I'm curious about what you think regarding God the Father's disposition when His own Son was on the cross.
Do you think God was angry at Jesus our Lord when He was hanging on the cross, thinking of Him as a sinner, or as sin as some think, smiting and afflicting Him?
Or was God His Father pleased with Him and satisfied that His Son humbled Himself to come into our form and humbled Himself even further to die for our sins on a cross out of love for Him and his brothers? (ref, Matt 17:5, Php 2:3-8, John 14:31, John 15:13)
"Then he (Jesus) said to them, “My soul is very sorrowful, even to death; remain here, and watch with me.” And going a little farther he fell on his face and prayed, saying, “My Father, if it be possible, let this cup pass from me; nevertheless, not as I will, but as you will.” (Mat 26:38-39)
The Apostle Paul stated, "Therefore, as one trespass led to condemnation for all men, so one act of righteousness leads to justification and life for all men. For as by the one man's disobedience the many were made sinners, so by the one man's obedience the many will be made righteous." (Rom 5:18)
It was God's will to crush His Son because He loved us and also because He is just. God would have never sent Him into our form to crush Him for our sins if He did not love us. Being just does not always mean you are wrathful when doing the right thing, and in this case doing the right thing was for a righteous man to willingly suffer and die for the sins of His brothers.
The love and grace of God is revealed to us in the Law by the spotless sin offering dying for the sins of the people. And this is how God justified the ungodly; by the sacrificial death of His own Son for our sins. No anger, wrath, or retribution poured out, but merciful justice satisfied by Christ "who is the image of the invisible God" who "for all things were created, in the heavens and on the earth, things visible and things invisible, whether thrones or dominions or principalities or powers; all things have been created through him, and for him."
God Bless
Do you think God was angry at Jesus our Lord when He was hanging on the cross, thinking of Him as a sinner, or as sin as some think, smiting and afflicting Him?
Or was God His Father pleased with Him and satisfied that His Son humbled Himself to come into our form and humbled Himself even further to die for our sins on a cross out of love for Him and his brothers? (ref, Matt 17:5, Php 2:3-8, John 14:31, John 15:13)
"Then he (Jesus) said to them, “My soul is very sorrowful, even to death; remain here, and watch with me.” And going a little farther he fell on his face and prayed, saying, “My Father, if it be possible, let this cup pass from me; nevertheless, not as I will, but as you will.” (Mat 26:38-39)
The Apostle Paul stated, "Therefore, as one trespass led to condemnation for all men, so one act of righteousness leads to justification and life for all men. For as by the one man's disobedience the many were made sinners, so by the one man's obedience the many will be made righteous." (Rom 5:18)
It was God's will to crush His Son because He loved us and also because He is just. God would have never sent Him into our form to crush Him for our sins if He did not love us. Being just does not always mean you are wrathful when doing the right thing, and in this case doing the right thing was for a righteous man to willingly suffer and die for the sins of His brothers.
The love and grace of God is revealed to us in the Law by the spotless sin offering dying for the sins of the people. And this is how God justified the ungodly; by the sacrificial death of His own Son for our sins. No anger, wrath, or retribution poured out, but merciful justice satisfied by Christ "who is the image of the invisible God" who "for all things were created, in the heavens and on the earth, things visible and things invisible, whether thrones or dominions or principalities or powers; all things have been created through him, and for him."
God Bless