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From the Archives: The Sacrifice That Answers the Problem
The cross does not appear in Scripture without preparation. From the covering of human shame after the fall, through Israel’s sacrificial worship, to Isaiah’s suffering servant, Scripture teaches us the grammar by which Christ’s death is finally understood. This earlier essay follows that biblical movement toward Calvary and asks how sacrifice answers the problem of…
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The Sacrifice That Answers the Problem: How The Garden Sacrifice, Leviticus, and Isaiah 53 Prepare Us For the Cross
Christ’s cross did not arrive at Calvary without preparation. Before Christ was crucified outside Jerusalem, God was training his people to understand his eternal plan for what would happen on that Friday afternoon. God prepared his people through images of blood, through priests, through altars, through the repeated and irreversible death of innocent animals in…
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What is Atonement?
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What Happened When Jesus Died?
Jesus’ sacrifice of himself on the cross is one of the richest moments of history. We could never exhaust everything that God accomplished through Christ on the cross. Herman Bavinck helps us out a bit. Bavinck gave offered a helpful list of what Christ has accomplished for his own glory: What Christ acquired by this…
