My audience to this blog is primarily to non-christians, secularists and atheists who constantly question what is the worth and value of one man dying on a piece of wood for few short hours or what common good would a death and torture of a man 2000 years ago could bring. My aim is to justify in a much basic verbatim for the benefit of mediocres who approach this valuable message today.
Holiness: A commonly forgotten attribute of God.
My statement spear hits the Christians of this day too! All that people acclaim today is that "God is Love", God is Merciful", "God is Gracious" and such a list of kind, soothing and comforting attributes which absolutely God posses in a greater, transcendent and to unfathomable extent. Still, I would say that, what enhances those attributes lies in the way God deals with Justice which further exposes us the uncompromisable truth that God is Holy.
God is Holy! in the sense, there is not an iota of impurity in Him. As far His love, mercy, kindness and goodness extends in the very same manner His holiness and His zeal for Justice is.
Scripture References: Isaiah 6:3, 1 Samuel 2:2, Revelation 15:4
Verdict for mankind in the Highest Court of Justice:
Death. Its as simple as that. Man since his fall, he has been unworthy of deserving anything as the mankind have attempted to challenge the Law imposed by God. Man has dared to become the enemy of God and indeed that's what our sinful, unmoral and unjust action reflect and therefore in God's evaluation and application of Justice and His demand for such a perfect justice has sentenced us to death.
Perfect Justice! something that the mortal, perishing and sinful man cannot satisfy to attain righteousness on his own, something that is completely impossible for a man to fulfill. That's the parameter of how Justice is administered under God's Jurisprudence.
Is Perfect Justice really doing Justice?
In the comprehension power of human mind, it seems a bit unfair on how an omniscient God expects perfect justice from mankind who could never satisfy the perfection within the parameters of God's Perfect Justice.
The doubt does not defy the nature of God's Justice rather commends the Holies of Holies who would never compromise with sin.
Sin is never accepted which is what reiterates the very essence of Perfect Justice.
Scripture References: Matthew 5:48, 1 Peter 1:16, Romans 3:23, Isaiah 53:6, Ephesians 2:1-3, 1 John 1:8, Psalm 89:14, Job 34:12, Isaiah 30:18
What's left for the Mankind?
If death is what man deserves for his iniquities what is the necessary of trusting God, what good does it bring in confessing him, proclaiming and worshipping him?
The radical twist appears here with the "Doctrine of Penal Substitutionary Atonement"
With the very simplest words available to me in the English language I would define this as a "substitution" for the "punishment"
This again reiterates God's demand for perfect justice therefore a punishment has to be executed for the justice to be served. In particular, it demands an Atonement for sin. As being obvious with the depravity of man, he is therefore incapable to even atone himself for the cleansing of his sins. Therefore God unconditionally releases His mercy, giving His only son up for atonment for the propitation of God's zealous demand for perfect justice.
Jesus Christ, the son of God, Himself borne the sin of this entire humanity to satisfy the wrath of God. Such event is what we should acknowledge the greatest act of mercy and the amazing level of grace shown to us who are unworthy and deserving nothing.
A substitute being betean and battered, whose body was ploughed like a farming land covered in blood which was shed till the very last drop of it. Just because of our rebellious act is what we can define grace as.
The crucified Christ on the Roman cross is what stands out as the semblence of God's Perfect Justice where his zeal for Justice rooted in His holiness was never compromised and at the same time and incredible transaction of Christ's righteousness to the mankind and our sins being borne by Him is the pinnacle of grace put into action.
That is why when it remains a physically painful Friday for Christ Jesus it was a Good Friday for the mankind.