How someone in the West would define suffering is nothing compared to how someone in North Korea would define suffering. Perhaps there is no greater definition for suffering than the gospel: Jesus Christ, fully God and fully man, came to the earth and suffered for our sake, not because He had done anything wrong but because we did. Christ suffered and died for our sins. Sinlessness suffered for sins. In our material world, we talk about the physical agony of the cross, which indeed was great, and yet the spiritual agony of everyone’s sins resting on Him all at once was greater than
the physical suffering of the crucifixion. Jeremiah defines the spiritual suffering of ancient Israel, clearly. It was not the suffering of the cross of Christ, but it was suffering physically and spiritually for their own rebellion. As we read the book of Lamentations, we need to hear what was happening
when Christ suffered on the cross. God reconciled us with His own blood through His only begotten Son, Jesus Christ, so that we, too, may live in perfect communion with Him forever.

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