'Holy Week'
Mark 15:25-26 Now it was the third hour, and they crucified Him. And the inscription of His accusation was written above: THE KING OF THE JEWS.
Our Lord Jesus chose crucifixion the most painful death meant for serious criminals. He suffered being hung on the cross (tree) for six hours before His death to free us those were under the curse.
Gal 3:13 Christ has redeemed us from the curse of the law, having become a curse for us (for it is written, "Cursed is everyone who hangs on a tree")
Blessings and Curses
Deu 11:26-28 "Behold, I set before you today a blessing and a curse: the blessing, if you obey the commandments of the Lord your God which I command you today; and the curse, if you do not obey the commandments of the Lord your God, but turn aside from the way which I command you today, to go after other gods which you have not known.
Most unbelievers who have committed abominations such as idolatry, adultery, sodomy, wickedness, covetousness, etc. were under the curse.
Horror under the Curse
Deu28:16-18,20-22 "Cursed shall you be in the city, and cursed shall you be in the country. Cursed shall be your basket and your kneading bowl. Cursed shall be the fruit of your body and the produce of your land, the increase of your cattle and the offspring of your flocks... The Lord will send on you cursing, confusion, and rebuke in all that you set your hand to do, until you are destroyed and until you perish quickly, because of the wickedness of your doings in which you have forsaken Me. The Lord will make the plague cling to you until He has consumed you from the land which you are going to possess. The Lord will strike you with consumption, with fever, with inflammation, with severe burning fever, with the sword, with scorching, and with mildew; they shall pursue you until you perish.
Set free by Jesus on the Cross
Thank God for Jesus who was hung on the cross (tree) to set us free from the curses caused by our abominations before our salvation.
Col 3:5-7 Therefore put to death your members which are on the earth: fornication, uncleanness, passion, evil desire, and covetousness, which is idolatry. Because of these things the wrath of God is coming upon the sons of disobedience, in which you yourselves once walked when you lived in them.
Jesus, the Lamb of God
John 1:29 The next day John saw Jesus coming toward him, and said, "Behold! The Lamb of God who takes away the sin of the world!"
The Word was made flesh so that Jesus, the Son of God, was crucified as the sinless and perfect Lamb of God for the remission of men's sins.
Mat 26:28 For this is My blood of the new covenant, which is shed for many for the remission of sins.
Fulfillment of the Law and Prophets
Mat 5:17-18 "Do not think that I came to destroy the Law or the Prophets. I did not come to destroy but to fulfill. For assuredly, I say to you, till heaven and earth pass away, one jot or one tittle will by no means pass from the law till all is fulfilled."
At the cross, our Lord Jesus fulfilled the Law and the Prophets by becoming the perfect sacrificial Lamb of God thereby replacing all the imperfect offerings and sacrifices mentioned in
1. the Prophets as found in the Adamic and Noahide Covenants for all mankind.
2. the Law for the Jews only.
Jesus the Only Way to God
John 14:6 Jesus said to him, "I am the way, the truth, and the life. No one comes to the Father except through Me."
Since all the offerings and sacrifices of our godly ancestors from Adam till the crucifixion of Jesus were replaced by Jesus the Lamb of God, then they too were saved by Jesus when they believed God's word by willingly and joyfully offering their sacrifices to God.
