The Cross Was Ours

The cross was ours.

The first tree was not
     to be ours,
Though the second
     most certainly was,
          our deserved punishment,
But thanks be to God,
     it was became the place
          of Christ's greatest victory.

The cross was ours.

The cross was for us,
    but Jesus took it so by
         believing we'd be set free.
Out of unmerited favor
     came the withholding of
          consequences so deserved.¹

The cross was ours.

Rough and so splintery,
     stained with blood and gore,
          our backs will not have to suffer,
Love staggered up Calvary,
     love shouldered humanity's sin,
          and love died so we did not have to.

The cross was ours,
     but now it's forever His.²³⁴
 

Hebrews 12:2-3
1 Peter 2:24
 
¹Chrysostom—By the 1st tree (The Tree
of the Knowledge of Good and Evil in the
Garden of Eden), satan triumphed over
God's creation, man sinned and was
thrown naked into darkness, but by the
2nd tree (a Roman Cross) Jesus was vic-
torious over sin and evil, man was given
a means to be forgiven and enter fully
clothed in Jesus into the light of eternity. 

²George Bennard
³Michel Quenot
⁴T Bobosh