God "did not spare angels when they sinned" (2 Peter 2:4).
God "did not spare the ancient world ... of the ungodly" (2 Peter 2:5).
God "did not spare the natural branches" [Jews] when they persisted in unbelief (Romans 11:21).
And God "did not spare his own Son" (Romans 8:32).
How should we think of the justice of God at the cross?
It is remarkable to think that the Lord Jesus's experience of divine justice was in some way comparable to that of unforgiven angels, a flooded world, and a rejected nation. But unlike the fallen angels, the world of the ungodly, and the unbelieving Israelites, he was punished for the sins of others.
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