Acquitted by the Lord hath laid on him the iniquity of us all !4
Isa 53:6
6 All we like sheep have gone astray; we have turned every one to his own way;
and the Lord hath laid on him the iniquity of us all.
The words " laid on Him " are interesting, the word lay paga:
to meet, encounter, reach
fall,cause to light upon
John Gill on this verse writes and I agree with
and the Lord hath laid on him the iniquity of us all; that is, God the Father, against whom we have sinned, from whom we have turned, and whose justice must be satisfied; he has laid on Christ, his own Son, the sins of all his elect ones; which are as it were collected together, and made one bundle and burden of, and therefore expressed in the singular number, "iniquity", and laid on Christ, and were bore by him, even all the sins of all God's elect; a heavy burden this! which none but the mighty God could bear; this was typified by laying of hands, and laying of sins upon the sacrifice, and putting the iniquities of Israel upon the head of the scapegoat, by whom they were bore, and carried away. The words may be rendered, "he made to meet upon him the iniquity of us all" (r); the elect of God, as they live in every part of the world, their sins are represented as coming from all quarters, east, west, north, and south; and as meeting in Christ, as they did, when he suffered as their representative on the cross: or "he made to rush, or fall upon him the iniquity of us all" (s); our sins, like a large and mighty army, beset him around, and fell upon him in a hostile manner, and were the cause of his death; by which means the law and justice of God had full satisfaction, and our recovery from ruin and destruction is procured, which otherwise must have been the consequence of turning to our own ways; so the ancient Jews understood this of the Messiah
Yet I want to know when did God first lay the iniquities of those Christ died for upon Him ?
Also when God did it, who became
Legally liable for those iniquities ?
Liable means responsible,accountable !
Were those whom the iniquties belonged to now be responsible for them after God laid them upon Christ for them ? Can they ever be called into account for them ? See Rom 8:33-34 !
Well understand this, to lay iniquity upon Christ is solely a work of God, who would argue this ? And what does the scripture teach about God's Works ? Acts 15:18
18 Known unto God are
all his works from the beginning of the world.
This work of laying our iniquties upon Christ is no exception ! In fact in the Purpose of God which is Eternal, Those iniquties had already been laid on Christ, or else how could it be written by Peter this 1 Pet 1:18-20
18 Forasmuch as ye know that ye were not redeemed with corruptible things, as silver and gold, from your vain conversation received by tradition from your fathers;
19 But with
the precious blood of Christ, as of a lamb without blemish and without spot:
20
Who verily was foreordained before the foundation of the world, but was manifest in these last times for you,
Clearly this states that the redeeming Blood of Christ was foreordained before the foundation,
Also John writes Rev 13:8
8 And all that dwell upon the earth shall worship him, whose names are not written in the book of life of
the Lamb slain from the foundation of the world.
Slain for what ? Why for our iniquities ! At the Least we know that God had already determined who was liable for the iniquties of those whom in the time state He would be slain for Acts 2:23
Him, being delivered by the determinate counsel and
foreknowledge of God, ye have taken, and by wicked hands have crucified
and slain:
I Think we have established at least when Christ became accountable for the iniquities that were laid on Him, it was from the foundation of the world or before the foundation of the world 1 Pet 1:20
20 Who verily was foreordained
before the foundation of the world, but was manifest in these last times for you,
Now since Christ became Liable for them that Early, they are also
Discharged from them that Early !
Discharged means :
to relieve of a charge or load; unload:
to relieve of obligation, responsibility
They were not any Longer responsible or accountable for their iniquties, because God had made Christ accountable for them.
Thats why Paul could preach of those to whom it applies 2 Cor 5:19
19 To wit, that God was in Christ, reconciling the world unto himself,
not imputing their trespasses unto them; and hath committed unto us the word of reconciliation.
That world in 2 Cor 5:19 is a unbelieving world that is discharged of all its iniquities and transgressions, or trespasses against God.
That fact alone should keep any honest heart from concluding that the World in 2 Cor 5:19 is all individuals without exception, since we know many shall die in their sins Jn 8:24 which is impossible if they have been discharged from them !
If they were Laid on Christ, then they were discharged of them, simple as that ! And God will not impute sin unto them ever Rom 4:8
8 Blessed is the man
to whom the Lord will not impute sin.
If He ever did, He becomes mutable !