How can Jesus bear mans sins ?
How can Jesus bear that?
He bore all the sins of every believer in him from Adam to the last human who will exist.
A: He is God. He is a cosmic person. He is an eternal being. He is vast beyond us who can take that punishment.
He gathers up all the punishment of all the suns of all who will believe, because sin must be punished.
That frees God, satisfies His justice while offering grace to all who believe in Him.
Every true believer in the OT era was waiting for this promised sacrifice, knowing no animal could provide that one true "once forever" sacrifice. Isaiah 53 talks of this & is the focal point of Isaiah.
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Fun facts about the book of Isaiah:
66 chapters as theres 66 books of Scripture in the Bible.
The 1st 29 chapters are of judgment, like the number of books in the OT.
The 2nd half, 27 chapters, like the 27 books of the NT, are about salvation.
On the 29 chapters:
*the 1st 9 chapters of the second half on salvation are about salvation of Israel from the nations around it
*the last 9 chapters are about the salvation of the planet & on the new Heaven and new Earth
*the middle 9 chapters are about the salvation of people personally and individually
> and in the middle (of the middle 9 chapters) is Isaiah 53
Isaiah pulls it all together, and it narrows down to "He was wounded for our transgressions" and becomes the confession of all who believe in Christ Jesus, the promised Messiah, including one day the future nation of Israel.
Has Jesus paid for your sins and set you free from God's coming judgment. Has he made you a new creation and given you spiritual life & a righteous spirit?
What is the Gospel & how to be saved
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Answer & Isaiah statistics:
-John MacArthur, in discussion with Ben Shapiro link (backup link)
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