THE BURIAL OF CHRIST

^[p. 446] THE BURIAL OF CHRIST

Burial is a necessary part of our Lord’s vicarious work. The gospel includes it, as we see in 1 Corinthians 15. It is practically applied in Romans 6. Adam being guilty, the judgment of God required that he should return to the earth whence he came. The burning outside the camp of the sin offering when its blood was taken inside the veil points to this. Slaying was not enough. Christ was made sin — a thought but poorly taken in by us. The forsaking expressed God’s wrath, but this would not be a public matter had the Lord not uttered the cry. His death and burial were public, answering as a testimony to God’s judgment against sin which was required from the outset.