Did Yashua BECOME Sin?© – by Marie Schryver

 


This morning’s Bible study is about Galatians 3:13 which reads:  'Messiah redeemed us from the curse of the Torah, having become a curse for us – for it has been written, “Cursed is everyone who hangs upon a tree.” –' Galatiyim (Galatians) 3:13

Verse 10 tells us who deserves to be cursed: 'For as many as are of works of Torah are under the curse, for it has been written, “Cursed is everyone who does not continue in all that has been written in the Book of the Torah, to do them.”' Galatiyim (Galatians) 3:10
Disobedience to Yehovah’s commands brings curses. Deuteronomy 27  
Obedience to Yehovah’s commands brings blessings. Deuteronomy 28

That phrase, “Cursed is everyone who hangs upon a tree” means that the one being punished deserved to be there. All sin invokes curses. Deuteronomy 11:26-29, Deuteronomy 21:23, Deuteronomy 27

I have had issue with the phrase “having become a curse.” [Some say, “became a curse.”] I heard a teacher say (can’t remember who) that it actually was supposed to say that “He bore the curse for us.” That makes way more sense to me because to think that our Mashiach ‘became a curse’ doesn’t seem right. It doesn’t even seem possible seeing that He is Yehovah in the flesh. 1 Timothy 3:16, John 1:14, Colossians 2:9

Today I went to Blue Letter Bible which has Strong’s Concordance numbers for select words and phrases and decided to read what it had to say regarding this word ‘became.’ There is some really good information there. Yes, the word G1096 ginomai translated as ‘became’ can also mean a lot of things depending on context. Some examples, other than become/became there is also the meanings “come to pass,” “be done,” or “fulfilled.” There are also the meanings “be ended” and “be finished.” Some of those make way more sense than Him “becoming a curse.” The one that stands out to me is that He “ended” the curse for us. He took our punishment even though He could NEVER deserve being cursed! And as our perfectly righteous deity, can He be a curse or become a curse? I think not.

So many times, as I study the KJV as well as even more modern translations or interpretations of Scripture, it seems that the writers impose their desire to make Messiah Yashua more human than Elohim. Why? Making Him more human gives us an excuse to not “be perfect as He is perfect.” It’s permission to try to obey less or a pass to sin more and have no remorse. Matthew 5:48

Why wouldn’t His taking our punishment even though He didn’t deserve it be enough to drive us to sin less and obey more? Could it be because the translators had an agenda to cover up His deity with a human-like familiarity? You would think that the rest of the story which tells us that He never sinned even though He was tempted like any person would motivate us to try harder but it’s usually used as an excuse to give up. Did He not sin because He has all the power of His deity to help Him? Or wasn’t it that His taking on human form a means to not merely teach us, but to give us a living example of how to live a set-apart, righteous life. Hebrews 4:15, 2 Corinthians 5:21, 1 Peter 2:22

Yashua came in human form to show us that what Yehovah told us was true. His instructions (Torah) are not too difficult. It’s not a burden. “His yoke is easy and His burden is light.” His being tempted like any human, yet without sin, should tell us that temptations can be thwarted by His Ruach dwelling in us and writing His instructions on our hearts! Matthew 11:30, 1 Corinthians 3:16, 2 Corinthians 3:1-6, Hebrews 8:10, Jeremiah 31:33

When you recall this verse in the future, will you see Yashua on the cross as a curse Himself? Will you see Him as a cursed man? Or will you see Him, the King of Righteousness, undeservedly taking the curse meant for you to redeem you and humble yourself, repent and be determined to obey His easy and light instructions for living?

 

LINKS TO SCRIPTURES:

Deuteronomy 11:26-29                                                Deuteronomy 21:23

Deuteronomy 27 and Deuteronomy 28

1 Timothy 3:16                  John 1:14                           Colossians 2:9

Matthew 5:48                    Hebrews 4:15                     2 Corinthians 5:21  

1 Peter 2:21-25 *               Matthew 11:30

1 Corinthians 3:16            2 Corinthians 3:1- 6            Hebrews 8:10

Jeremiah 31:33


Confirmation of the concept of ‘bearing’ the curse rather than ‘becoming’ a curse:
'who Himself bore* our sins in His body on the timber, so that we, having died to sins, might live unto righteousness – by whose stripes you were healed.'  Kĕpha Aleph (1 Peter) 2:24

* G399  anapherō – to bear, to place on one's self anything as a load to be carried

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