Hebrews 10:14
For by a single offering he has perfected for all time those who are being sanctified
I had a thought the other night while listening to Dr. Barnhouse and the Bible while running on the treadmill: Jesus' death is the only one that can fully satisfy the wrath of God.
That may not sound completely novel, but it hit me in a new way the other night. Death is a result of sin. And now the soul that sins shall die. Because of sin, someone has to die. But your death cannot satisfy the wrath of God for your sin. That's why when you die, your bill with God is not square. Hell exists as an everlasting death. It must last forever because sin is that serious and that costly. So Jesus' suffering and death in a few days accomplished what could never in any other way, given any amount of time, ever accomplish. His death was fully able to absorb the wrath of God and it satisfies the wrath of God. So much so that any who are in Him by grace through faith are fully free from death. It has no claim on them because it's cost has been fully paid. Only in Jesus can that debt be paid. No amount of time could ever do what He did in 33 years of life and 3 days in the grave.
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