So what makes Jesus’ death so special? Jesus not only bled and died upon that cross but He carried all of our guilt and shame, all of our sins, on that cross. This is a burden unlike any man has ever had to bear or ever will bear.
Just imagine the most intense pressure you have ever felt upon your conscience for any sin you may have done and consider the guilt and shame that you bore as the result. Your burdens were essentially shifted onto his back upon that cross along with every other person’s burdens that has ever lived and ever will live.
He bore so much shame that it literally broke, no it crushed, His heart upon that cross.
Take into consideration that estimates of how many people that have ever lived on earth vary considerably. Some estimate upwards to around 100,000,000,000 souls. Whatever the count you can be assured that it was a lot.
Then you can only try to imagine what it was like for Jesus upon that cross some two thousand or so years ago. One thing for certain, it was more than I could ever bear as I could barely carry my own shame until I surrendered it to Him.
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…Yet it pleased the LORD to bruise him; he hath put him to grief: when thou shalt make his soul an offering for sin, he shall see his seed, he shall prolong his days, and the pleasure of the LORD shall prosper in his hand. He shall see of the travail of his soul, and shall be satisfied: by his knowledge shall my righteous servant justify many; for he shall bear their iniquities. Isaiah 53:5, 10-11
And he is the propitiation for our sins: and not for ours only, but also for [the sins of] the whole world. 1 John 2:2
For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life. John 3:16
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