Mirroring/Emulating Jesus-1

“Suffered”(See :14, 17)[Byz/TR]—pascw/payw/penyw—Verb—1) To be affected or have been affected, to feel, have a sensible experience, to undergo—1a) in a good sense--To be well off, in good case, 1b) in a bad sense--To suffer sadly, be in a bad plight—1b1) Of a sick person. Strong—used only in certain tenses for it; apparently a primary verb; To experience a sensation or impression(usually painful).

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“Died/Dying”[AlexT]—apoynhskw—Verb—1) To die—1a) Of the natural death of man, 1b) Of the violent death of man or animals, 1c) To perish by means of something, 1d) Of trees which dry up, of seeds which rot when planted, 1e) Of eternal death, to be subject to eternal misery in hell. Strong—To die off(literally or figuratively).?From—apo—a primary particle; “Off,” i.e. Away(from something near), in various senses(of place, time, or relation; literal or figurative).—&—ynhskw—a strengthened form of a simpler primary yanw(which is used for it only in certain tenses); To die(literally or figuratively). “Once for sins, the just for the unjust,...”

“Once for sins, the just for the unjust,...”

Yet all of Christ(God’s anointed) Jesus’(Savior) “sufferings” are brought to a culmination, in His only having “suffered once” “for sins.”

Heb. 9:24-28—“For Christ has not entered the holy places made with hands, which are copies of the true, but into heaven itself, now to appear in the presence of God for us; not that He should offer Himself often, as the high priest enters the Most Holy Place every year with blood of another-- He then would have had to suffer often since the foundation of the world; but now, once at the end of the ages, He has appeared to put away sin by the sacrifice of Himself. And as it is appointed for men to die once, but after this the judgment, so Christ was offered once to bear the sins of many. To those who eagerly wait for Him He will appear a second time, apart from sin, for salvation.”

Rom. 4:22-25—“And therefore “it[faith] was accounted to him[Abraham] for righteousness.” Now it was not written for his sake alone that it was imputed to him, but also for us. It shall be imputed to us who believe in Him[God] who raised up Jesus our Lord from the dead, who was delivered up because of our offenses, & was raised because of our justification.”

Christ’s only “suffering” “once” is unique, unrepeated, & unrepeatable. This is because He is the unique Son of God & Son of Man.

Christ Jesus “suffered once” because He is “the Just.” The epitome of what it means to be “”just.” That is, He took upon Himself the entirety of the penalty for the “sins” of all humanity(2Cor. 5:21). Uniquely, Jesus & Jesus only, willingly stands in the place of “the unjust.” “The unjust” comprises all those represented by humanity of every time—past, present, & future.

•2Cor. 5:21—“For He made Him who knew no sin to be sin for us, that we might become the righteousness of God in Him.”

Eph. 2:14-22—“For He Himself is our peace, who has made both one, & has broken down the middle wall of separation, having abolished in His flesh the enmity, that is, the law of commandments contained in ordinances, so as to create in Himself one new man from the two, thus making peace, & that He might reconcile them both to God in one body through the cross, thereby putting to death the enmity. And He came & preached peace to you who were afar off & to those who were near. For through Him we both have access by one Spirit to the Father. Now, therefore, you are no longer strangers & foreigners, but fellow citizens with the saints & members of the household of God, having been built on the foundation of the apostles & prophets, Jesus Christ Himself being the chief cornerstone, in whom the whole building, being joined together, grows into a holy temple in the Lord, in whom you also are being built together for a dwelling place of God in the Spirit.”