Christ took our place so that we wouldn’t have to undergo the corrective punishment in hell. We know it is corrective because of Isaiah 53:5 -
The chastening for our well being fell upon Him.
The Hebrew word here is musar
musar:
discipline, chastening, correction
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The rebellious son of a great king was found guilty of a horrible crime and sentenced to 30 years in prison. On hearing the news, the king left his throne, his wealth, his power, and willingly entered prison to be with his son. Though he himself had done no wrong, the king was treated as a common criminal and abused mercilessly by his enemies. All his son’s punishment, and more, fell upon his shoulders. But in their shared suffering, in their solidarity, the son grew to know and love his father, and his heart was healed.
Why would Christ taking our place render it unnecessary for us to be corrected?
It’s like this. We are saved, we are being saved, and we will be saved. In Christ’s sufferings He was showing His love and compassion. We are given new birth when we come into a love union with Christ. God does discipline those He loves like it tells us in Hebrews. His correction falls on us. We are not perfect yet. We are reformed because of the work of Christ. It has to work itself out though. Already/not yet.
Jesus came to reveal God’s heart of love and compassion to the broken and rejected. He would gain victory over sin, death, and Satan. We are united to Christ in His death and resurrection as we die to the old self and put on the new self on a daily basis. We let God’s love come into our lives as we enter into a personal relationship with Him. The cross declares that our own self-hatred and the whole cycle of being hurt and hurting others is broken, freeing us from the bondages of sin and death. At the cross Christ suffers with those who suffer revealing the compassionate love of God.
The entire life of Christ was a sacrifice as He took on the life of a servant. Likewise we are called to bring our lives as a living sacrifice by living a life of selfless other directed love. We are united to Christ as He takes on our sin and suffers with us and for us becoming a curse as He dies and is raised again defeating sin and death.