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| Why did Jesus´ penalty for "sin" need to include physical and emotional pain - why not just spiritual separation from God? |
"Our righteous Messiah has departed from us; we are horror-stricken, and there is none to justify us. Our iniquities and the yoke of our transgressions he carries, and is wounded for our transgressions. He bears on his shoulders our sins to find pardon for our iniquities. May we be healed by his stripes?" In a similar vein” The meaning of 'He was wounded for our transgressions, bruised for our iniquities,' is that since the Messiah bears our iniquities, which produce the effect of His being bruised, it follows that whosoever will not admit that the Messiah thus suffers for our iniquities must endure and suffer for them himself." However, no one would have imagined that the Messiah would accomplish his work of salvation through his own death. Scripture teaches that the Messiah's terrible suffering is a necessary step toward infinite glory. He is pictured not only as a great king, but also as humble, humiliated, and rejected. He bears the consequences of mankind's rebellion. Yet he is raised up to intercede for, and richly bless, his people. The Messiah, having accomplished the full obedience that Adam and Israel failed to achieve, will bring the nations back to God.Despite his innocence, he would endure the consequences, or penalty, for sin for the entire world. Although we deserved sin and death for our sin, Jesus Christ, the Messiah, paid the penalty by his death on the cross. We escaped certain death and eternal separation from God because of his willingness to love us and bring us back to God. His cry, "My God," indicates an intimate relationship between a Father and a Son that cannot be broken. Jesus was not rebelling against his Father’s will when he asked that the cup of suffering and separation be taken away. In fact, he reaffirmed his desire to do God’s will by saying, “Yet I want your will, not mine.” His prayer reveals to us his terrible suffering. His agony was worse than death because he paid for all sin by being separated from God. The sinless Son of God took our sins upon himself to save us from suffering and separation.By: Brian Govender Category: Timeline & Words - Final Hours of Execution |
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