Recently there was an outcry because an ancient tree got cut down ,it was a Sycamore tree, that had stood for hundreds of years near a Roman landmark of Hadrian's wall. Trees are not only things of beauty, the wood from trees has many uses, but there is one thing that it can be used for,for hanging people on.We read in Deuteronomy 21 v 22 - 23 ,' And if a man has committed a crime punishable by death and he is put to death on a tree, his body shall not remain all night on the tree,but you shall bury him the same day, for a hanged man is cursed by God.'Now let us move forward to Galatians 3 v13, 'Christ has redeemed us from the curse of the law, having become as a curse for us,( for it is written, ''Cursed is everyone who hangs on a tree) Let me point out that the cross of Christ symbolically is seen as a tree.What is this curse? that we read about, in Galatians 3 v 10 we read' Cursed is everyone who does not observe and obey all the commands that are written in God's book of the law.'.The fact is no one can keep Gods law,so all of us are under a curse ,and under the judgement of God. John 3 v36 tells us that the wrath of God abides on those who have never trusted Jesus . So God provided a way for the curse to be removed, by Jesus becoming a curse for us,in other words that curse He bore was our curse, it was our punishment He bore,so that we might not bear it.
' The wrath of God that was my due
Upon the Lamb was laid;
And by the shedding of His blood
The debt for us was laid.
Words El. Nathan
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