But think about it - was this not all part of God's Plan? The plan to Glorify God?
1 Petr 4:11 : "That God in all Things may be Glorified"
You know this whole event was written long before the foundation of the earth - we have the antagonist and the protagonist, the plot, the climax and we finally have the happy ending. Its all right there in front of us.
The emotional Climax came at this point: Luke 23:46
46 And Jesus, crying out with a loud voice, said, "Father, INTO YOUR HANDS I COMMIT MY SPIRIT." Having said this, He breathed His last breath.
And creation held its breath, JUST imagine, all of creation, the whole world, animals, insects, even the heavenly hosts grew silent. TIME SEIZED TO EXIST.
WAKE UP CALL !! Helloooo guess what, this isn't Braveheart, where William Wallace died - the story goes on...
Luke 24:4-8 While they were perplexed about this, behold, two men stood by them in dazzling apparel. And as they were frightened and bowed their faces to the ground, the men said to them, “Why do you seek the living among the dead? He is not here, but has risen. Remember how he told you, while he was still in Galilee, that the Son of Man must be delivered into the hands of sinful men and be crucified and on the third day rise.” And they remembered his words...
FOCUS PEOPLE...
This was God's divine plan all along, it was all to Glorify his name, through our trials and through our sins when they are overcome God's Glory is magnified in those testimonies, and as time goes on He will always be glorified. It was never about us, or how we lived or died, but it was always about God. The great "I AM"
And the End of Day will come together with this one statement : Revelations 22:13 "I am Alpha and Omega, the beginning and the end, the first and the last."