His Dream?

He who knew no sin became sin for me.

I have been taught that the Father chose to punish His Son instead of me. If that were really true, what kind of a father must He be? Definitely not the endearing Father I have come to know. That kind of thinking distorts the whole story. He didn't die just to take my punishment. No, Father, Son and Holy Spirit devised a plan much bigger. He became sin for us and during those long torturous hours hanging on that cross the power of sin over us was destroyed. Death could only come at the point of Christ becoming sin, yours and mine. And He endured the all consuming fury of God on our behalf. Wrath can be described as the full weight of God's presence and power arrayed on behalf of the ones He loves.

If it is God's wrath that consumes sin and if the redemptive plan was to consume sin in sinful flesh what must it have taken for God Himself to become our sin and endure the fury of the wrath our sins deserved.... enduring until the lights went out so that we might be saved? This would have made the physical tortures of the cross pale in comparison.

Jesus not only entered the utter depths of the pain, darkness, shame, and anguish to which sin can drive humanity, but He also endured the full weight of God's being warring against that sin to it's utter destruction.

By enduring to the end, Jesus allowed sin to be fully conquered in Him. It's spell over humanity was broken and no longer does any one have to be consumed by sin itself or God's wrath against it. The antidote not only worked in Him, but produced in His blood a fountain of life as well.. Transfused into a person who desires it, His blood can cleanse us of sin and reunite us with the Father Himself, fulfilling the dream that He had in the beginning when He decided to create man and women and place them in the center of His creation.

His dream? You and me and Him (Father, Son and Holy Spirit) in relationship!