2 Corinthians 5.21 - A Tale of Two Goats - Azazel
This essay will be our last in the series exploring the sacrificial background of 2 Corinthians 5.21’s “He Made Him Sin.” In these seven or so essays, we’ve seen that the idea of imputing sin to Jesus (saying it without really doing it) isn’t just absent in the text, but it’s not supported by […]
2 Corinthians 5.21 - A Tale of Two Goats - Of Curses and Snakes
In Part 5, we demonstrated how the “laying on of hands” comports with Isaiah’s revelation of the “Suffering Servant” in Isaiah 52 and 53. We remember that Isaiah recorded:
So marred beyond any man’s was his appearance,
And his form beyond the sons of men (Isaiah 52.14, Rotherham)
And we saw how Isaiah’s revelation was of the spiritual side of […]