The
Cross was not something that happened to Jesus -- He came to die; the
Cross was His purpose in coming. He is "the Lamb slain from the foundation
of the world" (Revelation 13:8). The incarnation of Christ would have no
meaning without the Cross. Beware of separating "God was manifested in
the flesh …" from "… He made Him … to be sin for us
…" (1 Timothy 3:16; 2 Corinthians 5:21). The purpose of the incarnation
was redemption. God came in the flesh to take sin away, not to accomplish
something for Himself. The Cross is the central event in time and eternity, and
the answer to all the problems of both.
--
Oswald Chambers in My Utmost for His Highest
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