The Substitute Planned His Death

Christ's substitutionary death in our place was a case of supreme substitution. My sin for His life. My filthy rags for His riches. His condemnation for my salvation.

We were under the sentence of death. We were supposed to die for our crimes. We were rightly condemned. We were separated from God.

And God planned it before time began (Rev. 13:8). It was His will to crush Jesus for us. In one sense our sins sent Jesus to the cross. In the fullest sense God did.