Did He suffer ALL things?

[Guest sanctification]

Hi everyone,

It says in Galatians that He became a curse for us (so that we might become the righteousness of God). It says "Christ redeemed us from the curse of the law by becoming a curse for us" gal 3:13

God said in Deut 28:15 "However, if you do not obey the Lord your God and do not carefully follow all his commands and decrees I am giving you today, all these curses will come upon you and overtake you:"

(Read remainder of chapter--it's too long for me to type up.)

Personally, as I read through the remainder of that chapter and read the curses, I think of the gospels, and Isaiah's prophecy, of the very things Jesus went through during his death and scourging.... Deuteronomy's account of the curses of the law was a prophecy of Christ's suffering??? Like:

-- "you will become a thing of horror to all the kingdoms on earth." 28:25

-- "At midday you will grope around like a blind man in the dark... you will be oppressed and robbed, with no one to rescue you." 28:29

-- "You will plant a vineyard, but you will not even begin to taste its fruit." 28:30

-- "Because you did not serve the Lord your God joyfully and gladly in the time of prosperity, ...you will serve the enemies the Lord sends against you." (Isaiah 53:10 "yet it pleased the Lord to bruise him")

-- "The Lord will plague you with diseases until he has destroyed you from the land you are entering to posess." 28:21 (Isaiah 53:8 "And who can speak of his descendants? For He was cut off from the land of the living.")

Jesus suffered every single one of those curses, and therefore I never will. So when I read that long chapter, I can know that there is no way God will ever send me any of these curses listed there, like disease or unfair loss of posessions.... God does not send curses on believers! My turning away and sinning while in Christ (yes it happens because I have not been made perfect yet and still choose sin in some aspects) cannot yield these punishments for my life.

But can this be taken to another level?

"The Lord will also bring on you every kind of sickness and disaster not recorded in this book of the Law, until you are destroyed." 28:61

This is just another one of the "all" of the curses of the law beginning the topic!!

I am starting to think that anything negative we can ever experience in this life is not God's intention because of our sins. Anything that makes us suffer, anything that resembles punishment, is not Gods intention for us.

What do you think?

"I have come that they might have life, and have it abundantly."

"how much more, having been reconciled, shall we be saved through his life!" rom 5:10 (The "life" word in the Greek is "zoe," which means 'the quality of the life of the one who gives it.')

"For no matter how many promises God has made, they are 'yes' in Christ." 2 cor. 2:20

"And God raised us up with Christ and seated us with him in the heavenly realms in Christ Jesus" eph 2:6 "far above all rule and authority, power and dominion, and every title that can be given, not only in the present age but also in the one to come." eph1:21 And God placed ALL things under His feet, the feet being the body of Christ, who we are.

[cymba22]

Good post great study