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Cross Vision: How the Crucifixion of Jesus Makes Sense of Old Testament Violence
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Within a century a terrible theology was born: that the sufferings of the Jews—the loss of their Temple, independence and land—were a sign of Divine rejection. Their lowly position was held up as living proof of the truth of Christianity14
Jonathan Sacks • A Letter in the Scroll: Understanding Our Jewish Identity and Exploring the Legacy of the World's Oldest Religion
What was happening upon the cross was that our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ, the Son of God, was enduring in His own holy body the penalty prescribed by the holy law of God for the sin of man. The law condemns sin, and the condemnation that it pronounces is death. `The wages of sin is death.' The law pronounces that death must pass upon all who ha
... See moreDavid Martyn Lloyd-Jones • Studies in the Sermon on the Mount
