Russell A. Cardwell Online

You see, at just the right time, when we were still powerless, Christ died for the ungodly. Very rarely will anyone die for a righteous man, though for a good man someone might possibly dare to die. But God demonstrates his own love for us in this: While we were still sinners, Christ died for us.

Since we have now been justified by his blood, how much more shall we be saved from God’s wrath through him! For if, when we were God’s enemies, we were reconciled to him through the death of his Son, how much more, having been reconciled, shall we be saved through his life! Not only is this so, but we also rejoice in God through our Lord Jesus Christ, through whom we have now received reconciliation.
-Romans 5:6-11

Imagine a war—a battlefield—one where the battle lines are clear: something like World War I, where the trenches and concertina wire clearly marked which side was which. Imagine God on one side and all mankind on the other. While the battle is still underway, God sends an emissary, his only son, across enemy lines to make peace with us. We execute the emissary, yet God makes peace with us anyway.

Who would do such a thing?

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