EVERY CURSE IS LIFTED: Jesus
carried our curse on the cross so that we would enjoy the blessing of God. It
is called the divine exchange. The evil that was due to us was placed upon Him,
so that the good due to Him would come upon us. This means that we have been
set free from every curse and receive the blessing of God; Jn3:14-15; Num21:6.
At the cross, all our sins were laid upon Christ and therefore divine
judgment fell upon Him. There was no way to transfer sin without also
transferring its penalty. Both sin and its penalty were transferred to the Lord
Jesus. On the cross, Christ was making propitiation and propitiation is solely
Godwards. It was a question of meeting the claims of God’s holiness.
It was a matter of satisfying the
demands of His justice. Not only was Christ’s blood shed for us, but it was
also shed for God. He gave Himself up for us, a fragrant offering and sacrifice
to God; Eph5:2.
The death of Christ on the cross
was a death of curse. Christ has redeemed us from the curse of the law, being
made a curse for us; for it is written, curse is everyone that hongs on a tree;
Gal3:13. The curse is alienation from God. It is exile from the presence and
glory of Christ; Lev16:27; 13:46; Heb13:12; Gal3:10-16; 2:21; 5:11; 4:3-31;
Rom10:4-5; Rom7:1-6; Gal2:19-21; Rom8:2-14.
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