Journal Entry: July 21, 2002
This is the One who came by water and blood, Jesus Christ, not with the water only, but with the blood...For there are three that testify: The Spirit and the water and the blood, and the three are in agreement. 1 John 5:6-8
With a gush of water and blood, the infant Jesus was born into the world. The water from Mary's womb was absorbed into the straw and dirt beneath her. She lovingly wiped her own blood from the face of the newborn Christ. Mary's spirit soared as she looked her miracle baby with the blood and water of birth still evident in his hair.
Jesus rose out of the water on the strong arm of His trusted cousin. The water streamed from his face and clothes as John brought Him upright and the Spirit of God descended and lit on Jesus' wet hair. John was a witness to the Father's approval and although he was unaware of the fact, his own spilled blood was soon be the beginning of the end of Jesus' earthly ministry.
Jesus, in unbearable pain, looked to heaven and released His Spirit to His Father. Nearby a soldier lifted his sword, and plunged into Jesus' side. Again, there was a gush of water and blood. The ground beneath the cross absorbed the water of a broken heart and Mary wiped her Son's blood from His face.
The testimony of the Spirit, the water and the blood...And the testimony is this, that God has given us eternal life, and this life is in His Son. 1 John 5:11
