Undoubtedly, it was a dark and wicked day when the Prince of Peace was violated to the point of death.  Although He would be honoured by Father God, on the cross He was in criminal company.  Isaiah wrote, "Therefore I will give him a portion among the great, and he will divide the spoils with the strong, because he poured out his life unto death, and was numbered with the transgressors.  For he bore the sin of many, and made intercession for the transgressors." (Isaiah 53:12).  But it was no mistake.  No detail was left to chance.  Even the soldiers gambling for His clothes was prophesied (Psalm 22:18).  The Lord knew it all from the very beginning.
 
Yet, despite the enormous injustice, Jesus bore no malice. He did not condemn the criminals either side of Him, or His executioners - soldiers just doing their job.  He did not cry out or protest at the cruel nails.  That too was prophesied in Isaiah 42:2, and quoted by Jesus in Matthew 12:19 as evidence of His Messiahship.  

Nothing at all was out of control; it was all in the Lord's plan (Isaiah 35:10).  Jesus had willingly accepted the task of bearing the sins of the world (Psalm 40:6-8; Hebrews 10:7-9) so that we might be welcomed into His Kingdom.  The violence was very personal against Jesus; the religious leaders had refused to let Him live because He threatened their powerful positions over the people (Matthew 27:18; John 11:48).  However, He did not try to get His own back: He was not looking for revenge or reward on earth, but the place of honour with His Father.  This is why Jesus went as a lamb to the slaughter (Isaiah 53:7).  And He did it because He loved us (1 John 3:1).
 
In the same way, Jesus spoke about how His disciples should react to hostility: "Blessed are you when people hate you,  when they exclude you and insult you and reject your name as evil, because of the Son of Man.  Rejoice in that day and leap for joy, because great is your reward in heaven. For that is how their ancestors treated the prophets..." (Luke 6:22-23).  Although we have a duty to protect those for whom we are responsible, we have no right of earthly reward or godly motivation in revenge.  We must look to the Lord to bring justice as Paul says in Romans 12:19, "Do not take revenge, my dear friends, but leave room for God’s wrath, for it is written: ‘It is mine to avenge; I will repay,’ says the Lord…" It may not seem a natural reaction - it is not! It is a supernatural, Spirit-filled, God glorifying, Satan crushing, Christ inspired reaction!  So let us live life that way!