The Day Everything Changed - What happened on the cross? (Part 2)
The meaning of the cross is bigger than any single theory.
In the second part of this series, David Armstrong traces the road to Calvary — from Israel’s sacrificial system and the ritual of Yom Kippur to the Hebrew prophets wrestling with the tensions of justice and mercy.
We also explore various rich understandings of Jesus’s death offered throughout church history — from Christus Victor to René Girard's remarkable scapegoat theory — before approaching a question many of us carry but rarely voice: what about the wrath of God?
We conclude seeing that Good Friday and Easter Sunday are unified — not a failure followed by a rescue but one single, world-altering event. The cross was a victorious act of love descending into the deepest darkness, and the resurrection made that victory visible.
Recommended Resources:
[Key Book] The Day the Revolution Began: Reconsidering the Meaning of Jesus's Crucifixion by NT Wright
[Book] The Wood Between the Worlds: A Poetic Theology of the Cross by Brian Zahnd
[Book] The Crucifixion: Understanding the Death of Jesus Christ by Fleming Rutledge
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