This is yet another repost from the Purposes of Christ’s Death series. You can find the other posts from this series by clicking on the purposes of Christ’s death label at the end of this post.
In this post in the series looking at the explicit purpose statements for Christ’s death found in scripture, let’s consider Galations 3:13-14:
Christ redeemed us from the curse of the law by becoming a curse for us (because it is written, “Cursed is everyone who hangs on a tree”) in order that in Christ Jesus the blessing of Abraham would come to the Gentiles, so that we could receive the promise of the Spirit by faith. (NET)The purpose statement found here for Christ’s death—or for Christ becoming a curse for us—is “in order that in Christ Jesus the blessing of Abraham would come to the Gentiles, so that we could receive the promise of the Spirit by faith.”
And the scripture, foreseeing that God would justify the Gentiles by faith, proclaimed the gospel to Abraham ahead of time, saying, “All the nations will be blessed in you.” (v. 8)God promised Abraham that through his lineage blessing would come to the Gentiles. Verse 14 tells us that the promise to Abraham that all the nations would be blessed in him was the promise of the coming of the Spirit to those of faith.