The Only One To Stand Up Under Such Punishment
My Mediator must be True God (that is, real God). He must have more than just the title of God. He must have the power and worth of God. My Mediator must possess the power of God. The burden of God’s wrath against the sins of all the elect is far too heavy for any creature to bear, including man. Consider this example: Suppose that the punishment for our sin is forty lashes with a whip. Now God has chosen “144,000” persons who are to be redeemed (a figurative number). If a man were to take the punishment of all the elect upon himself, he would receive forty lashes for each of the “144,000” which totals 5,760,000 lashes. No human being would be able to stand up under such punishment. He would die long before he fulfilled the payment. For this reason our Mediator must be more than just a man. He must be true God so that by His divine power He might bear the full weight of God’s wrath. My Mediator must possess the worth...
