Deu 21:22-23 | KingComments | STEP | In these verses we have a third aspect of the cross of Calvary: the death of the Lord Jesus as the Accursed, “for it is written, “Cursed is everyone who hangs on a tree”” ( ). The cross reveals: 1. The guilt of mankind, because he brought Him to the cross ( ). 2. God’s grace toward mankind ( ). 3. That God must renounce Him when He makes Him a curse ( ). The remnant has earned nothing. They exist as “a remnant according to [God’s] gracious choice” ( ). In itself it is nothing better than the wicked mass. It owes everything to Him Who has become a curse. They will look on Him “Whom they have pierced” ( ) and that is their salvation. prescribes that a hanged person must be buried. This also happened to the Lord Jesus. The spiritual application of this to us is important. Our old man must be buried. We testify of this in baptism ( ). We must constantly take this into account throughout our lives. The question is: Do we make true what we confessed in baptism? Nothing more of the old man should become visible in our lives ( ). God no longer wants to see anything of the curse. The grave is locked above us and nothing more of our old life should be visible. God wants to see in our lives the new, that we walk in newness of life ( ). God has more pleasure in us if we behave as true firstborn sons, which is the case if we would understand more of the curse that God has pronounced on, and exercised upon the Lord Jesus.

‏ Deuteronomy 21:22-23

Burial of a Hanged Person

In these verses we have a third aspect of the cross of Calvary: the death of the Lord Jesus as the Accursed, “for it is written, “Cursed is everyone who hangs on a tree”” (Gal 3:13). The cross reveals:

1. The guilt of mankind, because he brought Him to the cross (Deu 21:1-9).

2. God’s grace toward mankind (Deu 21:10-13).

3. That God must renounce Him when He makes Him a curse (Deu 21:22-23).

The remnant has earned nothing. They exist as “a remnant according to [God’s] gracious choice” (Rom 10:5). In itself it is nothing better than the wicked mass. It owes everything to Him Who has become a curse. They will look on Him “Whom they have pierced” (Zec 12:10) and that is their salvation.

Deu 21:23 prescribes that a hanged person must be buried. This also happened to the Lord Jesus. The spiritual application of this to us is important. Our old man must be buried. We testify of this in baptism (Rom 6:4a). We must constantly take this into account throughout our lives. The question is: Do we make true what we confessed in baptism? Nothing more of the old man should become visible in our lives (Rom 6:6). God no longer wants to see anything of the curse. The grave is locked above us and nothing more of our old life should be visible.

God wants to see in our lives the new, that we walk in newness of life (Rom 6:4b). God has more pleasure in us if we behave as true firstborn sons, which is the case if we would understand more of the curse that God has pronounced on, and exercised upon the Lord Jesus.