“in Him”, which the Apostle uses here. As it is on Him that the full force of God’s judgment against sin has fallen, so it is in Him, our Ark, that the sinner finds shelter from that judgment. It is in Him, precisely because He is Righteousness-Itself, that the sinner is made the righteousness of God. “He was wounded for our transgressions, He was bruised for our iniquities, the chastisement of our peace was upon Him, and with His stripes we are healed; … and Jehovah hath laid on Him the iniquity
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