tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5596708332568087278.post337552606409522948..comments2024-01-24T10:39:27.668-05:00Comments on Coming Untrue: The Uncompassionate ChristDr. S. L. Andersonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06303707167715370504noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5596708332568087278.post-86996358079700765672014-05-02T14:21:57.994-04:002014-05-02T14:21:57.994-04:00Amen and amen, Tom. This reminds me of teaching I ...Amen and amen, Tom. This reminds me of teaching I heard a few weeks ago in an Overcomers meeting.<br /><br />Jesus had to shed His blood and die so our sins could be forgiven, but He had to be beaten and scourged so we could be healed. The Old Testament speaks of a desirable, unblemished sacrifice for the forgiveness of sin. Our Savior was physically undesirable (Isaiah 53:2-6 describes it very well) and God didn't send Him to die unblemished. Some accounts state that Christ was nearly unrecognizable after the beatings and flogging. <br /><br />Jesus was much more than an unblemished, desirable animal sacrifice from the Old Testament - He was an undesirable, rejected, mocked, beaten and humiliated sacrifice so that we can not only be forgiven, but spiritually and emotionally healed as well<br /><br />"....and by His wounds we are healed" Isaiah 53:5<br /><br />Now He's an all-powerful, compassionate God standing in the gap between our sinful human tendencies and the same ability to heal our hearts as He could while on earth.Micahnoreply@blogger.com