Ruth, The Moabitess (1881)
AUTHOR: | Bazemore, Thomas J. |
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WHEN CHRIST DIED FOR THE CHURCH, He was not holden of death; neither was his soul left in hell. He had power to lay down His life, and to take it up again. And in redeeming the church, He did not have to become a substitute for them, by suffering forever the vengeance of God for them. It is true, He was their substitute, and suffered, in their stead, the vengeance of God; but He did not have to suffer forever. He suffered all they would have had to suffer through all eternity; but He did it in this world, all of their sins being lain upon Him when He died once for them upon the cross. As a lamb without spot, He was offered up as a sacrifice for all the elect; and the sacrifice was received as a sweet-smelling savor, by God the Father; and thus a complete atonement was made and accepted for them. With one mighty and awful stroke, the sword of the justice of an angry God, smote Jesus, and drank its fill forever in His precious blood, for all the elect. |
