day no. 15,526: the Head on behalf of the human

"Though he were a Son, yet learned he obedience by the things which he suffered."
Hebrews 5:8

"We are told that the Captain of our salvation was made perfect through suffering, therefore we who are sinful, and who are far from being perfect, must not wonder if we are called to pass through suffering too. Shall the head be crowned with thorns, and shall the other members of the body be rocked upon the dainty lap of ease? Must Christ pass through seas of his own blood to win the crown, and are we to walk to heaven dryshod in silver slippers?" -- Charles Haddon Spurgeon, Morning and Evening

Can the Head wear a crown of thorns without the rest of the body experiencing pain? Can blood be exacted from the brow and the other bones not ache? If the Head suffers, the body suffers with it. The Head bears the brunt of the burden, but the rest of the body yet experiences the agony. The wounds are inflicted in the face, but experienced by the body. The Head takes the blow, but the body dies with it. The Head is pierced on behalf of the body, yet the blood is taken from the entire body. And when the Head is raised will the body not follow suit and be raised with it? As goes the Head, so goes the body. Amen.

Colossians 2:10-12

And ye are complete in Him, which is the Head of all principality and power: In whom also ye are circumcised with the circumcision made without hands, in putting off the body of the sins of the flesh by the circumcision of Christ: Buried with Him in baptism, wherein also ye are risen with Him through the faith of the operation of God, who hath raised Him from the dead.