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Christology ♦ 187 there was no intercesson therefore his arm brought salvation unto him;
and his righteousness/ it sustained him" (Isaiah 59:16).
God in His infinite lovO/ mercy, and goodness designed a plan of salva tion that would satisfy the requirements of His holiness, justice, and right eousness. He provided a means of redemption for sinful humanity: "And you hath he quickened, who were dead in trespasses and sins;...But Cod, who is rich in mercy, for his great love wherewith he loved us, even when we were dead in sins, hath quickened us together with Christ, (by grace ye are saved;) That in the ages to come he might shew the exceeding rich es of his grace in his kindness toward us through Christ Jesus. For by
grace are ye saved through faith; and that not of yourselves: it is the gift of God," (Ephesians 2:1,4-8).
Earthly, but chosen and ordained holy men such as Moses, Abraham or Job cannot be good enough for an atoning sacrifice to take away our sins because they themselves needed salvation for their sins. "Wherefore only Christ is able to save them to the uttermost that come unto God by him, seeing he ever liveth to make intercession for them. For such an high priest became us, who is holy, harmless, undefiled, separate from sinners, and made higher than the heavens; who needeth not daily, as those high priests, to offer up sacrifice, first for his own sins, and then for the peo ple's ..." (Hebrews 7:25-27).
It is important to note that the Messiah's conversation with the Father did not arise because He was of an earthly human nature, but was God s work of intercession through the incarnation for fallen mankind (Romans 8:34; Psalm22:1-10;1John2:1-4;Hebrews7). ItmustberememberedthatChrist isthemysteryofGod. Paulsaid,"Inhimarehidallthetreasuresofwis dom and knowledge" Christ is the heavenly gift of God, the grace and mercy that came to us freely (Ephesians 2:1-20; Colossians 2:3).
What was it that put Christ into agony? Was it because His was
outside of Him? Was it because He needed help of deliverance for Himself.
Was it that He did not like to face the cross? Was He steering of natural hunger or thirst, because He was an earthly Adam with his own inde pendent human spirit? No. Christ is indeed the Word that became flesh or God incarnate to be mediator between God and man (1 Timothy 2:5-7,3:16; 1 Corinthians 15:45-49; John 12:44-45; John 1:4,14). Therefore through Christ's prayers, weaknesses, temptations, and agonies God was on duty, so that in the body of His flesh (Christ) and it's deathwas able to present us holyandunblameableandunreprovableinHissight(Colossians1:22). (See Isaiah 7:13-14; John 10:9; Romans 5; Ephesians 2:1-19; Hebrews 7).
Jesus paid all our debts and we are free and have access to meet God. Whywashehungry? Whywashepoor? Whywashenaked? Whywas he thirsty? The answer is not because He was of an earthly weak nature, but
He was a substitutional sacrifice on behalf of us all. Being the owner of everything, yet for our sakes He became poor, that through His poverty we