What happened on the cross?

[Dale (evolutionary providentialist)]

I think Paul’s ‘what ifs’ need to be kept in mind. He’s not saying that God necessarily did, but what if…?

What if God, although choosing to show his wrath and make his power known, bore with great patience the objects of his wrath prepared for destruction? What if he did this to make the riches of his glory known to the objects of his mercy, whom he prepared in advance for glory – even us, whom he also called, not only from the Jews but also from the Gentiles?
 
Romans 9:22-24

 

What if he did?

When talking about morality and sin, people rarely seem to consider what sin against God might entail – thinking and saying wrong things about God and rejecting his authority certainly qualify. We dare not presume what justice for lèse-majesté, “to do wrong to majesty”, might entail (one might expect some serious repercussions if they called a queen a whore to her face). That’s something that Job did not do amidst his many sufferings:

In all this, Job did not sin or charge God with wrongdoing.

The point being, what makes us think we are in any position to judge God or his righteousness?! That sounds hubristic to me!