What Did Jesus Do On 9/11/01?

What Did Jesus Do?

September 11, 2001.

Shortly after the tragic events of September 11, 2001, some people openly questioned, “Where was Jesus when all this happened.?” To some, it seemed as if the Lord had been somehow off somewhere that day, abandoning, as it were, New York City and Washington D.C. in that hour fateful hour. But the Lord has promised never to leave or forsake His own, even to the end of the age (Hebrews 13.5, Matthew 28.20). The answer to the Lord's whereabouts on 9/11 was, I believe, a simple one: As always, the Son, like the Father and the Holy Spirit, was everywhere that day—God is omnipresent. Having established where Jesus was on September 11, 2001, I think it is fair to ask what He did that day.

I believe there were three things, Jesus did on 9/11/01. First, I believe the Lord welcomed the souls of the saints who died that day into paradise (See Luke 23.43). Second, I believe that Jesus was busy comforting the families and friends of the dead, the wounded, and the missing on that day (Isaiah 61.1-4). Third, I believe that Christ lamented over the souls of the terrorists and others who that day entered an eternity of torment forever cut off from the Father and His mercy, for, though all heaven rejoices at the repentance of a single sinner (Luke 15.10), God does not take pleasure in administering His justice and punishing the wicked (Ezekiel 18.23).

Therefore, on this ninth anniversary of the September 11, 2001 tragedy, I believe we would do well to seek to do what Jesus did. We should honor the memory of the saints who died, and rejoice over their salvation and that they are with Christ. We should speak words of comfort, with which we ourselves have been comforted by God, to those who this day mourn a family member or friend who died on 9/11. And we should both pray for and seek to proclaim the Good News to the lost, be they Islamic terrorists, or a member of our own family, or a friend, so that they might be saved and escape the punishment that the wicked most certainly will receive.

Rejoice over the saints. Comfort those who mourn. Pray for and seek the Lost. That's what Jesus did.

S.D.G.

Jim
www.jimwilkenministries.org
Marion, NC
PS 37.4