What happened on the cross?

[Vinnie]

@Cody_G

When Jesus died on the cross He became sin, a curse and was judged accordingly. The just condemnation that we deserved He received. Isaiah says that it was God’s will to crush Him and make His life an offering for sin, the Lord layed our iniquity upon Him. He became a curse, God judged Him to take away our sin. It was God’s plan to kill Him instead of us, that becomes affective in a person when they place their trust in the cross of Christ. God’s justice was executed upon Jesus. In His life blood is the new covenant as Jesus stated at the last supper. We become one with Him in His death and resurrection the moment we place our trust in Him.

1. Sin is an action to me, its something we do. I do not believe you can literally become sin anymore than you can become jump or run.

2. To me there is nothing just about punishing and judging one person for the sins of another.

3. I believe the Romans in collaboration with Jewish religious leaders killed Jesus, not God. But this does not mean it was not or could not be part of the plan. I am sure God knew that if he became human we would probably execute him.

4. I see a lot of metaphors being taken literally. I see a society immersed in animal sacrifices and as Mitchell puts it, “blood magic,” interpreting the incarnation, death and resurrection Jesus in the best way they know how.

5. I don’t claim to understand the fullness of Jesus’ death but I am not a fan of what I perceive as a wooden literalism and penal substitution.

Vinnie