DAILY?READINGS: 2 Kings 13 to 14:22; Jeremiah 49; Hebrews 13:7-25
And as it is appointed unto men once to die, and after this the judgment. So Christ also after having been once offered to bear the sins of many, shall appear a second time, apart from sin, to them that wait for him, unto salvation. Hebrews 9:27-28 (RV)
Two things are appointed to humanity; death and judgement. The Lord Jesus experienced both, as attested by the word “also.” However there is a world of difference between the two. Man’s death is because of his own sin. The Lord’s death was on account of sins other than His own. And while man’s judgment follows death, that of the Lord’s came before death when He bore God’s judgment for human guilt thus securing salvation for those “that wait for him.” —Drew Craig
O what a Saviour that He died for me,
From condemnation He hath made me free. —J. McGranahan