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Lesson Title: The Throne – Lesson Two: The Cross Was a Legal Transaction

📅 Date: December 2025

📖 Text: Isaiah 53:6; Colossians 2:13–14

Key Theme

· The Cross fulfills the legal demands of the Law.

· Jesus’ death cancels our debt and removes Satan’s right to accuse.

Isaiah 53:6 — Humanity’s Condition

· All people have wandered (Hebrew: תעה — to wander, err, stagger).

· LXX Greek: πλανάω — to go off course.

· Humanity’s wandering is universal and purposeful in God’s plan.

The Septuagint (LXX)

· Greek translation of the Hebrew Scriptures.

· Used by Jesus, apostles, and early Church.

· Shows the legitimacy of translated Scripture.

Understanding ‘Wander’ (תעה)

· Appears in Gen 20:13, 21:14, Job 12:25.

· Describes physical wandering, moral straying, or staggering like one drunk.

· Wandering in Scripture often leads to God’s deliverance.

Hagar’s Encounter in the Wilderness

· Hagar abandoned, hopeless, near death.

· God sees, calls, comforts, provides, restores.

· Midbar (wilderness) connects to dabar (word).

· Wilderness = place of revelation and encounter.

Salvation (יְשׁוּעָה)

· Means deliverance from danger.

· Related to יָשַׁע — to save.

· Foreshadows the name Yeshua (Jesus).

Salvation as a Legal Transaction

· The Cross was planned before creation (Rev 13:8).

· The Law reveals sin but cannot justify.

· Christ fulfills the Law and cancels the record of debt (Col 2:13–14).

The Accuser Silenced

· Satan accused humanity under the Law.

· Christ’s death ended his legal access.

· Jesus’ victory cast out the ruler of this world (John 12:31).

Christ Our Standard

· Sin = missing the mark.

· Christ, not the 613 commandments, is our target.

· Believers become new creations (2 Cor 5:17).

Life in the Spirit – Romans 8

· No condemnation in Christ.

· Spirit brings life; flesh brings death.

· We live by the Spirit, not the flesh.

Wandering and Knowing

· Gen 3:22 — humanity now knows good and evil.

· Hebrew letters: Ayin (see), Tav (mark), Hey (revelation).

· ATH = ‘now’ — the time of understanding and response.

Conclusion

· Wandering is purposeful in God’s plan.

· The Cross legally satisfied all debts.

· Satan’s accusations are silenced.

· Christ is our standard and salvation.