Caught.
She is caught in her act of lustfulness with someone other
than her husband. Ripped out of the bed and away from the person who she was
giving herself over to, she is being dragged down the streets to be judged.
Her mind was not on her commitment she had made to her
husband and to God. Her mind was on something she wanted badly, something that
would interfere with her commitments.
The “holy” teachers who have dragged her here, throw her in
front of Him.
No. Please not Yeshua. She knows this man, this teacher. He
is the one whose words are like no other. But of course He knows the law, of
course He knows her penalty.
The “holy” ones ask Him to pronounce judgment on her. They
want her stoned. She deserves to be stone.
She knows that this is the right penalty, this is what she must pay for her sin. She looks at Yeshua drawing in the dust, ignoring these teachers of the law.
She knows that this is the right penalty, this is what she must pay for her sin. She looks at Yeshua drawing in the dust, ignoring these teachers of the law.
He stops drawing.
Her heart drops.
Her heart drops.
He looks up at them, “If any one of you is without sin, let
him be the first to throw a stone at her.”
He looks back down, begins to draw again.
Her heart swells when she realizes what Yeshua just did.
Her heart continues to pound just like the sound of the stones falling to the ground. Everyone of them dropped their judgement stone and left her.
Her heart continues to pound just like the sound of the stones falling to the ground. Everyone of them dropped their judgement stone and left her.
She stands still.
Oh, but Yeshua is still there.
And in that moment she realizes something horrifying.
He is able to cast the stone. This man is without blemish, without sin.
He is able to cast the stone. This man is without blemish, without sin.
He stands up and looks at her. She refuses to meet his
piercing gaze for she knows the judgement that will meet her.
“Where are they,” Yeshua’s smooth voice breaks the quiet
“has no one condemned you?”
Her eyes meet His and she sees grace, something that she has
never seen before. Mercy flowing from this man, this Yeshua.
She replies, “No one, sir.”
In that moment she remembers her broken commitment, and she
decides to remake it. She commits herself to glory. Her life belongs to Him.
He could have thrown the stone.
But instead these
words of endless grace flow from His lips, “Then neither do I condemn you, go
now and leave your life of sin.”
From that moment her life was never the same.
One moment of discovering majesty changed her.
One second in the presence of Yeshua restored her.
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