Deuteronomy 21

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CHRIST BECAME A CURSE FOR US

April 2, 2023

“If someone has committed a crime worthy of death and is executed and hung on a tree, the body must not remain hanging from the tree overnight. You must bury the body that same day, for anyone who is hung is cursed in the sight of God” (Deuteronomy 21:22-23 NLT). The Mosaic law said that

“If anyone is found guilty of an offense deserving the death penalty and is executed, and you hang his body on a tree, you are not to leave his corpse on the tree overnight but are to bury him that day, for anyone hung on a tree is under God’s curse” (Deuteronomy 21:22-23 HCSB).

April 2, 2021

CHRIST WAS ACCURSED FOR US The Mosaic law said that a criminal “hung on a tree is under God’s curse.” And for that reason they should not be left hanging on the tree overnight, but buried that same day, so that the land is not defiled. How ironic that the Jewish leaders would break the

“If someone has committed a crime worthy of death and is executed and hung on a tree, the body must not remain hanging from the tree overnight. You must bury the body that same day, for anyone who is hung is cursed in the sight of God” (Deuteronomy 21:22-23 NLT)

April 2, 2014

This Mosaic law along with the double importance that the Passover Sabbath began at sundown was the motivation behind the Jews’ insistence that Pilate remove the bodies of Jesus and the two thieves from their crosses before sunset. Strange that they cared so much for this minor law, yet willingly broke the commandment not to murder. Also, it is significant that the law says that anyone who is executed on a tree is “cursed.” This emphasizes the degree to which Christ took on our sin and death that he became “accursed” for us. So, the apostle Paul wrote to the Galatians, “Christ redeemed us from the curse of the law by becoming a curse for us” (Gal. 3:13).

“If a man guilty of a capital offense is put to death and his body is hung on a tree, you must not leave his body on the tree overnight… because anyone who is hung on a tree is under God’s curse” (Deuteronomy 21:22-23)

April 2, 2011

Christ was accursed that we might be blessed. He took our death and offers His life!