The theme of the issue is suffering — the sufferings of Christ, of the believer and of humanity.
“Ought not Christ to have suffered these things?” (Luke 24:26).
“Let them who suffer according to the will of God commit their souls in well-doing to a faithful Creator” (1 Peter 4:19 JND).
“The whole creation groaneth and travaileth in pain” (Rom. 8:22).