How did they do it? How did they get away with it? How did regular, little, human people arrest the Son of God? The first chapter of John’s Gospel starts out talking about how Jesus (who was and is and always has been Almighty God) created everything that is. Now, in the eighteenth chapter, a detachment of temple guards is arresting Him? What?! How could a bunch of glorified mall cops tie up the hands of the One who scattered the stars? Jesus invented quasars, killer whales and auditory nerve cells. Thermodynamics was His idea! He not only designed the ball and socket joint, but He fine-tuned the manufacturing process that would keep it self-replicating in every appropriate vertebrate until the end of time. How could it be that the Author of Life who has boundless creative energy and power was bound by a bunch of frightened soldiers? The answer of course, is that Jesus allowed these guys to arrest Him. He willingly let them tie Him up. Temple guards could never have bound His hands unless He presented those hands for binding. Why would Jesus do this? Well, Jesus was taking our place. His mission was to become our Substitute. He died that we might live. He became guilty so that we could be forgiven. He took our punishment for our sin so that we wouldn’t have to be punished; but before He bled in our place, He was bound in our place. Maybe there’s something that has you tied up - a cycle of wrong or a certain sin you just can’t quit. Jesus took your place. He wants you to be untied for good. He was bound for you so that you could be free.
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