4/21 Maundy Thursday thoughts

"And when the hour was come, He sat down and the twelve apostles with Him."  "When the hour was come"  -- that was the most wonderful hour.  There never was an hour, never will be an hour like that hour.  What hour was it ?  It was an hour of the passing of creation under the blood.  It was an hour of destruction of demon power.  It was an hour appointed of life coming out of death.  It was an hour when all that ever lived came under a glorious covering of the blood.  It was an hour when all the world was coming into emancipation by the blood.  It was an hour in the world's history when it emerged from dark chaos, a wonderful hour!  Praise God for that hour!  Was it a dark hour?  It was a dark hour for Him, but a wonderful light dawned for us.  It was tremendously dark for the Son of Man, but praise God He came through it.
                   -- Smith Wigglesworth