Poetry

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The cross is a powerful symbol with many meanings for the Christian. Without it, there is no forgiveness, no redemption, no hope; we remain in the slave market of sin and under the tutelage and manacle of Satan.
Man must come to the cross to meet with Jesus, accept Him and have a New Life from then on. He must embrace the cross daily to live a victorious Christian life.

Crucifixion, Curse, Condemnation
Redemption, Regeneration, Reconciliation
Oppression
Separation, sin
Sorrow, stripe

Scourge, affliction, rejection by those He created and came to save, humiliation, Vilification- parade like a common criminal, misunderstood, false accusation,
The Lamb of God taking the sins of the whole world; humility; condemnation
Being led like a lamb to the slaughter, Obedience to the Father; compassion
Sorrow, shame healing by His stripes, bearing our sicknesses oppression,;
Laying aside His glory and majesty; making Himself of no reputation
Bruise for your sins and my sins, taking our poverty in all its ramifications,
Punishment to secure our peace with God, carrying the curse of the Law,
Curse; a seal of God’s acceptance and approval; a fulfilment of the law
Regeneration of those who come to Him; God-man taking the place of man on the cross,
Redemption from the curse; opening of the prison gate; the bruising of the His heels Justification of those who repent- admit their guilt and sin, seed of the Woman; the Crushing of Satan’s head; the shedding of the blood of the eternal covenant;, types and Bridging of the gap between man and God, shadows of the high priest, the lamb slain for Atonement; the forgiveness, bringing good news, year of Jubilee- freedom of freedoms.

Isaiah 53
1 Who has believed our report?
And to whom has the arm of the LORD been revealed?
2 For He shall grow up before Him as a tender plant,
And as a root out of dry ground.
He has no form or comeliness;
And when we see Him,
There is no beauty that we should desire Him.
3 He is despised and rejected by men,
A Man of sorrows and acquainted with grief.
And we hid, as it were, our faces from Him;
He was despised, and we did not esteem Him.
4 Surely He has borne our griefs
And carried our sorrows;
Yet we esteemed Him stricken,
Smitten by God, and afflicted.
5 But He was wounded for our transgressions,
He was bruised for our iniquities;
The chastisement for our peace was upon Him,
And by His stripes we are healed.
6 All we like sheep have gone astray;
We have turned, every one, to his own way;
And the LORD has laid on Him the iniquity of us all.
7 He was oppressed and He was afflicted,
Yet He opened not His mouth;
He was led as a lamb to the slaughter,
And as a sheep before its shearers is silent,
So He opened not His mouth.
8 He was taken from prison and from judgment,
And who will declare His generation?
For He was cut off from the land of the living;
For the transgressions of My people He was stricken.
9 And they made His grave with the wicked—
But with the rich at His death,
Because He had done no violence,
Nor was any deceit in His mouth.
10 Yet it pleased the LORD to bruise Him;
He has put Him to grief.
When You 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.
11 He shall see the labor of His soul, and be satisfied.
By His knowledge My righteous Servant shall justify many,
For He shall bear their iniquities.
12 Therefore I will divide Him a portion with the great,
And He shall divide the spoil with the strong,
Because He poured out His soul unto death,
And He was numbered with the transgressors,
And He bore the sin of many,
And made intercession for the transgressors.


18 “ The Spirit of the LORD is upon Me,
Because He has anointed Me
To preach the gospel to the poor;
He has sent Me to heal the brokenhearted,
To proclaim liberty to the captives
And recovery of sight to the blind,
To set at liberty those who are oppressed;
Luke 4:18

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