When Noah, my middle son, was very little, he used to bring me bittersweet from our woods; he would say, “I love you, Mommy! Here are sweetberries for you!” To this day, whenever I see bittersweet I think of how my beloved son, out of his love for me, turned the bittersweet into sweetness.
I am also reminded of how God used His Beloved Son to turn the bitterness of death into the sweetness of Life Eternal with Him—out of his love for us.
Inside the bright red berries is the seed of the plant which brings life; in the case of the bittersweet plant, more bittersweet. The seeds, though, have to die and be buried before they can sprout into a harvest of new life.
Jesus Christ is The Seed promised in Genesis 3:15 to bring the harvest of Life. In His case, to bring His Life to believers—a life lived unto God. Death, burial, and resurrection to the harvest of new Life all came from Him, The Seed. Christ’s perfect deep red blood was given so that new Life could begin. The Seed did not fail…