God could have dealt with sin in any way he pleased. God could have done whatever he wanted with us. God could have annihilated us or thrown us into the eternal trash heap. But God chose the cross. The Creator dies at the hands of his creation so it (we) doesn’t have to get what it deserves. And yet this same crucified God also meticulously planned and carried out the eternal damnation of the creatures he had died for?65 The God who would stoop so low as to be crucified and buried is the same God doing the eternal crucifying of countless souls for things he made sure they would do? The one who
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