He Had to Be True God Too

The person who would pay for my sins 

• and all sinful humans would have to be fully, 100% human.  
• He would have to be truly righteous and without sin.  
• But there's more - this person would also have to be true God.

- Adapted Excerpt from Comforting Hearts, Teaching Minds by Starr Meade

WHY MUST THE MEDIATOR ALSO BE TRUE GOD?

• So that the mediator, by the power of His divinity, 
• might bear the weight of God's wrath on His humanity 
• and earn for us and restore to us righteousness and life.

Isaiah 53:10-12

But it was the Lord's good plan to crush Him 

• and cause Him grief.  
• Yet when His life is made an offering for sin, 
• He will have many descendants.  
• He will enjoy a long life, and the Lord's good plan will prosper 
• in His hands.  

When He sees all that is accomplished 

• by His anguish, 
• He will be satisfied.  
• And because of His experience, 
• my righteous servant will make it possible 
• for many to be counted righteous, 
• for He will bear their sins.  

I will give Him the honors of a victorious 

• soldier, 
• because He exposed Himself to death.  
• He was counted among the rebels.  
• He bore the sins of many 
• and interceded for rebels.