Isaiah 53:9, "And he made his grave with the wicked, and with the rich in his death; because he had done no violence, neither was any deceit in his mouth." This Scripture ought to have read `deaths,' because, the Hebrew word translated death there was actually in plural. Jesus actually died two deaths on that cross. He died spiritually first, then He died physically. He would never have died physically, no matter what the Roman soldiers did, if He did not die spiritually first. Some Christians actually cry when they think of Jesus dying on the cross. They feel sad that such a good person was killed. But this is really pitiful, because they're ignorant of what Jesus did for us on the cross. Thank God He died the death on that cross. By His death He has brought us into oneness with God.
He Was Made Sin For Us
2 Corinthians 5:21, "For he hath made him to be sin for us, who knew no sin; that we might be made the righteousness of God in him." Right there on the cross the sins of the whole world were laid on Jesus. Man had sinned and he couldn't pay the penalty. He needed someone to pay for him. And God had declared that without the shedding of blood, there is no remission of sins (Leviticus 17:11) Man needed divine blood for the remission of his sins. In answer to man's need, God gave His Son (Romans 4:25), who tasted death for everyone, so we no longer would be under the bondage of the fear of death (Hebrews 2:9,14). Because of this the Father turned His back on Him, and He cried out, "My God, my God why halt thou forsaken me" (Mark 15:34). All the transgressions that had been committed from the beginning of the world, right through the time of the Old Testament up till that time were laid on Him (Isaiah 53:5,7; Romans 3:25). Our sins and sicknesses were laid on Him on that Cross. His visage was so marred they wouldn't even look at Him. Isaiah 53:2-3, "For he shall grow up before him as a tender plant, and as a root out of a dry ground: he hath no form nor comeliness; and when we shall see him, there is no beauty that we should desire him. He is despised and rejected of men; a man of sorrows, and acquainted with grief: and we hid as it were our faces from him; he was despised, and we esteemed him not." Every sickness imaginable was laid upon Jesus so He could take them away and we wouldn't need to suffer from them again. Isaiah 53:4 says, "Surely he hath borne our griefs, and carried our sorrows: yet we did esteem him stricken, smitten of God, and afflicted." But the Bible says God is holy and does not look upon sin. Habakkuk 1:13, "Thou art of purer eyes than to behold evil, and canst not look on iniquity: wherefore lookest thou upon them that deal treacherously, and holdest thy tongue when the wicked devoureth the man that is more righteous than he?" So the Father turned away from Jesus, and this was when He died spiritually.
He Went To Hell For Us
After His death on the cross, Jesus went into hell. And while He was in hell, He grappled with principalities and powers and But the Bible says God is holy and does not look upon sin. Habakkuk 1:13, "Thou art of purer eyes than to behold evil, and canst not look on iniquity: wherefore lookest thou upon them that deal treacherously, and holdest thy tongue when the wicked devoureth the man that is more righteous than he?" So the Father turned away from Jesus, and this was when He died spiritually. He Went To Hell For Us After His death on the cross, Jesus went into hell. And while He was in hell, He grappled with principalities and powers and overthrew them. They wrestled with Him, trying to knock Him down, but because the demand of justice had been satisfied, He threw them all off. Then He was raised from the grave by the power of God. That's why we say we're happy He died for us, because, when the claims of justice had been fulfilled and He was raised up from the dead, we were justified, declared not guilty. Romans 4:25, "Who was delivered for our offences, and was raised again for our justification." The sacrifice of His blood was made once and was accepted for all time. Hebrews 9:26 says, "For then must he often have suffered since the foundation of the world: but now once in the end of the world hath he appeared to put away sin by the sacrifice of himself." The sacrifice of Jesus was adequate. It was perfect, it was enough! There is nothing more to be added to it. He was 100% man and 100% God; the perfect mediator between man and God. When He paid the price, we became as one who had paid the price. We became qualified to receive the divine life, and He poured out His life into our spirit. That same sacrifice that was effective in the washing away of our sins was equally effective in destroying the power of sickness over our lives. Isaiah 53:5, "But he was wounded for our transgressions, he was bruised for our iniquities: the chastisement of our peace Was upon him; and with his stripes We are healed." The same way He was wounded for our transgressions is the same way He was dealt bruises for our sicknesses. What am I getting at? You don't need to be sick ever again. Of course, the devil may want to afflict your body, but when you stand on your rights he will flee from you.
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