As Jesus was led to the cross, He was not captured against His will. He was neither a martyr of the Jewish religious rulers, nor was He a victim of Rome.
In rejecting all the taunts from man and devil to resist His crucifixion, He submitted fully to the purpose for which He came: to accept within Himself the full unmitigated judgement for the sins of mankind.
The process of carrying that weight of the world's sin was something Jesus did -completely alone. In trust, the loving eternal union between the Father and Son was severed as Jesus became sin for us. When taken down from the cross, Jesus the man was fully dead. There was nothing within Jesus' lifeless body to change that.
In rejecting all the taunts from man and devil to resist His crucifixion, He submitted fully to the purpose for which He came: to accept within Himself the full unmitigated judgement for the sins of mankind.
The process of carrying that weight of the world's sin was something Jesus did -completely alone. In trust, the loving eternal union between the Father and Son was severed as Jesus became sin for us. When taken down from the cross, Jesus the man was fully dead. There was nothing within Jesus' lifeless body to change that.
| Click to access this message. | What followed three days later, on Easter morning, was something God the Father did! The breath and physical transformation that restored Jesus, came from His Father Who raised Him to life! This costly divine transaction was all for the goal of restoring lost sinners into relationship and fellowship with their creator. "For God was in Christ...reconciling the world to Himself. He hath made Him to be sin for us, Who knew no sin; that we might be made the righteousness of God in Him." II Corinthians 5:19,21 |
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