join two pieces of lumber together? Boring holes and inserting wooden dowels or stakes was a daunting task, I am sure. Then along came the discovery of heating iron ore to metal. Shaping of metal soon took hold and the nail was birthed. The invention of this simple design provided for ever-expanding advances – think about it, you are surrounded by nails in your house, office, the chair you sit in and even the bridges you drive over.
However as common as nails are today, this hasn’t always been the case. For instance, the early pioneers of America often burnt their homes to the ground when they moved in order to obtain the nails used within. Nails were nearly priceless to the early settlers.
Even as priceless as the nails were to the early Americans, there were nails that were worth much, much more. The nails I refer to are nearly 2000 years old – the nails used on Jesus when he was hung on the cross. These nails, driven through flesh and blood, hung the Incarnate at Golgotha until His last breath passed. Three days later, our Lord Jesus Christ overcame the death that the nails helped to obtain and thus our sins were washed away.
During this Holy Week, I hope you will focus on the grace of God through our Lord Jesus. Happy Easter, He is risen!
Josh
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