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man. He was subjected to the torments of Roman crucifixion. And worst of all, His
Father hid his eyes away from Him as all the guilt for all the sins of mankind were
placed upon this spotless Lamb.

“And it was the Father’s good will to crush Him.” His path led through Gethsemane,
where the olives are crushed and the oil flows.

It was the Father’s will that He should know this experience that the word ‘grief’
seems too small to express.

It is also the Father’s will that we should share in the sufferings of His Son. Notice
in the following scripture how one thought flows into another. Peter did not write his
epistle with chapter demarcations. It was all one message with the same flow of
thought throughout.

I Peter 2:21-3:2
For you have been called for this purpose, since Christ also suffered for
you, leaving you an example for you to follow in His steps, Who
committed no sin, nor was any deceit found in His mouth; and while
being reviled, He did not revile in return; while suffering, He uttered no
threats, but kept entrusting Himself to Him who judges righteously;
and He Himself bore our sins in His body on the cross, so that we might
die to sin and live to righteousness; for by His wounds you were healed.
For you were continually straying like sheep, but now you have returned
to the Shepherd and Guardian of your souls. In the same way, you
wives, be submissive to your own husbands so that even if any of them
are disobedient to the word, they may be won without a word by the
behavior of their wives, as they observe your chaste and respectful
behavior.

Peter speaks of the horrendous sufferings of Christ, sufferings that were part of the
cup that the Father determined He should drink from. Peter states that Christ has
left us an example to follow. We are to endure suffering while uttering no threats. We
are to endure being reviled, but we are not to revile in return.

Peter then says, “In the same way, you wives....”

What a weight of revelation and instruction are in these few words. In the same way
that Yahshua suffered, wives are to suffer. In the same way that He was reviled, you
can expect to be reviled. Even as He did not revile in return, wives are not to respond
with reviling. In the same way that He entrusted Himself to the Father who judges
righteously, wives are to entrust their very lives to their Heavenly Father. In the same