Question 40: Why did Christ have to go the way of death?

 

Question 40: Why did Christ have to go the way of death?

Answer: Because God's justice and truth demanded it; that is, because there could be no other way to pay the price for our sins than through the death of God's Son.

Hebrews 9:28 So Christ was offered once to bear the sins of many; and he will appear a second time, not to deal with sin, but to bring salvation to those who are eagerly waiting for him.

Those under the letter of the law are under sin.

The Pharisees and priests of that time committed blasphemy against God by killing His Son. When they realized their wrongdoing, God promised to forgive their sins through the sacrificial offering, the death of Jesus Christ. This is the meaning of atonement. However, they neither realized it nor repented. The atonement death is not limited to the Jews of that time, but applies to all people.

Since Jesus was under a curse according to the law, how does this atonement (redemption) come to pass? God transfers the sins of those under the letter of the law to His Son. Therefore, since the Son of God becomes a sinner, God conceals the sins of those who repent through His dead Son.

This begins with the predestination of Christ before the creation of the world. God imprisoned the fallen angels on earth, but established the grace to bring them back. Jesus Christ took on the role of dying in their place, a fact foretold through the prophets from Genesis 3:15 onward.

Hebrews 9:22-25 『And according to the law almost all things are purified with blood, and without shedding of blood there is no forgiveness. Therefore it was necessary that the copies of the things in the heavens should be purified with these, but the heavenly things themselves with better sacrifices than these. For Christ has not entered a holy place made with hands, which is a copy of the true, but into heaven itself, now to appear in the presence of God for us; not that he should offer himself often, as the high priest enters the holy place every year with blood of another kind.』

 

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