Apples of Gold - December 13

The Scriptures tell us that Christ had to suffer for our sin: “Ought not Christ to have suffered these things?” (Luke:24:26Ought not Christ to have suffered these things, and to enter into his glory?
See All...); “Christ also hath once suffered for sins” (1 Peter:3:18For Christ also hath once suffered for sins, the just for the unjust, that he might bring us to God, being put to death in the flesh, but quickened by the Spirit:
See All...). But how and when did He suffer? His suffering at the hands of man could not pay the penalty demanded by God’s infinite justice. He was punished by the Father for our sins. As He hung on the Cross, the Father “laid on him the iniquity of us all” (Isaiah:53:6All we like sheep have gone astray; we have turned every one to his own way; and the LORD hath laid on him the iniquity of us all.
See All...). The Bible says, “It pleased the Lord to bruise him” (Isaiah:53:10Yet it pleased the LORD to bruise him; he hath put him to grief: when thou shalt make his soul an offering for sin, he shall see his seed, he shall prolong his days, and the pleasure of the LORD shall prosper in his hand.
See All...). Surely, it was the contemplation of being made sin for us—not just having nails driven into His hands and feet—that caused Him to sweat like great drops of blood in the Garden and to cry out, “If it be possible, let this cup pass from me.” How could Christ, in the few hours He spent on the Cross, suffer God’s eternal wrath? He is infinite. That is how.

"And I said unto them, If ye think good, give me my price; and if not, forbear. So they weighed for my price thirty pieces of silver."

—Zechariah:11:12And I said unto them, If ye think good, give me my price; and if not, forbear. So they weighed for my price thirty pieces of silver.
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