Christ, Our Savior, Our Redeemer: Who (Jesus) being reviled did not revile in return; suffering, He did not threaten but kept committing all to Him who judges righteously; Who Himself bore up our sins in His body on the tree, in order that we, having died to sins, might live to righteousness; by whose bruise you were healed 1 Peter 2:23-24. In 2:23 Peter says that God the Father is the One who always judges righteously. This means that He governs in a righteous way. Christ put His trust in this righteous One. For this reason, Peter says that when Christ was on earth, He kept committing all to God the Father, who judges righteously. Verse 24 says, Who Himself carried up our sins in His body onto the tree, in order that we, having died to sins, might live to righteousness; by whose bruise you were healed. This verse speaks of Christ as our Savior, our Redeemer. As our Savior, Christ carried up our sins in His body onto the tree. The tree is the Koine Greek word ξύλον xulon, which was a pole or tree of wood. Jesus bore His Cross-beam, the σταυρός strauos, which was to be affixed to the xulon which stood upon Calvary. The Cross was a Roman instrument of capital punishment for the execution of malefactors, as prophesied in the Old Testament (Deuteronomy 21:23; Galatians 3:13). Literally, having died to sins means being away from sins; hence, having died to them. In the death of Christ, we have died to sins (Romans 6:8, 10-11, 18). We have died to sin so that we might live to righteousness. This living to righteousness is in the resurrection of Christ (Ephesians 2:6; John 14:19; 2 Timothy 2:11). The bruise in verse 24 is a suffering that resulted in death. According to Genesis 3:15, the seed of the woman would bruise the head of the serpent, and the serpent would bruise the heel of the womans seed. The bruising in Genesis 3:15 is related to the bruise in 2:24. According to verse 24, we have been healed by Christs bruise. This is the healing of death. We were dead (Ephesians 2:1), but Christs suffering of death healed our death so that we may live in His resurrection.
Posted on: Thu, 06 Mar 2014 15:13:49 +0000
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