On the cross, as we have seen, a divinely ordained exchange took place—something conceived in the heart and mind of God from eternity and acted out at Calvary. The cross was no accident—not some grievous mishap forced on Jesus, not some development God had not foreseen. No, the cross was a marvel ordained by God from the beginning of time in which Jesus, as Priest, offered Himself to God as the sacrifice. By this one sacrifice He made provision for all the needs of the