Having placed, in my last post, a very large question mark over the whole concept of what is know as ‘Penal Substitution’ – the theory which sees Jesus dying a horrible death on a Roman Cross to satisfy the wrath and anger of God his Father – we now need to address the void created by such doubt and ask – how then do we understand the Cross and the death of Jesus? Of course thousands of volumes have been written on this subject down through the years – so what I offer here is miniscule by comparison. However, such is the scope of the question posed that, even for a very brief overview, we will have to split our consideration over two posts. Continue Reading
