Jesus Mocked

When we think that by the time Jesus gets hung up on the actual cross he is already half dead having been scourged to the point he is physically unable to carry his cross.  It is a wonder whether the mocking that went on even was heard.  However the mockery was not really meant for Jesus to hear but everyone around.  Jesus has the power to reverse what is going on and say to all the mockers “I told you so” but he does not.  We then see that every single piece of mockery is actually a truth about Jesus and the irony is, if the mockers had listened to the truth of their words and believed they would have realised just what was going on.  
Matthew 27:27-44
Here are a few examples of Jesus’s Mockery.
Jesus was scourged but then the soldiers start the mockery
Jesus is KING of The Jews  - So they mock Jesus as King even though He is the King
Imagine Prince William going to a part of the commonwealth and rather than being treated with respect and honour – the people do not believe it is him and believe him to be a lookalike or a fake.  Instead of bowing down in honour they bow down in sarcasm and mockery to him.  They then have him hanged for impersonating the Prince but all the time he really is the prince.  Well here is Jesus the King of Kings and Lord of Lords being reduced to a criminal who is not seen as the King but as an imposter.  All the time he is the king.  It is an outrage but the irony is that Jesus is King and the mockery confirms it.  If it was not for Jesus dying on the cross then he would not be King – Phillipians 2:8-11 tells us that God has elevated Jesus higher because Jesus made himself lower.  
So they mock Jesus as King even though He is the King
“Thou that destroyest the temple, and buildest it in three days, save thyself. “
The people have heard what Jesus had said “John 2:19-21” but now they doubted His words.  Today we are mocked by our belief on God’s Word but the reason is the people have not understood it.  
The people passing now doubt Jesus as how can He do anything as He is about to die.  They want to believe that He is the Son of God so ask for a sign.
Jesus does destroy the temple and build it in 3 days and he does this by dying on the cross.  When he dies the veil is torn in two – we now have complete access to God through His Son.  After 3 days He rises again and we now know that it is the body that is the temple – Jesus was the temple of the Holy Ghost (The Spirit of God was definitely in Jesus – He was God) We are now the temple of the Holy Spirit as Gods Spirit dwells in us.  None of this was possible until Jesus died on the cross.  
Now the Chief Priests join in.  The chief Priests are not mocking out of dismay or doubt as the people were looking for a sign.  The Chief Priests mock in the sense of we have won attitude.  

“He saved others; himself he cannot save. If he be the King of Israel, let him now come down from the cross, and we will believe him.”

He saved others; himself he cannot save  - In this one act of dying on the cross Jesus becomes the saviour; so therefore by dying He saved others.  For Jesus to be able to do this he could not save himself from being crucified.  So the truth is that He did not save himself so that He could save others.  The chief priest mock Jesus with the very reason of why He is on the cross.  What is a greater irony is that He is dying to save the same people who are mocking Him.  

Today people still mock Jesus and anyone who trust in Him – The irony if only they would hear the truth behind the mockery and believe they would see Jesus as the Son of God, King of Kings, and Saviour of all.  We need to continue living for Him and trusting in God that one day we will be delivered and that God will have us.