How is it possible for Jesus’ death to save us from our sins. The key is propitiation. Just as the passover lamb appeased God’s wrath, so the blood of Jesus provides the way for our return to fellowship with God.
43. “It isn’t God’s love of shed blood that
opens his home to us! It’s God Himself—
His nature and character. His shed blood
didn’t make Him a loving or welcoming
God—it proclaimed that He has eternally
been like that! The hanging tree didn’t
turn God into a gracious God—it revealed
the truth that He already was this!”
— Jim McQuiggan
44. “For our sake He made Him
to be sin who knew no sin”
— 2 Corinthians 5.21
46. “Since, therefore, we have
now been justified by His
blood, much more shall we
be saved by Him from the
wrath of God.”
— Romans 5.9-10