The Lessons of Lent: Christ's Substitution and Our Identification!

The Lessons of Lent: Christ's Substitution and Our Identification!

Reading through Isaiah 52:13 to the end and from 53:1-end we see a prophecy that painted a so vivid picture of the passion of the Christ.

His rejection and despite, His marred visage, His chastisement, His wounds, His death, burial and resurrection, Isaiah the prophet clearly described each.

The striking statement he kept saying was that all that wasn't done for Himself but for us.

[My Offline Bible] Isaiah 53
4 Surely he hath borne OUR griefs, and carried OUR sorrows: yet we did esteem him stricken, smitten of God, and afflicted. 5 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. 6 All WE like sheep have gone astray; WE have turned every one to his own way; and the LORD hath laid on HIM THE INIQUITY of US ALL. 11 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. 12 Therefore will I divide him a portion with the great, and he shall divide the spoil with the strong; because he hath poured out his soul unto death: and he was NUMBERED WITH the TRANSGRESSORS; and HE BARE THE SIN OF MANY, and made intercession FOR THE TRANSGRESSORS.  (The emphasis mine)

The principle of substitution has been since the inception of organised religion particularly as God demanded from Moses in the operations of the Mosaic covenant. Goats and bulls and other birds and animals were substituted though without the power to fully pay for the sins of man in order to totally erase the condemnation and the consequences of sin.

A man or one in the form of man must be the perfect substitute for man to totally remove the condemnation and the consequences of man's iniquity. Buy the man must be clean enough to have a need no need for a sacrifice for his own sin.

That means anyone from the Adamic lineage won't be good enough such would have to inherit the Adamic nature.
God sidelined that in His love for mankind by making a new body though man's for His Word to take on as a sacrifice for man. The body was implanted in a virgin, Mary to nuture and to bring forth in the house of Joseph of the lineage of David of the tribe of Judah to fulfil prophesy of the sceptre not departing from Judah till Shiloh

So Jesus being the perfect substitute without sin bore no punishment of His desert, but that which we deserved!

It was for us He was despised, it was for us He suffered, it was for us He was killed and for us God raised Him from the dead!

He bacame sin so that we can be made the righteousness of God. Now we are God's righteousness and sin has no more dominion over the believing one. He already was wounded for our transgression never again will guilt and condemnation bow our heads in shame not to relate with God freely! 2Cor 5:21, Romans 8:1&2

He became poor so that we can be rich at the point where He lost all including the clothes He wore...He became our substitute in poverty! Never should lack and want stop us again from being all that God would want us to be... 2Cor 8:9

He bore our griefs, sorrows and pains and not only emotional sicknesses but also physical illnesses. By His stripes we are  healed in our bodies and in our hearts. Never aagain will sicknesses and diseases control our lives or ravage the bodies of the believing one or their minds...never would depression keep our hearts broken again...we are healed by His stripes! 1Peter 2:24, Luke 4:18

He was our substitute in death. He died young as a lamb so that we can live long. He has the authority of death, the keys of hell and of death is now with Him...we are free from the bondage of the fear of death and we can live confidently knowing that He paid the price for our longevity! Never again will a believing one expect death before being satisfied with long life.... Hebrews 2:14&15, Rev 1:18, Psalm 91:16

Same way He voluntarily took our place of lack of authority when the rulers accosted Him...so that we can enjoy all of His authority over nature and over the forces of darkness...never again shall a believing one live as one without power and authority, never again shall we be in subjection to external forces trying to force upon us what is strange to the will of our Father... John 10:17&18, John 19:11, Ephesians 1:22, 2:6

He took our place in defeat so that we can receive the gift of victory, now we live in triumph over the opposing forces daily putting them underfoot with authority in the name of Jesus... 1John 5:4

He took our place as one without favor, unfortunate and rejected and bought for us favor and grace and honor...now we enjoy Gods favor, mercy, grace and help... Hebrews 4:16

He is our substitute, it is agreed that if one died for all, all have died...to die no more.

[My Offline Bible] 2 Corinthians 5
14 For the love of Christ constraineth us; because we thus judge, that if one died for all, then were all dead:

As the devil endeavours to insistently maintain the former status quo we too in faith should be diligent in standing for our rights and identifying with Christ at every point to turn this legal stand to vital and experiential realities in our lives... Hebrews 6:12

We refuse sin because we've been made God's righteousness... we identify with His righteousness

We refuse sicknesses and diseases because we are healed by Christ's stripes...we identify with His healing!

We refuse poverty, lack and want and being slaves to money or wealth because He has made us rich...we identify with His riches!

We refuse untimely and violent death because He died young and violently for us...we identify with His victory over death and His resurrection!

Now we have victory and not defeat, we fear no defeated demon, witch or wizard anymore because we believe...
We have favor, help, mercy and grace...

We have been redeemed by the power of divine substitution. This we must know and hold very preciously...in all these we must identify with Him to enjoy all!

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