endured that condemnation in our place. Indeed, a rejection of Jesus means that “the wrath of God remains” on the individual sinner (v. 36). Simply put, either Jesus bears the wrath of God in your place or you bear it yourself. So how does one escape the wrath and condemnation of God due to our sin? Paul affirms that the hope of “redemption” (Rom. 3:24) comes through Jesus Christ, “whom God put forward as a propitiation by his blood” (v. 25). As much as some wish to evade the clear meaning of this
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